Now, a new supplement claims to make your cells young again. But does it really work?

CBS 2’s Kate Sullivan set out to find out.

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Billy Turon has been taking the pill, called TA-65.

“Basically, you went from being having eyes equivalent to the age of a 66-year-old, to a 40-year-old,” endocrinologist Dr. Florence Comite, told him.

Besides seeing better, the 66-year-old heart attack survivor says he feels great.

“You can feel the difference, like running up or running down the stairs,” Turon said. “I mean, I don’t hesitate to run up the stairs.”

TA-65 claims to boost energy, improve the immune system, improve your sex life, and make skin more radiant.

Dr. Comite has been taking TA-65 herself for about eight months.

“I stopped using reading glasses over the past year, and that was a complete shock,” she said.

The pill works on the premise that our chromosome ends, or telomeres, become shortened and frayed with age.

The hope is that you can tap into the fountain of youth by preserving the telomeres. Proponents claim people might also be less vulnerable to diseases linked to aging, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

“Instead of waiting for disease to happen, I am a strong believer in figuring out what’s emerging and trying to prevent it,” Dr. Comite said.

TA-65 comes from the astralagus plant, which is used as an immune enhancer in traditional Chinese medicine.

But not everyone is a TA-65 supporter.

“We have no large trials for this new supplement to measure what it says it’s doing,” said Dr. Roberta Lee, an expert in botanical medicine.

Dr. Lee instead recommends fighting the clock by eating antioxidant-rich foods, getting enough sleep, and reducing stress.

“All of those things put together is probably ten times more powerful than this new supplement, if not more,” she said.

But many people we spoke with said they’d give it a try.

However, be warned that it’s not cheap. TA-65 can cost as much as $200 a month depending on the dosage.

CBS 2’s Kate Sullivan reports that a dedication ceremony was held Friday morning for what will hereafter be known as the DuSable Bridge.

A bust of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable sits along the Chicago River near the Michigan Avenue Bridge, which was renamed the DuSable Bridge on Oct. 15, 2010 (CBS)

DuSable is described by historians as the father of Chicago, an African-American fur trader who married a Native-American woman and fostered racial harmony.

He was also the first person with the vision to see Chicago as the nation’s transportation crossroads.

DuSable – born to a French father and African slave mother – built the first home on the Chicago River, roughly where the Marina Towers stand today.

“He was the first. You can never be a second, first,” Haroon Rashid, founder of Friends of DuSable, said. “The founder of Chicago was Du Sable.”

Rashid said that if DuSable had decided to settle elsewhere, say Milwaukee, Chicago “would be a smelly, stinky, marshy area.”

Craftsman Ralph Frese said, “Du Sable learned about this site. He discovered there was an opportunity here and he created something and I think that should be celebrated.”

Frese credited DuSable with grasping Chicago’s unique location.

“He recognized right away Chicago was a crossroads,” Frese said. “The great Mississippi watershed that drains into the Gulf where du sable came up from … which empties into the North Atlantic.”

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Most Chicagoans know DuSable for the South Side Museum, the high school and the harbor that bear his name. History says he was much, much more.

“His spirit of inclusion, diversity, globalization, tolerance. All those things he brought to Chicago as its first immigrant,” Rashid said. “From Oprah to the mayor, whoever comes to Chicago owes him a great appreciation for founding the third largest city in America.”

DuSable married a Pottawatomi woman and their family enjoyed peaceful relations with the various tribes in the area. And the crossroads DuSable saw led to railroads and airplanes.

Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) introduced a resolution last year calling for the renaming of the Michigan Avenue Bridge for DuSable, the African-American fur trader who established Chicago’s first trading post in 1779.

Reilly said last year he thought it was a perfect plan, because the bridge is right above the site where DuSable settled and founded the City of Chicago.

