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| Travel briefs Sat, 10 May 2008 19:46 EDT Missouri Twain sites safe from floodwaters Historic sites in Mark Twain's hometown of .Hannibal, Mo., are open and safe despite reports of some flooding. The Mississippi River was a few feet above flood stage, and some low-lying streets were flooded as of early May, according to The Hannibal Courier-Post, but downtown is protected by a flood levee. The eight properties that belong to the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and .Museum . including the Becky Thatcher House, .Huckleberry Finn House and Grant's Drug Store . are operating .normally. Even the Mark Twain Riverboat is taking cruises. |
| Texting tried as medication reminder Tue, 13 May 2008 02:03 EDT Getting children to remember their medicine might be a text message away. Cincinnati doctors are experimenting with texting to tackle a big problem: Tweens and teens too often do a poor job of controlling chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes or kidney disease. It's a problem long recognized in adults, particularly for illnesses that can simmer without obvious symptoms until it's too late. But only now are doctors realizing how tricky a time adolescence is for skipping medicines, too. Of necessity, parents start turning over more health responsibilities to their children at this age. It's also an age of angst, sometimes rebellion, and when youths might most hate feeling different from their friends because of medication, special diets or other therapy. "It's a time of so much change in these kids' lives," says Dr. Marva Moxey-Mims, a specialist in pediatric kidney disease at the National Institutes of Health. "It's very difficult when you've got a life-threatening illness to say, 'Let them make their mistakes.'" |
| Phyllo helps to lower the calories in sweet treats Sun, 11 May 2008 11:11 EDT When you make desserts on a smaller scale, both your sweet tooth and your waistline will give thanks. Plus, these tiny treats can be a great fit for parties, group meetings or church potlucks. Looking for an alternative to pie dough or graham cracker crust, I decided to experiment with some mini phyllo dough shells. You can find them in the freezer section near the pie dough or bread dough, and these shells helped me turn high-calorie pies into bite-size delights. To lighten up the toffee-bar crunch filling, I chose fat-free half-and-half, sugar-free pudding mix and Cool Whip Lite. The original recipe called for a cupful of crushed candy bars, but I slash the fat and calorie count by using a mixture of crushed chocolate graham crackers and candy bar crumbs. My alterations to this filling cut the calories by 47 percent and the fat by 58 percent. You can have four of my mini toffee bar crunch pastries for 104 calories and 5.4 grams of fat. |
| Meet the Fru-gal Mon, 12 May 2008 19:36 EDT Deborah Morris does not want to hear your wailing and gnashing of teeth about which gas station has petrol for 3 cents cheaper on the gallon. If you're not using your coupons and rebates and drugstore saver clubs, she figures you've already wasted far greater savings. Morris is a deal-maker, but not in the high-flying sort of jet-setter way. She lives on a farm next door to .Keeneland with her husband, Joe, .publisher of the Thoroughbred Times. The couple have two sons; the farm houses horses, alpacas, cats and dogs. These are the kind of deals Deborah Morris gets: . She has not bought .shampoo, conditioner, bar soap, toothpaste or toothbrushes for the past 3 years. |
| Friends abroad Furthering his education might have been Jackie Phan’s primary goal for his visit to the United States, but he’s also had a lot of fun. |
| Pill poppers now a majority in U.S. Wed, 14 May 2008 02:06 EDT For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. The most widely used drugs are those to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol -- problems often linked to heart disease, obesity and diabetes. The numbers were gathered last year by Medco Health Solutions Inc., which manages prescription benefits for about one in five Americans. Experts say the data reflect not just worsening public health but better medicines for chronic conditions and more aggressive treatment by doctors. In addition, there is the pharmaceutical industry's relentless advertising. With those factors unlikely to change, doctors say the proportion of Americans on chronic medications can only grow. |
