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We know, it's been a while since the words "AOL" and "software" have graced the pages of any Apple news site, but do not adjust your display. Signaling a major step in its efforts to reinvent out of its tarnished ISP reputation, AOL has released a public beta of AOL Desktop, its first new application for Mac OS X in more than five years.
Offering a dashboard for e-mail, IM and web browsing, AOL Desktop more or less is a modernized version of their old-school, all-encompassing software. Many aspects of the software do indeed seem to have joined the 21st century party: the e-mail application can send and receive from multiple accounts, including .Mac and Gmail, and the browser does tabs. The suite feels really snappy on a MacBook Pro, fulfilling its promise of quick startup times and overall speed. With all this good stuff going for it, however, AOL Desktop is still haunted by some ghosts from the past.
First, AOL Desktop's overall UI feels like a bizarre hybrid of old and new paradigms. The toolbar along the top is certainly a useful springboard to the app's various services, but it's a very dated design that you won't see in just about any other modern Mac OS X app, save for Quicken 2007 (hint hint, Intuit). Quirks are also abound, and while it is still just a beta, we would at least like to be able to, say, right-click on links in a webpage. Users will also unfortunately need an actual AOL account (free) to use the IM and e-mail features; AIM names won't cut it. Web browsing, on the other hand, works right out of the box.
Still, it is a beta and the company seems adamant about listening to users, as the aforementioned toolbar contains a Beta Feedback button front and center. While the typical Ars reader probably won't be caught trashing Firefox or Safari in favor of AOL Desktop, this might be the perfect app for that not-so-techy family member who can manage better with an all-in-one suite from a company whose name they recognize (and can still spell).
If you'd like to check out AOL Desktop for yourself, head over to beta.aol.com to download a copy, and check out AOL's new macblog.aol.com to stay on top of development.


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Inspired by Flight of Geese from designer Vickie Eapen
Quilt tester: Jan Ragaller
6-1/3 yards total assorted green, blue, and chartreuse batiks (blocks, setting rectangles, binding) (The featured quilt uses 10 green batiks, 11 blue batiks, and 9 chartreuse batiks)
3-7/8 yards backing fabric
69" square batting
Finished quilt: 60-1/2" square
Finished block: 6-1/2x3-1/2"
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Pulse introduces industrialized LTE antenna that adjusts to seven bands
3D-shaped antenna uses LDS technology.
San Diego, Calif., March 3, 2010—Pulse, a Technitrol Company (NYSE: TNL), introduces the first long-term evolution (LTE) antenna that can adjust to seven bands: LTE 700, 850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100 and 2600 megahertz (MHz). Built on the smallest LTE antenna platform available, the antenna is for use in small portable LTE devices such as mobile phones, wireless routers and wireless modems. The antenna was designed to meet future demands for world phones with truly global roaming that also work seamlessly in LTE multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) networks while providing normal WCDMA, CDMA and GSM access.
The adjustable single-element antenna requires only a single feed to cover all seven cellular operating bands with no market-specific versions needed. It comes in an extremely compact size of 50.2 x 18.0 x 6.9 millimeters, which includes volume for speakers and other accessories within the antenna frame structure.
Pulse's LTE antenna is manufactured using Laser Direct Structuring (LDS) technology. LDS enables finer tuning of the antenna during production by allowing for finer line width and spacing than any other 3D antenna manufacturing technology on the market. 3D shapes are needed to achieve ever smaller and thinner mobile devices. They provide better RF performance by optimizing the space available for the antenna and permit more design freedom, especially in the case of the round shape.
LTE provides the ability to deliver high data rates to a variety of consumer devices including Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and smartphones. To achieve maximum data rate, the current LTE standard calls for MIMO antenna technology or using two separate antenna structures for multiple transmitting and receiving signals. The Pulse LTE antenna has been characterized in 2x2 MIMO implementation. The antenna configuration has two ports and diversity in all operating frequencies. The required antenna volume is small and there is significantly lower correlation between antennas than seen in any other handset MIMO configurations.


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Authorities in the Afghan province of Jowzjan have annulled the marriage of a 7-year-old girl whose father admits giving her away in return for the equivalent of $2,000.
An investigation has also been launched against the father, Ramadan, who like many Afghans goes by one name, as well as the groom and the cleric who reportedly presided over the ceremony.
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Joel Sorensen
Joel Sorensen appeared with his first major opera house in his 1994 New York City Opera debut as Monostatos in The Magic Flute. He has since given more than 200 performances in over two dozen productions including Madama Butterfly, Falstaff, Turandot, Salome, Prince Igor, Of Mice and Men, La rondine, Les contes d'Hoffmann, Il trittico, Mefistofele, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, and Mathis der Maler.
Mr. Sorensen made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2000 in Samson et Dalila and was heard subsequently in Sly, Madama Butterfly, Salome, and Der Rosenkavalier. He recently ventured into Wagner with Opera Theater of Pittsburgh in performances of Jonathan Dove's English-language Ring Cycle as Loge in The Rhinegold and Mime in Siegfried.
Mr. Sorensen has sung for the opera companies of San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Baltimore, Portland, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. He has also distinguished himself with the Florentine Opera, Utah Opera, Kentucky Opera, Tulsa Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Opera Orchestra of New York, Lake George Opera Festival, Wolf Trap Opera, and the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. Last season saw him in San Diego as Andres in Wozzeck and with England's Longborough Festival as Mime and Loge in The Ring Cycle.
In 2007-08 Mr Sorensen made his Los Angeles Opera debut in Tosca, returned to the Florentine Opera for his first King Herod in Salome, to NYCO for Margaret Garner and Falstaff, to the Met for War and Peace and to Longborough in July 2008 to sing Rheingold.
Future performances see Mr. Sorensen returning to Atlanta Opera and Florentine Opera for Madama Butterfly, San Diego Opera for Don Quichotte, Romeo et Juliette and Der Rosenkavalier, and Los Angeles Opera for Turandot.