DuSable was born in Saint-Marc in present-day Haiti, and lived in France, Louisiana and Michigan before coming to the western shores of Lake Michigan. During the Revolutionary War, he helped George Rogers Clark in the battle for the capture of Vincennes.
DuSable’s first trading post was located on what is now Pioneer Court, between the Tribune Tower and the Equitable Building. His holdings had expanded from just one house to a large estate by the time he sold his trading post and left for Peoria in 1800. DuSable died in St. Charles, Mo., in 1818.

As it is, Chicago’s first settler’s name is attached to DuSable High School, 4934 S. Wabash Ave., DuSable Harbor at the foot of Randolph Street, and the DuSable Museum of African-American History at 740 E. 56th Pl.

There is also an obscure street called De Saible, an alternate spelling of DuSable’s name. The street is actually a driveway for the Wentworth Gardens public housing development, running for less than a block heading east from Princeton Avenue between 37th Place and 38th Street. A few Wentworth Gardens buildings have addresses on De Saible Street.

Another street named for DuSable, Jean Avenue, runs for a couple of blocks between Lehigh and Caldwell avenues in the Northwest Side’s Edgebrook neighborhood.

In 1993, several Chicago aldermen introduced an ordinance that would have permanently renamed Lake Shore Drive to DuSable Drive, but the bill died in the City Council Transportation Committee.

“She had guts. She was strong and intelligent. I felt like she would be such a great character to play,” said Archie Panjabi, about her role on “The Good Wife.”

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Good decision — for her and for us. Archie Panjabi has been a working actress for years, gaining attention for her breakout role in the film, “Bend It Like Beckham”; as well as the Angelina Jolie film, “A Mighty Heart.”

But no character has been met with as much attention as Kalinda Sharma, a razor sharp investigator in “The Good Wife”; a role that just won her an Emmy.

“That was probably the best experience of my life, and such a surprise,” said Panjabi.

With an Emmy in her bag and a hit TV show, Panjabi made her first trip to Chicago and was eager to talk about the role that has her star on the rise.

It is rare to find a good, strong role for a female in Hollywood, never mind for a person of color. Yet, color is not an issue and it’s never brought up that she is Indian.

“I think it’s great that you have a character where people are so interested in her, about who she is, what her sexuality is, the mystery behind her,” said Panjabi. “People have not asked questions about her ethnicity.”

Panjabi seems very shy and modest, compared to Kalinda.

“I’m probably being on my best behavior because you’re interviewing me and it’s my first impression I’m going to make to Chicago,” said Panjabi. “I guess in every character that you play, you bring a little bit of yourself.”

Panjabi brings her reserved British-Indian background and her own sense of sarcastic wit to a character that very much pushes the envelope, with her contained personality, ambiguous sexuality and skin-tight clothing.

“I’ve never had to wear such tight clothes, but she’s also respected for her intelligence,” she said. “Complexity is definitely one thing that’s challenging about Kalinda. So much is not known about her. There’s so much I’m learning about her and coming to terms with.”

As the second season gets underway, Kalinda’s personal life takes center stage; specifically, her relationship status. It’s never addressed that she is a lesbian, but it’s hinted at.

“People are suspecting that she could be bisexual,” said Panjabi. “I can reveal that it will be either confirmed or refuted in a few episodes.”

So, a lot more intrigue to come. “The Good Wife” airs every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. on CBS. The show is loosely based on the political sex scandal of Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

(l-r) CBS2 Anchors Rob Johnson, Kate Sullivan, Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobsen

The legendary  anchor team of Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobsen are returning to CBS2 WBBM-TV this fall to anchor the 6 p.m. newscast according to station boss Bruno Cohen.  He also took the occasion to introduce Kate Sullivan, who will anchor the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts with Rob Johnson beginning September 13th.

Kurtis and Jacobsen will make their debut on September 1st.

“We are very much looking forward to adding Kate, Bill and Walter to our team and see our momentum and growth continue,” said Cohen.

CBS2 news director Jeff Kiernan said, “The teams of Rob and Kate and Bill and Walter represent the core values of CBS2 News — aggressive journalism combined with excellent, contemporary storytelling.”

