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Phil: I clearly remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his "I Have a Dream Speech." For me it was one of the most transformational speeches in American history.
Ethan: Are you really that old? I wonder what speech he would give today.
Phil: I expect he would talk about the progress we've made toward eliminating racial bias.
Ethan: Certainly. But I am also sure he would be saddened at how far we still have to go.
Phil: We can always improve, but the fact that we now have a black president tells us more than any other statistic might.
Ethan: It is true that America broke a thick glass ceiling in electing President Barack Obama, yet it pales in comparison to the economic divide that still confronts communities of color in America. As Obama said this week, "For what does it profit a man, Dr. King would ask, to sit at an integrated lunch counter if he can't afford the meal?" I am sure this would be the focus of a King speech today.
Phil: It seems to me that we've all lost sight of King's proclamation that children should be judged by the content of their character. Instead civil rights leaders today talk about voting rights and more government programs, almost never about personal responsibility.
Ethan: King spoke forcefully about voting rights and about government investment in the poor. I expect he would side with those frustrated that the Supreme Court gutted the voting rights act and that the war on poverty was decimated from President Richard Nixon on forward.
Phil: Really? Nixon is responsible for today's poverty?
Ethan: Nixon began the ideological shift away from government investment in the communities of those trapped in generational poverty. That shift was more fully realized under President Ronald Reagan, but by 1973 it had begun. The steady decline in poverty rates we had seen the decade prior ceased and began rising again. The rate hit a low of 11.1% in 1973 and then steadily rose back up over 15% at the end of the Bush/Reagan era.
Phil: How about this perspective? The facts show that 72 percent of African-American children today are born by unwed mothers. As a father of three children, I know how challenging it is to raise children with two engaged parents. How does a single mom do it? Where are the fathers? Don't you think this has a profound impact on poverty, crime and educational aspirations?
Ethan: The lack of income for a single parent certainly has an impact on one's poverty, but that's why supports are needed. I was raised by a single mother until I was 11 and then a single father through high school. Both fell on hard times, and we needed food stamps/unemployment/rent control/free school lunch to survive. Those supports were critical in helping me build a stable life that is far from impoverished.
Phil: You are my brother from another mother in this regard! My parents are disabled, and they divorced by the time I was 13. While I was shuffled between their new lives, the message from both was clear: Go to school; you need to work, obey the law and take responsibility for your direction. It was hard, yet it shaped who I am. Government programs are not going to substitute for family setting examples and expectations.
Ethan: Certainly, but almost all single mothers I know set similar expectations to what your parents set. Opportunity must also be present. King understood this. By the end of his life he saw that the economic divide was doing as much damage to the poor as racism was doing to people of color. We are holding people back based on the economics of their birth.
Phil: Their fathers' abandonment is setting them back, not the government.
Ethan: You want government to mandate the father back into the house?
Phil: I am not mandating more government involvement. I am saying government involvement has helped create the problem. When the war on poverty began in 1963, only 24 percent of African-American mothers were unwed. In 2008 it was 72 percent. Even you must agree there is a correlation between poverty and family breakdown.
Ethan: I do, but I see poverty as the cause, and the breakup as the symptom. Did you know that the 1963 March was actually called "the march for freedom and jobs"? King said, "We called our demonstration a campaign for jobs and income because we felt that the economic question was the most crucial that black people, and poor people generally, were confronting."
Phil: I see this as a crisis for the children. You see this as a need for more government.
Ethan: I do see it as a crisis for the children, and that's why I believe the government must intervene. What's your solution? End food stamps and pre-k? I am quite sure King would disagree with you there.
Phil: As transformational as King was, so too could be Obama. He should take his bus tour to every inner city in America, speak to the fathers, and motivate them to be like him.
Ethan: If King heard that our government's response to the economic divide was to tell black men it is their fault that our children are poor, I am quite sure today's speech would be much angrier than the one he gave 50 years ago.
Phil: Either way, I wish he were still alive to give it.


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Prince Harry's awful week just keeps getting worse.
For it is now emerging that before Harry's trip to Vegas, he travelled to Necker Island, the private island owned by Richard Branson, for a tequilla-fuelled pre-party.
Rather like that scene at the end of "The Hangover" another embarrassing picture has turned up – this time of Harry passed out drunk in the sand on Necker Island.
Harry must be wishing this picture had been deleted, like the ones in the film.
Instead, in an act of almost unbelievable naivety (and that's being kind) it appears that one of Harry's pals, Arthur Landon, 30, one of the UK's richest young men, posted the picture on facebook. The page had no privacy controls on it, and was not locked untill yesterday.
Sources say that Harry was a frequent poster on Landon's page, and would have known the pictures were available to anyone with an internet connection.
By a tremendous irony, Landon is also quoted in today's Telegraph, railing about the 'despicable girl' who sold the naked pictures of Harry.
Mr Landon, 30, who inherited a £200m fortune from his late father, the arms dealer Brig Tim Landon, who is said to have helped organise a coup d'état in Oman, said: "I obviously think it is really despicable that someone would accept Prince Harry's hospitality and then take these pictures. I know it has put a real dampener on everybody who was on that holiday."
Mr Landon then added, "Some people have been hinting that it was one of his friends who took the pictures. But that is absolutely not true. None of his friends would ever do that. We are really careful."
But not careful or intelligent enough, apparently, to refrain from posting images of the third-in-line to the throne asleep on the sand.
Although Landon's account is restricted, the pictures have now inevitably made their way out of his controlled area and are published today in that most respectable of UK papers, the Daily Telegraph.
Landon captioned the picture of sleeping Harry, "The perfect start…"
In another snap Landon, 30, who inherited more than £200 million on the death of his father in 2007, offered friends a look inside his suitcase as he packed for his trip. The contents included a purple glass bong (ouch) and a gas mask.
The accompanying caption read: "2x flip flops, 3x board shorts, 8x fancy dress outfits, 1x toothbrush, 1x toothpaste, 10x awesomeness…" he wrote. "Let the good times roll, let em roll, let em roll!!!"
The trip to Necker Island was to celebrate Branson's son Sam's 27th birthday.
The prince was accompanied by blonde Cressida Bonas, the epically-named beauty whom he was spotted making out with earlier this month.
Miss Bonas, 23, a Leeds University graduate and the daughter of 1960s cover girl Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon, uploaded a photograph of herself wearing a bright yellow bikini to, neon pink shorts, and a matching pink wig.
She appears to be sitting in a beach bar with a friend, and has the word "Sam" daubed on her arm in pink paint, illustrated with a pink heart.
However, it was boys-only by the time the group arrived in Vegas for the main action.
The only question is: can this get any worse for Harry?
Well, yes; several news outlets are now speculating that there may be more pictures to come from Vegas, which is swarming with British tabloid news reporters.

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Home Office Furniture
Creating a home office that works
As more and more people bring work home with them, or even work entirely from their homes, a functional home office is an essential part of any home design. But your home office doesn't have to be a hole in the wall, with only your computer and printer to add style – in fact, you'll find you get the most use out of the room if it fits your style and is a welcoming place to work in.
