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on hold. Barbra is complet-ing her concert tour, whichstarted in Brooklyn, N.Y.,stopped in Montreal andThe MGM Grand in Vegas,and ends Nov. 11 at TheHollywood Bowl. She nexthits the road to promote“Guilt Trip” with SethRogan (opening ChristmasDay), then hopes she’ll di-rect Oscar-winners CateBlanchett and Colin Firth in“Skinny and Cat,” her firstdirecting chore since “TheMirror Has Two Faces” in1996.

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labra,” “Out of the Furnace”with Christian Bale, “VeryGood Girls” with DakotaFanning and Ellen Barkin,and the sci-fi thriller “TheHost” for writer/directorAndrew Niccol. You mightremember Holbrook as CapHatfield in the recent KevinCostner Emmy-winner“Hatfields & McCoys.”

Imogen Poots arrived inHollywood from London inJune, met director TerrenceMalick and was cast his“Knight of Cups.” She’ll ap-pear in the upcoming JimiHendrix biopic “All Is byMy Side,” and co-stars withOscar-winner Phillip Sey-mour Hoffman in “A LateQuartet,” playing a violin

NOTE: DVDs reviewedin this column will be avail-able in stores the week ofNov. 5, 2012.

“The Amazing Spider-man” (PG-13) — With anew cast and new director,the story of Spider-manstarts over from the begin-ning. It seems we did thisnot so long ago — with thespider bite and gradual real-ization of responsibility.However, this new take onthe Webslinger packs moreemotional punch and has adifferent edge to it. Thisnew Spider Saga is less col-orful, cartoony and campy.

Andrew Garfield (“TheSocial Network”) playsPeter Parker, who’s on ajourney to discover whathappened to the parents henever knew. What he findsinstead is a radioactive spi-der and The Lizard, a creepyenemy never before seen ina Spider-man movie.

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“Rashomon” (CriterionCollection) — This 1951film from celebrated direc-tor Akira Kurosawa is oftenmimicked for its inventivestorytelling. In feudal Japan,local authorities try to figureout how a samurai waskilled while walkingthrough the woods with hiswife. The story is toldthrough the testimony givenby each of the witnesses.The stories don’t match up,but certain details seem tostick out.

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Esperanza (age 27) andCruise (50) may not be agood match. They’d betterrethink this ... after all, thetitle says “A Star Is Born”and has always been playedby a STAR. A total un-known, no matter how tal-ented, might render thisproject ... stillborn!

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President Barack Obama can’t even get his snark straight.

In an attempt at the cutting cleverness that escaped him during his first debate with Mitt Romney, his campaign aired a TV ad hitting the Republican for his alleged hostility to Big Bird. “Mitt Romney knows it’s not Wall Street you have to worry about,” the ominous voice-over declares. “It’s ‘Sesame Street.’”

The problem with the widely panned spot is that it plays less like a spoof of Mitt Romney than a parody of one of the Obama team’s own negative ads. It’s as dishonest, over the top and — for lack of a better word — stupid.

The president of the Unit-ed States himself — the man who once pledged to elevate our politics and make the oceans recede — has made Big Bird a recurring feature of his stump speeches. He also cites Elmo and Oscar as other characters who need to “watch out.” (The president apparently cares nothing about the fate of Mr. Snuf-fleupagus, who never rates a mention.)

Obama told an adoring throng at one of his events that Romney “said he’d bring down our deficit by going after what has been the biggest driver of our debt and deficits over the last decade — public television, PBS.” On “Sesame Street,” they would tell you Obama’s statement is spelled U-N-T-R-U-E.

Stipulating “I love Big Bird,” Romney said he would stop the subsidy to PBS, not because it is a big expenditure in the scheme

of things, but because he doesn’t want to spend on unnecessary items we must “borrow money from China to pay for.”

Romney’s point is unre-markable. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting gets more than $400 million a year from the federal gov-ernment. If this is an essen-tial expenditure at a time of $1 trillion deficits and a $16 trillion debt, what is nones-sential?

Besides, if the line item for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting were zeroed out tomorrow, it wouldn’t ruffle a feather on Big Bird. On CNN, Sherrie Westin, executive vice president of the Sesame Workshop, cited all the organization’s private funding and declared that, even without government help, “’Sesame Street’ will be here.”