Sullivan, comes to Chicago after a successful four-year stint co-anchoring WCBS-TV’s morning newscast in New York.  During her time there, the station’s 5-7 a.m. news jumped from fourth place to second. Prior to that Sullivan was an anchor at KATV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Kurtis and Jacobson were first paired as anchors on WBBM-TV from 1973-82. During that period, their 10 p.m. newscast became the top-rated newscast in Chicago. Kurtis and Jacobson were reunited for one night at 10 p.m. in November 2009 when they filled in for Rob Johnson. Recently, Jacobson has been contributing his signature Perspectives on CBS 2 News at 10 p.m. two nights a week.

“Look at this, I’m out of breath already,” said student Susie Q. “It only takes a few seconds and, you know, you’re just incorporating the bodyweight and just kind of doing exercises that you wouldn’t normally be able to work out when you’re on the machines.”

TRX, which stands for total resistance exercise, is 12 feet of nylon strap that forces you to use your own body weight to literally do hundreds of different types of exercises.

This exercise was actually created by a Navy Seal, and it was meant to be able to do at home, anytime, anywhere.

A class called Body Web at Crunch Gym takes you through the basics. Zuta Gilchriest is the instructor.

“So, it’s two straps that you’re going to be holding onto either with your hands, or with your feet, and it can be adjusted so that you can perform a wide range of exercises, from squats, to lunges, bicep curls. It’s a great way to strengthen your body. It’s super fun and it’s a great class,” she said.

It weighs less than two pounds and can be set up in any room, at home or if you are traveling. Leo Wright is training to teach the class but has been using TRX for a quick workout regularly.

“Well, just everything, it elongates the muscles, strengthens, cardiovascular, this is the whole package. You don’t got to go anywhere. And it’s portable. It’s like this small, put it right in the bag, anywhere you go” he said. “I don’t take it home. It is at home, and I do it at home too, in the park, everywhere I go.”

Every day he runs 13 miles from his home in Brooklyn to Baruch College.

That’s a long route, “but sometimes you just have to do it,” he said.

When MetroCard prices went up, Alfatah realized he could not afford the fare. Not wanting to burden his hardworking parents, he decided to take matters into his hands and feet.

“The financial situation was so bad, that of course no parents are going to tell their children that ‘hey, we have a problem,’ that we were on the verge of being evicted, that we were on the verge of becoming homeless and whatnot, so I had to take different jobs and try to help my family,” he said.

So every day Alfatah starts at his home in Brooklyn in the dark with a head lamp to light his way, over the Brooklyn Bridge and on to 25th Street.

What started out as a necessity has now become a passion. “I love to explore America through running,” he said.

Alfatah is addicted to running and has trained to run through the Amazon and the Sahara, all for charity.

“When I went to the Amazon jungle I didn’t exactly tell my parents exactly what I’ll be doing there. Or when I run in rain, for example, my mom is obviously worried. She doesn’t want me to get sick and whatnot, so I usually don’t tell her much of the things,” he said.

Alfatah will graduate this summer with a degree in finance, but what he’s learned pounding the pavement may be the most valuable lesson of all.

“There’s always an alternative, an option, that will lead towards a positive result, and that option must always be searched through. It may come through creative endeavors. It may require a lot of hard work, but that hard work will also translate into something that becomes a smart option and that is what my story is about,” he said.

Alfatah has now decided to run a 100 mile race in 11,000 feet of elevation in Wyoming.

“I would say its 60 minutes of pure, intense fun,” said Mario Green, the instructor.

It only takes a few seconds to realize that this class is crazy. You hear it before it before you see it.

“You always see 20 people outside watching it, including the macho guys that don’t do stuff like that,” said Green. “And then they kind of sneak in the class and they have a lot of fun.”

The special shoes are called Kangoo jumps – they turn you into a one-person trampoline.

Green takes you and your Kangoos through one hour of hopping, jumping, dancing and twisting your way to a great cardio workout and maximum calorie burning mode.

