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Number 278
(Reaffirmed 2015)
ABSTRACT Clinically significant falsepositive human chorionic gonadotropin hCG test results are rare However some individuals have circulating factors in their serum eg heterophilic antibodies or nonactive forms of hCG that interact with the hCG antibody and cause unusual or unexpected test result...
November 2002
Number 324
Reaffirmed 2015
ABSTRACT Over the past two decades the use of assisted reproductive technology ART has increased dramatically worldwide and has made pregnancy possible for many infertile couples A growing body of evidence suggests an association between pregnancies resulting from ART and perinatal morbidity possi...
November 2005
Number 443
(Reaffirmed 2014, Replaces No. 264, December 2001)
ABSTRACT In the absence of obstetric or medical complications pregnant women can observe the same precautions for air travel as the general population and can fly safely Pregnant women should be instructed to continuously use their seat belts while seated as should all air travelers Pregnant air t...
October 2009
Number 471
(Replaces No. 316, October 2005. Reaffirmed 2015)
ABSTRACT Smoking is the one of the most important modifiable causes of poor pregnancy outcomes in the United States and is associated with maternal fetal and infant morbidity and mortality The physical and psychologic addiction to cigarettes is powerful however the compassionate intervention of th...
November 2010
Number 474
(Replaces No. 284, August 2003, Reaffirmed 2015)
ABSTRACT The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Obstetric Practice acknowledges that the issue of nonobstetric surgery during pregnancy is an important concern for physicians who care for women It is important for a physician to obtain an obstetric consultation before...
February 2011
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Abstract The evidence regarding an association between the nitrofuran and sulfonamide classes of antibiotics and birth defects is mixed As with all patients antibiotics should be prescribed for pregnant women only for appropriate indications and for the shortest effective duration During the secon...
June 2011
Number 501
(Reaffirmed 2014)
ABSTRACT The past two decades have yielded profound advances in the fields of prenatal diagnosis and fetal intervention Although fetal interventions are driven by a beneficencebased motivation to improve fetal and neonatal outcomes advancement in fetal therapies raises ethical issues surrounding m...
August 2011
Number 524
ABSTRACT Opioid use in pregnancy is not uncommon and the use of illicit opioids during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes The current standard of care for pregnant women with opioid dependence is referral for opioidassisted therapy with methadone but emerging eviden...
May 2012
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ABSTRACT Placenta accreta is a potentially lifethreatening obstetric condition that requires a multidisciplinary approach to management The incidence of placenta accreta has increased and seems to parallel the increasing cesarean delivery rate Women at greatest risk of placenta accreta are those w...
July 2012
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ABSTRACT Postpartum tubal sterilization is one of the safest and most effective methods of contraception Women who desire this type of sterilization typically undergo thorough counseling and informed consent during prenatal care and reiterate their desire for postpartum sterilization at the time o...
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(Reaffirmed 2016, Replaces No. 387, November 2007 and No. 322, November 2005)
ABSTRACT Although improvement in longterm health is no longer an indication for menopausal hormone therapy evidence supporting fewer adverse events in younger women combined with its high overall effectiveness has reinforced its usefulness for shortterm treatment of menopausal symptoms Menopausal ...
August 2012
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Abstract Prenatal lead exposure has known adverse effects on maternal health and infant outcomes across a wide range of maternal blood lead levels Adverse effects of lead exposure are being identified at lower levels of exposure than previously recognized in both children and adults In 2010 the Ce...
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ABSTRACT The optimal timing for clamping the umbilical cord after birth has been a subject of controversy and debate Although many randomized controlled trials in term and preterm infants have evaluated the benefits of delayed umbilical cord clamping versus immediate umbilical cord clamping the id...
December 2012
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ABSTRACT The updated guidelines by the Institute of Medicine regarding gestational weight gain provide clinicians with a basis for practice Health care providers who care for pregnant women should determine a womans body mass index at the initial prenatal visit and counsel her regarding the benefi...
January 2013
Number 550
ABSTRACT Myelomeningocele the most severe form of spina bifida occurs in approximately 1 in 1500 births in the United States Fetuses in whom myelomeningocele is diagnosed typically are delivered at term and are treated in the early neonatal period A recent randomized controlled trial found that fe...
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ABSTRACT Numerous occurrences in the past decade have brought the issue of disaster preparedness and specifically hospital preparedness to the national forefront Much of the work in this area has focused on large hospital system preparedness for various disaster scenarios Many unique features of t...
March 2013
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ABSTRACT In the past the period from 3 weeks before until 2 weeks after the estimated date of delivery was considered term with the expectation that neonatal outcomes from deliveries in this interval were uniform and good Increasingly however research has shown that neonatal outcomes especially re...
November 2013
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ABSTRACT Accurate dating of pregnancy is important to improve outcomes and is a research and public health imperative As soon as data from the last menstrual period the first accurate ultrasound examination or both are obtained the gestational age and the estimated due date should be determined di...
October 2014
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(Replaces Committee Opinion Number 514, December 2011)
ABSTRACT Acuteonset severe systolic hypertension severe diastolic hypertension or both can occur in pregnant women or women in the postpartum period Introducing standardized evidencebased clinical guidelines for the management of patients with preeclampsia and eclampsia has been demonstrated to re...
February 2015
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ABSTRACT Cannabis sativa marijuana is the illicit drug most commonly used during pregnancy The selfreported prevalence of marijuana use during pregnancy ranges from 2 to 5 in most studies A growing number of states are legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes and its use by preg...
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Man calls 911 for ride to York County, gets taken to jail instead
Published: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 8:33 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 8:33 p.m.
A man was arrested Monday after deputies said called 911 several times to ask for a ride to the county line.
Edward Arnold Wright, 55, who is listed as homeless, was charged with unlawful use of 911, according to online jail records.
An incident report states that Wright called 911 three times on Monday. The first time was from an address on Asheville Highway and he asked for a ride to York County, The second time, he called from Shaw Lane requesting an ambulance and then asked for a ride to the county line. The report states that the third time, Wright called from Dewberry Road at Rupe Easler Drive and he was arrested.
Wright remained at the Spartanburg County Detention Facility Tuesday on a $500 bond.
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I have been an active member of most of the websites of Stack Overflow for the last couple of months now. In this time I have never seen an inappropriate post of any kind.
By inappropriate I mean a post that I can flag.
I have seen some websites where posts need to be approved by the admins etcetera, but this is not the method used here.
Is the SO community just so fast that they remove everything bad before other people can see it? Or are the people that post here just genuinely nice people?


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Currently, I have something like:
iptables -A INPUT -p ICMP --icmp-type 8 -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -s x.x.x.x -p ICMP --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT
However, when I run the second command, it looks as if iptables just stops. I have to break out of it to get back to terminal. Perhaps I am doing it all wrong, but some insight would be helpful.


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SanDisk Cruzer 16GB USB flash drive for $29.99
Experience reliable, portable storage with a SanDisk® Cruzer® USB Flash Drive. Why leave your photos, videos and music at home when they'll fit in your pocket? Trust the minds behind flash memory to make it easy to store, transfer and share your digital files wherever you go.
These drives are built to handle the real world's bumps and turns-so you can count on them to help you share plenty of pix, flix and other digital favorites wherever you go.
This deal is $50 off their regular price of $79.99.
They've also got the 8 GB version for $14.99, $25 off their regular price there as well.
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Sorry this is not a deal. you can buy a 16GB Sandisk flash drive from Amazon for less. You can get Kingston for even cheaper.
I stand corrected. Odd that Invisible Hand didn't pop up and let me know before I posted.
Thanks for the gentle correction!