Someone should load that up in the president’s tele-prompter so he’s sure to read it. Then, he might at least hesitate before whipping up a crowd — like the one in Cleveland recently — into chants of “Save Big Bird!”

To the extent it isn’t pure-ly cynical, the president’s “Sesame Street” offensive is an extreme example of the belief that civil society is all but helpless without the guidance and succor of gov-ernment. As if private actors can’t be trusted to keep a popular children’s program featuring iconic puppets on the air, or to preserve the “PBS NewsHour,” or to find a way to broadcast “Down-ton Abbey” in the United States.

What really boggles the mind, though, is that the president is touring the country a few weeks before a consequential national elec-tion talking about a fictional bird. To paraphrase Joseph Welch at the Army-McCar-thy hearings, “Have you no sense of self-respect, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of self-respect?”

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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• On Nov. 5, 1895, Roch-ester, N.Y., patent attorney George Selden wins U.S. Patent No. 549,160 for an “improved road engine” powered by a “liquid-hydro-carbon engine of the com-pression type.” With that, as far as the government was concerned, George Selden had invented the car — though he had never built a single one.

• On Nov. 10, 1928, the first installment of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Erich Maria Remarque’s acclaimed novel of World War I, is first published in serial form. Remarque’s realistic depiction of trench warfare from the perspective of young soldiers was even-tually translated into more than 20 languages.

• On Nov. 11, 1942, Con-gress approves lowering the draft age to 18 and rais-

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• On Nov. 8, 1951, Yankees catcher Yogi Berra is voted the American League’s most valuable player for the first time in his career. He went on to be the league MVP twice more, in 1954 and 1955.

• On Nov. 9, 1965, the big-gest power failure in U.S. history occurs as all of New York state, and parts of sev-en neighboring states and eastern Canada are plunged into darkness. The black-out during the evening rush hour trapped 800,000 people in New York’s subways and stranded thousands more in office buildings and eleva-tors.

• On Nov. 6, 1977, the earthen Toccoa Falls Dam in northeastern Georgia gives way, and 39 people die in the resulting flood. A volunteer fireman had inspected the dam and found everything in order just hours before it suddenly failed, sending water approaching speeds of 120 mph thundering down the canyon and creek.

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Q: I have a Little Golden Book of

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GENERAL HOSPITALSam thanked John for all

his help, but explained thatshe was back together withJason. Lulu broke down cry-ing after she was told thatshe couldn’t have children.Felicia was upset forMaxie’s sake when Spinellistarted seeing someone else.Todd was still in possessionof baby Daniel’s DNA test.Jason never showed up toSam’s as expected. Treypushed Starr away after shetried to lend her support.Maxie was hurt when

Spinelli acted indifferent tothe news of her divorce.Shawn, Mac, Felicia andAlexis played a game ofstrip pool. Todd soughtDiane’s help in deliveringthe real DNA test to Sam.Wait to See: Someone fromTodd’s past returns. Conniehas a run-in with Sonny.

THE YOUNG AND THERESTLESS

Victor proposed to Nikkiafter their ranch was de-stroyed. Sharon had no rec-ollection of setting the fire,but Adam assured her thathe would keep her secret.Summer ran into Jamie, ateenager whom Ronan wasmentoring. Cane blamedGenevieve for losing out ona promotion at Jabot.Katherine felt she needed tocome out of retirement torun her old company again.Jack asked both Phyllis andNeil to come work for him.Phyllis overheard Nick andAvery’s laughter and as-sumed they were dating.Jack developed a severe

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Celiac Sprue is a diseasein which a person does nottolerate gluten, the protein inwheat, barley, rye and, to alesser extent, oats. CeliacSprue is not a food allergy,but a disease that damagesthe small intestine and pre-vents absorption of nutrients.My daughter struggles withceliac disease, which makesfamily dinners an interestingblend of gluten-free productstransformed into family fa-vorites.

The Celiac Sprue Associ-ation lists three things thathappen before the onset ofthe disease: a genetic predis-position, a diet containingwheat, barley, rye or oats,and a trigger. The triggercould be something likeoverexposure to wheat, ex-treme stress, surgery or aviral infection.