| Lexington's Urban League marks 40 years of service Tue, 13 May 2008 19:50 EDT When Harry Sykes attended a speech in the late 1960s at the University of Kentucky by national Urban League executive director Whitney Young, he heard Young talk about an organization that sounded like a good fit for Lexington. As an extension of the civil sit-ins and marches that brought public awareness to the plight of blacks during that era, the Urban League, formed on the national level in 1910, was presented in Young's speech as an organization that focused on economic improvements. .It was clear in the beginning that it wasn't just another protest organization,. Sykes said. .It had very sound ideas of what was appropriate for the people: education, housing and .employment.. Sykes used his considerable influence as Lexington's first African-American city commissioner to line up the necessary funds from corporations and individuals within a few weeks, and Lexington's Urban League received its charter on May 17, 1968. |
| Summit combines the classic with the modern Thu, 15 May 2008 13:53 EDT Wayne Masterman has done it again. He's pulled all the right people together to open another upscale restaurant. Summit, 1097 Duval Street, is in the converted farmhouse that Emmett Coons built in 1912. In 1996, descendant Joe Coons turned it into Emmett's restaurant. Masterman, who owns .Portofino downtown and Serafini in Frankfort, describes the menu as .classic fare with a modern flair.. The motif is fine dining, but the dress is casual, he said. The menu features steak and seafood, with a sandwich, salad and small-plate menu for lighter meals. Nat Tate is the chef. Summit opens at 5 p.m. daily for dinner, and the bar and patio open at 4 p.m. Call (859) 271-1400. Duval Street is off Tates Creek Road, south of Man o' War Boulevard. |
| Terrier races under way at Horse Park Fri, 16 May 2008 08:36 EDT The High Hope Steeplechase is going to the dogs. To be precise, canine events are gaining a higher profile at the Kentucky Horse Park's annual equestrian competition. One of the big attractions is terrier races on a course adjacent to the track for .steeplechase races. .Horse people tend to be Jack .Russell terrier people, too,. says Elizabeth Collier, spokeswoman for the High Hope .Steeplechase, which takes place Sunday. |
| Children bring hope in song to Tri-State The culture of Africa will be in the area this weekend in the form of the Hope of Africa Children’s Choir. |
| Get on your bike and ride! A bicycle safety camp will be offered to mark National Bike Week, which culminates with Bike Day, observed today.Bike Week is celebrated across the country and in other countries this week. It’s meant to promote cycling as a source of fitness and fun. |
| Dance studio’s recital scheduled for Saturday Tammy Jo’s Studio is planning its 27th annual recital, slated for 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Greenup County High School |
| Shows, tour upcoming for Genuine Junk Band Given their influences, the two-month tour the Genuine Junk Band is planning will be just the right thing. |
| 'Good Thing Going' When Rhonda Vincent brings her band to the Paramount Arts Center this month for America’s Bluegrass Gospel show’s Spring TV taping, she will be in her comfort zone professionally. |
| Luxury safaris set up camps amid the animals Sat, 17 May 2008 19:47 EDT OKAVANGO DELTA, .Botswana . It was a scene straight out of a Hemingway .novel. Gin and tonic in one hand and slathered with mosquito repellent, I sat on the deck of my tent in this remote outpost in the bush, watching as a blood-red .African sky began fading to .darkness. Etched against the sky, like cardboard cutouts on a piece of .construction paper, a mother hippo frolicked with her babies. Every so often, she would heave her .enormous girth out of the water, and a cascade of spray would arc from her mouth in the direction of the babies. Then they would silently submerge until nothing was left but three pairs of shining orbs staring back at me. So goes cocktail hour in the bush. Slightly larger than Texas, .Botswana is just north of South .Africa. Although it has the world's second-highest rate of HIV/AIDS, it also enjoys a .reputation as one of the .Africa's most .prosperous and stable .nations, thanks to a long-held and .uninterrupted .civilian .leadership and a .burgeoning .tourism industry. With much of the land given over to national parks, Botswana offers an excellent chance for spotting the continent's big five game animals: lion, leopard, elephant, .rhinoceros and Cape buffalo. |
| EPILEPSY BY THE NUMBERS Sun, 18 May 2008 02:05 EDT .. 2.7 million people are affected by epilepsy in the United States. .. 200,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. .. 10 percent of the U.S. population will experience a seizure. .. 3 percent of the U.S. population will develop epilepsy by age 75. .. 326,000 school children through age 14 have epilepsy. |
