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The National Review, November 30, 2011
On the day before Thanksgiving, controversial health wonk Donald Berwick tendered his resignation as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "It's unfortunate that a small group of senators obstructed his nomination, putting political interests above the best interests of the American people," said deputy White House press secretary Jamie Smith. "One of [health care's] most distinguished leaders and voices got mugged by partisan Republicans who know better and who got away with it," wrote John McDonough of the Boston Globe. Berwick, however, wasn't done in by Republican intransigence. He was done in by presidential cowardice. And therein lies a microcosm of everything that's been wrong with Obamacare.


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Courageous mother Andrea Burkill was recognised with an Inspirational Fundraiser prize at the national Inspiration Woman Awards.
The Market Rasen mum has been instrumental in raising money for charity after the devastating news that her daughter Claudia had an extremely rare and aggressive brain tumour.
Such was the support for the Burkill family, they managed to raise £100,000 in just 13 days for the Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre at the University of Nottingham.
Meanwhile, police launched a murder investigation after the death of Betty Constable of Merleswen, Dunholme.
Her son, Nigel Constable was charged with murder by Lincolnshire Police.
Ms Constable was taken to Lincoln Hospital from her Dunholme home but died two days later.
A Grasby resident, Mark Linsay was jailed for four and a half years after a police investigation into a child sexual exploitation ring.
In happier news, a new adult day care centre opened in Union Street.
Town Mayor Steve Bunney said he was pleased to see Focusability set-up as there was still uncertainty about the future of day care provision provided by Lincolnshire County Council.
A group of residents were also setting up a group to help purchase part of Market Rasen's historic station building and restore it to use.
The Grade II Listed property had been put on the market for £50,000 by its current owner.
Caistor Yarborough staff and pupils had cause to celebrate as the school marked its 75th anniversary.
And there was a celebration of Beryl Potts' lifelong contribution to music at a concert in Brigg.
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September 21st, 2009 – by: Andy99
With school in session, traffic was light along I-95 and I-64 and we made the 150 mile trip to Williamsburg in 2 1/2 hours. We arrvied in time for lunch at one of our favorites, Pierce's Pitt Bar-B-Que.
After lunch it was time for a stroll through the Colonial Williamsburg historic area. I always enjoy taking photos of Colonial Wiliamsburg and never tire of capturing the structures anew or seeking fresh angles of familar buildings and subjects. I find I am more interested now than I used to be in taking photos of the costumed reenactors who lend atmosphere to the historic area. Many will stop and pose for you. Others you have to catch candidly. (Some don't like it if you are not a Colonial Williamsburg ticket holder.) The challenge is to try to get photos of the reenactors without including the many visitors in modern dress! I liked capturing the ox cart driver and his oxen this time.
There seemed to be lot of the horse-drawn rides out and about this afternoon. (You can ride around the historic district in a colonial style carriage or wagon.) "The blue wagon is leaving" went one call for ticket holders--like it was a metro!
As I was taking photos, the realization dawned on me that I had forgotten to pack my camera's battery charger! Clearly a potential disaster. (How had I overlooked that while remembering the cell phone and iPod chargers?) Fortunately, we found a Ritz Camera nearby that stocked compatible battery chargers. Disaster averted.
We enjoyed dinner at Food for Thought.
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Visiting One's Son (Besöka sin son) (1967)
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Roy Andersson's short movies focus on working class and youth daily life, capturing and portraying a small slice of his characters' day. Unlike his… More Roy Andersson's short movies focus on working class and youth daily life, capturing and portraying a small slice of his characters' day. Unlike his next and more known works, he uses very realistic "lens" instead of the surrealistic approach and humor. Everything is so natural - set, interpretations, dialogues - that they could be taken as documentaries. These movies remind me of Chekhov's short fiction, however, with a more interesting mise en scene - at least, given the Chekhov's short stories I read, they would be something close to popcorn movies. Besöka sin son (Visiting One's Son), Hämta en cykel (To Fetch a Bike) and Lördagen den 5.10 (Saturday October 5) are like exercises in style that culminated in his first feature, "A Swedish Love Story (En kärlekshistoria). In "Visiting One's Son", his first movie, Anderson follows the visit of the parents to their student son's apartment . In its 9 minutes length, he brings up social subjects such as working class' life, women's role/wife's submission, conflict of generations. Time changed, things changed, but the scene of the family at the table could still be reproduced today, forty four years later: "You can't just read magazines. Read some books too". You can't just get on the internet. Read some books too.


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PNG wants Total to develop disputed gas field - energy minister
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen
SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea wants Total SA to lead construction of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project drawing gas from a disputed field instead of the gas being used to expand an existing giant project, the country's energy minister said.
The South Pacific nation began exports this year from Exxon Mobil Corp's $19 billion PNG LNG project, the largest private investment in the nation's history. While an expansion of that project is planned, Papua New Guinea hopes to see French Total lead another LNG export plant.
Total earlier this year bought a 40 percent stake in Papua New Guinea's biggest undeveloped gas deposit, the Elk and Antelope fields, from local firm InterOil Corp.
However, Oil Search, a partner in Exxon Mobil's project, has challenged Total's purchase of the stake, saying it held the right to buy the stake. The dispute is due to go into arbitration in November.
InterOil and Total want to develop the Elk and Antelope fields and build a new LNG project in Papua New Guinea, while Exxon Mobil and Oil Search see the fields as a potential source of gas for an expansion of the PNG LNG project.
PNG energy minister Nixon Duban said gas from Elk and Antelope was unlikely to be fed into the existing plant, and that he would prefer a separate LNG plant to be built.
"For a European company like Total to choose Papua New Guinea gives a lot of prominence to us as an investment destination," Duban, who was attending an LNG conference in Singapore, told Reuters in an interview.
Exxon Mobil said it couldn't comment on the matter. Oil Search managing director Peter Botten, who was also in Singapore at a separate conference, declined to comment on the matter, but confirmed the PNG LNG project was currently producing at full capacity of 6.9 million tonnes a year.
