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Q: I was wondering ifthe “John Carter” movieyou mentioned this springis based on the science-fiction books by EdgarRice Burroughs. I hopeso, because I’ve readthem all and believe theycould be made into a greatseries of sci-fi movies. —Paul R., Marion, Indiana
A: The March release of Disney’s “John Carter” is indeedbased on Burroughs’ Barsoom book series, which were pub-lished in various magazines as a serial from 1912 to 1943.Because of their popularity, they were then published as theirown book series from 1917 to 1964. The film, however, didn’tprove to be quite so popular. It was received with mixed re-views and a dismal box-office take. The film was originallyplanned to be a trilogy, but that plan is on hold because of thefilm’s poor reception by moviegoers. “John Carter” is avail-able on DVD and Bluray, so you can see for yourself whetherit deserves a sequel.
Q: What was Emily Van-Camp in before she was on“Revenge”? I recognized heras soon as I saw her, but Icannot remember from what!— Iris V., Suffolk, Va.
A: The gorgeous Cana-dian actress has been in thebusiness since she was 13,making her debut on Nick-elodeon’s “Are You Afraid ofthe Dark?” But before “Re-venge,” she was best knownfor her role on “Everwood,”where she played Amy Ab-bott. She also had a co-starring role from 2007-2010, playingRebecca Harper, who initially was thought to be WilliamWalker’s (Tom Skerritt) daughter with longtime mistressHolly Harper (Patricia Wettig). Take note that the second sea-son of “Revenge” begins Sept. 30 on ABC on its new nightand time, Sundays at 9/8c.
Q: I am a die-hard “Young and the Restless” fan. I have aquestion about the actress who plays Katherine Chancellor inthe series. I heard that she has sons who are also actors. Couldit be the Baldwins? — Janet C., Battle Creek, Mich.
A: Jeanne Cooper, who’s played matriarch KatherineChancellor on the series since 1973, does indeed have chil-dren (two sons, one daughter) who are actors: Corbin, Collinand Caren. The eldest is Corbin Bernsen, who is best knownfor playing Arnold Becker on “L.A. Law” and Roger Dorn in“Major League.” He plays the recurring role of Father ToddWilliams on his mom’s show, and he also is a series regularon the USA’s “Psych.”
Q: When will Syfy’s “Merlin” be back for its fifth season?Please tell me it has not been canceled — Gregory D., via e-mail
A: The British sci-fi/fantasy series will indeed be back fora fifth season, which will consist of 13 all-new episodes. Theseries began filming in Wales and in France this spring, andif all follows according to previous seasons’ trends, seasonfive should premiere in the U.K. in December, and in the U.S.in late spring/early summer (although no official dates havebeen released yet).
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Retirement used to conjure up images of lazy days spent in a rocking chair. Today’s retirement is very different. You might plan to open a business of your own. Or perhaps you’ll return to school for that degree you never had the chance to complete. So what does this redefined retirement mean to you? There is no one answer. In the coming decades, “retirement” will mean something different to each of us. Regardless of your decision, you’ll need to design a financial plan suited to your specific vision of the future.
�Income Is Key A good starting point might be to examine your sources of
retirement income. If you pay attention to the financial press, you’ve probably come across at least a few commentators who speak in gloom-and-doom terms about the future for American retirees, decrying a lack of savings and warning of the imminent growth of the elderly population.
True, there is widespread concern about at least one traditional source of income for retirees -- Social Security. Under current conditions, Social Security funds could fall short of needs by 2033. 1
This shift makes it even more important for individuals to understand their goals and have a well-thought-out financial plan that focuses on the key source of retirement income: personal savings and investments. Given the potential duration and changing nature of retirement, you may want to seek the assistance of a professional financial planner who can help you assess your needs and develop appropriate investment strategies.
As you move through the various stages of the new retirement, perhaps working at times and resting at others, your plan may require adjustments along the way. A professional advisor can help you monitor your plan and make changes when necessary. Among the factors you’ll need to consider:
Time: You can project periods of retirement, reeducation, and full employment. Then concentrate on a plan to fund each of the separate periods. The number of years until you retire will influence the types of investments you include in your portfolio. If retirement is a short-term goal, investments that provide liquidity and help preserve your principal may be most suitable. On the other hand, if retirement is many years away, you may be able to include more aggressive investments in your portfolio.
Inflation: While lower-risk fixed-income and money market investments may play an important role in your investment portfolio, if used alone they may leave you susceptible to the erosive effects of inflation. To help your portfolio keep pace with inflation, you may need to maintain some growth-oriented investments. Over the long-term, stocks have provided returns superior to other asset classes. 2 But also keep in mind that stocks generally involve greater short-term volatility.
