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Drew William Christie, 66, died on Dec. 26th in the loving care of his wife Patti at their home.
Drew William Christie, 66, died on Dec. 26th in the loving care of his wife Patti at their home.
He was born May 29, 1946 in Duluth, graduated from Duluth East High School in 1964, attended college at UMD and DBU and worked for Arrowhead Equipment as Accountant and Office Manager. Drew was proud to serve our country with the U.S. Army and served active duty in Vietnam.
Drew enjoyed company and laughter. Life at the cabin was filled with both. Family, friends and strangers were always welcome. He loved traveling with Patti, fishing with his sons, shooting pool with the gang at Mr. Lucky's, and playing games. Always playing games. He and Aaron beat Patti and Grub in his last game of Smear.
He was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Rose Christie and his brother Lance Christie.
Drew is survived by his wife Patti Christie; sons, Aaron Christie and Drew "Grub" Christie; grandchildren, Alexandra and Hayden Christie; his brother and sisters-in-law, Buckley (Sherry) Simmons, Stephanie Marshall (Mike Adelson), Carol Christie; nieces and nephews; the mother of his children, Mary Jones; and his faithful dog Annie.
The family wishes to thank Drew's caring and trusted doctor Krisa Christian and the staff of St. Luke's for his care.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERING: 12 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 followed by a 1 p.m. memorial service in Cremation Society of Minnesota, 4100 Grand Avenue in Duluth.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a Disabled American Veterans organization of choice. Drew's smile lives on forever in our hearts.
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Motorola Z8 just not worth the hype
After the incredible Motorola Z6 and the very good Motorola Z3, I must admit I wanted the Motorola Rizr Z8 more than any upcoming phone. But, wow--be careful what you wish for.
True, I may have set the bar too high. But this phone doesn't do it at all. The best feature is its ability to curve, making holding the phone and talking more comfortable. It is arguably the easiest to answer and most comfortable to use on a call.
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Moto Madness: Z3, Z6, or Z8?
If you're into Moto Rizrs, as I am, you know you can buy the Z3--but you're anxiously awaiting the Z8.
But don't ignore the third in this series, the Z6. With a great feel, a solid slide, and even a separate MP3 button, this cell phone has "winner" stamped all over it.
The chrome casing is eye-catching and good-feeling (the rubberized Z3 drops a notch there) and talk time has been around five to six hours for me, with excellent reception. Browser connection is almost instantaneous. It also takes a 2GB microSD card, so you … Read more
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Motorola today showed off a bunch of fancy cell phones, including the new Razr 2. At an event in New York City, the company debuted not only a successor to the popular Razr line but also showed off the Rokr Z6, the "media monster" Z8, and new versions of the Motorola Q. Multimedia is a big theme here, while slider and thin designs continue to be in. Check out photos of the event and the new handsets in our slide show.
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Motorola CEO Ed Zander today took a page from the Steve Jobs school of product announcements when he showed off three new cell phones and two new smart phones at an event in New York City. After the "media monster" cell phone tuned out to be a handset that we covered already (the Moto Z8) we were thinking the whole thing might be bust. But then Zander saved the biggest news for last with the unveiling of the Motorola Razr 2.
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The introduction of Betamax and VHS during the mid to late 1970s would have a profound effect on how Americans watched TV. Aside from letting them record movies and begin to control their own viewing habits, the video player became another electronic device commonly found in American living rooms. Video players were not supposed to be stored on the floor, as they would suffer abuse from feet and and dust, so many people had to start using a different piece of furniture to keep their VCRs off the ground. TV manufacturers came up with a workaround to this problem by creating combination TV/VCRs. It wasn't long however, until companies like Nintendo and Sega started to make video game consoles, creating yet another electronic gadget for the American living room. Soon, wooden TV stands became a popular way of organizing electronics in the living room.
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Envelope mix-up at Daytime Emmy Awards
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- "Days of Our Lives" scored a rare win for best drama series at the Daytime Emmys in a show marked by an envelope mix-up, expletives and the constant din of audience chatter heard during the cable telecast that stretched beyond its time slot.
NBC's "Days" won just its second drama series trophy and first since 1978, upending such heavyweights as "General Hospital," ''The Bold and the Beautiful" and "The Young and the Restless" -- all of which had dominated the category in recent years.
"Days" is one of four remaining soaps still airing on the broadcast networks, while another nominee "One Life to Live" has found new life on the Internet after being canceled. "Days" claimed one other trophy: Chandler Massey as outstanding younger actor.
