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roast tomato and thyme macaroni 'cheese' recipe {gluten-free, vegan}
I received an email from a reader the other day after my last post, it read:
"As much as it sound delicious, Dairy free it is not, since it has eggs."
I wont lie. I was dumbstruck and sat there starring at the computer screen scratching my head. Really? Dairy-free it is not, since it has eggs.
I thought about it all day long and commented back and forth on facebook, where a good number of you have also come up against similar misconceptions. It seems that many people get confussed by all the allergy-free terms out there and some assume that if you choose to avoid dairy, you also don't eat eggs. I think this is possibly because people mistakingly think that if you don't eat dairy, you must be vegan. And while yes, there are loads of people who are vegan, avoiding all meat, dairy and eggs, there are also people like us who are gluten-free vegetarians that eat very limited amounts of dairy but love eggs... confused? I don't blame you.
To help clarify a few things I thought I'd share my explanations for all the different terms used to describe a person by what they eat, or don't eat. I'm not really one that usually gets into the whole 'title' thing and totally believe that what we eat is such a personal thing that doesn't require a label, but it might help to make things a bit clearer for those struggling to get their head around it all.
dairy-free~ someone who is 'dairy-free' avoids all products that are produced from the milk of cows (and sometime sheep and goats too). This generally means no butter, ghee, milk, yoghurt, ice cream, cream, cheese and any products made using these items. It is interesting to note that true 'dairy' allergies generally only effect people with Asian backgrounds.
casein-free~ for some people it is the milk protein (casein) that they are allergic to. For these people a strict dairy-free diet is required, but they also need to keep a look out for other foods that can contain hidden casein in the form of 'milk solids', 'whey' or 'protein'.
gluten-free~ gluten is the protein found in wheat, barely, and rye. People who have coeliac disease or suffer from gluten intolerance need to avoid all products containing these grains. Some people also avoid oats due to cross-contamination issues and other grains to avoid are kamut and spelt (ancient wheat varieties).
wheat-free~ some people react to wheat but not gluten, so can include barley, rye and oats in their diet and sometimes kamut and spelt (ancient wheat varieties) in small amounts.
egg-free~ people who suffer from egg allergies can be allergic to the protein found in the egg whites and/or the egg yolks. They must avoid all foods containing whole eggs, egg whites or egg yolks depending on their allergies. Some people choose to avoid eggs because of personal beliefs also, see 'vegan/vegetarian' below.
nut-free~ some people react to 'tree nuts', either one in particular or all; so must avoid one or all of the following: almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, coconut, pine nuts, pistachio and walnuts.
Other people are allergic to peanuts, this is usually a very serious allergy and if any trace of peanuts come into contact with this person it can result in anaphylaxis, an emergency situation which requires immediate treatment.
Note: other common food allergies and intolerances include; soy, fructose, sesame seed, fish and seafood.
A few other terms that may also have you confused...
sugar-free~ some people choose to avoid cane sugar for health reasons. They may avoid cane sugar altogether or just cane sugar in its processed form. They may or may not still eat molasses, honey, agave nectar, brown rice syrup, coconut sugar, muscovado sugar, rapadura sugar, demerara sugar, raw (turbinando) sugar, palm sugar, maple syrup, fruit syrups (apple and pear), stevia, dates and other dried fruits.
vegetarian~ is a person who eats a plant based diet with or without the inclusion of dairy products or eggs. Some vegetarians also avoid eating foods containing rennet and gelatine. 'Vegetarians' can be further defined by the following...
~ovo vegetarin~ includes eggs but not dairy products
~lacto vegetarian~ includes dairy products but not eggs
~lacto-ovo vegetarian~ includes both eggs and dairy products
~vegan~ avoids all animal products including eggs, dairy products and honey.
~pescetarian~ includes fish but no meat
~semi-vegetarian~ includes fish and chicken
raw foodist is someone that eats a raw food diet most generally consisting of raw fruits, vegetables and nuts that are heated to a temperature of no more than 40C/104F- 47C/118F, but some also include raw dairy products, seafood and meat. Some people eat 100% raw, while many others simply eat a predominately raw food diet.
Phew! Now seriously, that list above is only there as a guide and like I mentioned already, each person makes their own rules and doesn't need to feel like they are constricted by a label. As far as my own personal story goes, I am firstly just me. I feed my body what I feel it needs and my family too. I was brought up predominantly vegetarian, but very occasionally ate fish too. After having kids (with food intolerances and becoming aware of my own) I relied on fish as a source of protein a whole lot more than ever before, simply because nearly all vegetarian sources of protein were off limits as a breast feeding mother with sensitive children. We were strictly gluten and dairy-free for around two years, but now eat wheat products when out on occasion with no major side-effects. At home we eat gluten-free, but include oats. We eat and love yoghurt, ghee and feta. And I bake with butter. We eat eggs, often. I haven't eaten fish in over a year, but don't mind the odd bit of fish sauce in food, especially if it's been prepared by my Vietnamese mother-in-law. My kids eat organic chicken with their meat-eating dad and my son Kye when asked what his favourite food is, will always reply with 'chicken on the bone'.
Now here, have a wonderful recipe for gluten-free, vegan macaroni cheese.
P.s You don't have to be vegan to enjoy it...
But just out of curiosity, feel free to leave a note in the comments below telling me your story. How many, if any, of these categories describe you? As you can see from above, our families all over the show so please know that there's no prejudice here or 'right' answer! Xx ~emm
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roast tomato and thyme macaroni 'cheese'
If you are coeliac you might want to research gluten-free nutritional yeast. The one I buy says it may contain traces of gluten. Same goes for Dijon mustard. I use San Remo macaroni pasta and homemade almond milk. But I'm thinking Australia's Own Organic Almond milk that I sometimes buy from Woolworths would be fine too.
serves 4
- 250g punnet of cherry tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons chopped thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup nutritional yeast
- 2 tablespoons fine brown rice flour
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 cups unsweetened almond milk (homemade is perfect!)
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (check it's gluten-free)
- 250g packet gluten-free macaroni pasta
- 2-3 tablespoons almond milk, extra
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- extra thyme leaves, optional
Preheat oven to 200 C/ 395F. Place tomatoes into a oven-proof dish that's large enough to hold the finished macaroni and cheese. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over tomatoes, scatter with thyme leaves and season well with sea salt and black pepper. Roast for 20 minutes or until the skins burst. Remove from the oven and set aside until required.
