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This post will be a collection of our team's concepts art, sketches, models etc.
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Hey guys, I know its been a while since our last post, but we've got full aproval now and the images will be staying up for good.
This post will be a collection of our team's concepts art, sketches, models etc.
I'll start-
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Some oh my stuffs...
I have been on this site for a while and have seen some great work. But this stopped me in my tracks. I love your level of creativity. The crab/house is genius. I can only wish to have an inkling of your skill. keep posting!
Oh you uber talented bastards at Arena know how to make a person's Friday...
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Tinfoil: All the artwork that has been posted in this thread is absolutely stunning. I do have a question and I hope you don't mind that I ask: What's your process for applying textures so that they conform to the object's shape like in your first piece that you posted?Originally Posted by Tinfoil
Here's some from our producer Shawn Sharp. He's to lazy to post.
Best of CA thread. Gotta be! Well done guys, on a great set of work
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Yay it's back! I didn't get to save any last time, but of course, the work is astounding ;_; The game is really fun too lol.
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Sweet, glad you got full approval!
And you showed up with some newer stuff! nice!
Beautiful work. Absolutely mindblowing. Thanks for the inspiration
I secong the Best of CA!
These are outstanding pieces. I mean...really! The sense of scale in all of them is just breathtaking. I love it. I really do. The artwork here is just so impressive and just blows me away.
Ya done good.
Please, sir, some more.
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Cicinimo works w/ us, check out his site- www.artpad.org -some killer stuff!
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Tinfoil... love how you blend photos and paint. Great sense of realistic and fantasy.
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Great art and great games go together pretty well huh? Well, I hate you guys, you've made me spend nearly 900 hours in guildwars when instead I should have been drawing^^! And now you got this new expansion coming up! crazy...
The kurzick priest and the weaponconcepts are my favourites!
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Amazing work!
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Variety is the spice of life for the Linux desktop of today. For sheer speed and few features you can run a minimalist desktop like BlackBox. At the upper end of the scale is KDE 3.1. This full-blown desktop offers advanced features, extreme customization and tight application integration.
People have become accustomed to the convenience and beauty of the modern desktop. However, some people shy away from packages like KDE 3.1 because they think it's going to run like frozen molasses on their six-year-old Pentium machine. Let me put your fears at ease and tell you how it works on ancient iron.
The trend in desktops, across all operating systems has been to continuously add features and graphics with each new release. Unfortunately, cool icons, animation and complicated multi-paned desktops have usually required increasingly capable machinery. For various reasons, Linux desktops seemed to have suffered less from this performance crunching bloat than other packages, such as Windows XP.
KDE 3.1 has actually reversed the trend. To prove my point, I loaded it on an antique 133 Mhz. Pentium desktop machine. The box had 128 MB of RAM, 256K of L2 cache, a 2.5 GB disk and Debian. Even though KDE took about two and 1/2 minutes to load, most of the programs, menus, icons and animations seemed to appear almost instantly and ran without a hitch.
I don't see this as a problem because most people would just start up their desktop and then let it run all the time. It might be a little more inconvenient with older laptops, because for portability those need to be shut down and started up much more often.
Big resource hitters, like the Gimp, Mozilla, and the World's slowest loading program, OpenOffice.org all ran fine, once they were up. As you would expect, with this type of processor, some of the applications took a couple of extra seconds to load. Switching and moving window panes also worked very well, in spite of the tiny 2 MB of video memory.
Imagine trying to run Windows XP on a box like this. Pretty scary. For the average office or home user, the combination of an older PC and KDE 3.1 would work perfectly well for their needs.
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How to replace power window regulator on a Buick Rendezvous?
jwolz Posts: 1Okay...I've scanned through the 94 previous messages in this forum about Rendezvous power windows and, based on what several of you have said, this is something that can be repaired by the owner (me) and I can probably avoid the dealiership. A lot of the discussion in the previous messages related to "clips" and I'm hoping that replacement of broken clips will resolve my problem. But before I go to the trouble of taking the door apart, let me just describe what the window does and doesn't do. First off, it does not go up and down when I push the button (duh). It will, however, slide up and down if I put the window between my palms and push it up and down. Also, the window will slide up and down "crooked" (that is, not evenly). Is this consident with broken clips? Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.0
sciguy85 Posts: 45Yes, It sounds like it. I did take the door panel off to check myself to be sure. I did purchase the clips from the recommended place (I'm not sure but I think it was in Florida). One of the clips I thought at first was wrong but it was put together backwards (good old GM) and I was able to fix it and it worked great for less than $150 for both windows. Took me about 2 1/2 hours to do both but I am a slow and analyzing type person. Take your time, take pictures before you take it apart and as you do it just in case. Good luck.0
kainscough Posts: 1:shades: I just wanted to thank you!! I just replaced the clips on the drivers side saving myself 300 dollars. After reading your post and everyone elses I got the courage to try it. I am also a female and found once I knew what I was doing it was fairly easy... Now to tackle the wheel bearing.. ok maybe not. Little scary :-) :shades:0
tonygravato Posts: 15You will be fine with the wheel bearing, if you take your time and lay all the parts down as you remove them. Biggest pain is the center nut that holds the axle on, it takes some leverage to get get it off. Plus the three bolts that hold it on from behind sometimes do get a little frozen ( I had to use a propane tourch to heat knuckle and then backed the bolts out)
Just did the A/C condenser this past weekend, not too bad, but there were some pain bolts and nuts, plus you do need someone to help you move the engine forward after you are done to attach the engine mounts, and it essentially requires you removing just about everything to get the condenser out. But in the end, I estimate that total parts cost me about $225-$250. Plus I changed my oil, replaced the oil filter, and replaced all the old coolant in radiatior. Really ned to change plugs and wires. Anyone know how to replace the plugs in the back (the ones against the firewall)????0
sexylilfidget Posts: 1Hey everyone! I am going through your posts and I am encouraged that my husband and I who are not mechanics, can figure this out. I found a website that had pictures from a man who got all of his information from here! http://www.teamneon.com/buick/ For anyone who would like to see. My question is...I just emailed the gmparts.com people because they have the clip I want. However he emailed me back and said I would need two clips for one window...a front and a rear. Is this correct? It is our front passenger window that is broken. And the reason I wanted pics, is because our clip broke off and was laying in the bottom of the door when we opened it so we have no idea what it had looked like before!!! :confuse: The regulator...I don't know what that is. Is it the motor that propells the window? Does everything have to come off (as in regulator, speakers etc) to replace or just the panel so the barrel on the wire thing we clip to is exposed? Any info is VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!! Thanks
how do I remove the door int. panel, pass side front. Window was frozen up and we kept hiting the pwr button until it broke, stupid hahn. Now the motor runs up and down but the glass is not connected. Can you explain how to remove cover, is there any special tools I need such as to pop clips, and do you have any idea what happend, what broke. Thanks, robertbob10
The below is copied from a previous post (#36) on the subject.
This will be easier with a pop clip tool.