CBS claimed eight trophies during Sunday's show, giving the network a leading 21 wins including those from last week's creative arts ceremony. PBS was second with 14 wins.
In a major gaffe, Aisha Tyler of "The Talk" was presenting outstanding talk show informative when she opened the envelope and quickly realized she had been given the wrong one.
"Oh, interestingly enough this winner is not in this category," she said. "If I read it out I'm going to give another category away."
The audience at the Beverly Hilton hotel gasped and Tyler vamped while waiting to be given the correct envelope from the wings.
"There better be a cocktail waiting on my table," Tyler said.
She then announced "The Dr. Oz Show" as the winner.
"It's like saying, 'Whoops,' in the operating room," Dr. Mehmet Oz said backstage about the goof-up.
Corbin Bernsen uttered two expletives on-air when talking about his late mother, Jeanne Cooper of "The Young and the Restless," during the in memoriam tribute.
Doug Davidson of "The Young and the Restless" and Heather Tom of "The Bold and the Beautiful" won lead acting honors.
Davidson earned his first career trophy as Detective Paul Williams, a character he's played since 1978. Tom, who previously was on "Y&R," repeated her win from last year.
"I am overwhelmed," he said, wiping his eye.
Tom won for her role as Katie Logan, who struggled with post-partum depression and abandoned her baby in a major story line. Last year, she became the first person to win Daytime Emmys in the younger, supporting and lead categories.
She expressed optimism for the future of daytime dramas, which have shrunk from a dozen airing on the broadcast networks in 1991 to just four still on TV.
"Last year was kind of like, 'Oh god, things are being canceled.' Now our numbers are up and people realize there's an audience for this type of entertainment," Tom said backstage. "It's an audience that can't be easily swayed to something that doesn't resemble a daytime drama. Our future looks good."
Reflecting the current era of dwindling daytime audiences, network budget-cutting and the cancellation of some soaps, the awards were aired by cable news channel HLN for the second straight year, having lost its longtime home on the broadcast networks last year.
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Quantification of Homozygosity in Consanguineous Individuals with Autosomal Recessive Disease The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 78, Issue 5, 1 May 2006, Pages 889-896 C. Geoffrey Woods, James Cox, Kelly Springell, Daniel J. Hampshire, Moin D. Mohamed, Martin McKibbin, Rowena Stern, F. Lucy Raymond, Richard Sandford, Saghira Malik Sharif, Gulshan Karbani, Mustaq Ahmed, Jacquelyn Bond, David Clayton and Chris F. Inglehearn Abstract Individuals born of consanguineous union have segments of their genomes that are homozygous as a result of inheriting identical ancestral genomic segments through both parents. One consequence of this is an increased incidence of recessive disease within these sibships. Theoretical calculations predict that 6% (1/16) of the genome of a child of first cousins will be homozygous and that the average homozygous segment will be 20 cM in size. We assessed whether these predictions held true in populations that have preferred consanguineous marriage for many generations. We found that in individuals with a recessive disease whose parents were first cousins, on average, 11% of their genomes were homozygous (n=38; range 5%–20%), with each individual bearing 20 homozygous segments exceeding 3 cM (n=38; range of number of homozygous segments 7–32), and that the size of the homozygous segment associated with recessive disease was 26 cM (n=100; range 5–70 cM). These data imply that prolonged parental inbreeding has led to a background level of homozygosity increased ∼5% over and above that predicted by simple models of consanguinity. This has important clinical and research implications. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1194 kb) |
A Novel Y-Chromosome Variant Puts an Upper Limit on the Timing of First Entry into the Americas The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 73, Issue 3, 1 September 2003, Pages 700-705 Mark Seielstad, Nadira Yuldasheva, Nadia Singh, Peter Underhill, Peter Oefner, Peidong Shen and R. Spencer Wells Full Text | PDF (232 kb) |
Powerful Regression-Based Quantitative-Trait Linkage Analysis of General Pedigrees The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 71, Issue 2, 1 August 2002, Pages 238-253 Pak C. Sham, Shaun Purcell, Stacey S. Cherny and Gonçalo R. Abecasis Abstract We present a new method of quantitative-trait linkage analysis that combines the simplicity and robustness of regression-based methods and the generality and greater power of variance-components models. The new method is based on a regression of estimated identity-by-descent (IBD) sharing between relative pairs on the squared sums and squared differences of trait values of the relative pairs. The method is applicable to pedigrees of arbitrary structure and to pedigrees selected on the basis of trait value, provided that population parameters of the trait distribution can be correctly specified. Ambiguous IBD sharing (due to incomplete marker information) can be accommodated in the method by appropriate specification of the variance-covariance matrix of IBD sharing between relative pairs. We have implemented this regression-based method and have performed simulation studies to assess, under a range of conditions, estimation accuracy, type I error rate, and power. For normally distributed traits and in large samples, the method is found to give the correct type I error rate and an unbiased estimate of the proportion of trait variance accounted for by the additive effects of the locus—although, in cases where asymptotic theory is doubtful, significance levels should be checked by simulations. In large sibships, the new method is slightly more powerful than variance-components models. The proposed method provides a practical and powerful tool for the linkage analysis of quantitative traits. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (723 kb) |
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The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 76, Issue 4, 647-651, 1 April 2005
Naveeda Riaz1, Stacy Steinberg2, *, Jamil Ahmad3, Anna Pluzhnikov2, Sheikh Riazuddin3, Nancy J. Cox2 and Dennis Drayna1, ,
1 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
2 Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago
3 Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Stuttering is a common and sometimes severe communication disorder, of unknown primary etiology, that exists in populations worldwide. Many types of evidence suggest a genetic contribution to stuttering; however, the complex inheritance of this disorder has hindered identification of these factors. We have employed highly inbred families to increase the power of linkage analysis of this disorder. Forty-four Pakistani families with documented or probable consanguinity, from the city of Lahore and surrounding areas, were included. Each family contained multiple cases of stuttering, which were diagnosed using the Stuttering Severity Instrument. Using the Marshfield Weber 9 marker panel, we performed a genomewide linkage scan focused on affected individuals and their parents. The analysis included 199 genotyped individuals, 144 affected and 55 unaffected. The Pedigree Relationship Statistical Test (PREST) was used to identify pedigrees that required additional specification of inbreeding. Initial nonparametric analysis gave evidence of linkage on chromosomes 1, 5, 7, and 12. Additional genotyping was performed on chromosome 12 to a 5-cM level of resolution, and 16 additional individuals were then included, bringing the number of families to 46. Analysis of the enlarged data set provided consistent evidence of linkage on chromosome 12: the Shomoz scoring function gave a nonparametric LOD score of 4.61, and a LOD score of 3.51 was obtained using the Sall scoring function. These results suggest that a locus on chromosome 12q may contain a gene with a large effect in this sample.


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Disfigurement is the state of having one's appearance deeply and persistently harmed medically, as from a disease, birth defect, or wound.
Disfigurement, whether caused by a benign or malignant condition, often leads to severe psychosocial problems such as negative body image; depression; difficulties in one's social, sexual, and professional lives; prejudice; and intolerance. This is partly due to how the individual copes with looking 'visibly different', though the extent of the disfigurement rarely correlates with the degree of distress the sufferer feels. An additional factor which affects sufferers of a disfigurement is the reaction they get from other people. Studies have shown that the general population respond to people with a disfigurement with less trust, less respect and often try to avoid making contact or having to look at the disfigurement. Disfigurements affecting visible areas such as the face, arms and hands are thought to present greater difficulty for sufferers to cope with than do other disfigurements.
Deliberate mutilation resulting in physical disfigurement has also been practiced by many cultures throughout human history for religious or judicial purposes. During the Byzantine Empire, the emperor was considered God's viceregent on Earth, and as such the physical wholeness of his person was an essential complement to the perfection of Heaven. For this reason, many deposed emperors were blinded, had their noses cut off, or their tongue split by their successors, as these permanent disfigurements disqualified them from ever reclaiming the throne.
A case of voluntary disfigurement is that of St. Æbbe the Younger and the nuns of Coldingham Monastery in Scotland. When the monastery was attacked by Vikings and they feared being raped, she and the nuns cut off their own noses and upper lips. In revenge, the Vikings burned down the building with the nuns inside. This is said to be the origin of the phrase "cutting off the nose to spite the face".
Conditions that can cause disfigurement include:
Plastic surgery or reconstructive surgery is available in many cases to disfigured people. Some health insurance companies and government health care systems cover plastic surgery for these problems when they do not cover plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes.
The term "disfigurement" is sometimes used pejoratively to describe the results of intentional body modification.