Total did not comment immediately and InterOil did not respond to a request for comment.
Duban, who was appointed energy minister at the beginning of the year, also said he welcomed Exxon Mobil's plan to expand its existing project, but said there is no definite timing on that. Exxon Mobil and its partners - including Santos Ltd and Japan's Nippon Oil Corp - are yet to decide where to source the additional gas.
"When we discuss expansion, we should also be mindful of the Elk-Antelope that will come aboard with two trains at a separate LNG project," Duban said.
Oil Search already holds a 23 percent stake in the Elk and Antelope fields, which it funded by selling 10 percent of its shares to the Papua New Guinea government.
To acquire the stake in Oil Search, the government earlier this year took an A$1.2 billion ($1.06 billion) loan, which will be paid off using funds from LNG exports from Exxon Mobil's project.
"Proceeds from the LNG exports will contribute towards repaying those loans," Duban said.
The loan came under fire from former treasurer Don Polye, while an independent commission is investigating whether the government broke its own rules in taking on the loan.
The government has yet to fully identify which landowners will receive royalties, a critical holdup that has raised the spectre of unrest in the impoverished highlands where locals are anxiously awaiting a historic windfall.
Exxon Mobil's agreement with the government sets aside a 2 percent royalty for landowners. The government initially hoped to conclude vetting of clans that claim to own the land by year-end, but that is now expected to slip into next year, Duban said.
"Some people may feel they've been let down in certain parts of the project areas," Duban said, but played down concerns the conflicts could affect safety for energy infrastructure. (1 US dollar = 1.1357 Australian dollar) (Additional reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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Coumarins are found especially in cinnamon and tonka beans. They exhibit anti-inflammatory as well as anticoagulant activities;
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New methods for the laboratory-scale synthesis of coumarin-based drugs were developed in a recent study completed at the University of Eastern Finland.
In his doctoral thesis, Lic. Phil. Juri Timonen also developed new analytical methods for the fast identification of natural and non-natural coumarins. A few of the synthesised coumarins were also found to inhibit some specific reactions generally associated with inflammation.
Coumarin is an aromatic compound, naturally occurring in many plants. In foodstuffs coumarins are found especially in cinnamon and tonka beans. The bioactivity of coumarins has been utilized in many drugs; for example, coumarins exhibit anti-inflammatory as well as anticoagulant activities.
The study made considerable improvements to the decades-old synthesis method of coumarins. Most of the previous methods are based on heating of the starting material with a strong acid, but the newly developed method also works at room temperature. The improvements also lower the production costs, since the final products are easier to purify.
A commonly used inflammation model showed that some of the synthesized coumarins remarkably reduced the production of typical signaling molecules, such as nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide itself, which are usually linked to inflammation. In this assay, a murine cell line from mice imitated the inflammatory response. The results also revealed one of the pathways in which coumarins act. Understanding of this pathway and data on nearly 50 tested coumarins may help in the development of future anti-inflammatory drugs for chronic inflammation diseases such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis.
Developing new analytical methods for natural and non-natural compounds is important in the screening of natural products with biological activity as well as in studies of drug metabolism. By using a mass spectrometric method developed in this study, even very similar compounds can be distinguished and characterized based on their fragmentation during the analysis.
A fragmentation pattern for a given molecule obtained by a mass spectrometer resembles a fingerprint; it is dependent only on the structure of the molecule and two non-identical molecules produce different patterns. The study revealed some interesting details on the fragmentation of synthesized coumarins. This knowledge can be used in the future to predict fragmentation of novel coumarins.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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4 comments:
- Sidhusaaheb said...
The world would be much better place if people went around on foot, bike, public transport or even horse for short journeys. Though people do go everywhere in car. One thing I realized from my time in the states, is that everyone drives everywhere. In the UK its not as bad, though people still do drive a bit too much.
When I went to Punjab only a very few people in the village kept horses. Those who did kept them for a hobby and not really for transport. But virtually everyone had cars and motorbikes. It would be great to see the the Horsemanship of our people, re appear. It would be good if horse trading can be done with Pakistan and Afghanistan, so we can have the same strong horse breeds we used in the times of the Gurus.
Ranvir Singh Bassi | 06.11.08 – 1:54 pm | #
hain Hain .. horse cart inverted?? :D
Asma | Homepage | 06.11.08 – 7:15 pm | #
@Bassi sa'ab: Thanks for dropping by!
I had an opportunity to learn horse-riding at college, which I missed and I regret that now.
@Asma: Click on the image to enlarge it and you'll discover if that's indeed the case. :D
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 06.11.08 – 8:53 pm | #
I grew up on horseback and it is wonderful. My personal horse was a mighty stallion, a white horse named Whitehorse (not as silly as it sounds; he was named after the city – town, really – of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory.)
The unity between horse and rider can be a joyous experience, almost mystical in nature. I knew Whitehorse and he knew me – and we seemed to understand each other well.
And it's fun to ride a horse.
However, horses are not without problems, to whit, they poop. Messy, smelly, slippery poop. If people took to horses the way they today take to motor vehicals, I hate to think of the mess.
Although horse riding is fun and glorious, I think I would opt for the majority to take to bicycles, the pedal variety.
Mai Harinder Kaur | Homepage | 06.11.08 – 9:22 pm | #
- Monday, 25 January 2010 at 01:14:00 GMT+5:30
- Sidhusaaheb said...
I suppose community stables, where every one could 'park' their steeds, and using the waste to make biogas could solve the problems. :D
BTW, I believe European countries and even China had a bicycling culture that is being lost now, which is a real pity!
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 06.11.08 – 9:34 pm | #
Another consideration is that a horse is an intelligent, feeling, living being who needs and responds to love, who bonds with his person. No one should keep a horse unless s/he is willing and able to supply his emotional, as well as physical needs. This is a major difference from a bike or auto.
(BTW, I use 'he' when referring to horses since I have always ridden stallions. Mares are also good riding companions, I am told.)