Meanwhile put a large pot of salted water on to boil while you prepare the 'cheese' sauce. Combine the nutritional yeast, brown rice flour, garlic, sea salt and almond milk in a medium pan and whisk until smooth. Bring to the boil over medium heat, then turn down to a simmer and cook, stirring often for 2-3 minutes until thickened slightly. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Once the water is boiling cook the pasta until just al dente, cooked but still firm to the bite. You want to make sure you don't over cook the pasta at this stage as it still has to have a second cooking in the oven. Drain the pasta, then stir through 'cheese' sauce, adding an extra 2-3 tablespoons of almond milk to thin the sauce down, you want it to be on the runny side now, as the pasta will absorb a lot of the sauce when cooking in the oven. Add spring onion and gently fold through the roasted tomatoes. Taste and season with sea salt and black pepper if needed. Transfer the mixture back into the dish the tomatoes were roasting in, pop in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes or until the top is lovely and golden.
My 'cheese' sauce recipe was adapted from one in 500 Vegan Recipes by Celine Steen & Joni Marie Newman.
Recipe linked to: Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays @ Simply Sugar & Gluten-free
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WOW this looks amazing!! Beautiful Photos!ReplyDelete
I love how you explained all of the terms :) it is confusing!Replies
Yeah I agree, especially when you get people like us who don't strictly 'follow' any of these labels ;-)Delete
This was such an interesting read Em! I can see why people get it all mixed up at times and you have given excellent descriptions here. Will be using this as a reference for friends who are struggling with the different 'genres' of eating! Thanks hun :-) xoReplyDeleteReplies
You're welcome Mel XxDelete
- PenelopeMarch 13, 2012 at 4:06 PM
Phew! Thanks for explaining that! My boyfriend is lactose intolerant, but can tolerate sheep and goats products, and eats everything else. I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Going out to eat and explaining what we can and can't eat can be pretty difficult! And I think people find it hard to invite us over for dinner- they basically have to cook vegan I guess, which is pretty intimidating to some people (but easy for us, thanks to much practice).ReplyDelete
As a side note for those who are lactose free: recently there have been brands of 'lactose free' milks and yoghurt appearing on the market (in NZ). There are cows milk, with the lactase enzyme added to help you digest them. My boyfriend drinks/eats both the milk and yoghurt without any troubles- they are a lifesaver for as he hates all other alternative milks (soy, rice etc)! You can get 'zero lacto' brand from the supermarket (we buy it from Pak n Save). Retro organics do the lactose free yoghurt we buy (also at Pak n Save) and also organic milk, which you can get for Commonsense Organics in Wellington. Hope this helps for those struggling to find good alternatives for lactose free lifestyles!Replies
Awesome info Penelope! Thanks so much for sharing :-)Delete
Good to see lactose-free dairy products now available back home in NZ. There's a great range over here too. I used to buy loads of lactose-free pouring cream when we visited Perth and bring it home (to NZ) with me. And we used to eat the lactose-free yoghurt but now seem to tolerate regular yoghurt just fine. It's funny too, cause I'm the opposite to your boyfriend, I've never liked milk even when I tolerated it, so I just use alternatives... but I do LOVE cream. I'm weird I know ;-)
Thanks for a great read as usual - I've learned so much reading your blog. My main driver is to be sugar free to get rid of a yeast infection but have also been recommended to stop wheat & a lot of dairy too. Plus you've got such deliciously healthy recipes that they're great for everyone (have just voted for you - good luck!).ReplyDelete
One interesting thing I've heard is that cream is lactose free - I've met a couple of people that have that with their espresso for that reason....mmmm, now that's delicious (and healthy too!)Replies
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Thanks for sharing your story! Good luck with clearing that yeast infection.
I'm not 100% sure regular cream is lactose-free, but I do know that the higher the fat content of the dairy product, the less lactose it contains and it definitely has a lot less lactose than milk does. Most people with lactose intolerance can handle eating small infrequent amounts, it's just when we overdose that the issues arise. I've still eaten cream (and LOVE it) on the odd occasion, but it totally depends on the individual.
p.s thanks so much for your vote! xxDelete
Including eggs as dairy is an antiquated practice, more to do with fasting rituals than classification as a food in general. I just count eggs as protein, and delicious!ReplyDelete
I eat gluten and lactose free, but from necessity not from choice. Not all dairy sets me off, but not all lactose free products sit well with me either. I just know what I like, and what likes me back. I do the best I can with what I've got, and as deliciously as possible. I'm glad you do the same :)Replies
Isn't it funny how different we all can be. Parmesan cheese for instant has virtually no lactose whatsoever, but I can't even eat a minute amount without paying for it!Delete
'I just know what I like, and what likes me back'.
I couldn't have put it more perfectly xx
- AnonymousApril 29, 2014 at 6:39 AM
The Intolerant Chef is right. "Dairy Free" was a term used in publications to mean dairy and eggs (at least in the US). Even though I was just a kid in the 80s, I remember this term and its use continued even into the early 2000s. You can't fault people for knowing an older term that they read in books and magazines! Growing up in California, that term was very common and I was just as surprised that you didn't know it as you seem to be that people were using it but I would just guess you are young (and looking at that DELICIOUS recipe, also not from the US based on measurements). With specialized diets becoming medically necessary and culturally recognizable, there may be less fluidity with terminology going forward but who knows? We'll have to be flexible as language changes with culture...and is different per culture, too. Thanks for sharing these recipes and beautiful pics. My name is Holly & I'm posting anonymous for ease, thanks!Delete
Hi Holly, that's a really interesting comment you made. I'm from NZ and was born in 1980, so I've actually never come across the term 'dairy-free' used to mean both dairy and eggs before. Interesting to know that it was used in the States until not that long ago! No wonder so many people are still a little confused xxDelete
this looks absolutely delicious!ReplyDelete
A beautiful dish!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your excellent description of food "labels" -- it's a pretty confusing subject. Since having to start eating gluten-free, I've learned about a lot of other ways that people like to or have to eat. We are certainly all unique!