Then a lot a patience to remove the electrical connectors.
Then a blade to slice through the adhesive holding the plastic sheeting behind the door panel.
Then your standard ratchet and wrenches.
The clips are plastic; so they age and evetually fail...
Give yourself at least three hours daylight (and warmth) to get this done.
Buick Rendezvous (and maybe Pontiac Aztek) Window Regulator Clip Replacement $40 total!!!
After having our driver window stop working 4 months after buying our Rendezvous and the dealer wanting $275 for the whole motor/regulator/clip assembly I decided to look around for a replacement. Car-part.com led me to 3 different salvage yards, all telling me the same thing as the dealer, the clips cannot be purchased separately but they would be glad to sell me the whole setup for $100.
I said ok 3 times....
The first salvage yard called me after i placed the order and said they had broke the clips removing it from the door.
The second salvage yard could not find the door....ya, it disappeared! the whole door!
The third was going to be the charm, after a week I called them and they said they had broke the clips also.
I was content with the door panel off and my 1x4 with a notch holding the window up....but the boss said she didnt want to drive a ghetto vehicle.
Then 3 weeks ago the passenger door clips broke! Talk about a total POS design flaw.
So internet searching led me to the Buick forums where I found the part numbers for the clips.
I ended up spending $80.45 for 4 clips, (2 for each door), shipped to my house
Since my clips were broke in about 12 pieces I had no idea how to replace them....but about an hour later both side were done.
Here are some pictures to help the next person with this project (and probably me again before its paid off)
Part numbers and references at bottom of page
Here is the passenger side regulator removed from the door....I think about 5 10mm bolts held it on.
Here is the small "barrel" that snaps into the clip and moves it up and down the window.
The clip slides on the track first
Then slide the clip over the regulator and lock it in place (you can kind of notice the slot for the barrel)
Once the clip is locked on, line up the barrel and push it in with a screwdriver
The barrel is locked in place
Driver side ready
So your ready to try it yourself? I would say most people with a little brain can do this with no problem.
The clips can be found at gmpartsdirect.com
The left part number is #15286776 and the right is #15286777
Thanks to the guys (and gals) at http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/
Yes, you need two clips. There is a forward and an aft clip (or left & right depending on how you are facing the door). Look at post #101and #36 of this thread for more info...0
Thanks for the help with my 04 rondevous window. No I dont have the part #s and Im assuming no point in disasembling until have parts. If you could provide #s that would be great. I heard the dealer does not sell just clips but they are ava, is this true and do you no where and cost. The glass was stuck up and we forced it down by pressing the button until it broke lose. The motor is still running up and down do you think I just need clips? Thanks again for all your help, robertbob10
Check out the link / info at post # 36.
The clips can be found at gmpartsdirect.com
The left part number is #15286776 and the right is #15286777.
These are basically forward and aft part numbers. Order them both. Then, when you get yours disasembled you can see which part number will fit where on the assembly. But yes, wait until you have them...
I'm no auto mechanic by any stretch, and this was not that hard - kinda monkey see monkey do in matching piece to piece... Just remember to practice your patience0
hawkis Posts: 1well... the window won't go up. I believe the clips are still good as the window is pretty sturdy (no wobbliness to it).
But, I need help in replacing the motor/regulator. I have the insides of the door exposed, looking at black "framing" inside door (as seen in another posters pictures earlier in thread).
Do I need to take this whole thing out? Do I need to get the window in the up position? How do I do these things?
Please help! LOL. Not a "gearhead" by any means... which is unfortunate.
Thanks to all in advance.0
fartblossom Posts: 3Thanks to everyone who posted here. I wanted to let any Aztek owners that find this thread by googling know that the same clips are used on Azteks, and the procedure is exactly the same. There isn't a similar thread in the Aztek forum.
The newer, better clip part numbers are 1593-8039 and 1593-8040. You can tell the difference in that the new ones use black plastic instead of white. 36 and 31 bucks full price. The buick dealer I called wanted 38 and 35, so I called my old Pontiac dealer, (now GMC), and got them cheaper. Took them 1 day to get them in from warehouse.0
m1ashooter1 Posts: 1Any one still wanting to know if these front clips will work on the back doors??
The answer is YES,,, I just finished installing two on a passenger rear door>>>>>0
racer77 Posts: 1Thanks for confiming that. My dealer gave me the same answer and wanted $35 each for the 2 clips. GMpartsdirect.com has them for $19 each.
Dorman aftermarket regulators for the front are at Federated auto parts store for $90 for the whole assembly.0
tx_5abi Posts: 1Just finished doing this job on the front passenger window. Ordered the parts from gmpartsdirect.com. New parts are made from the same thermoplastic - polyoxymethylene aka Delrin. Part has been redesigned with more, thicker reinforcing ribs. Should last a lot longer.
To remove the door panel without tools, start by prying at the triangular panel that covers the side mirror access hole / contains tweeter speaker. Once it is pried away, you should be able to pop out the door panel one pin at a time without a screwdriver. Before taking prying off from the last couple of pins, get a helper to hold the panel by the door handle - it's awkward for one person. Be very careful with the window and lock switches - they are delicate. While trying to disconnect the window switch, I actually pulled it apart. I would recommend getting on the ground on your back and using a screwdriver to release the barb socket. The door switch can be popped out intact, but you will likely break one of the retaining tabs in the door panel socket. Once again, release the barb socket with a screwdriver.
The pictures in post 36 were really useful. The clip on the outer rail is easy. The clip on the inner rail - the side closest to door hinge was harder. I ended up removing the door speaker - the magnet will hold it to the door - no need to disconnect. Then, remove the two bottom screws which hold the rail and motor in place. You should then be able to move the rail to a position where there is enough room to swing the clip over the rail and lock to the barrel.
I'd like to plug a flashlight that I bought recently and used during this job - gorillatorch. Extremely small, bright, bendable, and rare-earth magnets in the feet.
Thanks to everyone that has posted before - you made this job easy!0
txsgrl81 Posts: 1I just replaced the clips on the left front window of my '02 Rendezvous. Then when I tested it, it was making a loud noise like it was catching on something. I noticed the cable that goes on the wheels/pulleys keeps coming off the track because it is loose. Does anyone know how I can fix it?0
dimyself Posts: 1Those part numbers do not match. Those part numbers show metal clips. The ones I have are like those in the how-to pictures - they are plastic. Do you have another part number?0
mechanicgranny Posts: 1I am a 64 yr. old granny and with your help I fixed my own window regulator :shades: . I'm on a fixed income so this really helped. If I can do it, anyone can. I'd like to mention that the part #s have been changed from 15286776 to 15938039 and 15286777 to 15938040. Thank you so much for your pictures and posts.0
alabasster Posts: 1Well I got my window clip parts in the mail after about 10 days.
Looked at both parts and found the black clips to be broken where they fit over the metal nubs that hold them in correct position horizontally in the assembly. Looks like the black plastic pieces were just shoved on all the way they could go resulting in the breaks.