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The New Middleclass Musicians: I Fight Dragons
from the yet-another-example deptObviously, we've been covering various stories of content creators who are making use of new methods and new ideas to build a successful business model in a very changed world. We get lots of content creators contacting us about what they're doing -- but so many are doing cool things these days that just what they're doing is becoming less interesting than the details of how well they're working. So it's great to see Ariel Hyatt, over at Music Think Tank, provide a fascinating interview with Brian Mazzaferri, of the band I Fight Dragons. While I think the interview leans a little too much towards the concept of 1,000 True Fans (which I believe gets people way too focused on the "number" rather than the concept of true fans and how to build them), there is plenty of interesting information provided.
I also find it a little disconcerting that in what appears to be a clear success story, Mazzaferri seems to keep acting as if it hasn't been a success. He talks, repeatedly, about how difficult it is to build up enough true fans to be successful -- especially with a larger band (I Fight Dragons has six members). And yet, then he admits that the band is making enough money so that it's his full-time job. So clearly, the band has built up a strong enough fan base, combined with creative enough business models that it works. And they did this in less than a year! To me, that's really impressive, and it suggests the band has gotten off to a fantastic start. Yet, Mazzaferri keeps insisting that the 1,000 True Fan idea (and, again, I think it's a mistake to focus on the number) only works for a solo artist or a duo, while also admitting that as a band, they've probably only got closer to 500 true fans. It just feels like something is missing. Why is he so down on the concept when it appears to be working?
It's also interesting to see how the band has been making its money. He admits that for them, a lot of it has come from CD sales -- often CD sales done at live shows. He notes that because of the venue choices they've made, they don't make that much on live shows, but it has helped sell more CDs. But it does seem like the band realizes the benefit of offering really valuable scarcities like what we've seen work with other musicians as well -- and, of course, working hard to connect with fans through things like email and Twitter. When asked to break down where the money comes from, Mazzaferri highlights one unique offering that was a huge success for the band:
Making limited-edition, very high-value stuff is awesome. We sold 100 Lifetime Membership USB drives for $100 each (lifetime admission to any IFD show, free digital content for life), and that was a huge $10,000 boon for us.All that said, it appears that he still thinks the only way to become a success today is to do a deal with a label -- and preferably a major one. I've always said that if bands don't want to really do what's necessary on the business side, there's nothing wrong with working with a label, though I think most musicians who end up signing a standard record deal may end up regretting it. It may speed up the ability to get attention, but it may make it more difficult to actually build a sustainable career. Oddly, he seems to suggest the opposite, noting:
My last big concern about the 1,000 true fans model is longevity. Most of the people using it work through the internet, and everything on the internet has an exponentially shorter shelf-life than it's Real Life corollary.The problem is that on a typical record label deal, things don't really work that way for most musicians, either. It may work for the top of the top -- the ones that catch on quickly and become big. But for the majority of bands that sign with a major record label, they fail to really get big enough to matter, and the labels very quickly drop all support and the band becomes yet another unrecouped wonder. That's not a sustainable model at all, and it's certainly not a model of "making as much as you can while you're hot," since many signed bands never actually get hot enough to really make that much money anyway. It seems like a bottom-up approach that relies on building a strong relationship with the fans has a lot more chance of being long-term sustainable than a career fueled by a sudden rush of major label hype, followed by being dropped into the obscurity bin.
I just think there's very little data right now on how long an internet music career can last. Most traditional music careers, even people with a hit record, are lucky to last more than a decade, and so traditional music business literature says to make as much as you can while you're hot and save it up for when your career's over.
What's the new model for that? Is the expectation that an internet music career is longer than a traditional one? I suppose one could argue that, but it's a tough sell for me. The internet is fickle, and tastes change. I guess we'll see the truth of that as time goes on too.
While Mazzaferri may not be entirely happy with where the band is today and its prospects as an unsigned act, it still seems like this represents a pretty good example of the new sort of middle class of musician that couldn't have really existed in the same format not so long ago. In the past, the only way you could really get to the point where the band was your full time job was to get a label deal first and have them give you an advance. But by doing creative things like the "lifetime subscription" offering, I Fight Dragons has been able to reach that stage without having to sign a label deal. Now, it may, in fact, make sense for the band to now switch to a major label track, but I can't see anything in the band's experience that suggests that embracing a newer model of connecting with fans directly, and offering unique scarce reasons to buy, can't lead to a sustainable living.
Update: As is pointed out in the comments, just a few days ago, the band did, in fact sign with a major record label. This isn't surprising, given what Mazzaferri was saying in the interview, since he seemed to conclude he needed to do that, despite the evidence to the contrary. I wish them luck, but I've seen so many bands make similar statements when they first sign with a label:
"They were really interested in us from the get-go," singer Brian Mazzaferri tells The A.V. Club. "They're really interested in us keeping our creative control, as opposed to some other people, who were like, 'We really like what you're doing, but how 'bout we take out the chip tune?'"I hope that's true, and I hope the were "really interested" in letting the band keep creative control, but so many of these stories end up poorly, with the band realizing that, once its signed, it loses pretty much all leverage on these issues. The article also suggests that this will mean the end of the band emailing out free tracks. This would be unfortunate, as it would be a mistake to go against what helped build your fan base.
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Esperanza Spalding is one extravagantly gifted young woman. She has stage presence, sings well, plays electric and acoustic double bass like a demon, writes and arranges most of her own material, has a social conscience, and isn't afraid to constantly push her talents outward in different directions. Now, if only we in the audience were given a chance to hear what she can do live – which came through now and then through the dreadful sound system at the Fonda Theatre Friday night.
Spalding's newly-released album on Heads Up is called "Radio Music Society," which is a distinct departure from her previous album "Chamber Music Society," which in turn was a distinct departure from the album before that, "Esperanza." While she remains fused to a jazz base, there are elements of soul and pop at work; the songs speak intelligently of all shades of love, black pride, oblivious news media, the environment, and even includes an evocative love letter to her native Portland ("City Of Roses") that the local tourist board could easily adopt.
