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…and straight on 'till morning.
The last line from "The Undiscovered Country" (Startrek) – and is also Peter Pans' guidance for the Darling children as they flew away.
Now it's my mission – although I may not be doing the "To Boldly Go" bit, more "What the Hell, Let's Go Anyway". This is my first posting (or newsletter) for many months and I have a lot I would like to write about, but I will keep this short.
Briefly, this year has been "interesting" – starting with a bunch of MRI scans showing a series of lesions cerebrales (strokes), which have been going on for years, leaving my brain a junk box of cotton wool and candy-floss. Brains are adaptable and other bits compensate so I can get back to writing – one good thing is that, due to a better diet, I have lost weight.
The next on the agenda to sort out is lifestyle and business. I was not able to managing, websites, or build some of the new projects I started and was not even being able to carry through simple marketing tasks. I got tired very easily and some calculations I needed were beyond me.
My solution is to only do what I can finish and not start new stuff. Slowly slowly I am able to tackle old projects, some have been languishing for many years, so, now to work.
To help this along I am re-installing my personal operating system to the last I can find that was stable – it seems that this was in 1967. This could be fun.
2012 has mostly been a year of stuff not quite happening. I tried to get several new projects moving, but seemed mired down in a personal Higgs field of dark matter, which is why I have not been writing or sending out news and information. So forward to 1967, the North Circular Road – the Ace Cafe, motorbikes and warm beer – it is as good a date as any to reset the timer – let's see what happens. Perhaps I shall attempt to write "Some kind of language between people that is a new kind of poetry, that's the poetry of the dancing bee"
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This summer, we had a really fun camp for 10-12 year olds called Freeze Frame. Campers learned about a variety of photography processes and how the technology has progressed over the years. One of the things they learned about was Cyanotypes or the blueprint process.
Generally, people will associate the word "blueprint" with architectural plans or layouts, but the term came from the fact that a process similar to cyanotyping was used to make inexpensive copies of plans without a huge investment in technology.
The Freeze Frame class created cyanotypes by treating both cotton t-shirts and cotton rag paper with cyanotype chemicals, and then using either photographic negatives or opaque objects to block the sun and expose the treated surface to the sunlight.
|In this video, Xplorations Summer Camp Educator Andrea Gilbert
walks us through the Freeze Frame camp!
Today, you can easily buy pre-treated paperto create a sunprint of your own, you can find it at your local arts and crafts store (here in Houston you can find it at Texas Art Supply).
By following the simple instructions included with the paper – and being careful to keep your paper in the dark until you're ready to expose the photosensitive surface with your design on top – you can create all sorts of fun images! For my first example, I used a die-cut paper elephant and some random bits of hardware to create an image. My second example uses tracing paper (this is more like creating a blueprint from a technical drawing on vellum). Any flat, opaque objects will do but these are just what I happened to have lying around!
After only a minute or so, I could see that the paper that started out blue indoors was quickly fading to white… after about 2 full minutes I flipped all of the hardware off and carried the sheets back indoors.
To fix the image, I soaked the exposed paper in water for just a minute, the colors reversed to white images on a blue background, the sunprints lay out flat to dry and voila!
Now, head outside and make a sunprint of your own! What natural objects can you find to use for design elements — sticks, leaves, shells? What other flat items can you think of that will block out the sun?
If you like sunprinting, don't forget to sign up early for Xplorations Summer camp next year and check out Freeze Frame for more adventures in photography!

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You are not in an awkward situation. You have an arrangement to watch a child 3 set days a week. Now she has changed that arrangement without consulting you. You do not have to change her plans to meet her last minute needs. Remember "poor planning on your part (in this case her making changes in her schedule without checking with you to see if it would work) does not mean an emergency for me (in this case you having to make calls and try to reschedule appointments)." You need to discuss this with her. Set some boundaries and stick with them. If she requests a change and it doesn't work for you, say so. It is not personal, this is a business arrangement."I cannot watch Bob that day as I have appointments set for that day. Jan, I set up my calendar when you get your 6 month schedule. I then plan 2 or 3 months out for scheduling appointments and so on. So if you make last minute changes in your schedule, I may not be able to accommodate the change. You need to check with me first to see if it will work. I need to know at least 2 weeks in advance if you are thinking of making changes so I can check my schedule. You need to realize that sometimes it will work for me and sometimes it won't."
It would probably be a good idea to push back, to keep her from taking this for granted.So now would be a really good time to say no.
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Gear Review
It was clearly a French Open to forget for Stan Wawrinka. The Australian Open champ came into Paris seeded higher than he'd ever been at a Slam and was bounced in the first round by Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (beware of players with hyphens in their names on clay).
Even though Stan has been playing hot and cold tennis since Melbourne, that hasn't deterred interest in his Yonex VCore Tour G (330g) frame. Everybody loves a winner and fans have been clamoring to try his new stick; so much so, it took us some time to get a demo from the company. I've been testing it out for the past few weeks and it's a solid frame. It's easy to see how a physically strong, advanced player would enjoy it. I will post a detailed review of it on this site in the coming days.
However, there's also a trimmer, more user-friendly 310g version that should appeal to a wider audience. We even received a request from reader, Stephan Kappes, to review the frame:
Dear TENNIS.com-team,
Are you going to review the new Yonex VCORE Tour G tennis racquet in the "lighter" 310 gram version? I—and probably many other tennis fans as well—would be very interested in reading your comments about this new frame.
Thanks in advance!
Anything for our man, Stephan. The 310g actually looks identical to the 330g model—the only way I could tell them apart was by putting them on the scale—but is not quite as demanding as its big brother. Still, we asked one of our better playing testers, Colt Gaston—former All-American at LSU and Top 500 ATP player, now currently the director of the ATi Tennis Academy in Marietta, GA—to put the VCORE Tour G 310g through its paces. Here's Colt's checklist on the frame:
Ground Strokes
Off the ground I found myself effortlessly hitting with depth from both sides with the VCORE Tour G. However, the frame is firmly planted in the control category as pace has to come mostly from the user. This worked well for me as I was able to place the ball exceptionally well with angles and drop shots to help dictate points from anywhere on the court. Even though there's not a lot of "free" pop, I actually found this racquet to be most beneficial playing defense. When my opponent was hitting hard and had me on the run, the frame proved sturdy enough to handle the pace, and I was able to comfortably execute passing shots to get out of trouble. This, along with consistency and placement, makes the VCORE Tour G a good candidate for steady baseliners.
This Yonex provides exceptional feel and control at the net, rewarding players that like to move forward to finish points. It has the mass to the stick volley to finish through the court and the touch to catch your opponent off-guard with the drop volley. An all-court player definitely won't feel naked at the net with this frame.
Just as with ground strokes, you have to work a little bit for your power on the serve. But what this racquet lacks in pop it makes up for with accuracy. As I was serving I felt I could put the ball virtually anywhere I wanted to in the box. I thought the weight distribution of the VCORE allowed for good racquet head speed to enable me to accelerate and hit the sweet spot on contact. If you put a higher premium on percentage and placement over sheer pace when serving, this frame has a lot to offer.
Overall Performance
The Yonex VCORE Tour G 310g is a well-balanced, stable racquet with exceptional control. The 3D Vector Shaft on the frame provides excellent feel at contact, promoting a high degree of accuracy at both the net and baseline. Power is not robust and it will be up to the player's strength and solid mechanics to provide most of it. So if you prefer precise frames that direct the ball more than overwhelm it, this one is definitely worth a try.
To buy, demo, or learn more about this racquet, go to:
Info & Specs
For hard hitting, attacking players playing with a dynamic swing, who demand maximum control and spin.
Length:27 in
Head Size:97 sq in
Strung Weight:11.6 oz
Balance:6 pts. HL
Swing Weight:316
String Pattern:16x20
Suitable NTRP:4.0+
Beam Width:20.5 mm
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Naples, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - The LPGA Tour released its 2014 schedule on Friday and the 32-event slate features four new tournaments, including three in North America.
The first of the inaugural stateside events will take place in April at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in San Francisco. Also new on the docket is the Meijer LPGA Classic in August, which will mark the tour's first stop in Michigan since 2000.
"It's certainly exciting to introduce the 2014 LPGA Tour Schedule," said LPGA Tour commissioner Michael Whan. "There's no doubt that our schedule has a little something for everyone; but most importantly, it creates more opportunities for our players, more coverage for our fans, and more exposure for the world's best female golfers. The real credit for our growth goes to my incredible, customer-focused team in Daytona Beach, and the overwhelming support we get every week from our players on Tour."
For the first time in 13 years, the LPGA Tour will kick off in January, at the season-opening Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic from Jan. 23-26 in the Bahamas.
Play shifts Down Under in February, with the Women's Australian Open from Feb. 13-16. From there, the tour heads to Thailand and Singapore before the first stateside event takes place March 20-23 with the LPGA Founders Cup in Arizona.
The tour then heads to California for two tournaments, the second of which is the year's first major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, April 3-6.
In all, five majors are again on the slate. The U.S. Women's Open will be contested at Pinehurst No. 2 from June 19-22, one week after the men's U.S. Open at the same venue. The Ricoh Women's British Open returns to Royal Birkdale from July 10-13, while the Wegmans LPGA Championship will stop at Monroe Golf Club in New York for the first time from Aug. 14-17. The season's final major, the Evian Championship, will be again held in France, from Sept. 11-14.
The tour's Asian Swing also gained a new event, which has yet to be named, although the Oct. 30-Nov. 2 date and $2 million purse have been set. The circuit heads to China in the fall for the Reignwood LPGA Classic from Oct. 2-5, followed in successive weeks by the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, the LPGA KEB - HanaBank Championship in Korea and the LPGA Taiwan Championship. The new Asian event will follow before the stretch wraps up with the long-running Mizuno Classic in Japan.
Also added to the schedule was the inaugural International Crown event, which will debut July 24-27 at Caves Valley Golf Club outside Baltimore. The biennial, global team match-play event, will feature eight qualifying countries -- represented by South Korea, United States, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Chinese Taipei and Australia in 2014.
"This is by no means a finished product," Whan said. "But it's an enjoyable journey right now for our players and our partners and we're going to continue pushing toward something in which the LPGA's Founders and LPGA fans can be proud. We're excited about where we are, but even more excited about where we're going."


