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If your baby can latch on and breastfeed but requires supplemental milk for a legitimate medical reason, it is possible to feed the supplement while your baby nurses at the breast by using the SNS device. This method causes no disruption of nursing and actually enhances breastfeeding by giving the baby an immediate reward for her efforts. Convenient starter SNS kits are available for short-term use. Ask whether the lactation specialist at your hospital or one of the newborn nurses has experience using the SNS and could assist you. The SNS works best when a baby has learned to latch on correctly to the breast, but still requires additional milk. Babies with significant latch-on problems may not be able to correctly grasp the SNS tubing while taking the breast.
Cup, spoon, dropper, syringe. In other parts of the world, newborns who require supplemental milk frequently are fed by cup or other method that avoids the use of bottles. Some experts claim that alternative feeding methods are preferable to bottle-feeding, especially when a baby who does not yet know how to breastfeed effectively requires supplemental milk. Cup feeding is not difficult and several options exist, ranging from one-ounce plastic medicine cups available in every hospital to specially made cup-feeding devices designed for supplementing breastfed newborns. Inquire whether one of these methods might be used to give your baby the prescribed supplement and ask that the technique be taught to you.
To cup feed, the baby is held upright and the brim of the cup rests gently on the lower lip. The cup is tipped slightly so the milk just touches the baby's lips. The milk is not poured! Rather, the infant is allowed to lap and then sip the milk at his own pace.
Because babies need to suck, both for comfort and for proper development of the oral structures and speech, I don't advocate cup feeding for the long term. Rather, I see it as a temporary method of giving necessary supplement that is unlikely to interfere with learning to breastfeed. Once a mother's milk increases in abundance, supplement may no longer be necessary if a baby has learned to nurse effectively.
A baby also can be fed with a plastic spoon used in a similar manner to a cup. Some health care providers use an eyedropper to feed milk the same way oral medications are given to a baby. Others have experience feeding newborns with a regular syringe (without the needle, of course) or a periodontal syringe that has a curved plastic tip. If your baby needs supplement, and you prefer a bottle not be used, one of these options might be suitable when an SNS is not available. Don't try using any of these alternative methods yourself without receiving firsthand supervision from a health professional experienced in their use.
Deciding What Type of Supplemental Milk to Use
A mother's own expressed breast milk makes the ideal supplement. You may be able to obtain sufficient colostrum or milk using a hospital-grade electric breast pump. If a larger volume of milk is needed than can be expressed, formula will be necessary (unless you are fortunate enough to have access to screened, processed donor breast milk from a milk bank. If formula becomes necessary for your baby while in the hospital, deciding which one to use can leave your head spinning. Ideally the decision would be made jointly with your baby's doctor and based on your family history of allergies and other medical factors. Hopefully, only a minimal amount of supplement will be necessary until your own milk increases in volume. In addition to the multiple brands of cow's milk-based infant formula available in the United States, several soy-based options also exist. However, soy formula has no advantage over cow's milk-based formula for supplementing breastfed infants and has no proven value in preventing allergies. When a strong family history exists for allergic disease, such as food allergies, asthma, or eczema, I prefer to use a hypoallergenic formula, despite its extra expense. When one or more family members has allergic disease, it becomes especially desirable for mothers to breastfeed as long as possible. A lactose-free, cow's milk-based formula also is available. However, I see no advantage to avoiding lactose in a breastfed baby, since breast milk itself contains the milk sugar, lactose.
From Dr. Mom's Guide to Breastfeeding by Marianne R. Neifert. Copyright © 1998 by Marianne R. Neifert. Used by arrangement with Plume, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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I'm interested in being a video game designer but I know next to nothing about how to do what ever it is I will be doing as a game designer. Could you offer any advice of a good online area where I could learn about the basics of game designing and later on the more complicated information.
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I happen to have a list of such links on my website: http://www.newarteest.com/game_dev.html
The most helpful resource for someone in your position (ie. interested in but has no idea what video game designers do) is the first one on the list: http://www.sloperama.com/advice.html


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I have an MComp in Computer Science. I would like to specialize in game programming. What online free video game design courses are there? I as thinking something similar to coursera.org
If you meant "design code for games" it's time to leave the classroom behind and just start writing; while there are broad guidelines on "how things are done" each game is basically a little R&D project of "how things are done for this game here." All a game programming course would teach you is how to program and you already know that.
There's also plenty of open sourced games out there to examine.
If you're talking about designing gameplay, systems or building levels the same advice applies, just start designing, with the exception that your R&D consists of playing other games critically and tearing their guts open to see how their systems work.
The answer here is that since you have a background already you are your own best teacher on how to apply what you know to the problem at hand.


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I found a recipe in the local newspaper to make refried beans. It said to soak them for 36 to 48 hours, draining and using fresh hot water several times. After the time frame, the beans were so slimy and nasty smelling, I just threw them away. The slime was so thick that I could hardly get them rinsed. What did I do wrong, or is this way they are supposed to be? If so it was disgusting. This was my first time, so I need all the help I can get. Thanks for any help you can give.
Soaking beans is a normal practice. While 36 to 48 hours is unusually long, they normally shouldn't spoil in this time.
Assuming that your beans did indeed spoil, there are different explanations possible.
If the beans were really spoiled, but you didn't do any of the things above, it is very probable that it was a fluke. Try again, and you can reduce the soaking time. 12 to 24 hours is normal for beans.
It is also possible that your beans weren't spoiled. When beans are soaked, they can produce both slime and froth. This is a perfectly normal chemical reaction caused by complex molecules found in the beans, and it is not a sign of spoilage. A really strong stink will indeed mean that they were spoiled. But if you are not accustomed to soaking beans, maybe you assumed that something is wrong when you saw the slime, sniffed the beans and noticed their normal smell. It is faint, and to my nose it isn't offensive, but it is different from the smell of cooked beans, so maybe you associated it with "not normal" and therefore classified it as "nasty". I can't tell if that happened or not as I can't smell your beans, but if it happened, don't worry. There are lots of things in the kitchen which seem strange the first time. As for throwing out rotten-smelling food, I'd say better safe than sorry.
Soaking in hot water would definitely speed the growth of bacteria. On top of that 40+ hours is an abnormally long soak. Beans soaked that long in hot water could definitely spoil.
I soak mine under refrigeration. It's become habit from some places I've worked. Maybe try again soaking just overnight in cold water.
As others have asked, you did use dried beans, right? If you use canned beans, no soaking is required. Just drain and rinse.
But soaking dried beans in hot water is very strange, and 36-48 hours is an excessively long time to soak them. I wonder if the hot water and prolonged soaking led to spoilage. Soaking in cold water overnight is sufficient. Then drain, rinse, and cook according to the recipe.


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If that's too hard, how many collapses in 100 cc's of boiling water in one second?
In biology, the very first robin that is scientifically described is preserved and called the "type robin". The "type robin" for collapse was described by Einstein in 1905, and won him the Nobel prize. It is called the photoelectric effect. (Later collapse was formalized by von Neumann as a mathematical projection.)
A very similar effect is the building up of an Airy circle in a telescope. Another is the point by point emergence of an interference pattern in a two-slit experiment, perhaps very slowly. In these examples, "collapses" can be counted. When one photon is absorbed and detected, one collapse happens. When a second photon is absorbed, a second collapse happens.
The collapse is caused by the photon hitting the detector. (Or the collapse is caused by the silicon atom absorbing the photon.)
Collapses like these are countable and it makes sense to ask and answer how many there are in a given 4-volume of spacetime.
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I've heard this tossed around few times, but never really a source. The wiki page says it was designed for home appliances, but never really references a toaster. Anyone have a source?