It is a complicated diseasebecause a person can have itand not have symptoms.There have been instances

where children have been di-agnosed with Celiac Sprue,but then have symptoms dis-appear. They later found thatalthough there were nosymptoms, damage to thesmall intestine was still oc-curring.

The damage in the smallintestine is to the villi, whichare thin, hairlike projectionson the lining of the small in-testine. They allow nutrientsinto the bloodstream. If thevilli are damaged, malnutri-tion, anemia, weight loss andgrowth retardation can occur.

Celiac disease is often un-derdiagnosed because it canbe confused with other dis-eases such as irritable bowelsyndrome, diverticulitis orCrohn’s disease. Symptomsof celiac disease vary fromperson to person. To diag-nose celiac disease, a physi-cian will first do a blood test.If certain antibodies are pres-ent, they will do a smallbowel biopsy to check fordamage to the villi.

The only way to treat thedisease is the elimination ofgluten in the diet. Usuallypeople notice a differencewithin a short period of time.Maintaining a gluten-freediet allows the small intes-tine to heal.

This recipe for SwissChard Sushi is not onlygluten-free, it’s all vegetarianand totally delicious!

SWISS CHARD SUSHI

You can use zucchini, cu-cumbers, bell peppers or anyother crisp veggies that havebeen sliced into thin strips inthis recipe with delicious re-sults.

8  large leaves Swisschard

1 tablespoon plus 1/2 tea-spoon salt

2 tablespoons coconut oil1 tablespoon low-sodium

soy sauce1 cup cooked fried, brown

or white rice 1/4  teaspoon freshly

ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon crushed red

pepper2 medium carrots, cut into

thin strips2 green onions, roots re-

moved, green and whiteparts cut into thin strips

1/3 cup Ume plum vine-gar

2  tablespoons toastedsesame oil

Prepare Swiss Chard:Rinse Swiss chard leaves

under cool running water.Fill a large bowl with icewater and 1/2 tablespoon saltand set aside. Fill a largesaucepan with water andbring to a boil over high heat.Add 1/2 tablespoon salt.Blanch chard leaves by sub-merging in the boiling wateruntil the rib is softened andthe leaves become limp —about 1 minute. Transfer tothe prepared ice bath, draincooled leaves and stack be-tween sheets of paper toweluntil dry. Cut out the rib oneach leaf and set leavesaside.

Make the rolls: Stir thecoconut oil and soy sauceinto the cooked rice. Lay theprepared Swiss chard, veinside up and stalk end point-ing toward you, on a cuttingboard. Sprinkle with vinegarand sesame oil. Sprinkle theremaining 1/2 teaspoon salt,pepper and crushed red pep-per over the carrots andgreen onions. Place a fewpieces of the carrot and greenonion and 2 heaping table-spoons of the rice at the endof the leaf.

Fold the bottom edges ofthe leaf over the filling. Rollinto a cigar shape, until itforms a tight bundle. Repeatwith rest of filling andleaves. Keep chilled untilready to serve. Serves 4.

Make the Dipping Sauce:Mix the Ume plum vinegarand the toasted sesame oil to-gether in a small dish. Servealongside rolls.

Angela Shelf Medearis isan award-winning children’sauthor, culinary historian

and author of seven cook-books. Her new cookbook is“The Kitchen Diva’s Dia-betic Cookbook.” Her web-site is www.divapro.com. Tosee 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.

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Some of my kids’ bestand least-expensive art sup-plies have come from nature.Acorns, leaves, shells,pinecones and sticks all haveprovided inspiration for aplethora of family craft anddecorating projects.

Now that apple season ishere, it’s a perfect time to getyour creative juices flowingand use real apples to stamp

out some original art. Youcan stamp apple prints ontobrown craft paper or recy-cled brown grocery bags forlovely homemade wrappingpaper, gift tags and bookcovers.

To create wearable art tocelebrate fall, stamp appleprints with permanent acrylicfabric paints on a sweatshirt,T-shirt or cotton infant wear.

Stamp fabric napkins, placemats, potholder and dishtowels, too. There’s really noend to objects that can sportan apple stamp or two.

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tically. Pat it dry with a toweland remove as much mois-ture as possible. For a handlethat young kids can grabonto, poke a fork into theoutside center of the apple.