Crunching the Numbers
Above all else, quality home office furniture is the essence of your room. These means choosing pieces that combine comfort and functionality. Wood home office furniture has a reputation for standing up to the stress you put on it, and they don't have to break the budget. Pine home office furniture pieces are very affordable, as is oak home office furniture – it's only more expensive woods, such as teak or mahogany, that will really start to drive up your budget. Still, if you're looking to save money, you can find high quality used home office furniture in a variety of styles to suit any room, or discount home office furniture available in overstock stores.
As well as budget, you're going to have to consider the space in your room before you start bringing home pieces. For example, although beautiful mission style home office furniture might be your first choice, it just won't work in a tiny home office – you'll be bumping into the corners of your desk and tripping over the edges of your bookshelf, and before you know it, you'll dread the time spent in your office. Instead, if you're short on space, consider modular home office furniture. These pieces, such as an L-shaped desk with overhanging bookshelf will make the best use of space while still maintaining flow in the room.
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Computer Chair
Like computer desks, it's also true that any chair can serve as a computer chair, but you'll quickly find that your comfort level is not what it should be with a conventional chair. Issues such as carpal tunnel or eye strain can occur if you don't position yourself properly in front of the computer. You may also find you need a chair mat with any computer chair, to keep from sliding around or to soften a hard surface.
An ergonomic computer chair is your best choice, because it allows you to adjust height, tilt and elbow room as well as back support. But if back pain is your main concern, a computer back chair with contoured padding could provide more relief. Whichever option you choose, stay away from a cheap computer chair – if you spend hours working in your home office, it won't provide the comfort level you need.
Creating the Style
The theme for your home office should be a reflection of your working style and the type of work you're doing. Are you a slick home business operator looking to put your nose to the grindstone and get ahead in your field? Streamlined modern home office furniture with an impressive architectural look will give you the edge you need. Do you entertain clients from your home office? Contemporary home office furniture pieces have an air of professionalism, yet are still functional and very affordable. Look for stylish track lighting and pieces that combine metal and wood to create a more open, industrial look.


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Dear Genealogists,
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I've also learn to love land records again. This was a thoroughly complicated relationship of long waits, unreturned phone calls, and a lot of anger. I'd almost given up on the entire thing. But then Olive Tree Genealogy Blog posted a wonderful article on how to conduct research at the Land Records Office, and I was optimistic and hopeful about the whole affair again! I can't wait to renew my relationship with these wonderful records!
I'm looking forward to my birthday in April, and the best present you could give me and to any of your April-born friends is to help index the 1940 census. FamilySearch has a volunteer page with project information and how you can help make the 1940 census free for everyone!
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Swimming In Spacetime and Other Stories
Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and staff editor Kate Wong talk about the contents of the August issue, including articles on some of the odd consequences of general relativity, life as a Neanderthal, and the latest research on celiac disease. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news.
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Steve: Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American posted on July 31st, 2009. I'm Steve Mirsky. This week we'll look at the contents of the August issue of Scientific American magazine with Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and staff editor Kate Wong. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Without any further ado, here we go; we spoke in Mariette's office.
Steve: And I'm here with Mariette DiChristina and you can see a lovely photograph of her in the Letter from the Editor column. The August issue has some fascinating stuff including the cover piece on Neandertals and Kate Wong, the author of that piece, is here, and we'll talk about that [in] a moment. We have this piece called "Adventures in Curved Spacetime" by a Brazilian physicist; what's that all about?
DiChristina: The Brazilian physicist's name is Eduardo Guéron and he is based at the, he is a math professor, based at Federal University in Brazil. And he writes the story in the tradition of [a] series of wonderful stories in the '40s by George Gamow that told the story of a physicist who had some wonderful adventures; and in this story, likewise, Guéron takes us on a journey through the wonderful adventures in curved spacetime of an astronaut, and it's kind of like a summer reading for physicists story, I would enjoy it on a beach, myself.
Steve: It's just fun reading, but all the things discussed in the article are real and necessary consequences of general relativity?
DiChristina: Right, the largest scientific point here Steve, is that 90 years after Einstein described how, you know, gravity comes as a consequence of curved spacetime—and we should back up on that for just a minute. You know, for instance around Earth, you can think of gravity as forming a kind of a well around Earth, which causes the things that pass near Earth, the moon I would say, which is orbiting on its path, to stay within the vicinity because it falls into that gravity well, metaphorically speaking; and in likewise the same way this astronaut that is fictitiously described by our good mathematics professor takes a journey through curved spacetime. He leaves his spacecraft—and again this is all based on the latest research—he jets off and tries to form a triangle; he brings a laser pointer with him, so he knows he is traveling in a straight line, and also some shaving cream and he realizes when he measures that…
Steve: Not to shave with.
DiChristina: Not to shave but to mark his path, thank you; and he realizes when he measures that triangle that it adds up to more than 180 degrees.
Steve: And the astronaut finds out, and this is real, that if you needed to, in curved spacetime, if you needed to move in the vacuum you could do so without anything to push off of or any kind of accelerant to force you by virtue of Newton's third law, you can just by twisting your body, by moving your body in the right way, you can actually move from point A to point B in this empty space as long as it is curved space.
DiChristina: Right, as long as it's curved space. Now this comes from a, this piece of it comes from a 2003 paper by a planetary scientist named Jack Wisdom at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and what he discovered is that you can move, as you [were describing] through curved space by moving, [let's] say, your arms and legs, or if you're an alien as it is described in the article, a tripod alien—just for the simplicity of demonstrating how the movements are with, sort of, heavy feet and a ball at the end of the tail that helped to move the [weight] around, just to make it kind of simple to look through—you can move through curved spacetime without pushing against anything, and this is the key here. To get an understanding of the basic concept, think about sometime maybe when you sat a soda pop shop or a bar or something on one of those chairs that's on a swivel wheel. And if you were to swing your arms around, your body would start to move in [opposition] to that, and moving through curved spacetime is similar in this fashion. You know, it's not exactly similar because, you know, curved spacetime being without immediate gravity, you know, without things to push against, whereas you are resting on a chair and pushing, so it's really just an analogy. But if you [were to] move your arms in and out you could quickly spin your body. Or imagine a cat falling from a one-story building, let's say, snapping it's legs out and around and back so that it can land on its feet; it too is moving through space without pushing against anything. In a likewise fashion, Jack Wisdom's paper described how one could "swim" through curved spacetime.
Steve: You can't swim fast; it's not going to help you if you're couple of miles away from your ship. But if you're, you know just for argument['s] sake, if you are 20 feet from the ship, but you're in the same, going exactly the same velocity as the ship, ordinarily well, you would be up the creek, so to speak; because with nothing to accelerate against you would just parallel the path of the ship until you run out of oxygen or starve to death, whatever. But with the implications of general relativity you could very slowly and laboriously make your way back to the ship and, you know, get back inside and survive. And the other really fascinating implication of general relativity is that falling through a vacuum in curved spacetime by stretching and contracting but not at the same rate, if you stretch at one rate and contract at another rate, you can actually slow your descent and behave like a glider even though there is no atmosphere.