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32 Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
2 Let my teaching fall like rain
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
3 I will proclaim the name of the Lord.
Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
5 They are corrupt and not his children;
to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.
6 Is this the way you repay the Lord,
you foolish and unwise people?
Is he not your Father, your Creator,[a]
who made you and formed you?
7 Remember the days of old;
consider the generations long past.
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.
8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,
he set up boundaries for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[b]
9 For the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.
10 In a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.
12 The Lord alone led him;
no foreign god was with him.
13 He made him ride on the heights of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,
and with oil from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan
and the finest kernels of wheat.
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
15 Jeshurun[c] grew fat and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned the God who made them
and rejected the Rock their Savior.
16 They made him jealous with their foreign gods
and angered him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God—
gods they had not known,
gods that recently appeared,
gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 The Lord saw this and rejected them
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.
20 "I will hide my face from them," he said,
"and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,
children who are unfaithful.
21 They made me jealous by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.
It will devour the earth and its harvests
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
23 "I will heap calamities on them
and spend my arrows against them.
24 I will send wasting famine against them,
consuming pestilence and deadly plague;
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their homes terror will reign.
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.
26 I said I would scatter them
and erase their name from human memory,
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand
and say, 'Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done all this.'"
28 They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this
and discern what their end will be!
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,
as even our enemies concede.
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,
and their clusters with bitterness.
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.
34 "Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?
35 It is mine to avenge; I will repay.
In due time their foot will slip;
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them."
36 The Lord will vindicate his people
and relent concerning his servants
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave or free.[d]
37 He will say: "Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
39 "See now that I myself am he!
There is no god besides me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
and no one can deliver out of my hand.
40 I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
while my sword devours flesh:
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders."
43 Rejoice, you nations, with his people,[e][f]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;
he will take vengeance on his enemies
and make atonement for his land and people.
44 Moses came with Joshua[g] son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."
48 On that same day the Lord told Moses, 49 "Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel."
33 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death. 2 He said:
"The Lord came from Sinai
and dawned over them from Seir;
he shone forth from Mount Paran.
He came with[h] myriads of holy ones
from the south, from his mountain slopes.[i]
3 Surely it is you who love the people;
all the holy ones are in your hand.
At your feet they all bow down,
and from you receive instruction,
4 the law that Moses gave us,
the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
5 He was king over Jeshurun[j]
when the leaders of the people assembled,
along with the tribes of Israel.
6 "Let Reuben live and not die,
nor[k] his people be few."
7 And this he said about Judah:
"Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah;
bring him to his people.
With his own hands he defends his cause.
Oh, be his help against his foes!"
8 About Levi he said:
"Your Thummim and Urim belong
to your faithful servant.
You tested him at Massah;
you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.
9 He said of his father and mother,
'I have no regard for them.'
He did not recognize his brothers
or acknowledge his own children,
but he watched over your word
and guarded your covenant.
10 He teaches your precepts to Jacob
and your law to Israel.
He offers incense before you
and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11 Bless all his skills, Lord,
and be pleased with the work of his hands.
Strike down those who rise against him,
his foes till they rise no more."
12 About Benjamin he said:
"Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him,
for he shields him all day long,
and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders."
13 About Joseph he said:
"May the Lord bless his land
with the precious dew from heaven above
and with the deep waters that lie below;
14 with the best the sun brings forth
and the finest the moon can yield;
15 with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains
and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
16 with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of the prince among[l] his brothers.
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
his horns are the horns of a wild ox.
With them he will gore the nations,
even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;
such are the thousands of Manasseh."
18 About Zebulun he said:
"Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
and you, Issachar, in your tents.
19 They will summon peoples to the mountain
and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous;
they will feast on the abundance of the seas,
on the treasures hidden in the sand."
20 About Gad he said:
"Blessed is he who enlarges Gad's domain!
Gad lives there like a lion,
tearing at arm or head.
21 He chose the best land for himself;
the leader's portion was kept for him.
When the heads of the people assembled,
he carried out the Lord's righteous will,
and his judgments concerning Israel."
22 About Dan he said:
"Dan is a lion's cub,
springing out of Bashan."
23 About Naphtali he said:
"Naphtali is abounding with the favor of the Lord
and is full of his blessing;
he will inherit southward to the lake."
24 About Asher he said:
"Most blessed of sons is Asher;
let him be favored by his brothers,
and let him bathe his feet in oil.
25 The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze,
and your strength will equal your days.
26 "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,
who rides across the heavens to help you
and on the clouds in his majesty.
27 The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,
saying, 'Destroy them!'
28 So Israel will live in safety;
Jacob will dwell[m] secure
in a land of grain and new wine,
where the heavens drop dew.
29 Blessed are you, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is your shield and helper
and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
and you will tread on their heights."
34 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan, 2 all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, 3 the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. 4 Then the Lord said to him, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it."
5 And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. 6 He buried him[n] in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. 8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit[o] of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, 11 who did all those signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. 12 For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
26 The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews.
27 They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. [28] [a] 29 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 come down from the cross and save yourself!" 31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! 32 Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").[b]
35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah."
36 Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said.
37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,[c] he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!"
40 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,[d] and Salome. 41 In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
42 It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. 45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
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New York, New York (PRWEB) June 19, 2013
Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of victims injured by dangerous drugs and medical devices, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of an Arizona woman who alleges that she was injured by transvaginal mesh products. The suit was filed on May 30th in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-12677) in the multidistrict litigation entitled In Re: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2325). American Medical Systems, Inc. and Boston Scientific Corporation have been named as Defendants.
According to the Complaint, the Plaintiff was implanted with the MiniArc Sling and the Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit in May 2008.The lawsuit alleges that these devices are defective and caused serious and possibly permanent injuries. Furthermore, the Defendants allegedly knew about these defects but did not warn consumers in order to protect their own financial interests.
AMS and Boston Scientific are being charged with negligence, four counts of strict liability (including design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn and defective product) breach of express and implied warranty, fraudulent concealment and constructive fraud. The Plaintiff is suing for pain and suffering, emotional distress, economic loss and is seeking compensation for punitive damages.
Thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been filed in the United States. Many of them have been consolidated into five MDLs pending in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The other MDLs include: In Re: Boston Scientific Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2326; In Re: C.R. Bard, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2187; and In Re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2327.
According to a June 10th Pretrial Order issued to American Medical Systems, Inc., presentations regarding the selection of Bellwether Cases are to be made on June 25, 2013, with the court expected to select five transvaginal mesh bellwether cases. (http://www.wvsd.uscourts.gov/MDL/amsinc/pdfs/PTO_69.pdf)
Transvaginal mesh devices were approved to treat stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, conditions that are most commonly caused by weakened pelvic muscles. Transvaginal mesh devices are supposed to help correct these conditions by providing additional strength to the pelvic walls. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that the most common complications associated with transvaginal mesh may include:
The FDA has stated that complications linked to transvaginal mesh implants are "not rare" and warned that use of such devices may actually be more harmful compared to alternative methods for treating pelvic organ prolapse. The FDA has also asked 33 manufacturers, including Johnson & Johnson, to conduct post-market safety studies in order to investigate the effect of vaginal mesh on organ damage and other health concerns. (http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/safety/alertsandnotices/ucm262435.htm)
Recently, the first transvaginal mesh lawsuit to go to trial led to an $11.1 million verdict in favor of the Plaintiff (Gross v. Gynecare Inc., Atl-L-6966-10, Superior Court of Atlantic County, New Jersey), according to a Feb. 28, 2013, Bloomberg report, which added that Gross's lawsuit was the first of 4,000 Gynecare Prolift cases expected to go to trial. Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $3.35 million in compensatory damages and $7.76 million for punitive damages.(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-28/j-j-owes-7-76-million-in-punitives-in-vaginal-mesh-case.html)
Parker Waichman LLP continues to offer free lawsuit consultations to victims of transvaginal mesh injuries. If you or a loved one experienced complications following POP and SUI surgery with mesh, please visit the firm's transvaginal mesh injury page at yourlawyer.com. Free case evaluations are also available by calling 1 800 LAW INFO (1-800-529-4636)
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EAST RUTHERFORD — After spending the first 15 minutes playing as inept as their MetLife Stadium neighbors who play here tonight, the Giants spent the last three quarters playing like a reigning Super Bowl champ.
With Ahmad Bradshaw running to a career-best 200 yards and a touchdown and Victor Cruz turning three of his five catches into touchdowns, the Giants rebounded from some pitiful play in the game's first five minutes to score 27 straight in the second and third quarters to keep the Cleveland Browns winless with a 41-27 victory yesterday.
Before most of the crowd of 79,911 had wrapped up their tailgating and found their seats in the stadium the Giants were trailing, 14-0. Bradshaw got stripped of the ball at the two by Sheldon Brown on the game's first play, with the Browns turning it in to a Trent Richardson touchdown one play later.
One possession and four minutes later Cleveland had its second TD, when it needed only five plays to complete an 80-yard drive that saw Brandon Weeden send Josh Gordon on a deep post pattern leaving only Giants linebacker Chase Blackburn to cover him.
Naturally Gordon scored easily with the 62-yard reception.
"I guess we don't get going until we hear the fans boo," Blackburn would say once the Giants realized with the toughest part of their schedule coming up they couldn't afford to lose to an 0-4 team and drop below .500.
"Maybe the players didn't seem too concerned at that point, but I sure did," said coach Tom Coughlin.
"Down 14-0 didn't worry me because we've come back from more than that. We knew there was plenty of time and Eli would start completing passes and bring us back," said Cruz.
As he always does when the G-Men are behind Manning found the right passing combinations to rally his team.
After Phil Dawson began the second quarter with a 32-yard FG for a 17-7 Cleveland lead the Giants would match with a29-yad Lawrence Tynes FG, the G-Men awoke – courtesy of their defense.
First it was safety Stevie Brown, getting the start in place of injured Kenny Phillips, who picked off an overthrow by Weeden and ran it back 46 yards to the 40. A 36-yad completion to Rueben Randle on the next play was followed by a 4-yard Bradshaw touchdown for a 17-17 tie.
The ensuing kickoff produced a second Brown defensive gem when he picked up a fumble Will Hill had caused when he stripped the ball from Josh Cribbs to put the G-Men at the seven. Manning and Cruz did the rest to make it a 24-17 Big Blue lead at the break.
Ten minutes into the third period the lead was at 34-17 after Manning finished off a 9-play, 95-yard drive with his third touchdown to Cruz – a 7-yarder to complete the 27-point Giants run.
To make it an even more special win the Giants got their final points when No., 1 pick David Wilson, who had blown his best chance to excel on offense with a fumble in a preseason game, showed he can do more than just return long kickoffs by breaking off a 40-yard touchdown burst immediately after he subbed in for Bradshaw with five minutes to play.
"We've been down by 14 with five minutes left in a game and we've been able to rally, so this was no different," said Manning. "One thing we never do is get down or start to panic. We didn't force anything, just take what the defense gave us. Our defense and special teams got us turnovers and we were able to convert them into points, It's a great feeling when you can do that."
"I don't know who to compare him too, but he is a physically tough player," Coughlin said, insisting he had no thought of benching Bradshaw after his first quarter fumble because the coach didn't feel it was Bradshaw's negligence that caused it. "He is as physically tough and competitive as anyone I have ever been around."
Yesterday it showed in Ahmad Bradshaw's best day running the ball – which led to a huge Giants comeback win.