Disfigurement in fiction[edit]
- In most every adaptation (literary, stage, film, or otherwise) of The Phantom of the Opera, the title character wears either a full or half-face mask to conceal a disfigurement. Some adaptations infer that his disfigurement was present from birth, whereas others infer or show it to be the result of a horrible accident such as burning from fire or chemicals. The Phantom's disfigured face is usually inferred to be factor that has caused him anguish, and thus caused him to adopt the "phantom" persona.[1]
- The DC Comics character the Joker, often a foe of Batman, possesses a clown-like grin and bleached skin/red lips/green hair that are typically described or inferred to be the result of injuries and disfigurement in most media. A common origin of his skin and hair colors revolve around chemical burns as the result of the Joker character falling into or jumping into a vat of chemicals. In Tim Burtons 1989 film adaptation of Batman, the joker character, in this version known as Jack Napier, receives his distinct "grin" as the result of a botched plastic surgery which he received after his face was badly injured from a ricocheted bullet that Napier intended to harm Batman with. In most media the Joker's mania and insanity begin as a result of him seeing his own disfigurement.[2][3][4][5]
- The 1990 Steve Barron Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film adaptation of the same name, features a Shredder/Oroku Saki villain who hides a large scar on his cheek with a metal and mesh mask. In a flash back segment it is revealed that Saki received his scar after murdering adversary Hamato Yoshi. Yoshi's pet rat named Splinter is knocked from his cage and leaps onto Saki's face where viscously bites and claws until Saki knocks him to the ground. As revenge Saki slices off part of one of Splinter's ears. In the final battle of the film Splinter admits to Shredder that he is aware of his true identity as Saki, and Shredder in response removes his mask, touches his scars, and charges Splinter as if to kill him.[6][7][8]
See also[edit]
- AboutFace, a Canadian charitable organization
- Face transplant -- experimental treatment for severe facial disfigurement
- Dermatology
External links[edit]
- Changing Faces - a British organization for people with facial disfigurements
- Project Harar - a British organization helping children with facial disfigurements in Africa
- Let's Face It - an American organization for people with facial disfigurements
- Unique Face - a Japanese organization for people with facial disfigurements
- Centre for Appearance Research - Psychological and psychosocial research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
- Derriford Appearance Scale - a standardised psychological measure of distress and dysfunction in relation to disfigurement and visible difference
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- ^ http://operaghost.scriptmania.com/face.html The Phantom's Visage: What did the Phantom Look Like?
- ^ http://batman.neoseeker.com/wiki/Joker Joker
- ^ http://www.ridingtohellinahandbasket.com/post/6946509702/the-juxtaposition-of-batman-and-joker The Juxtaposition of Batman and Joker
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JK0zOtJOk Jack Napier (Joker) falls into a vat of chemical
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiAonyJIV_A The Joker Transformation! "The Man In The Mirror"
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000543/quotes Quotes for Splinter (Character)
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cfMzamIWXA Splinters story- teenage mutant ninja turtles-TMNT-1990 movie scene
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5rx6o6Vt8 Turtles vs The Shredder


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I am thinking of trying the Body for Life exercise routine while I'm doing Weight Watchers. I know I may not see the exact same transformation as everyone else because I am not eating the exact food, but does anyone think I will get good results? I am looking to lose around 25-30 pounds in total.
i actually do both..and have been for 6 weeks..I dont go to the actual meetings but i follow the weight watchers program (i try and keep it at 26 points a day..which isnt hard to do if you like egg whites LOL) it can be done and you will see results just count your points and stick to the protein requirements...good luck on your journey :)
I am a WW lifetime member (hold the cheers...all it did was teach me to eat less and less and less as I got skinny, only to gain back the weight and more as I had zero muscle to maintain life). Also TOPS winner - tierra, purple winner - sash and all, an aerobic queen and walking fanatic. Cleansing tryout, cabbage soup nut and starvation freak.
It wasnt until BFL that things actually worked. It is by far.....FAR!.....the best combination of food and training. A great place to lay a foundation that will take you to the best you can be both physically, and more importantly (because the body will follow whatever our minds decide...) mental.
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IGreetings, If you do both, I would still be aware that some of the frozen Weight Watchers entrees in the case are exceptionally high in salt/sodium and that might sabotage your good work in BFL. Eat the fresh options and I am sure you will be ok.


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WILMORE, Ky. – Asbury's women snapped a five game losing streak to Cincinnati-Clermont with a 55-49 slugfest victory on Friday night in the Zweifel/Pritchett Classic. The Eagles avenged an overtime loss to the Lady Cougars earlier in the season.
Laura Carroll led all scorers with 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting and four assists, Carroll was plagued with foul trouble in the first match up. Lakin Griffith provided a double-double off the bench with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Griffith has recorded four double-doubles this season.