Taxes: Even after you retire, taxes will remain an important factor in your overall financial plan. If you return to work or open a business, for example, your tax bracket could change. In addition, should you move from one state to another, state or local taxes could affect your bottom line. Tax-advantaged investments, such as annuities and tax-free mutual funds, may be effective tools for meeting your retirement goals. Tax deferral offered by workplace plans -- such as 401(k) and 403(b) plans -- and IRAs may also help your retirement savings grow.
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HOLLYWOOD — Ifyou thought that censorshipin television doesn’t happenin today’s progressive soci-ety, you’d be wrong.“American Horror Story,”“Nip/Tuck” and “Glee” pro-ducer Ryan Murphy isn’t“Glee”ful these days, thanksto KLS-TV, the NBC stationin Salt Lake City, Utah,owned by The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-DaySaints, aka Mormans, whobanned his upcoming show,“The New Normal,” evenbefore its premiere. Seemsthey objected to the premiseof a gay couple having ababy via a single-mom sur-rogate who has a “small-minded” grandmother,played by film star EllenBarkin.
Barkin immediatelytweeted back, “Shame on u
(KSL-TV), on (“Law &Order”) “SVU,” rape andchild murder is OK? But, (a)loving gay couple having ababy is inappropriate?” TheGay and Lesbian AllianceAgainst Defamation(GLADD) said, “Same-sexfamilies are a beloved partof American televisionthanks to shows like ‘Mod-ern Family,’ ‘Glee’ and‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ Whileaudiences, critics and adver-tisers have all supported(these kind of) shows, KSL(TV) is demonstrating howdeeply out of touch it is withthe rest of the country.”
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has taken over our televi-sions. Big-name stars arechoosing sides, while themedia and the TV networksperpetuate the myth that theAmerican people actuallyelect the president of theUnited States. In fact, it’sthe people we elect to repre-sent us in Washington, D.C.,who make up the ElectoralCollege that actually selectsour president. In a perfectworld, they’d vote the waywe the people do, but itdoesn’t always turn out thatway.
In 1824, John QuincyAdams was elected presi-dent, but Andrew Jackson
won the popular vote. Inl876, Rutherford Hayeswon, but Samuel Tilden wasthe people’s choice. In 1888,the incumbent PresidentGrover Cleveland won thepopular vote, but BenjaminHarrison was elected to of-fice. More recently, GeorgeW. Bush took office afterthe 2000 election, eventhough Al Gore was thepopular vote-getter. So howmuch weight does our voteactually have? We would allbe wise to stop acceptingwhat the news media tells usand try to find a better wayto pick our presidents in thefuture.
***Ryan Murphy’s “Ameri-
can Horror Story” is goingthrough major changes.When the show returns inOctober for its second sea-son, it will be called “Amer-ican Horror Story: Asylum.”Two-time Oscar winner Jes-sica Lange returns, butDylan McDermott and Con-nie Britton are gone.Zachary Quinto, JamesCromwell and Joseph Fi-ennes are main cast mem-bers, while Mark Consuelosand “The Voice’s” AdamLevine are recurring. Youwon’t hear Adam’s singing“Voice” on this one, elsethey’d have to call it “Amer-ican Horror Story: The Mu-sical Asylum”!
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Ronan boldly told Nickthat he was in love withPhyllis. Kevin refused to tellMichael what really hap-pened the night Tim died.Phyllis was forced to allowher daughter to believe thatshe was having an affairwith Ronan. Nick finally gotfed up and moved out.Ronan caught Summer spik-ing Fen’s drink. Rickyplanted evidence to makePaul look guilty in the eventof his death. Michael urgedLauren to keep quiet aboutthe gun. Chelsea and Adamdecided to keep the preg-nancy a secret until shestarted showing. Chloe sur-
prised Kevin with a newpuppy. Sharon spottedDaisy at the psych hospital.Wait to See: Sharon learnsher fate. Phyllis and Chris-tine face off.
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• On Sept. 24, 1789, The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices. By 1869 the number of justices was increased to nine.
• On Sept. 30, 1868, the first volume of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved children’s book “Little Women” is pub-lished. Alcott dedicated most of her life and writing to sup-porting her family after her father’s failure at running Transcendentalist school. Her works include “Little Men” (1871) and “An Old-Fashioned Girl” (1870).
