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Motorcycle Track Training: Why You Should Consider It In Order To Improve Your Skills
Motorcycle Track Training: Why You Should Consider It
Even riders who have a great deal of experience should consider all of the benefits associated with motorcycle tracks at tracks such as Pittsburgh International Race Complex also known as PittRace for short.
Many of the riders who have done motorcycle track training will notice marked improvements in terms of speed and distance.
For riders who are specifically interested in racing or just interested in speed for its own sake, motorcycle track training can truly make all the difference. Motorcycle track training gives riders the opportunity to learn new strategies that promote speed. You can benefit from the experience of other riders.
However, riders can achieve even more dramatic improvements in terms of safety. All motorcycle riders accept that there are certain risks inherent in the activity. However, there are still ways to reduce those risks.
Using the track will allow you to really learn how to respond to some of the challenges and environmental factors that you might encounter on the road anyway. However, on the track, you will not be facing the same risks.
Motorcycle tracks guide at Pitt Race can certainly allow riders to become faster and safer. Of course, the very same forms of training that can allow riders to become safer can also allow them to become more skilled. Overcoming challenges on the track requires riders to improve their skill set.
They'll learn how to handle their bikes more effectively and their knowledge of their own bikes will improve. Skilled riders are more than familiar with their limitations and new riders have yet to learn them. Motorcycle track training can help both groups progress to the next stage. Take the next step at Evolve GT. and Pitt Race as your first Motorcycle Tracks.


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There's a lot you can do on almost 4 acres, and the house at 340 Country Club Road in New Canaan appears to have made good use of it. It's situated within a mile of town, but owing to its acreage it gives a great quality of an estate.
There are large swaths of flat green lawn. In the back, which is framed by trees at the far edges, a fenced-in pool and bathhouse make their own yard within a yard. The pool is situated in a sunny spot with a patio and surrounding stone. At the back of the house there's a porch overlooking the scene.
Opposite the four bays of the attached garage is a separate guest house -- a old wood structure that on its own would be a beautiful centerpiece to this property.
The guest house has a central room with a vaulted ceiling, a stone hearth fireplace and wood floors. It's a mix of wood beams, and enjoys beautiful old wood siding and cedar roof.
There's a circular driveway at the front of the main house, which is a sizable building and tastefully constructed inside, aimed to match the historic tone of the out building.
There are wide wood floors and wood beams throughout the front hall, which is open with an overhanging balcony that almost appears like something out of a rustic wild west movie.
Straight ahead is a family area centered around a fireplace that opens left into the grand kitchen and right into a wood-paneled library with a small stone fireplace. The library has an interesting ceiling, combining wicker matting and wood, while the walls and cabinets are antiquated wood.
More InformationAbout this house
ADDRESS: 340 Country Club Road, New Canaan
STYLE: Colonial
FEATURES: Four-car attached garage, cinema, pool, pool spa, pool house, barn, guest house, hot tub, lawn sprinkler, wine cellar, terrace, central vacuum, security system, intercom
SCHOOLS: West Elementary, Saxe Middle, New Canaan High
There's a butler's pantry off the family room. Also, to the right of the hall, is a small, much more modern, little bedroom with French doors leading out to a flagstone patio.
In a somewhat unusual design, the stairs start up in the same direction as the front door give a view of the outside via second-story windows.
There are other features, like a small recessed window seat under the stairs, hidden by curtains.
The formal dining room, left of the front hall, has eye-level wainscoting.
Another butler's pantry, with a separate fridge, connects into the spacious kitchen from the other side.
Here, where the wood flooring continues, is a beautiful design of millwork, along with an eight-burner Wolf stove and serving counter.
From here is a family room and informal dining area, with another stone-hearth fireplace and pool view, along with the same high ceiling and wood beams.
The back stairs on the east side of the building connect with the kitchen, garage and a finished basement. There's a bar, wine closet, large playroom and gym. There's also substantial storage as well.
Upstairs, the east side of the house has a grand wide open office, also with a high ceiling and lined with bookshelves. It's got a lot of southern exposure, in part from a balcony through French doors. The laundry room is upstairs off the wide hall.
Two en suite bedrooms are off this hall, which ends in the master suite at the west end.
On the third story, along with lots of easily accessible attic storage, is another private bedroom suite.
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(Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series about Sun Valley Resort's 75th Anniversary. Click for Part I)
[R440R, Sun Valley Resort] cemented its place in the history books by becoming the first major ski resort in the U.S. and installing the world's first chairlifts. But it also lays claim to many other firsts.
"The amount of firsts that Sun Valley brought to winter recreation is notable," Shannon Besoyan, archivist for the resort, told OnTheSnow. "It's not just the first major resort, but the first chairlift, first outdoor ice rink, one of the first Austrian ski schools in U.S., and much more." It may have even been one of the first resorts to give a free season pass to employees, a concept that gave birth to the ski bum.
The resort was the first to hire professional ski patrollers. Three pro patrollers were employed during its first season, each receiving room and board plus a small stipend for tending to injuries and doing maintenance.
Sun Valley hosted one of the first International ski races in the U.S. in 1937. The Harriman Cup became a series of prestigious races that ran for 40 years. During the first three years, they were held annually in the Boulder Mountains north of town, where skiers hiked 3.5 hours up the hill for a five-minute run on the downhill course. Day two held slalom races, with the cup awarded to the combined winner. The race moved to Warm Springs in 1940, several decades before chairlifts ran up that side of Baldy.
Local girl Gretchen Fraser outdid U.S. male racers to be the first American skier to win an Olympic gold medal in 1948. She is immortalized on a Seattle Ridge run called Gretchen's Gold.
Freestyle skiing gained its first major foothold in 1965 at Sun Valley with a mogul and jump "hot-dog" style pioneered by Bob Burns. "The first competition on Exhibition Run put freestyle skiing on the map," said Besoyan. Freestyle was officially added to international competitions in 1979 in an effort to regulate dangerous tricks.
Sun Valley spawned many ski greats in its 75 seasons, including Warren Miller, its most famous son. He moved to Sun Valley with a movie camera in 1946-47, living out of a trailer in the parking lot for two winters.
"At the time, I was shooting 8mm film...so we could learn what we were doing wrong with our skiing," Miller told us. He showed his ski movies to his summer surfing friends in California, perhaps first discovering the marketability of ski movies. "They laughed and had a great time," said Miller. "I got a free tuna casserole dinner for showing it to them."
He spent his third winter sleeping indoors in the Ski Instructor's Chalet and teaching first timers how to balance on moving boards. "I carried on my belt [the 8-mm camera] all winter in order to get pretty art shots and yes, shots of people falling down," said Miller. A stroke of luck during a ski week put him as a dinner companion with the president of Bell and Howell, who agreed to loan him a 16-mm camera. It arrived two weeks later in leather box with red velveteen lining.
Some of the earliest 16-mm footage Miller shot at Sun Valley was the 1951 Harriman Cup, which appeared in his second movie Wandering Skis. "I learned you better be up early and first in the lift line, or the day and the good snow will be gone before you get much done," he said. "Sun Valley offered some pretty spectacular footage and another growing customer base for sponsoring my movies until I quit doing it 55 years later." Miller chronicles his Sun Valley years in his longtime best-selling paperback, Wine, Women, Warren and Skis, still available today.