| Eco-friendly party is good green fun Sat, 17 May 2008 19:48 EDT If you want a color-perfect Memorial Day party, go green. When planning your back-yard barbecue or outdoor family gathering, make it eco-friendly by choosing foods and products that tread lightly on the planet. It shouldn't be difficult for baby boomers to go green. Many of us grew up washing dishes by hand, wiping our mouths with cloth napkins, shopping in thrift stores and recycling pop bottles. Keeping the deposit on the glass bottles was every child's right. Lexingtonians already are on the right track. In February, Popular Science .magazine ranked Lexington No. 25 in its list of America's 50 greenest cities. But as summer approaches, we might need to be reminded because we tend to buy more paper products for outdoor events. |
| From poorhouse to show house Sat, 17 May 2008 09:01 EDT FRANKFORT . Thomas Dorman was too busy to renovate the historic home he bought more than 20 years ago . until he lost his job. He was director of the Kentucky Public Service Commission until .the last administration put me out,. he said. .That and a few other circumstances, well, the stars all came together, and I decided to undertake the restoration.. Dorman, who is now working for the legislature, decided to tackle the entire project at once on his property, known as the Franklin County Alms House and Poor Farm. He hired a restoration crew and stone masons, and an architect to design an addition for the property. The project is now complete, and the home is one stop on the Living in History Home and Garden Tour. |
| Garden is fertile ground for reconciliation Sat, 17 May 2008 09:20 EDT Upon his death in 1854, London Ferrill was buried on East Third Street in the Episcopal Burying Ground's rector's plot. He was not the rector at Lexington's influential and powerful Christ Church, nor had he ever been. Heavens, Ferrill had spent his whole life as a Baptist. But he was unquestionably an extraordinary man of faith, having given over his life to God at age 11, having overcome physical and social obstacles to gather his own church flock until it numbered 1,800 and having lived a life worthy enough to draw 4,500 mourners to the funeral of a poor but pious man. If one earns such a thing, Ferrill earned his place in that beautifully shaded cemetery. He was only one of three Lexington clergymen who had determined to stay behind to minister to the dying during the merciless cholera epidemic of 1833. He had lost his wife early to the disease but remained, knowing of the pain of loss. |
| RIght off the vines Fresh fruit and vegetables — one of the joys of summer.Not everyone has a green thumb, though. Thank goodness for the roadside markets. |
| In brief Mon, 19 May 2008 10:20 EDT STUDY: VITAMIN E WON'T PREVENT CATARACTS Many studies have suggested that vitamin E supplements help prevent cataracts. But a large 10-year randomized trial, the longest to date, has found no difference in cataract formation between those who took vitamin E and those who did not. The study, in the May issue of Ophthalmology, included 37,675 women without an initial diagnosis of cataracts. Half took 600 international units of vitamin E on alternate days; the rest took a placebo. At the end of the study, there was no difference in the number of cataracts between the groups and no difference in the types of cataracts they developed. "Although observational data tend to suggest benefits for vitamin E," said William G. Christen, the lead author and an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, "data from this more rigorous randomized 10-year trial suggest little benefit." |
| Summer is for reading Wed, 21 May 2008 09:40 EDT Summer's almost here, and kids are counting the days until they can put their textbooks to rest for a while. But that doesn't mean all books have to be tossed aside. Area libraries and literacy programs are hoping to encourage kids to keep reading for fun all summer long with an array of activities and special events. .Catch the Reading Bug. is the summer reading program theme at many area libraries this year. Kids can expect lots of chances to learn about ladybugs, cockroaches, ants, bees and, the star of many a summer evening, lightning bugs while they read toward a goal of earning free prizes. The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning's .Mind in Motion. summer series of classes also offers lots of chances for kids to read, read, read and even write stories of their own. With all the opportunities to choose from, adults might learn a thing or two . like how quickly a summer's afternoon can fly by when you're surrounded by good books and an eager young reader. |
