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Falcons kick FG after Drew Brees' 3rd interception, lead Saints 20-13 early in 4th quarter
ATLANTA – Drew Brees led two time-consuming field-goal drives before throwing his third interception to set up an Atlanta field goal that gave the Falcons a 20-13 lead early in the fourth quarter Thursday night.
The New Orleans' defense held Atlanta without a first down for five straight possessions in a span that began early in the second quarter and carried through most of the third quarter.
Garrett Hartley kicked field goals of 21 and 52 yards in the third quarter for New Orleans.
The Falcons looked dominant while building a 17-0 lead early in the second quarter. Brees, who threw two first-half interceptions, regained his touch as the Saints scored 13 straight points.
The first-down drought for Atlanta ended after William Moore intercepted Brees' pass late in the third quarter. Matt Ryan then completed an 18-yard pass to Tony Gonzalez and a 20-yard pass to Roddy White to set up Matt Bryant's 29-yard field goal, pushing the Falcons lead to sevens.
Michael Turner had a 3-yard scoring run in the first quarter, and Ryan threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Gonzalez early in the second quarter before the Falcons' offense stalled.
The Falcons, motivated by four straight losses in their NFC South rivalry with New Orleans, took a 17-7 halftime.
Brees has been sharp against the Falcons, averaging 302.8 yards passing as the Saints won 11 of the last 13 in the series, including a 31-27 win in New Orleans on Nov. 11.
Brees threw two interceptions before finally leading a touchdown drive late in the second quarter.
On third-and-9 from the Saints 21, Brees completed a 32-yard pass over the middle to Lance Moore. Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann drew an offside penalty on a third-down play from the Atlanta 26 to keep the drive alive.
Officials initially ruled Pierre Thomas scored on a 10-yard run, but a video review showed his knee was down before he crossed the goal line. Mark Ingram scored from the 1.
Brees led the Saints on another drive but ran out of time. The half ended following Brees' fourth straight pass to running back Darren Sproles, this one inside the Falcons 5. With the Saints out of timeouts, Brees couldn't get his team back to the line before time ran out.
The Falcons made a strong statement on their first possession. Atlanta gained 71 yards on five straight running plays after opening the drive with a 9-yard pass from Ryan to Gonzalez. Turner started the spree with a 35-yard run. Jacquizz Rodgers had back-to-back 14-yard gains before Turner stormed in from the 3.
With his touchdown, Turner snapped a tie with former Falcons receiver Terance Mathis to set the franchise career record with 58 total touchdowns. Turner also has the team record with 57 rushing touchdowns. He caught his first career touchdown pass in Week 4 against Carolina.
Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud intercepted a pass from Brees intended for Marques Colston in the end zone to end the Saints' first possession.
In the second quarter, Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon intercepted a pass off running back Chris Ivory's hands, setting up Bryant's 45-yard field goal. The pass from Brees was behind Ivory.
Atlanta cornerback Asante Samuel left the game after aggravating his right shoulder injury. Samuel had been listed as questionable with the injury, and he didn't make it through the Saints' opening drive.
Brees completed a 38-yard pass to Joseph Morgan on a third-down play. Samuel, who was covering Morgan, walked off the field with his right arm kept close to his chest.
The Falcons listed Samuel's status as questionable. Robert McClain and Chris Owens took over for Samuel at cornerback.
Atlanta receiver Harry Douglas returned after leaving the game with an ankle injury in the first quarter.


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GREENWOOD, Miss. -- It seemed like a good idea. Plant two rows of cotton on each seedbed and reap the reward of increased yield without increasing acreage. In reality though, the idea didn't translate into much more than a management headache for Mississippi producers Gary and David Fratesi.
While the system has found fans among some Midwest soybean growers and a select few Southern soybean pioneers, cotton growers do not appear to be experiencing similar benefits.
Intrigued by the idea of twin row cotton, the Fratesi brothers, who together operate Hard Cash Planting Company in Indianola, Miss., offered themselves up as guinea pigs of sorts. Borrowing a Monosem twin-row planter from their local equipment dealer, they offered to put the system to a side-by-side comparison test in a 25-acre field near Morgan City, Miss. All cultural practices were the same for the two planting systems, and conventional tillage was used across the entire field.
Gary Fratesi says simple curiosity led him to try the dual-row cotton planting system. "We were looking for a yield increase, and we were interested to see how this system would compare to our conventionally planted cotton. We liked how the planter is calibrated to drop the seed."
The field was planted May 9 in 38-inch beds in sets of eight, with a set of eight beds with a single row of cotton per bed followed by a set of eight beds with two rows per bed.
In the single-row beds, an eight-row planter hill drops three seeds every 10.8 inches for an average seed spacing of one seed per 3.6 inches.
The dual row planting system consists of a 16-unit, eight-row planter with two units per bed, spaced 8 inches apart. Each unit is set to drop one seed every 7 inches, for an average seed spacing of one seed per 3.5 inches. In this planting system, the cotton plants are staggered about 8 inches apart in a zigzag pattern down the row.
Jerry Singleton, area Extension agent in Greenwood, Miss., says, "The dual row planter had some initial problems, including two of the Temik lines stopping up and one planter unit failing to plant any seeds for three rounds. These problems likely would have been worked out if the planter was producer owned.
"Plant emergence was more uniform in the single-row planter system, and some thrip damage was observed on individual cotton rows where no Temik was applied," he says.
Producer Gary Fratesi admits there was some learning associated equipment problems during planting. "Basically, it was a new planter and nobody was familiar with it. Some hoses got kinks in them and one planter unit was stopped up for some time. We tried to maintain plant populations per row foot and per acre, with a goal of 45,600 plants per acre for the single-row system, and 47,400 plants for the twin-row system."
A plant population count May 28 found 29,088 plants in the conventionally planted cotton, and 31,811 plants in the twin-row system. Additional plant population evaluations later in the growing season confirmed these numbers.
A fruiting node count July 9 found basically no difference between the two planting systems.
Spraying and cultivating the dual-row system became an equipment modification problem, Singleton says. "The entire farm, except for the dual-row area, had 38 inches between the cotton stalks. Due to these differences, spray nozzles, cultivators and fenders would have to be adjusted."
"Conventional tillage and harvest equipment set for 38-inch rows can knock some fruit off of twin-row cotton. And during lay-by, we couldn't lap our lay-by application without burning some plants up in the twin-row system," Fratesi says. "In order for the dual-row system to work on our farm, we would need a wider row, and wider cultivating and harvesting equipment."
Another potential problem, Fratesi notes, is the possible lack of moisture available for the cotton plant. "The dual-row system plants the cotton on the shoulders instead of down the middle of the beds, which may limit moisture availability early in the season. Twin-row soybeans and other crops that are planted flat may work better," he says.
In 2002, the Delta farm was in mud from beginning to end, which could have played a part in some of the difficulties experienced through the growing season. In addition, the conventionally planted cotton was harvested before a rain, and the dual-row cotton was harvested after 1.55 inches of rain fell over an eight-day period.
Overall, the conventionally planted single-row cotton yielded 991 pounds per acre, and the dual-row cotton yielded 865 pounds per acre.
Added costs to the system, according to Fratesi, include the price of the twin-row planter, higher seed costs, and the cost of adapting equipment to fit a twin-row production system.
With two rows of plants, Fratesi says, his granular insecticide costs also increased, because he normally applies 4.5 pounds of Temik, which is metered out with the seed in the seed trench. With two seed trenches, that doubles.
Some of the problems they experienced could be overcome, Fratesi says, if they could apply Roundup later in the season, eliminating the need for special cultivation equipment. "Unless you went transgenic with herbicide applications made straight over the top, the dual-row planting systems may require that you have two sets of tillage equipment."
"If we have the planter available, we may try limited acreage again on a heavier soil type," Fratesi says. "Dual-row cotton might also be an alternative to 30-inch narrow-row cotton using the newer transgenic Roundup Ready varieties, which would allow spraying the cotton crop later in the season.
