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Vin Baker blew $100 million, now working at Starbucks.
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Walking In Denial Won't Fix Our Problems.
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The Listing of the American Suspect.
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The Black Lawman That Hollywood Always Portrays As White.
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Poor Xtina lost out on the squeaky clean bubbly crown years ago to Britney Spears on The Mickey Mouse Club. She's always seemed to have something of a darker and harder edge, but reports from the set of The Voice prove that she's definitely gone full diva. Musical guests The Wanted called her "a total bitch" on 92.3 NOW FM. "She just sat there and didn't speak to us. Wouldn't even look at us," said Tom Parker. "She was quite rude," agreed Siva Kaneswaran, and Max George admitted that he found her "scary." This is the dude who dated Lindsey Lohan for a bit, so she must REALLY be fierce! In addition to reports that she controls every camera angle in which she's filled, fellow host Adam Levine also has beef with Christina. In fact, he called her a choice name…
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January is one of the coldest months of the year, and it seems January Jones is one of the iciest actresses in Hollywood. She never seems friendly or buddy-buddy with her Mad Men cast at events, but she's also been rude to funnyman Zach Galifinakis for no good reason. She threw Jason Sudeikis and a slew of other lovers under the bus when she refused to name the father of her baby. Not to mention, rumors are constantly swirling that she pulled a K. Stew on X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn, who like Rupert Sanders, is now mysteriously off the sequel.
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"I have decided to leave the Perry campaign for personal reasons and return home to Washington, DC," Imperiale wrote in an email to friends and associates.
Perry spokesman Mark Miner confirmed the departure and also noted she was leaving Austin for "personal reasons."
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Three spring 2013 graduates prove that it really does "take a village" when it comes to success.
Together they are part of the framework for a young and flourishing local organization, the Polynesian Community Center, are graduating together, and all happen to be "aiga" — the Samoan word for "family."
Miriama Aumavae, Daniel Pulu and Rozanne Misa, armed with their crisp diplomas, all say they are proud Seawolves who have attained success through UAA.
"According to the 2010 U.S. census, it states that college attainment for Pacific Islanders in Alaska is only 6 percent," Aumavae, a graduate with a bachelor's of arts in applied sciences and social work, said.
Rather than "blaming the system" and "accepting statistics," these students have opted to take advantage of the opportunities UAA presents to take the higher road.
"I remember being the only person that looks like me in the classroom. Students would look at me like, 'He probably doesn't know the answer. He probably didn't do his reading,'" Pulu, who just attained a graduate certificate in advanced human service systems, said. Pulu also earned a bachelor's of arts in sociology.
Pulu said the Human Services Department has been tremendously helpful and that Laura Kelley, department chair and coordinator for the Human Services graduation program, helped smooth any bumps along the road.
"We recognized his intelligence and ability to think outside the box right away," Kelley said. "Daniel is Samoan and one of the many things he brought was diversity. He has brought in another way of looking at things, which really resonated with his fellow students. We are extremely proud of him."
Pulu said he plans on returning this fall to UAA to pursue another degree.
Misa, graduate with an associate's in applied science and human services, is married with five children. She recalled her childhood, when her parents worked endlessly to support their family of 13 children.
"Our parents didn't have any education. Our mom dropped out in sixth grade and raised a family. So when we moved to the U.S. she realized she cannot play that role, so she had to work really hard to raise all of us in one house," Misa said.
Misa's memories are similar to circumstances young Pacific Islander children are going through today in the Anchorage School District. Their parents lack the time to spend with them on schoolwork. According to the ASD's latest statistics, Pacific Islanders are part of the largest ethnic group in the system, and though there are many stellar students, their overall grade point averages are among the lowest.
"Rozanne was a hard working student. She knows what she wants as she envisions and crafts her future into her own hands and that is a strong quality to have," Travis Erickson, Human Services practicum instructor, said.
Aumavae has had her hands full as the CEO of the PCC along with various community projects.
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"Aumavae single handedly conducted a child care feasibility study bringing together residents, service providers, churches and businesses with the goal of providing affordable child care in Mountain View," Cunningham said. "This has resulted in her successfully identifying two prospective child care providers. To accomplish this in two semesters is awesome!"
As Aumavae reflected upon her accomplishments at UAA and the goals she has in store for the community, she simply stated, "It's all about the future and our children."