Asbury (5-8) trailed by as many as seven in the first half before closing the period on a 13-5 run to take a 25-24 halftime lead. Cincinnati-Clermont (6-5) would answer to begin the second half, taking a 30-25 lead. Their lead would climb to nine at 40-31 with 12:57 left before the Eagles went on a run of their own.
Carroll and Ellen Gray would score 13 of the Eagles' next 15 points as the lead would change hands four times during that stretch. Lakin Griffith scored the go-ahead basket with 3:12 left. Gray finished with 12 points.
Asbury's defense held the Lady Cougars scoreless over the final 5:47, missing their final six shots from the field and two front ends of a one-and-one. Cincinnat-Clermont shot only 36% from the field in the game and made only 5-of-18 from long range. The Eagles struggled from the field as well, shooting 38% from the floor and 24% from distance. Asbury dominated on the glass pulling down 45 rebounds to only 25 for the Lady Cougars.
Asbury will take on Tennessee Wesleyan on Saturday at 4:00 pm. Cincinnati-Clermont will battle Kentucky Christian at 12:00 pm. Tennessee Wesleyan bean Kentucky Christian 88-69 on Friday.


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1. Governing a country works best when religion is respected and protected but kept separate from politics, governing, and government institutions. The reasons are several - A country that intends to thrive within the entire world must live with the multitude of the world's religions, plus agnostics and atheists. Many religions believe that government is man's creation, not God's.
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3. Political parties are certainly not perfect, but they are better than any alternative thus far. Parties fall victim to corruption, megalomania, and all the other self-serving acts power confers. But at least under American democracy, they are also somewhat controlled because neither party is omnipotent, because there are regular elections, and because of the strong separation of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches - themselves each very strong. This applies across the local, state, and federal levels of government.
They lost a lot of support in Libya. Their playing politics tactics in the national congress and their tacit approval through silence and defending the increasing kidnapping and assassinations in Benghazi and opposition to popular demonstrations and demands for disarming and amalgamation of militias into army and police as individuals all cost them a lot. They were very tiny in Libya and therefore expected to grow however they could have done better but their latest worrying tactics and affiliation with more extremist groups and their affiliation to a foreign leadership of international brotherhood (supreme adviser or guide currently Egyptian) are too much for most Libyans who are very moderate and nationalists. Their main advantage is that they are usually good anti corruption institution but they are not leaders. In Egypt Mursi's latest spat at the judiciary and his ill-advised pre-emptive declaration of unchallenged authority shock and frightened a lot of sympathisers and supporters and cost the brotherhood dearly. Their increasing coercive tactics with financial, political, media and control of many militia leaderships is the opposite of what people expected of them and may give an advantage on the short term but will cost them on the long run not just in Libya. Shame they shot themselves in the foot.
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Surely they are getting more orginized and so other parties. However still in Libya they don't have much popularity for a important reason, which is that what they provide "Islamic Party" is not an appealing idea for the Libyan. That is because Libyans think that their are all Islamic (100% of the Libyans are Muslims). It is like having a party that calls it self "Libyan" so what? what are you going to do not who you are what matters.
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Covey, 69, a Republican, said he was asked to run for his first political office by fellow school administrators. In his decades in education, Covey has served as superintendent of the Creighton Elementary School District, assistant superintendent for educational services in the Phoenix Union High School District and a principal, assistant principal and educator.
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Real Urban Barbecue's official grand opening in Vernon Hills won't be held until noon today, July 28, but the restaurant has already seen large, enthusiastic crowds all week. One day was so busy that owner Jeff Shapiro was forced to post "sold out" signs on the door when they ran out of meat.
"We've done virtually no advertising," said Shapiro. The restaurant, located at the Vernon Hills Town Center at Routes 21 and 45, doesn't even have its official signage up yet.
"We have had record crowds," said Shapiro. The restaurant held a soft opening the weekend of July 21-22. "We don't know where they're all coming from. We've been so crowded that we couldn't possibly get another person in the restaurant."
What they're coming to Real Urban Barbecue for, however, is clear. The restaurant offers an array of St. Louis-style and baby-back ribs, brisket, chicken and turkey. There's also pulled pork, Texas sausage and something Shapiro refers to as "cannibal candy." The latter is actually called "burnt ends," and it consists of the fatty "deckle" ends of brisket. The excess fat is trimmed off of those ends after the after the brisket has been smoked, and then the ends are seasoned and smoked again.