Despite its apparent problems, Singleton says discounting the dual-row cotton production practice wholesale may be jumping the gun slightly.
"In this comparison, there were no significant problems with the conventionally planted cotton. However, in the dual-row system there were planting problems, insecticide application problems, and harvest delays due to rainy weather. Any, or all, of these problems could have negatively affected the yields," he says.
According to Singleton, an area soybean farmer averaged a 7 percent yield increase in 2002 with the twin-row system and lower plant populations. So while there appears to be a potential yield benefit for soybeans, a similar benefit is still questionable for cotton, he says.
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Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has a message for residents in his jurisdiction: You can't rely on him anymore. You need to arm yourself.
On Friday, the nominally Democratic sheriff issued a recorded public safety announcement on the radio and on the Web that encouraged residents to take their lives into their own hands.
Here's the full transcript:
"I'm Sheriff David Clarke and I want to talk to you about something personal: your safety. It's no longer a spectator sport; I need you in the game. But are you ready? With officers laid off and furloughed, simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option. You can beg for mercy from a violent criminal, hide under the bed, or you can fight back. But are you prepared? Consider taking a certified safety course in handling a firearm so you can defend yourself until we get there. You have a duty to protect yourself and your family."
Crime is relatively rare in Clarke's jurisdiction: In 2010, the Sheriff's Department reported two burglaries, nine robberies and zero murders. (Preliminary data from 2012 were not available, and it's not clear if the department submitted its crime statistics to the FBI for 2011.)
Also rare are justifiable homicides in the U.S.: About 260 private citizens lawfully killed someone committing a felony in 2011, or less than one case per every 1 million people in the nation.
Clarke's announcement has nonetheless tapped into a raw current in American politics over the role guns play in a civil society, which has occasioned some slightly less-than-civil discourse.
"Apparently, Sheriff David Clarke is auditioning for the next Dirty Harry movie," Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's office said in a statement.
That remark drew this retort from Clarke: "Several years ago, a tire-iron-wielding suspect beat Mayor Tom Barrett to within inches of his life. I would think that he would be a lot more sensitive to people being able to defend themselves in such instances. A firearm and a plan of defense would have come in handy for him that day."
Barrett was calling 911 to report a fight when the suspect batted the phone out of his hand and began to beat him, according to a police report; the suspect, Anthony Peters, claimed to have a gun, but didn't.
Clarke has been Milwaukee County's sheriff since 2002 and, running as a Democrat, easily rolled to reelection. His remarks, however, have earned him praise among conservatives, and he has occasionally flirted with the tea party.
In the days after the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Clarke again raised the proverbial call to arms in an Op-Ed article on a tea party website.
In those remarks, Clarke said gun control advocates were "sheep" and called for "an armed tactical trained officer or security officer in every school and public place [theaters, malls, etc.] in America."
I like what this guy has to say!


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NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Downtown Brooklyn last week transformed into ground zero for the world's largest student hacking contest and other cyber security games, all part of the ninth annual Polytechnic Institute of the New York University (NYU-Poly) Cyber Security Week (CSAW).
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The hundreds of finalists who converged on the NYU-Poly campus had bested 10,000 competitors in preliminary rounds of seven different challenges designed to encourage a new generation of cyber security experts capable of answering what President Barack Obama has called a national security crisis.
"By attracting a record number of students to the CSAW games this year, we were pleased to open opportunities for more students than ever to increase their cyber security knowledge and build the strong networks of the peers and professionals that they will need in this fast-changing field," said Nasir Memon, NYU-Poly professor of computer science and engineering and CSAW's founder. "It also gives me great pride to witness the leadership that NYU-Poly's cyber security students and alumni exhibit as they developed and organized the CSAW challenges into world-recognized events."
Hundreds of faculty and professionals act as mentors, help fashion the challenges and judge the CSAW challenges. For the first time, a mobile security conference, THREADS, exposed students and professionals to the latest threats found in the wild.
Government agencies, top security firms and blue chip companies recruited the college finalists as part of the NYU-Poly CSAW career fair. The University of South Florida students who won the difficult hardware hacking competition — the Embedded Systems Challenge—reported receiving three employment offers during CSAW. Cyber security is one of the few professions expected to grow significantly in the near future, with the workforce projected to grow at least 22 percent by 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The centerpiece CSAW games is the software hacking competition for undergraduates, the Capture the Flag (CTF) Applications Security Challenge. The preliminary round this year grew to the largest CTF in the world, attracting 9,000 registrations from across the world. Carnegie Mellon University team PPP2 took first place in the finals with fellow Carnegie Mellon team PPP1 and Boston University team BUILDS taking second and third places, respectively. This was the fourth consecutive win for Carnegie Mellon.
The 10 finalist teams in the High School Cyber Forensics Challenge bested a record 500 other teams to solve a murder mystery using digital tools. The fierce competition this year – last year just over 150 teams competed – was fueled in part by NYU-Poly's Summer Cyber Security Bootcamp for Teachers, funded by the National Science Foundation to engage students in engineering, science and math.
Despite Hurricane Sandy devastation in Red Bank, N.J., Red Bank High School's two finalist teams, along with its all-girl observer team, participated in the CSAW finals, and the school's "Significant Bits" team scored the second-place win. The "Hash-Slinging Hackers" from Hidden Valley High School in Roanoke, Va., took the top high school spot, and team SyntaxError from another tri-state area school, High Technology High School of Lincroft, N.J., placed third.
NYU-Poly welcomed Kaspersky Lab to CSAW for the second year, as the world-renowned security firm held the North American Round of its Cybersecurity for the Next Generation International Student Conference. Student competitors submitted original research on security topics, and the finalists presented at CSAW. New York City universities proved formidable, with NYU-Poly students taking two awards: Raymond Mui won the "Innovation and Originality" category and Arun Karthik Kanuparthi won "Practical Application." The "Best Paper" went to Vasileios Pappas of Columbia University, and from University of California, Veronica Swanson won "Best Presentation."
The AT&T Best Applied Security Paper Challenge recognized the top published student research in the field. Authors of the 10 leading papers joined the CSAW games for the opportunity to present their research to an elite group of judges from government, academia and industry. Texas schools had a strong showing, with University of Texas at Austin student Martin Georgiev placing first and Richard Wartell from The University of Texas at Dallas nabbing second place. University of California at Berkeley student Emil Stefanov finished third.
Students from around the country flexed their filmmaking muscles to compete in the Adobe Security Awareness Video, a contest to select the best 30-second promotion of cyber security savvy. This year's theme, "Securing Every Device, Everywhere" focused on one of the hottest subjects in the field, mobile device security. First place went to Ethan Bian of Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy; second to Michael Reininger, Sri Velagapudi and Casey Chow of team Monty Defenders of Montgomery High School in Skillman, N.J.; and third to Congyue Zhang of NYU-Poly.
Embedded Systems Challenge finalists competed to detect malicious hardware trojans in a chip design. Four international teams reached the finals, and two took the podium. First prize was awarded to the University of South Florida team NarMOS, followed by Grenoble (France) INP, ESISAR team ESISAR Hardware Trojans Finder, and in third place ESISAR team Esis'hack.
In the final challenge of the day, six teams of students — some of them exhausted but giddy after participating in the 36-hour Capture the Flag contest — matched wits in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Quiz game. Quick-fire trivia rounds tested students' knowledge of a broad spectrum of security topics, with the team of Shawn Denbow and Andrew Zonenberg from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute emerging victorious. Second place went to the Rough Epsilon team of Richard Wartell of the University of Texas at Dallas, Luca Invernizzi of the University of California at Santa Barbara and Chaitrali Amrutkar of Georgia Institute of Technology. Third place went to George Hotz and Tyler Nighswander of Carnegie Mellon. The Red Bank, N.J., team Significant Bits won the high school honors.