Pour craft paint insqueeze bottles onto a paperplate. (Use fabric paint if

stamping clothing.) Dip thecut side of the apple into thepaint. Press the apple gentlyon a paper towel to absorbsome of the paint, and thenpress the apple firmly ontothe paper or fabric. Stamp asmany prints as you like bydipping and printing.

When your apple printsare dry, dip a toothpick orsmall paintbrush into somegreen or brown paint andpaint a slender stem and aleaf onto your apple print.Or, glue a real stem on a

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look for cheaper bruised fruitat apple orchards.

—If you cut an applewidthwise around the cir-cumference, the seeds form aperfect star shape. Removethe seeds and stamp out thenatural design.

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instructions after the painthas dried.

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If I’m going to con-tinue to get any exerciseas fall moves into winterand it’s too cold to go out,I’m going to have to planfor it and buy a few smallpieces of equipment tokeep in the house.

If you’re also forcedindoors by cold weather,a “mini stepper” canserve as a temporary re-placement for outdoorwalking or using a tread-mill at the gym. The ministepper has a place forboth feet, and you justwalk in place.

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Matilda Charles re-grets that she cannot per-sonally answer readerquestions, but will incor-porate them into her col-umn whenever possible.Write to her in care ofKing Features WeeklyService, P.O. Box 536475,Orlando, FL 32853-6475,or send e-mail to column-reply@gmail.com.

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Staying Active in Cold Weather

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David Uffington regretsthat he cannot personallyanswer reader questions,but will incorporate theminto his column wheneverpossible. Write to him incare of King FeaturesWeekly Service, P.O. Box536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475, or send emailto columnreply@gmail.com.

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1. What instrument did Buddy Rich play?2. “My Guy” was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic for

“The Queen of Motown.” Who was she?3. Name the duo that created the “Milk and Honey”

album.4. Name the song that has these lyrics: “Hey girl, I don’t

really blame you,A woman like you needs a house and a home.”5. What do “Ruby Tuesday,” “Devil with a Blue Dress

On” and “Bridge over Troubled Water” have in common?

Answers Below

Answers to Flashback (above)1. Jazz great Rich played drums. Drummers around the

world have attempted to copy Rich’s explosive style, espe-cially his solos.

2. Mary Wells, 1964. She was partially deaf as a resultof meningitis as a child, but was singing in clubs by the ageof 10.

3. John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It was released afterLennon’s death and contained music that had been recordedin the final months of his life.

4. “The Worst That Could Happen.” After Sept. 11, 2001,the song was on the list of 165 songs that Clear Channel in-dicated should not be played on the air.

5. They also were on the Clear Channel list of songs notto be played on air after Sept. 11.

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1. Name the only siblingsto each toss a no-hitter in themajor leagues.

2. Who was the last Bal-timore Oriole to lead theAmerican League in battingaverage for a season?

3. Oklahoma State’sJustin Blackmon set anNCAA record for most con-secutive games with at least100 yards receiving and atouchdown. How many?

4. When was the last timebefore 2011 (Miami Heat)that a team had three playerswho each tallied at least 30points and 10 rebounds inthe same game?

5. In 2012, goalieJonathan Quick of the LosAngeles Kings became thethird American player towin the Conn Smythe Tro-phy (playoffs MVP). Whowere the first two to do it?

6. Name the driver whowon the first Indianapolis500 in 1911.

7. Who were the last ten-nis sisters before theWilliamses (2002-03, 2008-09) to meet in Wimbledon’swomen’s singles final?

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Q: My kitchen has a ce-ramic tile floor, and severalof the tiles have so manyscratches that they look dulleven after cleaning. Can I re-pair the scratches, or doesthe tile need to be replaced?— Carol in Eau Claire, Wis.

A: Glazed ceramic tilesare tough and resistant tomost of the wear and tearthat happens in high-trafficareas, but they can still be-come scratched or dull overtime. If the scratches areminor — they mark the fin-ish but don’t go all the waythrough the color glaze —it’s possible to polish themout.

First, clean and mop thefloor so that you have a clear,debris-free surface to workon. Next, starting with thefirst scratched tile, apply asmall amount of brasscleaner/polish to the scratchwith a lint-free cloth, rub-bing in circles. Let the polishdry, then buff away. If you

don’t have brass cleaner,toothpaste or baking sodacan be used.

