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...Hummer. They can drive over boulders as big as a Barina and through water that would flood a Falcon. The $58,000 Blizzard has a Nissan Patrol chassis, engine and gearbox, but nothing else about it is ordinary. It's Mad Max in a suit: stylish, smooth riding, thanks to adjustable shock absorbers, but tough enough for anything, from the Outback to the Apocalypse. That's too tough for Australian transport authorities. "They say it's too intimidating for on-road use," says Watson. (Most of his clients live on farms or overseas; his Blizzard variant has dealer license plates...
Even when the transition isn't smooth, money is a great equalizer, says Mitchell Gold, a co-owner of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, a furniture manufacturer with revenues of more than $100 million a year. Both owners are gay, and although the factory is located in Taylorsville, N.C., a small, conservative city ("there are 14 traffic lights and 135 churches," jokes Gold), there has been little friction with employees. It's not a mystery to Gold: "We pay better than anyone [else] in the area, with better benefits." There have been small problems along the way, says Gold. "There have...
Like a lot of skate-park designers, Mark Hubbard, a former pro skater who is the founder of Grindline, got his start constructing swimming pools, a job that let him hang around those beautiful smooth surfaces. Now his 50-person outfit works on six parks at a time. And although Hubbard is 35, he still tries them out when they're done. "I'll skate until I can't anymore," he says. "And then I'll keep building. There are a lot of towns in America, and they could all use a skate park...
...Thailand have taken stem cells from the blood of cardiac patients, grown the cells in a lab and reinjected them into patients' hearts, where they set about repairing damage. Two UCLA researchers last week published a study demonstrating that they could transform adult stem cells from fat tissue into smooth-muscle cells, which assist in the function of numerous organs. Welcome as the advances are, the subject of adult stem cells is highly political and invites a conflation of real hopes and false ones. "There are papers that have claimed broad uses for certain adult stem cells, and some people...
...Backstreet Kitchen, Pawlcyn has been an integral part of the California dining scene for more than two decades. In this book, her third, she culls the best small plates from each of her restaurants, including starters, soups and sweets. Among them are light and airy gougères, silky-smooth corn custards topped with buttery morel mushrooms and delicately spiced lamb burgers...