DiChristina: Right you're describing the gliding part of the story, which is based on Professor Guéron's own research with another fellow, Ricardo Mosna at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, and that's from a 2007 paper, and yes, you can glide. An object could—approaching a planet—could slow it's descent by moving as you described, contracting at one speed, expanding at another, and this too is a specific consequence from the theory of general relativity.
Steve: Mariette, it's really fun stuff and it's illustrated with kind of cartoony like images, certainly looks like Archie in space, actually just a little bit—I don't see Jughead; I think he died in the airlock. Oh! Then, well, there's a little green alien there.
DiChristina: He does have a lovely sidekick, who has those incredible limbs I was telling you about, all the better to describe the principles behind this. It's a fun article but it's serious physics and based on the latest research, and I hope everybody enjoys it.
Steve: And we also have the cover piece, speaking of fun articles that are based on serious things, [which] is about our closest relatives to the human beings to, well, they are human beings too, well to Homo sapiens—the Neandertals and the author Kate Wong, who is a staff editor here at Scientific American and a real expert on this stuff is with us. How are you doing, Kate?
Wong: Doing really well, Steve, thanks.
Steve: So, this is a fascinating article because we are really, we are still learning so much about Neandertals. I swear I saw one on the subway today, but apparently that's impossible.
Wong: That's right. So far as we know, the very last Neandertals died out shortly after 28,000 years ago. Scientists have known about Neandertals since the 1800s, so if you look at the extinct humans in the human family tree, they know more about Neandertals than any other of the extinct species; and that being said, there are still really mysterious to us in very many ways.
DiChristina: One of the things about Neandertals that I find so intriguing is that they were around our size and shape, maybe a little bit more massive in their arms and legs but roughly our height, maybe a few inches shorter; if a Neandertal did walk past you on the subway, you might not have noticed him.
Steve: Is that really true though? I have heard that if a real Neandertal happened into the room, you would jump back because their physical appearance would be so strange to you that you'd really be taken aback.
Wong: It really depends on who you ask. There are certainly a number of scientists who minimize the physical differences between Neandertals and modern humans and those who, as you said, would very readily picture an extremely different creature from us.
Steve: We have [here] an interesting illustration, an artist's scientifically informed idea, of what a Neandertalmight look like and it's close enough that you might give the guy a second look but you probably wouldn't run screaming.
Wong: Yeah, the basic physical differences or the most noticeable physical differences between Neandertals and modern humans are, like, that Neandertals are, they are within the height range of modern humans but on the shorter side, so maybe five and one half feet tall or so. But they were massive. They had big barrel chest[s] and short, stocky limbs. They were really built for power and they were also built to retain heat in the cold climate that they often endured. And as far as their faces go, they had really massive browridges over their eyes, and they did not have chins really, so their faces would have looked different, but maybe dressed with a suit and a top hat they would not look so different.
Steve: One of the things that you talk about—I am just laughing at the idea of [a] Neandertalin a suit and a top hat, [a] little like Young Frankenstein.
DiChristina: I was thinking.
Steve: Like Peter Boyle [in] Young Frankenstein. For you kids out there, I am seeing you rush out to see it immediately. So the Neandertal browridge you mentioned in the article. It was probably, and I had never seen this before, it was probably a consequence just of genetic drift rather than any kind of real selection pressure. Can you explain that a little bit?
Wong: Yeah, there is no known functional benefit to having that brow, at least none that has been established with certainty. So what a number of scientists proposed is that feature is really the result of genetic drift within their narrow population and not something that benefited them in any particular way.
Steve: Genetic drift refers to the fact that just by chance, some small percentage of Neandertals had this prominent ridge and then they became the progenitors of the population so it got passed on even though there was not any particular selection pressure, any particular survival advantage, to having it.
Wong: That's right.
Steve: So, what are some of the things that are just becoming known about Neandertals? We talked about their body size and the heat, possible advantage; but things, like, what's the major differences between Homo sapiens and the Neandertals, I realize that there is still a lot of disagreement in the scientific community about this, but what do they think were some of the differences? Culture is really a major difference between the two human species.
Wong: Yes and no. I mean there were for a long time, for many decades, scientists believe that Neandertals were fundamentally different from modern humans in the way that they behaved. And when you look at the archeological record, what you see are beautifully made stone tools, but not very many cases of Neandertals making jewelry; no instances of Neandertals making musical instruments or painting on cave walls. And so there seems to be a difference, although there are certain, a few cases of Neandertals making jewelry and other seemingly symbolic artifacts. But they don't seem to have done it with a regularity that early modern humans did.
Steve: And we've also discovered, because we now have some actual NeandertalDNA to work with, that they did have this particular gene, FOXP2 gene, that is correlated with our ability to speak, not that I'm a good example of [that] right at the moment. But species that do not have this—and that's pretty much everybody else—can't really articulate. But the FOXP2 gene seems to be really important if you're going to have spoken language, spoken communication. And for a long time it was thought that the Neandertals didn't have ability to communicate orally in a sophisticated way. But now we know that [they] did have [the] FOXP2 gene, which implies that they probably could speak to each other pretty well.
Wong: It implies that they had a similar ability to form words; it doesn't tell us anything about language, which is much more [than] the mechanical ability to form words. So, yes, it does forge maybe a stronger bond between Neandertals and modern humans when we're looking at the genetics; and yet at the same time, there seem to be a number of distinctions between Neandertal DNA and modern human DNA. We don't know the full picture of that. We'll have [a] better sense of it when the rough draft of the Neandertal genome is published, which is supposed to happen later this year. But for now, the genetics, and even when the genome is published, we still won't know, because so much of the human genome, we don't know what it means functionally; that holds true for modern humans, so of course, it's not going to instantly tell us everything that we want to know about Neandertals.
Steve: And one of the things in the article is it looks like [the] metabolic requirements, because of their particular physiology, were significantly higher than modern humans. It looks like they needed anywhere from, what was it, 100 to 350 more calories a day, and that might not sound like much to us in our potato chip–laden world, where we can just, you know—and unfortunately do—pick up an extra 400 or 500 calories anytime we feel like it, but that could be a huge problem for somebody who's really, you know, living hand to mouth, just wondering where the next meal is going to come from everyday.
Wong: Absolutely! It could really a deal breaker if you think about how hard it was to live under really cold conditions, colder than anything that our species today has to contend with; and then on top of that making your living essentially, as an ambush hunter of what seems to be mostly large, dangerous animals like woolly rhinoceroses, then that extra 150 to 300 calories a day, yeah, that's a big deal. That can determine whether or not you survive or perish.
Steve: And the article mentions that there is no for evidence of sewing in Neandertals, so although their bodies were really good at maintaining heat or conserving heat, they probably weren't as good as modern humans at making clothes that could help with the heat conservation.