Mai Harinder Kaur | Homepage | 06.11.08 – 10:18 pm | #
Hehe…I suppose not every one can afford to have a 'personal' horse and horses are owned by institutions that include the armed forces, police departments, schools, colleges, etc. So, it can obviously not always be a single person that cares for a horse or rides it. The stablehands, the riders, the trainers, etc., have to be a part of the team that cares for the animals, obviously, in a very humane manner.
I care for my motorbike almost as if it were a part of my family (more on that later!) and would love to make friends with a horse or horses.
My ancestors used to own mares, horses as well as camels, but that was a long time ago.
So, it is all a matter of perspective, perhaps.
BTW, the animals visible in the photograph are either ponies or mules, but definitely not horses. :D
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 06.11.08 – 10:42 pm | #
- Monday, 25 January 2010 at 01:16:00 GMT+5:30
- Sidhusaaheb said...
We desperately need to usher in a bicycling culture, where bicycles could be kept in junctions, taken for a ride and left off at another junction… could have electronic tags to guard against theft. But all this is so faaar away. And who can safely take a bicycle in our bloomin' city roads without ending up dead on the third day? In some ofthe better parts of the world, they have bicycling tracks by the side of the road, under the shade of nice green trees.
(I remember having seen a similar track in some part of Delhi recently – dont know if it was a private or a govt. initiative – someone please chip in)
sriram | Homepage | 06.12.08 – 12:03 pm | #
I guess you might have seen such tracks somewhere along the BRT or Bus Rapid Transit corridor (which is another long story about 'brilliance induced by cash', wherein two IIT professors had a 'brilliant' idea induced by funding from major bus manufacturers like Tata and Volvo!), but I guess if they do build more of those in Delhi, those would end up being hogged by scooterists and motorcyclists during rush-hour, with the cyclists being driven off-track, literally.
Delhi's traffic is just about the most indisciplined in all of India, I suppose. I am now reminded of your blog-post about Singapore and the hefty fines it imposes on offenders!
BTW, I am all for bicycling being promoted in a major way in all cities of the world.
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 06.12.08 – 1:17 pm | #
I wish i could cycle to work, but it is unsafe due to so many reasons. Enjoyed the picture.
Mridula | Homepage | 06.13.08 – 5:48 pm | #
Where I live, near Seattle, USA, there are many bike paths which get quite a lot of use.
There are many benefits of riding a bike, health as well as financial and environmental.
Many motorists, however, are hostile to the bikers, not without reason, as the bikers often refuse to follow the traffic laws. A little courtesy on both sides would go a long, long way.
In the 21st century cities, horses as transportation may be completely impractical. Still, I remember with great fondness of the days when when my shaheed husband on Midnight Hurricane would race me on Whitehorse, the wind ripping around us, the world whizzing by, our horses competing as much as us two, all four happy and exhausted at the end, whoever won. Perhaps I need to write about this ion my own blog, eh?
Mai Harinder Kaur | Homepage | 06.13.08 – 11:22 pm | #
Back to the basics.
I remember, I used to go to school in a Tonga. What beautiful days !
Manpreet | Homepage | 06.14.08 – 9:02 am | #
- Monday, 25 January 2010 at 01:17:00 GMT+5:30
- Sidhusaaheb said...
Aray yeh aik ghora naraaz hogaya hai kya :P
Fariha Akhtar | Homepage | 06.15.08 – 12:21 pm | #
Ha ha -
Perhaps we all need to revert to this mode given the fuel prices
Raza Rumi | Homepage | 06.15.08 – 7:14 pm | #
I am not sure about other regions but in the Scandinavians region at least, there is a great tendency towards using bicycles or more eco-friendly means of transport. People also use horses in their farms, rural areas etc.
While using bikes , horses would be good to stay fit, I believe vehicle making firms should be pressurized and encourage to make investments in more eco-friendly and cheaper vehicles which are less dependent on fossil fuels. Right now such firms are not doing enough and that is one reason the consumers have to suffer.
Irfan | Homepage | 06.24.08 – 9:11 pm | #
- Monday, 25 January 2010 at 01:17:00 GMT+5:30


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Season 2 is out on Halloween!
Was that a sack of potatoes????
Anyway, it seems like the official Netflix YouTube channel has uploaded a video with, what I assume are, season 2 episode titles...
"A universe that needed someone to observe it in order to collapse it into existence would be a pretty sorry universe indeed."
Season 2 is out on Halloween!
OMG Eleven is back!!!
Oh man, somehting about those synths gives me the chills. So freaking excited!!!
That trailer looks fn AMAZing. Better than I expected.
"Washing Machiiiiiine" - Kate Bush
Ok. My wig is now in the Southern Hemisphere. They are SO on point with this show. I mean, the trailer was already amazing ( being reminded of Dragon's Lair?! Yes!) and then I heard that voice, that monologue that was the cause of a million nightmares as a child, and I lost it. If season two is anywheee near as good as that trailer, Halloween can't come soon enough.
Btw, although the show is obviously enjoyable to just about everyone, there's immense pleasure in being able to watch the show as someone who was born in 1980.
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I really can't stand the wait on this one. I wish they'd also do a sequel to OA since that show .. I was riveted .. I never wanted it to end.
"Washing Machiiiiiine" - Kate Bush
The OA has been renewed for a second season, so it's coming back.
It's almost here! I'm thinking of rewatching season one this week / next week because I am sure there is a lot I've forgotten. The trailers for this season have me thinking it will be even better than the first.
Semi-related. I watched a movie the other day called Super Dark Times that reminded me of Stranger Things.
If it is as good as the new trailer suggests then this is going to be an awesome, awesome season!
"Washing Machiiiiiine" - Kate Bush
Do I see some Karate Kid in there?!


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Marseille are level again with Lyon at the top of Ligue 1 after a 2-1 win over Bordeaux.
Marseille pulled level again with champions Lyon at the top of Ligue 1 after a 2-1 home win over Bordeaux.
After a goalless first half in the late Sunday kick-off at Stade Velodrome, l'OM claimed the lead four minutes after the break through Mickael Pagis.
