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Facebook and ADR's 'Know Your Neta' feature to provide information on poltician via mobiles
With the country gearing up for state assembly elections and Lok Sabha Elections next year, Facebook is doing its part in ensuring people vote and more importantly, vote right. Voters can now get to know about the background of candidates contesting Assembly and Lok Sabha elections on their mobile phones as Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Facebook have joined hands to provide the information on politicians on voter's phone.
Using a feature, aptly named 'Know Your Neta', a person will be able to gain access to criminal, financial, educational, professional information about an election candidate directly on their mobile via Facebook using USSD technology. Facebook for USSD is a technology that helps people access Facebook on phones without Internet.
One will have to dial *325# from their phones to access the service and select the election menu (option 6), or directly dial *325*35# to access it. The information will be provided free of cost.
"This initiative with Facebook will allow voters to know the poll worthiness of candidates — their educational, criminal and financial information— at their fingertips and choose wisely," ADR's Trilochan Sastry said. "Simply voting in an uninformed manner is not enough, citizens need to make an informed choice."
Over 82 million Indian citizens access Facebook regularly and an increasing number of users access the platform on mobile. This is surely an interesting initiative and very similar to what MyNeta app does. But unlike the app makers, ADR has the added advantage of Facebook's popularity, which should help it reach a far wider audience.
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Rumor: Bryant to meet Besiktas officials on Saturday?
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will be in the nation's capital attending the World Football Challenge featuring Manchester United and F.C. Barcelona at FedEx Field on Saturday and the Mia Hamm Celebrity Soccer Challenge on Sunday at Kastles Stadium.
Soccer won't be the only sport on Bryant's agenda, however, as the 15-year NBA veteran and his representatives will meet with officials from the Turkish basketball club Besiktas on Saturday, according to a Reuters report.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Will Kobe Bryant play in Turkey? Or, will he stay in America?
Each day the lockout lingers the greater the chance Bryant keeps in shape by signing with Besiktas, the Turkish team Deron Williams will play for.
Here's what we know: Bryant will meet officials from Besiktas this weekend in Washington. He's in town for the Manchester United-Barcelona game, and will stick around for Mia Hamm's charity match.
Money is the issue. Bryant wants $1 million per month to suit up on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, while Besiktas has offered half that amount with perks.
Bottom line: Besiktas has to sweeten the pot for Bryant to uproot his family, deal with second-rate facilities, and risk injury.
–Oly Sandor.
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I have been a pretty good customer of Jacques and Hamptons Wine Shoppe for a bit so when Jacques decided to come to Florida for the holidays, he said that we should get together one evening over a bottle of 1986 Mouton that he would be bringing into town. Never one to turn down an opportunity to drink old first growths, I said "sure." Jacques called me regularly to ensure that things were still a "go" and said, "Oh, by the way, you can bring some friends along because I will be bringing two bottles." I made the dinner reservations at Capital Grille and invited two of my buddies and their wives to partake(@hlyterroir declined the invite because he was still recovering from having drunk a 2006 Shafer Hillside Select on the preceding Thursday.).
On the morning of the dinner, Jacques called and asked if I could direct him to someone at the restaurant because he wanted to go over and decant the wines prior to the dinner. Dinner was at 7. Fred and Laurie rode with us and we were the first to arrive. Jacques came in a little after and, as we were completing introductions, Jeff and Dee strolled in and completed the party. We were shown to a circular table in a comfy, cozy corner towards the back of the restaurant. This was the first time that I had met Jacques face to face, and the first time that any of my friends had spoken to him, but "many a friend is made over a bottle of wine" and we quickly settled down to comfortable conversation. Jeff launched the wine proceedings with a bottle of Pierre Peters Blanc de Blancs NV and I followed in short order with a 1953 Remoissenet Vosne-Romanee Clos de Reas and a 1968 Vina-Valoria Rioja. These wines drunk beautifully with the Rioja being the more longer-lived of the two in the glass.
By this time we had worked our way to the main course and the main event -- the 1986 Moutons. Jacques had the decanted wines brought over and the first one poured into our glasses. After an initial whiff, a crestfallen look overcame him. "It's corked," he said. Dee did not agree. Both Jeff and I felt that the wine was flat and I did get some TCA. Jacques pushed the first decanter aside and called for the second. The look on his face after sniffing the wine was one of pure disbelief. This one was also corked. As a matter of fact, it had higher levels of TCA than did the first. Jacques was mortified. He had taken such care in setting this up. He was in a new town with new friends. He had drunk my Remoissenet and Vina-Valoria. And he had delivered two corked bottles. He was inconsolable. His wife tried to tell him that it was not his fault; that it could have happened to anyone. He looked daggers at her. Of course it was his fault. He had brought the wines. Even worse, he and I were in negotiations for me to purchase some '86 Moutons off him. And now this. I sought to defuse the situation by by whipping out a 1998 Alvaro Palacios L'Ermita and then a soothing 1983 d'Yquem; but to no avail. Jacques was a beaten man. TCA had racked up another notch on its belt. It had taken the dignity of another innocent victim.
Jacques dragged himself dejectedly back to the valet stand to retrieve his car and, as he faded into the mist that enveloped the area, I thought to myself, there, but for the grace of God, go I.


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How to protect your business from payment fraud
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Does your business pay bills using cheques? Do you send out printed invoices? You could be revealing sensitive business information to criminals. We spoke to online bill payment company Bill.com to find out you can avoid payment fraud.
Small businesses tend to use paper documents
Payment fraud costs US companies billions of dollars every year. So it's an issue every business needs to be concerned about.
Larger companies often use enterprise accounting software for bill payments, invoicing and other transactions. Small businesses often have fewer people and resources available for accounting tasks. Which is why many business owners record their transactions on paper. While that may sound like an easy option, there are hidden dangers with using paper documents. Here's what the team a Bill.com told us about the best ways to protect your business from payment fraud.
Online bill payment software is fast, easy – and safe
It's much safer and easier to use a payments solution that enables you to do all your work online. Online payment software makes it easy to pay your bills online quickly and easily from anywhere – as long as you have an internet connection. And you only have to key in data once, which means fewer errors – and no more manual double entry.
Using paper cheques and invoices is risky
Payment fraud resulting from paper documents is a real threat for small businesses. Many accountants recommend that their clients switch to online accounting applications instead. The results from a recent survey of 540 accountants and bookkeepers are revealing:
- Almost half of accountants advise against paying bills using cheques
Every cheque you write has your company name, address, bank, account number and routing number. That's all a criminal needs to carry out check fraud. Paper invoices and contracts raise the risk of your sensitive business information falling into the wrong hands.
Of the accountants surveyed, 45 percent were aware of these dangers. Many had tried and failed to get their clients to do their bill payments online. An amazing 73 percent of their clients still used a computer to print cheques and 37 percent used handwritten cheques.
- Paper documents make it harder to manage bill payments
A typical bill payment can involve up to 20 steps. That's a long chain of processes to manage, particularly with an awkward folder of paper documents to carry around. That's why 64 percent of survey respondents think paper documents make it harder to manage bill payments. And the workflow can get bogged down at any point, raising the risk of fraud.
It's also hard to separate duties in a small business where one person may do many tasks. If the same person carries out both money handling and record keeping, that's another opportunity for fraud.
