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A tracking bloodhound led officers to the home of a suspect believed to be involved in the theft of jewelry and guns on Sunday.
According to an incident report, a resident returned to his West Main Street home to find another man leaving the home with his shotgun and rifles. The resident called police.
The bloodhound, from the Union County Sheriff's Office, followed a trail from the back door of the home and along West Main. Along the track, officers found three guns, a camera and a pillowcase containing two handguns and jewelry, the report states. The dog tracked to 1314 West Main St., the mobile home of Charles Edward Wood Jr., 45. Wood was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary, grand larceny, possession of criminal tools and possession of guns/ammunition by a person convicted of a violent felony, according to online jail records.
Officers found a screwdriver believed to have been used to break open the resident's back door, the report states.
Wood remained at the Union County Jail on Monday on a $75,000 bond.
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The Mix: The Woody Guthrie Centennial
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Woody Guthrie grew up in a nowhere town in the heart of the Dust Bowl — Okemah, Okla., to be exact — in an America not altogether different from the one we live in today. As a young man, Guthrie joined the Dust Bowl exodus chronicled in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. He cut his teeth singing in California union halls and eventually found his way to New York City. There, along with Pete Seeger, Leadbelly and others, he laid the groundwork for a topical-song movement which strongly influenced the 1950s and '60s folk revival.
Songs he wrote — "This Land Is Your Land," "Pastures of Plenty," "Pretty Boy Floyd" and thousands of others — have been sung by generations of artists since. Before Guthrie, singers and songwriters were separate entities in the music industry. But his stage presence, poetics and grasp on musical performance set a standard for singer-songwriters which remains influential to this day.
Listen closely to this stream, and you'll hear the reach of Guthrie's influence in the recordings of his protégé Pete Seeger, those of revival folksingers like Joan Baez and 21st-century innovators like Ani DiFranco and Old Crow Medicine Show. Though Woody Guthrie died in 1967, his 100th birthday is cause for a celebration of not only one man's legacy, but also the songs which have, for the past century, given voice to working folks everywhere.
The Woody Guthrie Centennial Playlist
- Abigail Washburn, "Who's Gonna Shoe"
- Alison Krauss & Union Station, "Pastures of Plenty"
- Andy Irvine, "Never Tire of the Road"
- Ani DiFranco, "Do Re Me"
- Arlo Guthrie, "Hobo's Lullaby"
- Arlo Guthrie, "Deportees"
- Arlo Guthrie & Friends, "'Til We Outnumber 'Em"
- Billy Bragg & Wilco, "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key"
- Billy Bragg & Wilco, "Joe DiMaggio Done It Again"
- Billy Bragg & Wilco, "Another Man's Done Gone"
- Bob Dylan, "Song to Woody"
- Charles Sawtelle, "The Ranger's Command"
- Country Joe McDonald, "Roll On Columbia"
- Dave Alvin, "What Does the Deep Sea Say?"