NYU-Poly was one of the first universities to introduce a cyber security program, and is designated as both a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and a Center of Academic Excellence in Research by the National Security Agency. The Sloan Consortium, an affiliation of educators and institutions dedicated to quality online education, named NYU-Poly's virtual graduate cyber security program the Outstanding Online Program of 2011. The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Security and Privacy (CRISSP), a cutting-edge research collaboration of NYU-Poly and other NYU schools, re-examines the entire cyber security paradigm to integrate technology with broader issues such as human psychology, business, public policies and law. For more information on CSAW, visit http://www.poly.edu/csaw2012.
About Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Polytechnic Institute of New York University (formerly Polytechnic University), an affiliated institute of New York University, is a comprehensive school of engineering, applied sciences, technology and research, and is rooted in a 158-year tradition of invention, innovation and entrepreneurship: i-squared-e. The institution, founded in 1854, is the nation's second-oldest private engineering school. In addition to its main campus in New York City at MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn, it also offers programs at sites throughout the region, around the globe and remotely through NYUe-Poly. NYU-Poly is an integral part of NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Shanghai and the NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) in downtown Brooklyn. For more information, visit www.poly.edu.
SOURCE Polytechnic Institute of New York University
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Google IP address ranges for outbound SMTP
When you are configuring email handling for your domain, for example, seeking to prevent Google messages from being marked as spam, you might need to know the IP addresses of the G Suite mail servers.
Note: The following instructions are for listing IP addresses used for handling email traffic. This is not meant to be a complete list of Google-maintained IP addresses.
Google maintains a global infrastructure, which grows dynamically to accommodate increasing demand. As a result, G Suite mail servers use a large range of IP addresses, and the addresses often change. The most effective means of finding the current range of Google IP addresses is to query Google's SPF record.
To create an SPF record for your domain, you can simply have the record refer to the Google SPF record for the current list of IP addresses:
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
With this method, your domain automatically inherits changes to the Google IP addresses as they happen.
When you need the literal IP addresses for G Suite mail servers, start by using one of the common DNS lookup commands (
host) to retrieve the SPF records for the domain _spf.google.com, like so:
nslookup -q=TXT _spf.google.com 184.108.40.206
This returns a list of the domains included in Google's SPF record, such as:
_netblocks.google.com, _netblocks2.google.com, _netblocks3.google.com
Now look up the DNS records associated with those domains, one at a time, like so:
nslookup -q=TXT _netblocks.google.com 126.96.36.199
nslookup -q=TXT _netblocks2.google.com 126.96.36.199
nslookup -q=TXT _netblocks3.google.com 18.104.22.168
The results of these commands contain the current range of addresses.
If you are managing accounts with Chrome devices and need to need to enable those devices to work on a network with SSL inspection, see Managing Networks with SSL content filters.


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Latest Sets at WilliamHiggins.com
We got Martin Bogdan, Rado Zuska, Gregor Bortel and Jozef Vavrich together for our latest Wank Party. We find Martin in an old farm house busy making a fire. Rado, meanwhile is outside chopping wood for the fire. His buddies Gregor and Jozef bring more wood for chopping and watch as the muscled Rado completes the task. Then they collect up the chopped wood and take it inside where Martin is sitting with his fire well set and burning fully. Once they have stacked the wood by the burning fire the guys stand around and begin to feel each others' bodies. They then remove their underwear and it seems that Martin is already quite hard. Rado has a quick feel of that hard cock and they continue touching and Martin leans over and kisses him. They guys take hold of each others cocks and start wanking them. Before long everyone is hard and Martin makes the next move, he drops to his knees and sucks on Gregor's cock. Rado takes his cue from that and sucks Jozef as well. But it is Martin who is really the hungriest, he begins to suck each of the other guys in turn, as they stand around him. He really gorges on those big, hard cocks. Then they all move and daisy chain with Martin sucking Rado, who does the same to Jozef who is taking his fill of Gregor's throbbing cock. When they are ready for more Jozef lays on the table with his legs up, so that Rado can rim his tight hole. Martin gets behind Rado and pushes is face into that muscled ass, his tonguing lapping at the hole. As Jozef wanks and sucks on Gregor's big cock he is being fingered by the hunky Rado. That hole is ready for more though and soon Jozef is sitting on Gregor's dick, ride it good and hard. At the same time Rado is thrusting his throbbing cock deep into Martin's eager hole. Gregor slams his dick up and down into Jozef's ass as Rado contiues to fuck Martin real deep. Martin has lifted a leg up to give better access to Rado's cock, that stretches his hole so good. Soon it is time to swap partners and Jozef lays on the table for Rado to plow his ass while Gregor lays beside him and Martin climbs on and rides him too. Martin really rides that cock and then Gregor takes over and fucks that hot ass. Martin leans over and kisses Rado as the fucking carries on, with Jozef wanking himself very hard as his ass is filled. Soon Jozef shoots his load and Martin wastes no time in going down on that spent cock to get some of the cum. The guys move again, this time Jozef is on his stomach with Rado's cock slamming into his hole. Martin is bouncing on Gregor's cock again and wanking himself as he rides. He soon shoots a big, creamy load over Gregor's body and the gets down to take Gregor's load in his mouth. Rado pulls out of Jozef's hole and shoots a massive load over that ass, milking his cock completely dry as Martin kisses Gregor to finish a wonderful scene.
Ruba Manescu is aged 23. He comes from Romania and is currently unemployed. He enjoys his nightlife, football and jogging. He is a great looking guy, with a lovely smile, that is evident throughout his video. Starting off, after the interview, Ruba slips a hand inside his shirt and begins to feel himself. He then begins to open his shirt and show his chest. Next he opens his jeans and dips a hand inside to grope his cock. He takes some time out then to remove his shoes and socks and give us a very nice foot show. When he pulls his cock out of his jeans it is already quite hard and he revels in wanking it. Pushing the jeans down Ruba then shows his balls as well as he plays with that cock, legs wide apart. Still in his shirt, but with it only held on by his arms Ruba kneels and fucks his cock against the glass table top. Then Ruba stands and wanks himself before using both hands to run all over his body as he looks into the camera. Next Ruba shows us his ass, kneeling on the sofa and pushing back to the camera. The cheeks spread nicely and we see a hot, tight hole as he grinds that ass. Then he turns over and lays on the sofa, legs in the air so we can still see that hole as Ruba wanks himself to a lovely, creamy climax. Having cum he goes off to the shower and before anything else he needs to piss. Then he washes that hot body to bring his video to a close. He is a very handsome guy who did a really good erotic show for us.
Jan Vetrik is aged 21 and lives in Jihlava. He is a university student who enjoys dance and fitness. What a great looking guy Jan is and, as we see when he is naked, with a good body too. He is smartly dressed at the start and slowly removes his clothes, posing all the time for the camera, until we can see a beautiful bubble butt. Then more clothes come off and Jan shows us a lovely soft cock. When he is fully naked and hard he is surely a sight to behold. Finally he treats us to some great views of his hot hole. Very nice indeed.
Lukas Pribyl and Jirka Maly gave us a really good scene a few weeks back. Now we have a backstage video of the shoot, where we can see the guys working, together with the crew, to make the scene for us. It is always enjoyable to see the interaction and goings on during a shoot. I enjoyed this one very much.


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Optimizing Adjuvant Therapy for Resected Pancreatic Cancer
Name of the Trial
Phase III Randomized Study of Adjuvant Gemcitabine Hydrochloride with Versus Without Erlotinib Hydrochloride Followed by the Same Chemotherapy Regimen With Versus Without Chemoradiotherapy With Either Capecitabine or Fluorouracil in Patients With Resected Head of Pancreas Adenocarcinoma (RTOG-0848). See the protocol summary.
Principal Investigator
Dr. Ross Abrams, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
Why This Trial Is Important
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It develops in the lining of ducts in the pancreas that deliver digestive juices to the small intestine through the main pancreatic duct. The majority of pancreatic adenocarcinomas occur in the head of the pancreas, the part of the organ that is closest to the small intestine.
