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Anton Chekhov, it is said, viewed his plays as comedies. But I really can't recall ever LMAO-ing over "The Cherry Orchard" or "The Seagull." That, however, is not the case with Christopher Durang's Chekhov-inspired, Tony Award-winning comedy, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," which currently has Hartford Stage audiences, if not ROFL-ing, at least has them giddy with delight in their seat
"Vanya and Sonia, et. al." represents further growth for the Yale Drama School graduate, whose early plays were wild, anarchic farces glazed with an acute intelligence, including "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You," "A History of the American Film," and "Beyond Therapy," or clever parodies such as "The Idiots Karamazov" and "For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls," or recent works that featured more developed characters dealing with contemporary issues, in such works as "Betty's Summer Vacation" and "Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them."
In many ways, "Vanya and Sonia, etc." is a perfect example of a Durang play. It has plenty of physical humor and sight jokes, it is chock-a-block full of sarcastic one-liners, it effectively captures the zeitgeist of the country at the current moment, it abounds with juicy literary references both contemporary and classic, and it has its own share of characters who can be, at times, slightly off the wall. But what differentiates this play from most of his previous ones is the great warmth and heart at its center.
All of this is sublimely evident in Maxwell Williams' lively production which plays through Sunday, June 22 at the downtown Hartford venue. He has assembled a great cast who go to town with each of their characters, a carefully calibrated mix of caricature and exaggeration that nonetheless discovers and honors the humanity at each one's core. While they may all be identifiable types with some more off-center than others, they all turn out to be people with whom you are delighted to be spending time.
Durang sets the play in Bucks County, PA, where he actually lives, in a rambling house that has been exquisitely designed by Jeff Cowie to capture the feel of its great rooms and high ceilings and suggest the paths and ponds that surround the home. Here dwell in Chekhovian angst a brother and sister, Vanya and Sonia, who have remained single after caring for their elderly Alzheimer afflicted parents for many years. Their names resulted from their parents being college professors and community theater enthusiasts, which was also responsible for the name of their globe-trotting, long-absent movie star sister, Masha, who unexpectedly arrives one weekend with her much-younger, boy-toy lover, Spike, in tow.
In a slight nod to Chekhov, we learn that Masha plans to sell the house, which would leave her siblings homeless and forced to get jobs. There's also a costume party to attend, just up the road at the old Dorothy Parker house, for which Masha has brought a Snow White costume for herself and dwarf outfits for the others. A young aspiring actress, cheekily named Nina, drops by from next door, and will, a la The Seagull, perform in a play written by one of the characters. At the same time, the family housekeeper, a Caribbean Cassandra, spouts off warnings and predictions in hilarious speeches that combine Greek tragedy with American pop culture. Durang packs so much into his play that I've barely scratched the surface of all that occurs, but when you're having this much fun, who cares?
All six members of the ensemble are pitch-perfect, with Durang providing each with special moments to shine. The always-reliable Mark Nelson demonstrates marvelous depth as the gay but quiet Vanya, who feels he has sacrificed his aspirations to remain a caregiver, but who reveals a pent-up nostalgia for simpler times in a deliciously out-of-control monologue that is truly one of the most hysterical and rewarding scenes of the play. Nelson's Vanya holds a gentle dignity that serves the character well as he struggles to maintain peace between his sisters and in a touching moment when he delights in allowing Nina to call him "Uncle Vanya."
Caryn West, an actress who is new to me, is heart-breakingly stunning as the sad, frustrated Sonia, who in Durang's crisp, savage dialogue delivers some of the funniest and honest descriptions of despair and loneliness one may ever encounter on a stage. As an adopted sister, she may feel isolated, but the sly West brings the audience along on her character's transition into a wickedly modern riff on a Maggie Smith discovering her "prime." She also gets to transition, with great assistance from costume designer Tricia Barsamian, from Sonia's casual, laid-back wardrobe into a shimmering green gown complete with sequins. The actress also has the audience hanging on every word in a telephone call that Sonia receives, for which we only hear one side. The audible disappointment from some audience members at a certain point in the conversation indicates how much West has enabled us to invest into her character.
Leslie Hendrix, nearly unrecognizable from her role as the grittily acerbic medical examiner in all three versions of "Law and Order," is a genuine force of nature as Masha, the cluelessly self-absorbed celebrity who prances around the house using grand gestures and oversize language while trying to hide her insecurities and fears. Of course, this is only made more absurd once she dons the Snow White outfit, all the paradoxes of which Hendrix captures perfectly.
Daytime soap hunk David Gregory ("One Life to Live") plays Spike not so much as dim, but as someone so taken in by his looks, his abs, and his career (not to mention some genuine affection for Masha, enough to play frequent go-fer) that he really hasn't the time to be concerned or aware of anything else. In fact there's an element in his performance that suggests a naivety about just what kind of a profession he had decided to pursue. Gregory particularly funny demonstrating Spike's playful use of his frequently shirtless and occasionally pantless body to both impress and intimidate, as well as to celebrate his good fortune.
The wonderful Stacey Sargeant has some great moments as the amusingly portentous housekeeper Cassandra, whose warnings go unheeded yet have a habit of coming true. She's always a welcome presence whether she's chanting curses, praying to any variety of multi-cultural gods or showing Vanya how to work a voodoo doll. Andrea Lynn Green is sweet and believable as the theatrically astute and ambitious neighbor whose gratitude seems absolutely genuine as she gets to know the members of this rather zany yet emotionally relatable household.
All of Barsamian's costumes are well-done, from her casual outfits to her takes on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as well as in her selection of items for Spike to wear, or in several cases, what to jump out of fairly frequently. John Lasister's lighting very ably captures the mood as the day progresses, from a sparkling morning to the middle of the night.
"Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" is a truly modern comedy that genuinely entertains and rewards through non-stop laughter and the occasional tear, with an intelligence that respects both its characters and its audience. It is a play full of wit, wonder and worth, that shows a genius comedic playwright at the top of his powers. It is full of heart, love and hilarity, making this weekend along the Delaware a memorable journey.
For information and tickets, call the Hartford Stage Box Office at 860.527.5151 or visit their website at www.hartfordstage.org.
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Cargo ships come from every country and they transport nearly everything imaginable from shoes to cars to clothes to furniture. Some cargo ships have even transported army vehicles like tanks! Almost every imported product on store shelves was once aboard a cargo ship. Despite the fact that these vessels are central to International trade, many people know little about them.
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• Cargo ships regularly carry hundreds of metal containers that are packed with goods. These containers are so heavy that the ships come equipped with cranes that help the operators load and unload the cargo.
• Most cargo ships (and containers) are made out of welded steel. They usually are expected to last about 30 years before they need to be replaced.
• Cargo ships can sometimes take weeks (or even over a month) to reach a certain destination.
• Cargo ships are among the most likely kinds of ships to fall prey to modern day pirates. In poor countries especially pirates target the ships for the wealth of useful products they carry on board.