This is a great post with good clarification of allergies and differences in Vegetarianism. Thanks for sharing, and the macaroni sounds wonderful! :)ReplyDelete
i think someone did mention in passing that some of the baked stuff i was making was not really dairy free since eggs were in it and i said that eggs were grouped in the dairy category but when *i* say dairy free, it means that there are no products from a cow's milk used in the baked good.ReplyDelete
i think i am technically lactose intolerant and not allergic to dairy, as i've been able to consume lactaid pills & then some milk products, in small controlled qualities. for the most part, i avoid dairy products anyway.
i've never used nutritional yeast before, i wouldn't even know where to find it.Replies
I'd search for nutritional yeast at your local health food store. Some times is comes in large flakes, other times it's like a powder. I grew up on the stuff, it has a strong savoury flavour and is great sprinkled over soups or even over rice. It's high in B vitamins and you can read more on it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritional_yeastDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 1:58 AM
I have voted and hope you win as you are one of my places to get recipes for the way we eat. My husband is diabetes and we are treating this with diet. I have an allergy to ginger and intolerance to daily, wheat/gluten and nightshade vegetables. The doctor said no additives of any kind. So this means we cook from scratch with lots of vegetables and fruit. We do eat lots of chicken and some fish and a beef roast once in a while. I can have oats so this helps a lot with meals. These things don't bring pain and that is good for us. Our sons are okay with our meal choices and have us over and we eat with no problems. SharonReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much for sharing your story and for your vote! A ginger allergy, that's one I've not come across before. I think the best thing about food allergies is that does force us to eat a completely natural diet, no pre-packaged products and more cooking from scratch... which is such an awesome thing!Delete
What an intersting read and great recipe! I have coeliacs, am little lactose-free (I can eat natural yoghurt and hard cheese and sometimes butter in small amounts)and I have a nut allergy - peanuts and tree nuts and sesame seeds = fat tongue and a rash. It makes it hard when eating out and when friends want to cook for me, it oftens ends up with me taking my own food and my friends just cooking for my partner. On the plus side I've had to get really good really fast at cooking from scratch and baking!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yep I have to say we don't eat out very often, but I agree it's awesome that we are forced to cook from scratch, our bodies will be thankful in the long run :-)Delete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 11:30 AM
I think the issue comes from grocery stores putting eggs in the "dairy" section. Since there isn't a separate large sign that says EGGS like the one that says DAIRY people assume eggs are dairy. At least this was the argument someone once made to me when I told them my baked item was dairy-free but had eggs. Bottom line, people just don't think.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2012 at 6:03 PM
How anyone can think an egg is dairy I don't know But maybe living in a land or 'dairy' it is obvious to us. Bad education I suppose or maybe too much si-fi movies. @Alli@peasepuddingReplyDelete
I'm so glad you posted this! Not only have I been craving some mac and cheese lately (this looks delicious!!), but I've also ran into a few people recently who thought eggs were considered "dairy." The list you included is super helpful, especially, I would think, for people who don't fall into any of the categories -- I think it probably helps understand why we choose to eat the way we do (or HAVE to eat that way, due to allergies). And although I don't like to rely on labels either, I would fall under the category of an "ovo vegetarian." I eat eggs on occasion, but no meat or dairy. I just do what my body tells me to do. :)ReplyDelete
- jacquieMarch 15, 2012 at 11:33 PM
Hello miss emm,I don't know when food got so confusing for everybody but it really has,for alot of us it seems.i am not sure if i've ever put a label on myself,sometimes i think all these terms are maybe so people can label you!!"i know what i like and what likes me back" perfectly sums up my life,nicely said intolerant chef!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
I totally agree! If it was up to me I would never even call myself vegetarian or gluten-free. But you're right, it's so others can make sense of what we eat or don't eat.Delete
What a delightful dish. The meal looks so yummy and this would be a great way for me to include more nutritional yeast in my diet.ReplyDelete
This is an extremely interesting post. Food gets confusing because of our sensitivity to foreign foods mostly, I'm thinking about fruits such as kiwi which aren't really tolerated by many people in mainland Europe. I've chosen to eat like a semi-vegetarian because I have poor swallowing reflexes and meat is too compact... But I'm better off without it. I do indulge in the occasional foie gras though. It isn't easy, especially in a country such as France where that kind of food choices are not understood. Luckily, I live in a big city (Bordeaux) and I can still find some decent veggie alternatives.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the post anyway, this is very valuable information!
Hey! interestingly enough- many people from non-european decent (including asians) are lactose intolerant, nativ americans are as a whole the most prone to issues with dairy, as well as those descending from asia and africa I believeReplyDelete
I am a dairy free vegetarian (ovo-veg) and its so confusing for people who just assume I dont eat eggs!
Im glad you explained the ovo-lacto thing cause that always confused me
That looks delicious! That is the second recipe I've eyed today using rice flour. I better get or make me some of that. I like to call our diet "plant-based" because we are not strictly vegetarian, but we eat very little meat or dairy. We do eat eggs most days though.ReplyDelete
Tasty looking recipe :) I'm dairy and gluten intolerant with a food chemical sensitivity to preservatives and salicylates. If I'm good most of the time, I can be a little naughty other times without too much ill effect. I'm also trying to be vegan, but I'm flexible with it as I have no will power and cheese is so delicious. Also getting baked gluten free goods that are dairy free, but not egg free is easy, so I have some things containing the occasional egg.ReplyDelete
- AshleyMay 29, 2012 at 12:39 PM
I just found your wonderful blog. I really enjoyed reading this article and I can't wait to make this dish.ReplyDelete
I have a lot of allergies: nuts, lactose, chocolate, cats (haha I don't eat them), and anything that mother nature decides to bloom.
Nuts are very dangerous for me, but strangely I can eat peanuts and almonds.
I also only just recently became allergic to lactose, something to which my mom and dad (both lactose intollerant) saw coming. By the way, super interesting fact about people with Asian decent being prone to dairy allergies - I am half Asian myself.
Chocolate used to have me down for the count, but now I can handle it in small doses, yay!Replies
Yay! That's how I felt when we could eat feta cheese again!Delete
My kids are half Vietnamese, and I was told by a doctor when they were little about true dairy allergies usually (but not always) occurring in people with Asian background. Makes sense when you think about how little dairy is found in Asian cuisine, if ever.


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Nicol, Lynch run wild as Wolcott routs Derby
WOLCOTT — Derby High football coach George French stood in the middle of Joe Monroe Field after shaking hands with his counterpart, Jason Pace of Wolcott, and did an immediate about-face.
French felt a need to seek out the Eagles quarterback, Mike Nicol, to acknowledge another spectacular game.
Nicol was impressive as he rushed for four touchdowns and 226 yards on only nine carries, including the first two scores of the game from 80 and 74 yards, to lead the Eagles to a 41-7 win.
It marked the Eagles' sixth straight win as they remain a half-game ahead of Ansonia (6-0, 3-0) with a 4-0 mark in the Brass Division of the Naugatuck Valley League.
"Mike is just a great player," noted French. "On his first two touchdowns, we were in position to make a play, but we didn't wrap him up. He ran right through us and it was off the races."
Nicol, who has scored nine touchdowns in the past two games and has 18 for the season, wasn't alone in performing well. Junior Joe Lynch, a transfer from Holy Cross, added two rushing touchdowns (10 in five games), both in the second quarter, as the Eagles raced to a 41-7 halftime edge.
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"As soon as I began practicing with the team and got to know Mike, I knew that we would mesh well together," said Lynch. "He's such a special player. He makes all of the right reads and just runs hard. And the offensive line is setting it all up for us."