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I know you have oohed, aahed and gone googly-eyed over rooms featured in magazines. You've analyzed all the fabrics, tables, chairs and cabinets used, and thought "I can so do this!" And, gorgeous, I applaud you for the fortitude and the get-up-and-go to do just that. You knew you could whip that family room or dining room into a photo-ready showcase over a single weekend. Unfortunately, while you believe you followed the pictures like a well-tuned recipe, you end up with a disappointing room. I've heard this story too many times to mention: "I bought the furniture and painted the walls the same color, but it doesn't look the same." So what happened?
The problem is that we need to pay tribute to every little added this and that a room holds to reproduce that same glory! Unfortunately, duplicating just the wall color and pieces of furniture will never give you the completed room you dream of from a photo! Sorry, but you have to add all the extra stuff—the properly scaled lamps, the art that is framed like a masterpiece and, yes, all the little knickknacks and doodads that complete the room. Now, take a fresh look at the photo and really analyze what you missed. First, focus on the big pieces, like the red lamp on the side table that seems to shout "Don't you dare forget about me!" Then start taking in the smaller details.
As an exercise, let's break down a photo that showcases the amazing elements that complete a room to its finest. Keep in mind that the pieces and parts don't need to cost a fortune (although they certainly can if antiques are used). More than anything, I believe the dedication to selecting and placing pieces in just the right juxtaposition to make one accessory play off the other is what completes the room. To illustrate how to break down a photo and discover what you must have to achieve a look, let's dive into the photo. Refill that coffee or tea and follow me.
I have selected a dining room designed by one of my favorite design teams: Diamond and Baratta, now known as Anthony Baratta, LLC.
The first aspect that grabs the attention is the choice of the apple green for the walls. The contrast with the crisp, bright, white millwork lends this room a fresh and modern look that is contrasted by the classic mahogany Chippendale furniture. This period of dining room furniture is still frequently being used in dining rooms in our part of the country, whether antique or reproduction. But if this classic style of furniture is not your cup of tea, but perhaps a classic farmhouse oak or painted furniture are more your taste, the room could still be accomplished. The formality of the Chippendale could be substituted.
The next item that your eye is drawn to is the scale, color and pattern of the rug. Notice that there is ample room for the chairs to be fully pulled away from the table and remain on the rug. This rug does an impressive job of anchoring the dining room. As you can see, it doesn't pay to skimp on the rug size. A well-chosen rug for the dining room will hold the table and all of the chairs entirely within its borders.
The next design elements to draw your attention are the blue transferware plates and platters on the walls. The display of the platters resting on the bright white corbels is a wonderful detail. No doubt the blue in the plates and platters, along with the apple green, inspired the color palette for this entire dining room. This combination of hues might not be the typical choice, especially for a dining room. But clearly the color choices are very calming and will make settling in for a long and leisurely Sunday dinner a joy.
The pair of brass and Delft china chandeliers double the lighting brilliance. This represents a very fearless move by the designers to add not one but two delicious chandeliers. Selecting a chandelier that is a bit on the smaller size, and having the confidence to use a pair, produces not only a brilliant lighting feature, but brilliant design as well. Again, a substitution could be made. If edgy is more to your liking, add a pair of "drum shade" chandeliers, but be cautious with scale. (And always remember the dimmers when installing chandeliers, especially when using a pair!). We are dining-not performing surgery! Oooch the lighting down a tad.
The next notable design element is the framing the window treatments give to the pair of chandeliers. A striking pop of intense white off the apple green is clean and elegant. Add just the gentle detailing of the grosgrain ribbon along the edge of the valance and it becomes a masterpiece. Imagine this tiniest of detail missing, and suddenly the shape and design of the valance disappears. These are the little essentials that you just can't overlook. However, if this type of window treatment is too over the top for your liking, use just the panels and eliminate the valance. Then, add that very important detail of the ribbon along the inside edge of the window treatments. (Inside edges are the edges that meet in the middle when the treatments are closed.)
OK, now we can't forget the skirts on the dining room chairs. This is such a delightful way to play down the seriousness of the Chippendale style.
The mahogany sideboard is perfectly accessorized with antique English knife boxes and a charger of "http://www.google.com/search?q=blue+and+white+chinese+porcelain&hl=en&tbo=u&rlz=1T4ADRA_enUS347US347&source=univ&tbm=shop&sa=X&ei=NngeUbq8GKj22QXtzoGABg&ved=0CNcBELMY"blue and white Chinese porcelain. The charger could easily be a reproduction available online or at specialty shops; the size is what's important. If the English knife boxes are not to your liking, try just wonderful boxes, taking care with the size--miniscule will not work here. Also be sure to purchase a pair to give the balance required for this look.
The relationship of the sconces and the piece of art is not to be taken lightly. The three pieces act as one significant element. The art must be framed to its absolute best, whether a reclaimed frame that has been gilded or a newly framed piece, and the sconces need to be coordinated with the frame. All the lighting fixtures in the room were taken into consideration, all have a component of brass. An important detail!
The perfectly amazing flower arrangement on the dining table is a complete departure from the color palette—but against the apple green, what a dream! Can't you almost smell the fragrance!
Finally, the plant in the cachepot residing on the bow front chest is precisely the perfect accessory. The green against the green is just too flawless for words.
And there you have a fully dissected room! Every single piece in this room adds to the complete look, and not one small detail could be eliminated. The next time you find just the perfect photo of the room of your dreams, look very closely and replicate the "tiniest" of details. You will find yourself whistling while you work. Have a great week gorgeous!
How to dissect a room
I know you have oohed, aahed and gone googly-eyed over rooms featured in magazines. You've analyzed all the fabrics, tables, chairs and cabinets used, and thought "I can so do this!" And, gorgeous, I applaud you for the fortitude and the get-up-and-go to do just that. You knew you could whip that family room or dining room into a photo-ready showcase over a single weekend. Unfortunately, while you believe you followed the pictures like a well-tuned recipe, you end up with a disappointing room. I've heard this story too many times to mention: "I bought the furniture and painted the walls the same color, but it doesn't look the same." So what happened?