The only potentially curative treatment for pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a complex surgical procedure called the Whipple procedure. However, most patients are not eligible for this treatment because the cancer has spread beyond the pancreas by the time it is diagnosed. Furthermore, about 80 percent of those who have the Whipple procedure relapse and die within 5 years due to the presence of microscopic deposits of tumor cells that remain behind after surgery. Consequently, doctors often use adjuvant therapies to try to destroy the remaining cancer cells.
Chemoradiotherapy that includes a radiosensitizing agent, such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), is often used as adjuvant treatment for surgically resected pancreatic cancer. More recently, adjuvant chemotherapy with the drug gemcitabine has been shown to delay recurrence and modestly improve survival. Doctors are now investigating whether combining these adjuvant therapies can further increase survival after surgery. Additionally, they want to know if adding a second drug to gemcitabine will improve survival compared with gemcitabine alone. In patients with advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer, the drug erlotinib has shown the ability to prolong survival when combined with gemcitabine. Therefore, doctors are hopeful it will also help patients who have had surgery.
In this clinical trial, patients with resected adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas will be randomly assigned to receive either gemcitabine for 5 treatment cycles or gemcitabine and erlotinib for 5 cycles. Patients who do not experience disease progression (recurrence or growth of residual tumor tissue) will then be randomly assigned to undergo an additional cycle of the same chemotherapy regimen with or without subsequent chemoradiation using either intravenous 5-FU or a similar oral drug called capecitabine. Doctors will follow the patients' survival, compare the toxicity of these treatments, and try to determine whether certain biological characteristics of the patients are associated with outcomes.
"This trial is basically asking two questions," said Dr. Abrams. "The first question is, do patients treated with gemcitabine and erlotinib do better than those treated with gemcitabine alone? The second question is, for those patients who finish chemotherapy without evidence of recurrence or progression, does the addition of radiation to the area where the tumor was removed, along with 5-FU or capecitabine, accomplish something above and beyond the chemotherapy?"
For More Information
See the lists of entry criteria and trial contact information or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). The toll-free call is confidential.


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Tis the sesason for prognistication -- the Daily News predictions will be coming later this week -- but we are always interested when the rather large Sports Illustrated NFL preview lands in the mailbox. That happened yesterday, with a big piece about quarterbacks on the cover.
Inside, SI's Peter King predicts that the Eagles will go 9-7, finish third in the NFC East and miss the playoffs.
King has Dallas at 12-4, the Giants at 10-6 and then the Redskins in last place at 6-10.
He has both NFC wild card coming from the NFC North, with the Vikings and Packers -- both at 10-6, behind Chicago's 11-5 -- making the postseason. Atlanta (10-6) and Seattle (9-7) round out the NFC field.
King projects the Bears will represent the NFC in the Super Bowl and lose to -- who else? -- the Patriots in Miami.
As for the Eagles, here is the analysis about the Birds, although this was not written by King. "After facing the tough AFC North in '08, against which Donovan McNabb had a 65.6 passer rating, Philly gets the AFC West, in which all four defenses ranked in the bottom 10. Throw in some suspect NFC South secondaries, and McNabb should exceed last year's career high of 3,195 passing yards.The juiciest game on the schedule? Week 13, when Michael Vick returns to Atlanta."
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Open Session
We've been running impromptu live music sessions for the last 31 years and although harnessing the local talent is a bit of a dark art we can normally muster somewhere between 2 & 22 willing local musicians so don't be shy, a handful of folk can magically transform into a multitude so bring along your Bodhrán, guitar or violin and join in.
All musicians, twangers, strummers & part time whistlers – and everyone else for that matter – are very welcome.
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X-Men: First Class (US - BD RA)
Gabe takes a belated look at Matthew Vaughn's swinging '60s X-Men flick...
In 1944, while being separated from his family in a Nazi Concentration Camp in Poland, a young Jew named Erik Lensherr's mutant ability to control metal manifests, and is witnessed by an SS scientist named Schmidt (Kevin Bacon). Schmidt successfully attempts to draw out Erik's powers by killing his mother in front of him, and a series of grueling scientific tests begin. Meanwhile, a young mutant telepath named Charles Xavier discovers a shape-shifting, blue mutant child named Raven trying to steal food, and 'adopts' her as a sister. 18 years later, an adult Erik (Michael Fassbender) has developed his powers, and is hunting Schmidt, along with other surviving Nazi war criminals. An adult Charles (James McAvoy) graduated Oxford University, and publishes a paper on human mutation. He still lives with an adult Raven (Jennifer Lawrence), who he has encouraged to hide her true form using her powers. In Las Vegas CIA agent Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne) discovers that Schmidt, working under the name Sebastian Shaw, has gathered criminal mutants into a group dubbed The Hellfire Club. Not knowing anything about mutants or their powers, MacTaggert seeks out Charles' assistance, and along with CIA backing they hunt for Shaw, where they cross paths with a very angry Erik Lensherr.
It feels really good to enjoy an X-Men movie again. I've been a fan of the franchise since I was young, starting with the animated series, and my early efforts to familiarize myself with Chris Claremont's original '80s run on the comics. Later I rediscovered the franchise through Bryan Singer's original movie, the subsequent animated versions, and Grant Morrison's brilliant comic book re-branding, which was entitled 'New X-Men'. Singer's 2003 sequel, X2: X-Men United ended up being one of my favourite superhero adaptations ever put to film, and one of a handful of films that I ended up using as a personal barometer for quality in future superhero movies. Brett Ratner's X-Men: The Last Stand was a pretty heavy blow, made heavier due to its troubled and promising production history, and the fact that parts of it were actually quite good. 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine was even worse, squandering the talents of director Gavin Hood, co-writer David Benioff, and an incredibly capable cast. Most fans blamed a busy production staff, and 20th Century Fox's attitude towards the franchise for this depressing double punch, and little hope surrounded the release of the fifth film in the franchise – X-Men: First Class.
Apprehension surrounded the film's roots beyond the latter two disappointing sequels, most pertaining to pre-production development on an unnamed Zak Penn (writer of The Last Stand, and The Incredible Hulk) adaptation of the X-Men: First Class comic line (which focuses more on small scale high school drama than nuclear annihilation), David Goyer's unrealized X-Men Origins: Magneto project (perhaps the only good thing that was killed by the 2007 writer's strike), and a re-hired Bryan Singer's take on the First Class material. Then the project was fast-tracked in the manner most Fox comic adaptations have been over the years (of the studio's Marvel adaptations, only X2 had a proper filming schedule, from what I can understand), leaving no room for error despite a rickety foundation. First Class was thrown together so quickly (there was less than nine months between the start of principle photography and the release date) it was hard to keep up with the updates. When Singer realized he couldn't direct the new film himself because of production on Jack the Giant Killer (ironic since that film didn't actually start filming until about two months before First Class was released), he contacted Matthew Vaughn, who was just coming off his first comic book action movie with Kick-Ass. Those of us that followed the tragic history of the third X-Men film likely recall that Vaughn was originally hired to take over the franchise when Singer defected to Superman Returns (for the record Singer did want to do both films). Vaughn hired a few actors, and developed the project for a while, but ultimately left when it was clear that he couldn't make the film he wanted on the allotted schedule. Singer reached out to Vaughn based on this historical connection, which means fans like me can think of First Class as a sort of do-over, and the Singer/Vaughn dream team actually ended up paying off.
Besides perhaps casting Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy as his leads (more on that later), Vaughn's (and likely Singer's) real coup de grace is fully embracing the film's period feel, unlike that other X-Men prequel that took place in the '1970s'. First Class doesn't only take place in the 1960s, it takes place in our collective movie universe memories of the 1960s, incorporating aspects of James Bond, Danger: Diabolik!, Our Man Flint, Hard Days Night, Bullitt and even Dr. Strangelove (look at that 'war room' for further proof). These stylistic cues aren't just incidental bits of the background, they distinguish just about every set, costume and prop in the film. I was particularly fond of the analogue version of Cerebro (complete with dot-matrix printer), but this style is best embodied by anything Sebastian Shaw and The Hellfire Club associate themselves with, including the Vegas based Hellfire Club itself, their boat-cum-submarine (straight out of a Bond movie), and their groovy wardrobes (Kevin Bacon refers to Shaw in interviews as an 'evil Hugh Hefner'). Vaughn also avoids aping Singer's set X-Men style, which was the obvious basis for both Ratner and Hood when they made their X-movies, and avoids the 'dark and gritty' reboot option that every dying franchise is threatened with these days. The period setting isn't just window trimming either, it's an important element to the story. The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s has always been a favourite metaphor of Bryan Singers, and setting the film at the onset of the actual events offers context and weight to the otherwise fantastic plot. It's also just generally fun to muck about with historical happenings for the sake of storytelling.