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By Roy Bragg : October 24, 2012 : Updated: October 24, 2012 11:49pm
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Julie Becker, Editor and Publisher of The Hill Country Herald in Leakey, TX, drops off a stack of the latest edition at Hill Country Bar-B-Que Restaurant. The restaurant, owned by Shawna Romo, proudly posted the sign "Obama Must Go", on the front door. Most people in the town of Leakey think nothing of the sign Pastor Ray Miller put on his church, Church in the Valley, two weeks ago which read "Vote for the Mormon, Not the Muslim". Becker said she wouldn't report on anything Miller says. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
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Three crosses next to the sign at Church in the Valley which last week said "Vote of the Mormon, Not the Muslim! The Capitalist, not the Communist!" Most people in the town of Leakey think nothing of the sign Pastor Ray Miller put on his church in Leakey, TX. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
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Political signs, and flags outside the gate at Pastor Ray Miller's house in Rio Frio, just down the road on US 83 south of Leakey, TX where Miller serves as pastor of Church in the Valley. Most people in the town of Leakey think nothing of the sign Pastor Ray Miller put on his church two weeks ago which read "Vote for the Mormon, Not the Muslim" . Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
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LEAKEY — When Ray Miller posted a marquee that read "Vote for the Mormon, Not the Muslim/The Capitalist, Not the Communist," the local pastor added more fuel to the firestorm of political rhetoric burning from sea to shining sea.
National media outlets ran with the story. Online pundits pounced. And the Internal Revenue Service was asked to investigate whether the sign violates nonprofit laws.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State sent a formal complaint to the IRS, saying it had received more than two dozen emails criticizing the church for endorsing a candidate when federal and state nonprofit laws prohibit it.
The status of that complaint isn't known, but the IRS has punished religious groups in the past for meddling in politics.
Several ministries that are unaffiliated with churches have been fined, says Rob Boston, a senior policy analyst with Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Also, in 1992, the IRS yanked the tax-exempt status of the Church at Pierce Creek in Binghamton, N.Y. That church took out full-page advertisements in the Washington Times and USA Today, four days before the presidential election, warning about the dangers of electing Democrat Bill Clinton.
It also solicited donations at the bottom of the page, Boston said, to help defray the costs of the ad.
Church supporters sued, Boston said, and in 2000, a three-judge appellate panel in Washington upheld the IRS' actions, saying that when the church applied for tax-exempt status, it agreed to avoid political speech.
But in this isolated, conservative Frio River Canyon town, where frontier independence is valued and embraced, the sign wasn't that big of a deal.
Miller has a reputation, locals say, for putting up edgy messages in front of the Church in the Valley.
"We're used to it," says Julie Becker, who runs the Hill Country Herald weekly newspaper, which didn't even write about the sign. "This is what he does. It's Ray."
"It wasn't a problem to anyone here," said Shawna Romo, who runs Hill Country Bar-B-Cue, which sports a red-and-white "OMG (Obama Must Go)" sign on the front door. "I like what it said."
Leakey, population 425, is located 100 miles northwest of San Antonio. The Frio River runs nearby and U.S. Highway 83 runs through it, drawing hordes of tubers, campers and bikers during warm weather weekends. Because of that, it's got an inordinate number of restaurants for such a small population.
But beyond that, the unincorporated Real County seat resembles other Edwards Plateau ranching communities, with most of the business district stretched out along the highway. Ranchers or their hired hands are in and out of town all day running errands or buying supplies. The canyon is home to plenty of white-tailed deer, so nearly every retail store sells deer corn by the 50-pound bag in anticipation of hunting season next month.
"We're out here by ourselves," Becker said. "We look out for each other. We're rural and we have our own set of ideas."
Locals, primarily retired men, gather in the dining area of the Buck Stop convenience store. They smiled when asked about Miller's signs.
Most go unnoticed, but at least one got a rise out of a local, said one.
"One time, he was putting up a sign that said something about people who only go to church for funerals and weddings," said the man, who declined to give his name.
"And this fella, a big ol' long, Grizzly Adams beard, took offense to that and ... " he chuckled and motioned with a fist to the face. "... dotted (Miller's) eye."
The bigger discussion, said a restaurant worker, was the media coverage the sign received.
"They talked about how we were all on the television news," Jeannie Wally said.
The controversial message was taken down after the media onslaught. A new, all-caps message was in place Wednesday: "Liberals talk about 'The War on Women?' Fifty per cent of all aborted babies are women!"
Miller, who has avoided most interview requests, couldn't be reached Wednesday.
The church was empty. A large sign listing the Ten Commandments stood near the church hall. A banner hanging over the hall's door read "Make a stand! Christian * Patriot * Conservative Headquarters."
Miller's home in Rio Frio, an even smaller community south of here, was adorned in a similar fashion. U.S. and Texas flags flew alongside a red-and-blue 82nd Airborne "All American Divisionflag. Anti-President Barack Obama signs decorated the fence and gate.


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PORTLAND — An aging pipe was blamed for a natural gas leak in Bayside on Monday morning that caused the evacuation of four buildings.
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Workers from gas company Unitil located the source at an underground pipe near 195 Kennebec St. They said they believed the pipe is not connected to a customer and terminates near that location.