The line consists of left tackle Dylan Rossi, left guard Nelson, center Dan Catania, right guard Andrew Pabey and right tackle Thomas Longo.
After a long Derby drive stalled at the Wolcott 20 with under two minutes left in the first quarter, the offensive line sprung Nicol for a huge play that changed the complexion of the game. Running up the middle out of the shot gun, Nicol sprinted untouched 80 yards for the touchdown to break a scoreless tie.
That didn't surprise Nelson, a three-year starter on the line.
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Nicol, in typical fashion, downplayed his role, saying everyone is doing their job.
"Everyone is playing with confidence right now," said Nicol. "Everything is clicking. We are having a lot of fun, and that is the most important thing."
They're also getting plenty of contributions on both sides of the ball as well as special teams. Longo, Brandon Walker and Ryan Caggiano had quarterback sacks and Matt Cyr recorded a fumble recovery.
Not overlooked is the contribution of Wolcott kickoff specialist Joe Keeley, who didn't give the Red Raiders (4-2, 2-2 Brass) a chance with a few booming touchback kicks.
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Overall, French knew that his team just didn't play well enough to beat the Eagles.
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- educating social workers to be effective practitioners and leaders in the public and
private sectors.
preparing social workers to promote economic and social justice and human rights through policy practice.
- preparing social workers to evaluate their practice and be an informed consumer of research and scholarship.
- creating and strengthening community partnerships to further the Department and university's
shared commitments to scholarship, professional preparation, and advocacy.
The program curriculum is built on the assumption that people have the capacity to change and adapt while in continuous and reciprocal interchange with all elements of their environment. The academic and field practicum components are designed to enhance student competencies in social work knowledge, skills, and values. The curriculum guides the development of students' professional identity and prepares them for leadership roles in the field.
The Program operates within a multidimensional context. Southern Connecticut State University has the largest number of graduate students in the Connecticut State University System. More than half of all CSUS graduate students are enrolled at Southern in one of the 50 areas of study offered by the university. Southern is also a leader in serving the state of Connecticut in degree programs. For example, last year, the university awarded more degrees in health/lfe sciences and social/public services than the other three CSUS institutions combined. In Connecticut students are in close proximity to our state capital, and also have the opportunity to work with diverse public and private agencies and organizational settings. These factors provide students and faculty with extensive opportunities to engage in education and training programs for current and prospective state workers, and to bring about social change
The Department of Social Work is the only program in this system and state that offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in social work. The program optimizes the faculty's extensive clinical and policy practice experience in developing experiential learning of knowledge, skills and values. The program continues to develop state of the art educational learning models and curricular delivery systems in response to technological changes and the needs of students.
Goal 1: Drawing upon the faculty's extensive clinical and practice experience, and utilizing state of the art educational learning models and curricular delivery systems, we will provide quality social work education to undergraduate and graduate students.
1.1 Prepare students to be effective practitioners in BSW level agency-based social work positions.
1.2 Prepare BSW students to enter graduate social work programs.
1.3 Prepare MSW students to be effective practitioners at generalist and advanced levels.
1.4 Prepare both BSW and MSW students to be leaders in the public and private sectors.
1.5 Prepare BSW and MSW students to promote economic and social justice and human rights through policy practice.
1.6 Prepare BSW and MSW students to evaluate their practice and be an informed consumer of research and scholarship.
Goal 2: Advance knowledge through study, practice, and research
2.1 Faculty and graduate students will contribute to the development of professional knowledge and disseminate that knowledge in the profession and the community.
2.2 Faculty will develop and apply knowledge and skills to formulate and implement policies, services and programs in the university and community that advance social and economic justice and support the development of human capacities.
Goal 3: Create and strengthen community partnerships to further the Department and university's shared commitments to scholarship, professional preparation and advocacy.
3.1 Faculty will promote and participate in partnerships between the university and community that enrich the qulaity of community life and enhance professional opportunities for students.
3.2 Enhance collaboration with community-based agencies for field work partnerships including
3.2.1 educational contracts,
3.2.2 field liaisons and visits,
3.2.3 discussion of cases in classes (clinical classroom assignment from the field).
3.2.4 process recordings,
3.2.5 affiliation contracts,
3.2.6 student and supervisor feedback, and
3.2.7 three-way meetings
3.3 Strengthen and expand formal relationships with external agencies including DMHAS, DCF, HPPAE and the Netherlands.


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How to find a loop in a single linked list? The loop can be to any node in the list i.e., last node of the list can loop back to any existing node in the list.
Node *Isloop(Node *List) { Node *ptr1=List, *ptr2=List,*ptr=NULL; while( (ptr1!=NULL) && (ptr2!=NULL)) { if (ptr && (ptr1 == ptr2)) { return ptr; } ptr = ptr1; ptr1=ptr1->next; ptr2=ptr2->next; if (ptr2) { ptr2=ptr2->next; } } }
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Can please explain behavior of this for the above scenario I mentioned like, 10 nodes in the list and last node pointing back to 2nd node. In this case how the code will find the loop.


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In the category of groups, there are lots of "exact sequences", e.g. 4 → H → 2, that neither split nor cosplit, where H is the eight-element group of quaternions, and lots of sequences like 4 → D → 2 that split but do not cosplit, where D is the eight-element dihedral group. By "2" and "4" I mean the cyclic groups of those orders. By "exact sequence" A → B → C, I mean that A is the kernel of the quotient B → C (equivalently C is the cokernel of the subobject A → B). A sequence A → B → C "splits" if there is a map C → B so that the compotision C → B → C is the identity; cosplitting is on the other side.
So in groups, a split exact sequence does not necessarily cosplit. (In fact, I have a hard time thinking of any cosplit sequences.) On the other hand, my friends who do ring theory state definitions like "A ring is semisimple if any short exact sequence of modules splits". Why don't they ask for the sequence to cosplit? Does that come for free? (Or am I misremembering the definition?)
More generally, what conditions does one have to place on a category so that "splits" implies "cosplits"?


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If you are going to rig an election, at least pretend to make it look legitimate.
In some Milwaukee wards, Obama owned the vote
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In Philadelphia, Romney received ZERO votes in 59 precincts. 20,000 votes for Obama, zero for Romney. Big Bird probably got more votes. Nothing suspicious about that at all, right?
If you are going to rig an election, at least pretend to make it look legitimate.Hide replies
Nothing to see here, move along.....
Maybe you should bring your evidence to the FBI, since no one else has yet.
Nothing suspicious looking at a few of the core principles from the right. I honestly think Mitt wanted to loose, why else would he run on most of his principles in a evolving society?