Despite unfettered affection for all of his films, I find myself questioning if Vaughn could've handled X-Men 3 before dealing with larger productions like Stardust and Kick-Ass. First Class is a culmination of his evolution as a director, which has developed admirably over the course of three very different films. With Layer Cake he proved he could tell a stylish story, and work well with first-class actors. With Stardust he proved he could work on a relatively large scale, and proved he could develop a distinct cinematic world. With Kick-Ass he proved he could deal in aggressive action, and bring emotional weight to inherently silly themes. First Class is all of these things. It's easy to appreciate the big action set-pieces, which are sometimes dynamically similar to the giddily violent brawls of Kick-Ass, but which often feature a more graceful scope, like that of Stardust. The climax gets away from Vaughn a bit, but the Hellfire Club's attack on Division X sits highly among my favourite big screen moments of 2011. The images of evil mutant Azazel 'bamfing' guys into thin air, then dropping them to their deaths are a phenomenally sinister reflection of X-Men 2's delirious opening sequence. Vaughn's more subtle, non-action related visual successes include the simple camera set up of the early sequence between young Erik and Shaw (which quietly turns from menacing to terrifying through a simple cut and change of angle), and one of the better training montages in recent memory (complete with outstanding '60s graphic design motifs). But along with all his most impressive gifts come some of his usual shortcomings. His films still suffer an unpolished feel, which is evident in the form of rough plot connections, and some unfinished-looking special effects. I also largely blame Vaughn for a handful of flat line readings, which stick out thanks to the otherwise commanding performances, though the ridiculous timeframe he was given as a director likely compounded the problem (less time for additional takes).
The script, which, as mentioned, was scraped together from at least three sources, has minor problems with breakneck pacing and subplots, but for the most part tells a solid, forward moving story that encompasses a very large group of characters. Erik and Charles are obviously the most well rounded members of the cast, and both McAvoy and Fassbender create original versions of the characters informed by, but not devoted to Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen's now iconic portrayals. Fassbender, who has worked his way onto a short list of actors that can single handedly ensure I take interest in a film, embodies the pain, anger and developing threat inherit in Erik/Magneto without playing him as dour, and McAvoy creates a witty and vital Charles, whose early levity helps generate real growth over the course of the film (Stewart's Charles Xavier is great, but his version of the character doesn't really develop throughout the original trilogy). Erik and Charles also have more chemistry than most romantic pairings, and without the benefit of a make-out scene (though, assuming that's your thing, you can find plenty of steamy slash-fiction on the subject all over the internet). This chemistry accounts for much of the tragedy that culminates (rather too quickly) at the end of the film, but is also so riveting on friendlier terms the film would've been worth seeing even if every other element failed. The 'satellite turn' interaction is perhaps the most emotionally satisfying moments I've ever seen in a superhero movie.
Some characters are lost in the clutter of the busy screenplay, and are left to serve a thematic or plot void, not treated as living pieces of an otherwise well realized universe. There's simply no way to give every member of an ensemble cast the royal treatment in the form of a standalone film (especially one shorter than 3 hours, a runtime that still couldn't contain the slightly smaller ensemble of Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia), and for the most part the supporting characters hold their own. It's surprising and welcome that Raven/Mystique and Charles are coupled as more or less family early in the film. Given Mystique's utter devotion to Magneto in the later movies I had assumed she'd end up one of the more incidental mutants in this prequel story. Instead Raven isn't only the ideal audience surrogate, but she represents Charles' most egregious shortcomings as a young leader. Her scenes with Hank McCoy/Beast could've been unnecessary side trips into heavy-handed morality, but play a clever, dramatically truthful part in a larger story, ensuring neither character is wasted. Other characters are handed the dramatic shaft (CIA op/love interest Moira MacTaggert, Sean Cassidy/Banshee, Alex/Havok, Oliver Platt's unnamed spook), but work just fine in a supportive capacity thanks to strong performances, and engaging characterizations.
Spoiler The character of Darwin is a disappointment, and a sure fire case of lazy filmmaking all around. Edi Gathegi's solid performance notwithstanding, the character is a D-lister at best, and he practically screams 'cannon fodder' from the top of the attack scene (he also wasn't featured in any of the action footage from the trailer, but that's not Vaughn's fault). His death is meant to stoke vengeance, and give the as yet untried heroes a substantial reason to grow-up, but none of the younger characters know each other well enough to share this kind of loyalty, not to mention the fact that all of them had already volunteered for the job. The scene establishes the Hellfire Club's threat in spades, and gives a compelling reason to move the team to the mansion, but the catastrophe of Darwin's death rings hollow. There's the obvious subtext since Darwin and Angel are black (technically I believe Zoë Kravitz is half black, but that math is difficult), and that Shaw is appealing to the additional hardships the characters endure thanks to their skin colour (???). Vaughn hits this note so hard it verges on a spoof of the 'black guy dies first' cliché, and blunts any point that might've been intended.
Some of the villains are rather generic (Riptide doesn't even get a single line), but Kevin Bacon is a delight as the chief baddy. He twirls his virtual mustache and hams it up with a Vincent Price inspired wicked grin. Sure, he isn't as multi-faceted as older Magneto or William Stryker in X2, but Erik's antihero status here leaves an opening for a more single faceted, plain wicked. Besides Azazel, who holds the screen rather effectively thanks to the talents of actor Jason Flemyng, the rest of the villains are pretty unremarkable. Ridtide (the guy that makes tornadoes with his hands) is a bleakly blank canvas, and Angel seems to have been included to give weight to the possibility of the good guys switching sides. Emma Frost is another story. It's a credit to the film that they could take so many liberties with characters I love, and that only one variation bothered me, but man, did it bother me. Allow me to geek out for just a moment. This representation of Frost is a step up from the worthless 'Diamond Girl' version seen in Wolverine, but she might as well be renamed 'Henchwoman'. January Jones' stilted performance (which actually didn't bother me as much as others) embodies none of the character's faux-regal, deceptively complacent comic book counterpart. And utilizing the diamond form 'second mutation' dreamed up by Grant Morrison doesn't make any sense, since no other character in the film has an additional mutation. It also draws comparisons to Morrison's books, which feature one of the best and most layered versions of Frost. For the record, Finola Hughes' good guy Emma Frost on the failed Generation X feature length TV pilot is still the 'best' live action incarnation of the character. Sadly, the proposed David O. Russell directed solo movie never came to fruition.
First Class is a sort of soft reboot for the series, as it doesn't quite line up with the original films entirely, but certainly features plenty of references, including the concentration camp opening sequence from X-Men, and two amusing cameo. I like to think of it as the alternate universe version of the trilogy story. Unfortunately, this leads to some lame fan service (the X-kids code-naming themselves is entirely unnecessary), and an ending that wraps up this story up in too tight of a bow. The climatic battle approaches breathtaking, and much of the post-battle works thanks to the performances, but the final plot points feel more like a studio mandated obligation or laundry list, rather than a proper ending to the story. I also could've gone for at least one more adventure featuring Erik and Charles on the same side.
