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It is used to prevent seizures caused by some forms of epilepsy
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What is this medicine?DIVALPROEX SODIUM (dye VAL pro ex SO dee um) is used to prevent seizures caused by some forms of epilepsy. It is also used to treat bipolar mania and to prevent migraine headaches.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth with a drink of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Do not crush or chew. If this medicine upsets your stomach, take it with food or milk. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take it more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress. If you are taking this medicine to treat epilepsy (seizures), do not stop taking it suddenly. This increases the risk of seizures. Wear a medical identification bracelet or chain to say you have epilepsy or seizures, and carry a card that lists all your medicines.
You may get drowsy, dizzy, or have blurred vision. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. To reduce dizzy or fainting spells, do not sit or stand up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. Alcohol can increase drowsiness and dizziness. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
This medicine can cause blood problems. This can mean slow healing and a risk of infection. Problems can arise if you need dental work, and in the day to day care of your teeth. Try to avoid damage to your teeth and gums when you brush or floss your teeth.
This medicine can make you more sensitive to the sun. Keep out of the sun. If you cannot avoid being in the sun, wear protective clothing and use sunscreen. Do not use sun lamps or tanning beds/booths.
The use of this medicine may increase the chance of suicidal thoughts or actions. Pay special attention to how you are responding while on this medicine. Any worsening of mood, or thoughts of suicide or dying should be reported to your health care professional right away.
Women who become pregnant while using this medicine may enroll in the North American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry by calling 1-888-233-2334. This registry collects information about the safety of antiepileptic drug use during pregnancy.
Contact your doctor or healthcare professional if you notice any part of your medicine in your stool. Your healthcare provider may want to check the amount of medicine in your blood if this happens.


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Growing up in Pontiac, Kerry Barnett didn't think of himself as an athlete. But Roger Shepler, the long time former track and field coach at Pontiac Central High School, saw in Barnett what he couldn't see in himself, and Barnett will be forever grateful.
Shepler, the longtime coach, leader and mentor, died some three weeks ago, leaving a legacy of achievement in the annals of the great athletic teams of Pontiac Central's glorious history.
Shepler coached squads which won 48 major championships, beginning in 1968 when he was named head coach of the Chiefs after spending five years as an assistant under Dean Wilson. Central won four Saginaw Valley championships -- the league was considered the toughest in the state -- eight regional championships, seven Oakland County championships and the Class A state title in 1974.
His mile relay teams won six straight titles as part of the high school division of the NCAA indoor track and field championships, which for a time were held annually at Cobo Hall in Detroit.
But all those titles began with individuals such as hurdlers Billy Mitchell, Kevin Jackson, Richard Watkins and Bill Tipton, vaulters Bobby Malone and Earl Polk, and Barnett, a budding distance runner.
All flourished under Shepler. "When I ran for him, I had no athletic training, no potential," Barnett recalled. "When everybody else said, 'you're not going to amount to anything' ... he'd say, 'you can't put limitations on yourself.' He just kept telling me. He was unbelievable."
Barnett eventually became a two-time state runnerup finisher in cross country and an all-state miler in track.
But those were tumultuous times in Pontiac when Shepler was coaching.
"As a coach, he was very unique in that ... Pontiac was a very tough place to coach," Barnett said. "There was racial turmoil when I was there (but) Roger Shepler never looked at us as a color. All he saw was potential."
Bob Kent, former girls track coach at Pontiac Central, Lee Averill, former West Bloomfield coach, the late Kermit Ambrose, and former Royal Oak Shrine coach Lou Marimonti, they all were familiar with Shepler.
Kent recalled Shepler's early days at Central as an assistant and everyone pitching in to help the track team, including the swimming coach.
"They were quite a team with Jerry Beckner, the swimming coach, Roger and Dean Wilson," Kent said. "He (Shepler) was truly a great coach. He was knowledgeable in all facets of track and field."Indeed, Shepler, who won the Class A state pole vault title while a senior at Battle Creek Lakeview in 1954, placed 10th in the decathlon at the prestigious Quantico Marine Corps Relays while at Western Michigan University, where he captained the Broncos' first Mid-American Conference championship team and won the conference long jump title with a school and meet record 23-10.
He used his knowledge in all events to produce a squad which won no events at the 1974 state meet, yet scored in eight of them to win the state title.
Shepler, who coached his sons Mark and Greg, coached until 1978 when he retired to focus attention on his daughter, Karla, who competed in the hurdles for West Bloomfield in the early 1980s.
"She made her dad smile in a way that none of us never could," Barnett said of Karla. "She worked so hard. There was something really special about the relationship she had with her dad."
Karla eventually married Barnett -- it was the second marriage for each -- and each brought their three children into the fold. Both became track and field coaches at Northville High and Shepler, the veteran, was brought out of retirement to help. Kerry and Karla recently retired to spend more time with their family.
Those who've known Shepler, who leaves his wife, Nancy, know him well.
"He had a great personality and a fine athlete himself," Kent said. "He was a wonderful family man ... great with his kids, very positive memories of everything about him."
And those memories will remain strong for Barnett.
"When Karla and I were married in 2007, the same week he and Nancy observed their 50th wedding anniversary, he asked only one thing of me ... 'please treat Karla with TLC...'.�� It was the most important race he ever asked me to run."
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After looming fears and questioning whether or not the Hoffman crew is actually sitting above a paystreak of gold, they find results after their drill testing completes.
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Almond Joy (actually Mounds) Cupcakes
I saw these cupcakes forever ago on Clara's blog. Then recently, they popped up in my Google Reader again, reminding me that I needed to make them. And soon! I decided to turn CB's thoughts into action. Instead of using the cone method to fill the cupcakes, I just frosted them with the coconut frosting. In fact, I used my new favorite way to frost a cupcake. Then I drizzled the ganache over the top of the frosting. I decided at the last minute not to include the almond on the top. They were just too pretty and tasted awesome anyways. So these are actually Mounds cupcakes, although not really since Mounds have dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate. So I'll call them Almound Joy cupcakes. And they're amazing.
Almond Joy Cupcakes – makes 18 – As seen on Cook Like a Champion and I Heart CuppyCakes, originally from Hello Cupcake
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks (12 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven 350F.
Prepare cupcake pan with liners.
Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt in medium bowl.
In another medium bowl with an electric mixer on high, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy about 3 minutes.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Beat in the melted chocolate.
Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk in batches, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and beating until blended.
Stir in vanilla.
Fill the cupcake liners about 1/2-2/3 full.
Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 17-20 minutes.
Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Coconut cream cheese filling (frosting in my case):
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
Beat the cream cheese and butter in a mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
Gradually add the confectioners' sugar, one cup at a time, alternating with heavy cream.
Beat in the salt, coconut flavoring, and vanilla extract.
Continue beating until mixture is smooth and spreadable.
Add additional confectioners' sugar if necessary to thicken the frosting, or more cream to thin.
Fold in the shredded coconut.
Chocolate ganache:
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate
3/4 cup bittersweet chocolate
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
In saucepan bring whipping cream to boil over high heat.
Pour hot whipping cream over chocolate and stir until chocolate melted.
You can add more cream if your ganache is too thick to spread.
To assemble the cupcakes:
Remove center of cupcake using the cone method. Set cone aside – feel free to eat it!
Pipe frosting into hole and continue on top of cupcake. Drizzle ganache over frosting.