Wong: It's really hard to know. There's lots of ways to attach pieces of hide. It doesn't have to involve needles. But what we can say is that although modern humans have left behind what are clearly awls and needles, Neanderthals did not leave those things behind. They may have been made out of more perishable materials, wood—maybe it was fire treated for hardness or something; we don't have it anymore, but who knows? But clearly though they had to have to made clothing to withstand the cold temperatures that they experienced.
Steve: There's no end of people still out there looking for Neandertal artifacts and Neandertal fossils.
Wong: Yeah, absolutely. There is a lot of active research in terms of archeologists going out there and looking for Neandertalbones and their artifacts and of course the genome opens up a whole new range of possibilities for what we can extract about Neandertallives.
Steve: There's lots of other interesting stuff in the magazine. There's an article celiac disease. On first glance, it seemed like, well, what's an article on you know, one particular disease [doing] in Scientific American, because we don't really don't do just, you know, disease of the month or whatever. But the celiac article illustrates larger points related autoimmunity.
DiChristina: Yes, it does. Actually before I speak about that, I would like to back up for just a minute. In Kate's discussion about Neandertals and our own history as a species on the planet, reminds me of the origin of the celiac disease issue which is, you know, very deeply tied with our human history. One day, way back when, various early humans realized that from seeds, spring plants and those plants provide us with food. And so herein lies the wonderful benefit to humanity of figuring out a way to make settlements rather than having to gather all your food or necessarily hunt every piece of meat you eat. So we began to plant these seeds and began to grow them, began to eat, be better fed and more healthy and promptly contributed to us living longer in short order; although it certainly raised other problems, as well. And among those other problems, was the problem of celiac disease. Celiac is triggered partly by the ingestion of gluten or protein common in wheat. There also a couple of factors that you need to have, as well: You need to have the genetic susceptibility, and you need to have something called a leaky gut, which you can think of as the ability for the intestine to let through this gluten protein into the bloodstream, where it can incite the activity of the immune system and thus create this autoimmune problem. Because what is autoimmune disease? It is a disease where the body is acting against itself, where our immune system, which is normally harnessed for our protection, is instead causing us troubles of one kind or another. In celiac disease, people who do suffer from it, suffer chronic indigestional problems—they have bloating, they have diarrhea, they have, you know, all sorts of various discomforts related to that, and it's all key to this susceptibility.
Steve: It's really interesting, it gets down to basic chemistry because there are proteins in wheat gluten that have certain amino acids in them that the celiac sufferer's digestive system can't chop up the proteins into small enough bits. And so you have these longer bits of these particular amino acids, and they're the things that really confound the lining of the intestine.
DiChristina: Yeah, a couple of things here. You know, [one] is, first of all celiac also expresses itself with other problems, for instance, absorbing iron [and]. you know, other immune deficiencies that result from it. Another is you do need these three factors: that genetic susceptibility, the problem with the gut and the gluten ingestion to trigger it. What happens is these finger like protrusions in the intestine, they're called villi, and you could think of them as looking like fingers; and they get both, really inflamed and then can't absorb the nutrients and pass them, convey them along to the bloodstream for distribution in celiac disease.
Steve: What we're finding out based on studying celiac though it has implications for all our autoimmune diseases.
DiChristina: Well, for many. I'm glad you're looping us back to what you had raised at the beginning. Some of the diseases that are autoimmune types are related to celiac. And so things, in other words, things we find out about how to block celiac disease or how to treat it would be applicable potentially to these diseases, [such as] type1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel syndrome. All of these share characteristics of celiac disease, such as that leaky gut.
Steve: What are the nuts and bolts of the potential treatments? What are we learning from celiac that could specifically be applied to this wide range of autoimmune conditions?
DiChristina: One thing that was really, kind of, key for the researchers is the leaky gut itself. I mean, the researcher describes how for a long time, it was thought that there was a kind of grout that held the intestinal wall together really firmly and there was no reason, it wasn't scientifically interesting. But as they were trying to develop a particular vaccine that would have taken advantage of that, they found that the people who took the vaccine got horrible diarrhea, and it was a counter indication for using that vaccine. In other words, as the poor researcher said, it's the low light of his career. All years of his research had literally gone down the toilet. But what it did, as it so often happens in science is, spark him to a new idea. Well, maybe this area of the intestinal wall was interesting to take a look at, and maybe through there they could get some keys from something else, and that's how they got started. So, eventually they homed in on a particular kind of protein called zonulin, which is involved somehow in managing or manipulating the lining of, you know, the permeability of that intestinal wall. Now, we don't know all the things zonulin does yet, it probably does many things in the body, probably it is active in many processes; but this one seems like it may potentially be a key to therapies or one of the keys to therapies for celiac disease.
Steve: As well as we can probably extend to whatever we learn here, you know, we learnt something studying this autoimmune condition, and we might wind up using it in some other autoimmune conditions.
DiChristina: Right and something I didn't mention before Steve, but which I think is important to mention here is, even in focusing on a single disease—and you're right, we don't typically do that, at Scientific American, we don't want to do "disease of the month" per se, although certainly we don't mean belittle the importance of, you know, these various diseases in people's lives, but at the broader context as well. In this case, celiac disease, affects a surprising number of people; it's about 1 percent of the population worldwide, and in the U.S. that translates to around 2 million people. About 100 years ago, there was a fellow who discovered there was a disorder of chronic indigestion, but in those days, they had no idea what it was from. It was only in the past several decades that we realized that it's a particular disorder called celiac disease, and that it has a particular characteristics to, you know, the way the disease presents itself, and also that it can be at least managed, if not perfectly, through changes in diet although, as everybody knows very difficult to completely avoid clearly. Thank goodness, there are many more products and a lot more awareness of the problem these days, so it's a little bit easier for folks.
Steve: Yeah, in the last 10 years, I think, you've seen this explosion of gluten-free products out there because it's become recognized just how pervasive celiac is.
DiChristina: Right and for many people also—and this is true of a friend of mine as well, [my old] journalism professor, in fact—people maybe go through a lot of their lives because of their lack of understanding of celiac and only when they're adults, sometimes into, you know, middle age are they finally finding out that all their reason their stomach was tricky was celiac all along.
Steve: Lots of other interesting stuff in the issue. Yucca Mountain and how our politics is changing that whole scene there about nuclear wastes storage. Remember high temperature, superconductivity which has, sort of, been out at the headlines for awhile now. But recent discoveries about the possible role of iron, which is not an element that you usually associate with superconductivity, could wind up playing a big part in the development of new superconductors. And let's finish up with the you know, one of my favorite features in the magazine "50, 100, 150 Years Ago"; and I'd like to read both of you, you've seen this before, but it's been a while since the August issue was lying around here in page proofs. So I'm going to read you from August of 1909, Scientific American, 100 years ago, this issue.
Mr. Ernest Ruhmer, of Berlin, well-known for his inventions in the field of wireless telephony and telegraphy, has succeeded in perfecting what is probably the first demonstration apparatus which may be said actually to solve the problem of tele-vision (and "television" is spelled "tele-vision" in 1909). The writer has had an opportunity of inspecting this curious machine immediately before it's being sent to Brussels, in order there to be demonstrated before the promoters of the Universal Exhibition planned for next year. In fact, a complete and definite tele-vision apparatus, costing the trifling sum of one and a quarter million dollars, is to be the clou of this exposition.