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Originally it was designed (by Sun's James Gosling) for embedded systems, in particular mobile devices such as e.g. cell phones. See e.g. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/javahistory-index-198355.html
No, but I have to admit, sometimes it makes me feel like it was.
Embedded systems was one of the target markets though, there were even some attempts at developing processors that would run native Java bytecode.
My pen runs java. LiveScribe. I think I first started to see Java being used around 1996 or 1997? All my memories of it at that time were that it was big on the write once run anywhere deal, running on any device, but particularly in a browser as applets. Then I recall Microsoft came in with a competing JVM that "extended" Java to run specific Windows functionality. Not conclusive, but hopefully interesting.


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I have to admit I thought this game would have been all Everton. Delighted with our performance as I just never thought we would score one let alone two.
Rodgers is on track with turning LFC around and Im looking forward to seeing how we flourish with another striker - hoping we get someone soon
On the stoppage time goal...all I will say is if Utd had scored that goal it would have stood.
Davey1 wrote:Robbed of 3 points in the end. Today has highlighted we need to work on our defending. We made it too easy for them to get back in the game and you can't always count on referees, with the slightest bit of controversy will always go against us.
If it had been at Anfield, i don't doubt it'd have stuck as a goal.
Bitter Everton's, enjoy your 1 point at home braggin' rights. Neville's dive just proves what a hypocrite Moyes is.
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AP Spanish Literature, conducted in Spanish, is similar to an introductory college-level Spanish literature course. It strengthens the ability of the student to communicate proficiently through five domains of learning: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. Students study a representative body of Peninsular and Latin American literature and a variety of literary genres and authors. The reading list spans Medieval and Golden Age, 19th Century Literature, and 20th Century Literature. Active student participation is required as a construct of the teaching and learning environment. Students will be assessed in all domains of learning and on major projects. Weighted grades are calculated for students completing the course and taking the requisite AP exam. Students are expected to take the AP exam at the end of this course.
Major Concepts/Content: AP Spanish Literature is equivalent to fifth and sixth semester college work (3rd year college). This course exposes students to diverse Spanish etched literature and prepares students to reflect on the varied voices, cultures, traditions, mores, social-political conditions, attainment and decline of power and nobility, and religion inherent in Hispanic life as represented in its literary world. The course uses authentic resources along with required authentic Hispanic literature.
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How children's literature can provide powerful teaching tools.
With the implementation of the Common Core State Standards,¹ we have entered an age of renewed focus on high quality children's and young adult literature as powerful teaching tools. As passionate advocates for children and children's books, we have long believed that literature-based classrooms allow for shared meaning-making, deep exploration of topics and ideas, differentiated instruction based on students' interests and reading abilities, and the examination of multiple perspectives. In 2010, we began a blog, The Classroom Bookshelf, to help spread the word about children's books with excellent teaching potential. Each week, we feature a book or a pair of books, and provide a review, teaching invitations, and print and digital resources for further exploration. Our teaching invitations vary in focus and content areas. In this article, we provide snapshots of three models for using children's and young adult literature in the K-8 classroom: reading for content information, reading as a writer, and reading with a critical literacy lens.
Children's and young adult literature is a powerful tool for delivering required content, and providing access to theories, concepts, themes, and facts in social studies, science, and the arts in developmentally appropriate ways. Often, schools turn to textbooks and purchased curriculum for teaching in social studies and science, and teachers lament how difficult the students find them. Using trade books in addition to or instead of textbooks allows teachers to differentiate instruction based on topics, perspective and point-of-view, length of text, and text complexity. This affords students access to content in more easily digestible formats with strong visual representations and multiple opportunities to interact with the content as they read across texts.In addition, well-written trade book nonfiction often provides similes and metaphors that convey conceptual understandings in ways that children and teenagers can more readily understand. Poetry and historical fiction can also provide readers with access to important content information. Four entries from The Classroom Bookshelf that provide rich opportunities for an exploration of content are:Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, tells the story of America through the lens of African American history. The author says, "Before working on Heart and Soul, I had known that African Americans had a deep connection to America, but it wasn't until I became engrossed in my research that I could fully appreciate how." More about the book and teaching invitations and further explorations of American history...Meadowland: A Wetlands Survival Story, written and illustrated by Tom Yazerski. This beautifully illustrated book offers readers the opportunity to witness the transformation of the Meadowlands of New Jersey from life-giving natural resource, to vile embarrassment, to the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, and invites readers to explore their own local wetlands. More about this book and teaching invitations and further explorations of ecosystems...The Mighty Miss Malone,written by Christopher Paul Curtis. Prompted by fans discouraged by a lack of female protagonists in his work, Curtis created Deza Malone, an irrepressible twelve-year-old surviving the Great Depression with savvy, strength, and wit. Readers of Bud, Not Buddy, Curtis's Newbery Award-winning historical novel, will recognize Deza as "the girl who kissed Buddy." More about this book and teaching invitations and further explorations about The Great Depression...Swirl by Swirl, written by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Beth Krommes. Sidman takes us on a far reaching journey, noting the prevalence of the shape of the spiral in the natural world around our globe and out across the galaxies. In a meticulously paced free verse poem, the reader explores the utility and elegance of the spiral shape, as it grows, moves, defends, explores, serves, and beautifies. More about this book and teaching invitations and further explorations about the spiral...
Well-written children's books can also serve as models, or mentor texts, for student writers. Just as artists-in-training copy the masterpieces on museum walls to develop their own techniques, developing writers can learn from close study of the author's craft. Teachers guide students to examine the many choices that an author makes and to look closely at what the author is doing with language to convey a message and to generate a response from readers. Five books from our blog that are examples of mentor texts for writing are:Emily's Fortune, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, a tall tale set in the Wild West, is an excellent model for character development. Eight-year-old Emily Wiggins suddenly finds herself orphaned and en route via stagecoach to her Aunt Hilda's with a fellow orphan rascal named Jackson. Together, the two devise a plan to keep Emily safe from grasping tiger-tattooed Uncle Victor, who seeks to claim Emily as his own after learning that Emily stands to inherit a large fortune. More about this book and teaching invitations and further explorations...Planting the Wild Garden, by Kathryn Gilbraith, a nonfiction picture book in which students can examine the organizational structures of nonfiction texts. Beginning with the familiar concept of gardeners planting seeds in rows, the book extends children's understanding of how plants grow in wild areas, featuring different means of seed dispersal. By comparing this with other picture books that address the same topic, students can examine the organizational choices made by authors of survey texts. More about this book and teaching invitations and further explorations...All the Water in the World, by George Ella Lyon, provides an opportunity for students to study poetic form, specifically the form of concrete poetry, and an opportunity to look at how nonfiction content can be conveyed in a poem. This picture book poem presents the sequences and relationships of the water cycle, emphasizing the vital role that water plays for animals, plants, and humans. More about this book and teaching invitations and further explorations...Rah, Rah, Radishes, by April Pulley Sayre, allows students to consider the word level choices made by an author, by examining the use of alliteration and rhyme in the text. This lively picture book is a rowdy and glorious tribute to vegetables of all colors, shapes, and varieties. More about this book and teaching invitations and further explorations...After studying the techniques of accomplished authors, student writers should be given the opportunity to put their learning to practice. The Common Core State Standards require students to write for a wide array of purposes and to varying audiences. We know that children's literature will provide vital resources to teachers as they guide students to meet this goal.