• Cargo ships are very much a 21st century reality but the practice of trading and carry goods via the sea dates back to the 1st millennium BC! These early "cargo ships" usually operated around the Mediterranean and carried items like copper, glass, ivory, jars, spices, gold and even statues.
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The RBI said on the basis of the current macroeconomic assessment, it has been decided to keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.25 per cent of their net demand and time liabilities; and keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 8.0 per cent. Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF will remain unchanged at 7.0 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) and the Bank Rate at 9.0 per cent. The RBI said since the Second Quarter Review (SQR) of Oct 2012, the global economy has shown some signs of stabilisation although the situation remains fragile. While activity is picking up in the US and the UK, near-term prospects in the euro area are still weak. Moreover, there is no clarity as yet on how the US fiscal cliff might be managed. While several emerging and developing economies (EDEs) are gradually returning to higher growth, weak external demand and contagion risks from advanced economies (AEs) render them vulnerable to further shocks, it said. On the domestic front, there are some incipient signs of pick-up though growth remains significantly below its recent trend. Also, though consumer price inflation remains stubborn, the pace of moderation in wholesale price inflation has been faster than anticipated. "With food and manufacturing prices expected to edge down further, inflationary pressures may ease somewhat in the coming months," said the RBI in its mid-quarter monetary policy review. Global Economy Since the SQR, global activity has remained sluggish, but country growth trajectories appear to be de-coupling. In the US, the revised GDP estimates for Q3 of 2012 indicate that a pick-up in growth is underway, supported by rising non-farm payroll employment, home sales and house prices. In order to support a stronger recovery, the Fed continued its quantitative easing, and announced further expansion through purchase of longer-term treasury securities. In contrast, euro area growth contracted for a second successive quarter in Q3, and retail sales have been declining at a faster pace in Q4. In Japan, GDP growth contracted in Q3, triggering a fresh dose of fiscal stimulus. Overall, the global purchasing managers index (PMI) for November points to acceleration, with the all-industry index recording an eight-month high. International energy and non-energy commodity prices softened in November for the second month in a row, suggesting lower inflationary pressures. Domestic Economy Growth GDP growth in Q2 of 2012-13 at 5.3 per cent was marginally lower than 5.5 per cent in Q1. However, there are some indications of a modest firming up of activity in Q3. Industrial activity rose sharply in October but this is, in large part, due to a low base and festival-related demand which propelled the growth of both consumer durables and non-durables into double digits. Significantly, capital goods production recorded a growth of 7.5 per cent after 13 successive months of decline. The manufacturing PMI rose moderately in November as order book volumes expanded. While the services PMI declined from a month ago, expansion in new business and order book volumes suggests positive sentiment about increasing activity in the months ahead. In the farm sector, rabi sowing coverage is expanding steadily, improving the prospects of agricultural growth. Inflation Headline WPI inflation edged down to 7.2 per cent in November, mainly owing to softening of prices of vegetables, minerals and fuel. On the other hand, prices of cereals and protein-based items such as eggs, fish and meat firmed up further. 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Liquidity conditions have remained tight in Q3 due to large government balances with the Reserve Bank and the widening wedge between deposit and credit growth. With a view to containing the liquidity deficit at reasonable levels, the Reserve Bank conducted open market operations (OMOs) on December 4 and 11, injecting primary liquidity of `232 billion. Accordingly, money market rates remained close to the repo rate. External Sector 8. With the step-up in oil imports persisting despite the moderation in crude prices, the cumulative trade deficit for April-November widened from its level a year ago indicating significant risks to the balance of payments from the adverse external environment. Even as capital inflows improved compared to Q2, there were downward pressures on the rupee reflecting the large trade and current account deficits. Outlook Lead indicators point to a modest firming up in the momentum of global growth over the rest of 2012 and in 2013 if there is firm policy action in the euro area and the US. The biggest risk to the outlook stems from political economy considerations that could impede, delay or erode resolute policy action. The consequences could be deepened financial stress and heightened risk aversion. For EDEs, the threat of spillovers remains significant in view of the depressed outlook for global trade and volatile capital flows. Although inflation pressures appear to be moderating, elevated food and commodity prices remain contingent risks, especially for EDEs facing domestic supply constraints. 1 On the domestic front, GDP growth is evolving along the baseline projection of 5.8 per cent for 2012-13 set out in the SQR. The recent policy initiatives by the Government and further reforms should help to boost business sentiment and improve the investment climate. As regards inflation, excess capacity in some sectors is working towards moderating core inflation. Furthermore, the easing of international commodity prices, particularly of crude, is expected to impart some softening bias to the evolving inflation conditions if it is not offset by the impact of rupee depreciation. The Reserve Bank is closely monitoring the evolving growth-inflation dynamic and will update the formal numerical assessment of its growth and inflation projections for 2012-13 as part of the third quarter review in January 2013. Guidance Headline inflation has been below the Reserve Banks projected levels over the past two months. The decline in core inflation has also been comforting. These emerging patterns reinforce the likelihood of steady moderation in inflation going into 2013-14, though inflation may edge higher over the next two months. 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Dual SIM Samsung Galaxy Core i8262 with Android Jelly Bean coming soon
Samsung is seemingly getting ready to introduce a new dual SIM Android smartphone. It's not a giant device – like the Galaxy Grand i9802, Galaxy Mega 5.8, or Galaxy Win – but a pretty normal handset that comes with a 4.3 inch WVGA display.
The new smartphone is called Galaxy Core (mode number GT-i8262).
According to email@example.com, the Galaxy Core will be released starting mid May – at least in Russia. It should cost 12,990 RUB (about €320). The handset runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and features: Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 768MB of RAM, dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 8GB of internal memory, and MicroSD card support.
The Samsung Galaxy Core measures 129.3 ? 67.56 ? 8.95 mm, weighs 140 grams, and doesn't look too different from the other mid-end smartphones that Samsung has introduced lately (as you can see in the image above).
Russia aside, I assume the new smartphone will also be available in other European and Asian markets.
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Stoner characters have been in some of the greatest movies of all time, or at least the funniest. Here's a selection of our favorites. Head to our Facebook page and let us know who yours are.
10. Floyd -- True Romance
Brad Pitt's character only has a few minutes of screen time, but like Christopher Walken and James Gandolifini, Pitt squeezes every possible bit of character from the Tarantino script. Floyd is probably the best looking stoner ever.
9. Towelie -- "South Park"
Ah, Towelie, everyone's favorite sentient beach necessity. Created by a nefarious corporation for equally nefarious purposes…well, really created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone because why-the-hell-not? Is he in fact the worst character ever?
8. Ron Slater -- Dazed and Confused
Ron Slater is a stoner with a heart of gold, a guy who knows that one quality girl is better than any quantity of girls. So what if he doesn't even have one quality girl? The guy knows what's up.