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I was in the market as they say for a light backpack (trying to keep my total load around 25lbs), and a bag that weighs less than 2 lbs sounded very promising to me. I wasn't too concerned about its virtually non-existent individual compartments/zippered pockets/lid/etc. In fact, I found its Spartan setup quite refreshing. The issue for me ended up being its suspension. Now the shoulder straps and the hip belt, despite their thin composition are very comfortable, but its frameless design made the load lifters ineffective in that the frame wasn't strong enough to properly lift the load off my shoulders. In fact, the top of the frame just curled towards my shoulders (and this was with about 20 lbs of load. I'm not sure whether it's technically correct to call it a frameless suspension, but it's essentially a combination of light plastic frame sheet and a foam pad - offers nowhere near the rigidity that other backpacks in its class offers (e.g. Granite Gear AC 60, Osprey Exos 58, Boreas Buttermilk 55). Additionally, the pack has absolutely no provision for a hydration system, and it's also more expensive (not by much but nonetheless) than its competing models. I do love the idea/intent of the bag, hopefully I'll have a better luck with it in their future models. I believe it may have still worked for me for loads under 15 lbs. And just because I had issues with it doesn't mean it won't work for you, everyone has a unique body and propensity. For reference, I'm 5'11", 170-175 lbs (depending on whether I'm lifting or not), 31" waist with 21.5" torso (I do have a long torso for my height).
I agree with everything Mr. Lee has described. I'm returning the pack, unused, because of the same issues. I, on the other hand ordered the medium and it fit my torso well, Mr. Lee and I are the same height. Once packed, the pack didn't feel distributively comfortable. One specific reason I'm returning the pack is because the major compartment stuff sack has a smallish, few inches, of velcro closure. I really dislike it when I'm removing items from the pack and they inadvertently stick to the velcro, damaging the product. It's happened before, I won't let it happen again.
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Employee Spotlight: Marlene, Groups Coordinator
The Stone Castle Hotel & Conference Center is made up of many wonderful employees. There are various positions which are vital to the successful operation of the property. From the housekeepers to the front desk clerks, the maintenance men and the management team, each person plays a vital role.
One of these vital roles is the that of Group Coordinator. The Stone Castle's Group Coordinator is Marlene Caldwell; wife, mother, and very hard worker.
Marlene, Tom, D'Anna, Dakota and Ashley Caldwell
Marlene has been an employee of this hotel since 2006. She began her time here by working at the front desk but eventually migrated back to the Group Sales Department. She began her group work by inputting rooming lists. However, now she does all of the behind the scenes work for the Department, including group billing, putting together contracts, maintaining constant contact with groups, and many other tasks.
She is the "glue" that holds our office together, according to Joe Modglin, Sales Director.
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As you can tell, The Stone Castle Hotel & Conference Center is blessed to have Marlene Caldwell as part of its team. However, Marlene is not the only employee who does an awesome job. This hotel is fiiled with wonderful employees, which is a reason as to its success.
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Wayne Wright is the founder of one of the largest personal injury law firms in Texas with offices in San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Austin and Houston. Mr. Wright is well-known as a philanthropist whose dedication to the community includes a focus on the needs of military service members.
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The Essling Funeral Home was founded in 1958 by Vincent and Ellen Essling. The original location of the funeral home was 1218 Michigan Avenue, LaPorte, Indiana which was formerly referred to as "Hail Columbia". In 1969 a new facility was built adjacent to the original Funeral Home to better serve a growing number of patrons and was the first in LaPorte County to be built specifically as a Funeral Home. The Funeral Home office is now located in the original building.
Mark E. Essling the son of Vincent and Ellen Essling joined the firm as a licensed funeral director in 1976. Vincent and Ellen Essling died within two weeks of one another in the fall of 1992. Mark E. Essling owned and operated the funeral home until his death in 2014.
After Mark's death the Essling family was determined to find a Funeral Director to carry-on the family traditions that Mark, Vincent, and Ellen imparted on the community for so many years. In August of 2014, the Funeral Home was sold to Frank L. Keszei a Funeral Director with 36 years of experience who holds true to the standards set by the founders in 1958.
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R. Palmer Beasley, MD (Chair), is the Ashbel Smith Professor and dean emeritus of the University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston. Previously, Dr. Beasley was a member of the faculty of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. The focus of his research has been the hepatitis B virus. His contributions to the field include discovery of mother-to-infant transmission of the hepatitis B virus, establishing that the hepatitis B virus is the major cause of liver cancer, and a series of clinical trials that established the effectiveness and strategies for the use of hepatitis B vaccine for the prevention of perinatal transmission. Dr. Beasley has won many awards for his work, including the Charles F. Mott General Motors International Prize for Research on Cancer, the Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine (Thailand), and the Health Medal of the First Order (Taiwan). He has served on numerous national and international government advisory panels on viral hepatitis and is chair of the Association of Schools of Public Health. He also served on the National Academies Committee on the Middle East Regional Infectious Disease Research Program and Committee on the Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Variola Virus and on the Public Health and Biotechnology Review Panel. Dr. Beasley received his MD from Harvard School of Medicine, and his MS in preventative medicine from the University of Washington.
