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04-01-2012 13:09 Friend us @ http://www.Facebook.com/psychetruth Why People Get Fat. Obesity and Weight Gain, Psychetruth Nutrition, Diet and Food Corrina How Fast Food is Designed For Addiction and Obesity, Psychetruth Nutrition http://www.youtube.com Why is Junk Food Junk and Superfoods Super? Psychetruth Nutrition http://www.youtube.com Top Ten Obesity Causing Foods -- Psychetruth Nutrition and Weight Loss http://www.youtube.com Fast Foods and Processed Foods Vs Whole Foods, Nutrition and Wellness http://www.youtube.com Top 10 Worst Foods for Health, Weight Loss and Wellness http://www.youtube.com Visit The Official Psychetruth website at; http://www.psychetruth.net This video was produced by Psychetruth http http://www.psychetruth.blogspot.com http http://www.facebook.com http://www.twitter.com http://www.myspace.com Music By Jimmy Gelhaar http://www.jimmyg.us © Copyright 2011 Target Public Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Fat people obesity weight gain loss why nutrition diet food psychetruth Corrina "weight loss" "weight gain" "fast food" "junk food" wellness "processed foods" "whole foods"

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07-11-2011 09:47 "Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine, And Thy Medicine Be Thy Food." - Hippocrates That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in this brave new documentary film brought to you by Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch. 'Food Matters' is a hard hitting, fast paced look at our current state of health. Despite the billions of dollars of funding and research into new so-called cures we continue to suffer from a raft of chronic ills and every day maladies. Patching up an over-toxic and over-indulgent population with a host of toxic therapies and nutrient sparse foods is definitely not helping the situation. In a personal quest of discovery James and Laurentine together with a film crew and the editorial and production expertise of Enzo Tedeschi have set out on an independent mission to uncover the wholesome truth. The filmmakers have interviewed several world leaders in nutrition and natural healing who claim that not only are we harming our bodies with improper nutrition, but that the right kind of foods, supplements and detoxification can be used to treat chronic illnesses as fatal as terminally diagnosed cancer. 'Food Matters' seeks to uncover the business of disease and at the same time explore the safe, cheap and effective use of nutrition and supplementation for preventing and often reversing the underlying causative aspects of the illness. With the premise of the film being: access to solid information helps people invariably make ...

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25-01-2012 15:45 Here's what I've eaten today: 6AM - 3 Scrambled Eggs, 2 Slices of Toast, 1 Pint of OJ, 1 Yoghurt - 600kcal. 9AM (post-workout) - 1 pint of milk, 1 scoop of whey - 465kcal 1PM - 2 cold-cut sandwiches (turkey and chicken), 900ml of milk - 1040kcal 5PM - 1 bagel with peanut butter and banana - 300kcal 9PM - 2 chicken tortilla wraps and 1 pint of milk - 700kcal Total caloric intake - 3105 calories. Workout (Dave Maurice's Foundation Routine) Squat - 3 sets of 10. Overhead Press - 3 sets of 8. Deadlift - 3 sets of 8. Pulldowns - 3 sets of 8. Bench - 2 sets of 8. Crunches - 2 sets of 10.

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Are We Fattened Up Like Farm Animals? Psychetruth Weight Loss, Diet

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30-01-2012 11:30 Friend us @ http://www.Facebook.com Are We Fattened Up Like Farm Animals? Psychetruth Weight Loss, Diet and Nutrition Corrina talks about the average American diet is fattening us up the same way they fatten up farm animals. Corn, wheat and soy are used to make pigs, cows and chickens fat for the slaughter, so should we be surprised that we're getting fatter, too? This video was produced by Psychetruth http://www.psychetruth.net http http://www.youtube.com http://www.facebook.com http://www.twitter.com http://www.myspace.com Music By Jimmy Gelhaar http://www.jimmyg.us © Copyright 2012 Target Public Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Are we Fattened Fat "fattened up" farm animals psychetruth weight loss "weight loss" diet nutrition Corrina fattening food foods "what not to eat" food "junk food" "fast food" health fitness "weight loss advice" calories "weight gain" "gain weight" fat liposuction corn wheat "white bread" "corn syrup" sugar refined processed

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Max Sports Nutrition – Andrew Sarmast – Road to the Masters 2012 – Back – Video

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29-01-2012 19:59 maxsportsnutrition.com We've been absent for a few months on these videos so we apologize about that, fitness industry people will understand the workload that January brings. Today Andrew unofficially started his contest prep for the Masters Nationals in July. We're back to having videos once a week or once every other week so stay tuned and thank you for viewing. If you have any questions please feel free to ask!