But Miller summed up the impact Sun Valley had on him, by saying, "Sun Valley occupied a fairly prominent spot in almost every movie I ever made about skiing."
More information: Sun Valley: An Extraordinary History by Wendolyn Spencer Holland; Gretchen's Gold: The Story of Gretchen Fraser, America's First Gold Medalist in Olympic Skiing by Luanne Pfeifer; Wine, Women, Warren and Skis by Warren Miller; Sun Valley Serenade, 1941 movie starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, and Milton Berle.
Do you have a spare 10 minutes for a laugh or three? Check out this video of the classic "I Love Lucy" television show when Lucy and Ethel head to Sun Valley, meet actor Fernando Lamas on Baldy and plot to make Ricky jealous:


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Statuary of St. Francis Xavier - the fifth one on the left looking from the Old Town Bridge Tower
the fifth one on the left looking from the Old Town Bridge Tower
The statuary, made of sandstone from Hořice, was created by Ferdinand Maxmilián Brokof in 1711-12 and donated by the Theology and Philosophy Faculty of the Prague University. In the lower part of the statuary, there is a group of exotic princes (Chinese, Tatar, Moor and Hindu) baptized by St. Francis Xavier. In the upper part, there is the saint raising a cross in front of the kneeling Hindu prince with pages and reminding the prince about the importance of faith before his baptism. The Latin inscription says Donated by the Theology Faculty and the Philosophy Faculty of the Prague University in 1711 in memory of Francis Xavier from the Society of Jesus, an apostle of Hindus and Japanese and a beloved of God. The composition and make of the statuary is one of the best on the bridge and is considered one of the best statues of the sculptor, even though he was only 23 years old when he created it. The face of the boy below the saint's hand with a cross is actually the face of the young sculptor. During the big flood in 1890, the original statuary fell into the Vltava River and was retrieved piece by piece during 1892 – 1904; it is now in the Lapidarium of the National Museum. The statuary on the bridge is a copy made by Čeněk Vosmík (1860–1944) in 1913.
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David Moyes wanted to make Fabregas his first marquee signing as United boss, but the Red Devils failed with two bids and the former Arsenal captain remained at the Nou Camp.
Fabregas has since found a new lease of life under Barca boss Gerardo Martino and it appears the 26-year-old does not have any regrets about deciding to stay in Spain.
"It's always flattering when a club like Manchester United talks very well about you and you can see they want you," the Spaniard told the BBC's Football Focus.
"But I'm going through an amazing moment [at Barcelona] now.
"I'm playing every week and I feel very important to the team
I'm very happy right now.
"This season I have felt more like myself, with more freedom and more secure with the way I like to play
It's not easy when you know you have to convince many fans how good you are and how good you can be for the team.
"The manager has trusted me and given me what I needed
I'm probably going through my best spell here."
Moyes was looking to sign a central midfielder again in January, but he instead landed playmaker Juan Mata for a club record £37.1million.
Fabregas did not expect Chelsea to let Mata go to a team who are historically regarded as title rivals.
"I was surprised to see Juan move there because I think he has been Chelsea's best player over the last two years," added Fabregas.
"He's produced some amazing performances as they won the Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup and he scored in the final of the European Championship with Spain."
After eight years at Arsenal, Fabregas moved back to Barcelona - where he began his career - in 2011.
The Spain international still watches the Barclays Premier League on a regular basis, though, and he has been impressed by the English players on display.
England are regarded as big outsiders for the World Cup, but Fabregas sees plenty of reasons for optimism.
"I have seen youngsters like Jack Wilshere, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck play and they have got talent," he said.
"That's the thing England have been missing over the years - talent.
"They have got a great group of boys with amazing talent and they have to take advantage of that."
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Letter to the House Urging a NO Vote on Health Care Repeal
January 18, 2011
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association (NEA), we urge you to vote NO on legislation (H.R. 2) to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Even if there are some provisions of the ACA that need to be fixed or amended, repealing the entire law is not the answer.
NEA members across the country see first-hand every day the importance of access to health care for children's success in school. Students simply cannot learn unless they come to school healthy. Families with access to regular medical care are more likely to keep the entire family healthy and create a better learning environment within the home.
Repealing the Affordable Care Act would be devastating to millions of children and their families.
It would take away:
- Coverage from 32 million Americans who would be uninsured without the new law, including many students sitting in NEA members' classrooms every day;
- The freedom from worrying about losing insurance or having it capped if someone gets sick;
- Freedom from fear of insurance companies raising premiums by double digits with no recourse or accountability;
- Freedom from discrimination of denied coverage because you happen to be a woman who is pregnant or a child with disabilities;
- The right for parents to continue to cover their children on their health policies until age 26.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, repeal would explode the national deficit, increasing it by $230 billion in the first decade.
We urge you to stand up for the millions of children and adults who would be greatly harmed by repeal and VOTE NO on H.R. 2.
Kim Anderson
Director of Government Relations
Mary Kusler
Manager of Federal Advocacy
*Votes associated with this issue may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 112th Congress.


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Tamil actor Arjun Sarja, who is busy directing as well as playing the lead in "Jai Hind 2", recently canned a high octane action sequence in a former army facility in Bangkok.
"It's one of the important fight sequences of the film. We shot in a place that belonged to the army in Bangkok. The place was used to store parts of aircrafts, tanks and other vehicles used by the army. We shot there with several American stuntmen," Arjun said.
"Audiences always look forward to action in my film. 'Jai Hind 2' has plenty of action and my fans won't be disappointed," he added.
"Jai Hind 2", a sequel to Tamil blockbuster "Jai Hind", deals with a contemporary issue.
"We will focus on our Indian education system, the literacy rate, which is directly proportional to economic growth. We are just left with a few weeks of shooting," he said.
Also starring Surveen Chawla, Simran Kapoor, Brahmanadam and Mayilsamy in important roles, the film is being made simultaneously in Telugu and Kannada as well.


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Named A Room for London, the accommodation is also an art installation commissioned by Living Architecture and Artangel. Living Architecture is a social enterprise that operates a handful of holiday homes throughout the UK and aims to provide members of the public with the opportunity to experience contemporary architecture at first hand. The Artangel organisation commissions creative projects by contemporary artists. — telegraph.co.uk
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In a disptach early this evening, the Associated Press's Pete Yost, perhaps signaling his employer's intent to remain the journalistic lapdog known as the Administration's Press, accepted at face value Attorney General Eric Holder's claim, while defending his department's actions, to have played no role in its wide-ranging subpoena of two months of AP phone records involving 20 cellular, personal and business lines used by over 100 wire service reporters and editors. Yost also did not address whether DOJ received judicial approval for its fishing expedition, a question the AP's Mark Sherman identified last night as unresolved.
It apparently hasn't occurred to Yost that if an Attorney General is aware that his underlings are about to engage in blatant, First Amendment-chilling prosecutorial overreach and intimidation -- a characterization the reporter himself made clear is shared by critics of all political stripes -- merely removing oneself from the case is a completely insufficient reaction. Instead, the AG is duty-bound to order it not to happen, and to remove anyone who chooses to defy his order. If the AG supports what his people have done, then he's responsible for the results and fallout. That's how being the boss is supposed to work. Excerpts from Yost's report follow the jump (bolds are mine):
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak.