X-Men: First Class is a colourful and stylistically clean motion picture, and this Blu-ray release does not disappoint. Part of looking period was filming on film, so there is plenty of fine grain over the entire film. The early scenes of Erik and Shaw in the concentration camp are noticeably more grainy than the majority of the film, which is, of course, thematically appropriate (the scenes that take place in Russia are similarly desaturated and gritty), but once we hit the 1960s the image becomes generally lighter, and the colour palette widens into a healthy array of pastels and candy-coated beauty. Backgrounds and costumes are regularly presented as simple and white, with lots of era inspired single hued highlights. Despite the sheer quantity of garish period appropriate paint jobs and lighting schemes, perhaps the element that most celebrates the transfer's sharp colour separation and fine details is Raven's mutant form. Her blue skin clashes nicely with any environment (not to mention her red hair and yellow eyes), and the details of her skin's textures are immaculate (the same thing basically goes for Azazel's red skin). I noticed a few blurry edges throughout the film (usually on the focal edges of wide shots), but these appear to be anamorphic lens effects, rather than inadequacies in the disc's compression. The focus is a little odd throughout the film, setting pretty deep on figures in wider shots, yet not creating backgrounds as sharp as I'm thinking were intended. This isn't a consistent issue, but on busy stages background elements aren't quite as sharp as I'd prefer. Minor artefacts can be seen in the brightest red elements (such as the strip club Angel works in), along with a few thin edge haloes, but contrast levels are crisp, and blacks are deep and clean.
First Class is mixed to create a relatively crisp and dynamic aural tone, rather than the aggressive and chaotic tone of Thor. Vaughn uses sound to tell his fast moving story, especially at the top of the film, where dialogue from Charles' story overlaps actions from Erik's. The relative silence of most dialogue scenes is used to great effect when it comes to the process of building the theme music, and subtly signifying the use of powers. Magneto creates a bass throb, Charles and Emma Frost's mind powers surround the audience with vocal echoes, Azazel 'bamfs' with a thud and a stereo shimmer (which is used to great effect during the climatic fisticuffs with Beast), Raven transforms with a subtle crumble, and perhaps most fun, Shaw's absorption power is a mix of backwards sounds and low level hum. No, that's not right, Banshee's powers create the coolest effects, and these effects create the most multi-channel activity. The first instance of the track really opening up outside of the score is that beautiful moment when Moira sneaks into the Vegas lounge, and 'Palisades Park' and catcalls surround the audience. Even here things are quickly smoothed out and quieted for the sake of dialogue, and the dynamic representation of mutant powers. Other brief crowd scenes tend to feature a more centric aural representation, and there isn't a whole lot of ambient noise outside of action sequences and mutant power effects. The action scenes feature spectacular soundscapes, including the LFE challenging Magneto attack on Shaw's boat, and bombastic climax, but the Hellfire Club's attack on the special CIA branch, starting with the subtle boom of Azazel's transporting, and culminating in Shaw exploding a balcony from both sides steals the show.
Henry Jackman's score is exactly the type of score I usually dislike – louder than anything on screen at most times, and electric guitar heavy – but its primal, John Barry by way of Clint Mansell power was impossible for me to resist. Jackman's theme for Erik (which is already moving into position as the new 'Lux Aeterna' with its appearance in the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy trailer) signifies the power of the character, and perfectly underscores Fassbender's performance without overbearing it. It's also one of those great themes that can be easily built upon to create tension. On the other end of the spectrum the triumphant theme that plays the first time Charles uses Cerebro, which leads into a sort of mod anthem for the 'finding mutants' montage, creates quite the emotional swell in the pit of the viewer's stomach. This disc includes an isolated, Dobly Digital 5.1 version of the score.
The extras on this disc start with the 'X Marks the Spot' viewing mode. These are not picture in picture, but activate when a branching mode is activated. They include behind the scenes looks at 'refilming' of the opening scene from X-Men, the process of juxtaposing Erik and Charles' childhoods, the challenges behind the young Mystique effects, filming the bar scene that includes that extra special cameo that I won't spoil (even though I'm guessing you already had it spoiled), the effect used for Charles' powers, the technical aspects of shooting a second unit scene (sound mixing, processing film, editing), filming that other cameo, a pre-viz to final film comparison of the beach scene (including a bald Charles), and a look at process behind the gorgeous title design. The featurettes can all also be accessed individually outside of the 'movie mode', are all presented in HD, and run a total of 19:55. The other Blu-ray exclusive is the 'Cerebro: Mutant Tracker' mode/game/thing. This opens a repeating series of images of mutants from the five X-Men films. When a character the viewer is interested in appears he or she can hit the enter button, and see a short video featuring the character, which is followed by a stats screen. Once all of the mutants are 'unlocked' the information can be accessed more quickly via the 'Mutant Manifest' screen. An amusing enough time-waster.
The meat of the extras are in the 'Children of the Atom' documentary (69:50, HD), which is divided into 'Second Genesis', 'Band of Brothers', 'Transformation', Suiting Up', 'New Frontier: A Dose of Style', 'Pulling Off the Impossible', and 'Sound and Fury'. These cover the inception of the project, starting the story (who came up with which plot point, etc), finding a director (including the problems with X-Men 3, and the fact that the Icelandic volcano actually lead Vaughn to meeting with Kimberg and Singer), re-writing the script, the horrible schedule, choosing characters, casting actors, designing Beast, applying make-up, costume design, period production design, set construction and mechanics, digital effects designs, music, and the possibility of future entries in the series. Interview subjects include producers Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Bryan Singer, director Matthew Vaughn, co-screenwriters Jane Goldman, Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz, actors James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Jason Flemyng, Zoë Kravitz, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, Lucas Till, Caleb Landry Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Álex González, and Edi Gathegi, make-up effects creators Dave and Lou Elsey and Francis Hannon, costume designer Sammy Sheldon, period production designer Chris Seagars, special effects supervisors Christopher Corbould and John Dykstra (who also clearly acted as second unit director) and a parade of digital effects supervisors/directors/animators, and composer Henry Jackman.
The disc ends with 13 deleted/extended scenes (14:00, HD), most of which are actually quite good, but would've slowed the pace of the film, or messed unfortunately with the tone. Besides the digital copy, the box features an inlet with codes to access 'exclusive' digital comics.
It's not perfect, but X-Men: First Class is an imaginative, unique, exciting, and (largely) impeccably acted superhero film, and the best of its kind since the first X-Men sequel. The producers behind X-Men 3 and Wolverine still aren't forgiven, but they're on the right track. Problematically First Class didn't do well enough at the box office to ensure another chapter in this soft reboot story, and the sales of these Blu-ray and DVD releases will probably determine the likelihood of Fox taking another chance with more intelligent, character driven material in the future. Fortunately for us the disc looks and sounds great, and the extras include an informative and entertaining behind the scenes documentary, along with a collection of compelling deleted scenes. Beware, though, I did have a minor loading problem with the disc (things entirely froze once during my viewing), and have read tales of bigger problems on Amazon. The likely culprit is anti-piracy precautions on Fox's part. I'd like to hear more stories from readers if any had similar problems.
* Note: The below images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Bouncy X Member Join Date: March 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,931
i totally agree about jumping the gun on the death of xavier and erik's friendship and of course xavier's fate. they should have saved that for a 2nd movie at least. it would be perfect as a middle section revelation since we would have had a whole movie and half another to appreciate it all only to have it end and change. or even wait for a 3rd movie and just have the 2nd hint at things to come. but whats done is done.
but its a minor nitpick as its a great movie anyway. speaking of minor nitpicks, i had to laugh the first time i saw this at the scene where moira goes into the club. she just happened to be wearing super sexy lingerie under her work clothes? kinky little agent.
but its a minor nitpick as its a great movie anyway. speaking of minor nitpicks, i had to laugh the first time i saw this at the scene where moira goes into the club. she just happened to be wearing super sexy lingerie under her work clothes? kinky little agent.
mc_serenity Member Join Date: December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 824
"It's not perfect, but X-Men: First Class is an imaginative, unique, exciting, and (largely) impeccably acted superhero film, and the best of its kind since the first X-Men sequel."