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Coughing and other respiratory symptoms improve within weeks of smoking cessation

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New Rochelle, NY -- If the proven long-term benefits of smoking cessation are not enough to motivate young adults to stop smoking, a new study shows that 18- to 24-year olds who stop smoking for at least two weeks report substantially fewer respiratory symptoms, especially coughing. The study findings are detailed in Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The article is available online.

Karen Calabro, DrPH and Alexander Prokhorov, MD, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, compared self-reported respiratory symptoms among two groups of college students who participated in programs designed to motivate them to stop smoking. One group achieved smoking cessation for two weeks or longer and the other group failed to stop smoking. More than half of the students smoked 5-10 cigarettes a day and had smoked for 1-5 years.

"That the benefit of stopping smoking starts in days to weeks?not years or decades?is important. Now health care providers can counsel young smokers that their breathing can feel better soon after they stop. This can help to motivate young adults to stop smoking before the severe damage is done," says Harold Farber, MD, MSPH, Editor of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Pulmonology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

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DNA advances aiding Abilene police in cases

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Advances in DNA technology are helping police catch criminals and prosecutors see that justice is served, an Abilene Police Department official says.

A state combined DNA index system, or CODIS, is helping police solve crimes with DNA evidence left behind at crime scenes.

DNA is traced through blood evidence, fibers and touch DNA, such as latent fingerprints said Abilene Police Department Sgt. Mike Moschetto, who works in the criminal investigation division.

Blood, he said, usually is left behind at burglary crime scenes, often when broken glass is involved in the entry of homes or vehicles.

"Criminals are shedding skin and leaving it behind on the scene, and we're using science to piece it together," Moschetto said. "It's catching our criminals. All of this is done outside Abilene and it's not the quickest process, but it has helped us solve cases tremendously."

Whenever DNA is collected, the evidence is sent to a Texas Department of Public Safety lab in Austin that is responsible for keeping a computerized database of DNA.

If a DNA match occurs, the results then are sent back to the agency that requested the evidence. As of December 2011, the lab has aided in 9,413 investigations in Texas and holds offender profiles on 591,816 people since its program launch in 1998.

Although statewide statistics are accessible through the programs website, local numbers are not available, said Rebecca Vieh, CODIS program liaison.

The latest match, Moschetto said, might lead to a man already in prison being charged in an unsolved Abilene burglary. All leads in the case had been exhausted until this year when Moschetto was told blood left at the scene of the crime returned a hit against a man now behind bars in Arizona.

"It initially didn't hit because he had never been arrested before," Moschetto said. "He's now locked up in Arizona and when they updated the database, it flagged that there was a possible match."

The next step, said Moschetto, is to secure a warrant against the man to run a subsequent DNA test for verification.

"It always depends on the circumstance, but it's always right," he said. "I haven't seen an instance where the DNA was wrong if it points to the individual. ... It's an interesting process. This technology will continue to grow as time goes on."

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Concerns about collaboration efforts with the developing College of Medicine are growing within the university’s Physician Assistant Program and Department of Biology.

As CMED faces a decision based on an evaluation from the Liason Committee on Medical Education for preliminary accreditation, the related academic departments hope to be better incorporated in the university’s decision-making process in the future.

Ahmad Hakemi, director of the Physician Assistant Program, said he will meet to provide input with CMED officials Thursday, the first time in more than two years.

“Recently, there has been an effort for us to be included to see what’s happening and closely collaborate,” Hakemi said. “But we were not included at all in the past two years.”

Hakemi said he was once involved in CMED discussions when former University President Michael Rao’s administration presided over the university.