Spalding's current show, built entirely around the new album, seemed much better focused than her spotty set at the Playboy Festival in 2010. She now has an appealing, languorous rhythm to her between-song patter, no longer desperately trying to stimulate audience involvement. She has a big band of winds and brasses behind her as well as the usual guitar-keyboards-drums, and the main prop is a mock-up of an old-fashioned, slide-rule-dial radio that surfs through static and snatches of tunes at the show's opening.
At this point in her development, Spalding's songs are complex, intricately-arranged organisms that seem to appeal more to the head than the heart or the feet. She also ventured a little outside her material with a nice cover of Stevie Wonder's "I Can't Help It" and her own set of lyrics to Wayne Shorter's "Endangered Species" – an unusual choice from Wayne's world and a platform for her strong views about the destruction of nature.
In any event, all of this ought to be properly projected live. At the Fonda, whenever the full band came in or started jamming, the result was an incoherent jumble – and in the case of the distorted guitar solo in "Smile Like That," painful. Only when the fewest instruments were in action could the sound be considered remotely acceptable – the sole organ behind Spalding's voice in her protest song about false imprisonment, "Land Of The Free," or the solo encore with just Esperanza scatting against her phenomenal acoustic bass playing. Esperanza Spalding's songs deserve much more sympathetic sonic treatment than what they got.


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Are you gluten-free and dying to taste a buttery, flaky, sweet croissant, eat a delicious fresh loaf of actual sourdough bread that doesn't taste like cardboard, or even just go out for dinner without worrying about what the heck is actually in your 'gluten-free' meal?
Thanks to a new wonder drug, you might be able to do all of the above…without the awful, uncomfortable consequences of eating gluten.
GluteGuard, developed by scientists from the Royal Melbourne Hospital, contains an enzyme found in the papaya fruit that guards sufferers against gluten – hence its name.
Taken just before a meal, it works to break down the gluten into tiny molecules so it is no longer toxic to the body.
What makes it so effective is that the tablet contains a special coating to ensure its safe passage through the harsh environment of the stomach and into the small intestine where the enzyme is released.
This is important because the small intestine is where gluten – a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and oats – causes the damage.
An estimated 1 in 10 Australian adults
These symptoms can include abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhoea, nausea, cramps, headaches, bone or joint pain, muscle cramps, leg numbness, eczema, fatigue, general malaise and tiredness.
Gluten intolerance is different to coeliac disease, which is a serious medical condition where the immune system reacts abnormally to gluten and causes damage to the lower bowel.
Lead researcher and biochemist Professor Hugh Cornell, who has been working to help those with coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity for more than four decades, says clinical trials have shown GluteGuard works.
He says this is very exciting because it is "going to be helpful to a lot of people".
"Countless people worldwide struggle on a daily basis with the various symptoms of gluten intolerance.
"It's going to take the worry out of people with a gluten-free diet.
"It's going to just take that worry away when people are travelling, or visiting friends, going out to restaurants – that type of thing, that's where
It's hoped GluteGuard will also greatly benefit the 1 in 70 Australians with coeliac disease, although it's not recommended as a substitute for a gluten-free diet.
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Yankee Stadium Hockey Game Delayed by Glare
By Dave Caldwell
The start of the first hockey game to be played at Yankee Stadium was delayed Sunday afternoon because of glare on the ice that created unsafe playing conditions, the NHL announced.
The start of the game was to be delayed by about an hour, with the puck now slated to drop at 1:38 p.m. The opening faceoff between the Rangers and Devils was to be at 12:30 p.m.; the NHL said the teams will start warmups at 1 p.m.
The temperature at the scheduled game time in the Bronx was 23 degrees, with a wind-chill factor of 14 degrees. But it was also sunny, which prompted the grounds crew to delay pulling a sheet of plastic off the rink built on the Yankee Stadium diamond. The conditions didn't stop youth players in Rangers and Devils jerseys from playing a pickup game on a smaller rink in front of the main rink.


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Lost in a dose of late-regulation controversy and stoppage-time steeliness from Sebastien Le Toux, there was an unsung hero in the Philadelphia Union's 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire Saturday night.
Several times in the final 10 minutes, with the Union desperately chasing an equalizer, dangerous attacking moves that looked destined to result in a second Fire goal fizzled. In the 87th minute, with the Union having subbed off a defender, a pair of Fire players found themselves all alone in the box with a second goal seeming inevitable … until Fred swooped back to scoop up a loose pass and eradicate the threat.
That's Fred, the attacking midfielder brought on in the 69th minute for Amobi Okugo to rectify a midfield imbalance for a Union side trailing and lacking attacking impetus.
The Brazilian's influence on the game was made more profound when in the 89th minute, Le Toux's shot from just outside the box was ruled to have hit the arm of Chicago defender Gonzalo Segares inside the 18. Le Toux stepped to the spot, and though Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson, fresh off a PK stop a week ago, guessed correctly, Le Toux managed to squeak one through the goalie and just inside the left upright for his 12th penalty-kick goal in as many attempts for the Union (5-8-8, 23 points).
It was a poised conversion that rewarded a hard-fought team effort in attaining the kind of result that a playoff hopeful simply must have.
'I didn't really think about it,' Le Toux said of his spot kick. 'I was just very tired, and I just asked all the good energy to put the ball in the net. I got a good answer, so I'm lucky. Sean is a great goalkeeper, so I know he can save it. So I tried to hit it hard to one side, and luckily it went in for us.'
The granting of a penalty kick by referee Geoff Gamble was, to say the least, fortuitous. Le Toux's shot struck Segares just below is left shoulder, a portion of his arm that was pinned against his side, even if his forearm was extended outside the framework of his shoulders.
Nonetheless, it took a cold-blooded conversion from Le Toux to prevent the team immediately below them in the Eastern Conference standings from winning its second straight game. Instead, the Fire (3-4-11, 20 points) settled for an MLS-high 11th draw of the season.
'We all make mistakes, and today the referee made one,' Segares said. 'We are all humans. I don't need to see a replay to know that's not a PK.'