No. I'm sorry, but if you've seen X2 recently, it doesn't hold up like it used to. I can see why you like it and rank it highly, but for me it just doesn't strike a chord. The plotting and action are good, but the movie just leaves the wrong taste in my mouth. Maybe it was due to an underwhelming X3 that followed it (and the less said about "Wolverine" the better), but it just isn't as great as everyone says it is. "First Class" however, deserves all the hype and love showered on it.
I know you rank "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 2" lower than X2, but in my list I would rank "First Class" with those three. It's that good.
No. I'm sorry, but if you've seen X2 recently, it doesn't hold up like it used to. I can see why you like it and rank it highly, but for me it just doesn't strike a chord. The plotting and action are good, but the movie just leaves the wrong taste in my mouth. Maybe it was due to an underwhelming X3 that followed it (and the less said about "Wolverine" the better), but it just isn't as great as everyone says it is. "First Class" however, deserves all the hype and love showered on it.
I know you rank "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 2" lower than X2, but in my list I would rank "First Class" with those three. It's that good.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,718
I watched X2 not that long ago, and it holds up fine for me. It still has the tightest script of any live-action superhero movie I can think of (though it did base its story structure on The Empire Strikes Back). It's a great story, it's well shot, the ensemble cast is given a fair shake ('cept Cyclops), and, as you said, the action is great. Batman Begins is kind of a mess. That's the one that gets weaker with every viewing for me. On the other end of the spectrum I find the first Spider-Man improving over the years.
mc_serenity Member Join Date: December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 824
Gabe Powers wrote: On the other end of the spectrum I find the first Spider-Man improving over the years.
Really? When that came out in 2002, everyone was raving about it and when I finally saw it, I was like "eh, it's okay." The second one won me over. A lot of people HATE the third one, but I think there's more good than bad in SM-3.
Really? When that came out in 2002, everyone was raving about it and when I finally saw it, I was like "eh, it's okay." The second one won me over. A lot of people HATE the third one, but I think there's more good than bad in SM-3.
old painless Member Join Date: February 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 81
I just can't get attached to this movie i didn't warm to the cast at all.I like the trilogy and i'll stick with that.
djblack1313 Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 529
X2 completely holds up perfectly IMO. X2 is still my fave but 1st CLASS was pretty good. i don't love it but i like it. X3 still has some of my all time favorite moments in any of the X movies. when Jean's decimation of her house and Xavier is epic and it's my favorite fx scene and i also love when Angel crashes out of the window and flies away. AWESOME! i know they want Matt Vaughn to return for the next movie but i hope he does KICK ASS 2 first!
pongee Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 13
its nice to see that they at least tried to stay within the existing series
replicant Member Join Date: July 2011 Location: United States Posts: 24
I COMPLETELY agree about Darwin. Lazy film making.
CHRISTOES Member Join Date: September 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 3
I for 1 would love to see one of REPLICANT's x men films !!!!
OH WAIT......he's never made one!!!!
First Class all the way baby!!!!!
OH WAIT......he's never made one!!!!
First Class all the way baby!!!!!
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,718
You're absolutely right, the fact that a film has been made is the only proof needed to claim it's good. Every film ever is good.
insurrbution Member Join Date: August 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 59
Best superhero movie of the year, and the best since the first Iron Man.
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
Regarding the Darwin character Spoiler I'm not that familiar with him in the comics, but from the brief bits and pieces I've read I believe he has adapted to overcome far more serious threats than the one that did him in here.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 9th September 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DVS 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish and French
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: X Marks the Spot Viewing Mode, Cerebro Mutant Tracker, Children of the Atom Documentary, Deleted and Extended Scenes, Isolated Score, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Matthew Vaghn
Cast: Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Lucas Till, Caleb Landry Jones
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama and Sci-Fi
Length: 132 minutes
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final product more dimension and depth.
History of Quilting
There is a widespread conviction that quilting came into the use for its value
rather than ornamentation. The genesis of quilting is considered to have
developed in times of war and battle, when militia desired warmth along with
protection from the abrasion caused by heavy armor. Many ancient Egyptian
sculptures feature figures wearing clothing that was quilted, providing another
timestamp as to the history of quilting. In these instances, quilts were perhaps
used for warmth in the chilly desert evenings. In American colonial times when
the majority of women were busy spinning and weaving, quilting was a
time-honored way of recycling scraps of material into something useful. Women of
prestige prided themselves on their fine quilting of wholecloth quilts.
Classification of Quilting
There are currently numerous types of quilting used today, but the two most
broadly used are hand quilting and machine quilting. Hand quilting describes the
process of using a needle and thread to stitch a running-stitch by hand across
the entire area to be quilted. It attaches the layers collectively, and a
quilting frame or hoop is frequently used to assist in holding the piece being
quilted. On the other hand, machine quilting refers to the method of using a
home sewing machine or a long arm machine to seam the layers together. A home
sewing machine is also used to tack the layers together before quilting.
The Basics of Quilting
Conventional quilting entails a course of action that follows four steps -
piecing, layering, quilting and binding. Piecing is all about the sewing of the
quilt top, which is made up of small pieces of fabric set in a pattern. A part
of the pattern is called a block, and these blocks are sewn together. They
follow either edge to edge, or by separator strips of cloth called sashing. In a
few quilts where piecing is not done, a whole piece of cloth is used for the top
layer. Quilting combines connecting the three layers simultaneously as well as
including ornamental attributes. Frequently, binding completes the quilt by
finishing the edges with a trim of fabric. However, occasionally borders are
added earlier than the binding is done.
Quilting Fabric
In order to make a quilt of any substantial size, a large quantity of quilting
fabric is required. Quality fabric is available in virtually any size, shape and
color imaginable. A color wheel will, in fact, facilitate evaluation and
distinguishing of diverse colors and comes in different sizes and displays
different colors. Color wheels typically mark shades of just one or two colors.
You may perhaps only need one or two color wheels if you know what color scheme
you want to use. Out of the various quilting fabric, quilters can opt from
velvet to cotton to polyester. Velvet or pure wool quilting fabric is quite
costly, and those on a budget might pick cotton as an alternative.
Needed for Quilting
For the purpose of hand quilting, you will need several materials in the form of
frame or hoop, needles, thread and thimble. They relieve the pressure required
to push a needle through several layers of fabric and batting. While, on the
other hand, for machine quilting, you will need darning foot, safety pins,
thread and walking foot.
A New Trend in Quilting
Quilting remains among the most admired leisure pursuits in the world today.
Quilt making is a magnificent ability. And now a new form of quilt-making is
gaining popularity in the form of the creative quilt. It has taken the process
one step further as these designs often include landscapes, homes, and fields of
flowers. These quilts make exceptional hangings to complement any decor.
Creative quilting might test the imagination, but the end result will almost
always be worth the effort.


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Staff Picks
Don't forget to check out our staff picks for kids!
September 28, 2015
Every Day I Fight
by Scott, Stuart
B Scott, Stuart SCO
Every Day I Fight is a resounding biography regarding the Sports Center Anchor Stuart Scott. Scott was initially diagnosed with cancer in 2007 while undergoing an appendectomy and learned that his appendix was cancerous. After going into remission for several years, he was again diagnosed with cancer in 2011 and 2013. The book is an emotional journey through his life with cancer, which took his life a few months before publication. Scott talks about growing up in North Carolina, his early years at ESPN and his battle to fight cancer. Personal setbacks aside, Scott went on to become one of the favorite voices of ESPN with catchphrases such as "Call him butter, 'cause he's on a roll!" "He's as cool as the other side of the pillow!" And so on. Every Day I Fight is a quick read and I highly recommend it.
— Recommended by Gregory Hill, previously Manager of the Decatur Library, now Manager of the Lawrence Library
September 21, 2015
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
by Yang, Kao Kalia
B Yang, K.K. YAN
What is Hmong?
Where is your country?
What are you doing here, in America? Are you ever going home again?
These were questions that were asked of the author, Kao Kalia Yang, since she came to the United States when she was six. Have you in your mind at least the curiosity about this people?