- Your business stands a good chance of being targeted by criminals
Of the accountants surveyed, 30 percent said one of their clients had been the victim of payment fraud. This shows just how real the danger is. Criminals are more likely to target small businesses because they rely on paper-based systems. About 120 million Americans work in small businesses so that's a lot of incomes at risk.
Paper cheques and invoices contain information that can be used to commit fraud.
Five ways to reduce your risk of payment fraud
The great news is online payment software can help you get rid of paper documents forever. And with a few other simple measures in place, your business can further reduce the risk of fraud.
- Get rid of paper cheques and invoices
Paper cheques and invoices contain information that can be used to commit fraud. So the best way to protect your business is to get rid of them completely. Moving to an online or cloud-based accounting system helps keep your information secure. You can access your information securely from anywhere – at any time. And you can send out online invoices or make payments from your laptop or smartphone quickly and easily.
- Cut out manual processes
There are software packages that eliminate the need to do everything manually. Online payment and accounting systems can automate many manual bill payment and accounting processes.
You can scan or email your bills to online payment solutions that will take care of all the payments online. Your information is stored, tracked and updated online so you can shred your paper documents and get on with more important tasks.
- Do what you can to prevent fraud
Take a look at your business and figure out where fraud is most likely to happen. Then create ways of doing things that make the risk of fraud less likely. Write clear standards of behaviour into your employee manual. Let your people know what the penalties will be for fraud. Think about setting up a 'tip line', as a large percentage of fraud is uncovered through tips.
- Split up important tasks
Divide up tasks so that no single employee has complete control over an area of your business. Get different people to handle the approval, processing and recording of your transactions. Review every payroll cheque yourself. Reduce the number of people with cheque signing authority.
- Keep tabs on your business internally
Do regular internal audits. Consider getting an outside accountant to do an independent review of your systems.
Is it time you binned paper cheques and invoices for good?
It looks like the paperless office has finally arrived. Small business owners can now reduce the risk of fraud in one easy stroke by moving to online payments. In the survey, 41 percent of accountants said they were moving to bill payments online within six months.
Making payments online reduces your risk of fraud and streamlines your workflow – and that's got to be good for business.


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Forever in our hearts! And forever will be missed!
Percy came into our hearts on:
Oct, 31, 2006
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If you decide to come back to us, you shall be loved in our hearts as never before, but if you have gone to the Rainbow bridge, our love is never ending! Until we meet again Percy....much love from us.
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But laugh and talk of me,
As if I were beside you,
I love you so,
Twas heaven here with you!
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A group of farmers and ranchers from Nebraska spent some time in handcuffs Wednesday after joining the Sierra Club and others outside the White House in protest against the Keystone XL pipeline.
The farmers are Bold Nebraska supporters who have partnered with Nebraska Sierra Club and Nebraska Farmers Union for a week of meetings with the US State Department and various Members of Congress to express the ongoing concerns of risks to U.S. water, soil and property rights. The week concludes with a rally on Sunday, called Forward on Climate.
Reuters reports 48 protesters asking Obama to reject Keystone XL and begin serious action on climate change were arrested and released on $100 bail. Of the 48, four are associated with Nebraska's cattle industry: Randy Thompson, James Tarnick, Abbi Kleinschmidt, and Susan Luebbe.
Below are quotes from each:
"I am a Nebraska cattleman and landowner. I am fighting against the KXL pipeline for two very basic reasons. First of all, I feel very strongly that this pipeline represents an assault on the individual property rights of American citizens. There is something inherently wrong about the idea of American landowners being forced to subsidize the private enterprise of a foreign corporation with land that their families have earned through generations of hard work and determination. Secondly, I feel that the KXL presents a real threat to some of our nation's most valuable natural resources, especially our rivers, streams and underground aquifers. These are priceless American assets that no amount of oil money, foreign or otherwise, could ever replace." – Randy Thompson, cattle buyer, face of the pipeline campaign in Nebraska "Stand with Randy."
"I started out fighting the pipeline because it was coming on my land and close to the family farm house and livestock wells. However, through what I have learned these past 6-7 months I am against it even more because it will impact us negatively economically in the long run and there are way to many ways it can harm our environment. Landowners have been bullied by TC as our political leaders have looked the other way. It is time to and this is an outstanding way to rise up against big money and say 'We aren't going anywhere. Ever!'" – James Tarnick, young farmer and rancher, proposed pipeline route comes within 50 feet of his house.
"I am fighting the pipeline because I believe it is my duty to stand up for Mother Earth and the health and well-being of all human beings and NOT allow a slimy, rich, foreign oil company to come in and cut through the heart of America. I cannot think of a more heartless act!! I am fortunate to live in a society where I have the right and can speak up for what I believe in. What this situation reminds of more than anything is what our ancestors did to the Native Americans. We came in and told them lies, cheated them, and moved them off of their land. I believe that TransCanada is capable of doing the same sort of thing, especially if there was a sizable tar sands spill. That company is ruthless, relentless, has an endless supply of money and only wants what is good for them. Since our politicians aren't willing to take the appropriate stand, then power to the people and I would be one of those." – Abbi Kleinschmidt, 5th generation farmer in the route of the pipeline.
"As a 3rd generation cowgirl from the Sand Hills of Nebraska I have worked hard with others to get KXL off our ranch. I want to take this risk of arrest with many other landowners, and indigenous tribal members from Canada through the United States to end this fight. I want to make an impact in this fight for residents of Canada's tar sands region to Eleanor Fairchild's Texas property. TransCanada's project cuts right through the heart of environmental sensitive land and cultural history. I want the future generation to see what it takes to fight for something so precious that our ancestors worked so hard to build for all of us." – Susan Luebbe: rancher, featured in Pipe Dreams documentary, one of the landowners in the lawsuit against the state of Nebraska on the pipeline route and eminent domain authority.
The pipeline has been waiting for approval for 4 ½ years. If approved, it would transport 830,000 barrels of crude oil from northern Alberta to refineries and ports in Texas.


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Marcella was born to wealthy parents of considerable influence in Roman society. Further, she married a man of affluence and influence, as well. She was primed for a life of pleasure, recreation, and relaxation. Yet she had only been married for seven to nine months before her husband died and she became a widow. Of course, she was a widow who lived very comfortably thanks to the wealth she had inherited but she was a widow nonetheless. This event became the catalyst that pushed her onward to consider what was truly valuable in life and what of the Roman culture and life was nothing more than illusion and delusion. She devoted herself to a brand of ascetic joy that involved renouncing herself and her own ambitions in favor of taking care of the poor and hungry. She soon found herself with plenty of work to do and many demands on her time and she couldn't have been happier.
At one point, a wealthy man became enamored with Marcella. By this time, Marcella had become a leader in the Roman Church and had become an inspiration to other women to live lives of daring faith. He decided he would woo her and make the widow his wife and he assumed it would be an easy thing since she had been widowed and widows were often of little influence and power in Roman society because of their sex. He went to her and he proposed marriage saying that she could inherit all of his fortune when he died if she would only marry him. He was a wealthy political leader and his fortune was considerable but Marcella responded: "If I wished to marry, I should look for a husband, not an inheritance." He went away without a wife and with a new understanding of Marcella's devotion to the ministry to which she had been called.