| Wii Fit will pull gamers off the couch Mon, 19 May 2008 17:16 EDT Playing video games has long been synonymous with being a couch potato. But the Nintendo Wii's latest game, Wii Fit, encourages gamers to get moving . and hula hoop, yoga and .penguin slide.. Wii Fit, which goes on sale Wednesday, is the latest offering in the trend of .exergaming,. a term that describes video games that induce exercise. Players use the Wii .balance board to play . and exercise .. with the various activities involving strength training, aerobics, yoga and balance games. No longer does it .have to be video game versus exercise,. said Ben Sawyer, co-founder of Games for Health, a project of the Serious Games Initiative to develop a community and best-practices platform for the numerous games being built for health-care applications. .Now it can be, .Which game?'. Sawyer said. |
| Web sites offer lots of giveaways Mon, 19 May 2008 19:36 EDT Don't worry, I am not going to get all crazy, telling you to stop buying a $3 .coffee every morning or to grow your own food. What I am going to do is share a few tips each week that will take a little time but will save you money or get you something for free. My husband says nothing is free, but I disagree. For starters, here are a bunch of Web sites that are giving away stuff. Pick only what you really want or need. It might take time to .receive your items, but remember: Good things come to one who waits. One more thing: All of these Web .addresses have been double-checked, so be sure to type carefully. |
| Plan for von Trapp plan falls on deaf ears Wed, 21 May 2008 19:42 EDT VIENNA, Austria . The hills are alive ... with the sound of protest. Plans to run a hotel out of a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the movie The Sound of Music have triggered fierce resistance from neighbors who fear tourists will tie up traffic and make a nuisance of themselves. .We will fight this with all means at our disposal,. said Andreas Braunbruck, who lives near the Villa Trapp in a neighborhood of Salzburg. .Buses and cars are constantly in the street in front of our homes as it is,. Braunbruck recently told Austrian television. |
| Ads rank hospital satisfaction Thu, 22 May 2008 02:04 EDT The federal government is spending nearly $1.9 million on newspaper ads around the country that disclose hospital satisfaction rates, part of a unique campaign to improve health care through the power of publicity. The full-page ads will show for better or worse how patients rated more than 2,500 hospitals nationwide. The ads feature two questions: The percentage of patients who always got help when they needed it. And the percentage of patients who got antibiotics one hour before surgery. The latter question reflects broad interest in curbing infections acquired at the hospital. The ads reflect an emphasis by the Bush administration to increase transparency in the health care system. Officials say greater public disclosure of costs and quality will drive providers to improve on both fronts. While some hospital administrators might not like being singled out, the industry supports the effort and helped craft the comparison questions. Patients will benefit because the information is educational and will lead to better care, said Charles Kahn, president of the Federation of American Hospitals. |
| Raising chickens in your own backyard Thu, 22 May 2008 16:57 EDT When was the last time you encountered a real live chicken? Sure, you've probably eaten eggs or snacked on nuggets or wings within the week, but odds are it's been a while since you've met any poultry, nose-to-beak. Doesn't it seem odd that such an important part of our daily diet has become so absent from our daily view? For city folks like Wayne and Shirley Davis, however, chickens remain a normal part of everyday life. Wayne sent an intriguing note a couple of months ago, which in part read: .We have chickens in our fenced back yard. Keep 2-4 hens and always have eggs. Come by sometime and see our hens and our neat little hen house.. Who could resist? Members of a growing movement of urban chicken enthusiasts, the Davises live near Lexington's Southland Drive neighborhood. Wayne Davis is well-known throughout Kentucky for encouraging installations of nesting boxes for wild birds, particularly bluebirds, warblers and Carolina wrens. His involvement with domestic bird-keeping began about two years ago, when daughter Beverly Davis, who had chickens at her farm, brought them a few of their own to raise. The birds have a secure roost, where there's a nest to lay eggs and a safe haven at night, but are free to roam the fenced yard during the day. One of their original hens, a Dark Cornish named .Black,. lays an egg every day or so now. A younger pullet hatched in February, .Little Black Hen,. is expected to begin laying in August. |