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6 Things Men Do To Get Laid That Science Says Turn Women Off
You may not realize this, but Cracked.com is all about getting you laid. Sometimes this is pretty obvious -- like when we give explicit dating advice or explain the mystical forces that secretly govern our libidos -- but even when we're talking about the horrible ways sex can go wrong, we're still hoping you can use the information we're sharing as an icebreaker to convince an attractive colleague to come back to your humble apartment and get freaky with kitchen utensils (we're not judging). And in this Cracked Classic, we continue that noble tradition by reminding our male readers that some of their trusty "moves" are secretly sabotaging their bone-tential.
So absorb this knowledge and go forth, trusty readers. Use our gifts of knowledge to bone. Bone in ways that leave you numb, dizzy, and reasonably sure you've insulted your ancestors. And then when it's all over and you're laying there in a damp bed all sticky with sweat and shame, spare but a fleeting thought for us.
As we mentioned in this article, attracting a woman can be so easy you don't even realize you're doing it. Of course, most of the methods are totally outside of your control and can only be done on accident.
Unfortunately, it turns out there are just as many things you're doing to repel women, again without even knowing it. Don't blame us; it's science.
Common turn-offs include:
#6. Talking to Her
So you're in a club and--thanks to those eight shots of Jager, each of which you swear is making you exponentially sexier than you were before you downed them--you finally decide to approach the hot chick you've been leering creepily at all night. You've got your game face on and an arsenal of pick-up lines that would slay a Victoria's Secret catwalk.
With a perfect storm of raw sex appeal like this brewing all around you, it comes as no surprise to you that the object of your carnal desires is flirting back.
But then, just as you're preparing to land your plane at Bonesville International Airport, she starts backing off. Somehow, the more you talk to her, the less smooth you become. When she awkwardly ends the conversation five minutes later you're literally babbling like a moron. A moron with a now totally useless boner.
What the Hell Happened?!
If you feel like you sound stupid when you talk to women, don't worry, you do. In a recent study, men chatted with attractive women and then were subjected to basic tests. They failed miserably. And when we say "basic tests" we don't mean fourth grade math, either. We're talking not being able to remember your own address (unless you were asked to take a woman there, right, killer?)
"Sorry, it appears I have punctured my copy of the test with my boner."
Unsurprisingly, the more attractive you find a woman, the worse this effect is and the stupider you will sound when talking to her. The scientists didn't go so far as to say what everyone was thinking (that the effect is caused by blood flowing away from your brain and directly to your junk), but women suffered no such memory lapses at all when tested after chatting with handsome studs like you.
However, one of the scientists did say the difference could be down to the fact that women are interested in things other than looks while men are "reproductively focused," which is a much more tactful, scientific way of saying, "Dudes get easily distracted by the thought of boning."
#5. Acting Interested
OK, maybe you were putting yourself out there too much. After all, in this day and age, for better or for worse, women sometimes like to make the first move right?
So, instead of going up to a lady and moronically chatting away, you instead decide to just lean coolly on the bar and smile at the ladies. That way, in their own time, one of them can come over to you and the flirting can commence. Except that none of the ladies you are so very obviously acting interested in ever approach you. What could you be doing wrong now?
It's definitely not the hat.
What the Hell Happened?!
We really enjoy mocking the "Pick-up Artist" community, where guys like this...
...hold seminars on how to reel in women by acting like you don't like them. And dressing like a douchebag.
But research shows there is a least a little bit of a factual basis behind their bullshit. In his book The Game, journalist Neil Strauss entered the world of the pick-up artist and learned one important thing: Women like men who ignore them. According to his experience, your best bet at getting a girl is walking up to her group and completely ignoring her, while chatting away to her less attractive friends.
Even if those friends are men.
We would write that off under our normal rule of "don't believe anything that is also believed by a man in a furry tophat" (and it's saved our lives more than once), but another study came up with hard numbers.
The dating site OKCupid.com actually went through their database of pictures men had submitted, and tracked how many contacts each yielded. They studied 7,000 photos and determined that men who didn't look directly at the camera in their profile pictures received more messages on average than men who did. About 50 percent more, in fact, if said picture combined the looking away with an expression of disinterest (smiling drove down the effect some, but still not as much as eye contact).
See? No eye contact.
No word on how many of those messages were from cam show robots, but still. Now, obviously you can't take this to its logical extreme ("I'll get tons of women if I just never get within 10 miles of one! That's the ultimate expression of disinterest!") because clearly the men in the study were also expressing the fact that they were looking for a mate (or else they wouldn't be on OKCupid). So it's not about total disinterest. The data suggests it's about somehow showing that you're interested, but not in her.
#4. Dancing
So you've tried it the pick-up artist way, but quickly found that sitting in the corner acting like you don't like women failed to score you any tail. (And you peacocked it out with that feather boa and everything!) But you have a trick up your sleeve: Your sextastic dance moves. After all, dudes have been getting girls this way for thousands of years!
Come on, Rightie... just a few inches lower.
When you finally get drunk enough to hit the dance floor, in your mind, you're Fred Astaire-ing the shit out of the place. Unfortunately, what you're actually doing is some bizarre alt-new wave version of the robot that has every girl in the room pointing and staring open-mouthed. And not in a good way. But it's OK, because deep in your heart you know one day a girl, hopefully one who looks kind of like Zooey Deschanel, will realize your dancing just means you're a quirky free spirit and she'll have quirky, free spirited sex with you.
Fifty years later, you die alone.
What the Hell Happened?!
Dancing is a high-risk venture. Yes, there's a reason why dance clubs are usually just an orgy waiting to happen. But if you dance badly, you'd have been better off staying far away.
Scientists say if you suck at dancing, it signals to women that you're a bad mating partner. It's a subconscious sign that your testosterone levels are lower than average, which means you're not up to a lady's baby-making standards. And your awkward moves on the dance floor may have evolved as a neon flashing sign to warn women to steer clear of you and your inferior DNA.
Not evolutionarily fit.
This effect only increases as you get older. The awkward "dad dancing" you've seen at every wedding you've ever been to and during that season that Taylor Hicks won American Idol? Those guys were probably John Travolta clones in the 70s and moonwalking in the 80s. But now that they're past their prime sexually, they can't even do the electric slide without it turning into a raucous display of awkwardness and sprained ankles.
Seriously, it's not a risk worth taking. Before you bust out the moves this weekend, get yourself to a fertility clinic. If your sperm count is below 60 million/ml then skip the dancing and just chill at the bar.
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6 Lies About the Human Body You Learned in Kindergarten
#5. The Tongue Map
One of the first things many of us learned in science class was that the tongue is organized like a factory floor plan, with each region assigned responsibility for its own highly specialized tasks:
The Brew Samurai
The empty middle is where you taste irony and things that are so close you can taste them.
If you spent your childhood shotgunning Pixy Stix like the rest of us, you may have noticed that you could taste sugar even when it was bypassing the tip of your tongue at 70 mph. You were left to conclude that your teachers were liars or that there was something hideously wrong with you, depending on whether you were raised Catholic.
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Your teachers were probably just being fed the same line of bullshit that's been passed from biology class to biology class for decades, and it's totally false. As with the myth that spinach is rich in iron, this one started with a mistranslation of a century-old German study (maybe stop relying on those, science). In 1901, German scientist D.P. Hanig conducted a taste test and found that some volunteers experienced certain flavors more intensely in certain regions of the tongue. Forty years later, a Harvard academic appropriately named Dr. Boring mistranslated the results of the German survey, mistaking a vague tendency among a bunch of Germans (who were probably taste-testing four different varieties of sauerkraut) for the precision workflow chart you see in the tongue map.
Our research for this article has informed us of the existence of sauerkraut pie. Will you stop at nothing, Germany?
Researchers have known for years that all areas in the tongue are about equally good at detecting different flavors. It's not an evenly distributed democracy of taste buds, but every tongue has different patterns of strength and weakness. Your tongue map is like your mouth's fingerprint, if the pattern on your fingerprint determines whether or not you like Brussels sprouts. Each of our "tongue maps" will detect different tastes, sometimes from the same meal. Also, far from being relegated to specific locations on the tongue, your taste buds go all the way down your throat into your digestive system. When you've eaten some bad food, the ones in your stomach warn your gag reflex that if it doesn't evacuate the building, the shit's about to hit the fan (and everything else within three square blocks).
"Well played, Taco Bell."
The taste map has hung around 30 years after it was officially debunked even though it's less interesting than the reality because teachers need cool-looking color-coded maps to fill out science books, and fat-cat wineglass makers like to pretend you need a golf bag's worth of specialized wineglasses to direct different types of wine to the best possible place on the tongue.
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We prefer to chug it out of a bag.