- Eliza Gilkyson & Friends, "Peace Call"
- Ellis Paul, "God's Promise"
- Jackson Browne, "You Know the Night"
- Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames, "New Multitudes"
- Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames, "Hoping Machine"
- Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames, "Fly High"
- Jimmy LaFave, "Down in Oklahoma Hills"
- Joan Baez, "Deportee (Live '04)"
- Joel Rafael Band, "Talking Fishing Blues"
- Joel Rafael Band, "Dance a Little Longer"
- Joel Rafael Band, "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key"
- John McCutcheon, "Ludlow Massacre"
- John McCutcheon, "Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done"
- Jonatha Brooke, "My Sweet and Bitter Bowl"
- Jonatha Brooke, "King of My Love"
- Kevin Welch, "Vigilante Man"
- Leftover Salmon, "Woody Guthrie"
- Madeleine Peyroux, "Wild Card in the Hole"
- Nanci Griffith, "Do Re Me"
- Norman & Nancy Blake, "Grand Coulee Dam"
- Old Crow Medicine Show, "Union Maid"
- Patrick Street, "Tom Joad"
- Pete Seeger, "There's a Feeling in Music"
- Pete Seeger, "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh"
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott, "Talking Dust Bowl"
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott, "Hard Travelin'"
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott, "Woody's Last Ride"
- Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, "Be No Church Tonight"
- Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, "Hangknot"
- Slaid Cleaves, "This Morning I Was Born Again"
- Solas, "Pastures of Plenty"
- Spider John Koerner, "More Pretty Women Than One"
- Steppin' in It, "Bound For Glory"
- Steve Earle, "Christmas in Washington"
- The Duhks, "Pretty Boy Floyd"
- The Klezmatics (Susan McKeown), "Headdy Down"
- Tim Grimm, "Pretty Boy Floyd"
- Tim O'Brien, "The Sun Jumped Up"
- Wilco, "Jolly Banker"
- Woody Guthrie, "Dust Bowl Blues"
- Woody Guthrie, "Going Down the Road"
- Woody Guthrie, "Hard Ain't It Hard"
- Woody Guthrie, "This Land Is Your Land"
- Woody Guthrie, "Gypsy Davy"
- Woody Guthrie, "Ramblin' Round"
- Woody Guthrie, "Philadelphia Lawyer"
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USAC Ignite Midget racing finds three fronts this week. The Western Pavement series visits the Bullring at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Saturday. The inaugural race in the new Oregon Dirt series is also slated Saturday at Sunset Speedway Park in Banks, while the Washington Pavement series is set to kick off Saturday at South Sound Speedway in Rochester.
Chris Lamb of Colfax, N.C. earned his sixth USAC Ignite Midget feature victory of the season last Saturday night at Columbus (Ohio) Motor Speedway. He led all 30 laps to win the Eastern/Midwest race to beat Natasha Cox, Cooper Clouse, Ryan Krachun and Ricky Bowers. Joey Greening, who won the DRC "hard luck" award, flipped during the feature and was treated at a local hospital for a concussion. The Eastern series resumes May 24 at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C. and the Midwest pavement cars gear up for a June 14 race at Kil-Kare Speedway in Xenia, Ohio.
Wally Pankratz extended his lead in the USAC Western Ignite Dirt standings Saturday night, winning the 20-lap feature at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. He passed his daughter Randi on lap three and led the rest of the way to beat Cory Elliott, Randi, Jarid Blondel and fast qualifier Parker Colston.
Chase Goetz of Snohomish, Wash. remained undefeated in the 2013 USAC Washington Ignite Dirt Midget series Saturday night, winning the 20-lap feature at Skagit Speedway. He caught Dougie James on lap nine and led the rest of the way to beat Robby Vaughn, Ariel Gibbs, James and Garrett Thomas, who claimed the Elma Auto Racing Hall of Fame Fast Time Award. Goetz was the Speedmart Hard Charger and James the NWSprintCar History.com Rookie of the Race winner.
2013 MIDWEST IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Chris Lamb-74, 2-Cooper Clouse-65, 3-Natasha Cox-58, 4-Ryan Krachun-57, 5-Ricky Bowers-52, 6-Wil Raber-48, 7-Calvin Carroll-44, 8-Adam Thomason-41, 9-Nikki Carroll-37, 10-Tyler Corriher-37.
2013 EASTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Chris Lamb-569, 2-Wil Raber-424, 3-Tyler Corriher-402, 4-Nic Davidson-398, 5-Calvin Carroll-380, 6-Billy Gaule-371, 7-Nikki Carroll-323, 8-Ryan Krachun-306, 9-Blaine Leydig-278, 10-Justin Whittall-237.
2013 WESTERN IGNITE PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Bryant Dawson-147, 2-Michael Fanelli-131, 3-Jarid Blondel-130, 4-Shawn Buckley-117, 5-Christine Breckenridge-113, 6-Marina Turner-92, 7-George Blacker-89, 8-Marc Jessop-53, 9-Ariel Biggs-47, 10-Tom Tombarello-40
2013 WESTERN IGNITE DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Wally Pankratz-201, 2-Cory Elliott-198, 3-Parker Colston-188, 4-Jarid Blondel-175, 5-Clayton Ruston-159, 6-Christine Breckenridge-131, 7-Ariel Biggs-112, 8-Michael Steele-100, 9-Ashley Hazelton-95, 10-Randi Pankratz-60.