The government's wide-ranging information gathering from the news cooperative has created a bipartisan political headache for President Barack Obama, with prominent Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill expressing outrage, along with press freedom groups.
... Federal officials have said investigators are trying to hunt down the sources of information for a May 7, 2012, AP story that disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen to stop an airliner bomb plot around the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. The probe is being run out of the U.S. Attorney's office in the District of Columbia.
Asked about it at a news conference on a separate topic, Holder said he removed himself from the leaked-information probe because he himself had been interviewed by FBI agents as part of the investigation. He said he wanted to ensure that the probe was independently run and to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest. It was the Justice Department's No. 2 official, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who made the decision to seek news media phone records, the department said.
"This was a very serious leak, a very grave leak" that "put the American people at risk," Holder said. He called it one of the two or three most serious such episodes he had seen since he became a prosecutor in 1976 but did not say specifically how the disclosure of information about the plot had endangered Americans.
... In a letter to AP on Tuesday, Cole said the Justice Department had adhered to its rules for subpoenas for the news media and hadn't sought information about the content of calls. "The records have not been and will not be provided for use in any other investigations," Cole wrote.
In response, AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said the department's response failed to justify the breadth of its subpoena, which included phone numbers in locations used by more than 100 journalists.
... In the 30 years since the Justice Department issued guidelines governing subpoena practices relating to phone records from journalists, "none of us can remember an instance where such an overreaching dragnet for newsgathering materials was deployed," said the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Even after the unprecedented dragnet invading his coworkers' (and perhaps his) privacy and potentially compromising his wire service's ability to continue its relationships with confidential sources, Yost's main concern seems to be President Obama's "bipartisan political headache." Amazing.
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The number of vacancies on the nation's federal courts has reached an astonishingly high level, creating a serious shortage of judges and undermining the ability of the nation's court system to bestow justice.
Of 856 federal district and circuit court seats, 85 are unfilled — a 10 percent vacancy rate and nearly double the rate at this point in the presidency ofGeorge W. Bush. More than a third of the vacancies have been declared "judicial emergencies" based on court workloads and the length of time the seats have been empty. By far the most important cause of this unfortunate state of affairs is the determination of Senate Republicans, for reasons of politics, ideology and spite, to confirm as few ofPresident Obama's judicial choices as possible.
Numbers compiled by the Senate Judiciary Committee tell the story. Mr. Obama's nominees for seats on federal courts of appeal, the system's top tier below the Supreme Court, have waited an average of 148 days for their confirmation vote following the committee's approval, more than four times longer than Mr. Bush's nominees. For Mr. Obama's nominees to federal district courts, the average wait time has been 102 days, compared with 35 days for Mr. Bush's district court choices.
The prestigious and important United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit offers a particularly striking example of Republican obstructionism. The 11-seat court rules on most appeals from federal regulatory agencies and has exclusive jurisdiction over national security matters. It has four vacancies; the last time the Senate confirmed someone to the court was 2006.
Mr. Bush appointed four judges to the court, a feeder to the Supreme Court, but whether the Senate will allow Mr. Obama to appoint any remains to be seen. Mr. Obama's first nominee for the court, Caitlin Halligan, withdrew from consideration last month after Senate Republicans filibustered for a second time. Those critics echoed the National Rifle Association's ridiculous portrayal of her as a legal activist outside the mainstream because she had filed a brief in opposition to the gun industry when she was New York State's solicitor general.
The real reason, as everyone knows, was to prevent Mr. Obama from adding balance to a generally conservative court. He may fare better with his latest nominee, Sri Srinivasan, a lawyer whose background working in the United States solicitor general's office under both President Bush and President Obama should help his chances.
Nominees for other important government posts have also been held up for partisan reasons. Some Republicans say this is simply payback for the Democrats' filibustering of Bush nominees. But while neither party should be in the business of obstructing judicial nominees, unless they are unqualified or unacceptably extreme, a retaliatory response based on politics hurts all who rely on courts to protect their rights and uphold the law.
It is also worth noting that Mr. Obama has not been putting forth candidates with strong ideological profiles. His nominees are decidedly moderate, which was not always true of the Bush judicial choices that the Democrats felt compelled to filibuster.
Mr. Obama could help reduce the problem by speeding up his nominations. The White House appears to have sharpened its focus since the election, but currently, 62 district and circuit court vacancies have no nominees.
The Halligan filibuster got some Democratic senators talking about a bolder strategy, including revisiting filibuster reform and making it harder for senators to torpedo or delay nominations to judicial vacancies in their home states. Another proposal is to have Mr. Obama make simultaneous nominations to fill the four vacancies on the District of Columbia Circuit, which would force Republicans to come up with plausible reasons to oppose each of them. In the face of political paralysis, these ideas are worth embracing.


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yea ive never been to the one in my city i usially use dick smith....what state are you in?
yea i checked on the sites and saw different names that i understood but are there any instructions to make an h bridge? ive tried the one on the insructables website but it freezes the internet page.. and i cant find any in australia ~smash


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Nine marine contractors attended a pre-bid meeting Wednesday, April 29 about two permeable, adjustable-type groins that will be built behind The Islander Club to counteract the faster-than-usual erosion of beach in that area.
The meeting gave the contractors a chance to ask questions together in an open forum before offering competitive bids for the project.
The town of Longboat Key intends to select a contractor as soon as possible, because the unique timetable for the project will require the contractor to prepare for months in advance. The town hopes to begin construction for the project no later than Nov. 1.
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Lil Scrappy confirmed on Wednesday (May 29th) that he is headed to rehab.
After failing a court-ordered drug test a number of weeks ago, the Atlanta rapper addressed his hopes for the experience, and looking at the situation in a positive light.
"It is my hope that my time away from my family and especially my little girl, my daughter, will make me a better man," said Scrappy, according to WSBTV.com.
The rapper, who stars in "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta," was arrested for felony gun and marijuana possession in 2008, and received a three-year probation. He failed the drug test in March, refusing to provide another sample.
Initial reports stated that the urine Scrappy provided was deemed "questionable" because it was "cold to the touch." Scrappy later turned himself in to the police.
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UPDATE: Lil Scrappy voluntarily entered an Atlanta-area rehab facility May 30 and the rapper's lawyer says the artist will be there until at least June 16, the date of his next hearing, according to TMZ.com. Scrappy's routine while in rehab includes a 6:30 am wake-up, group therapy, one-on-one therapy, no cell phone or laptop usage and a 10 pm curfew. He reportedly will not be allowed to have visitors for the first two weeks of his stay, either.
Scrappy's attorney also said that the rapper will be assisted by a mentor while in rehab, according to RumorFix.com.
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UPDATE #2: Over the past weekend, TMZ.com reports that Lil Scrappy was released from court-ordered drug rehabilitation, where he has lived since late May. Scrappy's lawyer Mawuli Mel Davis said, "Scrappy has had time to reflect, read, and write. He is now drug and alcohol free," after reporting that the former DTP/Def Jam Records artist was 30-days clean.
The report adds that Scrappy is going to begin mentoring teens next week.