A million and a quarter for a new TV; and now, you know, with a, you can carry one around in your pocket.
DiChristina: So today, right, just for a few hundred dollars and a decent antenna, we have this thing, which no longer is hyphenated, television, which provides crystal-clear digital pictures of what, you know, they're almost look like looking at a window today, it's quite remarkable; the transition that can be made in just a hundred short years.
Steve: What did they do at night without? Well, I mean, obviously there was at least one TV, but at a million and a quarter, only the very richest people could watch it and what was on? You know (laughs), some guy reading the news.
DiChristina: I would think, right, they would crack open the Dickens and get going with Bleak House.
Steve: Now it's time to play TOTALL……. Y BOGUS. Here are four science stories; only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALL……. Y BOGUS.
Story number 1: Speaking of Neandertals, an investigation has fingered a Homo sapiens in the death of a Neandertal, based on the type of stone point found in the Neandertal's 50,000 year old body.
Story number 2: Shark attacks are scary—bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom—but people kill four orders of magnitude more sharks than sharks kill people.
Story number 3: The human body often emits visible light.
And story number 4: People synchronize their blinking when watching a video.
Time is up.
Story number 1 is true. It looks like the modern human offed the Neandertal with the kind of stone point Neandertals, couldn't come up with; that's what the report in the Journal of Human Evolution says. For more info, check out Kate Wong's July 30th article on our Web site entitled, "Homo Sapiens Fingered in Neandertal Cold Case".
Story number 4 is true. A small study found that people did sync their blinking while watching an action packed video; it was [a] Mr. Bean sketch, actually. This synched blinking probably means that we time our blinks based on the action to best ensure that we don't miss anything important. For more, check out the July 31st edition of the daily SciAm podcast, 60-Second Science.
Story number 3 is true. The body does admit measurable visible light, but you don't notice it because it's at very low levels and everything else is usually so well lit. The emitted light is related to metabolism, so future cameras might be able to spot problems related to metabolic conditions. The research appears in the journal Public Library of Science ONE.
All of which means that story number 2 about, people killing four orders of magnitude or 10,000 times the numbers of sharks than sharks kill people is TOTALL……. Y BOGUS. Because what is true is that people kill on the order of 10 million times as many sharks every year [as] sharks kill humans. For example, in 2008 59 recorded shark attacks resulted in four human deaths; meanwhile humans killed some 73 million sharks last year, mostly for their fins to make soup. Why not just leave the sharks alone [and have the minestrone.]
Well, that's it for this episode of Science Talk. Check out ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news and for Michael Shermer's Skeptic column about who really wrote the works of Shakespeare—it was Shakespeare. For Science Talk, I'm Steve Mirsky, thanks for clicking on us.


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I live in Booker on the outskirts of High Wycombe. I work in Ruislip as a salesman for B&O.
The name is Jim BTW, I am used to being called Tim though as it is my Dad's name and some doddery relations always get us confused!
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The Hawks waived PG Gary Payton.
Suns stump for Glove; Celtics won't face sanctions
By Marc Stein, ESPN.com
Suns stars Shawn Marion and Steve Nash have told ESPN.com that they're personally lobbying free agent Gary Payton to sign with Phoenix after he clears waivers Thursday, but league sources indicate that Payton is leaning toward a return to the Boston Celtics.
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NBA deputy commissioner Russ Granik, meanwhile, told ESPN.com on Wednesday that the league does not plan to sanction the Celtics if Payton does re-sign with Boston. The Celtics have been accused of prearranging Payton's return by trading him to Atlanta for Antoine Walker and promising to re-sign the veteran guard after the Hawks released him. General manager Danny Ainge has denied those claims.
Granik did say the practice of teams trading a player and then re-signing him after he clears waivers will definitely be "something we take a look at" in the process of ongoing negotiations with the players' union on a new labor deal. Granik also acknowledged that "there is something that doesn't feel quite right" when, for example, Dallas can include Alan Henderson in last Thursday's trade for Keith Van Horn and then reacquire Henderson after Milwaukee releases him. Thus, that deal suddenly became Calvin Booth for Van Horn.
"But in a salary-cap world, sometimes you end up with trades that make sense in accounting terms and don't necessarily make a lot of sense in the sporting world," Granik said.
"If Payton re-signs with Boston, I'm not sure what great harm has been done. It's not anything anyone in the league is that worked up about. It's hard to see where any great principles have been violated."
The only thing that would change that stance is if, say, the Celtics or the Mavericks were found to be paying an under-the-table bonus to Payton or Henderson as part of these trades.
"And I don't think anyone believes that that's taking place," Granik said.
To bring Walker back to Boston, Ainge sent Payton, Tom Gugliotta and Michael Stewart to the Hawks, along with a future first-round pick. The draft choice was Atlanta's motivation to participate, after which the Hawks happily bought out the remainder of Payton's contract and waived him in time to make the former All-Star eligible for the playoffs.
The only sure way to prevent Payton from choosing his next employer is claiming him off waivers. A claiming team, though, must have the salary-cap space to absorb Payton's $5.4 million salary and none of Payton's current suitors do.
Payton, according to sources, has narrowed his choices to the Celtics and Suns. Going to Phoenix would put him in close proximity to his family's main residence in Las Vegas and, more importantly, put the 36-year-old in contention for the championship ring he's still searching for. Adding Payton to the recently acquired Jim Jackson and Walter McCarty would ease the Suns' depth concerns. And with Payton, Phoenix could curtail Nash's minutes leading up to the playoffs as Nash recovers from recent hamstring trouble.
Indications are, however, that Payton wants to play significant minutes and preferably start, both of which are more likely with the Celtics. It's also likely that Payton feels he has a better chance of landing a new contract from Boston when he hits free agency again July 1, which could give him incentive to rejoin the Celtics as soon as possible.


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I'm getting ready for Brooklyn Renegade and have a lot of loose ends to tie up before I can fully focus on the prepping + packing for the show. I will post a few things before I leave. In the meantime, check out other brooklyn artists here.
Do you know Cathy of California? We were talking about brooklyn and she had plenty of recommendations of must see places in new york, in no particular:
nita nita cb i hate perfume habu textiles purl soho papa bubble- so excited about this! petes candy store tinsel trading 10 Ft. Single bird treehouse kiosk partners and spade john derian
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The Classic Risotto with Vegetables – what Italian wines work with this dish?
Everyone loves Italian food and naturally wants to pair Italian wines with this cuisine. What are the best pairings of Italian wine and food? I went to three authorities in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and asked them what Italian wine (or wines) they would pair with some classic Italian dishes. The three wine and food authorities are:
Charles Scicolone – New York City
If you want to know anything about Italian wines – especially those made during the 1950s and 1960s- ask Charles. He is a wine consultant, writer and educator and has been specializing in Italian wines for more than 40 years. He was the wine director for I Trulli Restaurant in New York City for 10 years and today consults for various Italian restaurants in the city. He authors the blog Charles Scicolone on Wine and is also the wine editor for www.i-italy.org. He has lectured about Italian wines for the Italian Trade Commission and is often hired by regional Italian wine departments to make presentations about their wines. He also is one of this country's leading authorities on pizza, especially the classic pizza margherita from Napoli.