| Consider canine custody Wed, 21 May 2008 19:42 EDT For many, dogs are substitute children (or .ancillary ones, at least). So it should come as no .surprise that when marriages break up, custody of the cockapoo or labradoodle can become a pitched battle. That's why Jennifer Keene, a dog trainer from Beaverton, Ore., wrote We Can't Stay Together for the Dogs: Doing What's Best for Your Dog When Your Relationship Breaks Up (TFH Publications, $22.95). Before her 2005 divorce, Keene and her ex were the .pet parents. of Moxxy, an Australian cattle dog, and Sixxy, a pointer mix. And along with dividing the china and the furniture, they had to decide who would take which furry charge. As with children of the two-legged variety, deciding canine custody should center around the needs of the dog first and foremost, Keene says. This is not in keeping with the legal perspective, which sees animals as property, to be dealt with in the same manner as a toaster or television. |
| Allied Artists exhibit coming to HMA Allied Artists of West Virginia, Inc., will bring its biennial juried exhibition to the Huntington Museum of Art. |
| 75-year-old ballet dancer to perform in Huntington Ella Hay of Huntington, a 75-year-old ballerina and one of the world’s oldest dancers, will appear on pointe in a new work, “The Colors of Currier and Ives,” at 8 p.m. May 31 at the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse at Marshall University. |
| Memorial Day sing returns to Flatwoods The eighth annual Memorial Day Gospel Sing, presented by the KYOVA Gospel Music Association, is set for 1 p.m. Monday at Flatwoods City Park Amphitheater. |
| Bluegrass rising Eden Valley Farm prepares for a crowd as the seventh annual Appalachian Uprising Music Festival approaches. |
| Male side of fertility getting noticed Mon, 26 May 2008 02:04 EDT When Barbora Bell wanted to have kids, she ditched the birth control pills, popped prenatal vitamins, and got more iron and calcium. Her husband's pre-conception regimen was much easier: "He had a glass of wine," Bell said, laughing. The Los Gatos, Calif., couple didn't hear a single dietary suggestion to help prospective fathers have healthy kids. If they had, Bell said, "we would have been doing it." Women contribute just half their children's genes, yet would-be dads are rarely bombarded with pre-pregnancy tips on diet missteps and toxic exposures, even though sperm DNA is vulnerable to defects that can cause health problems for their children. There's a growing push to better understand the male half of reproductive health. New technologies are allowing scientists to delve further into male fertility. Dads' role in birth defects was the focus of a symposium this year at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting. And a recent University of California-Berkeley study was the first to link men's diets to sperm DNA errors. But much of this information never makes it to men. |
| Eggplant is more like meat than eggs Sun, 25 May 2008 09:54 EDT Eggplant is a versatile, healthy vegetable that combines so well with so many seasonings, it's a shame that it so often ends up breaded, fried and loaded with cheese. But the summer grilling season is the perfect time to take advantage of cooking with eggplant without adding gobs of unhealthy saturated fats. A grilled eggplant sandwich with olive and sun-dried tomato tapenade makes an excellent vegetarian meal, yet it is substantial and .meaty. enough to satisfy even the most voracious carnivores. Plus, it is bursting with flavor and rich in nutrients and healthy fats. |
| Narnia has a growing following Fri, 23 May 2008 19:42 EDT The highly anticipated movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, sequel to the 2005 blockbuster The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has created another intense wave of interest in C.S. Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, on which the movies are based. .There's certainly more interest now because of the movies,. Devin Brown, English professor and Lewis scholar at Asbury College, said. .It will probably send many new readers to discover the books, and the books are always better than the movie. Whether they are believers or not, there are great stories there for them to enjoy.. Brown said the writer's power as a storyteller is one reason his books have never gone out of print in the 58 years since the first tale came out. .I'll be curious how the Harry Potter books will be doing in 58 years. The fact that Lewis' books are more popular today than ever says a lot about him.. |