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A Committee Biographies R. Palmer Beasley, MD (Chair), is the Ashbel Smith Professor and dean emeritus of the University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston. Previously, Dr. Beasley was a member of the faculty of the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. The focus of his research has been the hepatitis B virus. His contributions to the field include discovery of mother-to-infant transmission of the hepatitis B virus, establishing that the hepatitis B virus is the major cause of liver cancer, and a series of clinical trials that established the effectiveness and strategies for the use of hepatitis B vaccine for the prevention of perinatal transmission. Dr. Beasley has won many awards for his work, including the Charles F. Mott General Motors International Prize for Research on Cancer, the Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine (Thailand), and the Health Medal of the First Order (Taiwan). He has served on numerous national and international government advisory panels on viral hepatitis and is chair of the Associa- tion of Schools of Public Health. He also served on the National Acad- emies Committee on the Middle East Regional Infectious Disease Research Program and Committee on the Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Variola Virus and on the Public Health and Biotechnology Review Panel. Dr. Beasley received his MD from Harvard School of Medicine, and his MS in preventative medicine from the University of Washington. Harvey J. Alter, MD, is chief of clinical studies and associate director for re- search in the Department of Transfusion Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Alter's research interest is in viral hepatitis and the safety 0
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0 HEPATITIS AND LIVER CANCER of the blood supply. He was a major contributor in the fight to reduce the incidence of transfusion-induced viral hepatitis, and he collaborated in the discovery of hepatitis C and described its natural history. He is a member of IOM and NAS. For his contributions, Dr. Alter has been awarded the US Pubic Health Service Distinguished Service Medal, the Landsteiner Prize, the Presidential Award of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, the James Blundell Award of the British Blood Transfusion Society, and the Distinguished Scientist Awards of both the Hepatitis B Foundation and the American Liver Foundation, and he was elected to fellowship in the American Association of Physicians. He was the corecipient of the 2000 Clinical Lasker Award and was made a master of the American College of Physicians. In 2007, he was named Distinguished NIH Investigator. Dr. Alter received his MD from the University of Rochester. Margaret L. Brandeau, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Manage- ment Science and Engineering of Stanford University. She also holds a cour- tesy appointment in the Department of Medicine of the same institution. Dr. Brandeau is an operations researcher and policy analyst with extensive background in the development of applied mathematical and economic models. She has conducted research on HIV, focusing on mathematical and economic models to assess the value of different HIV and drug-abuse inter- ventions, and on hepatitis B screening and vaccination policies. She received her PhD in engineering and economic systems from Stanford University. Daniel R. Church, MPH, is the adult viral hepatitis prevention coordinator and an epidemiologist in the Division of Epidemiology and Immunization of the Massachusetts Department of Health. He coordinates the statewide viral hepatitis program, including disease surveillance; medical-management services; counseling and testing programs; adult vaccination programs; edu- cational campaigns for providers, patients, and communities; and evalu- ation of projects. Mr. Church received his MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from the Boston University School of Public Health. Alison A. Evans, ScD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Epide- miology and Biostatistics of the Drexel University School of Public Health. She is also the director of public-health research in the Hepatitis B Foun- dation, Doylestown, PA, and is an adjunct associate member of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA. Her research interests include the epidemiology and natural history of the hepatitis B virus and other chronic viral infections. She received her ScD in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health.