2013 WASHINGTON IGNITE DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Chase Goetz-204, 2-Robby Vaughn-181, 3-Dougie James-172, 4-Garrett Thomas-165, 5-Chance Crum-149, 6-Jeremy Miller-118,7-Ariel Biggs-108, 8-Todd Hartman-105, 9-Rene Angel-89, 10-Annika Johanson-44.
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Congrats to Annette Cottrell for winning the 2011 Jeff Fairhall Local Food Hero Award, presented by Eat Local Now.
"You actually can manage to avoid the supermarket even if you don't have a garden. You can choose which steps you want to take, from buying a grain grinder and baking your own bread, to ripping out your front lawn and getting dairy goats, to simply shifting your buying dollars from one market to another."—The Urban Farm Handbook
Community, health, home—it all comes back to food. Written by busy city slickers, The Urban Farm Handbook uses personal success stories, charts, grocery lists, recipes, and more to help readers choose options and make a game plan for weaning themselves off of the commercial supermarket. As urbanites who have learned how to do everything from grinding spelt grains and curing meat to collaborating with neighbors on a food bartering system, the authors share their own transformative food experiences with their families—Joshua talks about taking his son to a fall chicken slaughter workshop, and Annette shares how fresh foods helped ease her young son's behavioral problems.
The Urban Farm Handbook also profiles local producers and consumers who are passionately changing food systems in the Pacific Northwest.
Organized by season—winter, spring, summer, fall — The Urban Farm Handbook covers:
- Tips for creating a farmer-to-consumer connection, and how to form a "buying club" with neighbors
- Grinding grains for flour and other uses
- How to maximize space for planting a variety of fruits and vegetables
- Small-animal husbandry and beekeeping
- Canning, drying, freezing, fermenting, and pickling techniques
Throughout The Urban Farm Handbook you'll find "Opportunities for Change"— steps you can take to achieve a more sustainable urban kitchen, whether it's simply shifting your buying dollars from one type of market to another, ripping out your front lawn, or getting those dairy goats you always wanted.


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I've often heard it said that the Urza Block (Urza's Saga, Urza's Journey, Urza's Destiny) was the most powerful, broken block in Magic history, with decks able to win on turn 1 or 2. I also saw it stated (in some MaRo article) that something like 20 cards were eventually banned from that standard format in an attempt to restore balance. However, I've never seen a good, detailed explanation of what, exactly, went wrong, which cards were to blame, and how the uber-powerful decks of that era actually worked. Can anybody here offer an explanation or a link to an external source?
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Preface: I've been drafting this for a few days now. I focused on the cards that were banned, because those were the most broken. I'm sure there were dozens of other combos not included here, and this is by no means giving the fullest extent of how the cards could be used to maximize their broken-ness.
The first step is to take a look at what cards were available at the time. Mirage had just rotated out, which leaves us with the Tempest block and of course Urza's block. This leaves us with some very powerful 0 and 1 mana artifacts: Lotus Petal, Mox Diamond, Ornithopter, and to a lesser extent, Spellbook.
Note that with Lotus Petal and Mox Diamond, you have yourself 2 mana available on your first turn without playing a land. (To be fair, both of those are part of Mirage, not Urza's.)Those mana can go into a Grim Monolith, which in turn gives you 3 mana when tapped. Make your land drop a Tolarian Academy and suddenly you have 6 mana available on your first turn, and you only needed four cards to do it. I think we can agree that 6 mana on the first turn is broken in an innumerable number of ways. This led the Academy to be the first to be banned.