Children's and young adult literature provide both a mirror of what a reader knows about life, as well as a window into ways of life that are unfamiliar and new. Many readers will find that the same book can serve both purposes, and therefore find the plot, characters, setting, and issues within it both familiar and unexplored. With this in mind, we believe that one of the most powerful uses of literature in the classroom is through the lens of critical literacy, which investigates how a text positions readers through matters of perspective, privilege, and power. Guiding students to understand that authors and illustrators make decisions about what to depict in their books, what to leave out, and how to represent information not only strengthens their abilities as readers, but also their understanding of the world around them and their capacity to work for social justice. As no single book can wholly represent multiple perspectives, we encourage both teachers and students to use a critical literacy approach, as it enables teachers and students to address a variety of Common Core Standards in engaging ways. Five entries from our blog that exemplify how using children's and young adult literature can support critical literacy skills are:Wonderstruck, written and illustrated by Brian Selznick, can be used to explore how various representations and viewpoints are included and excluded in a book, as both of its protagonists are deaf. More about this book and the critical literacy activities it can support...Mirror, by Jeannie Baker, is a wordless picture book that illustrates the similarities and differences in an Australian and a Moroccan boy's daily lives. Playing on the concept of windows and mirrors described above, Mirror can be used to consider whether textual descriptions and illustrations are accurately nuanced or supportive of stereotypes. More about this book and the critical literacy activities it can support...I Want My Hat Back, by Jon Klassen, is a 2012 Geisel Honor picture book for beginning readers in which a bear has lost its hat and interrogates fellow forest animals as to its whereabouts. Though it may be obvious to the bear what happened to his hat, this book can also help students learn about reconstructing stories to give voice to silenced or missing perspectives, thereby giving a more complete understanding of surrounding issues and events. More about this book and the critical literacy activities it can support... Breaking Stalin's Nose, by Eugene Yelchin, won the 2012 Newbery Honor Medal for its poignant portrayal of a child's coming of age during Stalin's reign. This book is a powerful critical literacy tool for its direct exploration of propaganda and political rhetoric; yet, it also offers readers an opportunity to investigate how various topics that seem commonplace, such as orphanages and prisons, have been portrayed throughout history and literature--and why. More about this book and the critical literacy activities it can support...Inside Out & Back Again, by Thanhha Lai, is a 2012 Newbery Honor book about a Vietnamese refugee girl's adjustment to life in America after the fall of Saigon. Dealing with a variety of social justice issues, this book can support students in activities that aim to help their communities and even the world become more equitable and just. More about this book and the critical literacy activities it can support...
We hope these different approaches to using children's literature in your classroom have piqued your interest and offered you some concrete suggestions as you transition to teaching with the new Common Core State Standards.1The Common Core Standards for English Language-Arts and Content Literacy place clear emphasis on the role that literature should play in student learning, stating that, "[t]hrough reading a diverse array of classic and contemporary literature as well as challenging informational texts in a range of subjects, students are expected to build knowledge, gain insights, explore possibilities, and broaden their perspective" (Common Core Initiative, 2010)
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What are some fun things to do/cook with a fire pit?
I just got a new fire pit, 30" round, and am wondering about some good things to do with it. Yes, of course there is build a fire in it, but what to cook on it, for example, besides marshmallows for smores? I have though about hot dogs and corn on the cob, but those are pretty standard campfire fare. Anything different that anyoine has done and would like to share? Thanks!
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Obviously hot dogs are a good idea but you can go a big step further and wrap those hot dogs in bacon before cooking them over the open fire. Jiffy Pop with a handle extension is good too (still impressive after all these years!).
But yeah, we end up mostly doing S'mores.
Put a whole bunch or aerosol cans in the bottom, top with firewood, light, and enjoy!*
*seriously, don't actually do this :)
Recently cooked slices of ham in a fire. It was pretty awesome.
I'm told using a hunk of fresh bread to sop up the drippings from this procedure, then making a ham sandwich-like construction, is also rewarding.
Dutch oven bread and other baking is also really cool.
My family uses these to make pizza when we camp. They also make a good toasted ham and cheese on rye. I might have to get one of these before the next time I go camping.
Slap any kind of large metal grate across the top and you can do almost anything. Either cook directly on it (Assuming it's clean) or put any type of pot or pan on it and cook anything.
Here's an example of what I mean:
36" metal grate
Or for an even cooler look, find a place around you that does metal work. Get them to make you a simple piece of metal, say 36 inches long by maybe 6-8 inches wide and 1/4 thick. Cut a small-ish hole in the very middle about 4-5 inches in diameter. Won't be very expensive.
Then you can drop a wok right into the middle of it and blow everyone's minds with what you can do.
We had something like that that we frequently used when camping and the results were fantastic. You can fry, cook, warm, whatever you want it.
A couple things that my family likes to cook in our fire pit:
- Cut a lengthwise slit in an unpeeled banana, stuff butter and brown sugar in the slit, close and put right in the coals. Let it cook until the butter/sugar is hot and bubbly.
- Put a raw egg (in the shell) in a paper cup, fill with water and put it in the coals. The cup will burn down to the water level and the water will boil. Boil the egg to the desired done-ness (~3-4 min for softboiled, ~10-12 min for hardboiled).
- Brush whole unpeeled potatoes with vegetable oil, wrap in foil, put foil packets on the coals. Bake for ~30-40 minutes, turning a couple times with tongs, until done. Sometimes I make slices into the potato and smear on some butter, salt and garlic or other seasonings before wrapping with foil.
I just finished building my 6x6 firepit, now I have to get someone to make a custom grate for it, preferably cast iron or stainless steel.
I had this thing they called corn on the bone in west virginia. They basically had corn on the cob, but left the skin on the corn. They then cooked it on a grate over a firepit, covering the corn with a burlap bag and water the bag down periodically. The skin got a little black, but once peeled, the corn wasn't scorched. They had a tub with salt and butter melted on top of the firepit, you peeled the skin on the corn, dipped it in the butter and salt mixture then went on your way.
I don't know why they called it corn on the bone, and I didn't want to insult the host by asking what kind of country term that was.
I can tell you I have had many varities of corn, but that corn for some reason tasted the best of all the corn on the cob that I have ever eaten.
Pizza. Seriously: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_grill_pizza/
I like to use my cedar grilling planks from a BOC for salmon.
I also like to wrap salmon and veggies up in aluminum foil, drizzled with olive oil and/or whatever spices I have a hankering for, and steam the pouch. (They now even sell Reynold's Wrap-brand pouches just for that.)
Favorite? Grilled Salmon or T-bone and ASPARAGUS. Yummmmmmmm......
@ecriscit: My firepit isn't nearly that large, but until I could get a grate for it, I used this: http://www.academy.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_10051_157701_-1?N=395477678. It's pretty small (made to just put over a campfire on the ground) but did the job for what I needed at the time. The pic isn't showing up at that link for me, but this is sorta what it looks like (at a higher price here, though): http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?i=449667&pdesc=Stansport-24-x-16-Heavy-Duty-Steel-Grill-614-1624-HD&cname=Campfire-Cooking&aID=505C15&merchID=4006&r=view
I'm not as adventurous as some of you folks. I like smores.
@hossdawg97: It's all fun and games until someone loses a weiner. <----from a t-shirt
Put a canned peach half on a sheet of foil, stick a marshmallow in the center, sprinkle it with cinnamon, and wrap it up tight. Throw it in the coals for a few minutes and you have a tasty dessert.
similar to @turbinator42, I like to slice open a banana lengthwise, cut a notch out, fill with peanut butter, marshmallows, and chocolate chips. then, replace the wedge, wrap back in the peel and then wrap in aluminum foil and throw in the fire for a few minutes.
And nobody points out - wrap potatoes in foil, throw them into the coals.
Put unshucked corn cobs directly on the coals, when the shuck (and mostly the silk) burns off, corn's done !
For something different but very tasty, pineapple kabobs...
Jiffy pop! Duh!