“Initially, two and a half years ago, we were included and I attended all the meetings and was very involved,” Hakemi said. “I was one of the first people involved that the university and ex-president Rao talked to.”

Hakemi said his department is looking forward to collaborating with CMED programs and faculty, and the shared facilities, simulation labs and standardized patients will help strengthen the PA program.

“LCME’s standards are very high and if they’re going to allow a medical school to proceed, expectations are very high,” Hakemi said. “So this means that you’re going to have top people here, the best resources here, the best minds here and the best researchers here, and I really look forward to collaborating, because we have very limited resources in the PA program.”

CMED Dean Ernest Yoder said he expects collaboration efforts to increase after LCME’s evaluation next week. Recently, Yoder said, a significant amount of work has been dedicated to ensuring CMED will meet the required criteria for accreditation.

“There’s a fair amount of work that was going in regard to LCME which did not invite in folks from other departments,” Yoder said.

As the school continues to develop, Yoder said, he envisions CMED collaborating with the university’s relevant departments, along with the Mount Pleasant community.

“We view ourselves as a community-engaged medical school and we think there’s going to be very substantial collaboration involving all of the departments at CMU, as well as the community we hope to serve,” Yoder said.

Stephen Roberts, chairman of the Biology Department, said the department’s recent endorsement of the Academic Senate’s vote of no confidence against University President George Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro stemmed from issues with CMED, a lack of shared governance and perceived devaluation of faculty during contract negotiations.

“In the deliberations of the motion to endorse the Academic Senate’s vote of no confidence, some Biology faculty members expressed concerns about perceived communication lapses from the administration during the conception and planning of the College of Medicine,” Roberts said in an email.

However, Roberts said development of CMED has already started to make a positive impact on the Department of Biology, including the number of students majoring in biology and biomedical sciences.

“There is little doubt that the creation of the College of Medicine has played a significant role in the growth of the biology and biomedical sciences majors, which combined have grown from 450 students to 725 students in the past three years,” Roberts said. “Historically, the Biology Department has had strengths in field and aquatic biology, but in the past decade or so, has also grown and developed strength in cell biology and molecular genetics.”

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Essex Angel Capital Inc. Announces: Wellness Indicators, Inc. Founder Is Guest Speaker at National Labor Management …

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WINDSOR, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2012) - Essex Angel Capital Inc. (TSX VENTURE:EXC.V - News) (the "Corporation" or "Essex") is pleased to announce that Denis Callewaert, Founder and Chief Science Officer of Wellness Indicators, Inc. ("Wellness Indicators"), one of the companies in the Essex portfolio, will be a guest speaker at the National Labor Management Conference in Hollywood, FL, February 16-21, 2012. Dr. Callewaert, who holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry, will be addressing the attendees about the unique aspects of Wellness Indicators' new wellness screening test, the Health Equater(TM) Assessment Profile.

One thousand attendees at the National Labor Management Conference will be offered the opportunity to participate in field trials of the Health Equater Assessment Profile, which is a quick and inexpensive urine test that screens for biomarkers indicating levels of wellness. The National Labor Management Conference is only one of the sites where the Health Equater Assessment Profile will be field-tested. Further field trials during the first quarter of 2012 will take place at a number of large insurance companies, large employers and organized labor unions. Wellness Indicators has field trial commitment letters from eight organizations, representing over 1,000,000 potential users, of whom 2,000 will be participating in field trials in the first quarter of 2012.

"Wellness Indicators is a game-changer in the Labor space," said Ed Hanley, former Chief Legal Counsel of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union and current CEO of A&E Group Health Solutions LLC, "which brings a non-invasive, portable, affordable method for funds and their members to manage their own personal health. I am excited to share this new solution next week at the National Labor Conference, where some 1,000 different funds will be represented."

An international expert in biochemistry and immunology, with a focus on biomarkers for oxidative stress and inflammation, Dr. Callewaert has founded four biotechnology companies, including Wellness Indicators. The company plans to introduce the Health Equater Assessment Profile commercially, after field tests are completed.