7 Responses to "Almond Joy (actually Mounds) Cupcakes"
I've had my eye on these for a while now! They look fabulous!
These sound great, I love coconut!
Those look delish! I'll bet my husband would love those.
Loving the cupcake creation and the filling looks SO good!!
I have cupcake envy – this looks fantastic!
These look amazing!!
HOLY COW!!! I just stumbled upon your blog and am I ever glad I did!
From one Massachusetts "sista" to another….these look AMAZING, Jen.
I can't WAIT to try them. I'm enjoying all of your other delicious dishes too!!! 🙂


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When the market has been pounded for two days, the natural inclination is to look for some sort of bounce to kick in. That is especially so on a Friday, when the shorts may cover as the president is supposed to make an announcement about the fiscal cliff.
We started very slow, but the buyers are inching in a bit more aggressively now. Apple (AAPL) is finally up and that will provide some comfort for those who have been waiting so long for it to find some stability. Breadth is now positive and we have relative strength in biotechnology, steel and chips.
I'm looking harder for some bounce plays, but keeping it firmly in mind that this should not be treated as anything other than a temporary reprieve from a downtrend.
One stock, which has ignored the recent weakness to a great degree, is 3D Systems (DDD). I have that on my radar and am looking to add as that means through the $46 area. My confidence level remains low, but I'll consider some buys later in the day as long as we don't breach the early lows.


text: Screw this American seven-years-and-out model. The BBC's new Doctor Who series can run for another 20-plus years, just like the original version, says producer Russell T. Davies. The key is taking an occasional pause, like in 2009, when the show will only have three one-hour specials. Also, it wouldn't hurt to bring in fresh writers — and has Davies heard that Stephen Hall, author of the Clarke-nominated memory-eating psychic shark novel Raw Shark Texts, is foaming at the mouth to write for the show? Meanwhile, the new show has earned the ultimate badge of success: a new PC game, in development from EIDOS.


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alan wrote:We should know by this time tomorrow if the "top kill" idea worked. If it doesn't, the oil could just keep on gushing for months.
I like Andy's suggestion:http://www.borowitzreport.com/
'Top kill' fails to stop oil leak
Government estimates showed the Gulf spill surpassed the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaskan waters. (AFP: Win McNamee)
BP says the complex "top kill" manoeuvre to plug its Gulf of Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to the largest oil spill in US history already in its 40th day.
"We have not been able to stop the flow," said Doug Suttles, the London-based oil giant's chief operating officer.
"We have made the decision to move on to the next option."
That next option is called the lower marine riser package cap, one that captures oil from the well rather than plug it.
Mr Suttles said it could take four days or longer to show results.
alan wrote:Agreed, Kim. I was trying to make a humorous reference to this:http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4429
A sustained ultra-deepwater (300 meters) blowout has not been experienced by the global petroleum industry. Is a deepwater blowout possible? If so, what are the prevention steps? With sustained controlled oil flow rates of over 13,000 b/d and plans for individual well rates nearing 30,000 b/d, the consequences of a sustained deepwater blowout would be severe. Drilling is proceeding into ever deeper water worldwide. A major deepwater drilling boom is underway in the US Gulf of Mexico. Current exploration is underway in over 2,300 meters of water in taking place. ….Blowout control options in ultra-deepwater are very limited. Blowout prevention is of paramount importance.
alan wrote:Good research there, KIm. Interesting.
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text: I'm reading S.N. Dube's Cross Currents in Early Buddhism. He says what I consider to be some very astounding things. Has anyone read this book? Has it been challenged and/or improved upon? Would my time be better served reading something else, e.g., Sujato's Sects & Sectarianism, Andrew Skilton's A Concise History of Buddhism, Nalinaksha Dutt's Buddhist Sects in India, something else?


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WKNO and TSC hosting costume exhibit and documentary screening
WKNO-TV/FM and Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC) are inviting the public to the WKNO Digital Media Center on Sunday, January 20 at 2:00 p.m. for a one-hour documentary viewing and unveiling of a new Shakespearean costume exhibit, curated by TSC designer Bruce Bui. The exhibit and screening accompany the upcoming PBS series Shakespeare Uncovered. Tickets are free but limited, and can be reserved at wkno.org.
"The Apparel Oft Proclaims the Man*" – A "Shakespeare Uncovered" Costume Exhibit will be unveiled at an opening reception on January 20, followed by a showing of the first episode of Shakespeare Uncovered: "Macbeth with Ethan Hawke". The exhibit will then be available for viewing for a limited engagement through January 31 during office hours at WKNO.
The exhibit and screening kick off several events that WKNO and TSC will host together as part of a community-wide project to celebrate the works of Shakespeare and expose the community to his plays. The two organizations will hold special events – such as screenings and workshops – produce special pieces for television and radio, and much more thanks to a national grant from WNET in New York for the PBS series, Shakespeare Uncovered.
The partnership between TSC and WKNO is one of only ten such collaborations between public television stations and Shakespeare companies in the United States to receive the grant by WNET.
Shakespeare Uncovered airs Fridays at 8:00 p.m. on WKNO2, beginning January 25, and Sundays at 4:00 p.m., beginning January 27, on WKNO/Channel 10. A complete schedule is available at wkno.org.
Shakespeare Uncovered is made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the generous support of the project's lead foundation sponsor, the Howard and Abby Milstein Foundation. Major funding is also provided by Rosalind P. Walter, The Polonsky Foundation, Virginia and Dana Randt, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, and PBS.
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Tale Of The Tape: Carolina Panthers At Seattle Seahawks
The Panthers got past the injury-depleted Cardinals in the Wild-Card round, and now have to face the defending Super Bowl champions on the road.
Tale Of The Tape: Baltimore Ravens At New England Patriots
Most observers believe the Patriots have their best team since the 2011 team that went to the Super Bowl, and it would be a disappointment if they don't take advantage of their homefield advantage and get to the title game once again.
Wild Card Weekend: Cincinnati Bengals At Indianapolis Colts
After another winning regular season, Andy Dalton steps into the bubbling cauldron that is the NFL's postseason.
Wild Card Weekend: Baltimore Ravens At Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers appeared to be an up-and-down team until midseason when Ben Roethlisberger came through with back-to-back six-TD games against the Colts and Ravens.
Wild Card Weekend: Detroit Lions At Dallas Cowboys
The Lions failed in their quest to earn the NFC North title and a bye in the first round in large part because Matthew Stafford was inaccurate with key passes throughout the game.
Wild Card Weekend: Arizona Cardinals At Carolina Panthers
Shortly after the season's midway point, the Cardinals appeared to have the inside track on the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. However, injuries to quarterbacks Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton derailed Arizona, and Bruce Arians' team has lost four of six as the postseason begins.


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Thatdirtykid wrote:I agree it is the indian not the arrow, however if the indian makes a mistake, the straighter his arrow was to begin w/ the less he will pay for his mistake.
If youre throwing a disc that even when thrown smoothly has a tendancy to turn, it will turn even more in a headwind.
That quote gets thrown around alot down here too. I always bring it to the 21st century like: so it's the bullets not the marksman?
If so, why does the person using cor bon or gold dots hollow tip personal protection rounds survive the gun fight while those using ball ammo ends up on the ground looking at a white light.