Whether or not the Union deserved a win is debatable. They struggled to generate chances most of the night, missing Cristian Maidana with a hamstring injury.
But defensively, they undoubtedly did the job required to scrape out a point away from home, the kind of gutsy effort that has proven so elusive this season. The dangerous strike duo of Mike Magee and Quincy Amarikwa was limited to just one shot on goal (via Magee). Chances generated from the run of play were few and far between, with Maurice Edu and Ethan White clamping down.
The only bending by the defense before the game was stretched late on was a 60th-minute goal by Jeff Larentowicz on a free header off a corner kick where Edu completely lost track of his man.
The Union pegged back that tally, though, generating enough thrust going forward to pin back Chicago, probing until they found the mistake they needed, even if the referee gets an honorary assist for facilitating.
'Any time you get a goal in the 89th minute, you're happy with that,' Union manager Jim Curtin said. 'You take the point and you move on. Again, we're disappointed that we gave up a goal because I didn't think in the run of play that we gave up a whole lot of chances. I thought we were organized, we created enough to score ourselves but I am proud of our guys. They fought hard, third game in the week. It is a good result on the road.'
Despite the draw, the Union slide back a place into seventh in the East, leap-frogged by Columbus after the Crew notched just their second win since the end of March. But statistics like that - plus the fact that just one of the other five teams in front of them won Saturday - illustrate the profound opportunity to make a move in an indifferent East where teams three through nine are separated by just seven points.
l l lNOTES: Curtin confirmed after the game that Maidana has a Grade 1 hamstring tear picked up in the first half against New York last Wednesday. Curtin is optimistic that Maidana could return before the Union's next MLS match, an Aug. 1 trip to Kansas City. … Brian Brown made his club debut when he was subbed on in the 81st minute Saturday, with the Union throwing caution to the wind to get the game back on level terms. Brown wasn't credited with a shot. … Brown entered the game for Ray Gaddis, with the Union concluding the game with a back three. The sub represented the first minutes Gaddis has missed all season, meaning that goalkeeper Zac MacMath is the only Union player to have played every minute in MLS in 2014. … Next week's bye week in MLS is a chance for the Union's annual summer friendly. They host Barclay's Premier League side Crystal Palace Friday evening at PPL Park.


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Hi nomad56, I have another question for you. A couple months ago you helped me with heater/ac problem which worked out very well with your advice. My question today deals with replacing the front brake rotors which are warping. When you remove the brake caliper do you have to disconnect the brake hose banjo bolt fitting? I know the caliper bracket has to come off but I would prefer not to open the brake fluid system(ABS).From what I understand the sealing washers have to be replaced if this is done. Also since this is my first attempt on rotor removal on a Toyota how difficult is the process of rotor/caliper/pad replacement. Give me as much detail as possible. Is an impact wrench necessary? thanks danbeth0
NO! You definitely do NOT have to uncouple the caliper from the brake line. No, you do NOT need an impact wrench, but a torque wrench is necessary. Especially, for re-installing the wheels! Do the wheel bearing also! This is a relatively simple project. Funny that you ask, I am doing mine next week! -nomad56-0
Here are some helpful hints.
1. The brake rotors come off, or should come off rather easily. Make sure the car is secure on a lift or other device, not a jack but jack stands.
2. Get a Haynes service manual or the Toyota serice manual.
3. No, you do not have to disconnect any brake lines to service the rotors.
4. There should be two bolts that mount the califper to the axle and another two bolts that hold the caliper together. Get a couple of wire hangers to hang the caliper to the coil spring or strut. Never hang the caliper by its rubber line.
5. It may take a couple of swift bangs with a rubber hammer to loosen it if it is an older model.
6. IMO!!!! Never cut the rotors. Replace them with premium rotors. If you can take it, get SLOTTED rotors and use premium pads, ceramic or semi metallic, if you can take the brake dust. You will notice your Avalon now stops much better.
7. Use brake caliper grease on the outer squeal shims and other places to revent vibration and noise.
8. What else. I cannot think of right now. Take your time. Do not do it if you just ran the car or the brake rotors may be hot.
9. Again, you do not have to take off the brake line and this will not interfer with the ABS. However, you brake fluid should be changed every 3 years, REGRADLESS of mileage. It soaks up mositure and leads to a spoggy feeling pedal. It also deteriotes over time secondary to the heat produced by the braking system.
I hope this helps.
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Abfisch/nomad56, Thanks for the detailed helpful hints. I find it always helps to confer with the people who have experience in completing this type of project. I will give it a whirl and let you know how it turned out. thanks danbeth0
Abfisch, I just completed the rotor and pad replacement on the Avalon. It took about 3.5 hours. I ordered the Brembo blank rotors and the Toyota OEM pads. The pads were the premium version but did not come with new shims. I had to clean the shims and reuse them, but it turned out pretty much how you described it. Thanks again for your help. danbeth0
It always makes me feel good, giving real advice and someone taking it and it working out well. This substantiates all of these wonderful forums. Congradulation. I am sure it was stressful the first time, but the second time and third times you will cut down your time and you have the satifaction of doing it correctly!! And you know what you did. In the future, you may try the following: If you desire more stopping power, slotted discs with semi metallic pads. The trade off is a vibration when hitting the pedal and brake dust if you are on the brake alot. Remember to suck out the fluid every three years, and you will never have a spongy pedal other than leaks elsewhere in the system. Brake fluid degrades via heat and time through absorbing moisture. It is a little messy but Griot's garage, sells a manual pump to suck the brake fluid out. Look that up on the internet. Also use brake caliper grease so prevent squealing. Thanks for the response made. It was worth my time to tell you how to do it.
In regards to a vibration at engine speed, not at car speed, I am stumped. Never heard this complaint. But....... this is NOT NORMAL, and they do not care. It is not their problem. So...get the Toyota service manual, to see if they have an alogorithm to engine vibration, not speed vibration or brake pedal. Take it to an independent mechanic. Make a compliant on the internet to Toyota corp. and document three attempts at the dealership (Lemon law) or check your states requirements.