I looked at the existing clips to see how they were supposed to be.
Planning to ask for refund and then get the parts locally unless they will overnight new ones to me.0
vtraudt Posts: 52I stock quite a few clips and stumbled over this thread (trying to get some help for a customer with Buick Roadmaster).
Noticed that the clips discussed here resemble some I have in stock.
Does anybody have a good picture of the clips?
Are they similar to those below? If so, which are needed?
If there is any chance they might fit, I would provide a 'guniea' pig with a pair (against the promise to provide a DIY write up/photos to post up here).
Contact me at:
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totengraeber Posts: 1My 02 Rendevous had the problem of broken plastic clips. I bought these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GEBYS20/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . Under $9 later, and my driver window works. The plastic clips broke, so, the metal things with rubber pads that you snug up to the window were on the window. I taped the window to the door and removed the whole assembly. I attached the plastic clips to the regulator. I put the regulator assembly back in, and I started all the 10mm bolts that hold the regulator in place. I then lowered the window to get the metal things with the rubber dodads that hold your window. I adjusted the regulator to where I'd have easy access to the 10mm bolts to snug up the window in those clamps. I did that and tightened down the regulator with it's five 10mm bolts. I'd say it was about a 45min job to tear down the door, fix it, and put it back together. The tricky part was figuring out how it all fit together, which way the plastic clips are facing, and etc. You'll find that they can only go one way.0


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But Faq was no longer a secret capital site he could use as a last-resort bolt hole; it was now an enemy kingdom. Actually, they were the closest enemy to his capital. Once Hamster figured his way out of this mess with Jetstone, it was probably time to see about wiping them out again.
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Zippy[4] nodded at him with a blank look. Stanley didn't know how much Twolls knew about casters or the Magic Kingdom or world affairs, but he hoped it was enough to keep up. Explaining things was a pain. People asked too many questions. Hamster could learn something from Zero's[5] ability to shut up and nod.
"She said she was from a bubble kingdom. See, that's what Faq was back then; they used a Foolamancer to stay hidden from all the other sides. But Wanda...this is Lady Firebaugh I'm talking about. Wanda said she was willing to give me the location of the capital, if I would promise to capture her when we attacked."
Stanley picked up a paring knife from the counter block and started picking apart a small round cheese. Beside him, Zynga[6] continued to assemble a vast sandwich, taking his time with it while listening.
"Now, I was Chief Warlord back then, so I could do whatever I wanted. I told the King I was going off to tame dwagons in the high mountains out west, he didn't care. I headed out with like fifteen of 'em in a couple of stacks. Wanda said Faq was pretty weak, so I figured that'd be enough.
"Wow, was she wrong! Faq had a whole lot of casters, and they had defense spells up the wazoo. I could never have taken that city with fifteen dwagons. Never! I lost more than ten on approach, shot down from the tower."
He looked at Zidane[7], who seemed interested now that it was about a battle. Stanley grinned, "Ha! And you're wondering, 'so how did he get out of that one?' Right?"
"Yes, Lud," Zoidberg[8] said, deferentially.
"Well, you forget! I am the Titans' favorite son," said Stanley. He put the knife down in a pile of cheese shrapnel and picked up the Arkenhammer, which he waved with authority. "The Titans provided! I told King Saline I was going out to tame dwagons, right? Well holy Monsters of Rock[9], did I! Never seen so many feral dwagons. All the way to Faq I kept finding them in ones and twos, and there were three in this one hex! Only time I ever saw that.
"So, when I showed up at Faq, I had thirty-six! And a lot of them were reds and purples so we just tore into the place. Now, I know what you're thinking!"
Zergling[10] looked at him with absolutely no indication of thinking anything at all.
"You're thinking," said Stanley, "that Wanda set me up. But you're wrong. Because as soon as I started wailing on that city," Stanley snapped his fingers, and a little spark shot off the Arkenhammer and hit the ceiling, "boom. She turned. I'm wasting Faq guys down below, and she's uncroaking 'em and sending 'em into the tower to fight their own guys." He gestured with the hammer several times to indicate how violent and cool the battle was, once causing Zildjian[11] to dodge. "She goes into the tower with a bunch of these guys, and then comes out into the courtyard with even more. Including, you ready?"
Zerbert[12] nodded that he was ready.
"The King of Faq himself," grinned Stanley. "Yeah. It's pretty much over at that point, when you're fighting your own uncroaked ruler, haha! I mean they had an heir somewhere, but he was out in the field somewhere, out of the battlespace. Plus...their Foolamancer wasn't even in the capital. Wanda arranged that, too. We captured him when we razed their other two cities. Pretty neat package, right?
"Rest of their casters I guess croaked or got away to the Magic Kingdom. But hey we got two of the best ones out of it." He put down the Arkenhammer and looked distant for a moment.
"Yeah, Wanda didn't set me up," said Stanley, picking up a fragment of cheese. "She's all right, or she was back then. She's just never had a head for battle, you know? Prob'ly why she needs Hamster to save her behind now, right?"
Zoloft[13] lifted up a plate containing an enormous masterpiece of a sandwich, at least the size of Stanley's head. "Your snack, Lud."
The Overlord's eyes went wide. "Whoa, haha!" he said. "Do I eat it, or tame it?"
- ^ "Zeppo" Marx was the youngest of the five Marx Brothers.
- ^ A popular brand of metal butane lighters.
- ^ Zeno is a Greek name that refers (among others) to various philosophers, physicians, artists, a saint, a consul/general, and even an emperor. It is also the name of an ancient village, a clockmaking company, a crater, a programming language, a hypothetical computational model, a series of paradoxes, a quantum mechanics effect, an acne treatment, a rock band, and a typeface, as well as at least two fictional characters.
- ^ Could refer to a comic strip pinhead, the University of Akron's mascot, a British children's show puppet, or various people or businesses with the nickname.
- ^ The numeral indicating nothing. Also a Japanese WWII fighter. Also the name of a swath of fictional characters, and a few real people, notably Zero Mostel, a portly character actor.
- ^ A social network game developer.
- ^ Zinedine Zidane famously headbutted Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup.
- ^ Dr. John Zoidberg is a lobster-like alien in the cartoon Futurama.
- ^ Monsters of Rock was a UK rock/metal festival held annually from 1980-1997, plus twice in the 2000s and various times in other countries.
- ^ Zerglings are the basic combat troop type of the Zerg in Starcraft.
- ^ A 400 year old Ottoman/Turkish cymbal company named after its Armenian founder, it is currently US based and the primary manufacturer of cymbals in the world.
- ^ Taken from The Cosby Show, a ZRBBT (or Zerbert, or "Zurbitt" according to the closed captions) is the act of placing one's lips on another's skin and blowing, generally tickling the target and making a noise akin to a "raspberry."
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There are a lot of people out there who'd utterly freak out upon finding a bear ravaging their car, but Neil Patrick Harris isn't one of them. He proved to the world that he knows how to keep calm when faced with this exact situation. Of course, he also knew that his "bear attack" was just a stunt pulled by those jokesters at 'Punk'd.'