“You’re doing all these moves that are really trendy,” said one participant. “And you’re sweating!”

The workout may look like it could be tough on your knees. But even if you don’t have the best joints, you don’t have to worry.

“This is amazing if you have bad knees,” said Green. “If you’re looking at the shoe, the circular spring absorbs the impact. So if you have bad knees and can’t run, say if you had knee surgery and can’t run, you can run in these. These are actually made for rehabilitation.”

The workout is low impact, and all the while, it’s like a chance to be a kid again.

“I will say, the first time I put these on, my voice dropped an octave,” joked one class participant about the footwear. “I wanted to see if I could borrow them and take them to the club.”

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Published: Sunday, 01 November 2009

Full story at: http://inside.org.au/indias-toughest-contest/

Hope and perseverance drive the enormous number of young Indians with ambitions to work in government, reports Kate Sullivan

India's toughest contest

Kate Sullivan is a PhD candidate and India specialist in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University.

Published: Tuesday, 14 July 209

Full story at: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2009/07/14/pragmatic-ideals-after-g8-g5-indian-pm-heads-for-nam-summit/

By highlighting the necessity of multilateral approaches to global challenges, Manmohan Singh’s rhetoric at the G8-G5 honed in on the utility rather than the morality of broad collaboration.

Kate Sullivan is a PhD candidate and India specialist in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University. She lectures  Hindi-Urdu Filmi Hindi (a course on Bollywood film studies) at the Faculty’s South Asia Center. She is also the co-editor of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies’ new blog: South Asia Masala.

The talk and topic is particularly interesting to me in that the study readily lends itself to the application of Aspect-Oriented Thinking (a multidisciplinary methodology developed by Dr Shayne Flint) in tackling the integration of the necessary domain knowledge and structure.

In the first part of her talk, Ms Sullivan makes the following interesting points about IR study.

IR is not culturally-neutral: This affects the study of IR theories due to the following factors:

• Complexity
• Epistemology
• Universalist assumptions
• IR’s ‘debt to the West’

Reforming the discipline of IR study: These issues have been recognized by intellectuals and efforts are underway to reform the discipline, in particular the handling of culture in the context of

• Foreign Policy Analysis
• Strategic Studies

IR studies are obviously multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary in nature, encountering issues which can to a large extent be ameliorated by exploiting interpretive contexts. This work presents interesting cross-cutting concerns with current research across The Australian National University by Ziyad Alshaikh in management of context, suggesting effective use of a Context Dynamics Matrix.

In the second part of her talk, Ms Sullivan visits the debate surrounding the narrative exploration in her research studies, successfully arguing a case for contextualizing the implicit nature of theories and methodologies in asking questions about India’s aspirations to be an institutionally recognized ‘global power’.

Finally, Ms Sullivan outlined the effects various drivers and forces governing Indian foreign policy decisions and their resulting outcomes. She argued that we should look at the context of the narrative concerns at a sufficient level of abstraction and detail and map it to an ethnographic effect. This entails a view of the Indian Foreign Service from a perspective of:

• Data collection/study/interpretation
• ‘Emic’ (insider) verus ‘etic’ (outsider) approach
• Attempt to grasp the making of meaningful social behavior
• Encourage reflexivity on part of the researcher

These research questions are not too different from the questions I seek to answer in the field of contextual concept workflow management (answering the four canonical questions of who, what, when, why), and the need to explicitize the context-tie-in.

Ms Sullivan also suggested that there is a progressive change in the sensitivity with which India has projected its image abroad and in the international arena. She discussed what makes the study of historical and current ethnographies challenging and how academic research could manage ‘in-the-field’ analysis of individuals who seek to inform public policy in international relations.

Finally, there was some time spent in general discussion and questions on issues affecting studies in International Relations. Points raised recognized the need to resolve cultural forces, challenges in marrying inconsistencies between theoretical and practical approaches and the academic material in the context of this research.