NOMAD 56 Any ideas???? I honestly have not heard of this but someone needs some direction.
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Need to change my brake fluid. Three years almost up and starting to get spongy pedal. How many liters do I need. Can I get away with 1 liter or do I need two???
abfisch-I have NO idea what the actual capacity of the brake system is (Good question). I usually do mine at my buddy's shop and fill from a BIG DRUM, so it is less than 55 Gallons!! I am sure you'll want at least two liters on hand, though! Even if capacity was published, there is no way you could ever add THAT much and GO! You HAVE TO bleed the lines... and, you will lose fluid, when you bleed the system. I even looked in my service manuals, and the "capacity" is left blank. And, any instruction that refers to filling the brake fluid, mentions "bleeding." -nomad56-0
Manual, I believe, states DOT3. DOT 5, synthetic, obviously should NOT be used as the properties are much different. Going to try though DOT 4, ATE Blue Something; remember the name. Brake pedal starting to get spongy after 2.5 years and 43K. I let the forum know how it goes once I bleed the lines and refill the reserve.
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I had the fluid changed (after 3 years)for the entire brake system (resevoir and lines). We were able to do it with 1000ml (l liter) bottle.
Energy suspension has a new PU bushing for the lower front suspension arm. The arm attaches to the ball joint and the frame. What benefit do you think this would have on the steering, response, and what how do you think this would negaively impact the ride/vibration. There are only 1 or 2 rubber bushing on that lower front suspension arm, and I am wondering if it would correct somewhat for the Avalon's rather "light and fuzzy" steering feel. I am sure it will not correct the feel as far as being over assisted but it might make the steering more precise albeit letting a little more vibration into the cabin. The part number is the same in the 2000-03 models as it is for 1999-1997(6). I want to have the front suspension mounts (which one is squeeky) replaced with the new ones redesigned, and since I will have to realign the front again, I thought I would get some input from you regarding this small modification.
Any thoughts??? Any experiences?????
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Ever use the Russell Performance Speed Bleeders to bleed the brakes for you Avy???? I had a friend who used them on his Sienna van and liked them for 1 man ease of changing the fluid.
Any comments??
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Does anyone know if the order in which you bleed each brake is different for ABS brakes.
I read on the internet that for a Honda, you do RR,LF,LR, and then Right Front.
Usually the order is Right Rear, Left Rear, Right Front, then Left Front.
The service manual is not keen and only says perform the rear brakes before the front ones.
alcan Posts: 2,550Brake bleeding sequence is determined by whether it's front or rear wheel drive. ABS makes no difference in bleeding sequence.
Rear wheel drive is RR, LR, RF, LF.
Front wheel drive is RR, LF, LR, RF.0
Post 2687 under "Toyota Avalon" is in conflict with the advice under Post 417. Since 2687 quotes the Toyota manual, I suggest we follow 2687. It requires what Post 417 calls the 'rear drive sequence'.0
Checked the Toyota repair manual for my Avalon and it does not give any order for brake line bleeding. All it says is repeat the procedure for the line to each wheel (page BR-6). Mine is a 96. Suggest one check for proper bleeding sequence for the specific model year0
csaxon Posts: 8The service manual is very specific, rr,lr,rf,lf. There's even a "NOTICE": page BR-4 of service manual.. Bleed air of rear brake first. If front is bled first, the rear brake air cannot be completely bled. This is for current generation Avalons from 2000 on.0
I emailed Toyota to get clarification on the debate above. The service manual does say rear first then front, but does not give the exact sequence.
The response I got was (probably from a mechanical genius) that there is no scheduled service for brake fluid for our vehicle, therefore it is not needed. Additionally, changing brake fluid should be done, secondary to the danger, only by a qualified technician knowledgeable in this procedure.
Don't ya just love the corporation and the arrogant propietary response to a customer's simple question. Even their own service maunal is incomplete. If you compare the service manual of a Honda car, there is a nice concise legible table of all serviceable items for that vehicle (my wife has a 03 Civic EX).
"Feed the forum"
It is increasingly common to find the "customer service" department not meeting our requirements, regardless of the industry. Humorous writer, Dave Barry of the Miami Herald, loves to dwell on this misnomer.
Having said this, Abfisch, I am wondering what portion of some very specific posts on this subject you don't understand. Aren't you making rather a meal out of this? -- a humorous reference to your slogan "feed the forum'.0
Agree with post 422. For me, it has become rare that a company customer service offers anything but frustration, though on rare occasions I still find some that help.
Abfisch, don't call Honda and expect anything better than what you received from Toyota. Talking with Acura customer service has been like talking talking to a stone wall, with e-mails not far behind.
My experience with Jaguar customer service was outstanding.
I've found that some car dealers more than make up for poor manufacturer customer service.
I looked in the service manual for my MDX and like abfisch said, Honda's service manual is better than my Toyota manual. Interesting that Honda wants brake bleeding (fronts first) opposite of Toyota (rears first).0
Funny. But not interested in dancing with you mccleary. Find someone else. Thanks for the offer. Just the truth which can sometimes be elusive. The parts department also stated "todays vehicles are complex and brakes should only be done by the service dept." Other references refer to rountine maintenence of brakes being included in a routine main. schedule, not eluded to well in the "shop manual".
Multiple mauals on Brakes support changing the fluid (DOT 3) every 2 years or three years, taking care to ensure things are perfect before setting out.
Thanks for concurring with my observation about the comparison of Honda vs Toyota Service (Shop) manuals. I am glad I am not the only one who purchases them and there are other owners who prefer to do at least some of the work themselves.
I am gong to have the strut brackets., front, replaced on my 02, secondary to some tiny squeak from the R front, that is driving me nuts with the windows open. Going to replace the lower suspension arm bushing with PU, as Energy suspension makes them now for the 00-03 Avalon. Will report back with the pros and cons, as usual.
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My car has warped front rotors, with front vibration when applying brakes at speed over 40mph
What would the "ball park" cost of replacing front rotors (and probably pads) with labor charge??