After Harris went for a hike with his "better half" David Burtka and his personal assistant, he found the not-so-little bear chillin' in his car. But that epically failed to get any sort of flip-out moment from him. In fact, he started cracking jokes and speaking in "bear talk."
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The Gate of Isengard was a strong gateway guarding the single arched tunnel in the wide rock-wall that surrounded Isengard and Orthanc. It lay in the southern part of Isengard's defences, approached by an ancient highway. At least in Saruman's time as master of Isengard, the gate was heavily guarded, though it was eventually thrown down by the invading Ents.
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This was my first attempt at making "bread pudding". I really had no idea what to expect as I have never eaten it before either, but this blew my mind! It was like a chocolate almond croissant in a bowl! I wish all of you could have tried some, it was so tasty! Bread Pudding is super easy to make. I used coconut milk as an egg replacement, which gave it a lot of creaminess.
5 cups of stale baguette- cup into cubes
1 1/4 cup So Delicious Coconut Milk
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 tbsp tapioca starch
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
1/3 cup dark chocolate- roughly chopped
1/4 cup almonds-roughly chopped
2 tbsp vegan margarine
1/4 cup brown sugar
Preheat oven to 350
Using the butter grease 4 ramekins and sprinkle brown sugar on the bottom.
Set aside.
In a shallow dish combine milk, syrup, cinnamon, starch, salt. Whisk it up.
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Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
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Read more: Dinner Tonight: Fregola with Artichokes, Feta, Almonds, and Herbs
- Yield:4 servings
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:35 minutes
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 3 medium artichokes (about 1 1/2 pounds), tough outer leaves peeled off and discarded
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted in a dry skillet
- 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 1/4 cup fregola or Israeli couscous
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese
Fill a medium bowl with water and add the lemon juice.
Cut off the top third of the artichokes as well as the tough bottom part of the stem. Trim away the dark skin from the base, then cut each artichoke in half lengthwise. Using a grapefruit spoon or small teaspoon, scrape out the hairy "choke" inside each half, and pull out any purple leaves. Slice the artichokes into 1/2-inch wide pieces.
In a medium (3-quart) pot, bring 6 cups of water, olive oil, salt, garlic cloves, and pepper flakes to a boil. Add the artichokes and simmer, covered, until tender, 5-7 minutes. Remove the artichokes with a slotted spoon to a bowl, leaving the water.
Bring the water back to a boil and add the fregola (or couscous) and cook until tender, 10-12 minutes. Drain well and return to the pot.
Add the artichokes, almonds, mint, dill, and most of the feta, and 2 tablespoons more olive oil. Toss well and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serve with a remaining feta sprinkled on top.
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Congenital heart defect corrective surgery fixes or treats a heart defect that a child is born with. A baby born with one or more heart defects has congenital heart disease. Surgery is needed if the defect is dangerous to the child's health or well-being.
Congenital heart surgery; Patent ductus arteriosus ligation; Hypoplastic left heart repair; Tetralogy of Fallot repair; Coarctation of the aorta repair; Atrial septal defect repair; Ventricular septal defect repair; Truncus arteriosus repair; Total anomalous pulmonary artery correction; Transposition of great vessels repair; Tricuspid atresia repair; VSD repair; ASD repair
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Recommendations for preparing children and adolescents for invasive cardiac procedures: A statement from the American Heart Association Pediatric Nursing Subcommittee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing in collaboration with the Council on Cardiovascular Diseases of the Young. Circulation. 2003;108:2250-2564.
Webb GD, Smallhorn JF, Therrien J, Redington AN. Congenital heart disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 65.
Warnes CA, Williams RG, Bashore TM, Child JS, Connolly HM, Dearani JA, et al. ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to develop guidelines on the management of adults with congenital heart disease). Circulation. 2008;118:e714-e833.


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The IUCN Congress allows the voices of people working at the coal face of conservation and natural resource management to be heard on an international stage where global leaders join forces with people defending local interests.
Ticino is Switzerland's only all Italian-speaking canton and is separated from the rest of the country by mountains, lakes and borders with Italy. The region itself is geographically split between the north and south, creating distinct cultures and dialects among its communes.
Vegetation is lush, thanks to microclimates, abundant water and dense forests. In the northern valleys, numerous rivers flow down to Lake Maggiore, carving through massive blocks of granite. Tourists flock here during warm months to enjoy scenic landscapes, quirky villages and sports.
But life has always been harsh for people in these isolated parts. For generations, the locals worked the land despite harsh mountain conditions and crossed the steep forests in search of livelihood, building homes with stone that is endemic to the region. Today, outside peak seasons, few inhabitants remain.
Gabriele Dazio is a Hardwood Forestry Fund forester from Fusio, a mountain village at the tail end of the remote valley of Lavizzara. His worry is that depopulation poses the biggest threat to nature in his community.
"One could argue that, when there aren't many residents, nature is the least threatened. However, in our region, if people like farmers and foresters were to stop working and taking care of the lands, no one else would pay attention and the legacy left by our ancestors would fall into ruins," he says.
So what action would he like IUCN to take? "To save peripheral regions like ours, it is fundamental that someone should succeed in giving extremely strong signals to the population still living there. It is important to create opportunities to make these regions more attractive to young people and families."
Such concerns as those voiced by Gabriele Dazio will be discussed at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in September where global leaders join people representing local interests to find ways to address a range of challenges. Our expert Graeme Worboys, Vice Chair of IUCN's Mountain Protected Areas and Connectivity Conservation Network addresses Gabriele's questions.
Would it be possible to provide concrete help to mountain regions and their inhabitants through a taskforce that contributes to the management of the territory?
Yes and these have been implemented elsewhere. My experience is based on local groups taking the initiative to achieve such inputs, including membership of a taskforce. Outside expertise then contributes insights, experience and options for an improved future to be considered by the taskforce.
So who can provide advice?
For mountains, there are many possible sources of input. I would first recommend reading the immense amount of published work found on the web. The WCPA Mountain Protected Area network provides access to important information for protected areas and corridors and includes experts who reside in Italy and Europe and work nationally and internationally. The network also has expertise in large-scale 'connectivity conservation corridors'.
For mountain landscapes, the work of organizations like ICIMOD, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Nepal, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Mountain Partnership are good sources of inspiration.
It is fundamental to change mentalities so that people start to willingly value our mountain regions: can you propose any strategy in particular?
Mountains are essential for many reasons and perseverance in communicating their importance is key. People around the world and organizations like IUCN highlight the importance of mountains as "water towers". These high catchment areas and the water they generate help sustain millions of people around the world. UNESCO's Global Environment Report No 4 reflects on the value of this mountain water for people as does the work of IUCN. Mobilizing people and governments to help protect and restore damaged mountain catchments is a very useful way of introducing people to the value of mountains.