| State program provides help at local level; Ashland girl shares her story Life was troublesome for Shamae White when she was 6. Things just went downhill from there. |
| Raceland teen gains control of disorder, now helping agencies to serve others Allie Caleb Rigsby was just 7 years old the first time he tried to kill himself. |
| Working out to Zumba Seniors who attend the Ashland Senior Center’s Zumba Gold class enjoy Wednesday afternoons with a Latin theme. |
| WaldenBooks to host signing Saturday The boy who rode the bull is now the man who writes the novels, just like his Uncle Jesse did. |
| Rock and roll legend The V Club will present Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles, Saturday night. |
| Relay ride set for next weekend The fourth annual Kentucky Rails to Trails Council bicycle relay ride from Ashland to Lexington will be May 31. |
| Deep brain stimulation eases depression Tue, 27 May 2008 02:04 EDT It's a new frontier for psychiatric illness: Brain pacemakers that promise to act as antidepressants by changing how patients' nerve circuitry fires. Scientists already know the power of these devices to block the tremors of Parkinson's disease and related illnesses; more than 40,000 such patients worldwide have the implants. But psychiatric illnesses are much more complex and the new experiments with so-called deep brain stimulation, or DBS, are in their infancy. Only a few dozen patients with severe depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder so far have been treated in closely monitored studies. Still, the early results are promising. Dramatic video shows one patient visibly brightening as doctors turn on her brain pacemaker and she said in surprise: "I'm starting to smile." New reports this month show that some worst-case patients, whose depression wasn't relieved by medication, psychotherapy, even controversial shock treatment, are finding lasting relief. Six of 17 severely depressed patients were in remission a year after undergoing DBS and four more markedly improved, and more than half of 26 obsessive-compulsive patients showed substantial improvement over three years, said studies from a team at the Cleveland Clinic, Brown University, and Belgium's University of Leuven. |
| Celiac disease a growing problem Mon, 26 May 2008 19:37 EDT A few months ago, I began to notice more and more .gluten-free. labels in the grocery store. Then, recently, I saw it on a .restaurant menu. I figured there were people who needed to know such a thing, just like people with particular allergies need to know when foods contain ingredients to which they are sensitive. But I didn't really have a name for the disease that would require folks to avoid gluten. Now I know it is celiac disease. According to everything I've read, celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in the small intestine that is aggravated by gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. |
| Packing for one suitcase, that is Wed, 28 May 2008 19:18 EDT NEW YORK . It's time to think of the inside of your carry-on suitcase as .real .estate: Make the most of what you have, keep it functional and make neatness count. The carry-on bag could be the solution to some of the summer travel season's likely woes . including checked baggage fees on American Airlines and possibly other carriers . but it also has the potential to cause headaches. You don't want to find a rumpled mess when you arrive at your destination or spend your vacation shivering or sweating because you weren't ready for the weather. It is possible to pack fashionable clothes in an efficient way. Some tips from the pros: Choosing a good bag |
| Hope center helps rebuild lives Tue, 27 May 2008 19:41 EDT Nat Morrow's main interest growing up was playing in a rock band. At age 15, he started drinking, and slowly his life devolved into writing songs, playing music and drinking till he passed out, .all in the name of rock 'n' roll,. he said. .I was drinking myself to death.. That was until one night last year he got drunk and fell into a pile of scrap metal and sliced up his face. His parents found him the next morning, bloody and passed-out in their front yard in Midway. |