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Anthony Chisom AIDS Foundation blames accountant for failing to submit required forms
The organizer of this week's South Dallas AIDS Walk acknowledged this week that his group lost its nonprofit status last year. However, the walk was set to got forward on Saturday, and other participants are satisfied that proper steps have been taken to correct the situation.
The walk, organized by the Anthony Chisom AIDS Foundation, also benefits AIDS Interfaith Network, Abounding Prosperity and The Movement.
The Anthony Chisom AIDS Foundation lost its nonprofit status last year after failing to file IRS form 990 for three years in a row, records show.
"We've been working to get it reinstated," Anthony Chisom said. "Our accountant simply did not submit the information."
He said the accountant disappeared, and the agency is working with a new CPA to put all of the foundation's financial information together to submit.
"I assumed he did it," Chisom said. "We're working to correct that."
"We are confident that this will be resolved satisfactorily in a timely manner," said AIDS Interfaith Network Development Director Travis Gasper.
Meanwhile, preparations for Saturday's walk, which raises money for South Dallas AIDS agencies, are moving forward.
Walk director Auntjuan Wiley said the last detail he was working this week was securing a stage for the entertainment. After the walk, hip-hop, gospel and spoken-word artists will perform at the South Dallas Cultural Center.
New sponsors this year include Avita, which recently opened a pharmacy at AIDS Arms' Trinity Clinic in Oak Cliff; and Ritecare, a pharmacy on MLK Jr. Boulevard in South Dallas near Peabody Clinic. Krispy Kreme is another new supporter of the event.
Phill Wilson, founder of the Black AIDS Institute, will attend a private reception on Friday evening and serve as an ambassador for the event. Last year, he led the walk. Also appearing will be Ashley Roberts, host of Channel 33's DFW Close Up. District 7 Dallas City Councilwoman Carolyn Davis will greet attendees at the opening ceremony.
"This will be the second year AIN participates in the South Dallas AIDS Walk," Gasper said. "It's a community-led, community-focused event in a part of Dallas hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic. AIN has long been involved in this community, and we look forward to walking with them on Saturday."
Kirk Myers, CEO of beneficiary Abounding Prosperity, said that his goal in participating is to raise HIV and AIDS awareness as well as get the word out about his agency.
Abounding Prosperity, currently next to Peabody Clinic, is moving to a new location on MLK Jr. Boulevard. After the move, Myers hopes to serve many more clients.
"Our new building is right on the walk route," he said. "We're in this for awareness."
Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 Fitzhugh Ave. The walk steps off at 10 a.m. Parking is available at Fair Park at Gate 8 off Fitzhugh Avenue. Registration is $25 per person, $30 with a pet, and free for anyone under 16.


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"If there's a bad year, we can stay up to 20 days without rain. The young crops die, that's the problem over here", says Rabiet E. Mkumbwa, 60, in front of his home in Mwembe village in Tanzania's Kilimanjaro region.
With less than 400 mm of rain annually, when 900-1000 mm is the average in the country, this is one of Tanzania's driest region. Climate change is affecting the rain patterns and this year, like last, the traditionally rainy months of October and November brought no steady showers. Erosion is another serious problem that reduces soil fertility and crop yield.
To help the villagers farm their land, feed their families and earn an income, UNDP supported a local NGO, the Same Agricultural Improvement Project (SAIPRO) in constructing large pools to collect water streaming down the hills. These micro-dams are based on the concept of traditional local water reservoirs known as ndiva.
The dam is owned and maintained by a group of community members, 20 women and 30 men, who clean out the mud from the pool and manage the distribution and channeling of the water.
The micro-dam in Mwembe can store up to 220 000 litres of rain water that flows down the surrounding hills. The dam's valve is opened once a week to distribute water to the community members' farm plots. Once released, the water is manually channeled to the plots that cover 200 acres of farmland and serve up to 150 households.
With improved water supply to their plots, small-scale farmers in the region are not only feeding their families but also earning extra income from selling their produce at local markets. Their children can attend school, they can afford keeping poultry and cows and their houses have been improved with iron sheets replacing hay roofs.


text: Bradley Cooper was hard to miss as he dined with Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, and a few other folks at the Bristol Lounge at the Four Seasons the other night. Cooper is in town shooting a movie with director David O. Russell. On her way into the hotel, Stone (above) stopped to pose for a picture with Tewksbury's Mike Giannattasio, who's made a habit of getting his photo taken with famous people. . . . That was "Risky Business" actress Rebecca De Mornay standing outside Aquitaine Monday morning. Leonard Cohen's former girlfriend was at the South End restaurant shooting a scene for NBC's "Hatfields & McCoys" pilot. . . . Comcast SportsNet's Jessica Moran celebrated her birthday over the weekend, having dinner and drinks at Empire with NESN's Jenny Dell and MLB reporter Jen Royle. . . . If eating granola qualifies as brunch, "One Tree Hill" star Sophia Bush had brunch at Sonsie over the weekend, and Bruins wing Tyler Seguin was also in after the team returned from Toronto.