Mountains are also important for species conservation, particularly in a climate-change world where species move up and along mountains' natural corridors to escape higher temperatures. Mountains also have cultural and sometimes spiritual significance, and these stories need to be told. At a time of burgeoning global populations, they also provide opportunities for people to escape from cities and relax.
The future of our regions depends on activities that young people are able to engage in. Is it possible to increase those already existing and create new ones?
Yes, and your (future) local taskforce could help with this work. I am heavily involved in connectivity conservation and the establishment of large-scale corridors, which aim to minimize the negative effects of climate change. Most of this work is driven locally by communities and organizations or NGOs who share a vision. They are often supported by funds for catchment and habitat restoration work, pest animal control and sustainable tourism, all of which can help create local employment.
The connection between mountain zones and urban centres can be improved, would it be possible to deal with this problem, mainly by creating quicker access between such regions?
You need to consider this issue carefully. If your objective is to sustain jobs through tourism, then more revenue may be generated by people staying longer than large numbers visiting for short periods. For many people, the value of a destination that is a little harder to get to, but has fewer people as a consequence, may be quite high. Your investments may be better if they guaranteed safe and reliable access rather than shorter journey time, with your marketing pitched at the degree of exclusivity of your destination. Opportunities for visitors to undertake a range of activities at the destination may also be a better target for investment.


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Chick-fil-A Wednesdays
Thanks to Gov. Mike Huckabee's leadership, Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day was a huge success!
On August 1st, hundreds of thousands of Americans from all across the nation came together in support of marriage, free speech, and religious liberty, voting with their pocketbooks to defend the Cathy family against outrageous attacks from politicians trying to silence their beliefs.
Help sustain the momentum!
JOIN US EVERY WEDNESDAY for Chick-Fil-A Wednesdays! Meet with friends and family to share a delicious meal, meet new friends, and stand up for marriage and freedom. Show the world how marriage supporters register their protest against negative attacks - positively, peacefully, and cheerfully!
Thank Chick-fil-A
The President of Chick-fil-A, Dan Cathy, along with his father Truett Cathy, has shown great courage in standing up for marriage.
The Cathy Family deserves our thanks! Let them know that you honor their bravery and appreciate the good work they do by adding your signature to this note of appreciation.
Dear Mr. Cathy and Family,
As one of the millions of Americans who firmly believe that marriage is uniquely the union of one man and one woman, I know how hard it can be, despite our majority, to announce this message in a culture increasingly hostile to traditional and especially Christian values. That is why I am writing to you today to honor and to thank you for the heroic example that you have set by your courageous witness - throughout your company history, but most of all in recent weeks.
Despite media spin and bullying of opportunistic politicians, you have continued bravely to stand firm by your Christian beliefs, and you deserve our thanks. The truth of the issue is clear enough: the opponents of marriage are no longer interested in clear-headed and reasonable debate, they simply want to silence anyone who dares disagree with their radical agenda. Thankfully, folks like you give the rest of us courage to continue to present the truth about marriage, knowing that God is on our side and that most Americans still acknowledge this foundational truth - that kids deserve both a mom and a dad.
Please accept my deepest thanks for your bravery in standing up for marriage. And I promise to take the opportunity, when it arises, of making my thanks even more clearly known by patronizing one your fine restaurants, and encouraging my friends and family to do the same!
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Month: August 2013
Kickstarter Watch: Neat Ice Kit
Here's a … neat idea: the Neat Ice Kit, by a couple of guys out of New York City. For those who care about the clarity of ice they use in cocktails, here's a way to make perfectly clear ice at home, without wasting any of the cloudy stuff.
See, ice normally freezes from the outside in, which forces gas into the center of the ice. That gas clouds up as it freezes. There's not normally any way around this, unless you insulate the ice tray in some fashion. (Camper English has done A LOT on this topic, if you want to know more.)
What this kit does is insulate the sides and bottom of a brick-shaped ice mold. The ice freezes top down, forcing the gasses to the bottom, where they freeze cloudy. The top freezes clear. So you lop off the top, use it for cocktail presentation, and use the cloudy bottom for crushed ice or for shaking drinks or whatever.
(Don't touch my cloudy bottom, though. Mrs. Bitters will have words.)
The kit, if the Kickstarter pans out, will include the mold, an ice chisel, a mallet/muddler, and a bag in which to hammer ice into crushed form.
I'm not normally all that bothered by cloudy ice at home, but even I think this is a nifty project.
By the way, these guys have a track record of successful Kickstarter products, if that matters to you. The Glif iPhone holder/tripod looks really cool to me.
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LIFE: August 22, 1938.
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I don't normally post about this sort of thing, but Campari just announced that Uma Thurman is its calendar star this year. I know it's not a universal opinion, but I think Uma's great in nearly everything I've seen, and I also think she's stunning. Campari's released a few behind-the-scenes shots, and here's one you might like:


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Cordies Cable Organizers
Keep your cables on the table
- Keeps your cords from sliding into the void behind your desk
- Four loop spaces can accommodate a few cables each
- Made of weighted flexible rubber for a perfect grip
We know things. Things that only geeks who have delved too greedily and too deep could ever discover. Unfortunately, we can't tell you all of them. But for now, one little revelation. It's a little known fact that cables left to tangle behind your desk will eventually gain sentience and emerge from the dusty depths to kill you. Seriously, we wouldn't lie. That's why we sell so many cable managing doodads. Swallow the blue pill and go on with your happy life, okay? Let us continue saving the world; it's our sacrifice for the good of our geek brethren.
Swallowed? *checks your mouth* Good. Let's move on...
Cordies is a desktop cable management system that organizes all the cables on your desk. You know, the ones for your computer, docking station, phone charger, headphones, and that ridiculously noisy USB toy that everyone in your office hates. (It's okay, we grok the appeal it has to you. We're the same way.) Cordies snugly holds your cables so they're weighted down and won't slide off your desk when disconnected. There are three loops and each loop can hold multiple cables stacked on top of each other.
Product Specifications
- Cable management system for your desk or workstation
- Keeps your cords from sliding into the void behind your desk
- Prevents your cords from tangling and creating an elder god or spaghetti monster
- Four loop spaces can accommodate a few cables each
- Great for power cords, USB cords, cell phone chargers, audio cables, headphones, Firewire and more
- Made of weighted flexible rubber for a perfect grip
- Color: Dark Charcoal Grey
- Dimensions: 3.5 inches wide


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Johnson: Suarez lives on the edge
Liverpool defender Glen Johnson admits he has never encountered anyone in football with a will to win like Luis Suarez.
The Reds striker has scored 15 times this season in a series of stellar displays and leads Manchester City's Sergio Aguero by three goals in the race to be the Barclays Premier League's top scorer.
The Uruguay international's goals have come from just 10 appearances, after his 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic last season was carried over into the start of this campaign.
Suarez has never been too far from controversy throughout his career - Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers often refers to the 26-year-old playing "on the edge" - but Johnson believes that fighting spirit is what makes Suarez so effective.
"I've not known anyone like him in terms of living on the edge and wanting to win so badly," Johnson told Press Association Sport.