Piero Selvaggio – Los Angeles
Long before today's fascination with Italian wine and food in America, Piero Selvaggio was educating Americans on the glories of these products. Born in Sicily, he arrived in Brooklyn in 1964 and soon learned how different Italian-American food was from that of his native Italy. He attended college in California and worked at several restaurant jobs – everything from busboy to waiter to assistant manager.
He opened the restaurant Valentino in Santa Monica in 1972 with a friend. Praise for this restaurant was extraordinary right from the start; it is no exaggeration to write that this was the first great Italian restaurant of the modern era in the United States. Along with using the finest ingredients, Selvaggio emphasized the best wines from all over Italy.
He has since opened a Valentino restaurant in Las Vegas and Houston and continues to explore the ever-changing relationship between Italian wine and food.
Jason Carlen, Chicago
Early this year, Jason Carlen took over the wine program at one of America's temples to Italian food, Spiaggia Restaurant in Chicago. Carlen is the newest wine director here, following the magnificent work of Henry Bishop and then Steven Alexander. While the Italian wine program here does not have the most selections in the country, it is as thorough and eclectic as any in America. Before coming to Spiaggia, Carlen spent four years as sommelier at The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge resort in Bluffton, South Carolina.
I will also be adding my thoughts on the pairings. I have made 49 trips to Italy over the past ten years and have enjoyed wonderful meals throughout the country, from humble trattorie and osterie to two-star Michelin ristoranti.
Here are the foods and the recommended pairings from these gentlemen:
Risotto with Vegetables (pictured above)
Charles Scicolone: "Classic vegetable risotto with peas and carrots calls for a Soave. This white wine with good acidity from the Veneto will work very well with the richness of the risotto and the mild flavors of the vegetables."
Piero Selavaggio: "Part of the fun of pairing wine with certain food is always the originality, the nuances, the way salt of food and acidity of wine dance well together. Here is a new partner in the contest. For the risotto, I picked a wine of exemplary elegance: Grifola. It is from the small Marche region in central Italy by Poderi San Lazzaro." (note- this is a Marche Rosso IGT produced exclusively from the Montepulciano grape – TH.)
"It is a wine of dark black fruit, yet fresh and elegant in the finish able to enrich and complement the richness of the cheese and the butter that ties the risotto and sustains the simplicity of the veggies."
Jason Carlen: "As for the risotto, I would love a Trebbiano by Valentini. I think the purity of those wines and slight oxidative quality are reminiscent of Puligny-Montrachet. I love pairing the richness of a risotto with an equally rich wine that is perfectly balanced with acid."
Tom Hyland: I am in agreement with Charles on this one. A Soave Classico from a top producer such as Pieropan, Ca' Rugate or Coffele has the ideal flavors that pick up on the risotto, while the aromatics of the Garganega grape blend ideally with the vegetables.
The classic margherita pizza – this from Kesté Pizzeria in New York City
Margherita Pizza
CS: "Pizza Margherita is not only the perfect pizza, but also the perfect food. The wine I like to drink with pizza is Barolo, one from a traditional producer. Barolo of this type has subtle fruit, hints of tar, tobacco, etc. with good acidity. This is a perfect combination for the tomato sauce, the mozzarella and the basil of the margherita.
PS: "For pizza, I always think Sangiovese. From Umbria, I like the Falesco; it is bold and supple, jammy and easy, just like the pie. An alternative is always a good Chianti, like Felsina, Ricasoli or Fattoria La Massa in Panzano. These are the type of new Italian wines that made people fall in love with Italian gastronomy."
JC: "I think there are so many directions you can go with a margherita pizza.Personally I prefer a red with enough acid to cut through the fat of the cheese and to hold up to the tomato. Perhaps the COS, Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico 2008. I love the sweet herbaceous cherry fruit in this wine, the chalky tannins and the bright acidity."
TH: I agree with Charles about Barolo with the margherita pizza, especially when it comes to a traditional style of Barolo. I also think a traditional Barbera d'Alba with plenty of spice can work well, while an Aglianico-based wine from Campania or Basilicata can also pair well with the pizza.
Duck Breast with raisins and sweet onions from Ristorante Groto di Corgnan, Veneto
CS: "With this dish I would drink an Amarone. I would prefer one with good acidity and the characteristics of a table wine, as opposed to some Amarones with intense flavors and aromas that can make it more like a dessert wine. The gaminess of the duck will not be overwhelmed by the Amarone and the raisins and onions will enhance the flavors of the Amarone."
PS: "For the sauteed duck breast I like a Veronese Ripasso: Palazzo della Torre by Allegrini. A young wine that has been blended with Amarone-style raisiny juice. It is robust and concentrated, yet showing the elegance of the Corvina grape, that should wrap well with the sweetness of the sauce."
JC: " I normally like to pair duck with a pinot noir but in this case I am thinking a Gattinara would do the trick nicely. With the fat of the duck I think a more polished Gattinara would work well. The little bit of tannins would made docile by fat of the meat and the sweetness of the raisins would help to bring out the fruit in the wine. A favorite right now is the Anoniolo "San Francesco" Gattinara 2006."
TH: I also like a Ripasso or Amarone with this dish. I would also love to pair this with a Dolcetto from Diano d'Alba – the Fontanafredda "La Lepre" is a tantalizing example of this wine. The black cherry and cranberry fruit flavors are spot on here, while the tannins are not very strong and do not overpower the duck.
Do you have any thoughts on what Italian wines you would pair with these dishes? Do you have other Italian wine and food pairings you'd like to share? I'd love to hear from you!
Text and photos ©Tom Hyland


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Times may be tough but US business schools Chicago Booth and the Eccles school at the University of Utah are proving that they can raise funds even in a difficult economic climate - if it is for a good cause.
Chicago Booth has received $5m to fund a social enterprise initiative at the school. The money comes from John Edwardson, retired chairman and chief executive of computer company CDW, and a 1972 Booth alumnus. The gift follows swift on the heels of the $8m given in early December by Chicago green energy entrepreneur Michael Polsky, to extend Chicago's centre for entrepreneurship.
The Eccles school at the University of Utah has been given $13m to rename the University Impact Fund as the James Lee Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing, after media entrepreneur James Lee Sorenson. The University Impact Fund was set up in 2010 as a joint venture by the Eccles school, the Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance at Brigham Young University, James Lee Sorenson and global impact investor Geoff Woolley.
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GOP Gov. Rick Perry said he considered the late former Gov. Dolph Briscoe a friend and mentor, particularly praising him as a champion of limited government and low taxes (a message that Perry trumpets as well):
Here's Perry's statement:
"Dolph Briscoe was a friend, a mentor, and an inspiration as a leader who placed the needs of Texas first. He understood the importance of limited government and low taxes as a way to guard individual liberty and encourage the economic growth that creates jobs for families. I will miss his friendship and wise counsel. Anita and I extend our sincere condolences and prayers to his family, friends and admirers all over Texas."