They doubled their advantage six minutes after that through Taye Taiwo before Marouane Chamakh pulled a goal back from the penalty spot (64) for Les Girondins.
The visitors finished the match a man short after Julien Faubert was sent off two minutes before the end for serious foul play.
Nancy are up to third, despite failing to break down ten-man Rennes at Stade Marcel-Picot.
Pablo Correa's side were handed the man advantage on the quarter hour mark when former Liverpool midfielder Bruno Cheyrou was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Despite being a man short, Rennes battled and held on to claim a point on their travels.
Goals from Aruna Dindane (11), Seydou Keita (55) and Ferreyra Jussie (59) gave Lens a 3-0 win at Sochaux.
Auxerre also won on their travels after a creditable 3-2 victory over St Etienne at Stade Geoffrey-Guichard.
Ilan (10) gave the home side the lead before Lionel Mathis (41) equalised for Auxerre.
Geoffrey Dernis restored the home side's lead but Auxerre levelled again through Kanga Akale (76).
Benoit Cheyrou claimed the points for the visitors with a dramatic late winner.
Finally, Paris Saint Germain recovered from their disappointing Uefa Cup draw with Derry City to defeat Monaco 2-1 at Stade Louis II.
Mohamed Kallon gave the Principality club the lead (33) before PSG levelled through David Rozehnal (42).
David Hellebuyck struck nine minutes after half time to hand Guy Lacombe's side an important away win after a poor start to their Ligue 1 season.
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Nancy 0-0 Rennes
Marseille 2-1 Bordeaux
Monaco 1-2 Paris Saint Germain
Sochaux 0-3 Lens
St Etienne 2-3 Auxerre


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STAYING FIT: Best exercise equipment is your body
In late December and all throughout January, we can get bombarded by ads for exercise equipment. Almost always they promise to "help you shed those unwanted pounds, make you fit, and give you a sexy body." Or something along those lines.
Whether it's endorsed by some D-list celebrity, or created by some ex-armed forces/out-of-work-athlete/genetic mutant Adonis, we are told by the commercials that this piece of equipment is better than anything else — only this equipment will get you the results you want. Perhaps, but spending money on infomercial exercise equipment may not be the best way to proceed. You know as well as I do that often that new equipment ends up quickly getting ignored, turned into a convenient clothes rack, or sold in a yard sale or on Ebay.
Getting to a healthy weight, staying fit, getting fit, or making any progress in physical well-being rarely comes easy. It more often is the result of steady progress over time. Think about it—those extra 30 pounds didn't just suddenly appear in 2 weeks. Neither will those pounds come off in 2 weeks. So those promises that your body will suddenly look better if you use the latest "Thigh-Squeezer," "Tight-Bottom-Developer," "Massive Bicep Creator," or "Sexy Chest Contraption" are off the mark.
The best piece of equipment you have in developing a healthy weight and a healthy lifestyle is your own body. Sure, exercise equipment like some dumbbells, exercise ball, flexible straps, and the like are helpful tools.
But using your own body as your exercise tool corresponds more to real-life situations. Plus, when you exercise using only your body, there are fewer obstacles to prevent you from exercising. No more excuses about not having the right equipment—your body is always with you. No more excuses about not having the time—you can use your body to exercise anywhere for any length of time.
Whether it's simply walking or jogging, running up stairs, doing push-ups, sit-ups, dips, jumping jacks, squats, lunges, all manner of plyometric exercises, kickboxing, swimming, yoga, or tai-chi, your body can give you the results you desire. Using only your body weight in these and other exercises can give your body a thorough workout. And body exercise, without equipment, mimics everyday life situations.
For instance, squats mimic what you do when you have to put food in the lower section of the refrigerator or places dishes on a shelf under the counter. Pushups give you the strength to lift bags of groceries or toss a grandchild in the air and catch her with delight. When you do enough body-weight exercise it works your muscles just as much as if you had barbells or other weights involved.
Don't let lack of equipment prevent you from taking the steps to start exercising. Start moving your body around—something is better than nothing. Let's move forward together.
I don't know for sure, but I'm hoping that with the online Advocate, I'll be able to eventually have some interactive sections for this column. That way, I could demonstrate some simple exercises to aid your fitness routine. Stay tuned.
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If you were to judge this movie based on the last time Melissa McCarthy headlined a project (that would be last year's Tammy), you might expect that Spy would be a horrible waste of time. And you would be very wrong, at least from the viewpoint of this reviewer. Every project should be a clean slate for the people involved; a chance for the actors to prove themselves or remind everyone why we should care about what we see on the screen. In this third collaboration between director Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy, they remind anyone that original comedies, as rare as they might be, are still possible.
Melissa McCarthy is Susan Cooper, a CIA analyst acting as the eyes and ears for agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) as they work to complete some of the most dangerous missions. Things go south when Fine goes off the grid and other operatives in the Agency become compromised. To make matters worse, the threat of global destruction looms overhead. Of course it does! In such times, when your secret agents are no longer a secret to the enemy, who do you send in? Well, you send in someone the enemy would never expect. Former teacher turned CIA analyst, the unsuspecting Susan Cooper.
One of the sharpest satirical takes on the spy-themed genre, Spy delivers in just about every way. As a comedy, it soars. There are so many well-timed jokes and humorous situations, you might find yourself wanting to stop laughing just for a second to catch the next piece of dialogue. This happens often and might lead you to catch the film a second time.
As an espionage spoof, it is a worthy entry into the pantheon of many other great ones. Aside from the solid comedic elements, the reason that it serves as one of the more unique approaches on the 'Bond template' is what makes it golden, for lack of a less Bondian term. Spy takes the idea of a James Bond adventure and essentially replaces Bond with Miss Moneypenny, MI6's dutiful secretary (and she was a secretary in the 60s). Where Skyfall takes Moneypenny out of the field and puts her behind a desk, which is a little problematic and could be viewed as a step backward in the struggle for women characters in movies that mean something, Spy inverts this notion of the woman cheering on the male agent as he saves the world and puts her front and center in the position to save the world herself.