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APPENDIX A Holly Hagan, PhD, MPH, is a senior research scientist in the New York University College of Nursing, deputy director of the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, and director of the center's Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core. Previously, she was deputy director of the Institute for AIDS Research in the National Development and Research Institutes. She was a senior epidemiologist in the Department of Public Health in Seattle, WA. Her broad research interest is in the etiology and prevention of hepatitis C and other bloodborne viral infections in drug users and other high-risk populations; her work has also examined drug users' access to screening and health care. Dr. Hagan has served on several national government ad- visory groups, including the steering committee for the National Institutes of Health hepatitis C vaccine trial. She received her MPH in epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst School of Public Health and her PhD in epidemiology from the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Sandral Hullett, MD, MPH, is the chief executive officer and medical direc- tor of the Jefferson Health System, which consists of Cooper Green–Mercy Hospital and Jefferson Outpatient Care. Jefferson Health System's primary focus is service to the underserved populations of Jefferson County, AL. Previously, Dr. Hullett was the executive director of Family HealthCare of Alabama, which is headquartered in Eutaw, Alabama, and provided ser- vices to patients of west central Alabama. She has an interest in rural health care, including health-care planning and delivery to the underserved, un- derinsured, and poor; and she has extensive experience in research, clinical trials, community outreach, and teaching of direct care delivery. Dr. Hullett is a member of IOM and has served on several IOM committees, including committees that produced America's Health Care Safety Net: Intact but En- dangered; Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health; and Measuring What Matters: Allocation, Planning, and Quality Assessment for the Ryan White CARE Act; the Planning Committee for a Workshop on Military Medical Ethics: Issues Regarding Dual Loyalties; and the Com- mittee on Human Rights of NAS, NAE, and IOM. She has received many awards and honors, including the Rural Practitioner of the Year Award in 1988 from the National Rural Health Association, the Clinical Recogni- tion Award for Education and Training from the National Association of Community Health Centers in 1993, the Public Health Hero Award for Year 2000 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, the National Medical Fellowship in 2001, Lifetime Achievement of Women in Health Care from Rutgers University in 2002, and the Local Legends Award from the American Medical Women's Association in Febru- ary 2004. She received her MD from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and her MPH from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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HEPATITIS AND LIVER CANCER Stacene R. Maroushek, MD, PhD, MPH, is a staff pediatrician at Henne- pin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. She is also an assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases of the University of Minnesota. Dr. Maroushek works with immigrant pediatric patients and has published extensively on medical evaluation and screening of immigrant children for infectious diseases. She received her MD, her PhD in microbiol- ogy, and her MPH from the University of Minnesota. Randall R. Mayer, MS, MPH, is an epidemiologist and chief of the Bureau of HIV, STD, and Hepatitis in the Iowa Department of Public Health. He provides oversight for HIV, sexually trasmitted disease (STD), and hepatitis prevention, care, and surveillance activities, including disease reporting, counseling and testing, risk-reduction programs, partner services, com- munity planning, adult immunizations for hepatitis A and hepatitis B, HIV case management and support services, and HIV and STD drug-treatment assistance programs. While working with the Iowa Department of Public Health, Mr. Mayer has served as the HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis Program man- ager and as the HIV/AIDS surveillance coordinator. He received his MPH in epidemiology from the University of Minnesota and his MS in plant cell physiology from Purdue University. Brian J. McMahon, MD, is medical director of the liver disease and hepa- titis program at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and a clini- cal hepatologist at the Alaska Native Medical Center. He was previously employed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Alaska. Dr. McMahon has worked to reduce the rate of hepatitis B in the native Alaskan population, which went from one of the highest in the world to one of the lowest. He provides clinical care for patients who have viral hepatitis and liver disease and conducts research in population-epidemiol- ogy hepatitis and liver disease. He has served as a consultant on viral hepa- titis issues to the World Health Organization and other international and national organizations. Dr. McMahon received the Assistant Secretary for Health Award for Exceptional Achievement in 1985; the Alvan R. Feinstein Memorial Award from the American College of Physicians in 2003 for the Program to Control Hepatitis B in Alaska Natives; and the 2009 Scientist of the Year from the Hepatitis B Foundation for notable contributions in clinical epidemiology regarding research on and control of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in Alaska natives. He was elected a master in the American College of Physicians. He received his MD from the Univer- sity of Washington. Martín J. Sepúlveda, MD, FACP, is IBM Fellow and vice president of integrated health services for the International Business Machines Cor-
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APPENDIX A poration. His research interests and health-care reform initiatives include patient-centered primary care and medical homes, care management and coordination, total health management, workplace health promotion, risk- reduction program measurement, value-based health-care purchasing, and global occupational and health services delivery. He is a fellow of the IBM Corporation, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the American College of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Sepúlveda was recently chosen as an IBM Fel- low, IBM's highest technical achievement; was awarded honorary mem- bership in the American Academy of Family Physicians; and received the John D. Thompson Distinguished Fellow Award from Yale University and the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Professional Achievement from the University of Iowa. His team has received numerous national and interna- tional awards in health care, health promotion, and occupational health and safety. He serves on the IOM Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, the Board of Directors of the Employee Benefits Research Institute, the Board of Advisors to the School of Public Health of the Uni- versity of Iowa, and the Board of the National Business Group on Health; and he chairs the Global Health Benefits Institute. He received his MD and MPH from Harvard University. Samuel So, MB, BS, is a professor of surgery and the Lui Hac Minh Profes- sor at Stanford University. He is also the director of the Asian Liver Center and director of the Multidisciplinary Liver Cancer Program at the same institution. He has published numerous studies on solid-organ transplanta- tion and gastric and liver cancers. Dr. So is well known for his work on hepatitis B and liver-cancer education and prevention programs. Through his research, Dr. So has identified the need for a public-health approach to liver-cancer prevention in recent Asian immigrants and first- and second- generation Asians living in the United States. Those populations have not been the typical focus of US screening and prevention programs. Dr. So is listed in The Best Doctors in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc. For his work in education and prevention, he received the 2005 National Leadership Award from the New York University Center for the Study of Asian American Health, the 2008 American Liver Foundation Salute to Excellence Award, and the 2009 Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Award from the California Asian Pacific Islander Joint Legislative Caucus. He is a member of IOM's Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice. Dr. So received his MB and his BS in medicine and surgery from the Uni- versity of Hong Kong and did postdoctoral and clinical fellowships at the University of Minnesota.