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Hi, my name is Joanna. I would like to implore anyone diagnosed to get a 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th opinion about treatment options...I am convinced my 2nd opinion saved my life. I am 47 years old and was diagnosed in April. I didn't have any symptoms but could feel a hard mass in my upper right abdominal area so I convinced my doctor (who thought it was nothing) to send me for an ultrasound, which showed a 10 cm tumor. Many tests and a biopsy later, it was diagnosed as cholangiocarcinoma. It originated in the internal ducts of my liver. The MRI results seemed to indicate that the tumor was contained in my left lobe, so surgery was scheduled for 2 days after my diagnosis at Hartford Hospital. When they did the laproscopic look first, however, they realized it was not contained but had spread to a large part of my liver and was covering the hepatic artery. I awoke out of anesthesia to the news they couldn't operate and to a surgical resident telling me it was "terminal." You can imagine what that did to me. He got reamed out by the chief surgeon, but she gave me less than a 10 percent chance of it shrinking enough with chemo. to ever be resected or cured. When I asked if it was possible to live 10 years so I could raise my kids ( I have 9 year old twins), she said no. I went into a pretty dark place for awhile, but then things took an amazing turn for me. My oncologist in Hartford asked if I would go to Mass General to meet with his brother, who is a radiation oncologist leading a clinical research study on cholangiocarcinoma in conjunction with Dana Farber. The study involves using proton beams on the cancer instead of photon beams, which is supposed to help save more of the healthy tissue. Of course I jumped at the chance and we went to Boston and met with him (Dr. Ted Hong) and Dr. Eunice Kwak, who is leading a clinical trial in chemotherapy. Luckily I qualified for both and began chemotherapy every two weeks in Boston. The trial is studying the effects of adding the drug Panitumumab to the drugs Gemzar and Oxaliplatin as treatments. After two chemo. sessions I could no longer feel the mass. My first CAT scan, after the 4th chemo. dose, showed significant shrinkage, as did my 2nd CAT scan. I met with both doctors after that scan, and they felt that after two or three more chemo. treatments they would try to kill the rest with radiation. They also said they were going to run my latest scan by their surgeon to get his thoughts. Well, he called me as soon as he saw it and asked for a meeting. We drove up on Wednesday and met with Dr. David Berger. He said the tumor is no longer on the artery and based on what he sees he believes he can surgically remove it! My surgery is tentatively scheduled for the 4th of September. They are just trying to make sure that if he finds anything in the laproscopic look they do first that would make him change his mind, I am not kicked out of the study...they have a strict protocol of time frames they have to follow for chemo. and I am not having mine next week in order to prepare for surgery. But he also said that if he couldn't do it now, he is confident it will be at that point after some radiation. He really feels, though, that based on what he sees on my scans, it is resectable now! Less than 5 months after being told I was terminal. Please don't give up hope...I did for awhile and it was a place I never want to be again. During this time a co-worker of mine, who is a cancer survivor, taught me the power of positive thinking on the body. I believe that helped me as much as the chemo.
Go wherever you need to go, find whatever trial you can, but don't give up. I can't recommend Mass General highly enough for anybody who lives in the East! Please say a little prayer for me that my surgery will be successful on the 4th. I'll update you then.
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A "Ken Burns joint" may be brushed off by some as academic homework, but a deeper inspection reveals not just a great historian, but an important filmmaker (albeit usually for the small screen). The guy's body of work is astounding, almost always with documentaries airing on PBS (and usually as part of their brilliant American Experience series). In the '80s he was responsible for a half dozen memorable films including The Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty and Thomas Heart Benton. But it was in the '90 that he really exploded with his nine-part Civil War documentary, a subject that even when not appealing managed to be totally compelling with just photographs and voiceover narration. All of his very long-form pieces since have been about more recent subjects, allowing him to move beyond archival still photos and include actual moving film. His work has become the benchmark and the ultimate chronicle of the American twentieth century, with a number of masterpieces including Jazz, Unforgettable Blackness: The Rise of Jack Johnson, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, Prohibition, The Dust Bowl and what may be his best, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. (And also his one theatrical documentary, the brilliant The Central Park Five). He's apparently working on a ten episode history of the Vietnam War. I can't wait.
With Baseball in '94 Burns made the most all-encompassing chronicle of any sport ever committed to film. Two of the ten episodes had a major emphasis on the first black player to he hired by the then all-white major leagues; now with his 240 minute Jackie Robinson he gives the ball payer his own series. Made with credited co-directors Sarah Burns and David McMahon, Jackie Robinson is as interesting as anything he has ever made before.Continue Reading
You Only Live Twice
It's hard to pick a favorite of those first five James Bond films starring Sean Connery. Goldfinger and Thunderball have their fans. Dr. No is also a blast and the locations and Robert Shaw as the bad guy in From Russia With Love make it pretty special, but I would go with You Only Live Twice. It's the last of the 1960s Connery Bonds before he came back for the series' official jumping-of-the-shark four years later in the disappointing Diamonds Are Forever (in between being replaced by George Lazenby for one film, ironically, maybe the best Bond flick, On Her Majesty's Secret Service). All of the Bond flicks of the period work as fascinating international travelogues (wow look at Istanbul in '63!), butYou Only Live Twice's Asian setting (mostly Japan), is particularly compelling. Besides Japan's sexism matching and even topping Bond's usual misogyny -- I point this out as an anthropologist, not a critic, and as a fan of Japanese cinema, especially Seijun Suzuki's Yakuza flicks -- it's fun seeing Connery walk (or run) through similarly blocky industrial locations, that look so familiar from other films. Though Twice's fantastical centerpiece is its most dated aspect (a stolen rocketship from outer space), what works best is the pure procedural detective work Bond is forced to do and some of the best action set pieces of the franchise. Though Connery donning a bad haircut and slight eye makeup to go undercover as a Japanese man is less shocking then, say Marlon Brando actually playing Japanese in Teahouse of the August Moon and not as completely offensive as Mickey Rooney's hateful caricature in Breakfast at Tiffany's, it still is a little off-putting, saved only because his eye makeup is less Japanese and more Vulcan.