Along with the Academy was Windfall. This was broken for a couple of reasons. First, consider a card like Divination, which has a card advantage of 1 for 3 mana at sorcery speed. (You draw two cards, but you had to spend 1 card to do it). When you also consider Azure Mage it becomes clear that in blue, 3 or 4 mana is appropriate for 1 in-hand card advantage. Now, consider how fast you blow through cards here: you dropped four cards (lotus, mox, grim, and academy) as well as any other 0 drop artifacts, and use a Windfall. You discard your 0 or 1 non-playable cards and pick up 7 more. Your opponent dumps all 7 of his and draws 7 more. You just gained 6 or 7 card advantage for 3 mana. That just isn't competitive.
The other aspect of Windfall is that your opponent is also playing combo. It was not uncommon for people to mull down to 4 to get their combo. While this will lower the card advantage you get from Windfall, it essentially wastes your opponent's mull! He now has to settle for whatever 4 or 5 crap cards are on the top of his deck. If you went first, then your opponent has not had an opportunity to play, but now is facing you with at least 6 cards on the battlefield, the ability to generate 6 or more mana a turn, and to top it all off, you just gave him a complete crap hand instead of the one he mulled to get. Bummer. So understandably, those were the first two to get banned.
In the next round of bans, you see Dream Halls get the axe. Now, without Academy and Windfall to pump up your early mana, this isn't as effective. It was costed such that you can't use it until turn 5, and you have to use two cards to do it instead of one. So since they were expecting you'd use this on turn 4 or 5, it would end up being very damaging. And under normal circumstances, it is. But there's one small problem. You discard that other card instead of paying the cost. This is supposed to make it so you can't use it. But Yawgmoth's Will made it so you could use it. If you Dream Halled two cards, you could cast the other two cards with Yawgmoth's Will. And with all the mana you have and card draw available, it's reasonable to pull this off.
Another one that was banned was Earthcraft. This card used to look like this:
However, it was decided that splicing text onto cards was a bad thing. So it was changed to
in the name of being easier to work with. Unfortunately, it had the side effect of making creatures with summoning sickness able to tap for mana, which is decidedly overpowered.
Fluctuator was banned because there's about 40ish legal cards with cycling, and they're all (Cycling 2). So they all basically let you loot them for free to burn through your deck. Cycling for free is broken. This combo didn't take much to come together.
Lotus Petal was banned for the combo listed out above, and I'm sure there were dozens of variants of it.
Recurring Nightmare was banned because three mana and a creature (probably 0 mana) was too little to return a creature from the graveyard to the battlefield, considering it goes back to your hand, not the graveyard (even if Yawgmoth's Will is active). It's even worse when the cards coming back are Great Whale, which yields infinite mana (although the infinite mana combo requires four lands on the board, and most games didn't last even that long!)
Time Spiral was the last of the second round to be banned from standard. It had the same problem windfall did, where you got to draw seven cards (including spells you've already played! How convenient!) and get the massive card advantage. Now this is 6 mana, not 3, and we know there's a gigantic difference between 3 and 6 (way way way more than twice as much). But as we've established, you can get 6 mana on your first turn... And to top it all off, you get to untap 6 lands. Umm, yes that's just a little too powerful.
The next big card to get the axe is Mind over Matter. This is simple: you discard (which we've established there's already massive card advantage here, which lessens the penalty...) and you get to untap an artifact (with academy, mana, or the mana artifacts themselves), creature (with earthcraft, mana, or Birds of Paradise), or land (mana). So you get even bigger mana amounts.
Memory Jar was so broken it was the only card to get an emergency ban. Basically you get to draw and play with 7 cards. As we've established your hand empties faster than a AK with a 14 round clip, you're going to get most of those cards out the turn you play it. And since 5 mana isn't all that much to get on turn 1, you might end up with this on turn 1, which when combined with another draw combo will give you access to 20 or more cards on turn 1. Broken? Yep. Unlike windfall, this doesn't kopper your opponents starting hand, as he'll get it back at the end of the turn. But you'll have another 4 or 5 permanents on the board, so what's he really going to do to you at this point anyway?
Like I said, these probably have even better ways to get the most out of them. But hopefully this gives an idea of exactly how these things were broken, and why Wizards reacted the way they did with all the bans. For what it's worth, this is the first genuine test of Wizards reacting to the fan base, and I would go so far as to say their biggest mistake up until that point and even to this day (needless to say they learned many lessons from it!)