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From the outside, the Metal Arts Village certainly suits its name: 12,000-square feet of artists' studios, welded together from end to end without a single nut or bolt.
Stepping inside the structure near Fort Lowell Road and Dodge Boulevard, however, reveals a space that is much more diverse than its name lets on.
The village's once-shiny exterior – now rusted in various shades of golden brown – has transformed considerably in the four years since it opened, not unlike the types of artists who work there. It is home to an interior designer, photographer, stone sculptor, stained glass artist and painter, among others, and while some of the art is thoroughly Southwestern, the majority is far from traditional.
Sue and Greg Lohr recently visited the village while on vacation from Wisconsin, and were astonished by the distinct talents of artists not only in the village, but in Southern Arizona.
"We were at a show a few weeks ago, we bought a table, a copper table, and we looked through and one booth is better than the next," Greg said. "One woman made a comment, she said, 'You don't see any crocheted toaster covers at these.' It's just unbelievable the talent down here and the beautiful stuff you see."
During their visit, the Lohrs viewed the gallery of Al Glann, a longtime village occupant who uses bronze and steel to sculpt horses, sometimes as large as their real counterparts.
Glann said working in the village gives an artist the best of both worlds: a space where artists recognize the need to be alone and focus on their art, but are also open to lending feedback and a helping hand when needed.
"We all kind of understand that we need our space and we need our time to work on things, but at the same time, if you need support, if you need help with something, everybody's there," Glann said.
Glann has welcomed the foot traffic that traverses through his studio since he moved into the village three months after it opened, and said the village's accessibility helps artists get the recognition they often lack from the community.
"The visual artists, we don't have an audience per se that claps and cheers and that sort of thing. We're able to kind of talk with people and share our experiences and what they get out of it. It's a lot of fun. You have that interaction between people of different backgrounds," Glann said.
Origins of Metal Arts Village
Village founder, Stephen Kimble, was in pursuit of that sense of community when he purchased the property nearly a decade ago. Formerly a lawyer, Kimble set out to make ironwork art a full-time endeavor rather than a hobby. He left Tucson, moved into a woman's basement in Cleveland to attend Lincoln Electric Welding School.
When he returned to the Old Pueblo, he had distilled almost 30 years of welding experience into a personal art form, and had a vision of building a space where artists of all disciplines could come together to work, a concept he believed was lacking in Tucson despite its high concentration of artists.
"I really couldn't find what I was looking for," Kimble said. "I thought, I can't be the only one with the dilemma, so I'm going to build it. I'm going to build exactly what I'm looking for and I'll bet you there are other people out there who are looking for the same thing, and I'll probably be able to gather a little community around me."
After he bought the property, Kimble passed on sketches of his "ideal space" – some drawn on a napkin – to an architect, and construction wrapped on the village about seven years later. He said it's an accomplishment that, in some ways, continues to defy preconceived notions of how a community can begin.
"On some level, I think it's proof that you can create an arts district really out of nothing," Kimble said. "There wasn't anything here before we were here. So I think it's doable."
Maintaining an alliance between the artists – and the public - remains critical to the village's success. The villagers collaborate daily on projects, client sharing, and marketing strategies, and other partnerships, and meet regularly in the village's dog-friendly coffee shop to chat about what they're working on.
"You can't come to the village and visit just one place," Kimble said. "If you're going to come to the village, you're going to walk around. That's why what's good for any of us is good for all of us. The success of everybody I think is tied to the success of everybody else. So if we can get somebody in here to see one place, they'll see every place."
A Nonprofit Lives in the Village
Beads of Courage, a local organization that distributes handmade beads as symbols of strength and recovery to children battling serious illnesses, has highlighted how partnerships unfold in the village. Founded in 2003 by pediatric oncology nurse, Jean Baruch, the organization is also the only nonprofit to move into the village.
Beads of Courage's Tucson headquarters receives about 70,000 handmade beads per year to distribute to children in 150 hospitals in six countries, including New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan.
One volunteer, Stacie Eichinger, recently returned to Tucson after taking 12 million steps from the coast outside Seattle, Wash. to Savannah, Georgia to raise money for Beads of Courage. On her more than 3,000-mile journey, Eichinger visited 21 hospitals and raised more than $20,000, carrying a special bead created specifically for her walk every step of the way.
Artists in the village have created their own handmade beads for the organization, which run the spectrum from simple and colorful to elaborate, three-dimensional designs, in their medium of choice. Bright, cheerful designs are most common, and represent Beads of Courage's mission to give children something to look forward to even during the hardest of times, according to Baruch.
"I'm most proud of the fact that we've created a community, and a context for caring that never existed before," Baruch said.
Still a Secret to Many Locals
The Metal Arts Village still remains a secret to many Tucsonans, largely due its location. Kimble said the village's close proximity to homes, car and piano repair shops, a pet food store and a pool plastering company can make this cluster of galleries seem out of place, but its peculiar position also helps it stand out to those living in the neighborhood.
"They're glad that we're here, they say, 'you kind of class the place up and it's a good place to drive to and walk to' and we have neighborhood people come to the coffee shop and visit. I mean I'm happy to be here, I think they're happy to have us here," Kimble said.
The artists have defied the limits of their off-kilter locale by hosting an open house every month on the full moon, a tradition that began not long after it opened. Kimble said the event started quietly, but word-of-mouth soon drew in a steady following of visitors who attend almost every month.
Lynn Rae Lowe, a metal artist and longtime friend of Kimble's who was instrumental in getting the village off the ground, said she's impressed every day by how the village has evolved.
"It's taken a while to find its place, but the place it's found is really an addition to the community and relates to what I always was hoping it was going to be," Lowe said.
Advertising around town continues to bring in a new audience, too. Stuart Ferguson spotted a flier in one of his Pima Community College welding classes, and brought a friend from out of town. Joan Ruland Donnelly, visiting from Boston, said the range of art available for viewing at the event surprised her.
"It's a huge variety. I wasn't sure it was going to be that much of a variety being such a small village," Donnelly said.
Betina Fink, a painter who moved her studio into the village six weeks ago, was seeking a larger and more collaborative space to move into in Tucson for some time after working in the downtown area. She said she was immediately drawn to the village when she saw the emphasis it places on accessibility.
"Being a visual artist, part of my mission is to be open to the public so they can understand more about what it is to be an artist or to be an artist in the Southwest and to see the work, and to be accessible," Fink said.
An All-Inclusive Space
From the beginning, Kimble wanted the village to be an all-inclusive space for artists to create, display and sell their work, striking out galleries that act as middlemen and often take half of the sale profits as commission. He said this facilitates a more genuine relationship between the artist and a prospective buyer because they can see firsthand the process that goes into the work.
David Horwitz, a local photographer, agrees. He comes to the village several times a year both for the art and the atmosphere.
"It's an interesting place. Most of the times you get to see a finished product. This is where you get the see the product being created, and the process going into it," Horwitz said.
The most compelling space for many visitors is the village's sculpture garden, which acts as a hub of art viewing and live entertainment on open house nights and features work for sale by the artists. At any given time the garden shelters over a dozen pieces made by the villagers, ranging in size from knee-height to more than 10 feet tall. The volume of work available for viewing, however, can't be contained within the garden, such as villager Mark Wallis' purple, free-standing sculpture titled, "Celebration of Life," found just outside its fences.