• On Sept. 28, 1901, Ed Sullivan, who would become the host of the long-running TV variety program “The Ed Sullivan Show,” is born in New York City. During the peak of its popularity in the 1950s and 1960s, Sullivan’s program showcased a wide range of entertainers, includ-ing The Beatles and Elvis Presley.
• On Sept. 29, 1913, Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the engine that bears his name, disappears from the steamship Dresden while traveling from Belgium to
England. On Oct. 10, Die-sel’s body was found in the water. Conspiracy theories began to fly almost immedi-ately. Many people believed (and still believe) that Diesel was murdered.
• On Sept. 25, 1957, under escort from 1,000 paratroop-ers in the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. Three weeks ear-lier, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent court-ordered racial integration.
• On Sept. 26, 1960, for the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates is shown on television. John F. Kennedy debated Richard M. Nixon in a Chicago stu-dio. Nixon refused to wear makeup.
• On Sept. 27, 1989, Zsa Zsa Gabor, on trial for slap-ping a police officer, storms out of the courtroom in the middle of the district attor-ney’s closing argument. She had been pulled over for expired tags on her Rolls Royce, as well as having an open container of alcohol and an expired license.
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LEMON GINGERCHICKEN WITH
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Lemon-Soy Sauce Mari-nade:
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice1/4 cup canola or olive oil
plus 1 tablespoon, reserved1/4 cup low-sodium soy
sauce2 tablespoons peeled,
grated ginger2 tablespoons packed
light brown sugar1 teaspoon hot chili-gar-
lic sauce, such as Sriracha 4 boneless chicken breast
halves, (about 1 to 1 1/2pounds)
Salad:2 teaspoons fresh lemon
juice 1 teaspoon toasted
sesame oil 1 teaspoon soy sauce 1 teaspoon stevia or
agave syrup2 cups coarsely grated
carrot 1/2 cup roughly chopped
cashews 1/3 cup minced green
onions (roots discarded,white and light green parts)
1/3 cup finely choppedfresh cilantro or Italian pars-ley leaves
1. In a medium bowl,whisk together the all of themarinade ingredients exceptthe tablespoon of oil. Washchicken and pat dry. Placethe chicken between sheetsof plastic wrap and pound toan even thickness.
2. Arrange the chickenbreasts in a single layer on arimmed platter or in a glassbaking dish. Pour the mari-nade over the chicken, coat-ing it with the marinade onall sides. Set chicken aside tomarinade while preparing thesalad.
Salad:In a large bowl combine
lemon juice, sesame oil, soysauce and stevia or agavesyrup until combined. Addremaining salad ingredientsand mix well. Set aside at
room temperature.
To cook the chicken:Using a large pan over
high heat, add remaining 1tablespoon oil. Cookchicken, about 5 to 6 minutesper side. Cook until bothsides are nicely browned andchicken is cooked through.Stack salad on top of thechicken. Serves 4.
Angela Shelf Medearis isan award-winning children’sauthor, culinary historianand the author of sevencookbooks. Her new cook-book is “The Kitchen Diva’sDiabetic Cookbook.” Herwebsite is www.divapro.com.To see how-to videos, recipesand much, much more, LikeAngela Shelf Medearis, TheKitchen Diva! on Facebookand go to Hulu.com. Recipesmay not be reprinted withoutpermission from AngelaShelf Medearis. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc., and
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What (were) Andy Rod-dick’s chances at winning theU.S. Open?
“As good as anybody notnamed Roger,” said Andy ...perhaps the most quotabletennis player in the history ofthe sport.
Andy called it in at thisyear’s U.S. Open, announc-ing his retirement after thefirst round of the tourna-ment. I’m sure there’s a jokein that headline somewhere— that he usually retiresaround the first round of achampionship but thatwould, of course, be a joke.For Andy Roddick was achampion ... albeit a cham-pion with very bad timing.
Andy Roddick held thetorch of American tennis forthe better part of a decade.And by “better part,” wemean “better part.” This guyat one time held the recordfor fastest serve (155 mph ...you just try doing that on thehighway), he hosted “Satur-
day Night Live,” and he mar-ried Brooklyn Decker.
Did I mention he had a re-ally fast serve?
But Andy Roddick had aproblem at birth: He wasborn at the same time asRoger Federer, Rafael Nadaland Novak Djokovic. Unfor-tunately for the script, thoseguys played better tennis.
It certainly wasn’t forlack of trying. Sure, Roddickwas a fiery, tempestuous sortof player. He needed to getpsyched up before everymatch as if he was MatthewModine in “Vision Quest.”But when he won, he wonbig. There aren’t many tennisplayers or champs from anygame that can say they wonthe U.S. Open (2003) and 32career titles.