"There is a fine line and that is probably why some people get frustrated when things aren't going their way - sometimes that's a good thing and sometimes it's not such a good thing."
Suarez's controversial past makes him an easy target for opposition fans, but this season has seen the striker improve his focus and control his aggression - one booking in 11 appearances so far is testament to that.
He may never win over his harshest critics but some of the goals he has scored - including some supreme strikes in his four-goal haul against Norwich last week - can at least be appreciated by the wider public.
"Obviously he had a few little mistakes - outbursts - on the pitch but nine times out of 10 he is perfectly normal and that is what we are seeing now," added Johnson.
"Providing things don't stir up again you are seeing what we see every day now."
Johnson said Suarez's value to Liverpool could not be measured in purely financial terms and in that respect was echoing the sentiments of owner John Henry, who stressed in August there was no possible way he could countenance selling to one of the club's main rivals amid interest from Arsenal.
"Usually some owners will say that to push the price up but John Henry said that and stuck by his guns," said the England defender.
"I think that was great and if we want to get the club back to where it belongs we need all our best players.
"He is clearly a massive player for us and some of the goals he has scored have been laughable."
With Daniel Sturridge, who has nine league goals, and skipper Steven Gerrard both injured for the trip to Tottenham, Liverpool suddenly look over-reliant on the scoring threat of Suarez.
Their next highest scorer - discounting three own goals - has just one. Johnson is confident, however, that the rest of the squad can step up in the absence of Sturridge and Gerrard.
"We've not dropped outside the top four once and Luis didn't play for the first five weeks," he said.
"That is another sign that the squad is brilliant. We need Luis to play and continue this form but we have a good squad, it is not just all about Luis.
"Clearly we want to be getting goals from set-pieces, goals from midfielders, everyone chipping in, you can't just lean on one person."
The clash at White Hart Lane is billed as one between top-four rivals but not necessarily title contenders. However, Johnson believes the Reds, who began the weekend in second place, five points behind Arsenal, should have higher aspirations.
"Both clubs are fighting to be in the top four. It doesn't mean we are happy to stay fourth - top four is the minimum," he said.
"People are entitled to think what they like about what teams will do well but I've always been confident because we have some great players here and a good squad.
"Last season we were only a bit of luck away from doing what we are doing this season in terms of we absolutely battered teams and ended up drawing 0-0 too many times.
"At the moment the goals are going in so we are getting the points.
"I guess people are saying we're not title contenders because we haven't been that for the last couple of seasons.
"But we have a different team and squad and we are clearly fighting for the title.
"If that happens every week then we will be proving a lot of people wrong."


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A driver crashed into an apartment building Tuesday in Victorville, receiving critical injuries and knocking out power in part of the city, fire officials said.
San Bernardino County firefighters came to the 14100 block of Rodeo Drive at 10:14 a.m., finding a truck that had crashed into the building and penetrated it by about five feet. The crash also caused a major electrical vault to be knocked off its foundation.
The vault was still energized when firefighters arrived.
The driver was trapped in the vehicle.
Firefighters shored up the building and rescued the driver after Southern California Edison personnel de-energized the vault.
Paramedics flew the driver to a hospital for treatment.
The building received an estimated $10,000 damage from the collision.
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More than one in eight state schools and colleges are failing to send any students to the UK's top universities, according to latest figures.
And nearly two thirds saw none of their pupils win a place at Oxford or Cambridge.
The new statistics, published by the Department for Education (DfE), reveal that a teenager's chances of attending a leading Russell Group university - seen by many as among the best institutions in the UK - depend heavily on where they live.
Teenagers in Reading are over 30 times more likely to go to a Russell Group university than those who studied in Portsmouth, the data suggests.
It also shows a stark divide in a student's chances of a top university place based on the type of school they attend, with those educated at grammar schools more likely to win a place than their peers.
The experimental data shows what young people went on to do after leaving school or college in the summer of 2011. It includes how many A-level students at each school and college in England went on to higher education in general, as well as the numbers that went to Oxford and Cambridge, and those that went to Russell Group universities.
Overall, more than half (53%) were recorded as being at university in the six months after they left school or college, up from 48% in 2010.
About 11% of state-educated teenagers went to a Russell Group institution in 2011, while 1% went to Oxbridge.
A government analysis of the data shows that 287 state schools and colleges (about 13%) had no pupils going on to a Russell Group university, compared to 359 the year before.
A total of 1,373 state school and colleges (about 63%) sent no pupils to Oxford or Cambridge in 2011, down from 1,394 in 2010.
Between them, these two universities have around 6,700 places for undergraduates each year.
A breakdown shows differences in pupils' chances of a top university place across the country.
In Reading, 38% of state school pupils went to a Russell Group university (including Oxbridge), along with 26% in Sutton and 25% in Buckinghamshire.
At the other end of the scale, just 1% of Portsmouth's school and college leavers won a place at one of these top universities, along with 2% in Knowsley, Merseyside.
Reading saw 7% of its pupils win a place at either Oxford or Cambridge, while in Portsmouth, Knowsley, Rochdale, Halton and Rutland none went to these universities.
The figures also suggest that selective, or grammar, schools are more likely to send pupils to top universities than other state schools.
All of the top 10 schools and colleges sending pupils to Russell Group universities were selective, the data shows, along with the top 10 schools sending pupils to Oxbridge.
The top state schools in England for sending pupils to university overall were Aylward Academy - a sponsored academy - in Enfield, north London, and Reading School - which is selective - in Reading. Both saw 95% of their students go on to study for a degree in 2011.
Schools Minister David Laws said: "We are publishing this data so people can see for themselves how different schools, colleges and local authorities perform. It is right that parents have as much information as possible on which to base decisions for their children's education.
"Some students will be aiming to get a job after college, others will be hoping to win a place at a great university. But all schools and colleges must ensure they deliver for all their students - whatever that student's target."
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You maybe don't look at the ingredient list on your perfume or cologne. I never used to. But then a few years ago, I did start worrying about the ingredients in my personal products. After a bit of research, I noticed that lots of organizations recommended that individuals avoid the ingredient "fragrance" in personal products. Because fragrance is treated as a trade secret, manufacturers are not required to disclose the exact ingredients of whatever substances constitute their fragrance. And some of those ingredients ain't good for you.
The Environmental Working Group and Campaign for Safe Cosmetics recently released a report describing the results of the laboratory tests of 17 name brand fragrance products. Although this report focuses on fragrance products like perfume or cologne or body sprays, what they say about the use of the term "fragrance" is true for all personal products, meaning that the "fragrance" in your favorite shampoo probably includes some unhealthy chemicals.
Here are a few highlights from the report (emphasis mine):
Many scents are actually a complex cocktail of natural essences and synthetic chemicals – often petrochemicals.
The average fragrance product tested contained 14 secret chemicals not listed on the label. Among them are chemicals associated with hormone disruption and allergic reactions, and many substances that have not been assessed for safety in personal care products.