The Health Equater Assessment Profile is a first-to-market test screening for such biomarkers as oxidative stress, low-grade inflammation and total antioxidant capacity, which indicate levels of wellness. Thousands of studies have shown that the biomarkers detected by the assessment profile are leading indicators for a variety of future health risks, including stroke, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. The value of the Health Equater Assessment Profile is that it is non-invasive, results are ready in five minutes and it gives an indication at the individual level of how a person is functioning metabolically before the onset of chronic disease, when intervention is less expensive and more effective. Results are available in approximately five minutes, instead of the week that traditional lab tests require. Other advantages include ease of use, portability, and low cost, being approximately $30 per test, rather than around $100 for most current diagnostic tests.

"The field trials at the National Labor Management Conference, is a significant step forward for Wellness Indicators," said Rick Galdi, President and CEO of Essex. "The invitation for Dr. Callewaert to speak on the subject and the immediate availability to participate in the trial lays a strong foundation for future test sales."

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Forward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties, and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements. These factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, the Corporation cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and the Corporation assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.

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The Science of Soccer Deaths and Football Bets

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Economists know that what happens in the game doesn't stay in the game. Image: Muhammad/Flickr

As you may know, 74 people were killed this Wednesday when Egyptian soccer fans stampeded into a bottleneck after a 3-1 hometown upset win. While certainly tragic, it was far from irrational: it turns out the behavioral economics were stacked against them.

Take the link between football and domestic violence. In 2011 economists Gordon Dahl and David Card showed that when a home team loses, domestic violence in the home city increases by 10 percent. On police reports, you can see reports start to rise in the final quarter as a loss looks likely. Then reports peak an hour after the game and return to normal a couple hours later.

Actually, there’s one more important element of this domestic violence spike: it only happens after an unexpected loss. If a home team is supposed to lose and then loses, nothing happens. But when a favored home team loses, husbands and boyfriends turn violent. If the unexpected loss is against a traditional rival, the spike in domestic violence is 15 percent instead of 10. If the losing home team is in playoff contention, the spike can be as high as 20 percent.

Dahl and Card found that the flip side isn’t equally true: a home team’s unexpected win does nothing to lower domestic violence. But what about other crime?

University of Denver economist Dan Rees took a look inside the National Incident-Based Reporting System on Division 1A college football game days to see what happens when a home team wins. Of course, rowdy crime goes up across the board as would be expected when the young, male demographic drinks too much Pabst. But when the home team beats a team ranked higher in the BCS standings, crime skyrockets.

Imagine an expected versus an unexpected home team win – which of the following crime statistics do you think is the most different between the two: assault, vandalism, DUIs, disorderly conduct or liquor law violations? You probably guessed it: it’s DUIs, which are 12 times higher if the win was an upset than if the winning home team was favored.

In fact, an exciting game increases the emotional salience of everything – including the commercials shown in timeouts. A study forthcoming in the Journal of Advertising by Oregon State researcher Colleen Bee showed that people rate ads more favorably when watching a close, exciting game than they do when watching a blowout. In her study, it didn’t even matter who won or lost – “Games with high excitement levels result in a transfer of that emotion to the ads,” she said in a university press release. This was especially true of ads shown later in the game – when the result came down to the wire.

But what happened in Egypt is beyond driving around a college town honking your horn with a few too many Blue Ribbons in you, or getting caught up in the action of a kiddie Darth Vader starting a Passat, or, perhaps, even beyond a 10 percent increase in a city’s domestic violence rate.

In Egypt, fans rushed the field, and by the time cooler heads prevailed, 74 people were dead.

To explain the complete loss of self in the moment of sports ecstasy, let’s turn to one more economist: U.C. Berkeley’s George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, who I recently interviewed for my book, Brain Trust. Economics had long wondered why, in identical circumstances, one person might act one way while another person might act oppositely. And according to Akerlof, the thumb on the scale is that of identity. In short, if you have the identity of “host” you maximize your utility (to put it economically) by serving drinks. And if you have the identity of “life of the party,” you maximize your utility by consuming them.