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Back to School: 10 Tips for a Smooth Start
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Get Involved in an After-School Activity
Finding an after-school hobby your child enjoys will give her something to look forward to and will make her excited to head back to the classroom. After-school activities can range from play dates at a friend's house, an organized sport, or classes that offer arts and crafts or other creative activities.
Just remember not to over-schedule your child. She still needs time to relax and re-energize after a long day of school, so try to get her involved in something that she enjoys and will help relieve any stress from the day.
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Inverness Airport
Dalcross, Inverness, IV2 7JB, Scotland, United Kingdom
Telefon: (01667) 464 000.
Website: www.hial.co.uk/inverness-airport
The airport is situated 14km (9 miles) east of Inverness.
How to get there
From the centre of Inverness, take the A96 towards Aberdeen and follow signs for the airport. From the east, take the A96 towards Inverness to Gollanfield and follow signs for the airport. From the north and south, take the A9 towards Inverness and follow signs for the airport.
Information about parking possibilities at the Inverness Airport
Access by public transport
The Jet Bus route 11 (tel: (01463) 233 371; www.stagecoachbus.com) runs from Queensgate, connecting the city centre with the airport, Culloden and Fort George. The bus stop is located directly outside the terminal building. The journey time is approximately 20 minutes to the city centre.
Taxis (tel: 01463) 222 222;www.highlandtaxis.co.uk) are available outside the airport, or can be pre-booked.
Information desk
The information desk (tel: (01667) 464 000) is located in the centre of the main concourse.
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I work in office with a kind of a cubicle farm arrangement where sound propagates no-problem. When a cell phone not in silent mode rings it can be heard in at least 10-meters range and therefore distracts one-to-several dozens people (me included).
The company claims phones should be in silent mode but many people either forget or don't care so the policy is not fully working. I'm trying to address such cases when they repeat near me too frequently and most of the time just talking to a person really helps.
Yet first of all, I feel quite stupid coming up to a grown-up and explaining to him that his phone ringing hurts mine, his colleagues and company productivity (thank you, Captain Obvious). Also it's quite annoying that there's nothing that would remind of necessity to switch to silent except me coming. And finally sometimes people will persistently bring silly excuses that are beneath all criticism (like "it's strange that it annoys you").
What I'm looking for is a policy that is concise, simple, deals with silly excuses efficiently and can be easily enforced in an office. Is there such a policy already described anywhere?


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Intel® Core™ i7-900/i7-800/i7-700 Mobile Processor: Datasheet, Vol. 1
The Intel® Core™ i7-900 mobile processor Extreme Edition series, Intel® Core™ i7-800 and i7-700 mobile processor series are the next generation of 64-bit, multi-core mobile processors built on 45-nanometer process technology. Based on the low-power and high-performance Intel® microarchitecture code name Nehalem, these processors are designed for a two-chip platform consisting of a processor and an Intel® 5 Series Chipset. The Intel® Core™ i7 mobile processor family features four processor cores, an integrated memory controller (IMC), and an integrated I/O (IIO) (PCI Express* and DMI) on a single-silicon die. This single-die solution is known as a monolithic processor.
This document provides DC and AC electrical specifications, signal integrity, differential signaling specifications, pinout and signal definitions, interface functional descriptions, thermal specifications, and additional feature information pertinent to the implementation and operation of the processor on its respective platform.


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Best/worst states to make a living
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In today's still-tenuous economy, find out where is the best place to make a living -- and where is the worst.
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An old HP desktop just came my way for service. Was running XP, but the install is trashed. User would like to switch to Linux, but the box it's only a 950mhz Celeron with 384MB RAM. It does have a decent sized hard drive though (40GB), so something should fit. I tried OpenSuSE 11.3, but it just goes to a black screen part way through the installer. What's the fullest featured distro I can squeeze onto this box?
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The Debian installer is text-based and is included in the *Ubuntu distriubtion as the "Alternate" CD. There are many lightweight distributions available, such as Puppy Linux, Damn Small Linux and Tiny Core.
More mainstream distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Fedora have lightweight "spins" available, which include either XFCE, LXDE or Fluxbox. Coincidentally I was testing out Lubuntu today (an "unofficial" Ubuntu variant which uses LXDE) and Linux Mint Fluxbox.
It is also worth remembering that the applications which are installed with the distribution or which you install should also be lightweight if possible. It would be counter-productive to install a lightweight distribution on your hardware and then expect it to run Firefox with two dozen tabs open as well as OpenOffice.
I'd have a look at Archlinux for 686, you could install enlightenment 16 or 17, fluxbox or LXDE as a lightweight windows manager and it should run OK on that configuration.
If you can squeeze some more RAM in it it will help greatly, 1Go would be great IMHO.
I'd try Slackware. I've put Slackware 13.1 on a very used laptop and had it work pretty well, but I've also backed off to Slackware 11.0 on a circa 2002 Compaq "EVO". The "EVO" has that ugly, ill-supported "Brookdale" graphics chipset, and the latest and greatest X11 doesn't do Brookdale hardly at all.
Your question reminded me of a distro chooser mentioned in chat a few weeks back. Seems accurate enough, based on a small and completely unscientific trial I ran with friends.
Anyways, according to that widget, you might want to take another crack at OpenSuSE. Of course, I had to guess on some of the questions; your results may differ.
you can also try Ubuntu LTS 10.04 for this box :)
I have heard about the Fedora 14 LXDE/xfce Spins they are good for low power cpu's
I would say that something with XFCE will probably be your best bet. I had great success with a custom Debian install running XFCE instead of Gnome on a Pentium3 500MHz with 512MB ram; nowadays I would probably use Arch though.
Well, unfortunately, I ended up giving up. I did some testing under VirtualBox on my machine and had no problem installing and working with several distros with 256-384MB of RAM, yet I was unable to get any to install on that Celeron. It's heading out for recycling. The newer Linux kernels really don't seem to be tolerant of older hardware. I had to recycle a couple of my own boxes recently as they just wouldn't take newer Linux versions (despite older ones working fine, and having plenty of hardware). I guess the kernel team must have had to start dumping support for older hardware in order to move forward. :-(


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I recently beat a level in SpaceChem (I feel like I need a cigarette after I beat one - and I don't smoke!) and I was met with the following unpleasantness:
Why can't I select the next level? Did I forget to do something in the prior one? Is this a bug?


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My friend gave me a macbook air to try to fix it. I'm pretty good with any Windows machine and the common troubleshooting steps. Like safe mode, malware scanners, startup applications and stuff. But I'm not really sure where to start on this macbook air. It doesn't have the dock on the bottom. Hitting shutdown took like a minute for the prompt to come up. So, it's behaving really slow. And I'm sure there's other things, but what should I do to start troubleshooting?
Also, I've noticed the screen go black for a split second every like 5-10 minutes.