In one of the more comprehensible Bond plots, the secret agent is forced to go poke around Tokyo, after an American and then a Soviet spaceship are hijacked. Only the British don't get caught up in the Cold War politics, believing neither super power is responsible since they have reason to believe the ships touched down off the sea of Japan. Bond infiltrates corporate Japan aided by the very beautiful Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi) -- who more than once saves him in her bitchin' convertible Toyota -- and a Japanese Secret Service man, Tiger Tanaka (Tetsurō Tamba), one of the rare second fiddles who seems to be an equal with Bond in both brains and chauvinism. With a script by the great Roald Dahl (most famous for his children's books including Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, although he also had a background in Britain's intelligence offices), this was apparently the first Bond script that veered strongly from Ian Fleming's original source material, which may be why it plays so well. Eventually Bond's snooping leads him to a secret volcano base where the nasty head of SPECTRE, Ernst Blofeld, is stealing the rockets in an effort to start a world war. Along the way there are some classic moments, including a brutal fight between Bond and a sumo wrestler, a dog fight in Bond's gyrocopter "Little Nellie" and a great attack on the volcano base by ninjas. The lair is as spectacular a set as ever was constructed at that point, complete with Blofeld's escape monorail and a man-eating piranha pond. Along the way Aki is killed but Bond quickly replaces her with the equally cute Kissy Suzuki (in the book she gives birth to Bond's child); she seems uptight at first but loosens under Bond's charm, even wearing a bikini while volcano climbing. Bond also has a great run-in with an evil businessman's killer secretary, Helga Brandt (Karin Dor), who though assigned to kill Bond, first turns him into her boy-toy before leaving him to die in a plummeting airplane.Continue Reading
Sense and Sensibility
After making a name for himself on the international art-house circuit with the Taiwanese dramedies The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman, Ang Lee took on the Masterpiece Theater crowd with his first English language film, Sense and Sensibility. Actress Emma Thompson toiled on the script for five years and went on to win an Oscar for her troubles. The film is easily the best adaptation of any of Jane Austen's musty novels (not my usual fare), but the combination of Thompson and Lee's ability to make the usually stale material so relatable to modern audiences and the fantastic casting from top to bottom rockets Sense & Sensibility to the heights of the genre. The film is also aided by all-stars behind-the-scenes, including an often moving score by Patrick Doyle (Gosford Park, Rise of The Planet of the Apes, etc.), handsome cinematography by Michael Coulter (who has the market cornered on shooting British rom-coms, including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually) and simple but elegant art direction by Luciana Arrighi (whose work goes all the way back to Sunday Bloody Sunday in '71 but who made his reputation designing the best of the Merchant/Ivory canon: Howard's End and Remains of the Day). And of course Lee himself, who would further his diverse filmography over the years since with an incredible body of work including The Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and The Life of Pi.
Apparently Thompson's script differs from Austen's 1811 novel, and it's for the best. The center of the story is the difference between two adult English Dashwood sisters, the reserved Elinor (Thompson) and the dreamy Marianne (Kate Winslet) who are thrust into poverty when their father dies, leaving his estate to his only son (and the son's pushy, conniving wife). Elinor and Marianne, along with their mother and younger adolescent sister Margaret, are forced to live off of the goodwill of friends and relatives, even taking up residences in a countryside cottage without servants! Now penniless, the two sisters are no longer considered good catches for marriage and have to watch as most of their peers become engaged while they are ridiculed for their new lower status. Along the way they meet their sister-in-law's brother Edward (Hugh Grant at his stumbling, stuttering best); he befriends the family and he and Elinor obviously make a potential romantic connection but are both too restrained and reserved to act on it. This is where much of the film's comedy comes from: those English corked-up, controlled manners that leave people in a constant state of isolation. On the other hand, the beautiful and lively Marianne does find two suitors. The charismatic, dashing and handsome dream-beau John Willoughby (a solid, but very '90s looking Greg Wise) carries her home when a walk in the rain becomes too difficult; the two truly fall in love, but he is forced to scorn her because of her lack of a dowry, which leads to a Splendor in the Grass-like, deeply heartbroken depression for her. Also a rich neighbor befriends the family and falls for Marianne's beauty: the much older, grave Colonel Brandon (Alan Rickman in maybe his finest performance). He's a good and sensitive bachelor, but utterly charmless. Through many misunderstandings our heroines' lives sink into more despair until an incredibly moving happy ending (albeit a rushed and perhaps a little too tidy one).Continue Reading
It's rare when you can so clearly see it, but when that monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey dropped in on Hollywood in 1968, the police film also made a clear evolutionary jump with Bullitt. The year before is often cited as the year "New Hollywood" fully kicked off, with the releases of The Graduate and Bonnie & Clyde. That same year the police drama would get the mixed-race/cop-buddy film In The Heat of The Night, as well as the "ultra-violent criminal as hero" in Point Blank. The big screen cops of that era, though, were still closer in spirit to TV's Jack Webb busting hippies on Dragnet 1967 than they were to the characters in the French New Wave inspired Bonnie & Clyde. With the old studio system dying a slow death, the standards were relaxing a bit; therefore actors like Richard Widmark in Madigan, Clint Eastwood in Coogan's Bluff, David Janssen in Warning Shot, and Aldo Ray in Riot on The Sunset Strip may have seemed a little edgier than usual (Frank Sinatra in The Detective even added an [in its day] shocking homosexual plot line), but those cop flicks still felt closer in style to the ones of the '50s with Glenn Ford or Kirk Douglas. Like an atom bomb Bullitt changed everything, and the policeman movie was never the same.
Actor Steve McQueen was already a big star with The Great Escape and The Cincinnati Kid, and a year earlier he got his only Oscar nomination for The Sand Pebbles. But '68 was the year he became a mega-star thanks to the two giant hits: Bullitt and The Thomas Crown Affair. With Bullitt, McQueen's own production company bought the rights to Robert L. Fish's novel Mute Witness, and then brought in the little known director Peter Yates, having seen his minor heist film Robbery. Here McQueen plays the very cool San Francisco police Lieutenant, Frank Bullitt (with a name like that, how could he not be cool?). He and his guys are given the assignment of babysitting a minor criminal who is going to be the star witness against the mob in a Senate hearing (staged in San Francisco, for some unclear reason) that is being run by an ambitious politician (Robert Vaughn). While Bullitt is out wooing his pretty British girlfriend (Jacqueline Bisset) the safe-house is hit, and a cop and the star witness are fatally wounded. After the witness dies in the hospital, Bullet and his sidekick, Delgetti (Don Gordon), sneak the body out to the morgue so the hit-men will think he's still alive, turning the film into a series of chases: on foot through the hospital, outside an airport, and most famously in cars through the hilly streets of San Francisco, which is what the film is still mostly remembered for. Along with The French Connection, any great car chase list will forever include Bullitt's ten minute game of cat and mouse, which brought an authenticity to the car chase using real locations and cameras in the cars. The car chase alone helped win editor Frank P. Miller an Oscar and is still studied today by many a fledgling film maker.Continue Reading
Man With A Movie Camera
When I took home Man With A Movie Camera on DVD I was offered a chance to see Russia in late '20s. Yes, there is very amazing motion picture evidence of the newly established USSR. Feature films at this length were in their infancy. Man With A Movie Camera is presented as an experiment in three reels (68 minutes). It is avant-garde in style with visual effects that are pure innovation. As far as narrative, it moves seamlessly through vignettes of pain, joy & the beautifully mundane. Many filming techniques are masterfully executed here such as double exposure, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, jump cuts, split screens, stop-motion, etc. Our only reoccurring characters are a man with a camera and the editor of the film. We are given a psychedelic and hysterically voyeuristic perspective of daily life in the urban sprawl of 1920s Russia. Refer to the Soviet Union's complicated history at this time: Stalin had consolidated power the very year of the film's release. The government up until then was forming in the wake of communist leader Vladimir Lenin's death.
One must lament the film's director, Dziga Vertov. He was never able to experience his film the way we can now with a Kino DVD release featuring an awesome score by Michael Nyman. The quality of this soundtrack would be understated if I didn't mention it is among the finest I've ever heard. Man With A Movie Camera offers a climax of sights and sound. Photography this poetic speaks at volumes that cannot accurately be labeled "silent film."Continue Reading
The more one understands about their culture the easier it is to recognize the arts and entertainment of their time. I had always enjoyed watching Gilda for reasons that couldn't exactly be pinpointed until now. There was the impression that it wasn't just her sultry and thrill-seeking ways, or her liberation. It was her libido, actually, and the unapologetic way that the principles behind the production code in movies were instigated. And with style that was most-impressive and done by the likes of Jean Louis, just as any other big budget wonder. It's as if post-Depression a few filmmakers were asking themselves an important question: "Why keep pretending the dark edges of life don't exist?" In asking, it is as though life was breathed into this thought and the result was Film Noir.