Anybody with recent experience with this??0
bigblueky Posts: 11Toydriver, I myself have a 1997 Toy Avalon and the front brakes is a relatively easy and inexpensive fix. The pads run between $20 - 50, and the rotors are usually between 25-60 depending where you get them. I baught my last set of rotors at NAPA for $28 a piece. Ebay has drilled rotors for a good deal and as far as the pads I highly recommend Ceremic pads which cost about $50 for the fronts and are worth every penny, because they don't squeek or put off much brake dust. Drilled rotors are going to cost more but are nice for keeping the brakes nice and cool, it just depends on what kind of driving you do to justify the added cost of the drilled rotors. As far as labor is concerned it shouldn't take no more than an hour to do both sides of the front. Let me know if I can be of any help to you, you could probably fix them yourself with know problems.0
jgeorge Posts: 1Hi, I have a 03 Avalon with 20k on the clock. In March my wife complained about several idiot lights on at once. The dealer suggested checking the brake fluid level I did and was very low so it was filled (about half a pint sized container). Then again in mid-June the same thing happens. There are no leaks or puddles in the driveway. The dealer says the reservoir is rather small and this usage could be normal. I have scheduled a appointment next week to have the brake system looked at. My question, is this consumption of fluid normal in this amount of time? i have never had a vehicle use this amount of fluid in this short a time. Thanks in advance.0
fin atlantaPosts: 594Of all the things an Avalon can consume, jgeorge, brake fluid is *not* one of them. You have a problem. All those lights can't be wrong.
If there is absolutely no fluid leaking under, or on, any part of the car then you have two possibilities: the engine is sucking it out of the brake system (could this even happen?) OR you never had enough when the car was new and are still filling up the lines each time you add fluid (more likely).
Whatever, the dealer should fix the problem immediately as air, like water, will NOT work in a fluid brake system. A quick drain and fill of the brake system, to remove trapped air, may be the easiest solution. Or maybe the first step in finding the trouble.
Others in the forum may have more ideas... but fluid consumption like this is not normal. My '03 XL has 37k on it... a wonderful car, it does not consume brake fluid. Enjoy your Avy...0
stocktx Posts: 2bigblue,
I also have a 97 avalon and am getting ready to do the brakes. Any special tools required for the Avalon? I've done my Suburban and Grand Prix before. I have 75K miles. Will new rotors be required or can I just turn? Thanks.0
Thanks to nomad56 and bigblueky for cost estimates for my '95 Av front brakes.
This will be the second front brake job (140K mi).
The first, at 80K mi included new pads and had the rotors turned. Since then, major VIBRATION when braking hard at speed over 40mph. The Toyota service mgr claims that the original rotors can be turned 2 or 3 times before needing replacement.
Question is, do I risk having the same vibration if I have them turned again, or should they be able to smooth out the imperfections that must be the cause of the vibration? (Different shop people this time around). The estimated difference in cost for new vs. turned rotors is
around $250.0
IMO, do NOT turn rotors. Besides getting more vibration when applying the brakes, they will have thinned the metal enough to have them start to warp sooner, and this becomes a viscous cycle. To answer you question, it can smooth out the warpage, but it is not the same thickness anymore, and the rotor cannot cool the same. In addition in may cause the rotor to be out of balance so you never achieve a good balance in your wheel/tire combination anymore.
I have found the OEM parts (Toyota parts) regarding brake components to be INFERIOR, NOT SUPERIOR in quality. Many manufactures have "cheaped out" contracting to lesser qualtiy companies to manufacture there brake parts.
I recently had to replace my rotors and pads after about 48K and used all aftermarket parts with the exception of TRD (Toyota Racing Development) front pads. I put on SP Rotors, slotted and drilled in the front and back with new pads all around and also flushed and changed the brake fluid (DOT 3 or DOT 4 but NOT DOT 5). There is a place on the net, called Raceshopper, out of Syracuse, NY that carries higher quality parts, albeit, not cheap, but reasonable. My brakes are sure, solid, and strong better than what came originally on the car.
IMO, don't compromise on this part of the car!!! It is one of the most important parts and can mean the difference b/w life and not life. Use the best components and either do it yourself or have someone do it, who is knowledgeable and meticulous in details. You notice you Avalon never braked better.
Good luck.
nnz2ll Posts: 1You may be able to help me. I've done brake jobs on Chrysler Corp. vehicles for years. However, I now own my first Toyota, a 2003 Avalon. I'd like to replace the front pads, but would like to know what's different on Toyota. Anything special about removing the caliper or rotor? I refuse to spend $175 for the shop manual to find out. Thanks for your help.
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will6 Posts: 1I had the same problem. One mechanic told me that I got the rotors to hot and change the metal on the surface. He wanted to turn the rotors.
Another said I probably let the care set outside where there was a lot of moisture (like
near the ocean) in the air and it caused a rust film to form on the rotors and this causes the squeaking.
I haven't done anything, I just continue to drive the car. The squeaks seem to have gone away.0
zone1 Posts: 11Condensate will build up in the brake system of any car. You're right, the system is sealed, but it's not that tight. Moisture can get into the reservoir. And if I'm not mistaken, hot brake fluid is hydrophyllic, and will attract water vapor from the air. As the fluid cools the water will precipitate out. Left long enough, the water will pit the cylinders and cause leaks and spongy brakes. Happens on all cars.
Now, whether 38,000 miles is when the system should be flushed, and whether a "power flush" is required are good questions.
My experience has been to have the brakes bled to push the water out. Maybe the power flush does a better job.
I guess what you should research is how much brake repairs can cost versus having the system flushed.
I'm not real big on using Dealers for maintenance. If you still have suspicions, find a good mechanic and ask him.