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HEPATITIS AND LIVER CANCER David L. Thomas, MD, MPH, is chief of the Division of Infectious Dis- eases, Department of Medicine, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is also a professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His broad research interest is viral hepatitis, and current research projects include the progression of hepatitis C in injection-drug users, hepatitis C pathogenesis and the host genome, and antiviral therapy for HIV–hepatitis C virus coinfection. Dr. Thomas received his MD from the West Virginia School of Medicine and his MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Lester N. Wright, MD, MPH, is the deputy commissioner and chief medical officer for the New York Department of Correctional Services. He oversees health care for some 62,000 residents in 70 facilities, who currently include about 4,500 HIV-positive patients and 8,000 who have hepatitis C virus infection. Before his employment in the New York Department of Correc- tional Services, Dr. Wright worked in several state and county health de- partments, including the Virginia Department of Health and the Delaware Public Health Division. He spent 7 years working in Africa on delivery of primary health care and health-system development. He has served on two National Academies committees: the Committee on Regulating Occu- pational Exposure to Tuberculosis and the Committee on the Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States. Dr. Wright received his MD from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine and his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.


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Hello there. Is there any relationship at all between gluten (intolerance) and chronic insomnia? I have been told by a couple of different alternative doctors that it sounds to them like I have gluten intolerance, but I cannot help but wonder if my chronic insomnia (which I have had for about 15 yrs. now) is not somehow tied in to eating foods which contain some form of gluten (one way or another).
Can someone at your organization get back to me with this information? Even if you have no idea if gluten relates to sleep at all, can you still get back to me (so that I don't continue to constantly chase the next sleep remedy, only to have it not really work that well for me)?
Thank you so much for your kind care and consideration, and for your expeditious reply.
Hi Jill,
That's one we haven't heard before, but it seems to me that it would make sense. Celiac and gluten intolerance are linked to all kinds of other afflictions, and I wouldn't be all that surprised if insomnia was one of them.
We did a little research and came up with a few things. One was a study that showed that celiacs do tend to have lower quality sleep. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04432.x/abstract). However, they also found that a gluten-free diet didn't improve sleep quality.
We also found more than a few sites that listed sleep troubles as a symptom of gluten intolerance and celiac disease, including being sleepy too often as well as not being able to fall asleep. Again, inconclusive for your case!
It is true that gluten intolerance can have serious effects on brain chemistry. People with celiac or gluten intolerance aren't absorbing necessary nutrients, causing them to be anywhere from mildly to severely malnourished. Malnourishment, in turn, can lead to any number of issues, from depression to fatigue to, yep, insomnia. So it does seem possible that there is a link there.
I'm assuming that when you say insomnia, you mean going days without sleeping, and feeling half-asleep even when you're awake. I actually happen to have a sister who suffers from insomnia, and she describes it as "Never asleep, never awake." If yours is a bit milder than that, it's possible that what you're experiencing has to do with stress. I want to emphasize that I'm not saying "Eh, it's just stress." Stress can do serious, serious damage to a body, and insomnia would certainly qualify as damaging! If you're concerned about sleeping and eating, two of our most basic human functions, it stands to reason you might be pretty stressed.
All this is to say – we're not totally sure! I would recommend giving the gluten-free diet a try and seeing what happens. It is certainly a commitment, and some people go months before seeing results (others see results within weeks or even days). But if gluten really is the culprit here, odds are you'll feel like an entirely new person once you ditch it. Might be worth it.
Please let us know if you have any more questions, and I hope you start feeling better soon.
-Caty and the rest of the team at Triumph
I also wonder if being Gluten Intolerant can cause tooth decay and skin problems. I have a skin problem called "stucco". It is white bumps on the tops of both feet and ankles. It can be very itchy at times. I've been gluten intolerant for 6 years now and I noticed these bumps about 2 years ago. I've also had a lot of dental problems this past year. Root canals and crowns and decay and sensitivity to cold have become a real bummer to someone who had good teeth. Any one out there know of these things?
I can only speak to the teeth problems and only from my personal, non-expert experience. Over the past 3-5 years, I've had large chunks of three teeth break off. Subsequently, I tested extremely low on vitamin D in my system. This was discovered at the same time I realized I was gluten intolerant. Now that I avoid gluten and take vitamin D supplements to keep my vitamin D level up in the normal range, my teeth have stopped breaking. Why? My theory is that the damage caused to my intestines by gluten meant I couldn't absorb enough vitamin D and calcium to keep my teeth strong.