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About Hotplugging
Starting with kernel 2.4 (in January 2001), hotplugging became a standard feature of GNU/Linux. It's been backported to kernel 2.2 (for USB), and kernel 2.6 makes it available to all sysfs-adapted busses and driver classes.
Hotplug lets you plug in new devices and use them immediately. That means that users won't need to learn so much system administration; systems will at least partially autoconfigure themselves. Initially, hotplug included support for USB and PCI (Cardbus) devices, and could automatically configure some common network interfaces. Updated versions include IEEE 1394 (Firewire/i.Link) support and can download firmware to USB devices that need it. On mainframes, S/390 channel devices uses hotplugging to report device attach and other state change events. For laptops, newer kernels also include support for reporting docking station activity.
In the Linux 2.6 kernel, hotplugging has been integrated with
the driver model core so that any bus or class can report hotplug events
when devices are added or removed.
Quite a few subsystems now support hotplugging; the list at this
site is not currently exhaustive.
There's work afoot to improve the situations for hotplugging
many kinds of devices, including things like disks,
power supplies (many newer UPSes are usb-programmable),
input devices, and even more.
In particular, udev builds on hotplug, to help make
sure your
Basic hotplug support is included in almost all current distributions of GNU/Linux, including RedHat, Debian, and United Linux. A number of separate packages bundle their own add-ons, to automate things like firmware downloading and desktop integration.
Mailing List
There is a linux-hotplug mailing list available for any developers who wish to contribute to this project, including coordinating any Linux-wide changes.
Archives of the old (linux-hotplug-devel on sf.net) list are also available.
Post website comments/suggestions to the linux-hotplug-devel mailing list.


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Carey Hart Golf Invitational Feb. 8th
Carlsbad, CA – Carey Hart is set to host the inaugural Carey Hart Golf Invitational to raise funds for the Road 2 Recovery Foundation! Be there with us at Sycuan's PREMIER Golf Resort Friday, February 8th, 2013 before Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego hosts the 6th round of the Monster Energy Supercross series. With the support of Carey Hart and the entire RCH Racing Team, the Road 2 Recovery Foundation continues to grow and give back to the Supercross/Motocross community. Join Jeremy McGrath, Chad Reed, Ricky Carmichael, Nate Adams, Twitch Stenberg, Ronnie Renner and of course, Carey Hart.
To keep everyone honest in their scoring, the top three teams finishing with the lowest score by playing best ball will go to the 19th hole for the finals. It all comes down to ONE hole for all the glory. Each member of the top 3 teams will play their own ball. Every drive, chip shot, and stroke will count! No mulligans, no foot wedge, no BS! Lowest team score will be the Tournament Champions! The names of each team member from Championship team will be engraved on a trophy and displayed at Sycuan Casino all year. The Champion Foursome will all take home a Rockwell "Dual Time" watch valued at $650, IVI Sunglasses and individual plaques. If you're not part of this event, you're missing out on THE biggest, baddest and craziest occasion of the 2013 Monster Energy Supercross season!
"I am really excited to be hosting the Road 2 Recovery golf tournament at Sycuan Resort. Sycuan has been an outstanding sponsor for our team. Their dedication to the sport now goes beyond that by hosting the Hart invitational with all proceeds benefiting the R2R injured riders fund. Join us for an amazing day of Golf Feb 8th to help the riders when they need it most." Carey Hart
Shot gun start at 8 AM with Breakfast and Registration starting at 6:30 AM. Registration deadline is February 5th, 2013. Space is filling up fast, so don't miss the opportunity to be a part of this event! Tournament Package includes breakfast, lunch and a fabulous gift bag for all participants. Foursome: $750, Single player: $200. Register at https://r2r.webconnex.com/careyhartinvitational
Enter to win a 2013 Dodge Dart in the Helicopter Ball Drop challenge. The cost per ball is $10 and you may purchase as many balls as you like. You do not need to be present to win. To purchase a ball log onto: https://r2r.webconnex.com/golfballdrop Your ball number (s) will be emailed to you upon purchase. Winner will be notified via email by 6PM PDT on Friday February 8th, 2013.
Here's just a sample of some of the incredible raffle, hole and contest prizes:
- Hit the straightest drive and win a set of General Tires valued at $1600
- Closest to the pin will drive off with their very own, 2013 Yamaha Golf Cart.
- Hit the longest drive and take home a complete Rockford Fosgate Sound System valued at nearly $1400.00 or a Giant TCR SL1 Bicycle valued at $2300.
- Sink the longest putt and an FMF Exhaust System valued at over $1000 is all yours.
And…if that's not enough to get you stoked for this event, check out some of the great raffle prizes that will be given away during lunch. , Lucky Scooter, HPI RC Car, Beam Custom Painted Helmet, Calloway Driver, and much, much more!
Event Host:
Sycuan Golf Resort
3007 Dehesa Road
El Cajon, CA 92019
(619) 442-3425
For room reservations, call 1-800-457-5568 and mention "Road 2 Recovery" for a discount.
About Road 2 Recovery:
The Road 2 Recovery Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that was founded by Bob Moore, Bob Walker, and Jimmy Button in the fall of 2000, and is dedicated to helping AMA licensed professional motocross/supercross riders with financial assistance if they sustain career-ending injuries as well as providing motivational, emotional, and spiritual support to these individuals and their families. To make a donation click here. For more information on Road 2 Recovery and upcoming events visit www.road2recovery.com or contact Anita Button at (602) 578-5339.


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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited numerous fishermen on May 26 for allegedly fishing in the BP oil spill emergency commercial fishing closure zone.
Agents cited Kenneth Dupre, 47, Don Allen, 55, Bobbie Slocum, 53, all of Gretna, Lawrence Folse Jr., 62, of Bridge City, Carl Hingle, 50, of Chalmette, Patrick Terrebonne, 39, of Lafitte, Michael A. Duhom, 27, of Marrero, and Manton A. Terrebonne, 57, of Lafitte for engaging in commercial shrimping activity in the area of Bay Jimmy located in Plaquemines parish.
The area in question was closed to all commercial fishing in 2010 as a result of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill.
Agents seized and returned the shrimp taken to the water since they were considered a public health risk to the consuming public.
Violating the emergency fishing closure carries a up to a $750 fine and 60 days in jail.
Agents participating in the case are Sgts. Adam Young, Kris Bourgeois, Villere Reggio, and Austin Arteaga.
For more information, contact Adam Einck at 225-765-2465 or firstname.lastname@example.com [4].