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this is a first... it is also my first garment ever!
I made it from Heather Ross' Free Pattern. It was incredibly easy and I love it! Working with the elastic thread was much easier than I expected. It took less than 2 hours start to finish.
like the design wall behind me?... my goal is to finish my sunshine quilt in 3 weeks!
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Holy cow, summer is gone! We all start school next week and it is hard to believe how fast time is going! This summer was a bit different, I was working everyday and the kids took on some new responsibilities. I don't know if they loved it but they did a great job taking care of Brit and being at home together. Truth be told, Iissed them. As much as I love my job, and I am grateful to have it, my kids missed out of many typical/daily summer activities. It makes me sad.
School starts and before we know it summer will be here again. I just hope it can learn to juggle both things by next year!
So long sweet summer!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Summer, What Summer?
Holy cow, summer is gone! We all start school next week and it is hard to believe how fast time is going! This summer was a bit different, I was working everyday and the kids took on some new responsibilities. I don't know if they loved it but they did a great job taking care of Brit and being at home together. Truth be told, Iissed them. As much as I love my job, and I am grateful to have it, my kids missed out of many typical/daily summer activities. It makes me sad.
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Today, Craig turned 40! The kids and I thru together a little cake and ice cream shin dig for some of the ward members and friends. I baked 7 cakes and we served them and root beer floats! He was surprised, and for being put together mostly by the kids, it turned out great! We really are surrounded by great people! It was a fun and relaxing evening hanging with everyone! Good times!
The best was my communication with Caleb while Craig and I were killing time, his comments were things like
"don't bring the QB home the huddle is empty". He was cracking me up!
I am lucky to have such an amazing Husband! Happy Birthday Craig! We love you!
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Picnic in the Park!
Today I decided it would be the perfect day for a picnic. A few weeks ago while on a 10 mile hike/walk I found a new park. I have been wanting to take the kids there ever since, and today was the day it finally happened! We grabbed a blanket, a book for me to read, some Taco Amigo and went searching for this park. We found it and let me tell you it did not disappoint! We all loved it! The playground had 3 levels, great slides, rock walls and more! How could we not love it!
We had a blast playing, eating, rolling down grassy hills, sliding down slides, reading and even maybe getting some much needed sun on my legs!
Good times! Next time we hope to take the entire family!
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Fun photos
I always get a kick of the photos that Pic My Kid get of Caleb. These were taken at Snow College football camp. He did really good there, got some attention from Snow's coaches. I could not help laughing at some of them! They do a great job and I gave a feeling it's going to be a large order this year!
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
What the?
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Zach's Night with the Orem Owlz
Tonight Zach's little league team (which ended their season undefeated) had a chance to run out on the field with the Orem Owlz starting line up. The Owlz are a team that feeds the Anaheim Angels major league team. So for these boys it was a big deal. Randomly, they had Zach run out with the left fielder, which I don't think he's ever played that position but oh we'll! It was a fun evening with the family at the ball park! Look how happy Zach is on these photos. Now on to the State Tournament next week! Go Cubs!
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Caleb's Snow Bound!
Well actually, he's Snow College bound! He took off the the Viking Football team yesterday for a week long camp. I know he will do well, but it is always hard to have my children away! I loved that Craig was able to sneak out of Bishop duties for a few minutes to come home and eat with us before Caleb had to leave...but I loved it even more that Caleb asked for a fathers blessing from Craig. It pretty much made my day! I dropped him off at the school, he gave me a hug and quickly said "love you mom" and headed off to the gathering team. Of course, me being me, I had to wait to see the busses take off. Little did I know that would take an hour! But it was so worth it...as the busses were leaving the parking lot, Caleb looked out his opened window and smiled his cutest smile and waved to me! Ahh! I love that kid! It was just what I needed! Craig and Zach are heading down to Ephriam,UT on Thursday to watch him play which I am jealous of but I will get to see him soon after that! This year the coaches told them no phones, which I like, but don't love that I won't be getting the daily updates from him. I can't wait to hear all about it.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Family Room Campout
I know I am so far behind in posts..more to come soon I promise.
The kids have been sleeping pretty much anywhere all summer and this morning I finally captured them sound asleep! Nothing sweeter than children sleeping!
More to come!
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Liberty's NINE
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Big Day!
Craig called him up onto the stand, and while Caleb was walking up Craig grabbed the step stool they use for the Primary children and stepped up onto it, so he could be taller than Caleb (an on going joke with them). That got a laugh, and then as Caleb was about to come sit down, Craig shook his hand, and Caleb handed him the keys. Oh, the look on Craig's face was PRICELESS! I was laughing! Caleb sat down next to me and said, "I knew he couldn't get made at me in front of the entire congregation!" Smart boy!
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Sweet Sixteen!!
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Valentine's Dinner
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Wax Museum
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Sledding at Soldier Hollow
Caleb posing for a photo
Craig & Lib heading to the the top Me sledding down the hill, I promise you get going pretty fast! It's really fun!
Liberty just finishing her run
Randomly, this is the only picture we got of Zach all day. We were there for 2 hours and he was sledding the ENTIRE time!
Me waiting my turn to go down.
Brit went down twice, then he was done, the rest of the time he played at the bottom of the hill with the unused tubes. He had a great time!
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North Carolina has a humid, sub-tropical climate, with short, mild winters and sultry summers. Heavy rainfall is experienced in the mountains and the coastal areas have a more moderate climate but are susceptible to storms and hurricanes moving up the Atlantic coast.
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Among the many 'strange/odd' questions I get asked by readers….is whether I ever get sick of the view. Whether it becomes ho-hum, whether it gets boring looking at the same thing on a daily basis.
So… for the benefit of those that have never been to this Santorini and/or have never gazed out over the caldera for any length of time… I thought I would let you into a secret.
"It never get's boring…. because it's never the same". Certainly not the same from day to day, or even hour to hour… depending on the time of year, time of day, weather and even the very spot you sit to look out on this wonder of the world.
I could write pages and pages on this… but figured it's probably best to let some images speak for themselves. Let's look at some boats, of all sizes, that typically sail past the house. The following four photos were all taken on the same day… the first three being early morning, all within 30 minutes of one another:
first up was my favorite cruise ship… the mighty Princess, probably one of the largest ships around… almost totally silent as she glides in at daybreak !
then… even more quietly, the sublime site of one of the sailing cruise ships that frequent the island. To see this just after sunrise… in the full glow of the early morning sun, is one of life's exquisite little pleasures.
All this… in less time than it takes me to finish my cup of coffee.
ten minutes later… a young couple (as seen through the binoculars) were sailing
past, probably heading to another island. Just a tiny white spec on the magnificent blue of the deep caldera below me.