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I'm convinced that knowing and doing are two separate things, all the more so since attending Connie May Fowler's wonderful Below Sea Level conference in St. Augustine last week. The company was excellent––what a top notch group of writers. I think Iearned something from every single person there. We chose buddies who started off the critique of our work and saw that we didn't freak out too much from the experience, then kept in touch with us. That system worked very well and is missing from many conferences, I think. Have you ever been to a writing conference where you didn't know anyone at first and felt very isolated outside of sessions, when you were mulling over what was said? Then you'll know what I mean.

And the critique sessions were the best I've ever been to, including some of our Jane's Stories critiques, which, I think, are generally very fine. What was better about the BSL sessions is that one and a half hours were spent on each piece, which is a luxury one rarely gets at this level. This will affect how we do things at JSPF in the future, I hope.

My workshop leader was Dorothy Allison, and she walks on water as far as I'm concerned. (I'm in a novel-writing seminar with Connie May Fowler, so I opted to seek out Dorothy's session for variety, but I would happily follow Connie May anywhere, as well.) Dorothy is so superb at structural analysis that she synopsized the trajectory of my story and how I had structured it to achieve its mission in two sentences better than I could have done myself. She did something similar with each work, after encouraging the group to give their opinions. Better than that, she is a fine human being who knows how to pull out the guts of a writer for analysis without agony, and put them back in a little better organized. I was impressed by her deep compassion that is totally without bullshit.

And then there were the talks with literary agent Joy Harris, Wordsmith organizer and literary analyst Kate Sullivan, and Ploughshares editor Laura van den Berg. Excellent, informative lunchtime sessions with each of these kept us focused on our goals.

Lastly, we had nightly readings that let us meet writers in the other workshop leader's group, and also allowed us to let down our hair a little by reading our coolest, most moving, and experimental work. The readings really ranged widely and so were very stimulating, sometimes tearful, and often funny beyond side-splitting.

I heartily recommend this conference to everyone. Check the next offering out at http://www.writingbelowsealevel.com.

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Kate Sullivan of Lovin Sullivan Cakes makes the most amazing cakes I have ever seen.I’m not sure I could bring myself to eat them! I simply had to share a few of her edible masterpieces with you, but you can see them all and learn more about Lovin Sullivan Cakes here.

Above: The ea Party Cake

Above: The Monsoon Cake

Above: The Silhouette Cake

Above: The Kaws Cake

Above: The Guggenheim Cake

Kate Sullivan of Lovin Sullivan Cakes makes the most amazing cakes I have ever seen.I’m not sure I could bring myself to eat them! I simply had to share a few of her edible masterpieces with you, but you can see them all and learn more about Lovin Sullivan Cakes here.

Above: The Tea Party Cake

Above: The Monsoon Cake

Above: The Silhouette Cake

Above: The Kaws Cake

Above: The Guggenheim Cake

Lovin Sullivan Cakes

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Computer wizards leave their bedrooms, rappers reach the stage, and the Mason Jennings Band creates the bar buzz of the decade. In the ninth annual City Pages New Music Poll, 60 local music fans pick the bands that made the biggest noise.

Kate Sullivan, St. Paul Pioneer Press

1. Arkology

2. Bellwether

3. Indigenous

4. The Mason Jennings Band

5. Selby Tigers

A generalized rant directed at no one in particular: The local scene is sophisticated, mature, and perennially poised to generate one or two breakout artists a year for the major labels to sign and the radio conglomerates to push. We’ve got a safety-first aesthetic, producing safe music for safe machinery. No one good is going out of his head, and I’m getting bored out of my skull. In terms of crucial contributions to the evolution of rock, the Twin Cities don’t matter anymore. Prove me wrong. I dare you. That said, the five groups listed above each offer intelligent twists on their genres and, most important, share a commitment to simplicity and clarity of vision–be that the elegant authority of Mason Jennings, the poetic abstraction of the spoken-word/jazz collective Arkology, or the unironic teen-rebellion anthems of Selby Tigers.