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Hugh Jackman doesn't sing in The Wolverine. He growls and prowls. Instead of playing saintly Jean Valjean, Jackman is back for his sixth turn as Logan, the Marvel comics mutant with the pinking-shear fingernails. Not Les Misérables … Les Razorables.
In three X-Men movies and their 2011 prequel, and in his own 2009 showcase X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the genial Aussie stud has harnessed his inner lupine to embody a pretty cool character in a so-so film franchise. Having already moved forward and backward in time in the preceding pictures, Logan goes sideways here: a trip to Tokyo, where he uses his preternatural combat skills against a yakuza clan and flying martial artists. Imagine that Sean Connery's James Bond, in his 1967 Japanese jaunt You Only Live Twice, had to confront mutants and ninjas (no turtles) and you have a hint of director James Mangold's mostly sober travelogue with a few zippy action scenes. For Logan and Jackman, The Wolverine is a working vacation, only peripherally related to the central X-Men themes.
(MORE: Richard Corliss's Review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine)
Recall that X-Men: First Class appropriated the 1962 Cuban missile crisis for its climax. The Wolverine begins on Aug. 9, 1945, on a Japanese island where the imperial army holds its lone prisoner at the bottom of a deep well. We know from his CV and mammoth, ripped torso that Logan could easily get out; he's no mere mortal like Bruce Wayne, who in The Dark Knight Rises spent a full half-hour of screen time escaping from a similar stone dungeon. Is Logan taking another vacation? No, he is waiting his chance to do good in an explosive crisis: the atom bomb that falls on nearby Nagasaki. He saves the life of a soldier, Yashida (Ken Yamamura), by shielding him from deadly radiation at the bottom of the well. In gratitude, Yashida offers him a hallowed samurai sword, and …
Logan wakes from this dream-memory, at home, in bed, his beloved Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) purring soothing words at his side. We know that she died in X-Men: The Last Stand, so this too is a dream, with Jean offering postmortem wisdom from the afterlife, like Russell Crowe's Jor-El in Man of Steel. In what passes for Logan's real life, he has thrown off responsibility and embraced solitude in the snowy Alaskan wilds — Les Blizzardables? A lone wolf, he lives in the deep woods, his only neighbor a grizzly bear — Les Grizzlerables? When he goes into town for supplies, a hunter's mistreatment of that majestic beast stirs Logan to flaunt his claws — Les Slasherables?
(MORE: Why Tom Hooper's Les Misérables Is a YouTube Opera)
Also on hand is the pink-haired, death-divining Yukio (Rila Fukushima), who has been tracking Logan for a year and persuades him to journey to Japan and renew his acquaintance, 68 years later, with Yashida. Now a wealthy businessman (and played by Hal Yamanouchi), with a vast empire and a host of relatives scheming to commandeer his legacy, Yashida summons Logan to his deathbed for one last gift/request/command: that the X-Man surrender his burden of immortality and transfer it to a zillionaire eager to shoulder it. Logan assures the old man, "You don't want what I've got." Oh yes he does.
Cue the palace intrigue in the script by Christopher McQuarrie, Mark Bomback and Scott Frank. At Yashida's funeral, hell ensues. Ninjas under the command of Harada (Will Yun Lee) battle yakuza, who kidnap the old man's granddaughter Mariko (Tao Okamoto). Logan gives chase — a long, impressive one, involving Harada's nifty parkour moves and Logan's quick trip with Mariko through Ueno Station and onto a bullet train. After easily overwhelming most of the yakuza thugs, he encounters a more resolute one on top of the train, where he and his nimble adversary slash at each other while trying to avoid the many low-hanging obstructions that career a few feet above them. For about five minutes: action paradise.
(MORE: Can Japan Make a Train That's Faster Than a Speeding Bullet?)
Like a ronin warrior with no master, Mangold has wandered through many genres: indie drama (Heavy), romantic comedy (Kate & Leopold, with Jackman as the male lead), musical biopic (Walk the Line), western (3:10 to Yuma) and spy adventure (Knight and Day). The director lends an acute sense of place to each project, and here he contrasts Logan's wolf-out-of-woodlands loner attitude with the Japanese traditions of understatement and at least ostensible family respect. In one scene, a couple dozen ninjas pinion Logan with arrows of steel strings, until he is as perforated as Toshiro Mifune at the end of Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood.
Some of the film's Japanese characters appeared 30 years ago in a Marvel comics series by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. Since all but three major roles — Logan, Jean and a veteran female adversary, Viper — are taken by Japanese actors, often speaking in their native language, The Wolverine often seems like a Tokyo family drama that Logan has quixotically parachuted into. He is there, really, to test his love for Jean by having a brief fling with Mariko — can you cheat on your dead girlfriend? Okamoto, a Ralph Lauren model making her film-acting debut, holds the screen with her mournful beauty, stark collarbones and one of the movie world's most gorgeous philtrums. Logan must also contend with Viper (the generically sexy Svetlana Khodchenkova), whose venomous smooch robs Logan of some of his strength — Les Kisserables? When he's slashed or shot, his wounds don't instantly heal; he may be approaching the mortality status of old Yashida.
(MORE: Why X-Men: First Class Gets a Failing Grade)
But in any Marvel film, the ladies are secondary; The Wolverine is no Les Mssrables. Guy-centric at its core, the movie is bound to contain at least one example of sadomasochistic heroism — "You aren't gonna wanna watch this," Logan tells Yukio before he performs impromptu heart surgery on himself — and must reach a climax of men fighting men. Or, here, Logan confronts a giant robot-man in a tower laboratory borrowed from Dr. Frankenstein.
"What kind of monster are you?" a man asks Logan just before getting skewered. "The Wolverine," he replies, embracing his destiny — not just on his Tokyo tour but in next summer's X-Men: Days of Future Past, which gets a teasing preview at the end of this movie (and which will be directed by Bryan Singer, who helmed the first two X-Men movies). That's fine; let all Marvel franchises have as long a life as Logan. But could Singer let Jackman sing a few numbers as the knife-fingered mutant? They could call it Les Scissorables.


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Car Brakes: How Do You Know When to Change Them?
By Zach Bowman For those who suffer a daily commute through heavy traffic, your vehicle's braking system can bring thousands of pounds of metal, plastic and empty Starbucks cups to a stop hundreds of times before you get to work. It goes without saying that these pieces wear out, but they do so slowly, meaning you may not notice they need attention until ...


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What if the entire community read the same book at the same time? Read and discuss Rick Bragg's powerful trilogy of memoirs with people of all ages and walks of life.
Just as there is no singular recipe for Southern fried chicken, there is no definitive way to make cornbread. The other night, I had the pleasure of talking about this beloved bread to a group of enthusiastic tasters here at the library. It was fun to comb through cookbooks and Internet postings to find recipes, and even more fun to bake and share the results.
Cornbread is truly an American dish because its source is a grain native to the Americas. Native Americans mixed cornmeal and water into little cakes that were baked in ashes.
Enter the Scots-Irish immigrants and other "backcountry borderland" people (read Albion's Seed) who headed for the hills of Appalachia and the South more than any other area. They were accustomed to oats. Porridge, oatcakes, scones. Oats like the cooler weather across the pond. The New World's native corn grew better and — as I would imagine — was a whole lot easier to harvest than oats. The settlers adapted and adopted. It's easy to see how the Scotsman's oatmeal porridge became the Southerner's grits. And it's not too farfetched to imagine oatcakes and scones becoming little cakes of cornbread.
While cornbread can be found on tables throughout the United States, it reigns supreme in the South. It probably got a good start and took hold because wheat flour was not as readily available until after 1860 (according to A Gracious Plenty by John T. Edge).
While there's no one perfect cornbread recipe, there is a regional difference. In the North, cornbread tends to be sweet and light — by light I mean it contains a high amount of flour. Northern cornbread calls for varying amounts of sugar. And here in the Midwest, honey is the expected partner to cornbread.
On the other hand, Southern bread is heavier and a bit more sturdy. Southern cornbread contains mostly cornmeal and it isn't sweet. I say "tends" because you can find exceptions for every rule. Southerners do like their sugar. Southern cornbread will have a crispier crust, owing to the use of cast iron skillets, precious implements often passed from one generation to the next. The technique of heating a cast iron skillet until the batter sizzles helps the bread achieve that characteristic crispy-to-crunchy crust. More unique to the South is hot water bread — little cakes fried in hot oil. The batter is moistened with boiling water instead of milk.
In the South, cornbread hot and buttered is a necessary accompaniment to the main course. It's used to soak up "pot likker" from a mess of greens or to shove the remaining purple hull peas onto one's fork. Leftover cornbread gets dry and crumbly, so fresh bread is often made at each meal. Nothing's wasted, though. Leftover bread is often crumbled into a tall glass to which buttermilk or plain milk is added. This makes a fine supper or snack.
What I make at home is most definitely Southern cornbread and I have two hand-me-down cast iron skillets and one cast iron griddle, all beautifully blackened from years of use. But like those settlers who had to adapt to their new home, I've learned to make do with Midwestern cornbread. If it's offered to me, I will take a piece and say "thank you." But I will pass on the honey.
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Reading Together 2009
KCHS Auditorium,April 14, 2009
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Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
When last year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a 32-year-old Yemeni mother-of-three named Tawakkol Karman, few were more surprised than the recipient herself. Today, four months after her Nobel Prize, Karman is an internationally sought-after speaker.
When she got the news, Karman said she was unaware she had even been nominated for one of the world's highest honours. Yet years before the Arab Spring swept across her region, Karman had been holding weekly demonstrations calling upon her country's ruler, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to allow greater freedom and human rights.