McCarthy's Susan Cooper manages not only to do this, but she also saves us from a forgettable action-comedy. She reminds us why she deserved a headlining spot ever since her turn in Bridesmaids. She is fantastic, super funny and yet amidst all the laughs, she manages to show us a verisimilitude and grit that is unexpectedly touching even if for a moment. Susan Cooper is a real, fully fleshed out character and McCarthy displays a certain kind of intelligence in her choices of how to play her throughout the transformative character arc; from the unassuming, self-deprecating desk analyst to the self-confident and full fledged field agent she becomes.
We cannot talk about McCarthy and neglect the film's writer-director Paul Feig, who at this point seems to fully understand the formula of capturing lightning in a bottle. He probably did not have to do much directing with McCarthy having already worked with her previously to some measurable degree of success. Still, being a voice for more empowering spaces for real women characters who are not caricatures of themselves, Feig has created yet another space for McCarthy and other women in this picture to shine. Feig's writing is sharp and plays to the strengths of the actors. He manages to stage some genuinely thrilling action beats that happen to have nice comic bits infused.
While we are on nice comic bits, probably the best of them is Jason Statham as agent Rick Ford. Known for playing edgier, action oriented characters in films like The Transporter and The Expendables movies, as well as his recent turn as the villain in Furious 7, Statham is easily a scene stealer playing a character who comes off as intense and well put together as characters he has played in other movies, but is actually not quite as together as he would have us believe. It's genius to have Statham play such a character so against what we expect and to top it off, he actually happens to have great comic timing. It would be a treat to see Statham do more comedy because he is surprisingly quite funny.
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Head west for an unforgettable encounter with manmade and natural wonders-Hollywood's Walk of Fame, the misty splendour of Yosemite Falls, astounding views of the Grand Canyon and glittering lights in a desert oasis, washed down with a glass or two of Sonoma red against the backdrop of sun-kissed vineyards.
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13 full breakfasts
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City tour in Los Angeles, San Francisco
Scenic drive along 17-Mile Drive
Orientation of San Diego
View Oak Creek Canyon, Half Dome
Visit Grand Canyon National Park, Las Vegas, Yosemite National Park, Mammoth Lakes, Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley, Santa Barbara, Carmel, Monterey
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Cherry-picked hotels all tried and trusted
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Day 1Arrive Los Angeles Day 1 - Arrive Los Angeles
Welcome to the City of Angels. After a short transfer to Beverly Hills, settle in to your hotel. At 6 p.m., gather with your Travel Director and travelling companions for a Welcome Reception.
Beverly Hills Marriott
Beverly Hills Marriott
Day 2Los Angeles – San Diego Day 2 - Los Angeles – San Diego
Travel south along the Pacific Ocean to San Diego. Join a city tour of the Victorian Gaslamp Quarter, Old Town and Balboa Park. Enjoy some free time before a Regional Meal dinner.
Westin Gaslamp Quarter
Westin Gaslamp Quarter
Day 3San Diego – Scottsdale Day 3 - San Diego – Scottsdale
Head east today, as the great Sonoran Desert opens up before you. This afternoon, arrive in the desert playground of Scottsdale. The evening is yours to enjoy.
Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale
Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale
Day 4Scottsdale – Sedona – Grand Canyon National Park Day 4 - Scottsdale – Sedona – Grand Canyon National Park
Journey to the artists' enclave of Sedona before getting out your cameras as you near Oak Creek Canyon. This afternoon, arrive at the Grand Canyon. Enjoy astounding views from the South Rim and meet with a Local Specialist who will enlighten you about this natural wonder.
National Park Lodges
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Day 5Grand Canyon National Park – Las Vegas (2 Nights) Day 5 - Grand Canyon National Park – Las Vegas (2 Nights)
Depart the natural beauty of the Grand Canyon and head toward the glittering lights of Las Vegas. Arrive at your hotel located in the centre of the famed Strip.
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Day 6Las Vegas Day 6 - Las Vegas
The choices today are endless: hit the casinos, do some shopping or enjoy lunch at one of the city's elegant restaurants. This evening enjoy one of the elaborate Regional Meal buffets Las Vegas is renowned for.
Day 7Las Vegas – Mammoth Lakes Day 7 - Las Vegas – Mammoth Lakes
Leave Vegas behind and travel through the wide-open expanses of the Mojave Desert. Arrive in Mammoth Lakes on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and enjoy the evening on your own.
The Westin Monache Resort
The Westin Monache Resort
Day 8Mammoth Lakes – Yosemite National Park Day 8 - Mammoth Lakes – Yosemite National Park
Descend from the Sierra Nevada Mountains through stunning Tioga Pass into the Yosemite Valley, passing by the wonders of Bridal Veil, Yosemite Falls, El Capitan and Half Dome. (Weather conditions may cause the Tioga Pass to be closed, typically mid-Oct to end-May. In this case, the overnight will be in Visalia.) Spend the rest of your day in this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
BW Plus Yosemite Way Station
BW Plus Yosemite Way Station
Day 9Yosemite – Napa – Sonoma – San Francisco (2 Nights) Day 9 - Yosemite – Napa – Sonoma – San Francisco (2 Nights)
Descend from the mountains and head north to Napa. Then it's on to Sonoma, where you visit a family-owned winery for an exclusive tour and wine tasting. Travel through scenic wine country before crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. This evening, enjoy Regional Meal dinner with your fellow travellers.
Fairmont San Francisco Authentic Accommodation
Fairmont San Francisco Authentic Accommodation
Day 10San Francisco Sightseeing Day 10 - San Francisco Sightseeing
As the mist rises over the bay, stunning San Francisco stands before you. Embark on a morning exploration that takes you from Fisherman's Wharf to Golden Gate Park before enjoying free time.
Day 11San Francisco – Carmel – Monterey (2 Nights) Day 11 - San Francisco – Carmel – Monterey (2 Nights)
Spend a leisurely morning in San Francisco before heading to the quaint village of Carmel-by-the-Sea, browse the shops or wander down to the water's edge. Travel to Monterey for a Be My Guest dinner where your hosts prepare a dinner with the freshest ingredients.