The Future
These spatial constraints have prompted planning for the future at the village.
Beginning in July, Kimble said, he plans to demolish and rebuild the sculpture garden complete with a performance stage, projection wall, water features and expanded space for sculptures. The village will continue to give free exposure to its resident artists, and will have a juried process for accepting outside works while taking a small commission.
The planning, led by Kimble, village stone sculptor Joe Brown and landscape designer Kathryn Prideaux, began several months ago and will involve practically every villager in the design and construction process. Brown said he sees the new garden as a symbol of the commitment the village has made to providing art enthusiasts with a venue unlike anything else in the city.
"It'll be really top-quality art from us and also reach out to the community and local artists, and say we would like to have your artwork in here as well. So I think overall it's going to be a really exciting thing that we're going to be able to have for Tucson," Brown said.
The Metal Arts Village will host its next open house on Wednesday, May 14 from 6 to 9 p.m.


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Supes back posting of cell phone emission levels
San Francisco moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the first city in the nation to require that retailers post in their stores notices on the level of radiation emitted by the cell phones they offer.
The Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to give preliminary approval to the proposal. Final approval is expected next week. Supervisor Sean Elsbernd was the lone vote in opposition. Mayor Gavin Newsom, an early proponent of the legislation, plans to sign it into law when it reaches his desk.
Cast by backers as a pro-consumer measure, the ordinance would not ban the sale of certain cell phones but would require retailers to provide the "specific absorption rate" - a measurement of radiation registered with the Federal Communications Commission - next to phones displayed in their shops. Consumers also would be notified about where they can get more educational materials.
"This is about helping people make informed choices," said Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, chief sponsor of the legislation.
But a trade group for the cell phone industry said the law could lead to confusion.
"Rather than inform, the ordinance will potentially mislead consumers with point-of-sale requirements suggesting that some phones are 'safer' than others, based on radio frequency emissions," John Walls, vice president of public affairs for the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, said after the vote. "In fact, all phones sold legally in the U.S. must comply with the Federal Communication Commission's safety standards for (radio frequency) emissions."
The FCC has adopted limits for safe exposure to radiation. The measurement shows the amount of radio frequency energy people absorb in their bodies when talking on a cell phone.
The potential long-term health impacts of cell phone use, particularly on the brain, is still a matter of scientific debate.
A similar right-to-know measure, carried by state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, died in the Legislature this year amid heavy lobbying by the cell phone industry.
Small business advocates in San Francisco also lobbied against the local labeling law, saying they didn't have an appetite for more government mandates, particularly in this tough economic climate.
"This is not about discouraging people from using their cell phones," said Newsom spokesman Tony Winnicker. "This is a modest and commonsense measure to provide greater transparency and information to consumers."
The posting requirements would be phased in, beginning in February. Violators would face fines of up to $300. City officials still need to educate retailers and figure out how the law would be enforced, when and if it is finally adopted. Hundreds of stores in San Francisco sell cell phones.
Renee Sharp, director of the California office of the Environmental Working Group, a national nonprofit research and advocacy group, lauded San Francisco for its "leadership in protecting the public's health and right to know, and we hope it's the beginning of a movement that won't stop until everybody shopping for a phone has easy access to this information."


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Mo. Voters Limit Governor's Power on Health Care
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri voters have passed a ballot measure limiting the governor's ability to implement part of President Barack Obama's health care law.
Voters approved a law Tuesday prohibiting the governor or his administration from taking any steps toward establishing an online health insurance exchange unless specifically authorized to do so by a state law or vote of the people.
Under Obama's health care law, states have until 2014 to create a health insurance exchange or have the federal government run one for them. The exchanges are intended to provide individuals and small businesses a way to compare and buy health insurance policies online.
Missouri's vote may be largely symbolic, because Gov. Jay Nixon's administration already has halted efforts to lay the groundwork of an insurance exchange.


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In the mountains of northern Syria, the summer fruits ripened in the orchards. Farmers collected their crops, walking between olive groves, tomato patches and lush trees with a plum-like fruit they call 'mish mish.' It was a scene of serenity when I arrived over a week ago, surprising given the news that has streamed constantly out of Syria for the past year. Daily life must go on, my friend Mohamed said. "If you don't work one day, maybe you won't eat the next," was his answer to a question on how the revolution and war affected civilians in Syria. Groups of armed Free Syrian Army fighters, many of them defectors from the military, manned check points and greeted civilians with warmth and familiarity. They knew how close the military was and how the government would not hesitate to use force, so they stayed on watch all the time, handling the meager weapons they had. AK-47s, RPGs, one tank and one 23 mm anti-aircraft gun, the latter two acquired in fights with the Syrian Army. This equipment was all they had to cover the string of more than 40 villages in the mountainous region outside of Idlib.
From our mountain top perch last Saturday, I watched the twinkling lights of the villages and towns below. And then the sickening thuds of incoming mortars erased any notion of serenity. Just 20 kilometers away, the Syrian Army was conducting its usual, almost nightly, attacks on the town of Maarat al Noman, a town of about 100,000 situated on the outskirts of Idlib City. I sat with my hosts as the word arrived about casualties. By 11 p.m., the estimated number of deaths hovered between 20 to 30—mostly the result of mortars.
We decided to go, but it would be no easy feat. The army was stationed at 13 checkpoints inside the city, as well as in the surrounding mountains and farmland. Some were as close as 4 km away. The only way to communicate with the inside was through FSA radios. After more than an hour of planning and coordination between FSA commanders, we were on our way, negotiating back roads and the lack of light. On the final stretch to the city was a Syrian Army check point, located on the top of a hill in what looked like a little house. "There, that's the army, we're in a dangerous area now," Mohamed warned, but I wished he hadn't told me. I could feel the tension in the car as Ibrahim, a shy FSA fighter who was driving, accelerated, and then I heard the crack of gunfire—four bursts. I waited for the sound of bullets hitting metal, and when it didn't happen, a collective sigh of relief filled the car.
The shelling momentarily ceased. It was now 1 a.m. as we arrived at a mosque where locals had placed six of the dead in white sheets. The main hospital was under the control of the army, and there was no refrigeration or city morgue. The mortars had reduced the contents of the sheets to nothing but piles of civilian, human flesh—unrecognizable except for a single hand and one somewhat intact body.
I looked for a minute, began photographing, and then felt my stomach turn. The bodies were covered in chalk and large blocks of ice and water bottles were placed between the limbs. "They were just coming out of the mosque after evening prayers," one local man screamed. "And that's when the mortars killed them." Even in the darkness of the mosque, streaks of blood could be seen, almost as if a giant red paint brush had been run across the floor.
In a house nearby, the women of a family were gathered in their living room reading passages from the Quran. They wept as they read, children sitting near them, bewildered. The body of Alaa Milhem, a 22-year-old French Literature student at the University of Aleppo, lay in the middle of the room, his white undershirt soaked with blood, light hair curled across his forehead. His mother bent over him, crying, sobbing, and at times wailing. "Why, why? Why?" She spoke tenderly in hushed tones to her dead son. The women around her began to cry harder, covering their faces with the Quran. Overcome with emotion, they struggled to read it any further.