Also in the ranks of undisclosed ingredients are chemicals with troubling hazardous properties or with a propensity to accumulate in human tissues. These include diethyl phthalate, a chemical found in 97 percent of Americans (Silva 2004) and linked to sperm damage in human epidemiological studies (Swan 2008), and musk ketone, a synthetic fragrance ingredient that concentrates in human fat tissue and breast milk (Hutter 2009; Reiner 2007).
Fragrance secrecy is legal due to a giant loophole in the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1973, which requires companies to list cosmetics ingredients on the product labels but explicitly exempts fragrance. By taking advantage of this loophole, the cosmetics industry has kept the public in the dark about the ingredients in fragrance, even those that present potential health risks or build up in people's bodies.
Even if your shampoo or lotion says "hypoallergenic," "natural," or "unscented," it may still have "fragrance" as one of the ingredients. If you want to avoid undisclosed ingredients, check the list of ingredients when shopping for personal products, and avoid any product that lists "fragrance" as one of its ingredients.
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Next time you run out of deodorant, shampoo or lotion, try to replace it with a personal product without "fragrance" in the ingredient list.
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District Court Judge Orders Last-Minute Sealing Of Documents Related To Stingray Devices And Cell Tower Data Dumps
from the and-then-seals-the-order-itself dept
The government clearly does not want to talk about its surveillance tools: stingray devices, cell phone tower data dumps, pen/trap registers. This opacity begins at the bottom, with law enforcement agencies conveniently quoting manufacturer non-disclosure agreements as a way to deny records requests or route around obtaining warrants.
When it appears records detailing use of these methods may make their way into the public domain, the DOJ itself steps in (via its US Marshals Service) and seizes the documents. Anything the government has as its disposal is used in order to keep these records out of the public eye.
Cyrus Farivar at Ars Technica brings news that the US government is again inserting itself between public records and the public.
Serving as an outgoing United States magistrate judge, Brian Owsley had decided that one of his final judicial acts would be to unseal more than 100 of his own judicial orders involving digital surveillance that he himself had sealed at the government's request.Brian Owsley notes that this behavior is "not normal."
But not long after Owsley's move last year, a US district judge vacated Owsley's order and resealed them all. That order itself was then sealed.
"I sent in various ways to the government, a number of applications and I said I'm going to unseal these unless you tell me why I shouldn't. These were done in waves. The first wave were completed five years previous, past the statute of limitations, and quite likely no longer really significant. That was the first wave. The government did not oppose unsealing of any of them. So I spoke to the court's office and said to upload them to make them available online, and as they were doing that, somehow this district judge found out about it an interjected himself into the process. If the government has said: 'We don't think these things should be unsealed,' that's one thing. But just out of the blue the district judge interjecting himself, that's a little unusual."This unusual move prompted another. Dow Jones, the owner of the Wall Street Journal, has filed a motion asking the district court to unseal the documents. The applications the government buried at the last minute include all of those items listed above: stingray devices, cell phone tower dumps and pen register requests.
The thing is that none of these documents should still be sealed. As Owsley states, everything affected deals with closed investigations. There's nothing ongoing and anything the government feels might compromise future investigations should be redacted -- which then can at least be challenged in court, if need be.
The filing notes that the burial of Owsley's orders isn't an outlier.
Magistrate Judge Stephen Smith estimates that tens of thousands of sealed electronic surveillance orders issued by federal district courts remain inaccessible to the public and the press—even long after the investigations underlying those orders have terminated.The government's antipathy towards FOIA requests continues. And it highlights the incredible hypocrisy of its rationale and actions. According to every law enforcement and investigative agency in the US, Smith vs. Maryland grants no expectation of privacy to information handed over to third parties.
No one in the data collection business wants to be held accountable for abuse or forced to operate responsibly in the future. When the simple invocation of "terror," "drugs" or other criminal activity fails to drive off those seeking documents, the government resorts to other means to keep its actions out of the public eye, whether its extensive, unnecessary retractions or more extreme measures, like refusing to unseal documents.
To these entities, our lives are an open book. But if citizens want to take a look at what the government is doing with this information, or how it obtains it, these entities do all they can to ensure the flow of data remains strictly one way.
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Release date: Jan. 31, 2012
Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks, Oscar Isaac, Russ Tamblyn
Driver is a Hollywood stunt driver by day, and moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver for hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene. When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best, Drive!
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Fantastic retro action with art house flair!
Drive tells the story of an unnamed stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) moonlighting as a getaway driver for a crime syndicate run by Bernie Rose (Albert Brooks). Seemingly a loner, the driver becomes involved in the life of his neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her young son Benicio (Kaden Leos). After agreeing to drive for Irene's newly paroled husband Standard (Oscar Isaac), and finding himself on the wrong side of assassination contract, the driver embarks on a mission to protect Irene from the vicious gangsters who would seek to harm her to get at him. It's a well-worn plot line which in the hands of someone less adept than Refn would likely be nothing more than a forgettable thriller, yet the massively talented director, who picked up the Best Director prize at Cannes this year for Drive, crafts an engaging and thrilling throwback film elevated by masterful performances across the board.
Refn, previously known for the fantastic Bronson, and the lesser known but equally excellent Pusher trilogy, is a man who has very clearly studied his Kubrick. Certainly most modern directors could do worse than imitate the style of one of history's greats like Stanley Kubrick, but rarely does one pull it off with the skill of Refn. In Bronson, the influence was a little more obvious, with the resulting film seeming like something of a spiritual successor to A Clockwork Orange. With Drive however, the traces are a little more subtle, visible in the impeccable technical touches, and the use of dissolves, pensive long takes, and slow zooms, a hallmark of Kubrick's catalogue. Drive is a flawlessly crafted film, filled with beautiful imagery of the Los Angeles underworld seen more often in the work of Michael Mann.
The technical achievements of Drive are more than matched by the acting of the entire cast, and Refn shrewdly selects a wide variety of performers to populate the story. Top notch support comes from Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, the ever dependable Ron Perlman, and particularly Brooks, who jettisons his familiar comedic persona in a truly frightening and villainous performance, which will surely be on the radar of voters come awards season. Mulligan shows characteristic heart in a largely overlooked role, yet the film unquestionably belongs to Gosling. Often heralded as one of the finest actors of his generation, in Drive Gosling delivers his best work yet as the driver; a quiet role that is all the more effective due to the subtlety of the performance. He displays an ability to ratchet up the tension using just the slightest widening of his eyes and tensing of his jawline, and when the character is pushed to act more forcefully, Gosling transitions from almost silent observer to brutal aggressor so swiftly that it leaves one breathless. It's work that he makes look easy, yet it's the most focused performance seen in an action film in quite some time.
There's something undeniably retro about Drive, with its neon opening titles and 80s infused soundtrack, but the film seems remarkably fresh. Smart action filmmaking is so hard to come by these days, so Drive delivers refreshing variety, beginning the time of year when the so-called prestige pictures are released with a bang.