As to the transmission, I have heard that Toyota transmissions can be pretty brutal on the fluid so its a good idea to keep up on the changes. I also know that if you have an oil cooler, (most cars have one in the radiator; others may have a separate unit) that filings from the transmission can migrate there and then settle out in the bends of the tubing, where they begin to restrict the fluid movement. The effect can be that your transmission gets hotter than it should, and that's not good at all. So flushing once in a while is a good idea. Again, whether 38,000 miles is enough to cause a build up that you should be concerned about is something I don't know. But keep in mind that this stuff happens to all automatics, not just Toyota.0


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The Green County Fiscal Court suspended a February decision approving a go kart track near Donansburg after a group of citizens objected during the March regular meeting.
Magistrates had approved Brandon Curry's plans to build a go kart track on Mitchell Cemetery Road with the intentions of drawing racers from all over the southeast.
No one objected to the plan at a hearing on Feb. 28, and Curry told the magistrates that no one living in the area had expressed opposition to the plan.
The Green County Fiscal Court gave its blessing Friday to a man hoping to turn his love of motorsports into a major attraction for Green County.
Brandon Curry plans to build a go-kart track near Donansburg with the intentions of drawing racers from all over the southeast.
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Go-kart racing has taken over the LaRue County Fairgrounds on Saturday nights.
Vernon and Lana Atwood operate the 210 Motorsports Track.
Fair board treasurer Snookie Morrison and president Jimmie Engle were "looking for someone to promote and oversee the track, so they gave me a call and we sat down and got everything together," said Vernon.
Vernon has an extensive racing background, winning more than 300 feature go-kart races. His dream has been to open his own track.
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Chance Sheldon is a 13-year-old 8th grader at LaRue County Middle School. He enjoys sports and video games and all the other things a 13 year-old boy would. Sheldon prefers Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Matt Kenseth, Xbox to Playstation and Battlefield 3 to Call of Duty. The difference between Sheldon and most 13 year-olds is he also enjoys drag racing, at 56 mph, in junior rail cars, against guys with actual drivers licenses.
Former LaRue County resident Bryan Barber of Greensburg won his second Clayton Homes Modified feature of the season July 20 at Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City.
The Kentucky Motorsports Hall of Fame's induction ceremony will take place Aug. 11 at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green.
The ceremony, the hall's fifth annual such event, will begin at 3 p.m. eastern time.
Members of the 2012 class are:
• Allan and Donald Barker of Louisville, Sports Car Club of America road racing champions.
• Collings Downes Sr. and Jr. of Louisville, APBA and NHRA champions.
• Butch Krieger of Louisville, drag racing and tractor pull announcer.
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Happy 2013! Hard to believe another year has passed by. I am looking forward to creating more Italian desserts, and looking for new recipes to try and make my own.
Recently, I came across another Giada recipe:
Pound cake
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the loaf pan
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons orange zest (from 1 medium orange)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature,
plus more for greasing pan
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (10-ounce) bag sweetened, frozen raspberries, thawed
and drained
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
3 tablespoons Vin Santo wine or Moscato wine
To make the Raspberry Pound Cake:
Set an oven rack in the lower 1/3 of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 by 5 by3-inch loaf pan.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, orange zest, cinnamon, and salt. Whisk to combine. In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer, cream together the sugar and butter until blended, about 30 seconds. With the machine running, add the eggs 1 at a time. Add the vanilla extract. Add the dry ingredients, a small amount at a time, until just incorporated. Using a rubber spatula, fold the drained raspberries evenly into the batter.
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In a large bowl, beat the cream until it holds soft peaks.
Add the vanilla extract, powdered sugar, and Vin Santo. Continue to beat mixture until cream holds stiff peaks.
Transfer the pound cake to a serving platter. Slice and serve with the Vin Santo Cream.
I used fresh raspberries and did not make the cream - too many calories consumed during the holidays prevented me from adding it!
I am going to do a trifle and add a mascarpone whipped cream layer and fresh raspberries - perfect to serve in a mini dessert cup for an upcoming event!
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Groupon Forced to Revise Results
Groupon Inc. GRPN -1.05% is revising financial results it reported in its first quarter as a public company, after discovering executives failed to set aside enough money for customer refunds.
The popular online-coupon company's auditor, Ernst & Young, called the error a "material weakness in its internal controls" for 2011. Groupon shares, which have been trading below their $20 initial public offering price, sank 6% to $17.20 in after-hours trading.
The surprise announcement raised questions about the reliability of Groupon's numbers at a moment when it is trying to build confidence of Wall Street investors. It had reported a loss of $37 million for its fourth quarter. The accounting changes will reduce the company's revenue for the quarter by $14.3 million and widen its loss by $22.6 million, or 4 cents a share.
Groupon has become a bellwether for a new generation of technology companies that, using technology, are able to build massive scale over short periods. Investors have been eager to buy into that growth potential—and have given Groupon a market capitalization of over $11 billion.
But Groupon has had to beat back concerns that it takes aggressive views on accounting, most prominently when last year it had to cut its reported revenue in half to satisfy questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission. One analyst dubbed the Chicago-based company an "overgrown toddler."
Friday's disclosures are likely to intensify investor worries about how Groupon conducts business, and whether its core operations are as strong as advertised, analysts said.
"We remain confident in the fundamentals of our business, as our performance continues to highlight the value that we provide to customers and merchants," Groupon Chief Financial Officer Jason Child said.
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Groupon offers discounted deals to its subscriber base, and then splits the value of the deal with the merchant that offered it. For a $10 purchase at a sandwich shop, for example, Groupon might take $5 and give the rest to the merchant. The company makes a point of telling users that refunds won't be a hassle.
Groupon emphasizes something it calls "the Groupon Promise," which means "if the experience using your Groupon ever lets you down, we'll make it right or return your purchase." In many cases any unredeemed daily deal can be returned within the first seven days after it is purchased, the company says.
At the heart of the revision is the fact that Groupon had more customers seeking refunds than it expected. The reason, according to Groupon, was that it offered more high-price deals which generally lead to a higher volume of refunds.
The company also said the higher rate of refunds has persisted in the first quarter ending March 31, although the company reaffirmed its previous financial guidance for the period. It plans to report results for the first quarter on May 14.