She started a school for women to study scripture and pray. It was rather successful and soon she was spiritual mother to many younger women who sought to follow after the same Christ who had captivated Marcella. Then the Goths came to Rome. The Goths looted and plundered the riches of Rome under the direction of Alaric and soon found their way to Marcella's school. Likely, they had heard that the old widow was a wealthy woman and that her school was highly respected. To the Goths, this meant she was an ideal target for their terror inducing savagery. They forced their way into the school and demanded all of the valuables that Marcella had. She insisted that she had nothing to offer them as she had spent her life giving herself and her things away to the poor. Her wealth, she declared, was in the stomachs of the poor people in the city. The Goths tortured her to get her to reveal her hidden stores of valuables but were not successful since she had nothing but her clothes and a few meager possessions to offer them. The soldiers seized one of her students–Principia–and informed Marcella that they would rape and kill the woman if Marcella did not give them what they wanted. Marcella dropped to her hands and knees and begged mercy from Alaric insisting that she had nothing to give and begging them to leave the woman alone. Seeing the once wealthy and powerful old woman on her knees in tears with blood streaming down her back begging for the welfare of another, their hearts were turned at last to mercy. They took Marcella and her students to a nearby sanctuary–even carrying the weakened Marcella–so that they might not be victimized any further. Marcella died from her wounds shortly thereafter with her head resting on the lap of Principia whom she had saved.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Santa at Last
I'm a couple of days late posting this but I finished my Santa! I started this during the January weekend of the Christmas Ornament SAL but I only got him about 1/2 done. So he had to wait for this past weekend's SAL to get finished. And I managed to put those last few stitches in on Monday night. Ta-da!
At this rate, I won't be getting too many ornaments finished for this year but I'm still ahead of last year, when I didn't make any!
Posted by Wendy at 7:54 am 11 comments
Labels: Christmas stitching
Monday, February 26, 2007
New Stash
Where did the weekend go? On Sunday Marj and I drove to Ann's little shop Knowledge and Needles to check out all the charts she brought back from Nashville. And of course to enhance our own stash .... a couple of things managed to find their way into my nice little pile! It helped that I had been stashing away a few dollars here and there so I could spend freely to my heart's delight. What made for an even better day, was enjoying lunch along with Anita and her daughter (who is also a stitcher - who knew?) and then having a mini-stitching get-together when the shop got too crowded during the Open House.
Here's a few that managed to make their way home with me: Carriage House Samplings Mary Margaret and Elizabeth. I loved all 4 of the new girl designs and had such a hard time deciding which ones to get...for now! I also picked up La-D-Da's Love is Patient. This is one of Carrie's favourite sayings so I have a good idea what to do with this chart. Underneath those are 2 JBW Designs French Country Apple and Celebration of Love.
I found 3 Prairie Schooler charts to add to my growing collection: Holiday Homestead, Forget-Me-Nots, and Christmas Trees II. And then the 2 charts I specifically asked Ann to pick up in Nashville for me ~ Papillon Creations Ring O' Roses, and With My Needle Ackworth Friendship Book.
Whew, what a haul! Of course I'm dying to start something new, and Mary Margaret looks like a good one to get moving on. As does that sweet pillow Celebration of Love. Too many choices.
Luckily in spite of the snowstorm that was predicted, the highway was dry and the sky was clear so it was a perfect day for a drive.
But here is a picture outside my front window from the other day when a sudden storm kicked up out of nowhere. And from the looks of things outside now, it is looking like yesterday's snowstorm is headed here today.
Posted by Wendy at 7:53 am 16 comments
Labels: Stash
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Guild present
It is my needlework guild's 10th anniversary this month. Although I missed the actual party date, due to the nasty cold a couple weeks ago, look at the cool gift baggie of goodies I got ~ some John James needles, GAST thread, beads, charms, a small piece of evenweave, and best of all ~ a gorgeous pair of scissors!
Last night we started hemstitching for a needlebook. And I have to say most of us were definitely 'all thumbs'. Trying to turn 1/4" hem twice seemed almost impossible. I didn't get too much accomplished before I packed up to come home. But I am determined with this little project, I am not going to set it aside and then forget entirely what I'm supposed to do with it. I love the look of hemstitching and I want to get this one finished!
And speaking of procrastinating, I started to make a list of all the things I need to set up appointments for ~ doctor, dentist, optometrist, naturopath, massage therapist...... and it almost seems overwhelming. And then I really needed to give myself a good shake. With our extended health care plan, all these things are covered! I don't need to pay a single dime for any of these visits for any of us. So what on earth am I complaining about? So I'm determined this morning to start making those calls and start getting these things arranged, even one a week, its certainly doable. Funny, I have to pay the hairdresser and yet I don't avoid those appointments? So look out Nick, I'm going to keep you and I busy for a while. Hubby can take care of his own appointments since he usually cancels anything I arrange for him. Harumph!
Posted by Wendy at 7:48 am 10 comments
Labels: Guild projects, Odd stuff
Monday, February 19, 2007
And even more houses....
I finished and I'm happy dancing! Here is my quilt called Row Houses. I didn't get a picture of the entire quilt top and I just realized I didn't get any pictures of the border either but ..... its done and whew I am so relieved. I started this quilt on January 1st, 2006, and it was put away for a good portion of last year. As much as I enjoyed it, the entire thing is made up of log cabin blocks, 1" strips of fabric, and they start to get very very tedious after the first few. Each house is made up of 8 log cabin blocks, there are 20 full houses and 8 1/2 houses, which means....192 blocks! The border looks more like a sidewalk with colour chips surrounded by a border, and it took 92 of those to go around the edge.
I do have the backing fabric but I think I'm going to sit back for a while before I get around to quilting this one.
And this house theme I have going these days ....Sampler Gameboard, Houses of Hawk Run Hollow, and two neighbourhood round robins....I wonder what that means?
Posted by Wendy at 7:47 am 24 comments
Labels: Quilting
Thursday, February 15, 2007
And more houses...
Aren't these beautiful! Its so nice to see some colour at this time of year, especially when outside everything is so white. Not that I'm complaining, in spite of the freezing cold and blowing snow, it was wonderful to be outside yesterday and enjoy that fresh crisp air with crunchy snow beneath your feet. And of course the dogs loved it.
Last night I worked on my Houses of Hawk Run Hollow. It takes a little getting used to, this magnifier, but its coming.
And to the lady who asked me about the magnifier I use, I checked all over it and couldn't find a brand name anywhere on it. I bought it used from a garage sale a couple of years ago. It was lying on the ground at the side of a driveway and I recognized it from ads in the stitching magazines. And from CSI! This one attached to my table and has a lot of knobs that allow you to find the correct position to hold it in. And it has the true daylight bulb which I love. I think I paid a whole $7 for it!
Posted by Wendy at 8:10 am 17 comments
Labels: Houses of Hawk Run Hollow, Random pictures
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day!
...and we have lots of snow but to Nick's disappointment, no Snow Day has been called for the schools. We have about 15 cm and another 10 cm is called for during the day. But from all the weather forecasts, it looks like we got off pretty good. And if this is the worst winter storm we get, its great! Of course I say that because I don't have to get out this morning and try to get into work!!