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By Matthew Heimer
Ever since the Federal Reserve started pushing interest rates to Mariana Trench-depth lows, it's been a common theme: Retirees and other conservative investors have had to accept much more risk to eke out a decent income from their portfolios. Last week brought a reminder of how such a strategy can backfire, as a unit of the financial-advice conglomerate LPL Financial Holdings agreed with state regulators to pay $2.5 million in fines and restitution for improperly supervising brokers who sold non-traded real estate investment trusts to investors. (LPL neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.) Non-traded REITs are high-yielding and popular – assets invested in the product have jumped about 50% since 2009, to $65 billion. But they're also hard for investors to track and value, since they don't trade on public exchanges.
And as Nathaniel Popper reports this week in the New York Times, opaque cash-machine investments like these are becoming increasingly popular with less-sophisticated investors, leaving the investors overexposed to risks they don't understand or, at worst, vulnerable to fraud. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the brokerage industry's self-regulating body, recently issued a notice expressing concern about products like these that could prove "potentially unsuitable and otherwise problematic for retail investors." Along with non-traded REITS, other investments on FINRA's list include business development companies, which invest in the debt of small privately held businesses, and private placement securities, which represent direct investments in such firms.
Popper's article features an anecdote that sums up the yield-seeker's dilemma pretty perfectly. He describes the plight of an older couple who invested nearly $500,000, through their broker, in a part-ownership stake in a fleet of luxury cars, at an interest rate of 7%. "We knew that 12% wasn't realistic, but 7% seemed realistic," says Popper's source, a consultant named Mary Beck. "To us, it was a very conservative way to ensure that we'd increase our savings." A 7% return would have been conservative in, say, the spring of 1995, when a 10-year Treasury bond would have got you roughly the same yield, but today it represents a big yellow "caution" flag.


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NEW YORK, NY — A larger number of Jewish Community Centers are opening on Saturday mornings (a time of worship for Jews), but more are closing by sundown on Fridays, which is when Shabbat (a day of worship) begins, according to a recent survey by the Florence G. Heller-JCC Association Research Center.
In 2002, 10 percent of JCCs were open on Saturday mornings, but that percentage rose to 23 percent in 2006. On Friday nights, 38 percent of JCCs now close before sundown instead of a set closing time each week, an increase from the 28 percent who did so in 2002.
Sixty-six percent of JCCs are open for at least part of Saturdays, according to the study. Executive directors from 110 of the 188 JCCs in the United States and Canada responded to the Web-based survey and stated that within the last four years, more than 40 percent of JCCs have either lengthened or shortened their operating hours in accordance with the Shabbat and other holiday observances. The study found that local JCCs' volunteer leadership made decisions about a facility's operating hours after they conducted research, had discussions with staff and drafted policies.
JCCs' operating hours vary by region. On Saturdays, 72 percent are open in the Northeast; 83 percent are open in the Southwest; 70 percent are open in the Southeast and 60 percent are open in the West. The region with the most JCCs open on Saturdays is the Midwest with 93 percent.
In Overland Park, KS, the JCC of Greater Kansas City recently joined other JCCs by extending its Saturday operating hours by opening at 7:30 a.m. rather than in the afternoon. The task force decided to make the change, which was effective on Oct. 1, to remain competitive with the other clubs and recreational sports leagues, says Cary Minkoff, executive director.
"In some segments of the Jewish community we had a little bit of pushback, but we expected that to be the case on one level or another," he says. "Overall, it's been very positive."


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Aerosmith Unfold Their Wings at Cleveland Concert
Throughout most of Aerosmith's concert in Cleveland, Ohio last night (June 19), a single square panel of the circular video screen above the band refused to fall in line with the rest of the display, broadcasting random colors instead of say, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry in action.
This rogue screen served as a metaphor for much of the night, reminding everyone that every band, including the mighty Aerosmith, sometimes needs a few nights on a tour to shake out all the glitches and fully gel.
This was only the band's second concert of their 2012 trek, and while their chops, charisma and willingness to improvise were all on display throughout the evening, inconsistent audio and some questionable setlist choices kept things from catching fire until the back half of the concert.
After a short video intro, Perry and Tyler emerged from a catwalk deep in the crowd, seemingly miles away from their bandmates, as everyone kicked into 'Draw the Line.' Muddy sound marred both that song and the follow-up, 'Love in an Elevator.' The new song they played next, 'Oh Yeah,' could prove to be great but didn't stick on first listen — again, the sonics were be a factor. A rather stilted rendition of 'Livin' on the Edge' got us wondering if we were about to witness our first ever dud Aerosmith concert.
Our fears intensified with puzzling versions of the usually reliable "mach two" tracks 'Rag Doll' and 'Cryin',' which both seemed extra-plastic, as if the core group's supporting musicians, especially the keyboardist, were cranked up too loudly.
(Another question: How on earth can you play 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' but not 'Back in the Saddle?')
A few songs later, though, Aerosmith locked into their best groove of the night with the strutting 'Last Child,' and after joining (and possibly bugging the hell out of) Joey Kramer behind the drum kit for the Perry-fronted 'Combination,' Tyler got the crowd fully invested and involved with his a capella opening for 'What it Takes.'
Things started to boil properly from there, with new song 'Legendary Child' erasing some doubts about the band's new album, and a murder's row of classics — 'Mama Kin,' 'Sweet Emotion,' 'Walk This Way,' 'Dream On' and 'Train Kept-A-Rollin" — sending everybody home happy.
To be clear, this show was good to very good all night, just not up to the level of some recent, life-affirming Aerosmith gigs we've attended in recent years. We'd bet our prized copy of 'Toys in the Attic' that later shows on this tour will be even better.
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Bubbly V8 V-Fusion Sparkling Juice Debuts
It's one of those 'Why didn't I think of that?' challenges. Camden, N.J.-based Campbell Soup Co. did, transforming the juice aisle with V8 V-Fusion Sparkling juice drinks. They are the only carbonated juices that provide light, fruity refreshment plus the benefits of ¼ cup of vegetables and ¼ cup of fruit in an 8-oz serving.
Carbonated beverages remain the most popular drink in the U.S., and the sparkling juice category has doubled in the past year to $20 million, according to SymphonyIRI InfoScan FDMx data.
Unlike other sparkling beverages, V8 V-Fusion Sparkling juice drinks not only offer great taste but also provide the combination of fruits and vegetables without any added sugar, artificial colors, flavors or preservatives -- all for 50 calories.
V8 V-Fusion Sparkling is available in three refreshing varieties, Tangerine Raspberry, Black Cherry Pomegranate and Strawberry Lemonade.
"We know that people love the refreshing taste of soft drinks, but they're looking for healthier options," says Dale Clemiss, vice president, V8 Beverages. "That's why sparkling juices have enjoyed an unprecedented boom. V8 V-Fusion Sparkling is the perfect choice -- it has the sweetness and refreshing bubbles people crave, plus the nutrition they want and need."
Suggested retail price for a 4-pack of 8.4-oz cans is $3.49.