Our favorite has to sailor s'mores - Saltine crackers with peanut butter for each side, a chocolate square (Giradelli's filled are awesome), and the required roasted marshmallow. Phenomenal. But we cook any thing over the campfire - from Pizza (alfredo, chicken, brocolli) to pork loin to salmon. The first night meal is always frozen meatballs on a skewer with choice of veggie chunks - Kabobs.


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Owner: Stenhouse, Jr. Racing
Co-Owner: Curb / Agajanian Performance Group
4 – DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2010, 2012, and 2013 (JJR/Stenhouse Jr. Racing) 2008 (with Shop Motorsports – Lanny and Alan Row)
4 – OWNER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 (JJR/Stenhouse Jr. Racing) 2008
Jason Johnson was born and raised in Eunice, Louisiana, a city located in Acadia and St. Landry parishes in the heart of Cajun country. At an early age Jason had an interest in cars, especially race cars that went fast. Since then, the full-time racer, also popularly referred to in the racing world as the Ragin' Cajun and the Cajun Sensation, has established himself as one of the most competitive and successful race car drivers in the world of sprint car racing. He started piloting open cockpit cars in 1993. Since he began racing he has registered 238 career victories. Jason has captured victories in stock cars, mini sprints, outlaw winged modifieds, 360 sprint cars, and 410 sprint cars. This experience and success has positioned him as a leading contender when he arrives in the pit area of every track across the United States and Australia. In 1998, Jason began traveling and competing nationally while garnering victories and podium finishes along the way in a variety of series to include the World of Outlaws (WoO), All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC), American Sprint Car Series (ASCS), World Series of Sprintcars (WSS), Pennsylvania Posse (PA Posse), and the National Championship Racing Association (NCRA).
In addition to his success on the track as a driver, Jason and his wife Bobbi accomplished another career milestone in 2010 when they became team owners as they established Jason Johnson Racing (JJR). In their inaugural season as driver/owners, they enjoyed success quickly as they won both the driver's and owner's point titles in the competitive Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Championship series. Not content, they followed that up with three more consecutive owner's titles in 2011, 2012, and 2013, as well as two more driver's titles in 2012 and 2013.
What made the last two championships even more special was in 2012 JJR formed an alliance and partnership with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion and current driver of the Roush Fenway entry in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The two racers and champions came together as business partners to field a competitive sprint car racing team that races all across the country throughout the year.
In 2013, Jason and the team not only enjoyed championship success on the track, but had one of life's special moments off the track too. In May, they welcomed a new member to their family and team as Jaxx Hosea Johnson was born. Since then the bond between racing and their family has never been stronger. The focus and value the driver and team put on family is very evident at home, around the track and in victory lane.
Everyone at JJR and Stenhouse Jr. Racing is focused on continuing their success. Jason and the team, along with the valued sponsorship partners, are looking to continually build on their winning ways after back-to-back championship winning seasons and four consecutive owner's championships. Jason explains, "At JJR and Stenhouse Jr. Racing, we strive to represent each sponsorship partner and their brand with the utmost professionalism, while delivering successful results on and off the track." The native from Louisiana continues, "We greatly appreciate all the support from our fans across the country and the meaningful friendships we have built with our sponsorship partners in our successful and family-focused operation."
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Aurora Historic Districts/Aurora Historic Preservation Commission
Tour the Near Eastside (350 homes dating from the 1800s), Stolp Island, Westside and Riddle Highlands, two of which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple of Greater Chicago
This temple is one of only three Sri Venkateswara Hindu temples in the United States, constructed by Native American artisans.
Grand Army of the Republic Hall
Built in 1878, this structure was originally built as a monument to Aurora's Civil War Veterans. The building is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has more than 2,500 artifacts, photographs, scrapbooks, medals, flags and items dating from the Civil War through the Vietnam War. This historic treasure is now open for public viewing on an initial limited basis. Self-guided public tours available Saturdays 12 noon to 4 pm and 6 - 8 pm during each First Friday event through November. Group tours (by appointment only) Wednesdays through Fridays. Tours free and open to the public. For information 630-256-INFO. Watch a quick virtual preview and then come visit in person. See the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, Post 20: Virtual Museum and Research Center at https://www.aurora-il.org/gar/virtual_exhibit.php.
This local history research archives houses historic photos, books, documents and maps covering Aurora's history from the 1830s to the present. Open by appointment only.
This university boasts a beautiful quad, and features the Schingoethe Center and Dunham Gallery of student art.
Go on a one of a kind country adventure you'll never forget! Become pioneers for a day on a real 1800s farm and village. Miniature train rides, pony rides, petting zoo, pioneer craft demonstrations, and special events. In the Discovery Barn see chickens, sheep, piglets, baby goats and more.
The museum features a variety of interactive exhibits designed to educate and entertain children, families, and firefighters. Visitors can pass a leather fire bucket. Marvel at a strange looking firemen's smoke mask. Explore the differences in fire hose nozzles. See and hear how fire engines clear the streets with sirens, horns, and devices that control traffic lights. Watch vintage firefighting films on five video touch-screens. All this, in addition to 5 pieces of fire apparatus on display in a fully restored fire station built in 1894. Suggested donation $5 adult and $3 child.
Take a self-guided tour of Aurora's historic downtown. Tour brochures are available at the Aurora Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Built in 1856, this Italianate building is home of the Aurora Historical Society and where you'll find historic photos, books, documents and maps covering Aurora's history from the 1830s to now. Tours of fully furnished home & exhibits offered. Call for hours.
David L. Pierce Art & History Center
The Aurora Public Art Commission hosts rotating exhibits displaying a full spectrum of innovative arts. The History Center has a collection of photographs, books, maps and other memorabilia. The Museum Shop offers hand-crafted jewelry, pottery and textiles from local artists and Aurora-themed gifts.
New York Street Memorial Bridge
Spanning the entire Fox River, features include the circa 1930 "Memory" and "Victory" statues in honor of fallen soldiers from World War I. In 1930, Chicago sculptor Emory P. Seidel designed the original plans for the bridge. As a period publication stated, using an artist made the bridge "remarkable in its beauty and unique in its design."
Experience railroad and war history alongside Batavia-related exhibits. The original bed and dresser from Mary Todd Lincoln's room at Bellview Sanitarium are displayed here.
An authentic, five-story (68 feet) working Dutch windmill located on the Fox River Trail. Built in the 1850's by two German craftsmen and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Volunteer millers serve as docents on the weekends. The Fabyan Windmill is open weekends, May 15 – October 15, from 1-4 p.m. Private tours are also available by appointment.
Big Rock Historical Society Crib Museum
Step into the restored corn crib and explore artifacts from the century-old Plowing Match or learn more about Welsh immigrants. Open by appointment.
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The Egyptian Theatre hosts film festivals, special movie screenings, and live entertainment events. This theatre is a 1929, fully restored Egyptian Art Deco movie palace and is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The Egyptian is also available for rentals, tours, weddings, graduations, parties and receptions. Capacity: 1,419 Raised stage with dressing room below; balcony and lobby space. - New Google Maps 360 tour of the theatre is now available http://bit.ly/1TJnAdb
Illinois Lincoln Highway Interpretive Gazebo - DeKalb
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition presents 16 Interpretive Gazebos along the Lincoln Highway, a 179-mile National Scenic Byway in Northern Illinois. The DeKalb gazebo offers a unique and interactive way for visitors to learn the significance of the highway in DeKalb while enjoying stories of the early Lincoln Highway and its other Illinois communities.
Lincoln Highway Interpretive Mural -- DeKalb
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition has produced many Interpretive Murals along the Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway and its corridor in northern Illinois. The DeKalb mural depicts the history, heritage, and events of the highway and its impact on DeKalb and the other communities along the Illinois route.