The Portola Hotel and Spa at Monterey Bay
The Portola Hotel and Spa at Monterey Bay
Day 12Monterey Day 12 - Monterey
After cruising the beautiful 17-Mile Drive, past the famed Lone Cypress Tree and Pebble Beach Golf Links, spend the rest of your day exploring the historic waterfront district and Cannery Row in Monterey.
Day 13Monterey – Paso Robles – Santa Barbara Day 13 - Monterey – Paso Robles – Santa Barbara
Travel south to visit a Cultural Insight, where you will taste different varietals of olive oil and tour the olive groves. Continue on to sun-kissed Santa Barbara. This evening, toast your holiday with a Farewell Dinner.
The Fess Parker: A DoubleTree by Hilton Resort
The Fess Parker: A DoubleTree by Hilton Resort
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Head south to Hollywood to see Grauman's Chinese Theater and the Walk of Fame. Travel through Beverly Hills for those extending your stay or take your transfer to the Los Angeles International Airport.
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Stay at the historic Fairmont San Francisco located atop Nob Hill with its uniquely San Franciscan tiki bar.
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Visit Happy Girl Kitchen in Monterey, where your hosts share their knowledge and love of food using the freshest ingredients during an outstanding farm-to-table experience
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City tour in Los Angeles, San Francisco
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Service rating : travel director was outstandingProduct : grand canyon hotel was terrible. The food was the worst I have ever had, I had a undercooked chicken which I returned but it still made me ill
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"This is Bobby Flay's recipe that was featured in Bon Appetit. I love this sauce! I have served it over grilled, roasted and blanched asparagus! It's even better with homemade mayonnaise."
Grilled Asparagus With Saffron Aioli
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- 59.14 ml red wine vinegar
- 14.79 ml honey
- 0.25 ml saffron thread
- 236.59 ml mayonnaise
- 2 clove garlic, minced
- 907.18 g asparagus, trimmed
- 44.37 ml olive oil
- 1 small red bell pepper, finely chopped
- For Aioli: Whisk vinegar, honey, and saffron threads in heavy small saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
- Cool completely.
- Mix mayonnaise and garlic in medium bowl to blend.
- Mix in cooled vinegar mixture.
- Season aioli to taste with salt and pepper.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.).
- For Asparagus: Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat.) Toss asparagus with oil on rimmed baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Grill asparagus until crisp-tender, turning occasionally, about 5 minutes.
- Transfer to platter.
- Drizzle aioli over asparagus.
- Sprinkle with bell pepper.
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A Renaissance in Metals
Materials Day Symposium highlights breakthroughs in simulation methods, manufacturing techniques and improved alloys.
A renaissance is underway in materials science, and especially in metals design, fabrication and characterization, MIT Materials Processing Center Director Carl V. Thompson says.
"No longer are simulations serving the purpose of explaining what's already known. Things are now at the point where you can predict what a material will do and then see if that's true in the laboratory and often find that it is," Thompson said in remarks opening the Materials Day Symposium, hosted by the Materials Processing Center at MIT, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Sixty-seven industry representatives joined 51 MIT participants for the day-long symposium, which was followed by a poster session. Sixty-six posters were presented.
This month's newsletter recaps the 2014 Materials Day Symposium, "New Frontiers in Metals Processing."
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Additive manufacturing dramatically cut production time and costs for brackets used in the Juno spacecraft, which is headed to Jupiter, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. Fellow Slade Gardner says.
"By using additive manufacturing, we were allowed to take half the cost out and half the schedule out for these parts that did go on the Juno spacecraft," Gardner says. Gardner spoke Oct. 21 at the Materials Day Symposium, "New Frontiers in Metals Processing," hosted by the Materials Processing Center at MIT.
In general, additive manufacturing processes save 50 percent of cost and 80 percent of the time compared to traditional parts manufacturing, Lockheed Martin case studies show. "Both of those are key metrics when you're facing the deadlines of a program," Gardner says. Read more.
With respect to metallic materials, "overall, we need high-performance materials, wherein performance is generally strength and/or wear resistance; with downhole rotating equipment such as electric submersible pumps for instance, we need high-strength motor and pump shafts, wear and corrosion resistant castings, excellent bearings, bushings, face seals, durable electrical insulations, high-temperature oils, and of course, extremely good and well-validated designs as well," Dr. Manuel Marya, Materials Engineering Manager, Schlumberger Enabling Technologies Group, says. Read more.
"That's quite a significant improvement; that's quite significant motivation to take the mass out of the vehicles," says Hector, who is a Principal Investigator in the DOE-funded Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) of Generation Three Advanced High Strength Steels project.
ICME is pooling the resources and technical expertise of researchers at General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, four steel manufacturers, one DOE government lab and five universities under the umbrella of the U.S. Automotive Materials Partnership and the Auto/Steel Partnership. Read more.
Rust on a steel lamppost or discoloration on a copper coin show the ease with which nature corrodes materials. On an industrial scale, corrosion represents a $12 billion per year problem for U.S. electric and gas utilities, MIT Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering Bilge Yildiz says. Although the corrosion problem is ages old, she believes it is ripe for new scientific discoveries.
Yildiz is working to engineer better alloys to prevent problems like cracking caused by hydrogen getting into metals such as zirconium alloys used in nuclear applications or iron-based alloys used in other applications.
"In many environments, we are able to use the metals thanks to what forms as native films on them. Whether these are oxides or sulfides, we call these native, or passive films, because they allow for simply slowing down the corrosion rate," Yildiz explains.
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Techniques of molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) can stretch from refining structural metals on earth to producing oxygen to support life on the moon, MIT Professor Donald R. Sadoway says. That's because the same process that extracts iron and other metals from their metal oxides releases oxygen as a byproduct.