“You act according to your identity or you pay a cost in utility,” says Akerlof. The stronger the identity, the higher the cost of acting contrary to it. For example, once the Army builds into recruits the identity of soldier, any soldier refusing to charge a machine gun nest would pay a dear price in identity –- in fact, a dear enough cost to outweigh the physical danger of charging. (Good schools and businesses do similar, Akerlof says.)

Now imagine Egypt, in which unrest and uncertainty have stripped away the identities of work or school or security in many young men. This identity vacuum leaves plenty of room for identity takeover by that of “soccer fan.” Perhaps when hometown underdog Al-Masry beat rival Al-Ahry, there were no competing identities to keep “soccer fan” in check.

And without this weight on the other side of the scale, perhaps it suddenly became economically rational to act according to this identity and rush the field, rather than paying an identity cost for abstaining. Perhaps the benefit outweighed the risk.

And in that tragic but rational balance, 74 lives were lost.

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How To Achieve Super Health – Nutrition Expert KC Craichy Will Answer Your Health Questions Saturday On IRN USA Radio …

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Join Living Fuel Founder & CEO KC Craichy and Dr. Don Colbert Saturday, February 4th, beginning at 12pm ET, online at IRNUSA Radio.

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Living Fuel Founder & CEO KC Craichy will share expert insights from his best-selling books, "The Super Health Diet - The Last Diet You Will Ever Need!" and "Super Health Seven Golden Keys to Lifelong Vitality," during a live interview on Dr. Colbert's Health Report this Saturday at Noon.

Don Colbert, MD, is an internationally known expert and speaker on Integrative Medicine. He is board certified in Family Practice and Anti-Aging medicine. Dr. Colbert's Health Report is heard every Saturday from 12-1pm on IRN-USA Radio.

KC Craichy is a health advocate, researcher, and recognized expert on natural health and performance nutrition. KC’s extensive study of leading-edge health research and collaborative work with top medical and nutritional practitioners and researchers to solve his wife Monica’s health problems – anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts - led him to answers for Monica’s healing and to the founding of Living Fuel, Inc. As a result of overcoming this health crisis, KC and Monica have helped many people become overcomers in their own health situations. They are now co-hosts of the popular Internet TV program Living Fuel TV.

Craichy's latest book, "The Super Health Diet," has been called “the most remarkable nutrition book of the twenty-first century” by Dr. Richard Lippman, a 1996 Nominee for the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work in anti-aging.

KC Craichy is committed to changing lives through multimedia, super health lifestyle education combined with super healthy, high impact superfoods. He also serves on the nutrition Advisory Board for Titleist Performance Institute as well as on the Clinical Nutrition Review Board (the certifying body of the International and American Association of Clinical Nutrition). KC is a frequent natural health and performance nutrition guest on radio and television programs as well as a frequent contributor to national magazines and blogs. KC lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife, Monica, and their five children.

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Grey's Anatomy Recap: "If/Then"

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Grey's Anatomy's alt-reality episode truly is a love letter to the fans.

In this new reality, Ellis Grey was never diagnosed with Alzheimer's, which leads to a very different upbringing for Meredith, the least of which: Her last name is now Webber. That is just one of the nice surprises in the alt-reality. Let's check out the rest:

Music nostalgia: The episode opens on Rilo Kiley's "Portions for Foxes," which was the first song played in the Grey's pilot. Throughout the episode, we also heard songs featured in the first season, including Róisín Murphy's "Ruby Blue" and Inara George's "Fools in Love."

Meredith Webber: Meredith still lives in her mother's house, but so does her mother, Ellis, and her husband Richard! Ellis is now the Chief at Seattle Grace, and is being awarded her third Harper Avery award. Meredith is desperate to please her mother, and while she says she doesn't want special treatment, she isn't afraid to use her status to get in on Yang's surgery. Meredith later realizes her mom makes everyone feel ordinary so she can feel extraordinary. A nice nod to the two-part episode where Ellis died.