Groupon said it did not have "adequate policies and procedures" to review its estimates and assumptions.
In its filings, Groupon has noted that an inability to obtain reimbursements from merchant partners to cover customer claims "could have an adverse effect on our liquidity and profitability."
Groupon, which went public in November, reported in February an unexpected loss of $37 million on revenue $506.5 million for its fourth quarter—its first period as a public company. The news triggered a selloff in the stock as investors had expected the company to post a profit.
Groupon's latest missteps, combined with its previous accounting issues, call into question whether the start-up was ready to be a public company that has to produce reliable financial reports, said Sandra Peters, head of financial reporting policy for the CFA Institute, which represents chartered financial analysts who work with individual investors.
"It really demonstrates, for an IPO, were they really ready to go?" she said. "Did they have the financial systems, did they have the processes and procedures in place?"
Similar concerns were echoed by people who track the company on Wall Street. "It's going to definitely unsettle a lot of investors," said Ken Sena, an analyst covering Groupon for Evercore Partners.
Groupon's stumbles come as Congress advanced a bill, known as the Jobs Act, that would ease the regulatory burdens on fast-growing businesses.
Under the act, fast-growing companies with less than $1 billion in revenue would be entitled to immunity from annual audits of internal accounting controls.
The Jobs Act would loosen companies' duties "over exactly the type of controls that it was deficient in," said John Coffee, a law professor at Columbia University.
Groupon also might find itself in the cross hairs of SEC enforcement lawyers, who often launch probes following such disclosures to determine whether fraud or other deliberate violations occurred. A spokesperson for the SEC declined to comment Friday.
Rick Summers, a Morningstar analyst, said a revision isn't unheard of, but it is distressing the company didn't have its books in order. "We're playing with the big boys now," he said. "You can recover but it isn't altogether confidence inspiring."
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Groupon had $1.6 billion in annual revenue for 2011. An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Groupon had less than $1 billion in annual revenue and would as a result be exempted from certain reporting requirements under the Jobs Act.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, fundraising in California today, is being greeted by a new attack in which he's compared to…California Governor Jerry Brown??
""Where did all the liberals in California get their bad ideas?" is the startof this spot, which mentions ideas like "E-Verify" and in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants as part of Perry's portfolio.
Wonder this one comes from? Not hard to guess: Andrea Saul of the Mitt Romney campaign twitters this morning that Brown and Perry "shared liberal immigration policies."
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99devils wrote:I thought your DJX was the turntable looking thing. If it's an actual keyboard than by all means keep it.
99devils wrote:ASR-10s are still pretty expensive these days. They go about $850 on Ebay. And they max out at 16MB of memory. An RM1X at @225, and an Oxygen8 at $140 new, and an ESI-4000 at under $300 would save almost $200.
And you're talking $1500 or more for a Triton or Motif.
The little Korg keyboard is too limited...
ScottDigweed wrote:Craig,
Why steer clear of Korg samplers? I personally have been considering the ESX-1, but if there's a good reason not to... (are we talking compression issues?) For me it's less of an issue of "how much more could I get for the same $ in used gear", but more of an interface issue and how much can I Play that box in a live setting.
The microKorg isn't bad... I've played it and liked the sound. But if you go to Guitar Center, they've got an Alesis Ion right next to it... play the microKorg, then the Ion, and compare the two. One factor to keep in mind is that the Ion has 8 voices of polyphony, whereas the microKorg has only 4. The Ion is more flexible, has a better sound (IMO), and its filters and entire synth engine totally blow the doors off the microKorg...
If you don't believe me, go ask on a few other forums and see what other people say.
ScottDigweed wrote:Using rack modules that are intended for studio use in a live context (when you're the only musician performing) is not an efficient nor a safe way to operate.
FatBastard wrote:ScottDigweed wrote:I believe you...I was just factoring bang for buck $370 for the microkorg, or $800 for the Ion...I will indeed try it out...even though I hate guitar center...maybe it is worth paying more than twice...I dunno, never tried it...will though....
as far as Korg samplers...I have heard good things about them, and even though I dont know much of the lingo you guys say, I'm off the read devils input on it now....
Scott, thanks for all the help and advice. I cant tell you how much I appreciate all your guys help.
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The Kansas Wheat Commission notes that being a good neighbor is a point of pride for most farmers. Controlling volunteer wheat is one of the most neighborly actions you can take this time of year, according to the organization.
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Mystery, sensuality and the magic of Mediterranean beauty are the attributes that define best ANDRES SARDA today. This exclusive brand celebrates a type of femininity that is free and triumphant, underlining the elegance hidden in the inner personalities of women.
Barcelona, end of the 19th Century
The history of the Sardá family in the textile industry began with the closing of the 19th century, when the company manufactured lace mantillas of great quality. In the 1960's Jackie Kennedy wore a SARDA mantilla on a visit to the Vatican. Photographed for the cover of Life Magazine, Jackie gave the SARDA firm its first international exposure.
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When wearing mantillas in church stops being compulsory, the Sardá family begins using lace in other areas of fashion.
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Andrés Sardá asks David Hamilton to interpret his intimate fashion campaigns. The result is spectacular: a series of portraits in pastel tones full of delicacy and sweetness, using waning light to underline feminine traits. This intimate and fragile aesthetics surprises and exceeds the brand's expectations.
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Núria, the daughter of Andrés, joins the creation and design team. A close collaboration between father and daughter begins.
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The multinational lingerie group Van de Velde acquires ANDRES SARDA to complement its brand portfolio.
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2008 : Lifetime Achievement Award. Elle, Spain
2009 : Lifetime Achievement Award. Es Moda, Barcelona, Spain
2013 : Lifetime Achievement Award. Prix Marie Claire de la Mode, Spain
2014 : Lifetime Achievement Award. 080 Barcelona, Spain and Créateur de l'Année. Salon International de la Lingerie, France
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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke
17—1⁄4-yard pieces assorted florals in teal, dark green, light green, dark pink, and light pink (rows)
1⁄2 yard pink paisley (row, inner border)
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