I scanned the Valentine's card that Carrie made for me and left on my desk this morning. Isn't she so sweet? And hubby left a card for me also. Presents to come later.... :-D
And here is an update on my Sampler Gameboard. This one is going along great, its fun and easy to pick up and throw in a few stitches here and there. Those little houses can get done so quickly. I'm doing this on Willow Green 32 ct linen, something I've had in my stash for a while and I liked how the floss colours popped off the fabric when I tried them.
Meanwhile, I've been sewing on my Row Houses quilt and I'm so happy to say my houses are finished. I've been sewing them together, into rows, and next I need to tackle the border.
I hope to get outside for a bit of shovelling. I don't do a lot, the driveway is too big for me, but I love getting out after a fresh snowfall....before the doggies have been out there and the salt trucks have been through!
Posted by Wendy at 7:56 am 11 comments
Labels: Sampler Gameboard
Monday, February 12, 2007
Garden of Life Update
What a great weekend with my sisters - lots of scrapbooking, a little shopping, great food and a lot of laughs! The time just went by far too quickly. And I was off to bed early Sunday night to catch up on some sleep. I'll have to get some pictures up of the lay-outs I finished.
To start the weekend off just right, Marj and I went to the Stytchen Tyme sale and I treated myself to a little stash. Stytchen Tyme is our local LNS, but not exactly a bricks and mortar store. Kim sells all cross stitch related items from her home (dining room actually) so while she has a great selection of fabrics, beads and fibres, its more of an order and pick-up type of business. So you really can't get down and dirty in rooting about through bins of charts and mess about with fabrics, the way I would really like. However once or twice a year, she has an Open House, and everything is spread about so I can root through to my pleasure. I bought some great Homespun Elegance charts which were 3/$10, a Blackbird Design called Willow House, and some small pieces of fabric which were different colours, some hand-dyed, just for playing with. I don't have a lot of stitching to show from the past few days but Blackbird Design's Garden of Life is coming along. I should be finishing up my house just in time for the next section to start!
Thank you so much for all the comments and all your good wishes for my nasty cold. I'm finally seeing the other side of it and its on its way out....3 boxes of Kleenex later.
Posted by Wendy at 7:45 am 17 comments
Labels: Blackbird Designs, Stash
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Chatelaine Mystery X
Here is an update on Mystery X. Sorry it looks rather 'holey' but the beads and crystals are not going to be added until the end, since I use a small hoop when stitching and I would hate to crush anything.
Not too much going on the stitching front this week, this head cold has gotten a good hold and I've just felt miserable. Combined with sleeping terrible! Even hubby took his pillow and left for another room a couple nights ago. Usually I would delight in having a king size bed all to myself, but the only joy I'm finding right now is having my Kleenex box near me and who cares where they fall?
I have my sisters coming this weekend for a scrapbook session so I'm sure that will perk me up! And I've kicked the men out of the house (they're off to the cottage for a snowy weekend) so it will just be the girls here.
Oh, almost forgot! I finished my first pair of socks!! I would take a picture but they are already gone and taking up residence on Carrie's feet! They turned out so nice, I love that self patterning yarn. May be I can start on a new set today.
Posted by Wendy at 8:11 am 23 comments
Labels: Chateline Mystery X, Knitting
Monday, February 05, 2007
Sampler Gameboard
I have my first house! I started on February 1st for the SAL and of course after the usual frogging episode (the border of all things), I did manage to stitch my first house. What a fun piece this is to work on and I really really hated to put it down. But I also had my next section for Chatelaine's Mystery X come in so I wanted to make a dent in that because this section is HUGE. So if I want to get it finished this month, I'll be working on this quite a bit.
Busy weekend - Friday night I went for dinner with 2 stitching friends and had a wonderful time catching up. Saturday we went to a dear friend's 40th birthday party - wonderful food, including a chocolate fountain (yummm!) and music and billiards. Sunday though I was assigned myself some couch potato time as I had a scratchy throat and stuffed up nose - Nick decided it was time to share his cold with me.
Becky very sweetly invited me to join the SBEBB and I am so eager to start some exchanges. Unfortunately several of the recent ones have just closed sign-ups so I'll have to bid my time and wait for some new ones to open up . I haven' t had a chance yet to post on the board so I'll have to do that. These ladies make the most amazing things and their finishing is superb, I hope I can live up to the fantastic exchanges that they participate in.
Brrr, it is so cold out today even though we are getting snow, the wind chill has us at -30 degrees C. Days like this, I am sure glad that I work at home!
Posted by Wendy at 7:41 am 20 comments
Labels: Sampler Gameboard, SBEBB
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Finally! Long long (and boring) story but I finally got my framed pieces back! I'm sure you could all hear me breathing with a huge sigh of relief. Hubby even hung them for me already! The first one is Carrie's Attitude piece which was her university graduation gift. We hung it in the living room since really its the safest place to keep it for now until she and JF have their own place again. Although it doesn't show in the picture, we used a dark green suede mat for this, oooh, I love suede mats!
Then is the Bent Creek Snapper series:
And finally my Blackbird piece called When This You See:
Sorry for the slightly crooked pictures (hubby took them!).
Today starts a new SAL over here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sampler_Gameboard/
Monique mentioned this in her blog and I was enticed to join in. I was thinking of buying the Drawn Thread Sampler Gameboard after seeing tidbits of it posted here and there on several blogs, and when I pulled out some charts last week, imagine what I found! I hate to admit it but I forgot that I already had it!! I even had floss already bought to go with it.
Well I guess forgetting that I had this chart, along with my current use of the magnifier, is definitely telling me something! Yes, yes, it must be the long winter months, not enough daylight hours or sunshine, the need for Vitamin D. It really has nothing at all whatsoever to do with my age, right?