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WINTERSVILLE - The name Dave Brubeck is a household name to five generations of jazz lovers and one of the genre's greatest musicians.
Brubeck, who died on Dec. 5 - one day shy of his 92nd birthday - was a pioneer in the popularity of small group jazz, having formed one of the most innovative - and popular - jazz quartets in the history of the music.
Brubeck was just another jazz pianist with a penchant for experimentation and flirtations with other styles such as classical and sacred music until he became a popular attraction on local college campuses when signed to the small jazz indie label Fantasy in the early to mid-1950s.
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Wintersville resident Steve Spurlock looks on the wall of his office at memorabilia tied to jazz great Dave Brubeck and his five performances with the Civic Choral Society. Brubeck, who died one day shy of his 92nd birthday on Dec. 5, performed pieces from his sacred compositions with the choral society at the First Westminster Presbyterian Church from 1981 to 2007. Spurlock remembered Brubeck as an ordinary guy who was an extraordinary musician.
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It wasn't until Brubeck signed with Columbia Records in 1959 to record "Time Out" - a ground-breaking album of jazz tunes featuring odd meters - that Brubeck became an unlikely international star, with millions of copies of "Time Out" being sold propelled by the smash single "Take Five," actually written by Brubeck's saxophonist Paul Desmond, who was to also eventually become a jazz star.
From there Brubeck went on to record 19 albums for Columbia, each with a different theme ranging from the styles of New York City to Mexico to Japan. Each one sold consistently, and Brubeck's releases were looked forward to by many who otherwise never listened to jazz.
Brubeck's quartet toured constantly and was one of the most popular draws in the 1960s and '70s - an odd circumstance for an acoustic jazz quartet in the age of rock. Brubeck continued his musical explorations and kept busy touring up to 80 dates a year into the 2000s, despite being in his early 90s.
His death left behind more than a recorded legacy - Brubeck would perform at any venue people were interested in jazz and his music, and that included five visits to Steubenville between 1981 and 2007.
Wintersville resident Steve Spurlock - also director-founder of the now defunct Civic Choral Society - became friendly with Brubeck, a musical friendship that would result in five concerts with the jazz genius with the Choral Society at the First Westminster Presbyterian Church in Steubenville. Spurlock said he remembered Brubeck as an ordinary guy who was capable of extraordinary musical accomplishments.
"We would just talk about music," said Spurlock. "He was here five times, in 1981, 1982, 1986, 1991 and 2007. The concert would be half of us performing with him on his sacred compositions and the other half with his jazz quartet.
"I was director of the choral society for 42 years, and I had perfect attendance," continued Spurlock, adding he also played jazz bass with the late local jazz guitarist Eddie Yance.
Spurlock said he learned about Brubeck performing with chorals through his friend Betty Armitage.
"She gave me a program about a concert he performed for the United Methodist Church," Spurlock said. "The piece he performed was called 'Beloved Son,' which was the first piece (the choral society) performed with him.
"I got his phone number (from a publisher) and called," continued Spurlock. "On the other line was Dave Brubeck."
Spurlock said the two discussed a possible performance with the choral society, but Brubeck wanted to hear them first.
"He asked me to send him an audition tape," he said. "He wanted to hear if we were good enough to do this. He eventually called back and said he'd do it. It was a long wait (hearing back from Brubeck).
"We had 79 members (in the choral society) during our first concert with Brubeck," continued Spurlock. "I didn't care about the size - I always wanted a balance."
The first concert with Brubeck was set for April 17, 1981, and it was a smash, according to Spurlock.
"We sold out in two weeks," he said, adding 800 ticket were sold. "His manager came down and rehearsed with us. The second piece we did with Brubeck was 'La Fiesta de la Posada.' It was a Mexican Christmas."
Spurlock said the event was such a success Brubeck's manager offered a second performance, but "it was too late to sell tickets for," Spurlock said.
However, Brubeck did come back the next year for his second performance with the choir. Brubeck and the choir also performed Brubeck's "Light in the Wilderness," "a difficult piece of music," said Spurlock. "He began writing those choral works while he was in the Army."
Another work the chorus performed with Brubeck was "When the Lord is Pleased," with the concert dedicated to the memory of Sybiel Berkman and local bassist Robert Wise. In 1991 Brubeck was commissioned by the chorus and the former WSTV-AM to write a piece commemorating the radio station's 50th year of broadcasting. Also in 1991, the choral society performed another one of Brubeck's commissioned pieces, "Hear the Bells Ring," and "we got to perform it with him before (those commissioning the piece) did," Spurlock said. "The first concert (with Brubeck) cost $8,000, and the last cost $30,000. We never lost money on any of them."
Spurlock said Brubeck did have a few artistic quirks as well.
"He had all these restrictions in his contracts - you couldn't smoke around him, couldn't ask him for autographs, couldn't shake hands with him," he said. "But then he would come to all the (after-concert) parties."
Through the years Spurlock would occasionally talk to Brubeck, and almost always about music.
"A lot of people would want his autograph, so I would send (items) to Brubeck for him to autograph, and he'd send them back to me," he said. "We would talk mostly about music. He told me he couldn't get his sacred works published. I told him to leave the pieces on his piano bench, and someday someone would discover them. He also wrote several fugues, too.
"I saw him perform on his 90th birthday in Cleveland with the Cleveland Orchestra," Spurlock said, adding Brubeck was frail in his later years due to an accident. "He sat down at the piano and became 50 years old again. He was still doing 80 dates a year. He said to me that he had to keep the machine going, and that people were dependent on that. But he still liked to (perform). It was always about the music."
Spurlock said for all Brubeck's accomplishments it never went to his head, and he was as personable and unassuming as he could be.
"Dave Brubeck - it's like you always knew him," he said. "He was as common as an old shoe."
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Following a rollover accident near Leavenworth, a passenger was arrested for allegedly trying to strike a deputy who was investigating the crash, according to Sheriff's Office officials.
The accident was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday west of Leavenworth on Mt. Olivet Road.
A 2009 Pontiac G6 had been traveling west. It went off the road and overturned, according to a report from the Sheriff's Office.
Undersheriff Jim Sherley said several people left the scene and authorities had to determine where they went. The undersheriff said a 25-year-old Leavenworth man who had been a passenger in the car "just didn't want to cooperate with the investigation."
Authorities spoke with the man at a residence on Mt. Olivet Road near the scene of the accident.
The man allegedly became combative. He was arrested for allegations of obstruction and assault on a law enforcement office. He was transported to Cushing Memorial Hospital to be treated for injuries he suffered in the car accident. He then was take to the Leavenworth County Jail, according to the Sheriff's Office report.
The 26-year-old Leavenworth woman who had been driving the car and one of her passengers, a 23-year-old man, were transported by private vehicle to St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., to be treated for injuries they suffered in the accident. Another passenger, a 25-year-old woman, was taken to the University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kan., by Leavenworth County EMS, according to the report.
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6 Insane Conspiracies Hiding Behind Non-Profit Groups
#3. Californians for Statewide Smoking "Restrictions"
In 1994, Californians for Statewide Smoking Restrictions tirelessly collected several hundred thousand signatures throughout California to put a referendum on the ballot in that year's midterm elections. The referendum, Proposition 188, called for uniform anti-smoking ordinances on a statewide level, and this group quickly began a wide advertising campaign that included billboards reading "Tough Statewide Smoking Restrictions: The Right Choice."
Using your hand as an ashtray is The Wrong Choice.
Well, hell, it's an anti-smoking group. They're everywhere, and for good reason. There can't possibly be anything wrong with this...
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Support for the referendum, while initially high, fell dramatically as the election approached, and Proposition 188 was finally rejected by almost three-quarters of voters. This might have been due to the fact that opposition-funded advertising had let everyone know that Californians for Statewide Smoking Restrictions was funded to the tune of $18 million by ... wait for it ...
... tobacco giant Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro and several other brands of cigarettes.
Stop smoking. This message is brought to you by the tobacco industry.
It came out that Philip Morris had arranged for a PR firm to set up the group in order to collect the required signatures. The people signing the anti-smoking petition didn't know this, presumably because the guys collecting signatures hid behind the bleachers and then furtively sprayed deodorant over their clothes before they started.
So, why the hell was Philip Morris advocating "Smoking Restrictions?" Because the referendum actually would have made tobacco laws less restrictive by replacing hundreds of local ordinances with a single, statewide one. This involved liberalizing smoking rights in restaurants and other businesses, cutting down on ventilation standards and overturning local smoking bans. Well, they weren't technically lying, right? Right?
What is "truth" anyway?
But hey, they did lose, and 1994 is a long time ago in Internet years. Clearly all this shady Big Tobacco funding is in the past! Not quite: In 2006, a group called the Foundation for Lung Cancer was established by scientists conducting a study, eventually published in The New England Journal of Medicine, that claimed that up to 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be avoided by increased CT scans. To cut a long story short, it turned out that the Foundation for Lung Cancer was actually the Foundation for Lung Cancer. It was sponsored to the tune of $3.5 million by tobacco company Liggett Group, which presumably was interested in people being less worried about its products killing them.