This isn't to say that the majority of films in that era were not of great wit and integrity. Surely the way that these restrictions were handled by the likes of Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Leo McCarey was masterful and deserving of adoration. The same can be said of the glitz of Busby Berkeley, providing a much-needed solace for a body of people who were in despair. Still, there are many things about Vidor's esteemed classic that place it far ahead of the others in terms of sophistication. This is due to how human and flawed the characters are and the fact that it's a splendid battle of the sexes. For anyone with experience or imagination in the matter, I assure you that it surpasses even some contemporary works.Continue Reading
Fallen Angel
"We were born to tread the Earth as angels, to seek out heaven this side of the sky. But they who race alone shall stumble in the dark and fall from grace. Then love alone can make the fallen angel rise, for only two together can enter Paradise."
The above quote has quite a bit of significance when uttered in the film Fallen Angel. It suggests a theme that had not really been explored much in cinema by 1945, and remains as sparse today: a man falls from grace when he betrays his betrothed, and their bond is the only thing that can redeem his wickedness. It's not uncommon for this to be something that occurs in a movie, but rarely is the man given the opportunity to make amends for his foul actions.Continue Reading
The Fallen Idol
Though Carol Reed strangely won an Oscar for his direction of the forgettable Oliver (in the '60s they gave lots of awards to those bloated musicals), he is actually best remembered for his bona fide masterpiece, The Third Man, which he made almost twenty years earlier. Wrongly many uninformed pseudo film historians often try to give Orson Welles credit for the film, even though he only popped on to the set for a few days to film his towering supporting performance. Yes, the film does have a "Wellesian" vibe stylistically, but the real truth is in the two movies Reed made just before it. They prove that he was already moving in a sorta Noir-lite direction, first with the acclaimed Odd Man Out and then his other great film, The Fallen Idol. Though one might describe the latter as a "little gem" it carries much more depth and style than most of the British-made thrillers of the day and in the end it can just about stand as an equal to the more beloved The Third Man. Both films are also part of Reed's trilogy of films written by the great English novelist Graham Greene. (The trio also includes the lesser known Our Man in Havana). And though Reed would have an up-and-down career over the years--with solid films like Trapeze, many misses and the over-rated Oliver--it was the mega-bomb Mutiny on the Bounty starring Marlon Brando that really sank him reputation-wise (a film I actually adore, but I'm in the minority). But that one-two punch of The Fallen Idol and The Third Man will always solidify him as one of cinema's greats.
For The Fallen Idol, Greene adapted the script from his own short story "The Basement Room" and it's a really nifty one. As the son of the French Ambassador living in London, little eight-year-old Philippe (the very good kid actor Bobby Henrey, in the first of only two feature film credits) has the run of the big embassy as his parents are usually away. He is more or less raised by the butler and maid, Mr. and Mrs. Baines (Ralph Richardson and Sonia Dresdel). The rambunctious French kid is always getting scolded by the uptight and abusive Mrs. Baines but he utterly adores Mr. Baines and his ridiculous stories of past adventures in the wilds of Africa. One day Philippe follows Mr. Baines out of the house and stumbles on him in the midst of an emotional scene with another Embassy employee, the pretty French secretary Julie (Michèle Morgan). Since the whole film is through the boy's eyes, he doesn't fully understand the two are in the midst of a torrid affair, complete with the drama of one of them being married. Hoping to help his friend, Philippe becomes the center of secrets between the adults, eventually leading to a stormy fight between the married couple and an accident that leaves Mrs. Baines dead, with Philippe confusedly thinking Mr. Baines did it. Unfortunately, as the police investigate the accident all the secrets and lies between Philippe and Baines confuse the kid more, and as he tries to cover for Baines he only helps to make the police think Baines murdered his wife.Continue Reading
Bodysong is what I'd like to call a docu-hybrid. In the world of documentaries are essay films and these are classified as works that are existential and transgressive. Some notable examples would be Baraka, Chronos and the Qatsi trilogy. Then you have films like That's Entertainment, which visually cite themes or trends within cinema and pop culture. I suppose they're called compilation films or perhaps historical anthologies. The effectiveness of both of these is accomplished by the editing of the film, which presents each scene in conjunction with others that lead or take the same direction. An example would be one person sitting in a chair juxtaposed by someone sitting or rising from one. The lyrical elements of the films are maintained by the score, which are usually of great depth and done by artists like Phillip Glass.
What then makes Bodysong such an enjoyable alternative is the mashup of using home, documentary and educational videos throughout history and splicing them with those of similar themes in cinematic history. All of these images are set against an experimental score done by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood which, for people such as myself, is a welcome diversion from the typical accompaniment of an essay film.Continue Reading
The Linguini Incident
Following the death of David Bowie last month, many people are no doubt still rewatching films that he starred or was featured in. I've always paid close attention to the similarities in Bowie's acting throughout his career and noticed an almost adorable sense of charm that I'd assume was fed by his neurotic and eclectic personality. These qualities shine and lend a certain edge to films like The Man Who Fell to Earth, Labyrinth and The Hunger. Somehow in the midst of all the obvious options of films I had almost forgotten that, for me, the same can be said the lesser-known flick The Linguini Incident.
The movie is a contemporary screwball comedy that fits the "formula" to a T. It's female-driven, features a zany romantic plot that emphasizes silliness more than sentiment and even has the typical love triangle. The dialog is choppy and awkward and the jokes are suggestive without being offensive or crude. Unlike romantic comedies—the predecessor of screwball you could say—films like this are refreshing as they bring on lots of laughs without manifesting cheap sentiment. In fact, there's virtually nothing to be gained in the movie except for laughs and it's completely merited.Continue Reading


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""I didn't know summers in Santa Fe were this hot," Miler Lagos says, five weeks into his stint here. For the last month or so he's been a shut-in at SITE Santa Fe, where he's punched 12-hour days getting his "The Great Tree" ready for SITElines, the cultural institution's re-imagined biennial.
Standing at 14-feet high, the tree is composed of press overrun issues of SFR, the Santa Fe New Mexican and other local publications.
"We started with four tons and once I started sculpting, I'd say about three tons remained," he says.
The monumental piece is a take on the sacred Ceiba tree found across Maya lands.
"Indigenous peoples respect this type of tree because they think that it's a special tree, a mystic tree," he says. The idea behind the work, Lagos points out, is to present "an ancestral tree." One that "contains information on its inside, like the tree of knowledge."
He continues, "Several cultures have upheld trees as information containers—and they literally are—because in their rings, it is possible to read in every moment of the tree's life, what was happening in its surroundings."
Unsettled Landscapes, which the life-size trunk is a part of, is encompassed in the bigger SITElines: New Perspectives on Art of the Americas, a six-year project that aims to showcase artists across the Western Hemisphere in thought-provoking ways.
Getting up close to the piece, the different colors of the newsprint begin to unfold. "The process started by opening up the paper up so we could use the entire signature," the Bogotá-based artist says, "that took 15 people three weeks to complete."
"[It] contains information on its inside, like the tree of knowledge."