Posted by Wendy at 8:09 am 24 comments
Labels: Finishes, Sampler Gameboard


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Efficacy and Safety of VICRIVIROC in HIV-Infected Treatment-Naïve Subjects (Study P04875)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00551018
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 30, 2007
Last Update Posted : February 6, 2015
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Brief Summary:
Vicriviroc (vye-kri-VYE-rock) is an investigational drug (not yet approved by Government Regulatory Authorities for commercial use) that belongs to a new class of drugs, called CCR5 receptor blockers. This group of drugs blocks one of the ways HIV enters T-cells (the cells that fight infection). Previous smaller studies in HIV treatment-experienced patients, have shown that vicriviroc is safe and effective. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the virologic efficacy of vicriviroc combined with ritonavir-boosted Reyataz® in HIV-infected treatment-naïve subjects.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Vicriviroc Drug: emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
|Phase 2
This is a randomized, open-label, active-controlled, parallel-group, multi-center study of vicriviroc maleate in treatment-naïve subjects infected with CCR5-tropic HIV. The study will compare the virologic benefit of vicriviroc combined with ritonavir-boosted Reyataz to a control group receiving Truvada plus ritonavir-boosted Reyataz. Interim analyses will be performed when the first cohort of 80 subjects have completed 24 weeks and 48 weeks of treatment. The second cohort of 120 subjects will be enrolled after the first interim analysis; a third interim analysis will be performed when subjects in this second cohort have completed 24 weeks of treatment. The primary efficacy analysis will be conducted when all 200 subjects from both stages have completed 48 weeks of treatment or discontinued. The final analysis will be performed at Week 96, when all 200 subjects have completed 96 weeks of treatment or discontinued. If vicriviroc is shown to provide benefit at the studied dose, study participants in the vicriviroc arm who complete 96 weeks of treatment may continue in a protocol extension, where they will be offered vicriviroc free of charge until the drug is commercially available in their location or until the sponsor terminates the clinical development of vicriviroc.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|218 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Efficacy and Safety of VICRIVIROC in HIV-Infected Treatment-Naïve Subjects
|Study Start Date :
|December 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2010
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
Drug Information available for: Emtricitabine Tenofovir Tenofovir Disoproxil Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Truvada
Experimental: Vicriviroc + Reyataz + ritonavir
vicriviroc 30 mg tablet QD + Reyataz® (atazanavir sulfate) 300 mg (1x300 mg capsule or 2x150 mg capsules) QD + Norvir® (ritonavir) 100 mg capsule QD
Drug: Vicriviroc
one 30 mg tablet QD
Other Name: SCH 417690; VCV
Active Comparator: Truvada® + Reyataz + ritonavir
Truvada® 200/300 combination tablet QD + Reyataz® (atazanavir sulfate) 300 mg (1x300 mg capsule or 2x150 mg capsules) QD + Norvir® (ritonavir) 100 mg capsule QD
Drug: emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
one 200/300 combination tablet QD
Other Name: Truvada®, a combination of Emtriva® (emtricitabine 200 mg) and Viread® (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg); emtricitabine + tenofovir DF; FTC + TDF
Primary Outcome Measures :
- Mean change from baseline in log10 HIV RNA [ Time Frame: Week 48 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures :
- Proportion of subjects with plasma HIV RNA <50 copies/mL [ Time Frame: Week 48 ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult subjects at least 18 years old or minimum age that defines an adult as determined by local regulatory authorities or legal requirements) of either sex or any race with CCR5-tropic HIV infection.
- Cumulative lifetime anti-retroviral therapy exposure of at most 4 weeks (with the exception of prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child transmission, and in this case, if no antiretroviral resistance is expected to have developed) and none in the 8 weeks preceding randomization.
- A CD4 cell count of at least 100 cells/(cubic mm) at Screening (or as specified by local treatment guidelines).
- HIV ribonucleic acid (RNA) must be at least 2000 copies/mL at Screening.
- Subjects should meet International AIDS Society (IAS), Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS), or local recommendations for initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART).
- Platelet count must be at least 50,000/microL, hemoglobin at least 8 g/dL, absolute neutrophil count at least 1000/microL, serum creatinine <2.0 mg/dL (154 micromol/L), and SGOT/SGPT (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase/serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase) at most 3 x upper limit of normal at Screening. Other clinical laboratory tests must be within normal limits or clinically acceptable to the investigator.
- Female subjects of childbearing potential must be using a medically accepted method of birth control prior to Screening and agree to continue its use during the study, or must have been surgically sterilized.
- Female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum beta-hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) pregnancy test at Screening and a negative urine beta-hCG pregnancy test on Day 1 prior to dosing.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Female subjects of childbearing potential who are breastfeeding, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant.
- Subjects with intercurrent illness, vaccinations, or who have used immunomodulators (within the 4 week period prior to randomization) that could influence plasma HIV RNA levels.
- CXCR4 or dual-mixed (CXCR4 and CCR5) tropism.
- Subjects with primary resistance mutations to any of proposed components of the study arms.
- Subjects with active opportunistic infection or malignancy.
- Subjects with seizure disorder requiring ongoing anti-seizure therapy or with a history of a seizure disorder who are, in the judgment of the investigator, at risk for seizures.
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|Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
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|First Posted:
|October 30, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 6, 2015
|Last Verified:
|February 2015
Keywords provided by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.:
Treatment Naive
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents


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- 100% REMY human hair
- Can be straightened and styled
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The 100% Human Hair Extensions are available in 19". The 7 piece set creates a clip-in cascade of straight, layered hair. Because the set comes with 7 different clips it is easy to seamlessly blend them with your own hair. Use all 7 or just a few pieces if you are going for a more subtle look. The set works great with long or short hair styles. Although you will not feel the clips in your hair, they are 100% reliable and will stay put no matter how hectic and active your lifestyle.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday said people hoping to enroll in health coverage for March 1 may have trouble applying by Saturday's deadline because of a planned 62-hour maintenance shutdown of a Social Security Administration computer system.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), the lead Obamacare agency, said the shutdown will prevent applicants from verifying their Social Security numbers and other data through the federal website, HealthCare.gov. Those unable to enroll because of the outage can request special enrollment for coverage beginning March 1, CMS said.
The Social Security computer system will be down from 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) on Saturday until 5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT) on Tuesday, February 18, CMS said. CMS said those who have already completed an application will still able to shop or select a plan through the website.
Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by James Dalgleish


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In November 2010, Dean Simon and Kelly Mullarney bet big on a never-before-seen meal mash-up called Bruxie. Taking waffles beyond the breakfast table, the chefs, trained in fine dining, used them as a vehicle to deliver a beloved American comfort food: the sandwich.
But would customers get it?
On Day 2, they got their answer. Lines snaked around the 400-square-foot food shack near Chapman University. Simon frantically cooked the dimpled, airy waffles, while Mullarney stuffed them with upscale ingredients – prosciutto di Parma, Gruyere and goat cheeses, Angus beef patties, Nutella.
They ran out of batter after lunch. Bruxie had to stop taking orders, an exhausted Simon told dozens of curious foodies in line. He was certain everyone would walk away and never return. Instead, they paid and waited 75 minutes for their first "bold fold" bite.
"That was the day I said to Kelly, 'We got something here,'" Simon said.
Three years later, customers continue to crave Bruxie's gourmet waffle sandwiches sold in Orange and locations in Brea, Rancho Santa Margarita, Huntington Beach, Chino Hills and Irvine. In an interview with the Register, the founders revealed the next phase for the unconventional concept that has sparked a waffle revolution.
At the end of the year, a seventh Bruxie is coming to 17th Street in Costa Mesa. Major expansion is planned for Los Angeles, San Diego and Denver – growth aided by an infusion of investment funds from legendary restaurateurs Bill Allen and Paul Fleming and private equity firm Catterton Partners. A Bruxie pancake mix is also in the works.
"Now we're looking to prove it outside of Orange County," Simon said.
Validating the waffle phenomenon should be easy for Bruxie.
Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Irvine-based Taco Bell and Jack in the Box have studied Bruxie's menu – creating copycat waffle sandwiches at their venues. Waffle-centric menus are popping up at food trucks and restaurants across the country — from Washinton D.C. to Chicago.
Creating 'the bold fold'
A trip to Belgium, a case of the munchies and a USC sports scandal led to Bruxie's birth.
Simon, a produce wholesaler, discovered the sweet, cotton candy smell of Liege waffles and the less sugary Brussels waffles during a 2002 business trip in Belgium. A chef with a penchant for experimentation, Simon saw potential in adapting the Brussels waffle for use in America.
After a few years, he perfected a savory (not sweet) Brussels waffle recipe. He began selling "Brux Waffles" to restaurants and Crystal Cruises. He knew he had something special when 65 "waffle love letters" came pouring in from cruise ship travelers.