All I could do was pause for a few minutes and watch. I felt my jaw clench—I could feel the pain in the room. There were no answers for his mother. Her son was studying for his final exams, heard the shelling, ran outside to help the injured, and was hit by another incoming round.
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MLS Wrap: Di Vaio bags brace for Impact
MLS leading scorer Marco Di Vaio scored twice as Montreal Impact thrashed the Houston Dynamo 5-0 at the Stade Saputo in Quebec.
The former Juventus star scored a brace that took his tally to 15 goals for the season - one more than Vancouver Whitecaps striker Camilo Sanvezzo.
Di Vaio scored the opener on 35 minutes before Felipe Martins doubled the Impact's tally only two minutes later.
Second-half goals to Jeb Brovsky, Di Vaio and substitute Andrea Pisanu completed the crushing win.
The victory saw Montreal leap to the top of the Eastern Conference despite playing two games less than second-placed Sporting Kansas City, who suffered a 1-0 loss at Chicago Fire.
Hunter Jumper scored the game's only goal in the 13th minute.
Real Salt Lake maintained their provisional lead of the Western Conference after a 4-0 home win against Columbus Crew.
A goal right on the stroke of half-time from midfielder Kyle Beckingham set Salt Lake on their way before Devon Sandoval extended the advantage shortly after the break.
Beckingham got his second goal in the last regulation minute after Luis Gil scored a few minutes earlier.
Having played two extra games, Salt Lake lead Los Angeles Galaxy by five points at the top of the Western Conference.
Landon Donovan's third-minute strike was enough for Galaxy to see off the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 on the road.
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Butternut Squash Soup with Ginger
When I was young the word squash was a "bad" word to me. If my mother were to say "come on, we're having squash for dinner", my first inclination would be to run and hide!
First off the word itself conjures something that isn't whole, but that has either been stepped on, or dropped. When you squash food it becomes indistinct and unrecognizable. To top this off my early memory of squash was frozen zucchini, over-boiled, served in water with a medley of other "Italian vegetables". Then there was the winter squash that sat in a bowl on the kitchen counter like a decoration; I never wanted any part of it either.
But then one cold winter day when I was a teenager my mother offered me half of an acorn squash she had baked. After an initial refusal she told me she would put brown sugar, cinnamon and butter on it. This sounded adequately tempting and the fact that it was steamy hot on a cold Buffalo, NY winter day didn't hurt either. I remembered tasting it and being delightfully surprised! The deep earthy tones of the squash mixed with the exotic cinnamon and sweet brown sugar took me to a new place. All these years later I can still go to that place, and this recipe is one way to get there! Butternut squash in many ways has even more of the qualities that endeared me to squash that day. And a Butternut squash soup, if done right,also has a silky smooth texture that is unbeatable. Not to mention its beautiful orange color.
This recipe is one I came up with when I was trying to get the most out of butternut squash. The fresh ginger adds a nice, faintly spicy element, the nutmeg adds a bit of exotic warmth. On a whim I threw a potato in,to make the soup a bit more hearty and really like what if did for the texture.
Butternut Squash Soup with Ginger
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 small sweet onion, chopped fine
3 cloves of garlic, diced
2 stalks of celery, chopped
1 large carrot, peeled and cut into 1" cubes
1 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated, or diced.
1 tsp nutmeg
salt/pepper to taste
1 large Butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1' cubes
1 large potato, peeled and cut into 1' cubes
8 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock)
1 tsp brown sugar
• Heat the olive oil in a soup pot on medium heat
• Add the onions and garlic, cook for 30 seconds, or until the onions are translucent
• Stir in the carrot, celery and ginger, butternut squash, potato, salt, pepper (to taste) and nutmeg, mix well and cook for two to four minutes, cover everything evenly on the spices and oil.
• Add the Chicken Stock and the brown sugar, mix everything together well and bring the heat to high until the pot boils
• Once the pot comes to a steady boil turn it down to simmer for 45 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or so
• After 45 minutes remove the pot from the heat and blend the soup in a food processor until smooth, but be careful it's very hot! if you don't have a blender large enough to hold the entire contents of the pot blend the soup in batches.
• Serve hot and enjoy!
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Adenosine Testing to DEtermine the Need for Pacing Therapy (ADEPT-ILR)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01481168
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 29, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 20, 2017
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|Device: Pacemaker implantation (Medtronic) Device: Implantable Loop Recorder (Medtronic)
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The investigation of syncope (transient loss of consciousness with loss of postural tone, collapse and spontaneous recovery) varies widely, is often lengthy and frequently expensive. The intravenous adenosine test has been used in the investigation of syncope and is cheap, safe and free of serious side effects. However, it is unclear what diagnosis the test unearths. There is some evidence that the test readily identifies bradycardia pacing indications.
In this study we plan to perform the adenosine test and implant a pacemaker should the test be positive. In half of the patients we will turn the pacemaker "on" and in the other half the pacemaker "off". The groups will swap over after six months. During this time we will assess the number of syncopal episodes. Also, in those who have a negative adenosine test we will implant a loop recorder to try to discover the cause of syncope.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|52 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
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|Official Title:
|Adenosine Testing to DEtermine the Need for Pacing Therapy With the Additional Use of an Implantable Loop Recorder (ADEPT-ILR Study). The Efficacy of Permanent Pacing in Patients With Syncope and a Positive Intravenous Adenosine Test: a Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Cross-over Trial.
|Actual Study Start Date :
|April 12, 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 26, 2017
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 26, 2017
Active Comparator: Pacemaker "on"
DDD+/-R pacing
Device: Pacemaker implantation (Medtronic)
DDD+/-R pacing
Other Name: Medtronic DDD+/-R pacemakers
Placebo Comparator: Pacemaker "off"
ODO pacing
Device: Pacemaker implantation (Medtronic)
ODO pacing
Other Name: Medtronic DDR+/-R pacemakers.
Experimental: Implantable Loop Recorder
Implantable loop recorder in adenosine test negative patients
Device: Implantable Loop Recorder (Medtronic)
Loop recorder implantation
Other Name: Medtronic Reveal DX or XT
- Syncope Burden [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Syncope Burden as measured by number of syncopal episodes and recorded by weekly postal patient diaries with telephone reminders to ensure adequate return
- Time to first syncope [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Time to first syncope
- Number of patients with recurrent syncope [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Number of patients with >1 episodes of syncope
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Quality of life as measured via the condition-specific instrument the Impact of Syncope on Quality of Life questionnaire with general health-related quality of life measured via the WHOQoL-Brief and WHOQoL-Old instruments
- Health economic analysis [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Costs and benefits of the intervention to health and social services. (i) Use of EQ-5D questionnaire to establish the cost per Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) (ii) The analysis will include the patients described above as well as a historical comparator group of consecutive patients derived from the database held by the Falls and Syncope Service who have not undergone adenosine testing. This group is particularly important to establish the utility of adenosine testing in the diagnosis of unexplained syncope.