7. Marty – Cabin in the Woods
Everyone knows it: if you smoke weed in a horror movie, you're probably going to die. Still, poor stoner bastards continue to pop up in slasher films only to have knives shoved through their throats. When will they learn? As a matter fact, one of them did. Here's to Marty. Everyone needs to watch Cabin in the Woods. Tonight.
6. Anyone from Pineapple Express
Obvious, but unavoidable. And hilarious. All the principal cast members qualify: James Franco as the cloying dealer, Seth Rogen pas the straight-but-stoned smoker, Danny McBride as the invincible Daewoo driving mofo,
5. Shaggy -- "Scooby Doo"
Okay, okay, he never actually smokes in frame, but was it ever really a secret that Shaggy and Scoob were baked 24/7? They eat enormous amounts of food, they can't focus on a damn thing other than food. They're were sure as hell smoking something.
4. Thurgood Jenkins -- Half Baked
Before Dave Chapelle was Dave Chapelle, he was Thurgood Jenkins, a pothead just trying to get his friend out of jail and win Mary Jane, the girl of his dreams.
3. Bill and Ted -- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
I guess Bill and Ted just slip out of frame to smoke, because they definitely don't waste a second of their time with that sober bullshit. Nah, they're too busy kicking ass in the past to deal with that shiz.
2. The Dude -- The Big Lebowski
The man, the meme, the obliterated bowler who's just trying to chill: Lebowski is apathetic excellence drowning in drinks and dreams. The Dude is the man.
1. Cheech and Chong -- Anything
They're more or less the kings of stoner comedy, and they deserve that mantle. No one before or since has shown the sheer dedication, the force of will necessary to blow through however many pounds of schwag they shredded over the years. Kudos.


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Tennis Sneaks By Richmond, 4-3
March 25, 2005
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The University of Massachusetts (10-6, 2-0 A-10) downed the University of Richmond (6-7, 0-1 A-10), 4-3, this afternoon in Atlantic 10 women's tennis action. The Minutewomen took a 4-3 decision for the second consecutive day as sophomore Michele Spiess (Stuttgart, Germany) took a pair of victories at No. 2 singles and doubles.
In the singles competition, the two teams split six matches. Spiess notched her win at No. 2 singles in dramatic fashion. She won by scores of 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 in a match against Robin Carter that lasted four hours. Junior Dorothy Iwanowicz (Hilton Head, S.C.) also edged out a win in the No. 4 slot, winning 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). The last win in singles play came when freshman Kristin DiPiero (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) won at No. 6 singles by default, as her opponent was injured.
The doubles point proved to be the deciding factor in the second straight contest. The team of Spiess and freshman Masha Pozar (Ljublijana, Slovenia) won at the No. 2 slot, 8-6 and another default allowed the pair of senior Sasha Edelstein (Haifa, Israel) and junior Jana Bartoloni (Quincy, Mass.) to record a victory at the No. 3 spot.
The Minutewomen are now 2-0 in conference play and return home on Wednesday, March 30 to take on Rhode Island at the Upper Boyden Courts at 3:00 PM.
1. Lindsay Cox and Meghan Wolfgram def. Iwanowicz and Johnson, 8-2.
2. Spiess and Pozar def. Robin Carter and Courtney Klein, 8-6.
3. Edelstein and Bartoloni won by default.
1. Cox def. Pozar, 6-3, 6-0.
2. Spiess def. Carter, 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 6-1.
3. Klein def. Edelstein, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
4. Iwanowicz def. Wolfgram, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Jelena Zivanovic def. Bartoloni, 7-5, 6-3.
6. DiPiero won by default.
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Visitors to this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton horse trials can be in with a shot of winning a top of the range electric fencing device.Gallagher Europe, which makes equestrian and livestock security products, is holding a free prize draw at their stand – visitors simply have to fill in a short survey to enter.The company is also supplying the fencing for the competitors' training areas at the event, which runs from May 3 to 7.Offers on some of the firm's top products will be available to visitors, with savings of up to £150 on the brand new M2800i, which provides power for fences up to 53km long.Breeders can also take some of the stress out of foaling with a saving of £200 on the Gallagher Birth Alarm Lite and AnimalCam, which will be reduced from £848 to £648.The birth alarm is triggered when the mare lies in a foaling position, sending text messages to two phones, and the AnimalCam is a surveillance camera offering colour images plus an infrared view for unobtrusive night-time monitoring.For more information on Gallagher products visit www.gallagher.co.uk and to find out more about making sure your fencing is safe and secure head to www.gallagher.co.uk/gallaghercheck
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A few weeks ago, I had a feeling of intense pressure under my leftside ribcage. I also started to have pain. The doctor told me that I was constipated and I started taking Miralax. Since that time, I have had regular BMs everyday but my symptoms are worse!
I still have a sort of achy feeling under my rib. Like that area is just exhausted and weak. Sometimes I have sharp pains in the same area. I also have pain in my back. It's very localized and seems to be directly opposite the pain that I feel under my ribs. I have been experiencing some shortness of breath. I just feel a pressure in my chest, like something is there that shouldn't be. I started to eat less and less because it just felt odd, or wrong. Hard to describe. But now when I eat solid foods, I feel like there is a huge brick of food that just lodges in my chest under my ribs. It is the most uncomfortable thing. I don't feel like food is stuck in my throat, it's like it is stuck in my chest. Overall I have begun to feel very weak and so TIRED. It's gotten to the point that I have anxiety about eating and I am mostly getting by on applesauce and small amounts of broth. I also sometimes have these spasms under my left rib cage. Usually when I try to eat. They aren't painful, but they kind of freak me out.
Do these sound like symptoms you have had? I can't eat. I'm having trouble sleeping. I am seeing a gastro specialist on Friday so I hope they take me seriously and help me feel better!
Posted on 05/02/12, 08:22 pm
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I have a hiatal hernia. I have GERD. I have gastritis. My problems got worse last fall. I have (and still have to some degree), pain under left ribcage (to the left of center). Sometimes my pain was sharp (doubling me over). Other times just achy. AND...eventually that progressed to pain in the back. I also experienced shortness of breath. But that occurred primarily at night while trying to fall asleep and I believe some of that was due to anxiety. AND for quite a few years I use to experience spasms under left rib cage. I would say they were like flutters or a muscle twitch. Butterflies. I think it was all related.
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Hope I am replying in the right spot. Thanks so much, Kay. At least I know I'm not alone in feeling these symptoms. My rib pain sounds so similar. Sometimes stabbing and pretty much always achy. That whole area just feels tired out. I have also been having a lot of anxiety in conjunction with this mess and that is not typical for me. My appointment is today and hopefully we can figure something out!
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Hi Stephanie - I sympathize very much with you.
To, me, this sounds like you do have a Hiatial Hernia. :(
I have the EXACT symptoms. My doctor (long story short) sent me away with a pat on the head and basiclally told me "it was all in my head -aka - stress).