To temporarily protect thetile surface, apply a bit of carwax — a plain paste wax,not cleaner wax, which hasan abrasive in it — to thetile.

Tiles that have beenscratched too deeply to buffout or that are cracked orbroken should be replaced.Locate extra tiles, if youhave them, or purchasematching replacement tile(you may need to take apiece of the damaged tile,once removed, to match thecolor).

Use a grout saw to care-fully cut away the groutaround the edges of the dam-aged tile. This creates a littlewiggle room to loosen thetile without damaging sur-rounding tiles. Next, using ahammer and small chisel,gently tap the tile loose.(Place the chisel on or nearthe damage rather than at the

edge of the tile where othertile might be damaged.) It’sOK if the damaged tile chipsor cracks — save it to doyour color match.

Once the tile is removed,brush or cut away debris orloose adhesive. Fit the newtile into the open space; if thetile fits correctly, apply acoat of tile adhesive to theback and fix it so that thespacing between the tile’sedges and the edges of theother tiles is even. Let theadhesive dry completely, andthen fill the edges with grout

that matches the color of thesurrounding grout.

HOME TIP: Scraps ofcarpet and extra tiles are im-portant to keep around forsmall repair jobs. Store themin one designated place, likea box or on a shelf in thegarage, until needed.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE:My entire family has lice. Iam starting a support groupfor families who have had toexperience this awful inva-sion of their scalps. I havereached the breaking point.Give me a plan for treatmentand a timetable for theireradication from our home.— Name Withheld LestNeighbors Find Out

ANSWER: One of na-ture’s smallest creatures, thehead louse upsets domestictranquility with more revul-sion than most health-endan-gering illnesses. Head licebring no disease with them.They are tiny, only 3 mil-limeters (1/10 inch) inlength. They feed on bloodand die within a day or twooff the scalp. After feeding,lice have a reddish-brownhue. The mother louse glueslouse eggs to hair, and thosestructures are called nits.They are only 1 millimeter(4/100 inch) long. The eggshatch in six to 10 days. If nitsare more than a quarter of aninch from the scalp, the babylouse has already hatched,and the nit is no longer aproblem. In an average lifespan of three months, themother louse can lay up to300 eggs.

Lice are not an indicationof poor hygiene. Most of thetime, they’re introduced intoa family by a child whocaught them at school. Theycan infest other family mem-bers quickly. Transmissioncomes from direct contactwith an infested individualand, less often, from contactwith inanimate objects usedby that individual, like hats,combs, brushes and bedding.You’re not alone. Six to 12million Americans comedown with head lice yearly.

Almost all people withhead lice have intense scalpitching. A number of meth-ods effectively rid you of theproblem. The first medicinesused are permethrin (Nix) orpyrethrins (Rid), which arecheap and usually effective,although lice are becomingresistant to them in some lo-cations. A second treatment

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It’s aLousy World

1. Is the book of Ruth in the Old or New Testament orneither?

2. From 2 Samuel, who commanded the rebel armywhen Absalom rebelled against David? Arioch, Abner,Abishai, Amasa

3. In the Old Testament, who said, “Speak, Lord, foryour servant is listening”? Noah, Isaiah, Samuel, Adam

4. Who wrote most of the Proverbs? David, Solomon,Paul, Isaiah

5. What’s the Sea of Galilee called in John 6? Tiberias,Dead, Jordan, Geneva

6. Who was the mate of Zipporah? Hosea, Amos,Moses, Malachi

ANSWERS: 1) Old; 2) Amasa; 3) Samuel; 4)Solomon; 5) Tiberias; 6) Moses

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Sports Quiz Answers1. Bob Forsch (1978, 1983) and Ken Forsch (1979).2. Frank Robinson hit .316 in 1966.3. Twelve consecutive games (2010).4. Portland’s Isaiah Rider, Brian Grant and Arvydas

Sabonis in 1997 (in quadruple overtime).5. Brian Leetch (1994) and Tim Thomas (2011).6. Ray Harroun.7. Maud and Lillian Watson, in 1884.

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Trivia Test Answers1. Mediterranean Sea2. Forearm3. Paris4. William Faulkner5. 1900

6. Elevator safety brake7. Rochester, Minn.8. South Dakota 9. A gaggle10. Shakers

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