I need any information about antibotics that DO NOT have gluten. I have a very bad sinus infection, have had sinus surgery and can not find a doctor that can treat my infection unless it is by having a pick-line and giving myself antibotics at home and it is very expensive.
I just bought your GlutenFree Grocery Guide book, its hard to understand. Is everything listed in this book gluten free?
I have also experienced tooth breakage and extreme insomnia. It may sound bad but it did make me feel better to know that I wasn't the only one dealing with these and all the other symptoms of celiac.
I have been exhausted for years, no matter how much sleep I get, I wake up tired. I have also been diagnosed 2 years ago with an under active thyroid, for which I am being treated, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis for a few years. Four months ago, I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, following an endoscopy and blood tests.
Reading different articles about Celiac, they mention that some medical issues could be due to gluten intolerance. If this is the case, why isn't this simple blood test included on a routine check, like the cholesterol and diabetes tests? At least, knowing of a gluten intolerance, one can take precautions before it progresses to Celiac.
I have the same thing's going on with me. only I cannot seem to lose weight. have had the rash for over a year. been to a lot of doctors. you know there is gluten in tonic candy, makeup etc. I find it very hard to keep up with it. I wish you well MAL
@ jacquie m, I also have an under-active thyroid, and have had most of my life. I am one of many of those individuals for which the TSH has no bearing on the amount of serum thyroid hormones, T3 & T4.
About the same time I was diagnosed with CD, my thyroid condition changed. Perhaps it switched to an autoimmune thyroid condition. I could no longer get any benefit from synthetic T4. I could not convert T4 to T3 which gives the most benefit. I went back to natural thyroid.
A lot of reading has shown me (at least) that there are a lot of folks with both CD & thyroid issues. Some additional things I have learned about dealing with thyroid issues is to not eat cruciferous vegetables or strawberries (bummer since the veggies have some anti-cancer properties & I love strawberries) since they compete with thyroid receptors. Also, stay away from Triclosan which is in everything; antibiotic soaps, toothpaste (anti-gingivitis agent), even in-the-bathtub mats. It is absorbed through the skin, is fat soluble, & competes with thyroid receptors. Once again the FDA will rule on its use at the end of the year.


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7th December 2013 , 20:00 BST
One of Britain's brightest lightweights Derry Mathews returns to BoxNation to challenge WBO European Lightweight champion Stephen Ormond.
Mathews, 30, recently signed with Queensberry Promotions and indicated his happiness to end his career with the company. Now the Liverpudlian looks to build on his impressive first title defence against Curtis Woodhouse in September with what would be a third win of the year.
After winning the WBO European Lightweight title in September, Stephen Ormond has already notched a defence against previously unbeaten Adam Dingsdale. Now he's looking to chalk up a fourth win of the year, but faces a far greater challenge in the form of Derry Mathews.
7th December 2013 , 20:00 BST
Popular Ellesmere Port super-flyweight Paul Butler looks to move to 14-0 and raise his stock with the world's leading sanctioning bodies against 12-1-1 Ruben Montoya. The hometown fighter looks to defend his WBO Intercontinental Super-Flyweight title for the first time as he looks to cement his position as one of the division's hottest prospects.
The 25-year-old impressed in his last outing as he won the WBO Intercontinental title and saw off the considerable threat of previously unbeaten WBC South American champion Miguel Gonzalez.
Butler has fought and won four times in 2013 already, blowing away Anwar Alfadli, Yaqub Kareem and Najah Ali in rounds four, five and four respectively. Against Gonzalez, the Cheshire fighter found himself in a good learning fight and had to take a more pragmatic approach against a skilled and elusive opponent. That night, live on BoxNation from the Copper Box Arena, the world title prospect took a convincing unanimous decision.
7th December 2013 , 20:00 BST
After beating Erick Ochieng to create history - the first time three brothers have held British titles at the same time - Liam "Beefy" Smith is LIVE on BoxNation looking to defend his British Light-Middleweight title for the first time against Mark Thompson.
The 15-0 Scouser may have been the last of the trio to claim a Lonsdale belt, but he's also the only one with an unbeaten record to his name. He'll look to extend that to 16-0 and prove he's got what it takes to be an elite level fighter against the experienced, 25-3 Mark Thompson.


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Cheryl Gulley, IDEC, EDRA, LEED AP ID+C
Professor and Department Chair
MFA Interior Architecture and Design, Academy of Art University
MA Psychological Science – Environment & Behavior Studies, Austin Peay State University
BID Interior Design, O'More College of Design
BS Chemistry and Psychology, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
In 1991, following ten years of interior design practice with a commercial design firm in Nashville, Gulley began teaching at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, then Watkins Institute. Gulley devoted herself to interior design education with the years 1996 through 2006 spent as the Department Chair. During the past twenty years, her credits include the creation of the initial BFA in Interior Design program, as well as securing the first CIDA accreditation for the BFA.