Poor Derek: Not only is Addison still married to Derek, but she's pregnant, too. However, their marriage leads to a miserable existence for both of them. They live in the trailer since Derek never built the McMansion, and he doesn't even seem to want the baby that's on the way. "It's a beautiful day to save lives," Addison throws in Derek's face at one point, the line he used to say before each surgery. Derek is also not the hot shot doc anymore, and when a fight between Addison and Derek seems to indicate she'll leave Seattle Grace, Ellis threatens that she'll fire Derek over Addison quitting. (One good thing: It's nice to see Callie and Addison reunited. I always loved their banter.)

Callie's conflicting feelings: Though Callie has kids with Owen, it's clear that it's not a happy marriage. When Arizona excitedly hugs Callie, the look on Callie's face spells a sudden attraction to her co-worker. Plus: Owen still has PTSD, and it seems that unfortunately Callie was the one whom he once choked in reaction to a PTSD flashback. That's OK, he's getting help from his war buddy Teddy, whom Callie thinks is a man. Of course, it's not much help since he later punches through a glass window. Cristina helps him clean up his hand, and it's clear there's an attraction there as well.

The real Nazi: It's not Bailey, that's for sure. She's back to being the timid doctor once called Mandy, one of the few characters that we've already seen before. She's extremely nervous around Ellis and can't stand up for herself, which eventually leads to Ellis firing her. (The elevator scene with Alex at the end did show a stronger Mandy, who may be turning into Bailey.)

A scary Yang: Cristina is a heartless, hard-core cardio doc who has absolutely no bedside manner. She's not even Meredith's person anymore, April is. It turns out, Yang has no friends because she was ostracized for sleeping with an attending, Dr. Burke.

Fallen comrades: Izzie actually got kicked out of Seattle Grace — and possibly shot up the place? — after Meredith ratted her out for sleeping with a patient (Denny) and stealing a heart for him. George, on the other hand, failed his intern exams, like he did in the regular universe. However, he just never showed his face again.

Meredith's new beau: Meredith is actually engaged to dorky Alex, and they're quite the perfect couple... sort of. He's actually hooking up with April on the side, which Yang discovers and reveals to Meredith in front of everyone. Upon learning this, Dr. Percy ironically says, "Just shoot me now."

Lexie the cokehead: Though she still has photographic memory, Lexie is not the smart doc we know and love. Instead, she's a strung-out addict who overdoses and is brought to Seattle Grace. Both her parents have died — her mother of stomach issues, and her father killed himself — but she knows about her half sister at the hospital (aka Meredith). While Jackson suggests her ODing is a sign to turn things around, Lexie secretly steals his keycard so she can raid the drug cabinet. She's later brought back into Seattle Grace by... Mark!

Mark's baby: After Mark brings Lexie in to Seattle Grace, he seeks out the mother of his unborn child... Addison. That's right, Addison's baby is not Derek's.

Cristina and Meredith, the couple that was always meant to be: Though Yang undermines Mer in surgery, the two team up to save Lexie's life. They end up going tequila shots at the bar, bringing things full circle to Season 1. (Nearly their whole bar conversation is exact dialogue previously used in the pilot.)

MerDer: After Cristina leaves the bar, Derek begins chatting with Meredith, asking what people around the hospital call him. It's McDreary. But he's not McDreary tonight. He's just a guy in a bar, and Mer's just a girl in a bar. (Another nod to the pilot, as well as Lexie's first appearance on Grey's.)

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'Anatomy of a Murder' star Gazzara dies

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Ben Gazzara died Friday of pancreatic cancer, The New York Times reported. 

The star of award films and plays such as "Anatomy of a Murder" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was 81 years old.

Gazzara employed his distinctive, guttural voice and powerful stare most memorably in a series of film collaborations with the director John Cassavetes. For the maverick director, Gazzara played a collection of bitter spouses and down-on-their heels gamblers and directors in films such as "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" and "Opening Night." 

For the maverick director, Gazzara played a collection of bitter spouses and down-on-their heels gamblers and theater directors in films such as "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" and "Opening Night." 

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Like Peter Falk, his co-star in Cassavetes' "Husbands," Gazzara was perfectly suited to the director's signature examinations of bruised men who struggle to articulate and come to grips with their emotions, fears and hopes in a rapidly changing world. 