| Can "Sex and the City' bust gender barrier? Wed, 28 May 2008 19:18 EDT NEW YORK .. Can a pure chick flick become a hit? Yes, if it draws a diverse enough swath of female moviegoers. For Sex and the City , that will be the big question. There are indications that the film, which opens Friday, is attracting a lot of interest from women of all ages . not just those the same ages of the four lead actresses, who range from their early 40s to older than 50. .We can't remember the last time a movie has created so much anticipation among female moviegoers from their 20s through their 40s,. said Harry Medved, a spokesman for Fandango, the online movie ticket site. Medved said many women seem to be planning to go in groups. .We are getting a surprising number of requests for group ticket sales from women planning Sex and the City get-togethers,. he said. |
| Chapel Hill, N.C. more than basketball Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:53 EDT CHAPEL HILL, N.C. . I felt a bit unnerved, like a spy trying to make myself invisible behind enemy lines. As a devoted Wildcat fan, I know that the .true. blue is the rich, royal blue worn by the University of Kentucky faithful . not the anemic, washed-out powder blue that everyone around me seemed to be sporting in Chapel Hill, otherwise known as Tar Heel Central. As I slunk into The Lantern Restaurant on a busy Saturday night, behind my local hosts, I imagined everyone in the restaurant had suddenly stopped eating to stare, as if a scarlet A . make that a blue K . were stamped on my forehead. If that wasn't bad enough, I knew that just 8 miles down the road, there was another rival shade of blue to contend with . that of the Duke Blue Devils. I was adrift in a sea of .untrue. blue, and for a Kentucky fan, that is one choppy sea indeed. I must, however, make a confession. As much as I dislike the Chapel Hill area's basketball teams, I love the area itself. Without the Blue Devils and the Tar Heels to muck things up, this part of North Carolina is heavenly, a lovely place for a leisurely weekend getaway. I was here in early spring, when showy purple rhododendrons, creamy dogwoods and milky magnolia blossoms were in full bloom, and pink and scarlet azaleas sprouted in masses between towering pine trees. |
| Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:53 EDT Beef: It's what festival's about One of the highlights of the annual Fort Harrod Beef Festival, which starts Thursday, is Saturday's beef grill-off at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. Professional, amateur and youth teams will compete to grill the best briskets, steaks, and back-yard burgers. If you would like to sample their creations, you can buy a $6 bracelet and vote for your .favorites, beginning at 11 a.m. Chef demonstrations will be at 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. featuring John Plymale of Porcini .Restaurant in .Louisville, Whitney Brown from the Kentucky Beef Council and .Louisville chef Nancy Russman. Demon.strations will be at the .fairgrounds. Grilling .demonstrations begin at 9 a.m. at the Kentucky Beef Council booth. |
| Study: Bone-loss drug also prevents cancer returning Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:05 EDT A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease. It is the first large study to affirm wider anti-cancer hopes for Zometa and other bone-building drugs called bisphosphonates. Zometa, made by Novartis AG, is used now for cancers that have already spread to the bone. The new study involved 1,800 premenopausal women taking hormone treatments for early-stage breast cancer. Zometa cut by one-third the chances that cancer would recur -- in their bones or anywhere else. The study was led by Dr. Michael Gnant of the Medical University of Vienna and reported Saturday at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago. If a second, ongoing study also finds a benefit, doctors predict that Zometa will quickly be tested against other cancers that tend to spread, or metastasize, to bones, such as prostate and kidney cancer. |
| Milkshakes can have fewer than 200 calories Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:53 EDT Swimsuit season and ice cream don't always mix well if you're watching your weight, but you can treat your sweet tooth to one of my milkshakes with mix-ins for less than 200 calories. I use slow-churned ice cream because it has a rich flavor with less fat and fewer calories. Using bite-size cookies also helps because I can buy a snack-size pack rather than having a big bag of cookies around the house. rECIPES Kathy's chocolate chip cookie shake |
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