Gulley has been active in furniture and lighting design production for the past ten years. Her designs have been submitted as part of juried exhibitions. The submitted furniture and lighting designs have received recognition through awards received in national competitions. More recent designs have featured the manipulation of materials that are part of the sustainable movement, including recycled metal and concrete.
In 2010, Gulley added an MFA in Interior Architecture and Design to her credentials. The graduate-level coursework provided an avenue toward additional research and application of sustainable principles. Her thesis focused on the renewal of a site near downtown Nashville, which provided an opportunity for renovation and new construction within sustainable guidelines throughout the proposal. An additional credential was added with LEED Approved Professional status in 2009. Gulley now holds a LEED AP ID+C certificate (Interior Design + Construction).
Paul John Boulifard
M.Arch, Architecture, Yale University
Designer/Architect Paul John Boulifard has a wide range of professional and academic experiences. Professionally he has worked on large scale projects ranging from skyscrapers, healthcare facilities and performing arts centers while at Pelli Clarke, Pelli Architects in New Haven, CT, to small scale civic buildings at Cherry Huffman Architects, in Raleigh, NC. He has worked at Manuel Zeitlin Architects in Nashville, TN, working on multi-use projects, civic facilities, and small scale residential architectural projects. Currently, he maintains a thriving consulting practice.
In conjunction with these professional activities, Boulifard has taught at the university level on an adjunct basis at such notable institutions as Wesleyan University and Connecticut College, which are both located in Connecticut. He also taught as a full-time tenure track faculty member at the Drury University Hammons School of Architecture. He specialized in fifth year level teaching and computer technologies in relation to the exploration and practice of architecture.
He holds an undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University, College of Design and a Master's Degree from Yale University, School of Architecture. He also has also studied in France and Spain.
Dallas Dedmon
MFA Candidate, Architectural History, Savannah College of Art and Design
BS, Interior Design, Lambuth University
BS, Psychology, Union University
Ms. Dedmon's career has involved interior design and project management, as well as undergraduate interior design instruction. With a special passion for items related to architectural history, her background has included work as a furniture and decorative arts preservationist.
Nancy Inman
AFA, Interior Design, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
Nancy Inman is a Principal and Senior Designer for I-Group. In her eighteen years of professional experience, Ms. Inman has completed projects for hotels, hospitals, restaurants, nursing homes, recreational facilities, schools, churches, and military installations. Her design of local restaurant favorites includes The Bound'ry, South Street, Cabana, and Urban Grub Fish Pit and Southern Cantina.
Katherine Kennon
MA, Architecture, Clemson University
BA, Design, Clemson University
Ms. Kennon's architecture practice has included spaces that vary from private residences to commercial spaces, such as financial institutions, healthcare environments, and retail establishments. She is the co-author of the popular textbook, The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, now in its fifth edition.
Susan Kurtz
BFA, Interior Design, O'More College of Design
Ms. Kurtz has her own residential interior design business and is currently developing a design package for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, as well as for the caregivers themselves. She is highly skilled in design presentation techniques, including computer-aided renderings using AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Photoshop and Revit.
Rachel Martin
M.Arch, Architecture, University of Tennessee
BS, Interior Design, University of Tennessee
With degrees in both interior design and architecture, Rachel Martin brings a diverse mixture of pertinent information to her students. Her professional practices includes a focus on large scale commercial projects, including healthcare facilities and American embassies, as well as custom residential projects located in Portland, Oregon and Nashville, Tennessee. Ms. Martin is a co-owner of (n)habit, a retail showroom and design services firm that focuses on sustainable building materials. She and her husband received the 2011 NEXT Award for Sustainable Start-up and have been listed in the Nashville Post's annual 50 "Green Heroes" since the inception of (n)habit.
Shonna Sexton
BFA, Interior Design, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
BFA, Fine Art, University of Tennessee – Martin
Ms. Sexton's professional practice began as an interior designer for several prominent architectural firms in the Nashville area. Currently, she is practicing as the driving force behind Shonna Sexton Studio. Sexton creates spaces to fulfill the needs of the client, while striving to improve day-to-day quality of life through art and design. Her focus is to make decisions that are respectful of the past and will stand the test of time, while requiring a limited amount of maintenance. Ms. Sexton is a member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and has served on the Board for the IIDA Tennessee Chapter for the past several years. She is the recipient of the Tennessee Chapter Service Award.
Connie Vernich
BA, Art History, American InterContinental University
AFA, Interior Design, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
Ms. Vernich is an accomplished residential designer whose work has been featured throughout Nashville and the surrounding area for the past fifteen years. She is also known for her skillful renderings and artful blending of the old with the new. Vernich brings her knowledge of the history of architecture and interior design to life in her classrooms through her detailed lectures. Students connect with her descriptions at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film and on-site in France.