"They went crazy for it," Simon said.
Simon partnered with friend and chef-consultant Mullarney to help him market the waffles to a larger audience.
Ultimately, a South Korean street vendor shined a light on their next move.
Mullarney was in Seoul working with a client when he got the late-night munchies. As he wandered the streets, he found a vendor selling a cream and jelly pastry wrapped in a pancake-like bread. It tasted awful, but the texture and portability intrigued him.
"Could I do that with a waffle?" he thought.
He called Simon.
"That's when we decided to fold the waffle in half and make a sandwich," Mullarney said.
Simon called it "the bold fold."
From USC cart to food stand
Initially, Mullarney and Simon had no intention of creating their own waffle sandwich restaurant. They wanted to license the product for use in restaurants and cafes. They approached chefs and cafes. Most didn't buy the idea.
But in 2009 they caught a break. USC's culinary crew fell in love with the sandwiches. They were going to set up food carts during football games. But the licensing deal fell through when the university became embroiled in an NCAA ethics scandal.
In an "all or nothing" moment, a frustrated Simon told Mullarney they had to launch Bruxie themselves. Mullarney, who specialized in bringing new restaurant concepts to life, had doubts.
"I couldn't wrap my head around a complete concept around a waffle sandwich. It just didn't exist," he said.
A 61-year-old, beat-up burger stand became the final piece in Bruxie's complicated evolution.
In spring 2010, the partners invested $400,000 to renovate a rundown Dairy Treet food stand in Old Towne Orange. Simon said Mullarney found inspiration in the nostalgic walk-up food shack. The chefs complemented Bruxie's menu of sweet and savory waffles sandwiches with retro sides and beverages such as cane sugar sodas, waffle fries, Wisconsin custard, floats and shakes.
"The Orange location brought the menu all together," Mullarney said.
Days before their grand opening, the blogosphere erupted over Bruxie's unconventional, savory $8 waffle sandwiches. The chatter led to major lines. But crowds were confused by the concept.
"What is it?" was a frequent question at the counter.
Simon took on the role of "Bruxie ambassador" – a greeter charged with explaining the menu to customers in line. The position remains a key part of Bruxie's service strategy.
Rutabegorz owner Paul Berkman has witnessed "Bruxie mania" from his nearby Glassell Street restaurant. "They never took their eye off the ball. They were out there every single day and night. They were committed," he said.
Simon said fear keeps him going.
Before any grand opening, he never sleeps. "We're not sure if anyone is going to show up," he said.
As crowds flock to every new Bruxie, Simon reacts the same way: "They showed up. Holy mackerel, they showed up."
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Today's creative Friday post comes from the recent SWPP show that was held in London.
We know that DSLR/compact systems cameras are able to shoot high quality video, but not many photographers are taking advantage of it. From the SWPP session it was clear that there are some people that would like to experiment with video, but are concerned that it's too complicated when editing the footage in post. The other aspect to video is that it is very complimentory when used with your still images to provide more context. This "how to" video will take you through the journey of taking footage from the DSLR/compact systems camera and turning it into a 40 second video, as well as showing how you are able to use standard Photoshop re-touching techniques to solve a few technical issues. It will also show how to take footage from a YouTube/Vimeo channel and host onto your Behance page to show other creatives your story.
The Burma/Myanmar story that I have used as an example in this video can be found here.
Adobe will be at the UK Photography show in March, and will be holding free seminars on how to edit video as well as other Lightroom and Photoshop techniques and new features. More information about the seminars are available here Photoshop / Lightroom.
If this is something that you would like to try and don't have access to Photoshop, then why not take a 30 day trial and have a go.


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DJ Hero DLC adds indie hip hop
Activision announced and released a new "Indie Hip Hop Mix Pack" today, including three new tracks for $8 (or $3 sold individually on the Wii).
DJ Hero 2 doesn't know the meaning of the word canceled. Now that fan support has led to the promise of continued content, Activision announced and released a new set of DLC for the game today, titled the "Indie Hip Hop Mix Pack." It's already available for download, and includes an eclectic mix of underground hip hop artists.
You can grab the pack for $8 (640 MS Points) on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The Wii doesn't get a bundled pack, but the songs can be bought as singles for $3 (300 Wii Points) each. Check out the listing below and see if you're hip enough to recognize any names.
- Indie Hip Hop Mix Pack
- "My World Premiere" by Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf mixed with "The Red (Instrumental)" by Jaylib
- "Party Hard" by The Perceptionists featuring Guru & Camu Tao, mixed with "Ghostwriter" by RJD2
- "The Best Day" by Atmosphere (Remix by FSG)
Comment on DJ Hero DLC adds indie hip hop, by Steve Watts.


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- "Only a true leader plunges into the dark woods of defeat and emerges into the light of victory."
— Game intro
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is a tactical shooter video game and the sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It was announced by Ubisoft on November 20, 2007. The game was released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows-based PCs on March 19, 2008 in North America and March 20 in Europe, except in Germany, where the game has been delayed.[1][2][3]
A world-exclusive first-look of the game appeared in the January edition of the Official Xbox Magazine. One of the biggest announcements of the game is that Logan Keller, the lead character from the previous game, has been removed in favor of having the player create his or her own character to play through the campaign. The player will assume the role of Bishop, a member of the Rainbow squad with a great deal more experience who is more deeply involved in the story. The game is billed as "part sequel, part prequel", as the events of the campaign run both before and concurrently to the story of Logan Keller and continue after where the first game concluded.[4][5]
New features include an enhanced version of the "Persistent Elite Creation" or "PEC" system. Players can now customize their character. Where in the first game, the player could only customize the multiplayer character, in this game there will be only 1 character for single player and multiplayer game modes. This further shows itself in the fact that experience points are now achieved through all the game modes, online as well as offline, whereas in the first game, XP was only obtained by playing the online multiplayer game modes. There is a new sprint button that allow players to weave in and out of cover at a quicker pace, the pace and stamina will be contingent upon the players armor level.
The campaign now focuses on the seedier side of Las Vegas, with more outdoor combat and daytime missions. Also, certain missions now see a real-time day/night cycle. Certain kinds of cover can now be penetrated by weapons-fire, and parts of the environment are now destructible. The player can now sprint for a short distance. Rather than two difficulty modes, the game now has three (Casual, Normal and Realistic).[6]
An additional system implemented in the game is the "Advanced Combat Enhancement and Specialization" or ACES, where players will be rewarded with different weapons based on tactics used in the game. The ACES system is divided into three parts: Marksmanship, Assault, and Close-Quarter Battle. Most kills the player makes fall into one of these three categories and scored based upon how the kill was performed (a headshot would count towards Marksmanship, or shooting through a wall counts towards assault, or killing an enemy while blinded by a flashbang would count towards CQB). By getting a high enough score in a category, the player unlocks a specific item for that category; for example, the CQB category might reward the player with a new type of shotgun, while the Marksmanship category might reward the player with a new type of sniper rifle, and the Assault category might allow the player access to a new assault rifle.