There is sufficient metallic oxide content in the lunar surface to use molten oxide electrolysis to make oxygen from iron and sodium oxides, as well as from more plentiful aluminosilicates, oxygen-rich solid compounds of aluminum and silicon. "It doesn't matter where you go on the moon, you'll be able to use MOE and make oxygen," says Sadoway, who is John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.
Adding an alloying element that segregates to the grain boundaries of a base metal is the key to controlling nanoscale grain size in commercially important metals such as nickel, silver, and aluminum, Christopher A. Schuh, Department Head of Materials Science & Engineering at MIT, says.
"We're at the point where for a given base metal and a given target temperature, we can make a map of all the different alloys that we might think about trying, and we can identify those that will not work thermodynamically versus those that maybe will work thermodynamically," Schuh explains.
Chinese and Vietnamese producers, who account for about 98 percent of the world's supply of rare earth metals, are about to get some competition from Massachusetts-based Infinium. Rare earth metals are a key ingredient for electric motors in hybrid and electric vehicles, says Adam C. Powell, IV, Ph.D., chief technology officer and co-founder of Infinium Inc., in Natick.
With the exception of Tesla, which uses induction motors, the majority of currently available electric and hybrid vehicles use rare-earth permanent magnet motors, indicating a consensus among automakers that rare earth permanent magnet motors are lighter and more efficient than induction motors.
Infinium Metals is moving into commercial production of rare earth metals, with an initial offering of dysprosium-iron later this year, followed by a planned rollout next year of neodymium, and later didymium.
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Zachary C. CorderoPoster Title: Powder Processing of Ultrafine Grain, Tungsten-bearing AlloysFaculty Advisor: Professor Chris SchuhMaterials Science and Engineering
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Poster Title: Trends in Segregation Energies and Their connection to EmbrittlementFaculty Advisor: Professor Chris SchuhMaterials Science and EngineeringJoseph AzzarelliPoster Title: Wireless Detection of Gases and Vapors with a Smartphone via Near Field CommunicationFaculty Advisor: Professor Timothy M. SwagerChemistry Dept.
CMSE-MPC 2014 Summer Scholar Rahul Kini, second from right, was recognized with a 1st place trophy in the Materials Science and Engineering Division at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Nov. 16-21. Kini, a Yale University senior, presented his poster "Investigation of Materials in Solid State Lithium Ion Batteries," based on his summer research experience undergraduate (REU) internship in the lab of Professor Carl V. Thompson, MPC director and Stavros Salapatas Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at MIT. The others pictured are, from left, fellow Yale students Ferra Pinnock, Lea Winter, Siddharth Senthilnathan and Benjamin Bartolome.
Researchers at MIT say they have carried out a theoretical analysis showing that a family of two-dimensional materials exhibits exotic quantum properties that may enable a new type of nanoscale electronics.
These materials are predicted to show a phenomenon called the quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect, and belong to a class of materials known as transition metal dichalcogenides, with layers a few atoms thick.
"What is discovered here is a true 2-D material that has this [QSH] characteristic," Ju Li, a professor of nuclear science and engineering and materials science and engineering, says. "The edges are like perfect quantum wires."


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What Buck Showalter did for the Baltimore Orioles in 2012 was one of the most remarkable turnarounds in the history of the game. A 24 win difference in a matter of only one season didn't win Showalter the manager of the year award but, it did win him a brand new contract that stretches into 2018. Comparatively speaking, the Oakland Athletics just opened the bank for the AL Manager of the year Bob Melvin and it was just a matter of time before the Orioles did the same thing.
Since taking over in 2010 Showalter has had his ups and downs including a 69 win season in his first year as full-time manager. However, his perseverance would lend success as the Orioles won their first playoff game since 1997 and were two wins away from the ALCS last October. Now that Showalter has taken the climb from last place to a wild card berth I fully expect the Orioles to stay atop the AL East for years to come.
It is incredibly encouraging that Showalter got so much from such a young and exciting team–all nine of the Orioles starters in 2012 were all 30 years or younger. The playoff experience that all of the players on this team garnered is second to none and will not go unnoticed as baseball begins again this spring. Perhaps one thing to watch will be the growth of Manny Machado, a player that the Orioles saw emerge on the scene at age 19 with 50 hits and seven home runs in his first 51 games.
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England captain Alastair Cook completed a confidence-boosting century on the second morning of England's first tour match in the West Indies.
Cook resumed on 95 and reached three figures with minimal fuss before retiring to allow the rest of the line-up time in the middle.
The modest nature of the St Kitts & Nevis Invitation XI made it one of the simpler hundreds he has ever scored but after being ditched from the one-day side on the eve of the World Cup, any runs are welcome.
Cook, whose last England ton came in a tour game at Hobart in November 2013, finished with 101 from 200 deliveries.
At lunch England were 261 for three, with Ian Bell on 28no and Joe Root on 37no.
Cook steered a thick edge to the boundary from the first ball of the day to reach 99 and in the following over punched the ball for two off the back foot.
He offered a gentle wave of the bat and a handshake to partner Gary Ballance before heading back to the pavillion.
Ballance was struggling for fluency and dug himself into something of a rut by the time he departed for 16.
He was undone by the left-arm spin of Elvin Berridge, who has never played first-class cricket and was used last week as a net bowler by England.
Ballance was the author of his own downfall, turning Berridge straight to short leg.
The number three will get another chance, perhaps two, before the Test series begins and will be looking to regain some of the touch that brought him three Test hundreds last summer.
Root was next man in and almost immediately overtook Bell, who was holding his end in watchful fashion.
Root showed an attacking intent that had been entirely absent from the top four, looking to score from the off but lacking some of the requisite timing.
He would have scored more freely had Steve Liburd not been stationed at silly point, with Root hitting him on three separate occasions in the same over.
His lively innings should have ended on 19 when Quinton Boatswain took the new ball and immediately found the outside edge.
The ball sailed straight in to Jacques Taylor's hands at first slip and bounced straight out again, much to the bowler's frustration.
Jeremiah Louis found some swing from the other end, and hit a solid line and length to quell the scoring rate.
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same problem
I am able to see only one jack instead of 3 in realtek hd audio. I tried to search it on net a lot but could not get this resolved.