- ECG diagnosis on ILR following syncopal episode in adenosine negative group [ Time Frame: 12 months ]ECG diagnosis on ILR following syncopal episode in intravenous adenosine test negative group
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Episode of syncope
- Patient has provided written informed consent for participation in the study prior to any study specific procedures
- Male or female
- Age > 40 years
- No cause of syncope clearly identified on clinical examination, lying and standing blood pressure measurements and standard 12 lead ECG.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Severe coronary disease (myocardial infarction within 3 months, known coronary stenosis >70%, NYHA heart failure or angina symptoms Class III or IV)
- Known severe cerebrovascular disease or known significant internal carotid artery stenosis (>70%)
- Prolonged corrected QT interval
- Unablated accessory pathway
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Use of dipyridamole or any rate-limiting medication that cannot be safely discontinued
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac transplantation
- Concurrent participation in another investigational study or trial
- Inability to give informed consent; carer/proxy assent will be allowed in this study
- Cause of syncope established from initial clinical history and examination, lying and standing blood pressure and ECG
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01481168
|United Kingdom
|Royal Victoria Infirmary
|Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom, NE1 4LP
|Feeeman Hospital
|Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom, NE7 7DN
|Principal Investigator:
|Steve W Parry, PhD, MBBS, MRCP, BSc
|Institue of Ageing and Health, University of Newcastle
|Principal Investigator:
|Chris J Pummer, PhD, MRCP, BMBCh, BSc
|Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FOundation Trust
|Responsible Party:
|Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
FS/11/13/28690 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: British Heart Foundation )
|First Posted:
|November 29, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 20, 2017
|Last Verified:
|November 2017
Consciousness Disorders
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
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Thomas Jane put together one of the most fun surprises of Comic-Con. Jane recruited director Phil Joanou to make a new short based on The Punisher—titled Dirty Laundry—on the down-low and screened it at the panel for his RAW Studios. That was in a small room, so few actually saw the short. But Jane and Co. posted Dirty Laundry online for all to see, and you can now watch it after the jump. Ron Perlman also makes an appearance in the short scripted by Chad St. John and produced by Adi Shankar. Check out our recap of the panel here.
This quote by Jane is featured in the YouTube description:
"I wanted to make a fan film for a character I've always loved and believed in – a love letter to Frank Castle & his fans. It was an incredible experience with everyone on the project throwing in their time just for the fun of it. It's been a blast to be a part of from start to finish — we hope the friends of Frank enjoy watching it as much as we did making it."
It's a cool idea. Now that it's public, I am interested to see if Marvel has a response to a short made with their character but without their knowledge.
Finally, here's 10 images that we were provided with from director Phil Joanou. We were also given the new Punisher logo they created for the film. It was designed by Tim Bradstreet.


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When sitting down and watching movies for work, I do my best to keep an open mind and to remain receptive to films as they present themselves. It's difficult sometimes, but I always try not to make up my mind one way or another until the final credits roll.
But then you get a movie like "Jack Reacher," which makes you hate it. And then love it. And then hate it again, going back and forth like some crazy tennis match until all that's left is to make a list of pros and cons to see how it all shakes out:
I hated … the fact that the movie opens with a mass shooting. Yes, it's not the fault of writer-director Christopher McQuarrie (adapting Lee Child's novel "One Shot") that his movie is opening in the wake of the Newtown school massacre. But it is — and you should be forewarned that the very first scene in this movie involves a gunman firing a high-powered rifle into a crowd of passersby outside of PNC Park in Pittsburgh.
I loved … that after I got over my initial discomfort at this unfortunately timed development, I was able to admire the clinical efficiency with which McQuarrie captures the opening crime, the subsequent investigation and the arrest of a suspect, all in five or so very economical minutes.
I loved … how, when said suspect refuses to talk or to sign a confession but instead scrawls "GET JACK REACHER" on a legal pad, this origin-story movie takes its time to show us our hero's face, instead depicting him waking up in a Florida hotel room with a lady, seeing the perp on CNN, walking into Goodwill for a new wardrobe and hopping a bus to Pennsylvania before revealing him as, ta-da! Tom Cruise, ladies and gentlemen!
I loved … seeing two of my favorite current character actors, Rosamund Pike ("An Education," "Made in Dagenham") and David Oyelowo ("Middle of Nowhere") score a big paycheck by getting cast in a flashy Hollywood movie.
I hated … watching them get stuck playing, respectively, The Girl and The Cop Who Is Not as Awesome as Jack Reacher.
I loved … the airport-novel way that the plot unravels into onion layer after onion layer of conspiracy and misdirection and hidden motives, and that at the center of the onion we find none other than legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, playing a creepy Russian kingpin missing fingers after his stint in a Siberian prison.
I hated … that said conspiracy plot makes less and less sense the more I think about it, and that all the setups and frame-ups wind up seeming like a very complicated way to perform a fairly prosaic crime.
I loved … the no-nonsense car chase in which the cops pursue Reacher, who is in turn pursuing the real bad guys who have set him up, even though the lead-in to this chase involves Reacher miraculously catching up to henchman Charlie (the exceedingly forceful Jai Courtney), who has a several-mile head start in a city where he could have driven off in any direction.
I loved and hated … the music by Joe Kraemer, which occasionally underscores the crime scenes with all the piano-chords-of-doom and strings-of-danger you'd imagine in an old Quinn Martin–produced 1970s cop show, but then at other times works itself into so much of a lather that it overpowers whatever's happening visually.
I loved … how surprisingly funny "Jack Reacher" is, from a throwaway gag regarding the name of an auto parts store (my favorite out-of-nowhere joke in 2012 since the billboards in "21 Jump Street") to a fight scene that becomes slapstick brilliance to Cruise's unbreakable deadpan to the much-needed third-act incredulity injected into the film by Robert Duvall as a salty old gun-range owner.
So yes, ultimately, my enjoyment of "Jack Reacher" winds up outweighing my dislike, but it was a bumpy road to get there. If you're ready for that kind of jostling, take the trip yourself.


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From crazy caftans to far-out frocks, we can't get enough of Mara Hoffman's blindingly-bright collections. We covet her ability to pair prints upon prints, and the designer's beachside style is one for the books!
Well, when it comes to Hoffman's lookbooks, we can't think of better inspo than the layers of notice-me garments with equally attention-grabbing accessories. The jewels that adorned her Swim Week presentation were courtesy of none other than Mikuti, a sustainable and eco-friendly line that boasts bold colors and lightweight fabrics (and at prices that encourage the wildest of arm parties). While we're already smitten with the summer-ready wares, we also adore that Mikuti's designer, young entrepreneur Erika Freund, works with various artisans in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda to support small, local workshops while sourcing unique materials. Doing good while looking good — it's the best of both worlds!
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November 28, 2013
By Kenneth D. Miller
Assistant Managing Editor
Lakers fans need not worry about what's going to happen during the summer robust free agent class that will include LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony because the team extended Kobe Bryant's contract for two years at $48.5 million on November 25.
Talk radio pundits and basketball analysts concur the Lakers ownership led by Jim Buss, over paid Bryant and thus crippled the Lakers' chances of seriously competing for another NBA title in two years.
Die hard Laker fans will scoff at that, saying the team was smart in securing the face of the franchise and allowing him to retire as arguably the greatest Laker of all time with at least five rings and the all-time leading scorer mark.
Bryant will remain the highest paid player in the league pending what James and Anthony get in the open market, but may have taken cash over the possibility of championships.