Is it rigged because you say it is? When my kid loses a game, his first accusation is "they cheated". It is called being a sore loser. Sadly someone had to lose and someone had to win.
Ponyup...It's just so hard for intelligent people to believe such an overwhelming percentage of the population in an area could be such selfish slackers that have fallen for obama's false promises of legalized reparations.
They voted for Obamaphones and Food Stamps. They voted against a job....go figure.
Just shows lots of stupid, racist people in those wards.Hide replies
So the whites in Waukesha who voted for Romney are racists also? Jimmy - you can do better.
The whites in Waukesha voted for prosperity and jobs.
Guess we know where the stupid and selfish people in Milwaukee live.
Could it be that this explains all of other bad stuff happening in those areas as well?Hide replies
Waukesha is one of the most Republican Counties in Wisconsin, and the teen suicide rate is 14-times higher there than in the City of Milwaukee. Guess we know where all the failure parents live (See, we can play this game too!).
CityBoy I see lying comes naturally to you. Youth Suicide rate data proves it.
Milwaukee County rate is 11.1 per thousand Total 1031
Waukesha County rate is 8.6 per thousand Total 324
then lets throw in the homicide rate...care to guess on those numbers...
I said the CITY OF MILWAUKEE, you just gave the data for Milwaukee County, which includes plenty of predominantly white, upper middle class suburbs such as Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Glendale where teen suicides happen at a much more frequent rate. Of course, the white, middle-class people who consume local mainstream media don't like to hear about how badly they're effin' up, which is why the focus is always on inner-city crime.
@1brewerfan Yeah we know who is stupid and selfish and it's not the people that voted for Obama!
Also seems to me that someone should be looking at the reporting practices just to make sure that someone didn't tamper with the results. Very hard to believe that over 99% of any populace would vote for one person.Hide replies
You better believe it and I was a poll watcher . The only person I saw doing anything illegal was a Romney observers!
I encourage everyone to read the actual Philly article. And it was kind of confusing for me, but there are 2 more pages to the story. The reporters physically tried to track down the handful of people registered as Republicans in that ward, but couldn't find anyone. There were a few folks whom the city had listed as Republicans, but who currently weren't.
My first reaction when reading the JSOnline blurb, was holy cow, zero votes? Could there be fraud? But after reading the entire source article, it sounds like if anything, there were some folks incorrectly listed as Republicans.
The reality is those wards literally consist of just a couple blocks, in very urban areas.Hide replies
And I hate to say it, but I know several folks who are from Philly. And if you think Milwaukee is segregated by race, just go to that city. Many neighborhoods are extremely segregated.
I wonder how many of these northside residents voted for Obama because of the color of his skin.Hide replies
How many Romney supporters did the same?
But no one cries "racism" if someone voted FOR Obama because of the color of his skin time.....
Nobody cried foul when Romeny and his boy Trump made racist remarks about people of color!
Obama got EXACTLY the percentage of the Black vote that John Kerry did in 2004... nice try though, bigot.
It seems that the 2012 demographics aren't available yet so I can only quote the 2008 information. In 2008, 95% of black voters chose Obama while only 55% of whites voters chose McCain.
Based on the historical data, I'd say a lot more blacks let skin color affect their decision.
or voted against Obama because of the color of his skin.
Why is this such a big deal? The people in wards in question do not agree with Romney's polices. Good into Washington County and see want wards do not agree with Obama.
More people supported Obama, he wins.
when that community is told to vote for someone who looks like them, what do uneducated people do, exactly as they are told. So now, when they learn that their taxes are going up, food and gas is more expensive because of this guy that looks like them, they can be mad only at the idiot that first made the comment!Hide replies
nope, They are told, and believe it, that its all Bush's fault.
Is that the reason why you voted for Bush two times in a row? Obviously you don't no crap about me and my people and how we vote ! Your boy loss so give it up! Don't hate congratulate~
Sadly these are some of the worst off areas that have shown the least amount of improvement over the last 4 years (yes I know these areas have been bad for longer than that, but this election was very much about the last 4 years). The question is, what would it take for these areas to change their votes, considering they keep voting the same way, but the situations never improve.Hide replies
Sadly, Republicans are some of the worst off people when it comes to understanding the plight of anyone whose not old, white, and willfully ignorant. The question is, what will it take for Republicans to do some sincere self-examination and and recognize their own entitlement and arrogance (both of which are sadly evident in CRobby's "question").
So because I ask what it would take for people to make a change, that makes me entitled and arrogant? I've worked inner city before (Chicago, which I can tell you is much worse off than Milwaukee) and while I'll never fully understand the plight, how does continuing to vote for the same party do any good when there are not any results showing that by doing so you have voted to improve your situation?
Its a morally bankrupt plight that is fueled by pervasive crime and child neglect. Pretty simple formula.
It's pretty simple CRobby... I don't have to ask why southern states like Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama keep going red even though they're perpetually the most poverty stricken states in the union. Yet here you are wondering why inner-city people don't vote Republican. Evidently, you haven't drawn the connection between your party's FREQUENT tendency to scape goat and demonize inner-city people for the past 30 years and their loyalty to the Democrats. Can't say I'm surprised though... this is exactly why the GOP got its collective arse handed to them last week.
@Time2Vent: The fact that you apparently see nothing wrong with making broad bush statements about an entire race of people tells me you're a bigot who has no room to point fingers at anyone for being "morally bankrupt." Talk about white privilege! (That's right... I just used one of those fancy, college-y, liberal-y words... must make you just want to herd me into the shower and shove me into the oven, doesn't it? :D)
City. Really? Republicans don't understand? WE give more to charity than Democrats and Liberals do. We give more volunteer time as well. Liberals talk about feleing the pain and understanding teh plight, then want other people to solve the problems. That's why they support tax increases, on other people, and give less to charity.
How did these wards vote in 2008? Did McCain get any votes, or is this 'normal' for these wards? What about Walker? What about GW Bush?Hide replies
If you must know....
2008 Milwaukee ward heavily Obama: Ward 107 O 687 Mc 7
Ward 108 O 801 Mc 1 Ward 109 O 1050 Mc 3
Ward 11 O 720 Mc 5 Ward 13 O 730 Mc 7
Ward 14 O 722 Mc 6
Thanks for digging that up.
So one, or three, or six, or seven people changed their mind, or disliked Romney more than McCain, or didn't bother to show up at all.
Seems pretty believable to me...
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Eva A. Nease, 92, of Hamburg, died Sept. 13, 2013 at the Tabor Manor in Tabor. She was a resident there since January of 2010. Eva Arillia (Powers) Nease was born on April 6, 1921 on a farm near Syracuse, Neb., to John Carter and Blanche Mae (Lundy) Powers.