Single-player campaign
The game begins five years ago in Píc des Pyreneés, France. Bishop is deployed by Rainbow to a science observatory, in which a group of European Union hostages must be rescued. As the local police and Rainbow squads surround the area and begin the negotiations, Bishop is cheered by Domingo 'D' Chavez and given command of Bravo Team, consisting of him and his two newest trainees, Logan Keller and Gabriel Nowak.
Lt. Monroe, the negotiator, plans to talk to the terrorists in-person, effectively distracting their attention while Rainbow's Alpha Team (Domingo-led) and Bravo teams on the operation get into place. Bishop takes Keller and Nowak to their assigned position and waits for Alpha to get in place. However, before Alpha arrives, Nowak fires prematurely, believing one terrorist to be about to execute an hostage. Bishop is then forced to fire onto the terrorists, but Monroe is killed by collateral gunfire from the terrorists who panicked when Nowak first opened fire.
Six then radios in, giving Bishop Alpha's sit-rep, but Bishop responds by saying that the situation "is over, but Monroe is dead. We need to talk" : Nowak attempts to apologize for what he has done, but Bishop retorts back, Six then tells Bishop that there are terrorists scrambling to escape and that they need to neutralize them. He also informs Bishop that there is a bomb that needs to be defused. When Bishop arrives, Nowak is assigned to defuse the bomb, and per Nowak's request, Bishop and Keller distance themselves to give Nowak "space" to work with. The bomb is successfully defused, but in a sudden attack terrorists open fire on Nowak, who falls and starts to scream helplessly into the radio, shouting "I knew this would happen! Don't leave me here! I knew this would happen, damn it!" as Keller and Bishop assures him that they are not leaving him behind. Alpha team then arrive and quell the situation, beginning to give first aid to Nowak just as the level ends.
The game then moves five years forward to July 2, 2010, at 6:27 P.M. local time, in Las Vegas. Bishop is in a Eurocopter Panther helicopter with Jung Park (electronics specialist) and Michael Walter (demolitions expert) as his teammates, Sharon Judd as their intel officer/coordinator and Gary Kenyon as the pilot of the chopper. Six contacts Bishop via secure satellite video, effectively giving Bishop a sit-rep of what operation is to come : Miguel and Alvarez Cabrero, two human traffickers ("people smugglers" or coyotes) have suddenly come in interest of taking up small arms trafficking and even more recently, chemical weapons. Though Rainbow and the National Security Agency (NSA) seem certain that the Cabrero brothers are running the operation for the opposition, they both want Bishop's new team to investigate the matter firsthand. Six informs Bishop that Logan Keller is running a separate operation down in Mexico.
Bishop, Park and Walter finally set foot on ground and make their way into the warehouse that the NSA believes the Cabrero brothers are running their operation from. Following a failed attempt to save Neville, an undercover NSA agent who's cover is blown, Bishop and his team fight through a plethora of terrorists into another warehouse, where they find Hispanic hostages held at gunpoint by more terrorists.
After a quick rescue, the Team is picked up by Rainbow's helicopter, which goes to a recreational facility where the Cabrero's chemical weapons have showed up at. Upon reaching the facility and securing the area, Walter searches the stash where the chemical bombs are presumed to be located. Not finding them, Bishop decides as team leader that the team has the responsibility to save the people inside a Las Vegas sports stadium from a bio-terrorist attack.
However, the team gets to the bomb site too late. Walter blames himself for not saving the people trapped in the stadium, but Bishop accepts full responsibility, for "[he] made the call."
Sharon Judd then notifies Bishop that he and his team need to catch the younger Cabrero brother, Miguel, whose disguised himself as a HAZMAT operative and escaped the Arena. In a chase for Miguel, Bishop eliminates all of the terrorists protecting him, leaving Miguel vulnerable to on-the-spot interrogation, specifically as to what happened to the second bioterrorist bomb. The brother at first denies any knowledge of the bomb, but after Bishop threatens by allowing Michael to pull the trigger, Miguel confesses the location, and attempts to draw a sidearm to shoot Bishop, but is shot before he could have a chance to fire it.
A somewhat important hostage, Dennis Cohen, is then saved by the team at the Las Vegas International Convention Center. Here, Bishop learns from Sharon that the other bomb is located on a monorail headed towards a high-density populated area of Las Vegas. Bishop heads over to the monorail, though Walter is unable to defuse the bomb. Bishop cleverly orders Walter that the bomb to be detonated, just not in a civilian area, ultimately fulfilling both NSA Deputy Director Aarom Lawrence order to "get rid of the bomb" as well as Six's order, "Rainbow's priority is to save civilian lives." As the team is about to evacuate, an NSA agent makes contact with Bishop, informing him of a situation in a downtown penthouse where the terrorists are taking over.
The team then heads over to the aforementioned upscale Las Vegas penthouse, where the last bomb is located. As Sharon briefs the team that Echo Team has been dispatched to assist Bravo, she is shot by a sniper. The helicopter then nearly crashes as Gary is struggling to hold Sharon and keep the aircraft steady ; Bravo Team ropes down, eliminates the sniper and proceed down to the building. Echo drops in too, only to be obliterated a few minutes later when a bomb explodes, vaporizing the level Echo team was securing.
In an ensuing casino battle with terrorists, Bishop relieves a SWAT team and rescues many civilian hostages, leading to a revelation that there is yet another bomb held in a Chinese theater, protected by heavily armed terrorists. Walter successfully defused the bomb, and the team proceeds to clean the roof to get extracted. As every single terrorist is killed, D contacts Bishop to inform him that Logan's Alpha team has been ambushed, resulting in the capturing of his teammates (Kan and Gabriel) ; Bishop is supposed to handle leadership of Bravo to Logan and return to the base.
On the roof the NSA agent joins Bishop in the helicopter at extraction saying that Alvarez has been spotted in an airstrip in the desert, and that because Alvarez is responsible for the bombing of several Las Vegas hotspots (e.g. casino, hotel, convention center, stadium, train station), Alvarez is too dangerous to let escape. Not letting Alvarez have the chance to escape, Bishop rushes over to confront Alvarez personally.
The helicopter arrives at an oil-refinery close to the airstrips position. But due to heavy resistance at the airstrip, Bishop is forced to make his way down from the oil-refinery. He is dropped in on a roof of a gas station while the NSA agent is dropped in a different location to provide Bishop with intelligence on the surrounding situation. Bishop is then forced to fight alone, making his way through the refinery and into an abandoned train-yard. When Bishop finally reaches the refinery's airstrip, the NSA agent is revealed to be Gabriel Nowak, who shoots and kills Alvarez. He is revealed to be the traitor and taunts Bishop before terrorists attempt to kill him. With the help of Bravo's helicopter pilot, Gary, Bishop survives.