Tree rings are substituted by layers of regional information "from a very short period of time, really. Two weeks."
Once bundled, the sections were piled in 4-inch stacks that were then attached to a center metal tube.
A burned-out sculptural process forces black and browns onto the delicate pinks and grays and gives the tree an almost lifelike impression.
"It's a result of friction," Lagos says of the look. "We burn the paper—and it smells like burning wood—before taking on that color."
The process, he says, brings his material full circle.
"The essence of wood is within the paper," he finalizes.


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Developments so far this week
Oil traded in a narrow range around $104 in NY and $118 in London as economic news was mixed and there were no major developments in the Iranian confrontation. US gasoline futures continued to fall – down another 4 cents a gallon so far this week to $3.15. This is now 25 cents per gallon below the highs reached in early April.
Natural gas futures took a 9.3 cents per million BTUs surge to close at $2.07 at the end of Wednesday. Analysts attributed the move to short covering rather than any news about fundamentals.
Once again the API's weekly telephone survey to determine US oil stocks seem to have gotten seriously out of whack. The API announced Tuesday night that US crude stocks last week had fallen by nearly a million barrels while the EIA's official figure Wednesday morning has them increasing by 4 million barrels. US gasoline and distillate inventories decreased by 2.2 million and 3.1 million barrels respectively. The EIA says that US crude production last week climbed to 6.1 million b/d the highest since November 1999. US oil product consumption over the last 4 weeks has been 3.2 percent lower than last year and gasoline consumption 4.2 percent lower.
The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, seems to be the new favorite to take over Sunoco's refinery near Philadelphia which is due to be closed in July. Sunoco is said to be putting in the refinery while Carlyle puts the cash and will manage the joint venture. Carlyle is supposed to be in a better position to demand benefit and tax concessions from unions and local and state governments who are desperate to keep the refinery operating.
Tehran's envoy in Moscow said his government is considering a Russian proposal to halt the expansion of its nuclear program. Everybody seems to agree that oil will fall by $5-10 a barrel if some sort of agreement is reached.
The UK and Spain seem to be sliding into another recession while in the US the Federal Reserve says the economy will pick up. Chinese manufacturing seems to be improving although the country's apparent demand seems to have slipped in March.
The body count in Syria continues to grow amid talk of foreign intervention. With Russia and Iran firmly on the side of the Assad government, there is no telling where a Western intervention would lead.
Baghdad is so excited about its new export terminals and recent growth in production that it is again talking about getting production up to a Saudi and Russian sized 10 million b/d within six years. For the umpteenth time, the Iraqi Parliament rejected the government's proposal for a new oil law.


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Study Evaluating the Benefit of Dry Needling for Patients With Neck Pain
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified February 2011 by Integrated Therapy Practice PC.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether individuals with neck pain will respond favorably to a program of manual therapy, directed at the cervical and thoracic spine (including thrust manipulation), and exercise, in combination with dry needling, as compared to manual therapy, directed to the cervical and thoracic spine (including thrust manipulation), and an exercise program alone.
|Neck Pain
|Procedure: dry needling
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effectiveness of Dry Needling for Patients With Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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MedlinePlus related topics: Neck Injuries and DisordersU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- neck disability index (NDI) [ Time Frame: 4,12, 24 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Patient Global Rating of Change (GROC) [ Time Frame: 4, 12, 24 weeks ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|November 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
Procedure: dry needling
The needling will take place bilaterally at both the suboccipital region and the paravertebral muscles between C4 and T4. The needling will take place with the patient in the prone position. Following all needle placement, they will rotated clockwise till the point that tension on the needle is felt by the therapist. This will create more tension between the needle and tissue fibers, after which the needles were removed.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 18-60 years old
- Primary complaint of neck pain
- Restricted cervical extension/and or cervical rotation ROM
- Neck Disability Index > 20 points
Exclusion Criteria:
- Red flags noted in the patient's Neck Medical Screening Questionnaire (i.e. tumor, fracture, metabolic diseases, RA, osteoporosis, prolonged history of steroid use, symptoms of vertebrobasilary insufficiency, pregnancy, cervical spinal stenosis, bilateral upper extremity symptoms etc.
- Use of blood thinners
- History of whiplash injury within the past six weeks
- Evidence of central nervous system involvement, to include hyperreflexia, sensory disturbances in the hand, intrinsic muscle wasting of the hands, unsteadiness during walking, nystagmus, loss of visual acuity, impaired sensation of the face, altered taste, the presence of pathological reflexes (i.e. positive Hoffman's and/or Babinski reflexes), etc.
Two or more positive neurologic signs consistent with nerve root compression, including any two of the following:
- Muscle weakness involving a major muscle group of the upper extremity
- Diminished upper extremity muscle stretch reflex (biceps brachii, brachioradialis, or triceps)
- Diminished or absent sensation to pinprick in any upper extremity dermatome
- Prior surgery to the neck or thoracic spine
- Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, or Acupuncture treatment for their neck pain in the last 12-months
- Workers compensation or pending legal action regarding their headaches
- Insufficient English language skills to complete all questionnaires
- Inability to comply with treatment and follow-up schedule
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01301170
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01301170
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|Hobart, Indiana, United States, 46342
|Contact: Rob Sillevis, PT, DPT, PhD 219-945-1538 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Rob Sillevis, PT,DPT,PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Joshua Cleland, PT,DPT,PhD
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Integrated Therapy Practice PC
|Principal Investigator:
|Rob Sillevis, PT,DPT,PhD
|adjunct faculty University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
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|Rob Sillevis, Integrated Therapy Practice PC
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|NCT01301170 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 22, 2011
|Last Updated:
|February 22, 2011
Keywords provided by Integrated Therapy Practice PC:
Neck pain
Dry Needling
Manual Therapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neck Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
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New York -- The 2012 holiday shopping season didn't provide the sales and traffic lift anticipated by retailers, according to Experian FootFall. The company said the season got off to a blazing start as consumers responded to some of the earliest Black Friday sales and promotions, effectively extending the Black Friday shopping experience to a four-day event. Following this annual start to the season that accounted for billions of dollars in retail sales, the 2012 calendar shift began to impact consumer behavior.
"We typically see a spending lull just after Black Friday until about a week prior to Christmas, and with this year's calendar that provided the most days possible between Thanksgiving and Christmas consumers seemed to extend this lull waiting to capitalize on late-season deals," said Roseanne McCauley, VP of the Americas for Experian FootFall.
Although sales and traffic were moderate during the first half of December, spending improved towards the end of the season as the annually strong Super Saturday approached. Anticipating this late season push spurred by procrastinating and deal-conscious shoppers, retailers employed many of the strategies from Black Friday weekend, including deeply discounted items and extended hours, to convert as many late-season sales as possible. And while Super Saturday weekend was still a very large event for the industry, sales and traffic patterns ultimately fell short of both retailers' and economists' expectations.
Following Christmas, retailers saw some expected strength on Dec. 26 as the annual rush of returned items and post-Christmas sales and promotions attracted shoppers, but the impact was weaker than retailers anticipated. Nevertheless, gift-card redemptions and extended post-holiday sales continue to drive consumers to various retail locations and the full impact of the season may not be known until late January or early February.