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The act of choosing your material for a recording you're about to make is a critical, as well as truly fun project. I have many times gone for material that I've never played before going into the studio, and also recorded material that I have long played "live" and then took into the studio after the fact. In both cases, the material is really bound to change once you enter the recording studio with it, and that is certainly a healthy thing. After all, when we are recording we are definitely looking at the music through new eyes and ears, and committing it to something as "final" as the act of recording certainly merits a closer look, for sure.
One really good barometer to use is how the other musicians are reacting to the changes in the songs, or even their own contributions when it comes to the arrangements and compositions themselves. I always keep an open mind to everyone's suggestions while recording, and have worked with many other artists who also kept an open mind, in fact, many who literally needed to get a consensus of opinion from the musicians, as well as the engineer and also the Producer. Working with Paul Simon was certainly like this, and his "organic" way of working in the studio was terrific, because we all felt like we were also doing the writing, as well as the arranging. Once everything felt in order, and we were all satisfied and fired up and ready, only then would we start to do some "takes." Of course, the final word was Paul Simon's, but really everyone's opinion was important, and we all were very important sounding boards for him during the process.
There were also artists I've been in the studio with who completely depended on either my input, or the input of me as well as the other players. These are the kinds of musicians who really do need a "Producer", because they literally do need to be told what's right and what's wrong. The first time I really encountered this was in 1975 with John Prine in the studio in L.A. I couldn't believe the lack of input he, as the artist, had! The Eagles were there, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and a whole slew of other "stars", and John seemed so completely removed from the process, I could scarcely believe it. As someone who's used to having a very strong opinion about what I like or don't like, it was almost comical to see how much of his music was handed over to the Producer, Steve Cropper, and all the other folks. The part that ended up being really upsetting was the fact that there I was, sitting outside the studio with my guitar, totally ready to do the overdub they were going for, and even Prine, who could tell I was ready, had no power to make that decision. I mean, this was HIS music, not anyone else's! So, instead, Glenn Frey of The Eagles tried and tried for several hours to get this short little solo right, which it never was, and then he and Cropper bet the session pay on the Superbowl!
No question, this situation was one where Prine was strictly a bystander to the creation of his own record, while being mainly just the man who was contributing the songs and the vocals. I, as both an instrumentalist as well as a vocalist, love to pick from a wide variety of music, not all original, but some written by me, and I like to have a wider selection and come up with some fairly obscure choices sometime, which is also an art in and of itself! So, you should also stay tuned for that new album, and all of its eclecticism….they were choices that were all made for some very interesting reasons!


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Sure, the Lynnville-Sully football team was heavily favored in its last three games — all blowout victories — but that doesn't mean those wins should be overlooked.
The Hawks (5-2, 4-1 Class A District 6) more than took care of business in all three, winning by scores of 61-0 over Southeast Warren (0-7), 70-0 over Pleasantville (1-6) and 49-0 over North Mahaska (1-7).
It could be more of the same this week, as Lynnville-Sully plays at English Valleys (2-6). A win would set up a winner-take-all for the district championship against Montezuma (6-1, 5-0) next week in Sully.
Hawks junior Bailee Samson will be looking for his fifth-straight game with at least 100 yards rushing, while fellow junior running back Caden Doll is coming off a four-touchdown performance last week. Samson now has rushed for 808 yards this season on only 80 carries — a 10.1 yards per carry average — with 10 touchdowns.
Mustangs open tough final stretch with last home game
The Prairie City-Monroe football team has played its way into third place in Cass 2A District 6 in the past few weeks, and it will need to stay on its game to hold that position for the final two.
The Mustangs (4-4, 3-1) will host the team directly beneath them in the standings on Friday when Davis County (5-2, 2-2) comes to Monroe for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff and PCM's senior night.
Davis County enters the game with a little extra motivation, considering it isn't quite locked into the postseason like PCM currently is. Should Davis County lose this week and to Collins-Maxwell-Baxter next week, the Raiders could take the fourth spot in the district.
Led by senior Calvin Utt, Davis County brings a potent offense into the game. Utt himself has passed for 1,117 yards, 12 touchdowns and five interceptions while running for an additional 619 and eight touchdowns. Senior running back Colten Roberts is barely in front of him in rushing yards, with 628 and nine touchdowns.
PCM senior quarterback Nate Vande Wall's status is somewhat up in the air for the rest of the season, but junior backup Zach Uhlenhopp did just fine filling in last week with 180 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns.
Raiders travel to Clarke for
crucial district matchup
Despite the bad luck and injuries the Collins-Maxwell-Baxter football team has dealt with this season, a shot at the postseason is still an outside chance.
The Raiders (2-6, 1-3 Class 2A District 6) will travel to Clarke of Osceola (3-5, 0-4), which fell to PCM 42-0 last week. After starting the year 3-0, Clarke is now riding an 0-5 losing streak.
If CMB can win this week and PCM defeats Davis County, it will share a 2-3 district record with Davis County. Considering the two will face each other in Baxter in the final week of the season, this week could be huge for both teams.
Senior quarterback Zach Samson got back to his dual-threat ways in the Raiders' 33-20 loss to Albia last week, throwing for 175 yards, two touchdowns and one interception and running for 102 yards. He is now second in the district in both passing and rushing.


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The way I see it, there are no bigtime players at the offensive skill positions in this draft. The strength of this class is along the OL and DL. So I say draft to this classes strengths.
Warmack and Warford are day 1 starters for this team and immediately transform our OL back to their 2009 level.


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Special Fried Vice
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|GTA Vice City Stories
|Type of business
|Fast food restaurant
Downtown, Vice City
Washington Beach, Vice City
Special Fried Vice is a restaurant in Vice City in 1984, the setting of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. There are two stores located in Washington Beach and Downtown. The name is a play on the Chinese specialty, special fried rice, suggesting the restaurant is a Chinese restaurant.