I had the shortness of breath, under rib pain (but on right, some on left), food stuck in chest/throat, weird "spasms", heart palipitations.
My doc thought also Gastritis, which I had before so I was on PPI (pantaloc). No xray or scope was schceduled. but since my rib pain was so bad, I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL EMERG - A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL - THEY GAVE ME SCOPE AND FOUND HIATIAL HERNIA. JUST THIS WEEK !!!!!!
I am very upset as , it is SCARY !!! there is no more "juncture" to shut off all those erosive acids from your esophogus. and eating/drinking is not enjoyable now. and the meds dry out your mouth and also add to the indigestion as they take away the gastric acids.
I feel for you. And others like me/us.
Very glad you seeing your gastro specialist.
Maybe you will be lucky and this will not be hernia. I hope for you it is not...................they can be dealt with but are scary and a pain in the butt !!!! (for altering eat/drink habits etc, no more lifing etc.).
Good luck, let us know what happens.
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Well the Dr has ordered an upper endoscopy so I guess we will see what happens. I am having trouble eating. I took a pill that she gave me for heartburn and after about 20 minutes I still feel like it's lodged in my throat :( I have to wait until the 11th for my procedure if everything goes well.
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Hi Im the same. I have a hiatus hernia and gastritis. Do you get reflux too? I do. Let me know what your gastros say. Mine has refused an op though Im in agony some days as it keeps flaring up. I get the pressure feeling and want to belch then when I eat it can go from discomfort to absolute agony and I can get reflux. Ive got very scared and anxious about it,also depressed. All Ive been offered is painkillers and anti-depressents. Its got worse since the end of last year. Im at my wits end with it. Ive got some pain in my back too,left side. The doctor put that down to a pulled muscle. I don,t remember that. Tell me what meds you are on and what helps. Im on two Pantoprazoles a day,paracetamol,Tramodol,Mirtazapine and can have either Gaviscon or Sucralfate for it. Nothing really helps me.
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The bad thing is there are so many other things that happen with your body with a HH that the doctors don't mention.
Like what about your esoph? It is pushed UP because the stomach pushes it up. Also, I noticed "squeezing and pinching' pains even before i knew I had the hernia.......this must be from the diaphram muscle and stomach "repositioning" in the abdominal wall, this cannot be good for anybody.
Also, the Proton Pump Inhibitors cause malabsorption of crutial calcium and minerals, this whole thing is just very very scary.
The doctors try to play it down, but I think your stomach protruding into the chest cavity is something to be concerned about.
We are all between a rock and a hard place...............you have to take the meds to live with the hernia, but the meds have their side effects. And the hernia itself is not good for the body...............
I am very upset about mine. I am sure I got mine from a hard fall I had about 2 months ago (April 2012). I noticed the symptoms about a week after that.
*sigh* I guess the only thing to do is try not to think about it too much? But it is so hard.
I feel very sad a lot of the time now so I totally know where you are coming from with the antidepressants. How can anybody be happy with these things.............
good luck.............
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I still don't know for sure that I have a HH but the more I read, and the longer this goes on, the more I feel convinced. It's been such an avalanche of problems flaring up in such a short time. I have also noticed now some pretty intense pain in my chest/back when I am walking. Has anyone else experienced that? It correlates to the area where everything feels WRONG (right under ribs on left side chest). I am now having a hard time swallowing a pill. Feels stuck for like 20 minutes or more. Lots of anxiety since this started. Whatever this is, it's exhausting. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Just seems like one day I was eating fine, brats and fries with no trouble and the next day I was reduced to applesauce and tiny bites of really bland stuff. Hope you all find the relief you need. It is draining.
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Yump....I have back pain too.
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But...I think excercise helps. I am going to start walking now that the he weather is better and see how it goes.
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Bianca Gascoigne BiographyBianca Gascoigne was born on October 28, 1986, in England. Her parents divorced and, when she was 10 years old, her mother married soccer star Paul Gascoigne, who adopted both Bianca and her brother. However, they divorced two years later.
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bianca gascoigne wins love island2006 was a monumental year for Bianca Gascoigne, as she was the winner of the Fiji-based reality TV show, Love Island, where she met then-boyfriend Callum Best. After the show, publicity followed as Bianca Gascoigne enjoyed a busy social life in front of the paparazzi. From September 2006 to January 2007, she graced the front covers of Loaded and Nuts magazines, and made appearances in Maxim, FHM, Zoo Weekly, and other publications.
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Serena Celia Humphrey (née van der Woodsen) is a main character in the Gossip Girl series of novels and its television adaption, in which she is portrayed by Blake Lively.
Throughout the series, Serena has an on-again, off-again relationship with Dan Humphrey, the two have the longest running relationship on the show. Dan and Serena finally get married in the series finale.
Serena is regarded as the "it girl" of the Upper East Side, she is best friends with Blair Waldorf and also has a close friendship with Nate Archibald and Chuck Bass. When she was gone, Blair was the "it girl".
She, Dan and Blair are the only characters that appear in every episode of the TV series.
Serena van der Woodsen is the daughter of William and Lily van der Woodsen. She's had many step-fathers. The story begins with her return to New York from boarding school. Shortly after her return, she realizes a lot has changed since she left. Her friends are not too happy about her return, including her best friend Blair Waldorf, considering they were best friends in the past, as well.
She then meets Dan Humphrey and the two begin a romantic relationship and soon fall in love. The two have their ups and downs but her love for him remains constant throughout the series, a fact not lost on her friends, Blair even commented once that Serena believes her romantic fate was sealed in the 11th grade when she met Dan. In the finale, Dan and Serena get married, surrounded by friends and family.
She appears to be 16 through 21 years old in the series and also as a teenager. She seems to have a taste of preppy clothes.
Novel series
In the novel series, Serena was born into Manhattan's elite society. Her mother is Lily van der Woodsen, a very wealthy heiress, and her father William van der Woodsen, a billionaire doctor. Serena also has an older brother named Erik, who attends Brown. Serena comes back from boarding school for seemingly unknown reasons that are later shown in a prequel. When she comes home she suddenly realizes how much has changed. She is often given the good things which makes her best friend Blair Waldorf furious when she has to work for them, Serena goes to Yale at the end of the series. She goes through boys very quickly; Nate, her best friend's boyfriend whom she lost her virginity to. Through the books, she realize that she truly loves Nate, but he is still Blair's boyfriend. In the thirteenth novel, she decides to stay in New York to be with Nate, but at the end, he leaves to not get in between her and Blair.
Television series
In the television series, Serena is seen to have a complicated past; when first introduced, she has come back to New York after her brother, Eric van der Woodsen, has tried to commit suicide. Serena is also finding it difficult to re-connect with her best friend, Blair Waldorf, especially when it is revealed to Blair by Nate Archibald that he and Serena slept together years before. Her mother has already had three husbands and is revealed to be dating Chuck Bass's father, Bart Bass.