This book uniquely tells the story of Hmong people through the journey of the author's family from escaping genocide in the Lao's jungle to refugee camp in Thailand to coming to United States and their survivorship in a whole new set of hardships in this new country.
The story comes alive through different angles approached from the author's experience to her mother's to her paternal grandmother's. It is a moving account of a family, a people, their resiliency and triumph. The interwoven Hmong folk tales and customs told through grandma's story added texture to the Hmong culture.
It also reveals some facts about the Vietnam War unknown to many people, for example, the so-called "Secret War" where CIA recruited the Hmong to fight the communists and attack North Vietnamese supply lines. One third of Hmong men died during the war, another third were killed in the aftermath by the Lao Communist government in collaboration with the Vietnam People's Army during the ensuing Hmong insurgency.
This book gives a new understanding of the Hmong people at the least. It could also provoke thoughts and discussions on wars, politics, ethnic identity, survivorship and pertinent subjects. Reading groups might also find this a good candidate for discussions.
The Latehomecomer is also available as a downloadable e-book, a downloadable audiobook, and an audiobook on CD.
--Recommended by Sailan Liang, Glendale Library
September 14, 2015
Turtleface and Beyond: Stories
by Bradford, Arthur
Arthur Bradford's short story collection Dogwalker (2001) featured bizarre, slightly surreal tales told in a straightforward and earnest manner. Bradford's second short story collection, Turtleface and Beyond (2015), is much the same. The main difference is that this time all of the stories, while technically unrelated, feature a common narrator named Georgie. Georgie is a young man who seemingly does nothing but wander around the world and find himself in a number of strange situations, yet, despite numerous mistakes and errors in judgment, manages to come out emotionally unscathed and able to recount his exploits to the readers. Georgie has an affair with an Israeli woman in Thailand, loses part of his leg in a wood chipper, and watches the NBA Finals in a shack in a remote area of Vermont. Throughout the book he relates these stories in a charming, simple manner that is completely devoid of irony or cynicism.
--Recommended by Adam Todd, Spades Park Library
September 7, 2015
Dreamer's Pool: A Blackthorn & Grim Novel
by Marillier, Juliet
Growing up, I loved tales of mystery and magic. A well-crafted fairy tale was a treasure, and Dreamer's Pool is just such a story. In this first book of her new series "Blackthorn and Grim," well-established author Juliet Marillier entices the reader with elements of action, romance, vengeance, and morality. Set in the fictional kingdom of Erin, loosely based on medieval Ireland, main characters Blackthorn and Grim aren't your typical hero and heroine. Both have literally tortured pasts that have left deep scars on their bodies and psyches. At the eleventh hour, Blackthorn is offered a deal by the fey nobleman Conmael. He will free her from prison and imminent execution, in exchange for her promise to use her skills as a healer in a small village, helping any in need who may come to her. She must also put aside her desire for vengeance against her tormentors for seven years. Though skeptical of Conmael's motives, Blackthorn accepts the deal freeing both herself and Grim to make a new life in a faraway hamlet with more than its share of excitement. Enter a scholarly prince, villainous baker, traumatized lap dog, and an enigmatic giant whose stories are seamlessly woven into the main storyline of Blackthorn's attempts fulfill her geas. I highly recommend this book for lovers of fantasy, dark fairy tales, historical fiction mystery, suspense, or anyone looking for a good yarn.
Dreamer's Pool is also available as a downloadable e-book.
--Recommended by Katherine McFarland, Lawrence Library
August 31, 2015
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
by Allison, Peter
Allison began working as a safari guide as a teenager. His first job, however, was less than glamorous: it was his job to get alcohol to the camp for the tourists. Like motorists who become complacent with their drive to work, Allison let his guard down, didn't listen to the warning "Ka-weeeeeee!" of the Grey Lourie. So he stopped to remove a pebble from his shoe, hopped around a bit getting it back on, and then rounded a fallen log, surprising a pair of massive lions. "The time it took for them to get from where they were to where I stood was too short for my life to flash before my eyes." While he claims no heroic actions on his part, he does admit thinking—of all things—that if he drops the 24-pack of beer he's carrying, it will get all fizzed up. But what he didn't do was run. He stood his ground and lived to tell the tale. For me, roughing it is having to use a different brand of shampoo, so it's a sure thing that I will never sign up for a safari in Botswana. But if I should ever find myself there, I would want Allison at my side—not only as a guide (and, let's face it, protector), but also with the hope that he would share more of his wonderful stories of life in the Otovango Delta.
Whatever You Do, Don't Run is also available as a downloadable e-book and an audiobook on CD.
--Recommended by Cheryl Holtsclaw, West Indianapolis Library


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Review: 'Dogtripping' will make you laugh out loud
"Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure" (St. Martin's Press), by David Rosenfelt
When was the last time you laughed out loud? When is the last time you cried tears of genuine sadness? When was the last time you did both while reading a 260-page memoir?
David Rosenfelt, who is best known for a series of mystery novels, has written a book-length love letter to his canine companions through the years. "Dogtripping" is a delightful romp through his adventures — and misadventures — running a dog rescue along with his wife, Debbie, out of their Southern California home and their cross-country move.
As a dog lover, it's hard to know whether his stories will resonate with those less fond of his furry four-legged friends, but because Rosenfelt very well could be the funniest American author alive today, it's certainly worth a try.
He's charming, likable, self-deprecating, self-aware and utterly hysterical. Be careful where you read this one because you could invoke serious stares from strangers who may think you've lost your mind.
On the cleanliness of the hotel rooms he wants to reserve with 25 — mostly big — dogs during their road trip from California to Maine: "I hadn't done the math, but I was pretty sure that we would be traveling with well over a ton of dog, so the cleaning deposit would probably be the GDP of a third-world country."
On the bedroom he shares with his wife and a half-dozen dogs: "The noises ... are unbelievable. Between the snoring, and the scratching, the collars jiggling, and all the other weird noises, it sounds like a jungle in Zaire."
On the dogs, most of whom are old: "They sleep the majority of the day. I've often said that the inside of our house seems like a Civil War battlefield when the fighting was over ... eerily quiet, with bodies lying everywhere."
If it's been too long since you enjoyed a funny, sweet, romantic tale, read this book.


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7-year-old cyclist injured after being struck by carBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
March 28. 2013 10:02PM
ROCHESTER - A 7-year-old boy sustained non-life threatening injuries to his ankle on Wednesday after being struck by a car driven by a woman backing her vehicle into her driveway along Gagne Street.
Police, firefighters and emergency personnel responded around 4:13 p.m. to the home on Gagne Street, which is near River Street, after a 2005 Honda Accord driven by Cynthia Lewis, 54, of 7a Gagne St. struck the boy who was riding his bike across the end of the driveway.
"A woman was backing up into a driveway when she saw a flash of light," Fire Capt. Mark Avery said, adding the boy was not wearing any protective equipment, such as a helmet or reflective clothing.
Avery said paramedics transported the boy to Frisbie Memorial Hospital.
Sgt. Patrick Emerson said the boy was not riding his bike with a parent or sibling. He was counseled about the proper place to ride his bicycle.
"The proper place for a bicycle would be on the roadway as far to the edge as possible given the circumstances and riding with the flow of traffic," Emerson said.
No charges are forthcoming and the investigation is complete, according to Emerson.
Police encourage all bicyclists to wear helmets and to obey all applicable laws pertaining to the operation of bicycles on the roadway.


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PARIS (AP) — The head of U.S. Africa Command says the "shortcomings" of any top military leader reflect badly on the entire officer corps.
With America's top ranks ensnared in scandal, Gen. Carter Ham told reporters in Paris on Wednesday that such cases "undermine the trust" that officers receive from service members and the public.
A day earlier, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta demoted Gen. William "Kip" Ward after he was accused spending thousands of dollars on lavish travel and other unauthorized expenses.
Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus has resigned as CIA director because of an extramarital affair and Marine Gen. John Allen is being investigated for improper communications with a woman.
Ham said "any taint on an individual has a tendency to blemish the institution — and it's unhelpful."


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