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These giant 36 inch "Where The Wild Things Are" balloons are a whimsical addition to any Birthday, Wedding, Bachelorette Party, Baby Shower, Bridal Shower, or Holiday Celebration. The listing includes one giant forest green, black, kraft brown, and cream confetti-filled clear balloon that inflates up to 36" in diameter. You will have the option to add tassels, either assembled or unassembled. Balloon arrives un-inflated filled with confetti and can be filled with either air or helium, but requires helium to float.
-36" flat clear balloon filled with approx. 22 grams of confetti
-Approx. 8ft of jute twine string
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- 15pc assembled or unassembled matching tassel tail
The matching tassel garland tail comes in your choice of pre-assembled, ready to string and hang, or flat, with instructions for an easy DYI option. All tassels are 13"-14" and banners come with 15 tassels.
*Helium is NOT included*
-Do not over-inflate or your balloon will pop.
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Tacos, Tacos, Tacos
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air date: 1/08/13 8:30 PM
This episode explores three very different, very authentic and very simple twists on Mexican tacos, one of Mexico's most iconic foods. Bricklayer-Style Beef Tacos; Lime-Rubbed Chicken Tacos with Corn Guacamole; Adobo Fish Tacos with Grilled Pineapple Salsa.
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By Andy Hirsch
LEWISBURG, Pa. — A single sculpture in the window of the historic DeWitt Building on Market Street gives passersby just a hint of what's in store for the newly renovated space.
"We're going to let people wonder a bit, appeal to their sense of curiosity," said Richard Rinehart, director of the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University.
Rinehart is putting the finishing touches on what promises to be a valuable addition to the collection of shops, restaurants and other attractions downtown: Bucknell University's Downtown Art Gallery.
"I couldn't have chosen a more perfect location," Rinehart said. "We are opening in the heart of this community. And while this is still part of Bucknell's academic gallery program, the Downtown Art Gallery is a space where the campus really opens up and says 'community members, students, everyone is welcome.'"
Rinehart called the new gallery a unique opportunity for both the University and the community. "We have the resources to look out into the whole world and bring the best art right here to Lewisburg. With this space, we can do that and engage the community in a way we've never been able to in the past."
The gallery sits directly across from the Campus Theatre, which recently underwent its own multi-million dollar renovation. Rinehart expects the two spaces to complement each other nicely.
"We can certainly collaborate on how we engage the audience and the community," he explained. "You can't force it, but when there are opportunities, we can have an exhibit echo a theme of a film series, or the gallery can program a specific film showing related to the art. We can have lectures there and receptions here, or stay open late for people to gather after a film is shown. There are all kinds of opportunities to overlap."
Rinehart emphasized that exhibits in the Downtown Art Gallery will differ from work displayed at the Samek Art Gallery on campus, but he believes the two will benefit from each other.
"We'd be missing some opportunities for academic and community engagement if we just made this an overflow gallery," said Rinehart. "We do hope the experience people have downtown will draw them to the Samek. It's a beautiful space filled with amazing works."
The Downtown Art Gallery is one piece of a major renovation project at the historic DeWitt Building. The new Bucknell University Entrepreneurs Incubator occupies the second floor. The University's Small Business Development Center recently relocated to the third floor.
The first exhibit is nearly installed, though Rinehart is keeping it somewhat of a secret until the gallery officially opens to the public on March 31.
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SYCAMORE – With a couple of shakes of a recycling bin, Douglas Johnson found out who would be first on the Democratic ballot for DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder.
Mary Lynn Meisch, chief deputy clerk for elections, picked out one of the two pill bottles inside the blue bin. Johnson opened the bottle and unfolded the paper inside to reveal Trent Taylor would be first name on the ballot.
Taylor, of DeKalb, is one of two Democratic candidates running for county clerk and recorder, with Sandwich City Clerk Denise Ii as his opponent in the March 18 primary. Johnson, the current county clerk and recorder, is the Republican candidate.
"It's great, I'm first on the ballot," Taylor said. "I'm told that helps, but I'd like to think my qualifications and experience wouldn't make that an issue of who's first on the ballot."
The county clerk is responsible for keeping vital records about residents and businesses, overseeing elections, recording deeds and other services.
A lottery for the Democratic candidates was held Wednesday because Taylor and Ii submitted their candidate petitions at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 25. Because both candidates filed petitions at the same time, a lottery was needed to determine whose name would appear first on the ballot.
Before the lottery scheduled for 2 p.m., Ii and Taylor's representative, Kate McCabe, his mother-in-law, arrived at the county clerk's office in Sycamore to witness the drawing. Afterward, Ii said she didn't have an opinion on the results because she's run in elections where the first place slot didn't guarantee a win.
"It's worked both ways for me," she said.
Ii said she's running for county clerk because she is qualified for the position and has the necessary experience. She's been a city clerk for almost five years and has worked in city government for more than 20 years.
"I just come with a wealth of knowledge and experience and actually see it as a seamless transition if elected," she said.
Taylor, a title examiner specialist with Sycamore-based Fox Title Co., said he has working knowledge of what happens in the county clerk's office. He said he would like to maintain the level of service the office provides.
"My goal as county clerk and recorder is to provide services in professional and cost-effective manner," he wrote in a news release. "…I will bring independence to the office and remain mindful of the taxpayers, who in the end, pay the bills."
Johnson was appointed county clerk and recorder in September to finish the term of John Acardo, who resigned to work as the human resources director for Kishwaukee College in Malta. He said since September he's been loving the job and wants to continue doing it.
"There is so much stuff, that I just enjoy it," he said. "There's never a dull moment. There is always something going on, and I love learning new things."
He said if he continued as county clerk, he would keep costs down while bringing technology and innovation to the office.
The names of all three candidates will appear on the ballot for the March 18 primary election to receive their party's nomination. The winners of the primary will run in the election for November.


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Luis Fernando Lopez approaching the helicopter, where Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince and The Celebinator are already onboard.
|The Ballad of Gay Tony
|Take The Celebinator above the city, then throw him out of the helicopter and catch him before he hits the ground
|Westminster, Algonquin, Liberty City
Not So Fast
Random encounter with Arnaud
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High Dive
...Blog This! is a mission in The Ballad of Gay Tony given to protagonist Luis Fernando Lopez by night club owner Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince. The mission is automatically triggered by a phone call, rather than Luis heading to a trigger location. For this reason, the mission has no set starting location, as Tony phones Lopez, although the player must go to Westminster, Algonquin, Liberty City before being able to carry on with the mission. The mission is the second part of the earlier mission Blog This!....
In the earlier mission, Luis Fernando Lopez had left a comment on a blog post by The Celebinator, who had been bad mouthing Lopez and Gay Tony. Tony and The Celebinator later agree to a meeting, Tony calls Lopez and has him meet them at Westminster. Lopez then flies a helicopter over to Happiness Island, flying at a high altitude (checkpoints appear in the air to indicate where to fly). After talking to The Celebinator, Tony takes the controls and sends Lopez to "talk" to him. Lopez begins to slap and punch The Celebinator, before pushing him out of the helicopter. Tony, not wanting him dead, tells Lopez to rescue him. Lopez jumps out of the helicopter and manages to catch The Celebinator, grabbing hold of him. Lopez then opens a parachute and the two land safely on the ground at Happiness Island. The Celebinator then begins to limp away, having soiled himself while falling.
Secondary objectives
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|Time taken to complete the mission.
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|Damaged attained by the player.
|Time to catch blogger
|Time taken to catch the Celebinator.
The reward for completing the mission is $2,000, the mission Not So Fast by Gay Tony and the second random encounter with Arnaud. An article about Maisonette 9, Hercules and their owners (Tony and Lopez) appears on The Celebinators blog, as well as a negative entry about the Statue of Happiness.
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Luis Fernando Lopez flying the Swift to a high altitude and towards Happiness Island.
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Luis Fernando Lopez threatening The Celebinator, shortly before throwing him out of the helicopter.
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Luis Fernando Lopez jumping out of the helicopter to save The Celebinator.
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The Celebinator, with his soiled trousers, limping away.
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The Celebinator limping away as Luis Fernando Lopez looks on.
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- As the mission starts as soon as Luis receives the phone call from Tony, it can be difficult to fulfill the time requirement, especially if Luis happens to be on the other side of town. The mission appears to not trigger until High Dive is completed (as it introduces parachutes to the game). One way to save time is to not complete Blog This! until after High Dive, and then stick close to the helipad until Tony calls (alternately, if High Dive is completed after Blog This!, head to the heliport and wait). You can also save time by making sure you're in a vehicle and start driving towards the heliport while Tony is on the phone, as shown in the walkthrough video.
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Longhorn's peak menu
Peak season yumminess recently hit LongHorn Steakhouse's menus with new items like parmesan-crusted asparagus ($6.99), fire-grilled corn on the cob brushed with smoky ranch and parmesan cheese ($3.99), ranch house Cobb salad ($5.49) and very berry grilled pound cake ($5.29).
LongHorn Steakhouse has locations in Schaumburg, Des Plaines and Bolingbrook. longhornsteakhouse.com.
e+o's family cookout
Celebrate Independence Day family-style with a prix fixe barbecue platter at e+o food and drink. Eats include a 12-hour beef brisket, pork ribs "char siu" style and Creole dusted smoked wings. Sides include duck confit potato salad, smoked black beans, Carolina coleslaw and mango-jalepeno cornbread. Available July 4 to 7. Catch a lunch version for $15 per adult and $7.50 ages 6 to 12; or dinner for $25 per adult and $12.50 ages 6 to 12.
e + o food and drink, 125 Randhurst Village Drive, Mount Prospect. (847) 398-3636 or eofoodanddrink.com.
Waterleaf wine dinner
Waterleaf's summer wine dinner begins at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 7. The pairings are too much to list but include shrimp and vegetable spring rolls; smoked salmon canapes, and duo of roasted pheasant breast and crispy pheasant spring roll and a lemon mousse dessert. Wines include 2010 Lioco chardonnay, Sonoma County, California; Mountain Cuvée, Napa Valley, California; 2006 Chateau Laribotte, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France. $99 per person.
Waterleaf in the Culinary and Hospitality Center of College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Bvld., Glen Ellyn. (630) 942-6881 cod.edu/w/waterleaf.htm.