Come tour the Northern Illinois University, catch a show preformed by their Theatre or Dance department, or explore one of their Art Galleries. There is much to do on campus including their new Anthropology Museum, an Observatory, the Huskies Den or take in a game! Their Museums are free to visit, some fees may apply for shows or School of Music Concerts. There is never a dull moment on campus!
Bea Gurler was nine years old when her father George moved his family into the house in 1893. Her cousins, the children of her father's brother Henry, had been living since 1888 in the Ellwood Mansion. Everyone said it was magnificent. Bea's parents George and Zillah, evidently shared a taste in homes that favored the elegance of simplicity. It was the unimposing yet dignified structure on Pine Street–where the back door was always open. George and Henry Gurler were both prominent businessmen, and joint owners of a number of dairies. They quickly became world-famous and respected by many dairy farmers. Bea eventually made it a goal of hers to renovate The Gurler House to be the home that she once new and loved. The Gurler House hosts an annual Folk Music Festival every summer, where people are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy the music. While you are at The Gurler House, make sure to take a walk through their beautiful garden.
Joseph Farwell Glidden's invention of one of the most widely-used types of barbed wire in 1873 helped change the history of the American West and had far-reaching impact throughout the world. His Homestead, a Victorian Mansion, in DeKalb, IL, is being preserved and restored by a not-for-profit organization founded in 1995. Both the home and the barn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. We welcome your visit and encourage your membership!
The story of the Ellwood House reflects the central role of Isaac Ellwood in the development of the barbed wire industry in America. The magnificent estate is also a testimony to three generations of the Ellwood family whose tastes shaped the evolution of the house and grounds. As you visit Ellwood House you will be aware of the comfort and quality of workmanship. At the same time, you also sense the warmth and hospitality of a family home that was lived in for almost one hundred years. The Ellwood House provides historical tours of the grand Victorian and are approximately one hour tour times. Tours are available for teachers, students, groups, and families. Capacity: 80-100
The Nehring Gallery is a space within DeKalb dedicated to promoting arts and culture. It is currently the home of the DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association, an organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the storied history of agriculture in northern Illinois, through exhibits, educational programs and community outreach. Visit their website to see what exhibit is on display today!
The Haish Memorial Library building built in 1930 is the current home for the DeKalb Public Library. Open 7 days a week and recently remodeled and expanded, the library now offers more services and creates a great learning environment. The building offers gallery as well as meeting space and houses over 150,000 books, dvds, cds and more.
DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau Books are available to assist you.


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Which one is correct and why:
I sent out the inquiry to the support team
I sent the inquiry to the support team
Even though the question is specific to "sent out", please verify the correct usage usage of articles.
Which one is correct and why:
Even though the question is specific to "sent out", please verify the correct usage usage of articles.
"send out" is generally used when you send something in bulk to a group (often large) of people, as opposed to simply "send" which is generally used when issuing something to someone in particular, or to a certain place.
In this case, "support team" tends to refer to the support department instead of its members, so I would say the second sentence makes more sense.
In your first example
The out is superfluous. You could tighten it up by just saying
If you don't have a specific party to whom you sent the inquiry, use out.
This has the connotation that you sent the inquiry out to multiple people.
There are a number of verb+*out* constructions that can be generalized to the following:
Other examples: pass/pass out, hand/hand out, give/give out, speak/speak out.
The out-form has this sense of going out to more than one person. This does not work for all verb+out forms, but there is a certain domain where this out extension is productive in English in this sense.


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7 Classic Video Games That Are Older Than You Think
As gamers, we mark and honor our milestones like any respectful hobbyist should: If your game does something innovative that shapes the industry, we will remember it forever.
That is, unless somebody else does it later, and throws some more money behind it. Then we'll spit in your eye, toss you in a ditch and erase your game from the annals of history. Just like what happened to these pioneers ...
#7. Multiplayer Asteroids ... in 1962
Asteroids was a 1979 game about a small, triangular ship murdering an innocent society of space rocks. But why are we bothering to explain this?
This was back before sci-fi games were required to include sex with blue-skinned aliens.
It's Asteroids, man. It's that, Pac-Man, Centipede and Space Invaders; those are the arcade games. Statistically speaking, you've either played this game before, or you're an alien doing a piss-poor job trying to pass as human, or you're a surly teenager who won't play anything that doesn't feature texture-mapping and sniper rifles. Either way, you should probably get off our site and make a better effort to act like a person.
But ...
Way back in 1962, MIT students, professors and general hanger-outers developed a game called Spacewar! on a PDP-1 computer. And it was not only similar to Asteroids, but superior: Two people played at once (in later editions, up to five), with each one controlling his or her own spaceship. Instead of just destroying asteroids, the two players were encouraged to fight:
Star Wars, as seen from a crappy telescope.
Like in Asteroids, the ships were controlled by rotating them around and then accelerating forward, with the other button shooting missiles. If you drifted off the top of the screen, you'd reappear at the bottom, and if you were really boned, you could hit your hyperspace button and reappear somewhere randomly on the map, exactly the same as in the better-known Atari game. But you really have to see it in motion to get a sense of how close the two games were, so check out this video.
Then there were the elements Spacewar! had that Asteroids did not: The 1962 game upped the stakes with things like limited fuel and missiles, a point in the center of the screen that sucked you in with its gravitational pull and even a star field that corresponded to actual star charts. Hell, we'd rather be playing that right now.
If this thing had been around for Mario Kart, about half of our generation would have suffered traumatic brain injuries.
#6. The Sims: 1984?
In the two years following its release in the year 2000, The Sims went on to sell over 6.3 million copies, making it the best-selling PC game of all time (a record previously held for nine years by Myst). The appeal of The Sims was easy to see: It was just like real life, except that you could lock the doors and burn your entire family when you got bored. That's generally frowned upon in actual society.
Also frowned upon? Telling me our relationship is over when I'm clearly recreating it here, Julie!
But ...
A simulated home had already been done waaay back in 1984 with Little Computer People. Like The Sims, you had the ability to directly control your little characters (i.e., telling them to watch TV, play the piano, etc.), and you could also decide how their house was decorated. Sure, you couldn't design your character like in The Sims, but you could be guaranteed that no other owners of LCP had a character exactly like yours, thanks to something called "digital DNA" -- a randomized code that determined your Little Person's behavior and personality. Oh, and you couldn't change this code, either. So if your copy came with a miserable son of a bitch, then you just had to live with the guy, and occasionally steal wistful glances at the book of matches in the junk drawer.
Jesus Christ we're so lonely.
However, LCP also had a few features that The Sims didn't:
To start with, you could actually directly interact with your character. You could challenge your little dude to a game of poker, request that he play songs by certain composers on the piano and directly send messages to him via the little gray text box running across the top of the screen. One anecdote about LCP relates the player taking all of the character's money in a poker game, after which it had thrown a fit and refused to speak to the player or eat anything for an hour.
A less-amusing anecdote involves waking up to find the character staring down at you and holding a wrench.
Maybe that's why The Sims succeeded where LCP failed: Who wants to play a game about living with a guy you have no hand in choosing, and then dealing with his bullshit all the time? We've played that game before: It's called having a dormmate.
#5. Wii Fit: The NES Game
Nintendo threw everyone a major curveball in 2006 when they gave the world the Wii, and in return the world gave them all of the money. 2007 saw the unveiling of the Wii Fit, a video game that made you exercise and feel bad about yourself, which we all considered fun for some reason.
Nintendo's mea culpa for your crippling bedsores.
Even more inexplicably, Wii Fit succeeded despite its high price point of $90. The cost was necessary, however, because of the Wii Balance Board accessory that came bundled with the game. The board was capable of detecting how you were standing via the four scales inside, which made sure that you got the exercises done, instead of just lying on the ground watching Denise Austin bend over and touch her toes while telling you how great you're doing. Wii Fit flew off the shelves and quickly became not only one of the best-selling games of this generation, but of all time. As it turns out, people were really excited about the concept of taking exercise and turning it into a fun game. Why didn't anyone think of this earlier?