Rachel J. Joyce, Walker Art Center

1. Arkology

2. The Short Fuses

3. All the Pretty Horses

4. Bobby Llama

5. Annie Enneking

My list this year is somewhere between “Ladies First” and Lilith Fair–a result of my efforts to wrest myself from my consuming passion for all things global and funkified. In developing an appreciation for what the Twin Cities have to offer beyond the ever-shriveling world-beat scene, I have been very impressed by the gals this year. Arkology, a jazz/soul/spoken-word collective, has really come into its own over the last year. Although the group’s Nikki Giovanni-meets-Brand New Heavies vibe has attracted more people each time I see them, they are holding back (either by choice or oversight) on the one thing guaranteed to make them scene darlings: singer/poet/diva Mankwe. This woman could wail the wrap off Ms. Badu’s head. I’ve heard her read a chicken curry recipe that made me tremble; pass her the mic, please. The Short Fuses are a sure sign that bad-ass mama Ms. Georgia Peach is on her way up; she does not return my calls anymore. All the Pretty Horses–glam rock served raw in the half shell–slips down the throat like butter. A lesson to be learned by some local rock boys: If women ever had a fantasy involving dirty-haired, flannel-wearin’ boys with marginal hygiene, it passed when Cobain did. The cool kids are showering this year. The really cool ones are slipping into fishnets and spiked heels. Deal with it. Bobby Llama plays catchy global pop, and that frontgal Ellis is feisty. Finally, ordinarily I would rather watch a Tae-Bo infomercial marathon than listen to acoustic music for the coffeehouse set, so I’m hardly an expert. Ms. Annie’s lyrics, however, have the same macabre twist on the human condition that makes me swoon for Morrissey and Tricky. But just like a spoonful of sugar, her off-handed phrasing makes the medicine go down.

[Arkology featuring e.g. bailey, Mire Regulus, Kona, Dennis Maddix, Mankwe Ndosi and Tom Speath.]

Originally posted on City Pages on 21 April 1999.

ARKOLOGY is a spoken word collective, which melds poetry with music.  Our goal is to create a spoken word/music synthesis based in the aesthetic of the jazz ensemble where each instrument, including the voice, enters the ensemble on an equal footing and has an opportunity to lead and shape the resulting sound, creating a multi-sensory experience.  The work originates, variously, in concept, word, image and/or sound.  We perform original work, and the works of other writers and musicians, including Nikki Giovanni, Nina Simone, Larry Neal, and Stevie Wonder.

The collective was co-founded by members:  e.g. bailey (verbalist), Mire Regulus (writer/vocalist), Kona (drums), Dennis Maddix (bass), Mankwe Ndosi (vocalist), ANIKA (vocalist), and Malo Adams (guitar).  Currently performing with the collective are e.g. bailey, Mire Regulus, Kona, Dennis Maddix and Mankwe Ndosi.  The collective has also performed with other Twin Cities musicians including Kevin Washington, Rene Ford, Sam Favors, Markiss, Michael O’Brien, Doug Reed and Tom Speath.

Arkology currently performs at Groove Garden Sundays at the Cabooze and will have upcoming performances at The Front and Kiernan’s Irish Pub.

‘That said, the five groups listed above each offer intelligent twists on their genres and, most important, share a commitment to simplicity and clarity of vision–be that the elegant authority of Mason Jennings, the poetic abstraction of the spoken-word/jazz collective Arkology, or the unironic teen-rebellion anthems of Selby Tigers.’ – Kate Sullivan (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

‘Arkology, a jazz/soul/spoken-word collective, has really come into its own over the last year…the group’s Nikki Giovanni-meets-Brand New Heavies vibe has attracted more people each time I see them…’ – Rachel Joyce (Walker Art Center)

‘ARKOLOGY is spoken word and a hell of a rhythm section.’ – Jen Downham (KFAI and Groove Garden Records)