#2. Keep America Beautiful for Pepsi Co
You probably recognize this group as the guys behind the famous TV ad about the crying Native American, reduced to tears at what the white man's love for tossing Dr Pepper cans out of his station wagon had done to his land. Around since 1953, it's also known for being goddamn huge: It's the largest "community improvement" group in the U.S.
Since 1999, it has run the "Great American Cleanup," in which millions of Americans work together to remove litter from their local communities.
Wait, something's not right here ...
But there's something a little bit off about Keep America Beautiful, and it's not just the fact that it uses fake Indians in its ads.
Great Chief Fullashit.
Along with opposing mandatory recycling, Keep America Beautiful has devoted itself over the years to fighting deposit laws. Deposit laws are what's behind those messages on the side of your Coke can offering you (or more likely, a homeless guy) 5 or 10 cents for returning it. In other words, it forces the bottler to buy the containers back from you after you're done with them. These laws were put into place to fight litter, since making the bottles and cans valuable both discouraged people from throwing them away and encouraged others to collect cans they find for easy cash. The laws work, too -- they've been found to reduce litter by over 60 percent and triple recycling rates.
In other words, the laws greatly reduce the problem that Keep America Beautiful is so adamantly trying to fight. Judging by these dramatic results, we Americans just don't care about crying Indians as much as we do about cold, hard nickels.
"Tonight's heroin, courtesy of seven frat parties."
So why oppose these laws? Well, it might have something to do with the fact that KAB's current CEO is an ex-PepsiCo vice president, and that the company donated $500,000 to the group in 2009. Other beverage companies, such as Coke and Anheuser-Busch, are also major contributors. Beverage companies are famously opposed to deposit laws, since they tend to make the producers of beverage containers responsible for collection programs, an expensive responsibility that they're happy to push back onto consumers, i.e., you.
So what's with all the anti-littering ads and campaigns? Well, instead of you getting paid not to litter -- in the form of money you get from cans and bottles -- the idea is to reduce litter by simply ladling out huge amounts of guilt. The less trash on the ground, the less pressure on the companies that produce all the trash in the first place.
And the more money rich beverage executives have to spend on blow.
#1. Operation Feed America Our Industrial Waste
Formed in 1996, Dairy Management Inc. promotes dairy product consumption on behalf of America's hard-working dairy farmers. They're the people behind this logo, for instance:
Its many Internet incarnations describe Dairy Management's achievements in fighting childhood obesity, reducing the carbon emissions of dairy farms and supporting the American economy. They also talk a lot about cheese. They really, really like cheese.
In 2009, Dairy Management worked with Domino's Pizza on its now-famous "new menu," otherwise known as "our pizzas no longer taste so much like ketchup-splattered drywall" campaign. Not surprisingly for a bunch of guys who like dairy farmers, this involved adding a lot of cheese to Domino's pizzas. Forty percent more cheese. So much cheese, in fact, that you can now go over your recommended daily saturated fat level by eating two slices of some of Domino's pies.
"Who wants to live past 40, anyway?"
To get the cheese message out there, Dairy Management also paid for Domino's recent $12 million marketing campaign. This wasn't particularly unusual: Dairy Management has also worked with other restaurant chains, such as Pizza Hut, Burger King and Taco Bell, to massively increase the amount of cheese in certain dishes.
Wait, something's not right here ...
If you've come this far in this article, you're probably wondering by now which huge, faceless corporation is behind this. CheeseCorp International? Cow Sellers of America?
The Society for the Advancement of Udders?
No. It's you.
If you're an American, that is. It's the United States Department of Agriculture. Granted, the majority of Dairy Management's funding now comes from fees imposed on American dairy farmers, but last year the USDA added funding to the tune of $5 million. This is despite the fact that other people in the USDA are also using your tax money to continually promote a diet low in saturated fats.
So why the intense government-sponsored focus on cheese, rather than milk or other cow products? Well, over the years Americans have increasingly come to prefer low-fat milk, and dairy farmers have been left with a huge excess of extracted milk fat that they've skimmed off it all. We're talking millions of pounds here. All this fat, and nothing to do with it. So why not make it into cheese, and then spend a lot of money encouraging Americans to eat it?
So, enjoy your Domino's tonight, guys. You paid for it. Twice.
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DeNOON, William S., 75, of Bergholz, Ohio, passed away Aug. 29, 2012, at Trinity Medical Center West, Steubenville.
He was born Nov. 26, 1936, in Brush Creek Township, a son of the late George and Bertha (Dowdell) DeNoon.
In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his sister, Georgia Shepard.
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Bill grew up on a farm as a child. He had a vision of beginning a lumber business. He was hardworking and determined. He quit school at a young age and began pursuing his dream. His business, DeNoon Lumber, began in 1963 with only three employees and grew to over 120 employees over the course of 50 years. He added Clayco Dry Kiln in 1989. DeNoon Lumber is shipped all over the world daily.
Bill was a faithful member and an elder of the Faith Community Church of Bergholz. He served his country by being a member of the National Guard. He was a founding member of the Bergholz Community Foundation. His favorite hobbies included golf, fast cars, his love for his dogs and spending winters in Florida. Bill was the first Man of the Year in Bergholz.
Among Bill's many accomplishments, he cared for his employees and his community. He supported many foundations, including Coats for Kids and Hounds Haven, which was dear to his heart.
He was an avid reader with a strong interest in World War II. His other interests include the stock market, ping pong, and travel. He and his wife Janie spent winters in Florida and traveled extensively. Their journeys took them throughout the United States and Europe.
He taught his children to value hard work and to believe in God. Everyone knew Bill as a man of honor and determination. His generosity was known throughout his community. He was a loving father, grandfather, great grandfather, and husband. His legacy will be long-lasting in his family and community.
He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Janie (Dillon) DeNoon, whom he married Aug. 23, 1956; son Billy (Merri) DeNoon of Bergholz; daughters Laurie (Curt) Croskey of Bergholz and Cindy (Al) Thompson of Carrollton; brothers Fred of Carrollton, Howard and Carl DeNoon of Salineville, Ohio; sister Mary (Bob) Champion of Bergholz; six grandchildren, Clay (Mindi) Croskey of Bergholz, Nikki (Jason) Klein of Cuyahoga Falls, Brandi DeNoon of Richmond, Chelsea (Andy) Weyand of Akron, Zach Thompson of Stow, and Jenna DeNoon of Steubenville; seven great-grandchildren, Sidney and Clare Croskey, Landon and Gabi Sunyoger, Nadia DeNoon, Brycen William Klein, and Dylan Weyand; his golfing buddy, Bob Walker; and his five dogs that he loved dearly, Lulu, GiGi, Peppy, Livy, and Little Buddy.
Friends may call at the Faith Community Church, State Route 524, Bergholz, on Sunday from 1:30-5:30 p.m. Funeral services for Bill will be held at the church at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday following visitation with Pastor Rick Chappell officiating. Interment will be private.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hounds Haven, Dillonvale, Ohio and Faith Community Church of Bergholz.
Funeral services have been entrusted to the Everhart-Bove Funeral Home of Bergholz (740-768-2271).
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I recently returned from my holidays in Argentina, South America. While there I took a few panoramas and I have finally had time to stitch them all together.
Here is my first one: http://laosteria.ca/panos/argentina/rooftop1/tour.swf
This was taken from the roof of my home in La Falda, Argentina. I consider this to be my first real panorama as all the previous ones were tests/learning. So please throw at me all the criticism, comments and suggestions you have. I know I still have a lot to learn.
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SOME CRIMES are more senseless than others. Eastern Ohio, unfortunately, has been victim to a pair of deplorable acts recently....
Unfortunately, very little can be done about the cemetery theft. I too had a large grave decoration/memorial stolen from my father's grave. I cannot imagine what this person must have felt in their heart to do such heartless and selfish things. Hopefully, someday, they will seriously regret such terrible things.
And for the Maynard ball field: I played on that field as a young man many times and it sickens me that some immature idiot felt the need to destroy something so useful and community oriented just to "feel, big, important, strong" or whatever they are lacking morally and socially. These kinds of people are very little individuals; not physically necessarily, but in self-confidence, pride and self-worth. Well I'm here to tell you, whoever "you" are, this will not, in any way, assist your weakness as a human being; just the opposite actually.
I encourage anyone who knows these cowards, call your local law enforcement officials immediately and turn them in
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I'm a big fan of black everything's.
I have a rattle can flat black Cadex SS with orange rims and orange Magura HS-33's, and a glossy black Karate Monkey with green rims, grips and some other small parts that are green.
And my Pugsley (that is now crippled) was going to be flat black with some glossy black parts.
I think a majority of flat black with a dash of glossy is a perfect way to create a fully murdered out bike and still atract attention to the finer details.
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Regarding the standard DID model: $$ y=\alpha+\beta_1\text{treat}+\beta_2\text{post}+\beta_3\text{treat⋅post}+u $$ What exactly does it mean if say $\beta_3$ is not statistically significant, but $\beta_1$ is? Does the significance of $\beta_1$ just mean that my control group and my experimental group differed in the very beginning in a statistically significant manner?
In addition, say that you add in additional control variables. Does it matter if the coefficients on any of those control variables is significant, or do we only care about the control variables in how they affect the value and significance of $\beta_3$?
Essentially: how do you interpret the coefficients on your control variables if they end up being significant in a DID regression?