Because dignity has been steadily losing its value for the past 20 years?
Well, actually, they did.
But ...
Hey, at least the thieves were only ripping themselves off: Nintendo actually had exercise games on their systems over 20 years ago. Bandai released Dance Aerobics on the NES in Japan way back in 1987, and it was on North American shores in 1989. Just like Wii Fit, this game put a virtual trainer on the screen and had you stand in front of the TV while doing aerobic exercises.
Man, Richard Simmons looks pretty hot in 8-bit.
Of course, Wii Fit stood out from the pack by using the Balance Board, which could track your movements. Any workout game would really just be a glorified exercise video if it didn't have ...
Oh wait, there we go.
Yes, Dance Aerobics used the ill-fated Power Pad accessory to track the location of the player's feet, and it penalized them if they did the workout improperly. To top things off, Dance Aerobics also had musical elements to the game, which mostly revolved around tapping buttons with your feet in time with onscreen prompts. That's right: It was both Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution, approximately two decades before either of those terms were anything but hilarious Engrish.
#4. A Better Version of Minesweeper, 10 Years Earlier
Minesweeper is one of the most famous computer games ever created. It is so popular, in fact, that it's come prepacked into every single copy of Windows since 1992. But the game itself predates that, with early versions going back to 1989. The elegant simplicity of Minesweeper was the key to its success: It presented you with a field of gray or blue squares, with mines hidden underneath some and numbers under the rest. The numbers indicated how many mines were touching that square, and if you used the clues well, you could ideally mark all the mines with flags and complete the level.
In theory.
In practice, you mined yourself into a corner, called the game "retarded," and played Doom instead.
But ...
The first "hidden mine" game was a 1973 text-based program simply called Cube, which placed you at one corner of a cube and challenged you to get to the opposite corner without blowing up. Players traveled from vertex to vertex, and five of these vertices had mines hidden underneath. But there was no way of telling which, and so the whole thing was essentially a random number generator that periodically exploded you.
Just like life.
Things got more interesting in 1983, with the release of Mined-Out. Like Cube, your goal was to get from one end of the field to the other without blowing yourself up. This time, however, you were given a mine detector that would tell you how many mines were right next to the space you were standing on -- which, remember, is exactly what the Minesweeper numbers mean.
We prefer the "Click blindly until the Internet comes back" method.
Of course, Mined-Out had a number of features Minesweeper did not: There were nine levels of increasing difficulty to play, you were tasked with finding damsels in distress, you had to avoid rogue mines that followed behind you and you battled devices that patrolled the map, dispensing even more mines. Despite (or possibly because of) Mined-Out having these extra features, Minesweeper managed to take off while Mined-Out did not.
This little guy probably helped, too. Look at him!
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Eggs Florentine
Categories: Quick to fix, Vegetarian
Type: Breakfast
Type: Breakfast
This classic brunch dish of poached eggs on a bed of spinach is also good for lunch or dinner
Prep Time: 15M
Cooking Time: 10M
Serves: makes 4 servings
- 4 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 large egg yolks
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 cup shredded Gruyère cheese
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 1lb ( 450g) fresh spinach, well rinsed but not dried
- 4 hot poached eggs
- 4 slices buttered toast, to serve
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- Melt 2 tbsp of the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk in the flour and let bubble for 1 minute. Gradually beat in the milk. Cook, whisking often, until boiling and thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk egg yolks and cream together, then whisk into the sauce. Stir in 3/4 cup of the Gruyère. Keep warm.
- Meanwhile, melt the remaining 2 tbsp butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook, stirring often, about 2 minutes, until softened. Add the rinsed spinach, cover, and cook about 5 minutes, until the spinach has wilted. Drain well.
- Position a broiler rack about 6in (15cm) from the source of heat and preheat the broiler. Divide the spinach among four flameproof ramekins. Using a slotted spoon, place a poached egg in each ramekin, then top with the sauce and sprinkle with the remaining Gruyère. Broil until the cheese is melted and golden. Serve hot, with the toast.
- 4 flameproof serving dishes
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2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 SLP Performance Aftermarket Exhaust SystemWritten by on April 20, 2010 Comparing Hemi Goodies For Your New Challenger
It seems like every Mopar maniac wants a new Challenger, and even Brand-X guys appreciate the styling. In fact, we've spoken to regular (any brand) folks who mentioned they like the Challenger's styling over the new Camaro. Many owners of these new dream machines modify them just like owners did back in the day. The aftermarket has jumped into this new market with their feet first-and that's a good thing! The first modification most people do to their new Hemi is to let them breathe and be heard. For this test, we checked out SLP's variety of exhaust system possibilities in decibels, power, and elapsed times.
This all started with a bi-annual visit to the folks at SLP Performance. At this point they had designed, installed, and tested their headers and exhaust on quite a few Challengers. We had already put SLP's goodies to the test on the Chargers we flogged in the May '09 issue of Mopar Muscle ("Hemi Hop-Up"), and were anxious to see what kind of results we'd see on the Challenger. Luckily we had a friend with an unmolested '08 Challenger SRT8. Sam Mandarine offered us his low-mileage Challenger SRT8 (1,600 miles before testing) to use. We thank him for letting us use it as a guinea pig for the install of the SLP 475 HP PerformancePac (Headers, exhaust, air intake, underdrive balancer/pulley and power programmer) as well as the before and after strip and dyno tests at SLP.
The 90-minute ride to Englishtown for baseline runs and the ride home was time well spent. The thrill drive to E-town helped us find optimum shift points. We noticed the automatic 1-2 shift point came in too early at 5,400 rpm, while the 2-3 shift point felt perfect at 6,200. After a one-hour cool-down, we made a pass while manually shifting at 6,200 rpm. We were stoked to see the scoreboard show a sizzling 12.90 at 108.27 mph. E-Town's starting line was well-prepped and we were blessed with good autumn air. We made a backup pass and slowed to a 12.97 at 108.07 mph. This was unlike the Hemi Chargers we tested in the May '09 issue, which ran quicker on the backup run. Another one hour cool-down and the 6.1 produced a 12.91 and a 12.97 backup pass.
This time around we would add a twist and sound-test the three different exhaust systems (Loudmouth, Loudmouth II, and PowerFlo) that SLP offers. If you choose to mix and match the mufflers, there's the possibility of six different levels of sound for anyone's personal preference. We used a sound decibel meter to test four exhaust configurations and different levels of noise. Interior decibels readings were observed at idle and at a full throttle 50 to 70 mph blast. Exterior audio was checked at 30 feet and 3,000 rpm. Decibel readings "going down the track" were only taken while strip-testing with the stock and PowerFlo exhaust system (final exhaust configuration).
Sam's choice of exhaust was the PowerFlo so his wife could clearly hear music from the Challenger's sound system. The underdrive balancer/pulley, high-flow air intake, and the power programmer were installed to complete SLP's 475 HP PerformancePac. Then the late-model Hemi car headed over to SLP's in-house dyno. There it made an SAE corrected 480 horsepower at the crankshaft, proving itself as a better than average strong runner. See the dyno charts for the gains.
Our track date was hindered with unfavorable weather conditions (higher humidity and a lower barometer than the baseline) not allowing the bolt-on components to show their full power punch. After our usual one hour cool-down, we ran a 12.59 at 112.29 mph. Despite the bad air, we picked up a full 4 mph in trap speed. That's impressive, considering the test weight of 4,200 pounds. With good air, similar to the baseline, 12.40s would have been possible. Nonetheless, SLP's simple upgrades once again prove to be a real performance package. Follow along for the complete results from the exhaustive sound, dyno, and strip testing.