Fittingly, he died the same day that Cassavetes did more than twenty years ago. 

Among his other notable film roles were an accused rapist in "Anatomy of a Murder" (1959), the smooth-talking pornographer Jackie Treehorn in the Coen Brothers' "The Big Lebowski" (1998), and a grandfather separating from his wife of 40 years in Todd Solondz's "Happiness"(1998). 

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Less successful was his starring role opposite his then-lover Audrey Hepburn in Peter Bogdanovich's "They All Laughed" (1981). The romantic comedy was a box office and critical disaster.

As for "Roadhouse" (1989), the critics hated the Patrick Swayze action movie too, but thanks to frequent television play, Gazarra's role as villainous businessman became a cult favorite. 

On stage, Gazzara originated the role of the alcoholic, sexually confused Brick in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." It helped make his name, but he saw the role go to Paul Newman in the 1958 film adaptation.

Even after Hollywood beckoned, Gazzara was comfortable migrating from stage to screen, making frequent appearances on Broadway. He was nominated for three Tony awards for playing a drug addict in "A Hatful of Rain," for doing double duty in two short plays Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie” and David Scott Milton’s “Duet," and for playing the alcoholic George in a revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf."

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His last Broadway role came in 2006's acclaimed revival of the social protest drama "Awake and Sing!"

Gazzara's performance in HBO's "Hysterical Blindness" earned him his first Emmy award in 2006. He also  earned plaudits for his starring role in the TV movie, "An Early Frost" (1985), one of the first nationally broadcast works to deal with the AIDS crisis. 

Gazzara was married three times to Louise Erickson (1951–1957), actress Janice Rule (1961–1979), and German model Elke Stuckmann.

He his survived by Stuckmann, their daughter, and an adopted daughter. Gazarra's brother, Anthony, also survives him. 

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New Rochelle, NY, February 2, 2012?Small RNA-based nucleic acid drugs represent a promising new class of therapeutic agents for silencing abnormal or overactive disease-causing genes, and researchers have discovered new mechanisms by which RNA drugs can control gene activity. A comprehensive review article in Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., details these advances.

Short strands of nucleic acids, called small RNAs, can be used for targeted gene silencing, making them attractive drug candidates. These small RNAs block gene expression through multiple RNA interference (RNAi) pathways, including two newly discovered pathways in which small RNAs bind to Argonaute proteins or other forms of RNA present in the cell nucleus, such as long non-coding RNAs and pre-mRNA.

Keith T. Gagnon, PhD, and David R. Corey, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, review common features shared by RNAi pathways for controlling gene expression and focus in detail on the potential for Argonaute-RNA complexes in gene regulation and other exciting new options for targeting emerging forms of non-coding RNAs and pre-mRNAs in the article "Argonaute and the Nuclear RNAs: New Pathways for RNA Mediated Control of Gene Expression."

"The field of RNA mediated control of gene expression is rapidly evolving and the article by Gagnon and Corey provides a highly informative and up to date review of this exciting and often surprising area of biomedical research. We are delighted to publish this important review for the field," says Co-Editor-in-Chief Bruce A. Sullenger, PhD, Duke Translational Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

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Nucleic Acid Therapeutics is under the editorial leadership of Co-Editors-in-Chief Bruce A. Sullenger, PhD, and C.A. Stein, MD, PhD, Department of Oncology, Albert Einstein-Montefiore Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center; and Executive Editor Fintan Steele, PhD (SomaLogic, Boulder, CO).

Nucleic Acid Therapeutics is an authoritative, peer-reviewed journal published bimonthly in print and online that focuses on cutting-edge basic research, therapeutic applications, and drug development using nucleic acids or related compounds to alter gene expression. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics is the official journal of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society. A complete table of contents and free sample issue may be viewed online at http://www.liebertpub.com/nat.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including Human Gene Therapy and Human Gene Therapy Methods, Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers, Assay and Drug Development Technologies, and DNA and Cell Biology. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 70 journals, books, and newsmagazines is available at http://www.liebertpub.com

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