Serena's life only gets more complicated, at present she has just admitted to Dan Humphrey that she has feelings for him and appears to be re-starting their relationship.
The two talk about their relationship and decide that they will wait till the time is right. The two of them realize that this will be the last time they are together so they need to make sure they will last the distance.
In the finale flash forward, Dan and Serena get married, surrounded by friends and family.
Season 1 Timeline
- Serena returns to the Upper East Side after a year at the Knightley Boarding School in Connecticut. She rejects romantic advances from Chuck and Nate. Nate reveals to Blair that Serena and him had sex, and Blair is once again mad at Serena. Dan and Serena go on their first date (Pilot)
- Blair reveals to Dan that Serena had sex with Nate.Serena and Dan have a big argument (The Wild Brunch)
- Blair tells everyone at the Ivy Mixer that Serena had an alcohol problem.Serena makes up with Dan and Blair (Poison Ivy)
- Serena and Dan share their first kiss (Dare Devil)
- Serena finds out about Vanessa (The Handmaiden's Tale)
- She has sex with Dan for the first time (The Handmaiden's Tale)
- She finds out that Rufus used to date her mother (Blair Waldorf Must Pie)
- Serena attends the debutante ball and reunites with Cece. However, she finds out that Cece has been manipulating everyone (Hi,Society)
- She is charged with community service after she gets caught for breaking into the school pool to start a party, where a guy nearly died (School Lies)
- A rumour goes around that Serena is pregnant with Dan's baby, it's revealed to be false. Dan confesses that he's in love with her for the first time (A Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate)
- Serena reunites with Georgina, and she makes Serena miss her SAT test. Serena declares that their friendship is over (Desperately Seeking Serena)
With no-one else to turn to, Serena tells Blair her secret: she killed someone. Immediately after this, Serena leaves for a club and parties hard, leaving with several guys. Blair spends all night trying to find Serena, but eventually finds her and brings her back to the Waldorf's apartment. Blair enlists the help of Chuck and Nate, even though things are still tense between the three of them. Dan shows up looking for Serena, and the other three say that she doesn't want to see him. Still, Dan refuses to leave, until Serena goes to talk to him herself. Dan asked if she slept with someone else, and Serena says, "Yes". In response, Dan says, "I'm done" and leaves the apartment. Serena tells the others that she didn't actually sleep with anyone else, but it was better than knowing the real truth. Blair convinces Serena to tell her, Chuck and Nate the full story behind the night she supposedly killed someone.
On the night that Serena and Nate slept together, Serena went to a hotel room afterwards, shocked by what she had just done. Also in the hotel room is Georgina and a friend named Pete, who had abused the drug cocaine for years. Georgina briefly leaves the room and Serena and Pete start making out, but Serena gets uncomfortable and eventually suggests that they both take some cocaine to get in the mood. Pete does a line, overdoses, and has a violent seizure. Both Serena and Georgina panic, and when Serena tries to call 911, Georgina stops her because of all the drugs in the hotel room and the fact that they were both underage. The whole incident is caught on tape by Georgina. As the two girls rush from the hotel, Serena calls 911 anyway and is unable to help but watch from across the street, waiting for Pete to come out relatively unharmed. Instead, Pete leaves the hotel in a body bag. A horrified Serena blames herself for Pete's death as she was the one who suggested he take the cocaine in the first place.
Meanwhile, Lily finds the tape in Serena's dresser and watches it most of the way through. Thinking it's just a sex tape, and a recent one, she switches it off right before Pete's death occurs. Lily thinks the best path of action is to send Serena to a reformatory school, and tells her this at the rehearsal dinner for the Bass-Van der Woodsen wedding. Blair tries to reason with Lily, telling her that Serena is in a lot of pain and has been hiding a dark secret. Serena eventually tells her mother the whole story, and they talk to Pete's parents, who don't blame her at all for Pete's death. Her guilt absolved, Serena goes to a concert featuring Rufus in order to win Dan back. She just misses Dan but gets a call from him at the concert. It's Georgina at the other end of the line, but Serena says that she's ready to tell the full truth, so she doesn't care about Georgina's blackmail threat. An enraged Georgina pulls Dan outside, still pretending to be 'Sarah', and kisses him. Confused and hurt, Serena is left wondering at the concert. At the Bass-van der Woodsen wedding, Serena and Dan ignores the majority problems of their relationship. Leaving Dan to make the final decision in the relationship between Dan and Serena. Dan breaks up with Serena.
Season 2The first episode of the second season begins in the Hamptons, where Serena is rumored to be dating Nate, but in reality, it is a lie concocted by them both so Nate is able to have an affair with an older, married woman. Meanwhile, she reflects throughout the summer and Dan cannot stop thinking about Serena, resolving to go to the Hamptons. After a few mishaps during the White party, the two resume their relationship.
The couple's return to New York has them returning to old issues as Dan struggles with the differences in their lifestyles and eventually is unable to deal with those differences. The two end their relationship in an elevator during Blair's party, having succumbed to their relationship problems during a blackout.
Gossip Girl cites the new school year, Serena's newly single status, and a possible return of Serena as the Queen Bee of Constance as senior year begins. Serena however, attempts to adjust to a purely platonic relationship with Dan, but she is hurt to find out that he has easily moved on from their relationship when he starts dating a transfer Amanda. Blair intervenes by torturing Amanda so she will distance herself from Dan. Serena apologizes to both Dan and Amanda for Blair's actions and the three have drinks, where Blair's clique continues to meddle in their problems by setting her up with a Dalton student. Dan gradually realizes Serena is hurt but assumes that she is ruining his date with Amanda. Serena lashes out at Dan by telling Dan to leave, hurt by Dan's assumption. Isabel and Penelope ruin the night by throwing a Nairtini at Amanda. A frustrated Amanda leaves and Dan lashes out at Serena, who is innocent of the incident but Dan angrily tells her that she should own up to her real self. Serena, angered at Dan's accusation, confronts Blair's clique and tells them that the next time that they mess with Dan, it has to go through her first. Her statement indicates her return as the Queen Bee. The next morning brings back Serena and Blair's old rivalry, as the girls fawn over Serena and when Blair arrives Serena ties a bandanna around Blair neck, symbolically stating Serena's status as Queen. Serena publicly ostracizes Dan at the courtyard connecting Constance and St. Jude's, followed by Blair's clique.
Serena and Blair's rivalry escalates during Fashion Week as the girls continue to fawn over Serena after seening her with Poppy Lifton, her new high socialite friend. Serena earns public praise and media attention. Blair tries to win her friends back by inviting them to Eleanor's fashion show. Serena tries to reconcile with Blair but Blair turns her down.