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The tailpipes and rear mufflers keep decibels down to a too-quiet minimum. Most gear heads would rather hear their Hemi talk to them. We used a decibel meter to test (interior, exterior, and down-track) the stock and SLP's exhaust offerings. The factory chrome tailpipe extensions are reused when upgrading to an SLP exhaust system.The mid X-pipe, mid muffler, right-side tailpipe, and muffler come out in one piece because they are welded together at the factory. The SLP system will offer a weight reduction, improved performance, and sound.Just like our vintage Mopars, the starter needs to be unbolted to install headers on the late-model Hemi. Not shown, but it is necessary to remove the splash shield under the engine, oil filter, and the front tires to gain accessibility to the header bolts. SLP includes easy-to-follow instructions with their header kits.We removed the air cleaner assembly and then moved the coolant reservoir tank back near the firewall and master cylinder for added access.The headers go in from the bottom on both sides. Notice the bung for the O2 sensor in the collector area. There's plenty of clearance for easy fitment. The hardest part of the installation is access to tightening the header bolts. It'll need to be done from the top, sides, and the bottom. Having a good assortment of different length 1/4-inch, 3/8-inch drive extensions and universals will help access to the header bolts.SLP's new Hemi headers were originally developed for the SRT8 LX cars. They fit like a glove on the new Challenger and offer factory ground clearance and impressive power gains. The header kit features OEM-quality O2 sensor extension harnesses. After the 409 stainless headers, the high-flow cats and exhaust are made from 304 stainless and feature a lifetime warrantee. This header system will hook up to the stock exhaust and to any of the SLP after cats exhaust systems.The PowerFlo X-pipe slides right into the front pipes aft of the catalytic converters. The clamps were slid over the pipes before installing the PowerFlo X-pipe. This mid x-pipe will fit the factory front pipes or the SLP front pipes for their headers. This SLP X-pipe is the start for any of their three available exhaust systems (Loudmouth, Loudmouth II, and PowerFlo).Seen here is the SLP PowerFlo X-pipe and PowerFlo mufflers (SLP's quietest) next to the stock X-pipe and mid-muffler. The PowerFlo X can be used with any of the three SLP mufflers. Better exhaust flow, and less restriction and weight, means more power and lower ET's. This adds up to a great sounding exhaust that won't set off alarms. The complete PowerFlo exhaust features four mufflers to keep interior sound levels low without that dreaded drone.We tested the sound level (decibels) of each muffler type using the Loudmouth tailpipes. Top to bottom: PowerFlo, Loudmouth II, and Loudmouth. The PowerFlo muffs were tested with the Loudmouth and the PowerFlo tail pipes. We tested a total of four different exhaust configurations. Each exhaust configuration was tested for interior decibels at idle and at a 50-70 mph blast using our trusty Radio Shack sound level meter. The exterior was tested at 30 feet and 3,000 rpm. Only the stock and the PowerFlo exhaust were tested while the Challenger made a pass going down the track.
We started sound-level testing with the Loudmouth exhaust system. Yes, it is loud! Standing 30 feet from the rear of the SRT8 with the Hemi at 3,000 rpm, it produced 97 decibels. Rev it to 5,000 rpm and the meter measured over 100 decibels. Interior decibels at idle (windows up) measured 87. At a 50-70 mph blast, interior sound was a loud 100. Some people like noise. The stock exhaust produced only 77 decibels on the same full throttle 50-70 mph blast. Here's the audio from the Loudmouth II. At 30 feet 3,000 rpm: 91 decibels. Interior idle: 81 decibels. Interior full throttle 50-70 mph: 95 decibels. We next wanted to try the PowerFlo mufflers with the Loudmouth tail pipes. This configuration sounded great! At 30 feet, 3,000 rpm sound lowered to 85 decibels. Interior idle 75 decibels, interior 50-70 mph 91 decibels.Here's the complete PowerFlo exhaust system with the four PowerFlo mufflers. It keeps interior resonance to a minimum-this way Sam and his wife can enjoy the tunes. All dyno and strip testing was performed with the stock and the PowerFlo system. SLP claims the PowerFlo system delivers only 2 horsepower less than their Loudmouth exhaust. The decibel numbers dropped to these levels. At 30 feet, 3,000 rpm: 82. Interior idle: 72. 50-70 mph: 88. The stock exhaust produced 83 decibels of sound going down the quarter-mile, while the PowerFlo showed us 88 going down-track.Seen here is the before-and-after look going from the ugly, restrictive factory air cleaner assembly to SLP's high-flow induction.........The Blackwing Cold-Air-Package (PN D21003) has shown to be worth 7 hp and 6 lb-ft at the wheels. It is part of SLP's 475 HP PerformancePac.Another part of the 475HP Pac is the 25-percent underdriven balancer/pulley (PN 100235). It is dyno-proven to add 9 hp and 10 lb-ft to the rear tires. It's lighter than the stock balancer and is 100-percent steel construction and SFI approved. Also featured are taller retention walls that reduce the chance of belt slippage and thrown belts.With the SLP/DiabloSport II handheld tuner (PN D27013T) the 475 HP tune was downloaded before we began dyno and strip testing. The handheld tuners are software specific to SLP's performance parts upgrades and their PerformancePacs. These handheld units can adjust transmission shift points/firmness, engine rev limits, coolant fan speed/temperature adjustments, along with many DiabloSport tuner features.We headed over and strapped down the Challenger to SLP's in-house SuperFlow 840 dyno. Impressive peak power gains of 41 horsepower and 46 lb-ft of torque were realized.These dyno graphs show how much power was realized at the wheels and at the crank (SAE Corrected). At the wheels, power went from 359 hp and 355 lb-ft (stock) up to 400.2 hp and 401 lb-ft of torque.....
We then hit the track and let this baby rip. Unfortunately, weather conditions were not similar to our bone-stock baseline (baseline 61-degrees, 35 percent humidity, 30.08 barometer, vs. 475 HP Pac w/68-degrees, 81 percent humidity, 29.91 barometer). Low e.t. was a respectable 12.59 at 112.29 mph and we ran a string of 12.60s. The humid, bad air served us notice that with good air 12.40s were waiting to be unleashed by this new Hemi Challenger.


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A Month After the Floods, Owners Still Feel the Hurt
A full month after Superstorm Sandy slammed into the Northeast, business owners in the region are shifting efforts away from clearing roads or restoring power, to coping with the storm's long-term costs—and getting back to business.
For instance, an interior design firm in Ocean City, N.J., has tapped a $61,000 insurance claim to start rebuilding a flooded showroom. A wine wholesaler in Oyster Bay, N.Y., claimed $10,000 to relabel a shipment of damaged house wines—though not in time for the holiday sales boom.
Still others, such as a new bakery owner in Jersey City, N.J., had no insurance to fall back on.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week asked federal lawmakers for an extra $10 billion in aid, saying a projected $5.4 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency won't be enough to cover expenses—such as reimbursing the city's restaurants and stores for lost business while the power was out.
The mayor said the Oct. 29 storm caused $19 billion in losses to New York City alone.
Insured damages across the region may reach $22 billion, according to AIR Worldwide, a disaster modeling company.
In the fourth installment of the Journal's monthlong multimedia project following three business owners in the wake of storm, all three owners are facing challenges that weren't covered in their business plans a month ago—from slower deliveries to makeshift production.
Selling Cupcakes From Kiosk
Jessica Isaacs, Cocoa Bakery, Jersey City, N.J.