"Super Saturday didn't perform as expected but it still drew hundreds of millions of shoppers and accounted for billions in sales, so reports stating the day was disappointing for retailers are a bit of a red herring," said McCauley. "In reality the 2012 holiday shopping season was successful, posting slight gains versus a very solid 2011 behind the strength of Black Friday weekend and the annual late season push. Overall retailers should be pleased with performance and cautiously optimistic in early 2013 as gift-card redemptions continue to boost sales."


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Mention the name Fabio Viviani to any "Top Chef" fan, and you'll elicit a great big grin. It wasn't the least bit surprising when the gregarious Italian-born chef was voted fan favorite during Season 5. Since then, Viviani has appeared on two "Top Chef" spin-offs, opened a third restaurant (Siena Tavern in Chicago), hosted his own crazy-popular show, "Chow Ciao!" with Yahoo! and written several cookbooks.
Fabio's new book is part cookbook, part irrepressible memoir, filled with tales of Viviani's childhood, his family and the many scrapes he got into before his family encouraged the youngster to channel all that energy into cooking, instead of playing with matches and gunpowder near his grandmother's wheelchair. (His nonna was fine. The chair, not so much.)
It's a fun read, with mouth-watering photographs, witty asides and easy-to-follow recipes for everything from shrimp-pancetta risotto to an apple cake with grappa that serves, Viviani says, "Me and my grandpa or six normal people." Here's just a taste:
Cherry Tomato Salad With Orange, Cucumber and Feta
Serves 4 as a side
3 oranges, peeled and cut into segments with the membranes removed
20 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1 cucumber, diced
1 cup feta, crumbled
30 basil leaves
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Pinch of salt
Place the oranges, tomatoes, cucumber and feta in a bowl, and mix well. Add basil, oil and salt; mix again and serve.
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Lawrie still day to day; DL decision likely soon
TORONTO -- Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie was forced to miss Tuesday afternoon's game against the Braves because of a sprained left ankle.
Lawrie suffered the injury while stealing second base during the sixth inning of Toronto's 9-3 victory on Monday night. He temporarily remained in the game, but was eventually lifted for a pinch-runner.
The 23-year-old Lawrie is technically listed as day to day, but the Blue Jays cannot afford to wait too long before deciding whether he will require a stint on the 15-day disabled list.
"We can't drag this out too long with him," manager John Gibbons said on Tuesday morning. "We'll have a better idea by the end of the day or definitely by tomorrow."
The Blue Jays are set to play their first game of the season in a National League park on Wednesday night in Atlanta. The club can ill afford to carry a short bench because of an increased need for pinch-hitters during NL play. Therefore, a decision on Lawrie's status can only be put off for so long.
If Lawrie does require an extended period of time off, the Blue Jays could promote Minor League third baseman Andy LaRoche from Triple-A Buffalo. LaRoche is hitting .295 with six homers and 29 RBIs in 41 games for the Bisons.
The only option that Gibbons has ruled out is moving Edwin Encarnacion to third. That would allow Toronto to find a spot in the lineup for the hot-hitting Adam Lind at first base, but Gibbons said it's not something that he is considering at this time.
Encarnacion came up through the Minor Leagues at third base, but appeared at the position only once last season. Instead, the club will go with someone who has more recent experience, who will likely split time with veteran Mark DeRosa.
"I don't know which way we'll go, to be honest with you, but we don't want to be left short-handed," Gibbons said.
The Blue Jays will undoubtedly miss Lawrie's defense at third, but so far this season, the third-year player has yet to figure things out at the plate. He is hitting just .209 with five homers and 14 RBIs in 37 games.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. Evan Peaslee is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Seventh Star Press is proud to reveal the cover art by Jason C. Conley for Selah Janel's Olde School, Book One of the cross-genre series The Kingdom City Chronicles!
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Bookish, timid, and more likely to carry a laptop than a weapon, Paddlelump Stonemonger is quickly coming to wish he'd never put a toll bridge over Crescent Ravine. While his success has brought him lots of gold, it's also brought him unwanted attention from the Lord Mayor. Adding to his frustration, Padd's oldest friends give him a hard time when his new maid seems inept at best and conniving at worst. When a shepherd warns Paddlelump of strange noises coming from Thadd Forest, he doesn't think much of it. Unfortunately for him, the history of his land goes back further than anyone can imagine. Before long he'll realize that he should have paid attention to the old tales and carried a club.
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Bradford have lost the services of Huddersfield's Ireland prop Anthony Mullally but agreed a new deal to keep Warrington forward Danny Bridge on loan for the rest of the season.
Mullally, 22, has played in six of the Bulls' eight Super League matches so far this year but has been recalled by the Giants, who go into the Easter programme on the back of four straight defeats.
Warrington also have the right to recall the 21-year-old Bridge at any time but he is set to make his eighth appearance in the derby with Leeds at the Provident Stadium on Thursday night.
"I am absolutely delighted to have Danny on board for the remainder of the season," Bradford coach Francis Cummins said. "He has done really well for us so far.
"He has at times been forced to play out of position and has stood up to the challenge on every single occasion.
"He has worked very hard and I am really looking forward to seeing what he produces in the weeks and months ahead."
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Hometown: Seymour, IN
Occupation: Chiropractor
Family: Married 10 years to Jennifer; father to Ella, 4, and Nolan, 2
How to pronounce his name: Ner-it (rhymes with "merit")
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You guys married at 18. What was it like to be such a young husband? Our relationship gave me stability at a time when I really needed it. It allowed me to perform better in school, get into chiropractic college, and do things I wouldn't have had the drive or ability to do otherwise.
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Evaluation of a Diet in Patients With Senile Dementia (SUPRESSI)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified February 2011 by Vegenat, S.A..
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Vegenat, S.A.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Vegenat, S.A.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 30, 2010
Last updated: June 21, 2012
Last verified: February 2011
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Detailed Description:
The most common symptoms associated to senile dementia disease are confusion about schedules, hyperactivity... In this sense, these patients have frequently poor nutrition, resulting in malnutrition problems or malnutrition high risk.
|Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson's Disease Senile Dementia
|Dietary Supplement: Supressi. T-Diet plus Range Dietary Supplement: High Protein. T-Diet plus Range
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Clinical Evaluation of an Specific Diet for People With Dementia Disease
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: Alzheimer disease Parkinson disease
MedlinePlus related topics: Alzheimer's Disease Dementia
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Further study details as provided by Vegenat, S.A.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Nutritional and cognitive status in elderly people [ Time Frame: 1 year ]The evaluation include: Nutritional evaluation, Improvement of Anthropometric and Biochemical parameters evaluation in relation to patient malnutrition, Patient's cognitive status evaluation (Folstein's MMSE and GDS scale), Functional and psychopathological aspects evaluation (blessed Scale), Global Impresion of Change Evaluation(CIBIC plus Scale), Quality of life evaluation (Short Form 36 questionaire), Memory Evaluation (Rey Auditory Learning Test), Appearance of gastrointestinal events evaluation, Diet and Intake acceptance evaluation.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Biochemical parameters measure [ Time Frame: 8 months ]Fatty acid profile of plasma and erythrocytes, plasma levels of some proinflammatory cytokines and b-amyloid, genotyped, oxidative stress determination, total proteins determination, total lymphocytes, albumin, pre-albumin, transferrine, Reactive C protein (RCP), homocystein, total cholesterol, plasma level of glucose, Homeostasis Model Assessment and Renal function.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Experimental Group
In addition to their daily diet, patients of this group will receive 400 ml per day of "Supressi" nutritional supplement
Dietary Supplement: Supressi. T-Diet plus Range
Supressi is a complete high protein and moderated high energy oral nutrition supplement, indicated for the dietary management of patients with neurodegenerative diseases and related malnutrition.