Shapiro said the remaining fat renders off, leaving a meat with a "smoky, sweet, nice texture."
"Your eyes will roll back in your head, it's so good," said Shapiro. He said people even call early in the morning to inquire about whether the burnt ends are ready yet.
"Nobody's doing what we're doing in the area," Shapiro said of Real Urban Barbecue. "There's really nowhere near here to get good Southern barbecue."
The Vernon Hills location is Shapiro's second. He opened his first Real Urban Barbecue restaurant in Highland Park a year ago, and it is consistently busy. Shapiro said the restaurant started with a 600-pound capacity, per day, for smoking meats. That capacity is now 2,500 pounds per day in Highland Park.
"Our philosophy is to save the vegetables, eat your meat," said Shapiro.
The restaurant aims to provide customers with fresh meat throughout the day. Employees come in early in the morning to smoke ribs for lunch; in the afternoon, they smoke ribs for the dinner crowd.
"To have the best quality, we want to try to run out of our products," said Shapiro.
Customers order their food in an assembly-line type system, first starting at the carving station where they can choose a their meat as a single entree, in a combo or on a sandwich. Ribs can be ordered wet (with sauce), dry (with sauce on the side), 'RUB'bed (with a Memphis-style blend of seasonings) or Perfection style (with both rub and sauce).
Real Urban Barbecue makes its own sauces, including an original sweet sauce and the Piedmont, which is a vinegar-based sauce. There's also a Texas-style sauce, which includes cumin and chilies, and a mustard sauce that Shapiro says tastes great with poultry.
There are plenty of sides to round out the meal, including French fries, cole slaw, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, sweet potato souffle, golden corn bake and flame-roasted fuji apples.
Real Urban Barbecue will hold its official grand opening from noon-4:30 today, July 28. The restaurant is open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Sundays.
"Welcome to the village," Vernon Hills Village Manager said to Shapiro at the ribbon-cutting ceremony July 27. "Your reputation precedes you."
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The Vernon Hills location held its ribbon-cutting ceremony July 27; grand opening is today, July 28.
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July 28, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Shapiro got one thing wrong. There is a Better Place for BBQ near here it's Mainstreet Smokehouse in downtown Libertyville. It blows away real urban bbq.
Brian L.
July 28, 2012 at 12:50 PM
I haven't had Real Urban yet, but Mainstreet Smokehouse is outstanding. Very good.
Hawks Fan
July 28, 2012 at 08:32 PM
Why is this story on the Libertyville Patch site? You guys are right - Mainstreet Smokehouse rocks my world!
Long Grove
July 29, 2012 at 02:44 AM
They ran out of the good stuff by 8 today made my way to mainstreet steakhouse for the first time. Glad I saw this post!
Tina Hauri
July 29, 2012 at 03:59 PM
As I read this I had the same thought - Main Street Smpkehouse in Linertyville may be smaller but it is a force to be reconed with. We have enjoyed dining in, carry ou and catering each experience more delicious than the next. We'll give Real Urban a try but our loyalty is to the hometown eatery.
July 29, 2012 at 05:19 PM
Wish I saw these posts before we went to the Urban BBQ. They were out of food and had an grumpy lady working there. .... We were not even offered a basic hello or simply welcome, just "hey we are out of food, and its not our fault we had 1000 customers before you". It amazes me that a company would want to present themselves like that. Shame shame. We wont be going back.
Food Stuffer
July 29, 2012 at 07:59 PM
I liked Real Urban BBQ but I have also run into that smug attitude when they run out of food. Take your customers for granted and you won't have them for long. That attitude may pass in HP but step outside the bubble and people expect to be treated right. Rain check?? Coupon?? Cup cake??
April 15, 2013 at 10:28 PM
The customer service at Real Urban BBQ (even during slow times) when their are more workers then customers had no hello no smile no greeting no explanation. The ribs were too dry and hard. I'd rather drive to Smoque in the city. But will try Main Street smokehouse. Not returning to Real Urban BBQ
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I have 3 1/2 year old twins who we have been trying to potty train for over a year. At first we started really low key, just encouraging to sit on the potty before bath and whenever they seemed interested. They never had any success and never seemed very motivated to learn. After they turned 3 we decided it was time to try harder. We tried the 3-day potty training method and my son turned into such a whiny miserable mess that we stopped and went back to diapers for a short time. Then, my daughter showed some interest and was actually asking to put undies on, so we went with it. We had 2 good days where she had successes while sitting on the potty during mommy prompted visits to the bathroom. Then, on the 3rd day, she literally sat on the potty all day without going. She kept saying she couldn't and grabbing herself like she was trying to stop herself from going. So, after that I decided that we would have a time limit on how long we sat. Since then, she has not gone on the potty once. She was staying dry all day, holding for her pull-up at nap, so we kept undies on her at nap thinking she would eventually go. No, she just started holding all day long!