Blair is upset when she realizes that her mother has given Serena and Poppy Lifton, her new socialite friend, front row seats at her show. Blair again feels that her mother loves Serena more than she loves her own daugther, and is angry that Serena will not be backstage with her as usual. Blair tries to sabotage the fashion show but it ends up being a huge success; this makes Blair even more jealous.
In "New Haven Can Wait," Serena, angry at Blair, decides to watch her own back and attend an interview at Yale, where Blair always dreamed of attending. Serena was given a personal acceptance from the school's dean and is invited to his house for a special party. Though uninivited, Blair bribes her way into the party. After a game goes wrong, Serena and Blair decide they can never be friends and part ways. Then they both realize they didn't want to lose each other so they return back as best friends.
Serena begins a romance with Aaron Rose, an artist and Blair's new step-brother. She accepts his offer to travel to Argentina with him but they break up soon into the flight.
On the New Years, Serena decided that she wants Dan and wants to make sure that he feels the same. They both feel the same way for each other but soon after, discovers about Scott being their half-brother by their parents, then Dan had a affair with Serena's old teacher, Ms. Carr. Their final issues lead them to breaking up for the last time.
Toward the end of the season, Serena begins a relationship with Gabriel, a man who is friends with Poppy Lifton. After getting her parents and their Upper East Side friends to invest in Gabriel's business that brings the internet to third world countries, Serena realizes that both he and Poppy are conning them. She and the newly born-again Christian Georgina Sparks hatch a plan to catch them. However, the plan does not work out when Lily gets her daughter arrested. Gabriel and Poppy escape.
In the final episode of the season, The Goodbye Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl sends a blast during their graduation commencement ceremony. Serena, angry that Gossip Girl has ruined the day and hurt at being called "irrelevant," vows to find out who she is. They don't, uncover her and accept that they will never know her true identity. At the end of the episode, Carter Baizen, a friend of Serena, tells her he has found the whereabouts of Serena's father. Serena decides to go with Carter to meet him. Serena also learns that she has been accepted to Brown University.
Season 3At the beginning of the season during the summer, Serena had been searching for her father and is in a complicated relationship with Carter Baizen. She decides to defer her acceptance to Brown University for a year, and gets a job as an assistant to publicist Casey. Blair and Serena get into a feud, which is patched up by Nate and Chuck. Later, Serena gets a job in the office of Trip Vanderbilt, who is Nate's cousin and a newly elected Democratic Congressman of New York. Trip and Serena later have a relationship, even though Trip is married to Maureen. He tells Serena that he doesn't love Maureen and will leave her. Serena follows him out of town. Maureen however finds them, and blackmails Serena with a letter from Serena's father, that contains gossip about Lily. Maureen says that Serena can be Trip's mistress, saying that she will be "Jackie [Kennedy]" and Serena "Marilyn [Monroe]." Serena refuses and tells Maureen that Trip will stay with her. However, when she finds out that Trip wants to stay with Maureen for his political career, she asks Trip to drive her back to New York. They have a car accident, and Serena is taken to hospital. Nate shouts at Trip and stays with Serena in the hospital.
Serena is living in the Waldorf's and is in a relationship with Nate. At the brink of the season, a scheming Jenny Humphrey attempted to steal Nate from Serena as she developed feelings for him. Eventually, Serena found about her scheming acts and it strained both her (Jenny) relationship with Serena and perhaps, Nate. In addition, Serena finally got to meet her long, lost father for the first time with the help of her ex-boyfriend Carter. Serena meets her father when the family finds out that Lily is in remission from cancer, and he stays when the cancer relapses. However, it is later revealed that she never had cancer and Dr. William Van der Woodsen (William Baldwin) was using this as a scheme. Although Nate calls the police on William, Serena helps him escape. In the season finale, Serena and Dan share a "meaningless" kiss which leads her to break-up with Nate also she knew that she had feelings for Dan. She leaves for Paris with Blair, both dignifying themselves as beautiful, single, carefree women.
Season 4In "Belles de Jour," Serena has a thing for waiters and anyone on a vespa in Paris. When Blair meets who she thinks is a prince from Monaco, Serena goes on a double date with her which leads to an awkward identity confusion. Blair finds out about Serena's intentions to attend Columbia and they fight, but later make up. We discover that Chuck has been rescued by a mysterious woman.
In the "Double Identity," Serena finds Chuck after identifying "his body" at the morgue. Chuck and woman who nursed him back to health, Eva, want to leave Paris after seeing Blair. Even though Blair is supposed to go on a date with her prince (Louis Grimaldi), Serena asks that Blair stops Chuck from leaving. Blair discovers the ring that Chuck had intended for her. Back home, Nate is dating a girl named Juliet that is trying to help Nate with his social life. The episode finished with her removing pictures from Gossip Girl from a cork-board, leaving only Serena's mugshot.In "The Undergraduates," the Gossip Girl website seems to have gotten an update that allows it to stream video live. Serena and Blair both confidently talk about joining the Hamilton House sorority at Columbia University. It turns out that both Penelope from Constance and Juliet are both members and it is discovered that only Blair got accepted. Juliet seems to be playing the jealousy card by telling Serena that Blair called the Hamilton House to tell them about the situation with Pete Fairman. At a party, Serena and Blair stage a fight that is played on Gossip Girl to expose Juliet's manipulative ways. Knowing that Serena's mother, Lily is part of the Hamilton House, Juliet is kicked out, but Nate still forgives Juliet and kisses her. Serena moves into Blair's apartment.
"A Touch of Eva" spends most of its time talking about Serena's internal struggle over who she will choose: Nate or Dan. Even though she promises to stay away from both to Blair, she meets with Dan, which proves to be helpful in unearthing some dirty secrets about Chuck's girlfriend, Eva. It is discovered that she was a prostitute, and Blair tries to use this against, him but it turns out he already knew. Serena tempts Dan, thinking that his relationship with Vanessa is on the rocks, but only pushes them further together. Blair succeeds in breaking Eva and Chuck apart. Chuck declares war and leaves Blair crying with Serena.
In "Goodbye, Columbia," Serena is having some problems with her classes. Every morning a mysterious man in her building takes her taxi for one of his many one night stands which is making her late. Despite many attempts to meet with her professor, something seems to always get in the way, which makes her professor quite angry with her. We see Juliet meet with a man in jail who "wants to leave Serena with nothing, like she did to (him)". A post appears on Gossip Girl that Serena has an STD which creates a stir among both Nate and Dan. When Dan accompanies Nate to the health centre, Vanessa gets jealous enough to steal Serena's phone at Juliet's request. Juliet sends a message on her phone and only later do we discover that the message was a request of trading sexual favours for grades to the teacher that is already not pleased with Serena. Serena almost gets expelled when Vanessa confesses to stealing the phone and accidentally takes the blame for the message. Juliet bonds with Serena over the incident.