Roddick had a flair fordrama, and his announcedretirement during the middleof a tournament didn’t seemtoo out of place for the man.Though not an outsized per-
sonality or multi Grand Slamwinner like McEnroe orConnors, he still managed toget into the club. In anotherdecade or so, ask yourselfwho was a dominant maleAmerican tennis player at theturn of the century. You’renot going to say “MardiFish,” or anyone else for thatmatter.
He’s only 30 years old. Ibet he comes back, and if hedoesn’t, something tells mehe’ll find another line ofwork. For those of us in thepost-game business, he’ll besorely missed. Rarely has anathlete been more forthcom-ing at a press conference.
Hey Andy, you just lost atIndian Wells to an inferiorplayer and said your confi-
dence was shot ... can youelaborate?
“It comes from playinglike s**t. Why would I feelconfident right now? If thatwas the case, I don’t thinkwe’d be sitting here havingthis funeral-like press con-ference. It’s just weird be-cause, I used to like, hit for ahalf-hour and then go eatCheetos the rest of the day ...come out and drill forehands.Now I’m really trying tomake it happen, being pro-fessional, really going for it... and I miss my Cheetos.”
We’re gonna miss youtoo, Andy Roddick.
Mark Vasto is a veteransportswriter who lives inKansas City.
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1. Jose Valverde set therecord for the Detroit Tigersin 2011 with 49 consecutivesaves. Who had held thefranchise mark?
2. How many times didJuan Gonzalez have morehome runs than walks in aseason during his 17-yearmajor-league career?
3. Who is the only col-
lege football coach to win aBCS title with two losses?
4. In 2009-10, AaronBrooks set a Houston Rock-ets record with 209 3-pointfield goals made. Who heldthe old record?
5. How many EdmontonOilers have won the CalderTrophy as the NHL’s toprookie?
6. Name the last femalebefore Danica Patrick in2012 to secure the pole inNASCAR’s Nationwide Se-ries?
7. How many times didChris Evert reach thewomen’s singles final atWimbledon, and how manytimes did she win?
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NOTE: DVDs reviewedin this column will be avail-able in stores the week ofSept. 17, 2012.
PICKS OF THE WEEK“Marvel’s The Avengers”
(PG-13) — The blockbusterhit of the summer is nowavailable for your homeviewing. Earth’s mightiestsuperheroes are assembledinto one team to defend theworld from an alien inva-sion led by Loki, the Norsegod of chaos. Add thatweird plot to truckloads ofspecial effects and a star-studded cast wearing color-ful costumes, and somehowit all works. Of course it’sloud and silly, but it’s also avery fun ride, even for thosewho own fewer than 100comic books.
Other super-movies have
struggled to maintain focuswith just one hero. Thismovie uses Iron Man, Cap-tain America, The Hulk,Thor, Black Widow andHawkeye without gettingtoo distracted.Director/writer Joss Whe-don took on the ambitiousendeavor and got audiencesto suspend disbelief andcheer for the good guys.
“Damsels in Distress”(PG-13) — Violet Wister(Greta Gerwig) is a sociallyconscious young woman atthe center of a group of girlswho care for the depressedand socially maligned pop-ulations of their university.Violet and her gals seeks torecruit Lily, a transfer stu-dent, into their little circle soshe might learn their waysof dating only socially ineptguys and civilizing theparty-animal demographic.
Director Wilt Stillmanputs the humor into the ca-dence and delivery of the in-nuendo-laden dialogue. Thisisn’t a National Lampoon-style college romp, but aneccentric, banter-heavycomedy about people with
good intentions.
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“Soldiers of Fortune” (R)— Christian Slater is atough ex-military kinda guyhired to protect some mil-lionaires who want front-row tickets to a real warzone. Naturally and de-servedly, the mission goeshorribly awry and every-body’s lives are put in dan-ger (more than anticipated, Iguess). This is one of thosemovies you see for rent thatyou’ve never heard of, butwhen you check the box it’sgot a decent cast (SeanBean, Ving Rhames, JamesCromwell). Yet should youcross the line and attempt towatch this movie at home,you will be treated to anearly bedtime by thissnoozefest of a convolutedaction movie.
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President ‘Incomplete’
“Are people better off than they were four years ago?” is hardly a trick question. It’s one of the most reliable cli-ches in American politics.
So Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat from Maryland, should have been ready with some handy dodge when he was asked the question by Bob Schieffer of “Face the Nation.” Really, in the cir-cumstance, any circumlocu-tion would do.