Post-Sandy challenge last week: Filling sympathy orders, talking to lenders
Post-Sandy challenge this week: Setting up a kiosk at the mall, waiting for electrical wiring
She'll start selling her red velvet cupcakes and chocolate cake truffles from a retail space for the first time later this week. That space will be a small kiosk toward the back of Newport Centre, a shopping mall in downtown Jersey City, N.J.
Jessica Isaacs' 900-square-foot storefront, located just a few blocks away, was still under construction as of Wednesday. Sandy completely flooded the garden-level space, destroying almost everything inside and delaying a grand opening Ms. Isaacs had originally planned for before Thanksgiving. It is unclear if she'll be able to serve customers by Christmas, and her first month's rent is due Friday.
Ms. Isaacs is lucky to have the stand at the mall. Denise Ipsen, a general manager at Newport Centre, said there were hardly any kiosks still available—and several businesses wanting to rent them—when she learned of Ms. Isaacs' plight and offered to help out.
"We want her to succeed and we understand she is in a difficult situation," said Ms. Ipsen, adding that the kiosk is being made available to Ms. Isaacs at a discounted rate for the next few months. "We're quite full, but we found a way to squeeze her in."
Richard Seidenberg, owner of Red House Roasters, a wholesale coffee purveyor in Union City, N.J., has also been lending a hand to Ms. Isaacs. He's trying to fix her upscale espresso machine, which got waterlogged during the storm.
"We're still uncertain as to what it needs," he said. "It has so many moving parts and everything has to be operating in unison."
Ms. Isaacs said she met Mr. Seidenberg a year and a half ago at a cafe in Jersey City that sells both her baked goods and Red House's coffee to its customers. She plans to sell Red House's coffee at Cocoa Bakery once it is up and running. Mr. Seidenberg said that if he can't get Ms. Isaacs' espresso machine to work, he'll loan her a substitute until she can afford to buy a new one.
Back at her business's intended home, a toilet and sink have been added to the bathroom. But a broken window facing the street and a warped front door have yet to be replaced. New electrical wiring still needs to be installed. Ms. Isaacs said she's had no choice but to wait for replacement materials to arrive and for the building's electrician to quote her a price for his services. If the quote exceeds her budget, she said she'll start shopping for another electrician.
Since the storm hit, Ms. Isaacs has been filling about 20 orders a week from long-distance customers who heard about her plight and said they wanted to help out. Normally, she gets about a third as many orders from buyers outside her area. "I've been incredibly busy," she said.
—Sarah E. Needleman
Work on Showroom Progresses
Joann Thompson, Interiors by Joann, Ocean City, N.J.
Post-Sandy challenge last week: Making the temporary office functional
Post-Sandy challenge this week: Overseeing the showroom construction
Joann Thompson was worried that she wouldn't be able to attract new clients to her interior-design business after her furniture showroom flooded in Superstorm Sandy. Last week, to her surprise, a local homeowner who had never visited the store before called to schedule an appointment with her design staff.
"I explained our situation, that we didn't have a showroom and that we wouldn't be fully operational for a few weeks, but he said he would meet with us anyway," she said. "I really didn't think he would show up, but he did."
Ms. Thompson, who owns Interiors by Joann in Ocean City, N.J., is operating out of a makeshift office one floor above the showroom that is under construction after the flood and subsequent mold destroyed walls and floors. The office is functioning "at about 75%" its typical capacity, she said. Internet returned on Tuesday for the first time in a month and the designers are sifting through a backlog of emails. Roughly half of the design books that are used on a regular basis are now upstairs.
"By the time we get it all perfect, it will be time to move back downstairs," Ms. Thompson laughs.
Though there is little foot traffic from new clients, the designers are busy serving past customers who had placed furniture orders prior to the storm or who need to refurnish their storm-ravaged homes. Because Ms. Thompson has a warehouse that wasn't affected, she can still order and deliver furniture.
The gut renovation in the downstairs showroom and office is in its second week. The construction site is cold, dusty and damp but Ms. Thompson has let her creative juices flow, reconfiguring the walls and the display platforms as they're being rebuilt. The project may be completed sooner than expected—as early as January—and Ms. Thompson can hardly wait.
"We had a client ask if we had any floor lamps and [my designer] said, 'we don't even have a floor,'" she said.
Ms. Thompson has kept in touch with her two laid-off showroom employees who have collected unemployment benefits the past two weeks. On Wednesday, one of them visited the office, bringing lunch for the staff.
Outside, the street is coming to life with Christmas decorations. The city government requested that the streets be clear for holiday festivities, though many stores still aren't open. Ms. Thompson consolidated the salvaged furnishings that were in two rented trailers into one trailer and moved it from the street to a parking lot behind her building. She sent back the other trailer.
"I'm more optimistic, for sure," said Ms. Thompson. "Christmas is not the biggest time of year for us. People start coming in in the first part of the year, so if this had to happen to us, this is a good time."
—Emily Maltby
Making Holiday Deliveries
Debbie Lane, owner of Testa Wines of the World Ltd., Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Total November sales:
2012: $389,594
2011: $574,142
Like most small-business owners, Debbie Lane, a wine importer, is gearing up for what she hopes will be a busy holiday season.
But even as many New Yorkers try to put Superstorm Sandy behind them, its lingering impact continues to hobble Ms. Lane's efforts to boost year-end sales—and make up for unexpected losses in recent weeks.
A full month after the storm paralyzed her supply chain, the 58-year-old owner of Testa Wines of the World, along with its 30 employees, is working double-time to make sure liquor stores, restaurants and hotels across New York City are fully stocked for holiday shoppers.
After Thanksgiving, Christmas is the busiest holiday for wine retailers and wholesalers, she said. Indeed, the last two months of the year alone account for nearly half of Testa's annual sales.
Yet as of Wednesday, the trucking company that her family's business has relied on for decades had only salvaged two or three of its fleet of more than 40 trucks, which were submerged by rising water from the Passaic River during the storm.
Instead, the company is operating with smaller, rented vehicles that can require multiple trips back to the loading docks, putting a drag on daily deliveries, Ms. Lane said.
That is prompting some area liquor stores—which are accustomed to near on-demand, next-day deliveries—to turn away orders that arrive behind schedule, she said. Unlike busy restaurants and hotels, wine and liquor stores are usually more flexible with delivery hours, she added: "You'd think they would be more understanding, but they have their own problems, too."
On the upside, her insurer has agreed to pay out $10,000 to repackage a shipment of Italian table wines worth $8 to $13 each in sales whose labels were peeled off by floodwaters. But with the new labels coming from Italy—and the damaged cases stored in a New Jersey warehouse that remains without power—none of the 16,000 bottles of wines are likely to hit the market before Christmas Day, she figures.
Still, for the first time since the storm, Ms. Lane is finally able to plan further ahead than a few days, or even hours, she said.
Related: Officials Seek Billions in Aid After Sandy
Last week, she learned that a shipment from Argentina of Fin Del Mundo wines—temporarily lost in a Philadelphia port—was undamaged and already shipped out to customers from her distribution hub in New Jersey.
Though lesser known, the wines are now key to her 50-year-old company's survival, she said.
Since buying Testa from her father in 2000, Ms. Lane has shifted away from relying on a few major deals with established brands, such as Seagram's or Julius Wile Sons & Co., to distributing wines from small family vineyards.
The strategy was meant to lessen the blow of losing a major brand. In fact, just days before the storm, a top Argentine wine supplier pulled its entire line without notice.
Next week, Ms. Lane plans to introduce the Fin Del Mundo wines at a black-tie event in Washington, D.C. If all goes well, the company will start promoting the label among its 1,000 retailers in New York and 44 wholesalers across the country over the next few months.
"Nothing could have prepared us for something like this," Ms. Lane said about last month's storm, which cost the business at least $184,548 in November sales.
"But at least we're now back to facing everyday problems."
—Angus Loten