In "Easy-J,"Blair awakes to find Serena's bed unslept-in while Serena stands next to it with messy hair and adorning the same clothes from the previous day. Serena admits to having spent the night with "The Cab Stealer." However, they spent the night talking of pop art in lieu of sleeping together. Serena says she refuses to be one of the women he hands off in a cab every morning.
Blair explains her dream to Serena, who believes it to be about recently being Chuck's active target. Blair is unsure, however, and wonders aloud why the attacker would be female.
After spending the night with Nate, Juliet departs early so as "not to be late to class." Nate is disappointed, hoping to have spent more time with her. Via phone, Dan assures him it's probably the truth. As Nate ends his call with Dan, getting in line to visit his Dad in prison, he spots a sheepish Juliet.Jenny returns to New York, only to face an angry Blair - willing to do anything to make "Little J" leave town again. On her way to class, Serena spots her cuddle-buddy from the night before while entering the building. Irked, Serena is further thrown off by the revelation that he is her Psychology of Business professor, a fact that makes her worried about her feelings for him.
As the season progresses it soon becomes apparent Serena will do anything to stay with Colin but eventually, after defying her mother, Blair and all her friends and after realising Juliet is Colin's cousin, Serena and Colin break up for good.
Serena ends up in a situation where she needs to choose between Nate and Dan. Nate still cares for her but is put off when Juliet pretends to be Serena and kisses both Nate and Dan. Nate clarifies that this is typical Serena behavior and that he is not going to let her pull him back in ever again. Dan disagrees. In rehab, Serena admits to Dan that she had picked him, that he was the only one she came to kiss.
When Dan later confronts Serena, they both realise they have just one more chance to be together. They have already been together three times and they need to be sure the 4th time is forever before getting together again.It soon becomes apparent Juliet wasn't working for herself but for her brother - Ben. Ben was put in jail by Lily but he thought it was because of Serena. They had decided to take Serena down, but he wasn't okay about his former crush being drugged. It turned out that Ben was convicted of an innapropriate relationship with a student as - at the time - Serena was his English student.
In 'Panic Roommate' Serena and Ben almost leave each other for good when Dan, Eric and Damien set Ben up for a fall. However Dan is sorry for what he did and makes sure Ben doesn't go back to prison, instead he and Serena kiss again at last. The last scene of Serena in the episode is of her and Ben together again at last after Dan retreats from the loft where Ben is staying. In the upcoming epsode 'Petty Pink' a not so thrilled Serena confronts Dan and Blair about their relationship, which could put their friendships at risk.
Season 5In Season 5, Serena's grandmother Cece died and left her money to Ivy who had been pretending to be her cousin Charlie. At Blair's wedding to Louis, Serena tells Dan that she never stopped loving him and she will always love him. She later learned that her dad had an affair with her aunt Carol causing Lola to be her half sister. In the midst of this, she found out that Diana was Chuck's mom, Georgina was gossip girl (2.0), and that Dan and Blair liked each other. After Georgina got bored, she became gossip girl (3.0). Serena's computer is later stolen by the real Gossip Girl. Serena confronts Nate and Lola and tells them they set her up. Nate and Lola tell Serena it was all a plan to get back on her. Serena tells Blair she is Gossip Girl but Blair is not mad. Serena and Dan slept together because Dan thought Blair was cheating on him with Chuck. When Dan realizes Serena just used him, he gets angry and confronts her. At the end of the season we see Serena in the same way she was when she left the Upper East Side five years ago. She's on a bus, driving away and have a guy that gives her drugs and starts touching her and when he tells Serena his name she simply replies "I don't care what your name is."
Season 6Dan tells Serena that the reason he didn't give her an answer to the "I love you" was due to the fact that it was easier to focus on his anger at Blair, then to face the possibility of getting what he always wanted in the fear of losing it again. Dan and Serena throw their first Thanksgiving as a couple, where Serena affirms her love for Dan by rejecting both Steven and Blair by saying that Dan is her soul-mate and the only love of her life. Dan also solidifies his love by telling Georgina and Rufus that he had a plan all along to win and that there is no winning without Serena.
In the Finale, Dan reveals to Serena their first meeting at a party, where Dan first spoke to her and fell madly in love. Dan realized at that party that he could never pull Serena out of her world but he couldn't give up either. He realized that the only way he could get Serena was to write himself in to the UES by using a blog to create a legend, the blog came to be known as Gossip Girl. Dan then revealed his secret to all by giving Nate his final chapter to publish in the struggling Spectator. Revealing to all that the only purpose of Gossip Girl was the love Dan had for Serena. Serena was joyed at the revelation, stating that Dan through Gossip Girl, wrote her and everyone else a seven year love letter and made her realize that she belongs in the UES with Dan.
Five years later, Dan and Serena get married, surrounded by their closest friends and family.
Appearance and Style
Serena is famous for her modelling gigs and her notable natural beauty. She is much admired for her beauty, and is considered to be really gorgeous without even trying. She has long, voluminous blonde hair, flawless skin, blue eyes, and a tall, striking figure. She often wears sexy, slutty and tight clothes that flatter her body, sequins, and attention-grabbing accessories. It is said that Serena's face is so pretty and her skin is so flawless that she barely wears makeup, and still looks gorgeous. Serena is considered, along with her on-again, off-again best friend Blair, one of the most beautiful girls on the Upper East Side.
Unlike Blair, who is considered to be the show's antiheroine, Serena can be considered more as a traditional heroine. Her motives are rarely selfish and she truly wants to be a better person. Also, her negative actions are generally motivated by a lack of foresight rather than real malice.
She has recently also shown a slightly jealous and scheming side whenever Dan and Blair are involved, though it dissipated when Dan and Serena got married.
Relationship with Dan
Serena's defining relation on the show is with Dan Humphrey. The two met at a party a year before the pilot episode, the meeting caused Dan to fall for her immediately. The two start dating in the first episode of the show and continue their on-off relationship all throughout the series, leading to their wedding in the series finale.
- Dan Humphrey (Husband)
- Lily van der Woodsen (Mother)
- William van der Woodsen (Father)
- Eric van der Woodsen (Brother)
- CeCe Rhodes (Maternal Grandmother)
- Richard Rhodes (Maternal Grandfather)
- Carol Rhodes (Maternal Aunt)
- Scott Rosson (Half-Brother)
- Lola Rhodes (First cousin; Half-Sister)
- Chuck Bass (Adopted brother, former step-brother)
- Bart Bass (Ex Step-Father)
- Rufus Humphrey (Father-in-law)
- Jenny Humphrey (Sister-in-law)
- Alison Humphrey (Mother-in-law)
- Blair Waldorf (Adopted Sister-in-law)
- Dan Humphrey (Husband)
- Nate Archibald
- Gabriel Edwards
- Aaron Rose
- Colin Forrester
- Ben Donovan
- Tripp Vanderbilt
- Carter Baizen
- Steven Spence
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Memorable Quotes
Season 1
Jenny: You don't leave much room for surprise
Serena: Well I don't know how to dress for surprise. Not everything goes with it, you know.