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Theft: House in the 200 block of Lovers Lane broken into and copper piping taken, Sunday.
Drugs found: Envelope containing heroin found in bathroom at Wal-Mart, Sunday.
Theft: Tools taken from truck in the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Sunday.
Arrested: Lisa Gilbert, 38, Steubenville, permitting drug abuse and trespassing, Sunday.
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Theft: Rental house on state Route 150, Rayland, broken into and TV and copper piping taken, Sunday.
Theft: Hunting blind and two chairs taken from property off township Road 267A, Amsterdam, Sunday.
Theft: Garage on U.S. Route 250, Adena, broken into and ATV, chain saw, generator, gas can and change from vehicle taken, Sunday.


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STEUBENVILLE - Pre-sale reserved seats for Catholic Central's Division VII home playoff game against Racine Southern will be on sale for season ticket holders only from 9 a.m. to noon and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday in the school cafeteria.
Non-season ticket holders can purchase reserved seats on Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon in the cafeteria. All pre-sale tickets are $7. A portion of the pre-sale comes back to the school.
All tickets sold at the gate for Saturday's contest will be general admission only. All tickets are $9 on game night.
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STEUBENVILLE - Tickets for Steubenville Big Red's playoff game at Newark Licking Valley at 7:30 p.m. Friday will be on sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at Big Red's ticket office.
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1970 Plymouth Satellite Warrior - Return Of The Winged WarriorWritten by on July 1, 2009 Contributors: Robert McGaffin Year One, Ray Evernham, And Bill Goldberg Have Teamed Up To Genetically Engineer A Modern Superbird That Might Be Even Better Than The Original.
NASCAR's premiere shindig--which started out as the Strictly Stock Series--later turned into the Grand National Series before morphing into the Winston Cup Series, followed by the Nextel Cup Series, and then the Sprint Cup Series. Obviously, change is part of the game in this sport, but it's all starting to resemble a sketch comedy routine. For instance, when Jimmie Johnson crosses the finish line in First, it's not his Chevrolet Impala that got him there, but rather his Lowe's Chevrolet Impala. And Jimmie never forgets to remind you of that in his post-race interviews either. Likewise, of the only three active drivers with multiple championships under their belts, none of them speak with a proper drawl, and two are California hippies for goodness sakes. Who would've imagined that a sport once defined by hillbilly hooligans trading licks on the infield grass would one day be superseded by scripted drivers sanitized by corporate sponsors?
Nonetheless, NASCAR has flourished in recent years, and as a race fan, the aforementioned gripes are merely minor distractions. After all, the action is still plenty intense. As automotive enthusiasts, however, the notion that these purpose-built race cars are even distantly related to actual production cars is downright preposterous. All Sprint Cup cars now run identical tube-frame chassis and sheetmetal. What's a brand loyalist to do, root for the stickers? If that's not bad enough, Chevys, Dodges, and Toyotas are powered by lumps that share absolutely nothing in common with any production engine ever built by each respective manufacturer. While NASCAR's attempt to limit costs is commendable, the whiny purist in us laments for the era when stock cars represented the pinnacle of hot rodding. Apparently, we're not alone in our assessment. An all-star cast that includes Year One, pro wrestler Bill Goldberg, and Gillett Evernham Motorsports have pitched in to recreate what's arguably the most revered machine from NASCAR's heyday: the Plymouth Superbird. Armed with a genuine 780hp Cup motor and a thoroughly modernized chassis, this 'Bird might even be better than the original.
The wild course of events that would create this wicked contraption was set into motion by NFL lineman turned pro wrestler, turned actor, Bill Goldberg. He called up his buddy, Kevin King, at Year One, and pitched the idea of building a modern rendition of a vintage Superbird. "He wanted it to look as close to a vintage stock car as possible, but with an updated powertrain," Kevin explains. "He had already talked Gillett Evernham Motorsports into donating an actual Cup motor and driveline for the project. Ray Evernham was awesome to work with, and he basically invited us to his shop and let us take whatever we wanted. The catch was, Bill wanted a car that could be tagged and driven on the street as well."
While maintaining some semblance of streetability would prove difficult, the most daunting aspect of the buildup by far was reshaping the body into period-correct form, which required tremendous foresight and planning. To accomplish this, the crew from Year One scrutinized real NASCAR-spec Superbirds at the Motorsports Hall of Fame museum in Talladega, and took copious measurements and photos. "We've all seen Superbirds from back in the day in photos and on TV where they look very sleek, but in person, they're big honkin' cars. The challenge was taking a production car, and getting the lines, stance, and profile just right to accurately replicate that look," says chief Year One fabricator, Phil Brewer. "Even when stock cars were production based, there was nothing stock about them. The NASCAR rule book from that era stipulated a minimum hood height of 27 inches. To achieve that height, a stock B-body would have to be sitting on its framerails, but the NASCAR guys made it all work and still managed to meet the ground clearance requirements."
Using a vintage rule book and their notes as a guide, the crew from Year One went to work. Emulating the chassis and suspension was an epic undertaking, and starting with a '70 Satellite instead of a Road Runner further complicated matters. "To get the car as low as we needed, we basically shaved everything below the rocker panels so the only thing hanging below them now is the exhaust. According to the rules in 1970, NASCAR allowed teams to build frames for unibody cars," Phil explains. "We first removed portions of the stock subframe, torque boxes, and floorboard, then built a new frame on the topside of the floorboard inside the car. The frame and the rollcage look very similar to what the NASCAR guys were doing back in 1970, but we welded up much more bracing and used modern materials to make it legal for various SCCA and land speed racing classes. To allow for adequate suspension travel and help the overall aesthetic proportions of the car, we made the wheel openings 7 inches taller in the rear and 8 inches taller in the front." Other tricks include a custom X-brace, a C-notched rear frame that enabled moving the wheeltubs and rear springs inward, and a trans tunnel that's been raised 4 inches. While the chassis takes cues from the past, the suspension has been fully modernized with a Magnum Force K-member, a custom four-link, and QA1 coilovers.
With the chassis mods complete, the project didn't get any easier when it came time to recreate the Superbird's skin. The '70 Satellite Year One started out with was poorly restored in the past, and needed to have just about every single one of its panels replaced. In order to transform a plain-Jane B-body into a Superbird, Phil and company grafted on a nosecone and rear wing assembly from Wing Car Fabrication, however, the real challenge was in the details. "A project like this isn't as easy as sticking a nose and wing on it and calling it a day," Phil quips. "Things like the fender blisters, front spoiler, gas cap, and window straps take a long time to make it look just right. Satellites had much larger rear windshields than Road Runners, so we had to add sheetmetal around the opening to make it smaller and give the car a humpback look. For the paint, Kevin thought that straight Petty blue would be too unoriginal, so we came up with a custom two-tone black-and-blue scheme."
Perhaps the most extreme aspect of the Superbird's restructured DNA is its contemporary Sprint Cup running gear. Other than a slight drop in compression ratio for pump gas compatibility, the 358ci small-block isn't any different than the motors that powered Kasey Kahne and Elliot Sadler last season. It zings freely to 9,000 rpm, and kicks out 780 hp. "It can be driven on the street, but this setup obviously isn't for a daily driver," Phil opines. "Being such a small motor that makes so much power, it's very nervous, and an absolute riot to drive." Backing up the Cup mill is a super lightweight NASCAR-spec Tex Racing four-speed manual, which routes power to a Chrysler 8-inch rearend.
Making a cool story even better is that Bill Goldberg's plan all along was to auction off the Superbird, and donate the proceeds to the Darrell Gwynn Foundation. As expected, the plan worked out quite well. At Barrett-Jackson last January, the car sold for $551,000. While it won't cost you quite that much to build a Superbird clone of your own, Kevin offers a few caveats. "A project like this is an extremely long, drawn-out, and expensive process," he says. "It takes a tremendous amount of research and fabrication skills to pull off. I'm not sure if we will or will not offer parts in our catalog for a buildup like this, but we'll be more than happy to help anyone out with advice if they give us a call."
With all due respect to the car presented before us, a large part of why it stirs up so much emotion isn't so much because of the car itself, but because of what the car represents. By 1971--in a move aimed squarely at Chrysler's aero cars that dominated at the track the prior year with tops speeds of over 220 mph--NASCAR placed severe displacement and weight handicaps on such creations. It marked the beginning of the end of NASCAR's glory days.
Homologation rules got the boot, and efforts to slow the race cars down have continued to this day. Sadly, what were once hot rodded production-based cars would soon become tube-frame machines with skins that vaguely resembled production cars, before evolving into tube-frame machines that resembled production cars only with their sticky vinyl. In many technological respects, this modern Superbird is superior to those crafted at Richard Petty's shop in 1970. Nevertheless, the fact that the Year One build crew turned to a 40-year-old race car for guidance is a testament to the ingenuity of the original craftsmen, and reinforces why many consider the NASCAR aero cars the greatest hot rods ever built.
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|NASCAR-spec 358ci small-block Chrysler
|Spec Mopar R5 iron bored to 4.185 inches
|custom dry sump with rear-mounted storage tank
|Rotating assembly:
|custom 3.250-inch billet crank, steel rods, and 10.5:1 forged pistons
|Cylinder heads:
|spec Mopar P7 aluminum castings
|solid flat-tappet lobes; duration, lift, and LSA specs classified
|custom belt-drive and steel shaft-mount 2:1 rockers
|spec Mopar single-plane intake manifold, Holley 830-cfm carb
|MSD billet distributor and ignition box
|Fuel system:
|NASCAR-spec billet mechanical pump, Fuel Safe fuel cell
|custom 2-inch headers and 3.5-inch oval X-pipe; Flowmaster mufflers
|780 hp at 8,500 rpm and 545 lb-ft at 6,700 rpm
|Built by:
|Gillett Evernham Motorsports
|Tex Racing NASCAR four-speed manual and clutch
|Rear axle:
|Chrysler 8¾-inch rearend, 742 center section,
33-spline axles, 3.{{{90}}}:1 gears, Detroit Locker differential
|Front suspension:
|{{{Magnum}}} Force tubular K-member, upper- and lower-control arms,
and steering rack; QA1 coilovers, NASCAR-spec sway bar
|Rear suspension:
|custom four-link and NASCAR-style track bar; QA1 coilovers
|Baer 13-inch rotors with six-piston calipers front and rear
|NASCAR-spec 15x10 front and rear
|BFGoodrich g-Force 27x10 slicks
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The interior blends race car cues with modern touches. Occupants sit in Kirkey seats and face Auto Meter instrumentation, and a Year One steering wheel. The custom aluminum dash emulates that of a stock car, replete with toggle switches and Allen bolts. The aluminum floor inserts lend a racy look, as does the NASCAR-spec shifter.The Evernham-supplied 358ci small-block is a real-deal NASCAR Cup motor slightly de-tuned with lower compression. The headers are also from Evernham, and Year One tweaked some of the tubes to get them to fit. The motor plate and radiator core support are also modified Cup items. The custom air cleaner assembly is a custom piece designed to draw air from the cowl. Like all Cup motors, fuel supply comes from a mechanical pump driven off of the motor.Stock Satellites and Road Runners had very small wheel openings. To give the appearance of reduced overhang, Year One elongated the openings in addition to making them taller. The wheels are genuine Cup items, and they're wrapped in BFG slicks.The nosecone adds 19 inches to the overall length of a B-body Mopar. Just how serious was Chrysler about winning in NASCAR? The company built nearly 2,000 Superbirds in 1970 to meet homologation requirements, but they were a tough sell to the general public. Many Superbirds sat on dealer lots as late as 1972, and had to be converted back into more plebeian Road Runners in order to finally get them out the door. Editor Hunkins lived in North Carolina at the time and remembers them collecting dust on dealership lots.
Just like back in 1970, the frame protrudes into the actual cabin of the car. A custom trans tunnel was built to accommodate the extreme stance.One of the most demanding aspects of the build was plugging up the rear window to emulate the look of a real Superbird. This feat is much more difficult with a Satellite, since its window opening is much larger than that of a Road Runner.That's not the battery. Like a real Cup car, the oil tank for the dry sump system is mounted in the rear seat area.