There have been several times in MtG history that the game was broken for a while. Black Summer, with the proliferation of Necropotence decks, Affinity decks that abused cheap artifacts and artifact lands, and Combo Winter that resulted in the largest number of bannings. Mark Rosewater discusses why cards get banned and restricted. While not all the cards are from Urza block, about half are, and Mark includes some interesting information about the prototype versions of some of the cards and why they are broken.
A timeline of DCI banning/restrictions is available if you just want to know the timing of the various bannings. This article has some nice background on Combo Winter, some examples of Pro Tour decks, and links to tournament reports of what decks were being played at the time. It has an interesting piece from Randy Buehler on why Memory Jar was emergency banned, the first and only card to be banned before its release. If memory serves, Wizards even offered replacement packs if you opened a Memory Jar, because it was unplayable.
I realize I'm a year and change too late, but for anyone who stumbles across this post, just run a few games with the following list and you'll get it:
Your sideboard would essentially be:
As alternate win conditions.
For the Stroke mirror and the counters of any Counter-Phoenix or Counter-Slivers or Counter-Troll or Counter-whatever.
For the Gaea's Cradle decks. Nobody else had a chance of racing you, so nobody else deserved sideboard slots.
As for the main deck, there were, of course, variations. Maindeck Masticores and shaving numbers on Thran Dynamo and the enchantments to include Evacuation or Counterspell was common, but generally a bad idea. With a deck like this, you should be all-in. I experimented with a list that played Skyshroud Forest for Crop Rotation. If you didn't find Mind Over Matter yet, you could sacrifice an Academy to go get another Academy. I was super pissed when they banned Memory Jar because I had just spent all my money on a pre-order playset at age 10 as soon as the card was spoiled in Scrye or The Duelist or whatever magazine. Then they proceeded to ban the whole deck and all the trading and buying I had done for the past year.
Tolarian academy, Yawgmoths Will, Windfall, Fluctuator, Time Spiral, Sneak Attack, Show and Tell, and Gaeas Cradle.
(I remember having a fluctuator deck that could win turn one. Fluctuator was banned right from the start however.)
All those cards needed to be banned or restricted due to how fast you could win. Sneak attack and Cradle werent banned or restricted but both were clearly staples and very good.
Not to mention cards like Morphling, who might not seem great now. But back then, he was about the best creature you could cast.
Thats just Urzas Saga. And there are many more cards im not mentioning that had a huge impact on all formats like Voltaic Key and Stroke of Genius.
Urzas Legacy was a great set to draft with and had great cards for its time. But overall that set was the weakest of the 3 in the block. Rancor, Tinker, Grim Monolith, Deranged Hermit, memory jar, Palinchron, and Treetop Village/Faerie Conclave. As you can see this list isnt quite on par with Saga.
Urzas Destiny was another one that over time doesnt seem like a great set. But it was BROKEN in its day. Masticore, Opalescence, Replenish, Yavimaya Hollow (was a crap rare back then basically), Academy Rector, Opposition, Treachery, Yawgmoths bargain, covetous dragon,Elivhs Piper, Pattern of Rebirth, Rofellos, and Plow Under.
It was the perfect cherry on top of the SICKEST block ever made. The constructed formats for standard and block were my favorite...still to this day.
When people get nostalgic about the Urza block its for a good reason! It was the BEST BLOCK OF ALL TIME. And its not even close.
We are now playing magic cards. We typically envision the scenario to be involved with summoning some creatures to attack or defend, casting some spells to hinder our opponents, setting up enchantments to boost up our advantages. If our opponents don't do anything we play, a typical creature fast attack deck of all era probably wins on turn 4 or turn 5(if not, we need to redesign our deck). What if we are playing against someone that does nothing to what you play, and suddenly wins the game on turn 2 or turn 3 or even the first turn? The word "broken" is used to address such issues. A lot of people don't want to play against such type of decks, but Urza's Saga block supplies numerous amount of cards that can make decks of this type.