Six orders Bishop to stand down, however he, Jung, and Walter follow Nowak to a Costa Rican villa. The team begins to storm the house, killing terrorists as they go. Suddenly, a helicopter engine is heard and Rainbow operatives begin to drop in, with Logan as their leader. As Bishop says that Bravo won't retreat, Logan quotes Bishop's teachings about trusting and protecting each other. As the teams split up to find Gabriel, Bravo is ambushed in the same fashion that they were trapped in the Pic des Pyrénée, with Michael incapacitated by a bomb as was Gabriel by a terrorist attack, with the rest of the team ambushed and under heavy fire. However, Bishop and Jung manage to get rid of the terrorist and set Mike back on his feet quickly. Shortly after that, Bishop confronts Gabriel, alone ; however, an attack helicopter and more of Gabriel's terrorists attack. Bishop manages to trick the helicopter into radioing for assistance, which lets Joanna Torres, Keller's intelligence officer, target the helicopter and shoot it down with a surface-to-air missile. Finally, Gabriel and Bishop meet face to face, with Gabriel gloating that he outsmarted all of Rainbow, and arguing that he should have been punished for what happened in the Pyreneés, blaming Bishop for cover him in every mistake he made. Gabriel draws his gun but Bishop shoots first. Michael and Jung appear out of the bordering gardens, and Rainbow operatives arrive with prisoners at gunpoint. Ding radios in, berating Bishop for disobeying direct orders. As Mike begins to defend Bishop, Ding reassures them by placing Bishop as Deputy Director of Rainbow, working in Hereford with Six. Mike express his happiness and Jung states that it isn't too early to happen, and they depart from the villa.
In co-op, players will now be able to experience the full single-player campaign -- the previous game skipped several cut-scenes and all of the in-game media (such as the picture-in-picture talking head briefings given out during each mission and Logan's responses to the NPCs). As a result, the co-op experience has been reduced to a maximum of two players, down from four in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. Unlike the co-op mode in the original Rainbow Six: Vegas, the AI teammates will remain in the game during co-op and can be given orders and go-codes by the primary player. The second player assumes the role of Knight, a silent and never mentioned character, yet stated to be Bishop's old friend and teammate. With him, however, the team is more powerful and dispatches the terrorist faster. For example, Knight can assume the role of a sniper or a secondary machine gunner, or even a pointman protected by a shield. He fills the usually empty 4th seat in the helicopter and backs previously alone Bishop in the refinery level.[7]
- Píc des Pyreneés - France
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As of July 24, 2008 the game has sold six million copies worldwide.
The game received generally positive reviews from critics. The Xbox 360 version had an average score of 85% based on 18 reviews on the review aggregator Game Rankings, and on Metacritic had an average score of 84 out of 100, based on 24 reviews.
The PS3 version had an average score of 86% based on 11 reviews on Game Rankings, and an average score of 86 out of 100 based on 13 reviews from Metacritic.
In the March issue of Game Informer Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 was given a review of 9.25.
IGN gave the Xbox 360 version an 8.4, where the main criticism was that the game was too similar to the first, and citing slight framerate issues on the PS3 version.
The original article was at Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. The list of authors can be seen in the page history.
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- ↑ Team Rainbow Returns to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Rainbow Six Franchise in Sin City in 2008. Ubisoft (2007-11-20). Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ↑ First details on Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
- ↑ IGN: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Interview, Page 2.
- ↑ Computer and Video Games Website
- ↑ Philippe Therien (game designer), Official Ubisoft Forums.
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- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 at PlayStation.Com


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A galaxy of stars emerged to help Haiti recover from devastation, coming together to raise money in an elegant telethon that was marked by stirring performances and sober appeals to viewers.
The star-studded "Hope for Haiti Now" kicked off with moving images from earthquake ravaged Haiti and a rousing performance by Alicia Keys as a roster of Hollywood's most famous faces manned a telephone bank in an effort to raise millions.
The two-hour telethon was the centerpiece of a massive effort to raise money for the impoverished island nation, following a devastating, 7.0 earthquake on Jan. 12.
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The event features appeals from some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including organizer George Clooney, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon and several others. They spoke of the misery and struggle facing Haitians while highlighting small triumphs in the midst of the disaster.
Keys opened the telecast, sitting alone at a grand piano and belted out her song "Prelude to a Kiss."
Clooney, who personally donated $1 million for Haiti relief and organized a similar effort following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, was first to speak and urged viewers to call-in donations to 140 celebrity phone operators that included celebrities like Tim Robbins, Reese Witherspoon, Mel Gibson and Ringo Starr.
"The Haitian people need our help," said Clooney. "They need to know that they are not alone. They need to know that we still care."
CNN's Anderson Cooper gave live reports from Haiti throughout the telecast while scenes from the devastation that killed more than 200,000 people were played. Wyclef Jean made his appeal in English and Creole -- speaking directly to the citizens of his native land who were listening on Haitian radio.
"I carried bodies of my people in the cemetery. They should have been walking," he said. "Instead they were heavy in my arms. ... Right now we can see the second wave of the disaster coming ... We have to make sure that the second wave never makes it to Haiti." Before the show, Jean announced a new accounting firm to handle the finances of his group, Yele Haiti, after acknowledging past mistakes at the charity that has raised money for Haiti.
Jean also closed out the telecast with an upbeat version of "Rivers of Babylon" which he ended by shouting "enough of this moping man, let's rebuild Haiti." He was introduced by Denzel Washington who called Jean a "son of Haiti."
The show also featured tidbits of conversations people donating were having with celebrities like Steven Spielberg who thanked them for their contributions.
In addition to pitches from Hollywood luminaries, the event featured live performances from two continents, featuring the music industry's top stars.
After a plea from Halle Berry, Bruce Springsteen sang an acoustic version of the legendary civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome." Madonna, along with a choir, performed her classic "Like a Prayer." Chris Martin played the piano while Beyonce sang a modified "Halo" with the hook "Haiti I can see your halo."
Jay-Z performed from London, along with Bono, The Edge and Rihanna in a special joint performance of a new song produced by Swizz Beatz called "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)."
Coldplay also performed from London. In New York, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Jean and Sting sang their own songs and covers. In Los Angeles, Taylor Swift performed, and Keith Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow collaborated on "Lean on Me". Also performing in Los Angeles were Justin Timberlake, Dave Matthews, John Legend, and Stevie Wonder.
The two-hour telethon was shown on all the major networks and a host of other channels.
People began donating even before the start of the 8 p.m. EST concert via phone and text. Viewers can also download musical performances from the show via iTunes for 99 cents. Those profits will also be donated to Haiti relief.
Along with Clooney, several other stars have written checks for the relief effort. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen donated $1.5 million, while Sandra Bullock, Leonardo DiCaprio, Microsoft founder Bill gates and couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have contributed $1 million each.
More money is coming in from a charity drive by former presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton. Their Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund, one of several charities that will benefit from the telethon, will provide both short and long-term relief to Haiti.
"Through the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, we will work to provide immediate relief and long-term support to earthquake survivors. We will channel the collective goodwill around the globe to help the people of Haiti rebuild their cities, their neighborhoods, and their families," the former presidents said in a joint statement.
The ex-commander-in-chiefs got a big donation from the couple currently occupying the White House, as President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama donated $15,000 to the fund.
Two more fund raising efforts are coming in the form of likely hit singles. Legendary producer Quincy Jones, the man who told stars to "check your egos at the door" before a 1985 session that yielded "We Are The World" to raise money for famine relief in Africa, is putting together another supergroup to remake the classic. The session is planned for the Monday following the Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles' Nokia Theater.
"American Idol" mastermind Simon Cowell is assembling a star-studded group of his own to remake the R.E.M. classic "Everybody Hurts" to benefit quake victims. So far, Rod Stewart, Michael Buble, Leona Lewis and JLS have signed on.
For a list of organizations that are taking contributions for Haiti, click here.