I do have 3 jacks in back panel but realtek only shows 1, however it shows connecting indicator popup for every jack which means that every jack is phically working and connected well.
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also earlier I use to see all three jacks + two front panel jacks also.
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Hello, this is my first post on this forum
My problem is not exactly the same as yours, but it is definetly related. I bought a new headset today with 5.1 surround sound, but when i opened Realtek audiomanager and tried to set the configuration to 5.1 i was unable to do so. When i click the option (it's not greyed out or anything, and i have a 7.1 integrated soundcard) it changes the writing on the thing right under where it says "Speaker configuration" for a split second, then it goes back to stereo. I have no idea whats causing this
I understand that this thread is pretty old, but i was hoping someone could help me out.
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With an increasing number of service calls, an increase in the size of the operation staff and repair technician staff was required. To satisfy this expanding need, AAA Appliance Service Center has been processing job applications, doing pre-employment checks, conducting interviews, and hiring to meet the needs of the service call volume as well as maintain the strong reputation of the company. So far, this has resulted in the hiring of two repair technicians and one person on the operations staff.
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Back in the game: Revoluntionary spine procedure performed at DCH
If Dan O'Brien could do it all over again, he would have been in band.
Instead, he was a sports fanatic. He played every sport he could - as often as he could, as hard as he could, as competitively as he could.
It took a toll on his body. He's had one knee replaced and the other one will be replaced in the near future. But it was his back that took the brunt of the injuries. Now 53, the Carlos resident has suffered with severe lower back pain for 25 years.
About eight years ago, he couldn't take it anymore and had his first back surgery to repair a herniated disc.
"That didn't go as planned," O'Brien said of the surgery that was performed in the Twin Cities. "They messed that one up."
A month later he had another surgery, followed by a few more "issues."
It got to the point where, along with the back pain, he had severe leg pain, he couldn't move his left leg, he couldn't walk, get up, sleep, sit or work, and he was constantly taking pain medication.
Two years after his second surgery, a hopeful ray of sunshine appeared in his painful days - Dr. Sunny Kim, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Central Minnesota Spine Center in Alexandria.
Kim performed O'Brien's third major back surgery, and this time he "came out with flying colors," although the recovery was lengthy. O'Brien managed to live the next few years with much less pain and more mobility than after his first two surgeries.
Then last February he decided to take his fish house off the ice - and he fell.
"Three days later it started coming on," O'Brien recalled. "I lost the feeling in my feet and it started moving up into my knees and thighs. I was feeling pain and tingling down my legs. Everything went numb."
Once again, O'Brien resorted to making it through each day in a haze of painkillers. Again, he turned to Kim for help.
This time, Kim had a new procedure that he thought would be the answer - the Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF).
"It is a revolutionary procedure," Kim said, explaining that it is a minimally invasive way of doing spinal fusion in the lumbar and thoracic vertebrae. "It's one of the new paradigm shifts in spine surgery. It can accomplish a lot of things with much less toll on the patient."
In the last three years, Kim has used the XLIF procedure in about 110 of his cases, with much success, less pain and fast recovery time for the patient.
"He recommended this [XLIF]," O'Brien said. "I was in so much pain, they could have said, 'Let's take a gun to your back and shoot' and I would have taken it. I was desperate at that time."
On Thursday, April 8, 2010 O'Brien went under the knife again - this time a much less invasive one - at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, where Kim performs his surgeries. It took only about an hour (typical back surgeries can take eight hours).
When O'Brien woke up, he was amazed.
"It was done, I was pain free," he said. "That night I was sitting up, which is unheard of. I was up walking the next day."
Two days after the surgery, O'Brien walked out of the hospital feeling like a new man. Recovery after his previous surgeries had been "miserable," requiring a week-long hospital stay, months of rehabilitation and the need for constant pain pills. He couldn't even cough or sneeze.
This time it was different, and to O'Brien, it was nothing short of miraculous.
"I never even took any pain pills," he said. "It was unbelievable. My pain was gone. I never thought I would be pain-free."
Not only was the recovery quick and almost painless, O'Brien most likely will not have to have back surgery again.
"Unless I jump off a building and fall flat on my back, it should last me until I die," he said.
"There is less chance of having another back surgery again with this procedure," Kim concurred.
Six months have passed and O'Brien is doing things he never thought he would do again. He's hunting. He's walking. He can sit in a boat and fish. He can golf. He can sit in a car. He can drive and fly. He got a Labrador retriever and is working with her at a game farm. He practices archery.
"I will be able to do whatever I have done my whole life," O'Brien concluded. "Life is good."
About the XLIF
The Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF) is a new approach to spine fusion, in which the spine is accessed from the side of the body instead of the front or the back. By entering through the side, major muscles of the back are avoided and no bone removal is required. This means less postoperative pain and early return to normal function. It can be performed on an outpatient basis.
By avoiding a frontal approach, there is less risk of injury to structures in the abdomen such as the large blood vessels, bowel and the kidney draining tubes. Because there is little muscle dissection, less bone work and smaller incisions, there is less blood loss, less operative time and less pain compared to standard open spine surgery. There is also less risk of nerve injury.
How XLIF works
An X-ray is taken to determine the location of the disc space, the skin is marked to show the site for the incision, and narcotics are injected into the spine.
Two small incisions are made in the side and a probe is inserted through one incision. The second incision is used to help guide surgical instruments. The surgeon uses the probe to stimulate and detect nerves along the spine so it can be avoided and left undamaged.
Dilation tubes are slid over the probe to create a larger opening. Then a retraction device moves aside muscle tissue to gain access to the spine.
The damaged disc is removed and prepared for fusion. A large stabilizing implant is put into the empty disc space, realigning the vertebral bones. This also lifts pressure from pinched nerve roots. A titanium plate is placed over the implant.
Confirmation X-rays are taken and the small incision is closed with a few stitches.
A bone graft will grow through and around the implant, forming a bone bridge that connects the vertebral bodies. This is called a fusion.


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