What are the ways to win a Magic game?
In 2, if someone plays a game with 60 cards initially, and if you can force him/her to draw more than 60 cards at any turn, you win the game. If you can do this on turn 1, you win on turn 1. The cards in Urza's Saga block create such chance to become more likely to happen. This concept is not seen in nowadays blocks because cards that can lead to this scenario will not be created, but if you play Vintage format, you will still see this.
Stoke of Genius forces anyone to be named to draw X cards. If you have 60 mana for X, your opponent loses the game instantly. Many decks in Vintage uses this method to win the game ----- generating a very large amount of mana in a single turn and then force the opponent draw to win.
Voltaic Key + Grim Monolith = 5 mana Voltaic Key + 2x Grim Monolith = 7 mana
Tolarian Academy gives you 1 blue mana for each artifact you control. Together with Voltaic Key and grim monolith, we can have a lot of mana.
Crop Rotation makes sure that even if you don't have any Tolarian Academy in your hand on turn 1, you can still scoop it up. If you have 4x Tolarian Academy and 4x Crop Rotation, the chance that you can get a Tolarian Academy on the first turn increases from 40% to 65%.
Windfall/Memory Jar lets you draw 7 cards. If you have less than 7 cards when you cast/activate, you gain cards.
Mind Over Matter + Tolarian Academy + many artifact in play + a lot of cards in your hand is a combo that can generate such a huge amount of mana. Since Mind Over Matter is 2UUUU and Tolarian Academy generates blue mana, it's not difficult to cast early in the game.
Yawgmoth's Will allows you to play with less cards need to be drawn.
Yawgmoth's Bargain does not give you disadvantage if you play it early in the game. A sudden draw of 10 cards makes combo decks work immediately.
Time Spiral almost work like giving you an extra turn because you get to untap 6 lands and refill your hand.
Tinker can be used to call up Memory Jar.
Frantic Search not only lets you have a chance to gain the card that you want, but also untaps lands. If one of the land is Tolarian Academy, you gain more mana on that turn.
All those mentioned cards can be merges into a single extended deck. Apart from Mind Over Matter, all mentioned cards so far belong to Urza's Saga block. That's how powerful this block is.
I didn't mention how Tempest block and 6th Edition can help this type of deck. Scroll Rack, Dream Halls, Enlightened Tutor, Mystical Tutor, Vampiric Tutor can speed up drawing. Mana Vault is even cheaper than Grim Monolith. City of Traitors and Ancient Tomb give you more mana early in the game. Lotus Petal and Mox Diamond not only provide mana themselves, but also boost up Tolarian Academy. Furthermore, they allow you to play non-blue spells such as Yawgmoth's Will and Yawgmoth's Bargain.
This type of deck is played like this: You play Tolarian Academy + many artifacts, then you draw and draw and draw to give yourself more cards and more artifacts with Mind Over Matter in play(with 2 stroke of genius). With almost your library becomes your hand, force you opponent to draw more cards than he/she has in their libraries for the win. With Vintage format, from the help of power nine and Wheel of Fortune, if there were no restrictions on power nine and Wheel of Fortune, this type of deck finishes the game on turn 1 with probability at least 80%. We rarely see a turn 3 or above finish. If you are playing against a deck of the same type, it's almost like whoever wins the flip whoever wins the magic card game. What is the need of playing magic card then? Where is players' interactions during the game? A lot of players would not play such a card game.
Tolarian Academy + Mind Over Matter is not the only way to generate a large amount of mana in a single turn. Grim Monolith + Power Artifact, Worldgorger Dragon, Fastbond + Zuran Orb + Crucible of Worlds, and more other strategies can achieve. All combo decks requires the components of combo to be met. Yet the cards in Urza's Saga block mentioned in this article can also be used in other combo decks to speed up drawing just like Ancestral Recall. Those cards appear in almost every Vintage deck. They have perpetual effect in Magic. If we have a new combo in the future, those cards will always be used. Because of such versatility and such a large number of cards in a single block. Urza's Sage is the most broken block throughout history.