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Director Adam Isenberg received the 2012 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award for his film A Life Without Words (Una Vida Sin Palabras) on Sunday, December 2, as part of the the closing celebrations of the 2012 Margaret Mead Film Festival.
Sandy and Climate Change: Is There a Link?
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The largest hurricane to make landfall along the mid-Atlantic coastline of the U.S., Superstorm Sandy made history. Experts say Sandy is a sign of more to come.
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The restored Theodore Roosevelt Memorial is now open, and a new self-guided tour—available as part of the Museum's Explorer app, or on our web site—highlights exhibits around the Museum with a connection to TR, who was President from 1901 to 1909. In this post, the second in a series, we explore one of the tour's stops: a slice of the trunk of a giant sequoia, on display in the Museum's Hall of North American Forests.
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The dioramas in the Jill and Lewis Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals have always been splendid, but after more than a year of painstaking restoration, they look better than ever—giving visitors close looks at many species of North American flora and fauna. A multi-video series, now on amnh.tv, documents parts of the restoration process.
A Meeting of Minds, in "Nature and Poetry: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson and Robert Hass," Thursday, December 6, at the Museum
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On Thursday, December 6, the eminent sociobiologist E. O. Wilson will join former U.S. Poet Laureate and MacArthur Fellow Robert Hass (far left) at the Museum for a discussion about the interplay between art and science—and how close observation of nature, whether in poetry or science, can inspire the conservationist in all of us.