She married Lester Edgar Nease on Dec. 11, 1937. He preceded her in death in 1988.
Eva was a housewife and homemaker. She was also a cook at various places including the Roundtop Filling Station and Café that she and her husband, Lester, owned and operated. The former café was located just south of Hamburg on Highway 275.
She is survived by sister Lydia Hill of Shenandoah and half sister Helen Means of California; numerous nieces and nephews, other family and friends.
In addition to her husband, Lester, she was preceded by sisters Mary Moore, Nettie McCool, and Leola Ward; brothers John Powers and George Harvey Powers; and half-brother Everett Scott.
Graveside funeral services were Sept. 17 at Mt. Olive Cemetery southeast of Hamburg with Rev. Daniel A. Voigt officiating. Burial was in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
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The 31st Summit of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) began its proceedings in Abu Dhabi yesterday under the chairmanship of UAE President Sheikh Khalifah bin Zayed Al-Nahayyan. The Saudi delegation to the meeting was led by Second Deputy Prime Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz and included Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Justice Dr. Mohammed Al-Essa, Minister of State and Member of the Council of Ministers Dr. Mutlab Al-Nafisah, Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf; Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Zainal, Minister of State and Member of the Council of Ministers for Majlis Al-Shura Affairs Dr. Saud Al-Mathami and a number of other senior officials.
Speaking on the sidelines of the gathering, GCC Secretary General Abdulrahman Al-Atiyyah explained that the delegates have many goals. "The Abu Dhabi summit is being convened at a critical time when the pace is being accelerated to boost joint GCC action and maintain security and stability," he stated. Topics on the agenda include the GCC customs union, common market, and single currency, he added, noting, "The summit will approve a resolution allowing companies to open branches in member states, a move that is expected to deepen economic citizenship and improve joint investment climate." Finally, Al-Attiyah reported that issues involving transportation, electrical power and nuclear energy were being discussed.
At the outset of the summit's final session, the GCC Secretary General read a cable sent by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who expressed regret that he could not be present. "As we all look forward to achieving the objectives and goals of our peoples, and despite my absence from the meeting in view of my indisposition, my presence is there at the meeting with my spirit, participating with you in the aspirations and objectives of our historical responsibilities, wishing you a grand success in your endeavors," said the King.


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Love the series and of course in the first episode they focus on the miners.. but ALSO on the activity. Its the standard modus operandi for every tvshow and reality series to give a broad explanation of the people in the serie/show. The activity will be picking up in episode 188.8.131.52 & 6. Read more
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Well my 1st impression of the show was not good.. I'm a paranormal investigator myself and it seems to me like a new version of an old theme.. I will give the show more of a chance however. I was not impressed with the evidence captured. I know they don't come out and PLAY when you want them too.. and there was TOO MUCH focus on the miners, at least to me. And a I must admit i was more focused on the Hot red head and her ass then the show or what was going on. Less miners more results Read more
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Nobody Lives Forever
If a Spouse Dies
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About 13.7 million Americans living today have experienced the loss of a husband or wife.
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Funerals can range in cost from $5,000 to $10,000 or more, depending on your location and the services you choose. And if your spouse was sick before death, you may have medical expenses to pay, as well. A financial advisor can help you to prioritize bill payments when necessary.
Losing a spouse in middle age—whether unexpectedly or after a long illness—is a devastating experience. Of course, it's never easy to lose your wife or husband, but experiencing this loss in middle age instead of old age can be particularly distressing.
Suddenly, you're no longer a part of a couple. You've lost the person to whom you could turn for advice or consultation. Along a practical line, you've lost the other half of the team that shared financial and household responsibilities. Your children have lost a mother or father, and especially if they're young, you may feel that you need to help them through that.
If your husband or wife dies in middle age, you'll need to pay close attention to financial matters. This is an extremely difficult task to accomplish as you're mourning the death of a spouse, but it's necessary to your future financial health. Hopefully, you and your spouse have addressed the possibility of premature death, and have planned for the eventually. At the very least, you should have a comprehensive will (more about that in You Do Have a Will, Don't You?).
Probably the first matter you'll need to deal with following the death of a spouse are funeral expenses. If you haven't preplanned and prepaid, this can be trying, especially if you don't have much extra money.
Many surviving spouses use benefits from their husband or wife's life insurance policy to pay for funeral expenses. And, many funeral homes are willing to wait for payment until the insurance policy has been processed and benefits paid. You can discuss this matter with personnel at the funeral home you plan to use. Or better still, designate someone else to handle these types of matters.
Assuming you and your spouse had a will, you'll need to settle your husband or wife's estate, according to the terms of the document. You should work with your family lawyer or a trusted financial advisor on this matter. It's probably not the best idea to hire someone you don't know well to settle an estate, particularly if you don't plan to be overly involved in the process. It's best to be able to hand the matter over to someone you trust in order for you to be able to work through your grief and concentrate on other matters.
Another matter you'll need to pay attention to is resolving any debt that you and your spouse, or your spouse alone, had. In some states, creditors must work through the probate process in order to collect debts that were the deceased's alone. If you and he had joint debt, however, you'll still be responsible for paying it.
Some credit card companies and retail stores will waive the late fees for debt incurred by someone who dies. They probably, however, will continue to charge interest on the money owed. You can check, or have someone else check, with creditors to see how payments after a death are handled.
Another financial matter you'll need to look into is your spouse's health care and retirement benefits. If your spouse dies while you and your children are covered by his employer's health-care plan, you may be eligible to buy temporary extended health care coverage for up to three years. You'll have to pay for it, but the cost probably would be lower than that of coverage you'd get on your own.
If your spouse had a 401(k) plan, you'll need to find out the terms of the plan so that you can plan accordingly. If he had a pension plan at work and is vested in the plan, you should be eligible to receive a percentage of the monthly benefit he earned up to the time of his death. Check with the human resources department at his place of work, or ask your lawyer or financial advisor to give a call.
You also should know that if your spouse dies, leaving you with dependent children, you might be eligible for monthly survivor's benefits from Social Security. Contact your local Social Security office for more information, or ask your lawyer or financial advisor to look into it.
After the immediate financial issues that occur after the death of a spouse have been resolved, you'll need to think carefully about what, if any lifestyle changes you'll need to make. You should develop a new budget that reflects your changed circumstances, listing sources of income, savings, and expenses.
Again, it's usually best to work with a trusted professional on these issues. Dealing with the death of a spouse consumes your time, energy, and emotional capacity. It's a good idea to get help with financial matters to assure that they get resolved if you're not entirely able to do so yourself.
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This week I review upcoming releases featuring two icons of rock, both to be released in March by Sony/Legacy.