All this was just as the island was waking up. The parade is endless during peak summer… with dozens of boats/ships making their way in and out. The light changes… therefore the water color changes and if there is a hint of a light breeze, there are magnificent paintings that appear on the blue surface. It is a living canvas thats constantly changing… always capturing your glance, becoming ingrained in your mind for ever.
And then… then there is sunset. If there is a better somewhere on this planet I'd like to hear about it…
this is a sunset image of the caldera for me… nightly. This is one of at least half a dozen old sailing ships that do the sunset/twilight cruises… offering the most incredible images to those of us lucky enough to watch them from above…
So… to those of you wondering, the short answer is NO… I do not get sick
of the view ; )
Happy summer to you… or warm winter if you're down under !


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Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor has been hospitalized for treatment of congestive heart failure.
Her spokeswoman, Sally Morrison, said Friday that the Oscar-winning actress was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center within the past couple of days.
Taylor, 78, is being treated for symptoms caused by congestive heart failure, a condition the Dame disclosed she had back in November 2004.
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Taylor had been scheduled to attend an amfAR benefit gala Wednesday night in New York, where she was to receive an award alongside President Bill Clinton and designer Diane von Furstenberg, celebrating their dedication to AIDS research.
But she missed the event, so Elton John accepted the honor on her behalf and passed along a message from her: "I am there in spirit and I join you in saluting my fellow honorees and all these extraordinary leaders. I am inspired by their example, exhilarated by their vision, and encouraged by their compassion and love. And I love them in return."
Taylor, who's appeared in more than 50 films, won Oscars for her performances in "Butterfield 8" (1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966). But she's been just as famous for her marriages — all eight of them, including two to Richard Burton, who she recently said she would have re-married if he was still alive — and her lifelong battles with substance abuse, her weight and physical ailments.
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Navre wrote:I guess I'm going to try curtains to separate the living room/diningroom from the rest of the first floor. I'm hoping this keeps her out of the kitchen while I am cooking and away from the doors that open directly to the outside.
Ceiling fan use will have to be limited to nighttime only. I still haven't figured out what to do about the tortoise and her heat lamp.
She is just starting to realize that she can fly a bit. She will fly down to the floor and walk to where she wants to go, rather than climb down. The good thing is that she no longer hits the ground like a ton of bricks. She has just 2 flight feathers back on each wing. Her tail feathers are also pretty beat up and shortened because of her antics on her cage.
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Amber Alert Canceled: Two Girls From Lockhart Found
An Amber Alert for two girls from Lockhart, Texas has been canceled.
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Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables" has fought off an onslaught of newcomers to finish on top of the weekend box office again.
"The Expendables" remained No. 1 for a second straight weekend with $16.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The action romp directed by and starring Stallone raised its total to $64.9 million.
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Leading the newcomers was the "Twilight" spoof "Vampires Suck" with $12.2 million, raising its total to $18.6 million since opening Wednesday.
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"Vampires Suck" was in a photo finish for the No. 2 spot with another holdover, Julia Roberts' drama "Eat Pray Love," which pulled in million to lift its total to $47.1 million.
Debuting at No. 4 was Bow Wow's comedy "Lottery Ticket" with $11.1 million.
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg's cop comedy "The Other Guys" held up well in its third weekend, taking in $10.1 million and boosting its total to $88.2 million. "The Other Guys" was in a tossup for No. 5 with the horror remake "Piranha 3D," which opened with $10.06 million.
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Emma Thompson's family film "Nanny McPhee Returns" premiered at No. 7 with $8.3 million. Jennifer Aniston's comedy "The Switch" brought up the rear among newcomers, finishing at No. 8 with $8.1 million.
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Hey Guys read this Interview.It is one of recent interview of Jim and it was taken by Wave Magazine.
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The last time Jim Carrey played a crazy guy, it nearly ruined his career. Time has diminished the damage of The Cable Guy, and now the funnyman is tempting fate again. In The Number 23, he plays a simple family man. Working as a dogcatcher, the most exciting thing in his life is a book about how everything adds up to 23… and it's evil. As he starts adding things up, his own secret past is revealed. Good thing it doesn't add up to 24, or Jack Bauer would have to come and torture him.
The Wave: So are you seeing 23s everywhere now?
Jim Carrey: A couple of days ago, I was with my assistant and I wanted people to see what I see every day. So basically, I began saying, "Just get your camera phone out and just start taking pictures whenever you see it." The first thing was a tow truck right beside us with the number 23 on the side of it. I don't know why that is, the number 23 on the side. I guess it's the 23rd truck in its fleet. So, I got them to take a picture of that. Then I looked to the car in front of us, and that license plate started with the number 23. Then I came to the hotel here and I was in Room 1223. Then I went out on my balcony and the address adjacent to the hotel is 323.
TW: More importantly, playing an animal catcher, do you feel you've come full circle from Ace Ventura?
JC: Well, the way my life and the universe works is basically very mysterious. Movies find me, and I kind of just allow them to find me, and when it becomes a real good fit, I do them. And in this case, it was the 23 phenomenon, and also the fact that he was a dogcatcher was, I think, a really nice little wink toward my other work, so it was just all inclusive.
TW: What consumes you like this, besides 23?
JC: The only thing that has ever consumed me is love from time to time. Feeling like, what is it, how do I get it? All of those things have consumed my mind from time to time. My spiritual journey has been a good kind of thing I've been on. I guess some people would say I'm obsessed with it, but in a really good way. It's just enjoyable. I don't really have crazy obsessions about things. I think obsessions happen because you're trying to understand something or some urge. Like in the film, I think it's like trying to avoid something.
TW: Here you're getting serious again. Do you worry that your fans will hate you for not making comedies?
JC: Most of the people that you might be talking about, if that is true, they may have warmed to me as a person because of the comedy. Human beings just innately don't like change. They buck it at every turn. Every time something changes, "I don't know about that." It's a scary thing for people, so there's always resistance to it, but Dylan went electric and he never looked back. And we bitched and moaned when it happened, but that's not his concern. His concern is to be true to himself, and then invite you in to see it, and go, "Hope you like it."
TW: Will you ever get back together with your In Living Color cast mates for something new?
JC: Everyone's doing their thing, man; it's amazing. I hope so, at some point. In these situations, it has to be completely perfect for everybody. It has to be comfortable for everybody, and those things don't come around a lot, but I sure hope they do. I would love to work with Jamie (Foxx). It's really fantastic, though, seeing everybody doing so well. It's amazing how many people have come from that show and done so well. It gave birth to a lot of talent.
TW: What's the first movie you remember seeing in a theater as a kid?
JC: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, starring Kurt Russell. And I've told him that. I've told Kurt Russell that and he's like, "Dude, that's like too confronting for me." But, yeah, I remember in Toronto, I lived in Willowdale and I walked about a mile and a half to the Willow Show and just going into the movie theatre was such an incredible experience. Wonderful, like, wow, this is magic! And, yeah, it was The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.
TW: What's your guilty pleasure?
JC: American Idol's a guilty pleasure. I am watching it. It's pretty interesting. It's kind of wild to see how fame-obsessed our culture is.