All of this would really be great if the Lakers and their fans knew what they were getting, but the Kobe Bryant who returns as soon as Sunday, after rupturing his Achilles in April against the Golden State Warriors will not be the guy who tore the NBA up for the great part of 17 seasons.
Bryant returned to practice with the team two weeks ago and is on schedule to play any day now. His jump shot has looked crisp and spot on in practice and there reportedly have been no lingering signs from the Achilles tear.
However, even as a shadow of himself he will be much better than any of the top players expected to be drafted in the next two years. The larger question will be for how long will he stay healthy?
Bryant has already cashed a $24 million check on a $30 million contract this season, the final year of a six-year max deal.
Many were expecting the Lakers to wait until after the season to cut a deal with Bryant and gauge the temperature of James and Anthony to two top tier free agents, but loyalty to Bryant and Laker fans won out.
If the season ended right now the surprising Lakers at 7-7 would not make the playoffs. The forecast is the Lakers will win fewer than 40 games with or without Bryant and not make the post season.
Of course, the Lakers could just tank the season and pray they hit the lottery and draft Andrew Wiggins or Jabari Parker the two best players in collegiate basketball.
Providing they miss on either one of them the chances of getting a really good player in the first round of the draft is solid.
The question here is the Lakers plan after Kobe Bryant. There doesn't seem to be one. Their over 300 game sell out streak snapped, the emerging Clippers now evolving into the top tenant of Staples Center and their growing popularity among local basketball fans.
If nothing else, the Lakers brass has stabilized their ship and their brand, which is all Kobe Bryant. Now they are banking that anything short of another NBA title will still be just as profitable.


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Every child who receives the diagnosis of autism may be different, but the families of those children face the same overwhelming challenge — finding the best treatment for the complex condition.
While there has been significant progress in easing symptoms of autism and educating children diagnosed with the disorder, there is little agreement among doctors, parents and researchers over which type of treatment most effectively helps an affected child grow into an independent adult.
Parents can find themselves confronted with a confusing maze of often expensive strategies and methods, some of them promising miracle cures but backed by little or no medical evidence.
"With autism, the variation in treatments is huge," says Laura Schreibman, an autism researcher and professor of psychology at the University of California at San Diego. "Parents not only have to deal with the emotional impact of the devastating diagnosis, [but] there's no clear course of where to go. The amount of garbage that's out there and what parents have to sift through is truly astounding."
For many kids, autism treatment involves some combination of intensive behavioral therapy, speech and language therapy and special education in public schools. Anecdotal reports support newer forms of play-based behavioral therapies and alternative methods involving vitamins and dietary restrictions, although many autism experts vigorously disagree over whether these offer benefit.
'The beginning of this journey'
"We do have some important knowledge in treatment of autism, but we're still very much at the beginning of this journey," says Geraldine Dawson, a professor of psychology at the Center on Human Development and Disability at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Since autism was first recognized in 1943, the search for an effective treatment has been frustrating for those involved. Once promising medical treatments have later been shown in tests to have no benefit. Research supporting newer or alternative treatments is lacking.
The causes of autism are unclear, and the wide range in the type and severity of a patient's disabilities can make it particularly challenging to select a specific therapy.
In 2001, a report from the National Academy of Sciences found that children with autism should receive at least 25 hours a week of intensive training beginning as young as age 2. Early diagnosis, now being given to children as young as 8 months, improves the chances of treatment success, experts say.
"We know that most children, but not all because we can't guarantee, do well with early intervention," says Dr. Fred Volkmar, a professor of child psychiatry at Yale University and an expert on autism.
But the report stopped short of endorsing any particular treatment beyond education and support for parents, noting that the type of treatment might differ depending on the child.
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"There is no one treatment that is going to work for all children or one treatment that is going to do everything for any given child over a long period of time," says Catherine Lord, director of the autism and communication disorders program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and chairwoman of the National Academy of Sciences expert panel.
Many children with autism have additional problems such as gastrointestinal illnesses, sleeping difficulties or anxiety that can complicate treatment, researchers also note.
A treatment program called Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), which is based upon a rewards system, is widely accepted by parents and doctors largely because it is the most researched and is supported by numerous anecdotal success stories. ABA is considered especially beneficial for children with more severe symptoms.
ABA calls for one-on-one interaction between a teacher and a child for up to 40 hours a week. In the highly structured program toddlers receive positive reinforcement for initially learning simple actions like identifying colors and then gradually working up to more advanced activities that target deficits in learning, language, play-interaction and attention.
Advocates of this behavioral therapy pioneered by Dr. O. Ivaar Lovaas, professor emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles, point to a study published in 1987 that suggested that with a comprehensive ABA program of 40 hours a week, about half of kids with autism were indistinguishable from other kids at age 7. But even within the field, the research has been questioned.
"No one else has been able to replicate that," says Lord. "That finding was an anomaly."
Other researchers like Schreibman support more varied, less structured programs than the intensive 40-hour ABA. Such methods include Floortime, which gets children and therapists down on the floor and engaged in imitation play, and the Denver model developed by Sally Rogers, which integrates speech and language therapy and focuses on helping children with autism form relationships with their peers.
"Young people tend to learn better from people their own age, they watch the people more, and putting the kids with other kids allows them to learn appropriate behavior for their age," says Robert Hendren, a psychiatry professor and executive director of the MIND Institute, part of the University of California at Davis Medical Center, which focuses on the causes and treatments ofautism.
A variation of behavioral treatment is the classroom-centered TEACCH program, which uses visual cues to help children focus their attention. "A lot of our intervention is based on teaching organizational strategies and skills," says Gary Mesibov, director of the TEACCH program, based in Chapel Hill, N.C.
One of the most controversial treatment methods, a detoxification treatment called chelation therapy, has been gaining acceptance among some doctors and parents. Based on the theory that exposure to heavy metals, particularly the mercury preservative in some children's vaccines, is behind some cases of autism, advocates claim chelation is an effective treatment.
"There is no question that chelation, taking the mercury out of the kids, is by far the most effective treatment available," says psychologist Bernard Rimland of the Autism Research Institute in San Diego.
Others warn that it could harm the child.
"Chelation brings risks of its own," says Dr. Eugene Arnold, a psychiatry professor at Ohio State University in Columbus. "A doctor shouldn't do chelation therapy unless [body] tissue tests show high levels of mercury or lead."
Combination treatment
Because it's so difficult to match the child to a treatment, desperate parents often experiment with multiple therapies at the same time.
An estimated 30 percent of parents try alternative therapies like special diets, vitamin treatments or other non-traditional methods on their children, according to a 2004 study from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Many parents also enroll their children in music and vision therapy or programs like horseback riding and yoga to help develop motor skills.
Unfortunately, doctors can't yet predict which children will benefit from a particular program or whether a child will ever fit into a regular classroom. Even with treatment, about 25 percent of children never develop language skills, according to researchers. On the other hand, about 25 percent are able score in a normal range for their IQ and to function in public school.
Federal law requires public schools to provide special education classes for children with autism, although programs vary from state to state and some parents prefer private treatment, especially for their younger children. Yet because of a lack of scientific evidence supporting certain therapies, parents often find themselves battling health insurers for coverage or suing school systems to provide home-based instruction.
"Some parents hire a lawyer before they meet the preschool teacher," says Mesibov.
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