The other night she started freaking out because she had to pee and was in the tub. She refused to sit on the potty, refused to pee in the tub. She tells me she's scared to pee. I don't get it! I tried to explain to her that it feels better if she doesn't hold for so long. She doesn't seem to care about her sticker chart or any incentives. She will just hold until either she can't any longer and she pees on herself, or until her bedtime pull-up is put on. Yesterday she told me she would sit on the potty if we went and got her a new chair that was "not scary". We went today and I dropped $25 on another potty chair, she sat on it for an hour today with no pee, and then refused to sit on it again.
They don't go to daycare but I am afraid if I don't get them trained they are not going to be allowed to go to preschool next year. My husband and I are so stressed and arguing because of this. We both feel like parenting failures and don't know what to do!
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First of all, don't feel like a failure. It sounds like you are doing all the right things. Sometimes kids just aren't ready until they're a little older.
If I were you, I would talk to your kids to figure out what they are afraid of. Find out what about the potty chair your daughter doesn't like. Sometimes chairs can be a little unstable, or can have things on them that are distracting. If they are refusing to sit on the chairs, try sitting with them and reading a book. I had to do that with my son when he was first learning. Also, think about bringing their chairs into your bathroom and taking them with you when you have to go. Have them sit on their chairs so they can see how grown ups go potty.
IF that doesn't help, try talking with your pediatrician. Make sure there isn't anything medical going on with your kids, like a UTI.
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Posted May 28, '12 at 12:24am
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Don't diss what others think is entertainment. I think most death metal is pure screaming if you don't pay attention to the riffs, but I'm not going to puke all over it in public.
Posted May 29, '12 at 10:25am
Asking Alexandria too for Metalcore.
Posted Jun 1, '12 at 10:56am
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Well that's because it's a stupid opinion. Rapping is just some dude talking if you don't pay attention to the beats.
I'll talk crap about entertainment if I think it's bad. Art may have some subjective qualities to it, but if you tell me Design the Skyline is a better band than Death, you're flat out wrong.
Jesus Christ do you keep getting worse.
Posted Jun 2, '12 at 2:47am
All art is subjective as you mentioned. I can like one band over the other, and so can you.
Again, to each his own. Similarly to you saying rap is just ''talking'', death metal is ''screaming'' to others. So, hush and don't pour scorn over others' taste.
Posted Jun 2, '12 at 6:34pm
All art is subjective as you mentioned. I can like one band over the other, and so can you. Again, to each his own. Similarly to you saying rap is just ''talking'', death metal is ''screaming'' to others. So, hush and don't pour scorn over others' taste.
Oh you can like whatever you want, that's personal taste, but there are objective factors to artistic integrity. Art may be subjective, but only if it's art - creative - and not formulaic product like 99% of metalcore bands. Like the ones you mentioned. Do rock out to whatever the hell you want, it's your life and your fun, I was just expressing my contempt for empty music, which I can and will do. It's not like I don't like some shallow stuff myself. Call me out if you like.
And I was actually being sarcastic with my comment on rapping, which I didn't mean, lampooning how ignorant you sounded when you said "death metal is screaming if you don't care about the riffs", I might as well have said that singing is talking if you don't hear the melody, or that movies are moving colors if you ignore the action. But I see you didn't get it.
You don't separate the elements, they were presented together. It's like when stupid people say that oh the Beatles had such stupid lyrics, they just repeat "let it be" a thousand times. It doesn't matter. You're not reading a poem, you're listening to a song. Other factors are at play. Dislike death metal all you want, just admit it's personal taste and not some fault the genre itself doesn't possess. There's stuff out there I can't listen to but can recognize the artistic value, in theory.
Posted Jun 3, '12 at 3:59am
Art may be subjective, but only if it's art - creative - and not formulaic product like 99% of metalcore bands.
Again disagree. I can tell the difference between metalcore bands; to me they are not formulaic. It all sounds formulaic because they're all of the same genre, and all genres have something in common. Saying Attack Attack! with their electronic sound, sounds similar to Atreyu does them no justice because they can be distinct.