Serena ( to Dan): There's something vibrating in your pocket and I really hope it's your phone.
Serena(to Nate): Look, Blair's my best friend and you're her boyfriend, and she loves you. That's the way things are supposed to be
- Serena (to Lily): Tell me that Rufus is that important to you. Tell me that whatever the two of you have is the most important thing in your life. Because that's what Dan is to me mom. The most important.
- Serena (to Blair): B, you know that Dan is the one.
- Serena (to Dan): When I told my mom not to go away with Rufus, I said it was because you and I were forever. I know I was right.
- Serena (to Dan): I love you Dan Humphery. Always have, always will.
Hobbies & Skills
- Modelling - In season 1,Serena accompanied Blair to her photo shoot for Eleanor's fashion line. Even though Blair was the designated model, the people wanted Serena to be the model as she was better at posing and being natural.Serena's modelling skills are summed up by the fashion photographer in this quote," This girl has it. She is warm like sunshine, she has fun. She will make your clients think if they buy these clothes then they will have fun too." Serena also modelled in a print advertisement for GAP when she was 12, and still has her account on the look-book model management website.In season 2, Serena and her friends modelled for Eleanor's fashion line at New York Fashion Week.
Trivia / Facts
- She loves truffles
- She spent a summer in Italy
- She loves riding Vespas
- She wanted to take a year off school to teach English in South Asia
- She's been taking birth control pills since she was 15 years old
- She dated the captain of the swim team at the end of freshman year


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Inspirational and healing quotes and photos of nature. A 10 minute coffee break for the soul.
Kathy has been a nurse for over 30 years. She lives in Elsie, MI with her husband of 31 years and Maeve, their pet Goldendoodle dog. Kathy is interested in creating healing environments in her home and work environment. She believes that an appreciation of nature can provide one with the solace necessary to reflect on ones self and creates an environment conducive to healing.This has carried over into the photographic books she has dedicated to family, patients and their families.
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The American Academy of Pain Medicine Foundation
The American Academy of Pain Medicine Foundation was created in 2011 to support the efforts of AAPM. The Foundation supports AAPM's core purpose, which is to optimize the health of patients in pain and eliminate the major health problem of pain by advancing the practice and the specialty of Pain Medicine.
The overarching focus of the Foundation's efforts is to advocate for patient safety by providing funding support to expand and enhance education and research, as well as advocating for improved training to advance pain management. Our priorities include:
- Leading comprehensive prescriber education efforts to ensure patient safety and the effective treatment of pain
- Championing the highest quality treatment of patients and practice standards, resulting in optimal patient-centered outcomes
- Setting the agenda for a national/international discussion on patient safety in Pain Medicine
- Engaging the full-spectrum of stakeholders to eliminate knowledge gaps through education, research and advocacy
- Advocating for improved consistency in training to advance pain medicine
The AAPM Foundation is committed to funding opportunities for comprehensive education and research to close gaps in knowledge and help provide the highest quality, safe treatments in Pain Medicine. Together with AAPM, the Foundation has identified a three-year plan to provide innovative and wide-reaching educational programs to improve patient outcomes and elevated standards of implementation in the treatment of pain, as well as to fund research to advance the field.
Donations to the Foundation:
AAPM Foundation
8735 W. Higgins Road, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60631
Phil Saigh, Executive Director
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Emerging Leaders
The LearnRT Emerging Leaders committee is responsible for coordinating with the ALA Emerging Leaders program and Emerging Leaders chosen and sponsored through the Learning Round Table. This includes creating and acting as liason to a sponsored project to be worked on by the Emerging Leaders as well as coordinating selection of and connection with LearnRT's sponsored Emerging Leader each year.
For more information on the LearnRT's Emerging Leaders committee, please contact Caitlin Moen.
Current LearnRT Emerging Leader
Madison Sullivan
North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC


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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, well known for its collection of British art, has dramatically expanded its American art display by adding more than 5,000 square feet of new gallery space. The five new rooms in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art will feature nearly 100 works of 20th-century art in an area previously used for storage.
"The Huntington has quickly become one of the finest repositories of American art in the United States," said Kevin Salatino, Hannah and Russel Kully Director of the Art Collections at The Huntington. "This expansion should delight—and in many cases, surprise—our visitors with a number of remarkable new acquisitions. We're in an exciting moment for The Huntington, particularly for the continuing evolution of American art, whose story we're able to tell now with greater depth and breadth."
The five new rooms focus on the following topics: The early 20th-century landscape, with works made from 1900 through the 1920s; photographs, with an emphasis on The Huntington's substantial Edward Weston holdings; paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts made in the 1930s; geometric abstraction and Pop Art; and The Huntington's painting Global Loft (Spread) by Robert Rauschenberg, whose interest in becoming an artist was inspired by a visit to The Huntington in 1946, rounded out with important loans from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
"While our display has always addressed the 20th century, now we are able to explore important themes in greater depth," said Jessica Todd Smith, Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art at The Huntington. "We will be sharing with visitors a solid representation of pre- and postwar American art, with major works from some of the most innovative and influential artists of the period."
The Huntington acquired the 1979 Global Loft (Spread) in 2012, a complex work that incorporates pieces of fabric, found objects (three glue brushes), and appropriated images with acrylic paint on three conjoined wood panels. It will be surrounded by prints lent by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation that explore the relationship between Rauschenberg's printmaking practice and his paintings.
"We're thrilled to be part of this partnership with the Rauschenberg Foundation," says Jessica Todd Smith, the Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art. Like Global Loft, many of the prints on loan feature appropriated imagery and found objects.
As in the existing galleries, the new rooms will display fine and decorative arts in integrated displays, arranged thematically and in rough chronological order.


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Published: May 12, 2011
Houses and property along the Mississippi River near Tunica, Miss., are flooded by the Mississippi River, Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Gov. Haley Barbour and other officials took an aerial trip along the Mississippi River and some of its tributaries to view the spreading damage from the flood waters.
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NEW YORK Jason Chimera, Steve Oleksy and Mikhail Grabovski scored second-period goals to power Washington past New York.
Washington defenseman Nate Schmidt added a goal in the third for the Capitals, who beat Nashville at home on Saturday.
Schmidt, a rookie, scored his first NHL goal in that game. Grabovski's goal came on a penalty shot.
In his fourth NHL game, Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves for Washington (16-12-2) to earn his first career win.
New York (15-15-1), beaten at home in overtime by New Jersey on Saturday, has lost three of five. Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves, and Benoit Pouliot scored the Rangers' lone goal with 1:53 left to spoil Grubauer's shutout bid.
The Rangers are 0-1-1 on their team-record, nine-game homestand.
Washington has a three point lead over New York for second place in the Metropolitan Division.