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Channa Horwitz dies at 80; artist known for geometric paintings, drawings
Channa Horwitz, an artist known for her dizzyingly intricate geometric drawings and paintings based on complex predetermined systems, died Monday of complications from Crohn's disease at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica. She was 80. In 1968,...
Tags: St. John's Health Center, Fine Artists, Artists, California State University, Northridge, Arts and Culture
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For Westmont College women, sadness fueled an ardor on the court
MONTECITO — Her final pep talk wasn't a pep talk at all. Kirsten Moore was beyond pep. Her final pep talk, given while surrounded by her Westmont College women's basketball team before the NAIA national championship game, was her chance to say...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Lobbying, University of Missouri , College Basketball, Politics
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Ken Baumann's secret life in books
To some people — those who might attend a guerrilla reading in San Francisco, for example — Ken Baumann is a writer and small-press publisher who is part of the contemporary literary vanguard. And yet, to a generation of adolescent girls, he's...
Tags: Authors, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Aneurysm, Book
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'Melrose Place' actress sentenced to 3 years in deadly DUI crash
Actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer spent a season living at "Melrose Place" -- now she'll spend three years living behind bars at a New Jersey state prison. Locane-Bovenizer was sentenced Thursday to three years for vehicular homicide and three for assault by...
Tags: Social Media, Prosecution, Lucy Lawless, Judges, Justice System
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The gut and its bacteria a growing focus of research
The yards of dank tubing in our midsections form a complex, amazing and absolutely pivotal foundation for human health. And the more that scientists come to appreciate this, the more they anticipate that future medical discoveries will come from the lowly...
Tags: Immune System, General Practitioners, Health Treatments, University of California, Los Angeles, Science and Technology
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Probiotics: A gut-check on bacterial health
A fascinating, if disconcerting, fact: More than 100 trillion so-called good bacteria thrive in or on the human body. A sizable chunk of them maintain residence in the human digestive tract. Probiotics, live microorganisms that benefit their human host,...
Tags: Immune System, Yeast Infection, Dietary Supplements, Urinary System, Diarrhea
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Jennifer Jaff dies at 55; advocate for the chronically ill
Jennifer Jaff was on the brink of attending law school when her doctor tried to stop her because she had a debilitating chronic illness. "I decided I couldn't stay in bed the rest of my life," she later said. "I had to live." Decades later she was a...
Tags: Insurance, Lawyers, Justice System, Laws, Justice and Rights
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Nonfiction
The Age of Movies
The Selected Writings of Pauline Kael
Edited by Sanford Schwartz
Library of America, $40
Witty, entertaining and often exhilarating, this wide-ranging collection of pieces captures the film critic at her best.
Alice James
A...Tags: Fiction, Charles Moore, Bill Clinton, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (movie), Tom Brokaw
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Dan O'Bannon dies at 63; screenwriter of 'Alien'
Dan O'Bannon, the acclaimed science fiction/horror film screenwriter who was best known for writing the blockbuster hit "Alien" and who also directed and wrote the zombie fest "The Return of the Living Dead," has died. He was 63.
O'Bannon, whose...Tags: St. John's Health Center, Fiction, Star Wars (movie), Alien (movie), Animation (genre)
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To soothe the body
Los Angeles TimesIf you want to live longer -- avoid heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer -- then pick and choose your foods with care to quiet down parts of your immune system. That's the principle promoted by the founders and followers of anti-inflammatory...Tags: Immune System, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Safety at School, Fish Oil (dietary supplement), Hormones and Metabolism
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Scholar-Athlete of Year: Lake Highland athlete collects tennis items for needy
901 Highland Ave Orlando, FL 32803 No one would have blamed Danielle Leavitt if she were focused solely on serves and groundstrokes. That was not ingrained in Leavitt. Even at age 10, the recently graduated tennis and volleyball player from Lake...
Tags: Cooper City, Dwayne Johnson, Tennis, Human Interest
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Hires, promotions at Lehigh Valley area businesses
Agatha Kershner has been added as a Realtor at Pocono Resorts Realty. She is working under the direction of Yarrow A. Wilkins, general manager and associate broker. Kershner is concentrating on listing homes in the Albrightsville and Lake Harmony...Tags: Albrightsville, Colorectal Surgery, Healthcare Provider, Financial Planning, New York University
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