Instead, O’Malley said “No,” igniting a firestorm with his unadorned, mono-syllabic honesty. Which didn’t last. Within 24 hours, the skies had brightened, the malaise had lifted, and O’Malley was pronouncing the country “clearly better off.”
O’Malley can be forgiven for his initial forthrightness. People who make their liv-ing coming up with creative ways to avoid questions inconvenient to President Barack Obama didn’t do all that much better. Asked twice on “Fox News Sun-day” if Americans are better off, David Axelrod point-edly wouldn’t say “yes” or “no.” Asked three times on “This Week,” David Plouffe passed on a direct answer all three times.
After getting knocked around for their evasiveness, though, the Obama team recalibrated and decided to answer “absolutely” to the better-off question. The herald of the new message was none other than the man best-suited to bluster his way through a not-par-ticularly credible statement, Vice President Joe Biden.
“America is better off today than they left us when they left,” Biden told a union rally, before adducing as evidence what he called a “bumper sticker”: “Osama bin Laden is dead and Gen-
eral Motors is alive.” The catchy bumper sticker
doesn’t address the better-off question. The query has to do with personal econom-ic well-being. It’s a wonder-ful thing that bin Laden was dispatched, but it doesn’t give anyone any additional income. It’s terrific for GM’s remaining workers that they are still working, but the cost of the car company’s bailout — some $35 billion — makes it a rotten deal for everyone else.
A clever bumper stick-er can’t obscure that real median income has declined $4,300 since January 2009, the unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for 42 straight months, and long-term unemployment is up and labor-force participation is down. The Democrats can say all of this is an accident of timing: The aftereffects of the Bush recession are unfairly counted against their record. But the recov-ery that they take credit for is also an accident of timing. The economy wasn’t going to keep shedding 800,000 jobs a month forever.
In fact, the recovery proved dismayingly lacklus-ter. President Obama’s sig-nature initiatives — a stimu-lus designed to sate pent-up congressional spending demands, ObamaCare, the hideously complex regula-tions of Dodd-Frank — were irrelevant to or crosswise with promoting a sustained, robust recovery.
Now, the president gives himself a grade of “incom-plete,” as if he has much else yet to accomplish. Yet his stated second-term agenda consists only of a tax increase on the wealthy, and getting along with the same congressional Republicans he can’t abide. There’s evi-dently nothing for him to complete, except riding out the consequences of his mis-begotten first term.
Eventually, American will be better off than they were in 2008. When that day finally comes, this president will have had nothing to do with it.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
© 2012 by King Features Synd., Inc.
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE:My wife’s doctor thinks shehas intermittent claudicationdue to peripheral vasculardisease. She also has dia-betes. Would you describe itand its treatment? — S.B.
ANSWER: Peripheralvascular disease also goesby the name peripheral ar-tery disease, PAD. “Periph-eral” refers to the outerboundary, and when speak-ing of the body, the legs areits periphery. Leg arteriesare narrowed and oftenblocked by the buildup ofcholesterol, fat and manyother components found inthe circulation. The buildupis called plaque. The buildupcan be so great that no bloodruns through the main leg ar-teries.
Intermittent claudicationis leg pain that developswhen someone with PADwalks any distance. The per-son can tell, almost to thenumber of steps taken, whenpain will arise. Taking a restrelieves the pain.
About 15 percent of those70 and older have PAD. Itsmain sign is intermittentclaudication.
Your wife can do manythings on her own that willhelp her. If her cholesterol ishigh, she has to get it down.She has to maintain normalblood pressure. She must ex-ercise within the limits pre-scribed by her doctor.Walking is one of the bestexercises. If she starts outmodestly and gradually in-creases the distance andpace, she should aim for 30minutes of walking daily.When pain arises, sheshould stop, take a break andthen resume once pain hasgone.
One simple test for deter-mining PAD is comparingblood pressure taken at theankle with blood pressuretaken in the arm. Theyshould be nearly equal. If theankle pressure is lower,that’s evidence of PAD.
Your wife’s doctor willdiscuss the use of medicineslike Plavix, Pletal and as-pirin. With severe blockage
of an artery, opening it upwith a balloon-tippedcatheter and inserting ashunt is one treatment. It’sthe same procedure used forclogged heart arteries. Re-moving the obstructed arterysegment and replacing itwith a graft is another wayto treat this illness.
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1. Is the book of Issachar in the Old or New Testamentor neither?
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Wapello Home - 1900 sq.ft three bedroomwith bonus room above garage
Mepo home - 1400 sq.ft three bedroomwith open kitchen and living room layout