Jimi Hendrix - "People, Hell and Angels"
This single disc, set to be dropped March 5 on both vinyl and CD, contains previously unreleased Hendrix material or songs that have been altered from their original releases.
This set follows the same template as the last "new" Hendrix album released by Sony, "Valleys of Neptune," released in 2010. Heralding this as a new release by an artist who's been dead for more than 40 years is both a clever marketing ploy as well as a testament to Hendrix's never-ending appeal, even to younger fans who weren't alive when he died in 1970.
It also speaks to the mind-boggling amount of recorded Hendrix there is in that the well hasn't completely dried up and fresh material still is yet to be heard. This is astonishing considering he really only recorded as Jimi Hendrix for about three years. But it often seems that every note he ever played, while live or in the studio, was recorded.
It's no secret Hendrix preferred jamming in the studio while letting tape roll to capture ideas he had on a whim, only to later go back, listen and refine his ideas into great songs. While "Valley of Neptunes" was a solid - though unsurprising - set, "People, Hell and Angels," while still interesting and worthy for the legions of Hendrix completists, shows the well might finally be drying up?
While there are some fine songs here, most of them are incomplete ideas that later on were polished and eventually released by Hendrix, abandoned by him or released with overdubbed players after Hendrix's death. They really sound like demos rather than fully completed material, and I can't imagine Hendrix, a notorious perfectionist, would have wanted this to be released.
I'm all for Hendrix material, particularly the live stuff, to make the light of day, and Sony has done an outstanding job of honoring Hendrix's legacy with wonderful re-issues. There are some cool jams on "People, Hell and Angels," and I especially dig the unreleased version of the Hendrix staple "Hear My Train a-Coming" played at a faster clip than usual. I also like the opener, "Earth Blues," one of my favorite Hendrix tunes, stripped down to just a trio. "Izabella" is another favorite, although the version here sounds uber-rough compared to other versions I've heard.
The release really runs out of gas at the end, with "Inside Out," "Mojo Man" and "Hey, Gypsy Boy" hardly worth a second listen. The stripped down version of "Crash Landing" is just OK and kind of sloppy. It's clear this was just a rough demo, and I can understand why it was cleaned up and released with posthumous production in the early 1970s, although that release has been condemned as ethically sketchy by Hendrix purists.
To sum it up, there's nothing essential or interesting enough on "People, Hell and Angels" to warrant its release as a "new" Hendrix album. This is better for those that want to hear every note Hendrix ever recorded, like ... me! Otherwise, it's all pretty much been heard before.
Elvis Presley - "Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (Legacy Edition)"
"Long Live the King - the King is Dead" seems to be the mantra for Sony/Legacy as it drops an expanded package of another live Elvis' show in the 1970s. The good news for fans is this time around Elvis was in good voice and good form on this two-CD, 71-song set of the King's glory years in full-blown Vegas mode.
While there are few surprises, Elvis seems engaged, like he knew this performance mattered - not always the case with L's mid-1970s live material where he could sound weak, out-of-tune or just bored.
This was actually the first-ever, world-wide broadcast of a live concert via satellite from the Pacific Island state, and there were millions of viewers and listeners worldwide. Elvis looked pretty slick in has white jumpsuit complete with cape, and he had a great band during this period featuring the superlative and legendary guitarist James Burton picking hot licks while El crooned.
The King of rock and roll sounds positively bored on his '50s hits, phoning it in for "Johnny B. Goode," "Blue Suede Shoes," Jailhouse Rock" and "Hound Dog." He might as well be singing from a telephone book on the Beatles' "Something," which is positively wretched. Curiously, Elvis sounds much more committed to the country and middle-of-the-road material, which seems surprising until you realize his favorite singer before he became a worldwide sensation was Dean Martin.
It's obvious the King of Rock and Roll was totally bored with the genre in his middle age and was now more comfortable singing non-challenging songs to please his aging audience. There's nothing at all wrong with that, as "The Voice" still could thrill when he was inspired, and there are a few moments on "Aloha From Hawaii" where he's going for broke and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
The second CD is a rehearsal of the complete show, where, to me, L seems more comfortable and the band sounds tighter. I don't know why.
After all, the live show was only being watched by an estimated 100 million people worldwide. That wouldn't make me nervous.
The King could still thrill his servants and deliver the mojo when inspired, and "Aloha From Hawaii" is a solid document showcasing the best Elvis of the mid-1970s.


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In the excellent book "Algebraic Geometry 1" of Görtz & Wedhorn, in exercise 3.14, one is asked to show that in the spectrum of a valuation ring with infinitely many primes, the complement of the unique closed point is an open set without a closed point. It seems to me this is quite not true : to find a counter example, it is sufficient to build a valuation ring with a numerable descending chain of prime ideals, which can be done by using as value group $\mathbb{Z}^{\mathbb{N}}$ with the reverse lexicographical order. Did I miss something ?
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I have a Banach space geometry question (a curiosity-driven spin-off from a research topic). Given a point $x$ on the unit sphere of a Banach space and a vector $y\ne 0$, there is a multiple $t_0y$ of $y$ for which $\|t_0y-x\|$ is minimized (this will be unique if the norm is strictly convex).
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For which Banach spaces $X$ is it guaranteed that $\|t_0y\|\le \|x\|$?
My "Euclidean intuition" suggested that this should be the case for all Banach spaces, but a little experimentation showed that this is not the case. You quickly see this is really a question about two dimensions. In fact it seems to fail for every $\ell^p$, $p\ne 2$ (see the attached figure in $p=1.2$).
Could it be true that this property characterizes Hilbert space? (I looked at the obvious sources: (MO 11192 and papers mentioned in there and didn't find anything of the sort).


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2009 Dodge Viper - Viper In ChargeWritten by Jeff Smith on January 14, 2010 Keith Anderson's Real Street Eliminator-Winning Viper Coupe
Imagine for a moment you've been invited to a shootout. Guns will be present and you have your choice of weapons. Now before you get all politically correct on us, there's no risk to life or limb, since this is going to be a paintball free-for-all. At the most, you might suffer a bruise or two, so the pansies are invited to stay home and play with their Barbies. Now comes the important part: You can pick a muzzle-loading antique and get your clock cleaned, or you can show up with a high-velocity weapon with an incredible rate of fire that can trim the whiskers off a cat at 200 yards. All you have to do to win the event is shoot straight and knock off all the bad guys before they get you. If you have to think about the answer to this, just stay home and change your name to Ken.
Now let's jump to Real Street Eliminator at the Car Craft Summer Nationals. You're Keith Anderson and you discover the Car Craft guys have dared you to show up at their shootout. All the moons and stars are perfectly aligned because you live barely 30 minutes south of Minneapolis, and you have lots of road race seat time in a Pro Touring big-block El Camino. But best of all, there's a road course-tested '08 Viper coupe sitting in your driveway just looking for a reason to turn a tire in anger. What would you do?