Likewise, to many, death metal sounds the same and formulaic. They're all highly technical when you examine them, but the result to the vast majority is primitive screaming and noise distortion, which makes them ''formulai''
There was no sense of sarcasm at all when you mentioned rapping was like talking with music. None whatsoever.
Posted Jun 16, '12 at 1:43am
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idk about this metal but i personally dont listen to anything but doom metal and other depressing songs..... whats wrong with me?
Posted Jun 16, '12 at 12:47pm
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Nothing's wrong with you xvio... everyone has his/her own preferences in music and for you that's (like you said) doom metal, nothing wrong with that, in fact... I know several people who listen to it and there's nothing wrong with them I can assure you! ;)
As for the "M.B.W.C." competition people... I'm currently working hard to gather all the data, images and example songs for the coming competition!
It will take a while to get everything sorted out and to make all the band presentations, but the new edition is definitely coming!!! =)
I'll be posting a final overview of the second "M.B.W.C." edition soon and even though it maybe late (quite!), but I feel it should be stated, only if it were simply for the statistics! So just hang in a bit longer for that, ok? ;)
Posted Jul 12, '12 at 5:03am
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Metal Bands World Cup.......
Posted Jul 12, '12 at 8:14am
*looks at previous post* (o.O)
"I'll be posting a final overview of the second "M.B.W.C." edition soon..."
Yes... right... 'soon'... *facepalms* =/
SORRY for the HUGE delay there... it took me more time than I'd thought and add that to stalling it a few times, you have a promised post that is WAY overdue for over a month! *gulp* (o.O)
Anyway... better late than never! Right? So here we are, this is the official total and FINAL RANKING for the 2011-2012 METAL BANDS WORLD CUP competition!!! You chose... ____________________________________________________________
_1) IRON MAIDEN - MBWC WINNER 2011-2012! (46 votes total) _2) Pantera - Runner up! (37 votes total)
_3) Mastodon (29 votes total) _4) Slayer (27 votes total)
_5) Sonata Arctica (22 votes total) _6) Black Sabbath (19 votes total) _7) Led Zeppelin (17 votes total) _8) Rage against the Machine (16 votes total)
_9) Judas Priest (12 votes total) --) Opeth (12 votes total) 11) Hammerfall (10 votes total) 12) AC/DC (9 votes total) 13) Guns 'n Roses (8 votes total) --) Megadeth (8 votes total) --) Motorhead (8 votes total) --) Symphony X (8 votes total)
17) Dream Theater (6 votes total) --) Metallica (6 votes total) 19) Tool (5 votes total) 20) Scorpions (3 votes total) 21) Avenged Sevenfold (2 votes total) --) Deep Purple (2 votes total) --) Disturbed (2 votes total) --) Nightwish (2 votes total) --) Rammstein (2 votes total) --) System of a Down (2 votes total) --) Venom (2 votes total) 27) Accept (1 votes total) --) Angra (1 votes total) --) Bullet for my Valentine (1 votes total) --) Def Leppard (1 votes total) --) Dio (1 votes total) --) Helloween (1 votes total) --) Poison (1 votes total) --) Slipknot (1 votes total) --) Soundgarden (1 votes total) --) Van Halen (1 votes total) 37) Anthrax (0 votes total) --) Diamond Head (0 votes total) --) DragonForce (0 votes total) --) Faith No More (0 votes total) --) Fates Warning (0 votes total) --) KISS (0 votes total) --) Manowar (0 votes total) --) Motley Crue (0 votes total) --) Nitro (0 votes total) --) Ratt (0 votes total) --) Saxon (0 votes total) --) Sepultura (0 votes total) --) Stratovarius (0 votes total) --) Testament (0 votes total) --) Ozzy Osbourne (0 votes total) --) Queensryche (0 votes total) --) W.A.S.P. (0 votes total)
Disclaimer: The final ranking is based upon progression during the competition. Bands that were eliminated during the stages are subsequently ranked based upon total votes given and alphabetically.
And of course... a brand new edition of the "M.B.W.C." competition is coming! All data is being gathered right now and the next edition will be -like I said- brand new!
The new edition will be featuring even more metal bands, all nicely fitted into groups of their particular genre. And next to that, the new edition will expand over a much wider array of sub-categories within the Heavy Metal genre, so this means... more bands, more genres, more votes and MORE FUN! =)
For those that want to contribute to the "M.B.W.C." and suggest bands for the next edition (iwc. thank you!), here's your chance to have a look at the bands that were already featured in the last edition.
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