Experimental group patients will receive, 2 packs per day (Tetra brik aseptic)of 200 ml for 6 months.
Other Name: VEG001
Active Comparator: Control Group
In addition to their daily diet, patients of this group will receive 400 ml per day of "T-Diet plus High Protein" product
Dietary Supplement: High Protein. T-Diet plus Range
T-Diet plus High Protein is a complete high protein and moderated high energy oral nutrition supplement, indicated for the dietary management of patient with related malnutrition and with increased protein requirements.
Other Name: VEG002
Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to assess if the daily intake of a specific nutritional supplement versus a non specific supplement one is related to malnutrition or malnutrition risk reduction and contributes to an improvement in cognitive and functional parameters in patients with senile dementia.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|70 Years and older (Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients over 70 years with neurologist or geriatrician dementia diagnosis (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's or mixed), with mild or moderate cognitive impairment degree (Between 24 and 14 MMSE).
- Patients with or at malnutrition risk (Mini Nutritional Assessment screening positive)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with decompensated kidney failure, creatine and/or bilirubin greater than 2, uric acid higher than 8 mg/dl, and glomerular filtration under 60 ml/minute.
- Patients with Diabetes mellitus poorly controlled (Glycemia > 200 mg/dl)
- Patients with decompensated hypertension.
- Patients with pharmacological treatment or consuming supplements containing specific supplementation of experimental product (omega 3 and/or vitamins supplements).
- Post-stroke vascular dementias.
- Do not achieve any inclusion criteria.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01192529
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|Contact: Antonio J Pérez de la Cruz, MD PhD
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|Clinical Nutrition and Dietetic Unit, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves
|Granada, Spain, 18014
|Contact: Antonio J Pérez de la Cruz, MD, PhD + 34 639 236 825 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Antonio J Pérez de la Cruz, MD, PhD
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Vegenat, S.A.
|Principal Investigator:
|Antonio J Pérez de la Cruz, MD PhD
|Clinical Nutrition and Dietetic Unit, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves
|Principal Investigator:
|Ángel Gil Hernández, PhD
|Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II. University of Granada
|Principal Investigator:
|Adrián Arés Luque, MD
|Neurological Unit, Complejo Asistencial de León
More Information
Keywords provided by Vegenat, S.A.:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Vegenat, S.A.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01192529 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
SUPRESSI2010-PROYECTO CDTI ( Other Identifier: VEGENAT, S.A. )
|Study First Received:
|August 30, 2010
|Last Updated:
|June 21, 2012
Keywords provided by Vegenat, S.A.:
Specific diet
Cognitive Status
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Parkinson Disease
Alzheimer Disease
Parkinsonian Disorders
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Movement Disorders
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Central Nervous System Stimulants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Appetite Depressants
Anti-Obesity Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, 26 December 2004
Maria Stanisheva is a Project Assistant at the British Council – an international organisation from the United Kingdom that promotes educational and cultural relationships – in Bulgaria. Currently she is working on the UK-SSE Forum Project, which has three types of activities: People and Politics, Creative Industries and Youth Action. The last of these works with youth non-governmental organisations (NGO) on the development and implementation of ten projects with different objectives and participants. Youth Theatre "Alternativa" is one of these NGO.
On December 6 2004, Alternativa received a strange email from the self-denominated non-profit London-based organisation called "Global Concern for Human Development". The email, with the subject "GGHD IT GRANTS 2005", announced the obtaining of a donation of computers as part of a support programme for organisations from countries with limited resources. The key name of the initiative is "IT for All 2005."
According to the announcement, the beneficiary organisation will receive three sets of computer equipment. The first suspicious fact: the recipient had been randomly chosen. Second, the recipient was not only responsible for the processing and transportation fee to the destination country, but also had to pay 50 pounds in advance (some 95 American dollars) per computer. "You will need to pay this amount and any shipping costs, if applicable, in full, and in advance, before taking possession of the PCs", stated the message.
If the donation is accepted, the organisation needs to write an official letter of acceptance and send it to the indicated fax number "before five days have passed since the offer". The message added that all the computers needed to be sent before Christmas, "so the organisations could start benefiting from their use at the beginning of January 2005."
First known case
Instead of mailing in its acceptance letter, Alternativa contacted the British Council in search of information on the sender. According to the British Council, "Global Concern for Human Development" -which identifies itself as a British non-profit organisation aimed at developing and implementing sustainable cooperation and development programmes in variety of fields– does not appear in the United Kingdom's registries of NGO and further analysis of the mail has shown that the domain is registered in Uganda.
"I then called the Youth Theatre and told them that this is a case of typical internet fraud," said Stanisheva.
"There have been cases of attempted fraud involving names of existing or fictitious UK organisations," she continued. "Whenever we have been consulted, we have made effort to help in the best interest of the public. This is the first time we have come across or been informed of this particular type of scam though."
"I decided that we can go further and inform Bluelink, which is a well-known information portal for the Bulgarian civil organisations. I was surprised to hear that this is the first case of internet fraud aiming the NGO sector." BlueLink disseminated the information, and the newspaper Dnevnik followed suit.
Milena Bokova, Executive Director of BlueLink Information Network, assures that, at least in its experience, there is no precedent for this type of scam attempts directed specifically to civil society organisations. In these cases, she advises "to try to find as much as possible information about the sender and then to spread-out the information in order to protect other NGOs."
Investigate and alert
A way of detecting the origin of a message is using the client options of the mail programme (properties) to see the complete heading of the email. Identifying the IP number of the sender (the identification number, something like the identity of the computer from which the mail was sent), that should be a sequence composed of four numbers separated by periods (for example 18.104.22.168), and go to a "whois" service (use, for example, http://www.geektools.com/whois.php) and try to locate the internet service provider (ISP) associated to that number by following the instructions on the webpage (at GeekTools a security code that appears on the consultation page, see the image above). In the result, one should try to locate the email address of the ISP administrator. If more than one address exists, use them all.
Send a copy of the message original source (not that which is normally seen in the mail programme) to the administrator's support address. If a governmental office for internet security exists, sending them a copy is also recommended.
"I think that NGOs should be extremely sceptical when it comes to donations through the internet", said Stanisheva, "especially when they are being approached by an unknown donor organisation. They have to check by all means the information on the web about this organisation, the web registration, contacts and if possible even the people who present themselves as the donors. Unfortunately even this cannot guarantee that they will not be deceived. If they discover fraud they should inform both their partner organisations and the media/networks which will be interested.".
We appreciate the input provided by Maria Stanisheva (British Council in Bulgaria), Milena Bokova (BlueLink), Carlos Afonso (Rits – Brasil), Pavel Antonov and Arturo González (ITeM – Uruguay) for this article.


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The celebration begins Monday, January 21st at 7pm in the Council Chamber. We will screen Dr. King's speech "I Have a Dream" and have a silent march to the Chapel where jazz musician Devin Phillips will perform and we will have readings from Dr. King. This year's theme: Bending Towards Justice. Bring a friend! Event is open to the public.
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