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Youth Ministry is about more than just group games and retreats, the twenty-first century has brought with it an increased need for understanding the role of faith and faith traditions in a rapidly-shrinking world. The Youth Ministry Major prepares students for non-traditional, full-time Christian service positions or for graduate work in Christian Education. It draws heavily from several disciplines and allows students to move directly into staff ministry in a church or para-church organization. Students are encouraged to ask the most basic, fundamental, and important questions and are invited to develop a deep contextualized understanding of their faith.
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The Modified Changes Direction - Race WaitWritten by on August 1, 2012
You know what they say about not changing direction halfway through a project? Well, we've heard it too, but, as usual, decided to ignore that sage advice. This time, however, we've gone off at a significantly greater tangent than usual. My Modified project started as a simple, fun, occasional build of a little hot rod for street use. Strap an oval steel gas tank behind the front half of a phaeton body, add early Ford brakes and simple running gear, and so on. All that remains of that plan now is the fun part.
Ever since I went to Bonneville in 2008 I'd had a half-cocked idea in the back of my head to one day build a dual-purpose street/race car. Sure it's been done before, no groundbreaking idea, but I couldn't shake it. Plus I have two small-block Chevy-powered cars already, so why not do something a little different? The result was a total change of direction for the Modified, which now isn't … a Modified that is. The SCTA (Southern California Timing Association, the governing body for Bonneville as well as California dry lakes meetings) rules state that any body used on a race car has to be complete—meaning no phaeton front halves.
So, … it'll now be a Model A roadster pickup with a full-length bed, as required by the rules. It will retain the stretched wheelbase chassis I've built up to this point, but the other big change will be forward of the body. No longer is a small-block destined to live there, but the firewall has moved back to its stock position, and a Ford 2.0L Zetec DOHC four-banger will call it home. Presently it still has the factory injection in place, though this may change down the road. Maybe carburetors, or maybe the injection will be accompanied by a turbo. We'll see.
Gone are the plans to keep it totally traditional, too. No longer will early Ford brakes mount at each corner, rather, by Wilwood discs. I had a hard time talking myself into this decision, but ultimately realized modern discs were the sensible option at the speeds I'd like to eventually reach. Besides, a permanent rollcage isn't exactly traditional now is it? It seems everyone who sets out to build a Bonneville car says they're not doing it to set any records, but in my case, with the engine I've chosen, that isn't likely anyway, at least not immediately. But I'm determined it's going to be fun.
We're going to bring you this project buildup in a slightly different manner than usual. Rather than, say, a brake install one month, or axle install the next, we'll sometimes be jumping around and showing you what we've accomplished between publishing deadlines, because things have to be done in a certain order. No longer is this an occasional project; I want this one up and running in short order. So let's get started, shall we?
First though, and I can't stress this enough, if you're tempted to do something similar, obtain and read—several times—the SCTA rule book. Even seemingly small items, such as the thickness of the firewall, have specifications, and if your car doesn't pass its tech inspection, you ain't racing. Simple as that. If you want to race, build it within the rules. I'd personally bob the pickup bed, but I can't. Them's the rules.
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4 The coil pack for this distributor-less engine mounts to the rear of the DOHC head, and takes up a few inches of space, so I removed it and will mount it to the firewall. The plastic component between the oil filler cap and the firewall is the thermostat housing and water/heater outlet.5 As my cowl panels were all supplied individually, I used a spare sedan cowl to trace the lower edges of the side panels onto a piece of plywood.6 These marks would ensure I mounted the panels in the correct location, with the wood centered on the chassis.7 With the wood located in the forward body mount holes on the chassis, and the edge of the wood aligned with the firewall, the panels could be clamped and screwed in place. Once this was done, the steering box and pedal locations could be determined. That's a Borgeson-remanufactured '62-82 Mopar aluminum manual steering box, ideal for cowl steering, if a little bulky.8 I'll admit I'm in the fortunate position whereby I can sometimes borrow parts to see if they'll work on projects, but at least I can pass the findings onto you, the reader. Kugel Komponents kindly supplied one of their reverse 90-degree underdash brake/clutch pedal assemblies, which would keep the brake and clutch master cylinders inside the car. However, the assembly left no room for the cowl steering I insisted on using.9 As a point of interest, here's a Kugel reverse 90-degree assembly in a Nostalgia Speed & Cycle Model A pickup with a recessed firewall. The installation brackets are available from both companies.10 As you can see, I was initially trying to keep the master cylinders inside the car. This is Kugel Komponents' new 180-degree, dual-cylinder underdash assembly with balance bar. Unfortunately again, it wanted to live in the same place as my steering box! Bear in mind, with regular steering both Kugel assemblies would have worked.11 While the master cylinders would fit with the steering box mounted between the pedals, and I could recess the cowl side for the pitman arm, what you can't see from this angle is that the 'box is too close to the floor, leaving no room to get feet on the pedals.12 Seeing as my brake system will consist of Wilwood dics and calipers, I tried a couple of their pedal assemblies. Again the 180-degree version wouldn't clear the steering, so I changed tack and opted to mount the master cylinders outside the firewall. This through-firewall assembly with balance bar was compact enough to mount the master cylinders with sufficient clearance from the cylinder head, and finally allow the cowl steering to work.
13 With the pedal assembly and steering box locations configured, I could move on with mounting the body panels. Though this will be a road car, it'll also race at Bonneville, where weight is definitely not an issue. With this in mind, and without subrails anyway, I cut a 1/4-inch steel plate to form a floor between the framerails and the outer edges of the body.14 Though only the front sections of the floor panels are shown, they'll eventually extend to the rear of the pickup cab. These were welded to the 'rails.15 My good pal "Kiwi Steve" lent me a couple of T5 manual transmissions to see which shifter position would work best. The top trans is from a turbo Mustang, while the lower one is from an S-10 pickup. The bellhousing is from a 2.3L Ford four-cylinder. While only three of the bolts aligned with the Zetec, it allowed me to bolt the trans in place for mock-up purposes.16 With more wood denoting the rear of the cab, and sitting in an aluminum race seat from Speedway Motors, it was obvious the Mustang trans with the shifter at the rear was going to work best in this application.17 With the engine and trans removed once again, I made a template from hardboard for the two cowl hoops. As per the SCTA rulebook, these have to be welded to the top of the boxed framerails, hence the inward curve at the bottom.18 Jimmy White at Circle City Hot Rods kindly allowed me to use his tubing bender. A digital level ensured the 1 5/8-inch tubing stayed in the same plane throughout the four-bend process on each hoop.19 The templates made the job way easier, as I was able to lay the tubing on them before each bend, to determine where each would start (arrow), and again afterward, to check progress.20 Here's the firewall hoop, with one bend to go. Some tubing has to be sacrificed at each end, as the bender requires a little extra length to pull against when forming the bends.
22 The cowl panels were removed again, and a large square used to ensure the hoop was perpendicular to the chassis, prior to tack welding.23 Once the firewall hoop was tacked in position, the floor was drilled and tapped for 1/4x20 bolts, which will bolt the body panel flanges in place.24 Here are the panels bolted down. We added extra steel to the A-pillar flange, as it wasn't designed to mount like this. Usually brackets will attach the pillar to the subrails. Note also the cowl hoop has now been tacked in position, in the same manner as the firewall hoop.25 Now all the panels were bolted in place, the driver side cowl side panel could be removed without the A-pillar moving out of position. This meant the exact location of the steering box could be determined.26 With temporary mounts tack-welded in place, the steering box was bolted to them. Note how it clears the pedal assembly, and though it sits in front of and above the assembly, the pedals can move through their arc without interference.27 Once again sitting in the car helped get an impression of how the ergonomics were panning out. The angle of the input shaft of the steering box is perfectly aligned with the eventual angle of the steering column. A smaller diameter wheel will be used, which won't rest on my knees!28 Here's where we're at for this month. The firewall and cowl hoops are in, as are the pedals and the steering box. Now we can mount the latter items properly, and complete the steering installation.29 The Wilwood pedal pads offer some adjustability, depending on which holes are used to bolt them to the pedals. Aware of this from the outset, I'd mounted the assembly as far to the left as possible, knowing I could mount the clutch pedal pad off to the right, thus clearing the firewall hoop. There's very little space for three pedals in the confines of this footwell.


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Obviously the Magus class from Utlimate Magic requires one hand free to cast, but is there anything to stop them from attacking two handed in a round when they don't cast?
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Not at all. If he doesn't do anything that requires having a free hand, he doesn't need to keep it free. Of course, if he cast something in a round they won't be able to make an AoO two handed,
I am building a Magus for a new game. I would suggest a bastard sword (with exotic weapon feat). It cost a feat, but you should be able to switch the from one to two hand and back again as a free action. Thus if you want to cast a spell, go one handed that round, then for any round you are not casting a spell go two handed. Just have to keep track of what handed state you are in outside your turn for AoO etc. Pathfinder doesn't have any support for two handed weapons one handed (ala 3.5's Monkey Grip) so I'm not sure your DM will allow you to cast any spells with a great sword, even if you are not attacking.
I don't think RAW agree with your original assertion. You could attack with a two-handed weapon in the same round you cast a spell requiring a free hand. You don't need a feat to "hold" a two-handed weapon with one hand. According to the main faq, "A character can hold a two-handed weapon in one hand; he just can't attack with it while it's held like that." In the example, the player attacks with a two-handed weapon using both hands, then uses quick draw to draw a dagger and make a ranged attack (thrown) all as a full action. I don't see why this would be any different.
The magus can use a two handed weapon. While Spell Combat specifically limits the Magus to a light or one handed weapon, Spell Strike allows delivery of the spell through any weapon the Magus is wielding. This should allow the Magus to cast a spell, holding his sword in one hand, then grab the weapon and use it two-handed for the touch attack to deliver the spell.


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Definition of epidermis in English:
1The outer layer of cells covering an organism, in particular:
Example sentences
- Basal cell carcinomas are derived from the basal layer of keratinocytes, which is the deepest cell layer of the epidermis.
- Basal cell carcinoma is a tumor arising from the basal cell layer of the epidermis.
- There is another layer of cells between the basal cells and the keratin-rich epidermis known as spiny cells.
1.1 Zoology & Anatomy The surface epithelium of the skin of an animal, overlying the dermis.
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- The skin consists of an epidermis, dermis, adipose tissue layer and subcutaneous connective tissue.
- At the end of gastrulation, the epidermis only covers the dorsal region and the ventral region is bare.
- The thickness of the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue varies from person to person and from one part of the body to another.
1.2 Botany The outer layer of tissue in a plant, except where it is replaced by periderm.
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- The plant epidermis is a multifunctional tissue playing important roles in water relations, defence and pollinator attraction.
- In the epidermis of third-year leaves, the densest silica deposition was observed in silica cells of both the adaxial and abaxial epidermises as in first-year leaves.
- Leaves are composed of various kinds of tissues, including epidermis, mesophyll, bundle sheath, and vascular bundles.
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- Other clays totally mask light penetration and stop gas exchange on epidermal leaf and fruit cells.
- It is hypothesized that ions diffuse through the epidermal walls and enter the short cells at their outer tangential plasma membranes.
- Feeding occurred with tube feet extended through the orals and by epidermal uptake of nutrients.
epidermic adjective
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- Fourteen genes were mapped to this region; of these, 11 were expressed in the skin (5 epidermic cytokeratin and 6 hard keratin genes), but none were mutated in hague mice.
- The membranous outer periclinal wall of the epidermic cells would favour water absorption, thus enhancing the adherence and germination capacity, as in some examples of the family Lamiaceae.
epidermoid adjective
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- Since the submission of this manuscript, we have seen a second worker from the Rhode Island plant with a lung carcinoma, this one an epidermoid carcinoma in a current smoker.
- The radiologic differential diagnosis included eosinophilic granuloma, hemangioma, and epidermoid tumor.
- This syndrome carries an increased risk of colorectal cancer and associated osteomas, epidermoid cysts and sesmoid tumors.
Early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek, from epi 'upon' + derma 'skin'.
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