If you answer, "Light the Viper!" you win the prize, as did Keith. Blame him if you will for wheeling the Viper into the fray like a Mopar-badged Lone Ranger sliding into a town full of black hat Corvettes-but applaud him for taking them all on with a large-caliber weapon that didn't have to rely on a power booster crutch. Screw those superchargers-we've got a V-10.
There's something inherently evil about a Viper. It's got to be the tires. From the factory, it rolls on 275 and 345/30R18 rolling pins, and there's room for even larger rubber. In a misunderstanding that was all our fault, Keith rolled in on street Michelin Pilot Sport tires that are no slouches but nothing like the monstrously grippy Hoosiers he left sitting at home. To his credit, when it came time to settle the score, he outfought the other RSE quick-draw artists with a combination of consistent driving technique and heavy-handed horsepower. The stock SAE rating for an '08 Viper is 600 flywheel ponies, but clearly Keith's tuning clicked because the retasked electrons combined with the upgraded exhaust to lay down a solid 578 hp to the rear wheels. The next closest Late Model competitor was Richard Adams' Corvette with 514 hp.
On the autocross, Keith started out slowly but kept hacking away at the timers. The competition tag-teamed him with a different car, John Boos' C4 Corvette shod with DOT-legal sticky race rubber. John pulled off an impressive 10.879-second run on our abbreviated course, but Keith hung in there with a Second Place finish at 11.133. It came down to the Launch Box, where Keith again had to carefully apply power to torque-manage that big V-10's twist, but it worked in his favor, cutting a Late Model class-winning 4.86-second elapsed time while nemesis John finished a distant Sixth. It was a shame we didn't have a road course in our back pocket, because that's where the Viper would have really thumped. We had a chance to peek underneath the Viper while shooting the photos for our feature and were surprised to see a mini-bellypan along with a rear cutout designed to not only direct cool air to the differential but also direct air up into the rear diffuser area. Keith says the car is incredibly stable at high speeds, which may be in part due to the aftermarket shocks and springs he's added in search of elevated lateral g's.
Keith hasn't always owned a Viper. His first true car crafting effort was with a '70 El Camino that he began building when he was 18. Over a period of years, he transformed it into a Pro Touring car that spent several episodes duking it out on road courses in the upper Midwest, knocking down 148-plus-mph top speeds and more than 1 g in the turns. So it's not too surprising that a Viper would inflict its influence on Keith. It wasn't long after the El Camino found a new home that a '99 Viper appeared in his driveway. The rest of the story will have to wait for future adventures at places like Road America. But don't take our word for it. Try it for yourself-or ask Keith to show you his in-car video. That's real high-caliber fun.
Tech Notes
Who: Keith Anderson
Where: Lonsdale, MN
What: '09 Dodge Viper
Engine: One reason for the long hood on a Viper is to fit that monster 510ci (8.4L) all-aluminum V-10 SRT engine. Start with an aluminum block with pressed iron sleeves and cross-bolted steel main caps with a 4.060-inch bore and a forged crank 3.96-inch stroke. Then multiply that cylinder volume by 10 rather than 8. Perhaps the engine's only weak point is the hypereutectic pistons, even with their 10.2:1 static compression ratio. Keith's engine is relatively stock mainly because with a 600 SAE factory horsepower rating, you don't need to make too much more power to be really dangerous. In addition to the horsepower, these motors are rated at 560 lb-ft at 5,000 rpm. What makes this engine interesting is the cam-in-cam variable-valve-timing feature. It allows the factory to move the exhaust valve independently of the intake by as much as 37 degrees. The factory does this mainly for emission and idle stability reasons, but moving the lobes can also increase overlap for better power. Because the Dodge engineers expected all Vipers to see serious track duty, the new engines also come with a trick swinging oil pump pickup assembly inside the factory cast-aluminum pan. The heads were also new in 2008 with a complete factory CNC porting that also includes the combustion chambers. Sitting on top is a twin electronic throttle body, two-piece intake manifold. One place Keith added a little spice was with a set of M&M Performance 1 3/4-inch headers mated to a custom 3-inch exhaust system connected to a set of DynoMax Ultra Flow mufflers downstream of the stock catalytic converters. Controlling everything is a Mopar Performance PCM.
Transmission: Assisting with the transfer of power is a Sachs twin 10-inch clutch assembly splined directly to a Tremec TR6060 manual six-speed gearbox. The transmission is the next generation improvement over the original T56 and features triple First gear synchros and doubles for the rest of the box. Another big improvement for this Viper box is 10 percent larger gears compared with the older T56.
Rearend: All Vipers run an independent rear suspension built around the Dana 44 centersection using a relatively conservative 8.5-inch ring gear utilizing a 3.07:1 stock rear axle ratio and a GKN Visco-Lok limited slip, which Keith has retained-so far.
Suspension: The '08 and '09 Vipers come with slick factory forged-aluminum upper and lower control arms in the front and rear along with redesigned springs, shocks, and antirollbar enhancements. But even that wasn't quite enough for Keith. Here is where he spent some time adding a set of Hypercoil 500 lb/in front and 700 lb/in-rated rear coilover springs. Next he added a set of Motor Club Sport shocks that also come with external fluid reservoirs that you can quickly spot when the clamshell hood is opened.
Brakes: You can't blast into a corner and expect to come out shiny side up without reliable brakes. The Viper engineers loaded up the latest Viper with a set of Brembo four-piston front calipers with 44/40mm diameter piston, dual-opposing calipers clamping on to a set of 14-inch Eurotech drilled and slotted full-floating rotors. The rears are the same Brembo/Eurotech combo but with slightly smaller rear pistons. Of course, the snake is also equipped with ABS, which makes standing on that brake pedal really easy without incurring the wrath of the lockup gods.
Tires/wheels: We wouldn't be surprised to learn that the first Viper drawing started with monster tires and wheels and built the car around the rolling stock. The factory rolls these cars on ludicrously large 275/35ZR18 front Michelin Pilot Sport Z tires up front mounted on 18x10-inch wheels, while in back, the rubber swells to 345/30ZR19 Pilot Sport Zs snapped over 19x13-inch wheels. Then there are the supersticky 305/30R18 Hoosier gummies mounted on 18x11-inch SSR wheels for the front, while on the back the Viper masquerades as a steamroller using a pair of barbaric 335/20R18 Hoosiers mounting equally immoral 18x13-inch wheels.
Clubs: Keith is a member of the Viper Club of America, the Viper Club of Minnesota, and a member in good standing of the Road Rats. That last club sounds like a lot of fun-we approve.