I am certainly no guru, and I play MTG very casually compared to some. I think the reason the Urza block got mixed reactions was the introduction of some powerfully good cards, and the number of these cards, that these days (certainly in modern format that my group plays mostly) probably aren't that powerful at all! The game of MTG has changed over the years.
My group have fond memories of that block! Gaea's Cradle. Serra Avatar. Defence of the Heart. Congregate. Crazy days!


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I would like to get the list of functions that are part of a certain OpenGL profile and the list of the ones that are deprecated so that I can avoid those.
The true source of this information is in the various OpenGL specifications. They contain a list of what functions there are, what their definitions are, what enumerators those functions take, and so forth. For each OpenGL version.
If you want what was removed (deprecated means "present but not advised to use". When something is removed, it is removed), the 3.1 spec section E.2.2 has a list of the removed functionality.
However, if you simply want to avoid non-core functions, you should use an OpenGL loading library that has headers that exclude removed functions. GL3w can work in this capacity, but it doesn't load extensions. The only one I know of that does this is my own (which is why I wrote it; to get rid of the non-core cruft).
As an alternative to navigating the registry PDFs.
The quickest/easiest way I have found is to do a search in the raw gl.spec file. It's the file from which the other stuff is generated, not designed to be human readable but isn't bad.
Just remove the leading prefixes, gl or GL_ from the name. The entries have a deprecated property as well as adding them to a deprecated category. It also tells you at what version it was introduced so you know when it's been made available.
You could also process them using a simple script to extract the information and put it into a list.
You have all this information in he OpenGL Registry. There you can check the current OpenGL API, OpenGL Shading Language and GLX Specifications and Reference Pages, as well as the old versions'.


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If the discriminant $b^2-4c$ of the quadratic $x^2 + bx + c$ is a square then it factors. For every discriminant $d^2$ we have can parametrize them all $(b,c) = (d + 2 h,h(d+h))$. edit I realized now that the quadratic case is trivial because it the discriminant is a square iff it factors, so the two variable parametrization is $(x-a)(x-b)$ so it might not represent what is happening with the cubic.
I was hoping to do a similar parametrization for the cubics $x^3 - ax + b$ with square discriminant $4a^3 - 27b^2 = d^2$ but factoring in the Eisenstein integers does not seem to make the problem any easier.
Are there any other promising approaches I could try?
I noticed the problem is simple when $d=0$. In that case we have $a = 3 m^2$, $b = 2 m^3$. Also when $d = b$ we also get a simple parametrization, $a = 7m^2$, $b = 7m^3$ but I don't think these will help to get the general case.


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I purchased a Samsung HTIB blu-ray player a couple of years ago that supported Netflix and Pandora streaming. They released a firmware update that bricked it (not just me, they had to pull the firmware because of this). That was almost 3 years ago, they never attempted a firmware update after that. I can play most Blu-ray discs but occasionally have to get creative (combinations of loading the disc and turning the player on and off). Some of the newer Netflix discs just won't play, the menu options are beyond what the player can handle.
Buyer beware, Samsung will leave you high and dry with no firmware updates and limited Blu-ray disc support in the future. But hey, at least it's not a Sony, we all know how they treat their customers...
I bought a BD-E5700 just recently that was pre-owned from Cowboom (saw it through deal.woot). Anyways, it works well. The "apps" (Netflix, Youtube, etc) work okay, sometimes it can feel sluggish (even during blu-ray playback) BUT it was very cheap and it works. The WiFi was not all that dependable but it didn't matter as I plugged in with an ethernet. If you ultimately relying on WiFi as your only option for internet access you may want to think again or read recent reviews (firmware updates, at least for my model, were many).
I have a high-end Sony Blu-Ray player. Movies are great but the apps - netflix - amazon video - the "sony channel", crackle, etc., are horribly slow. And once in an app, navigating from one page to another is mind numbing. This has to be better!
Here's the support page
Looks like firmware update released last Wednesday (October 31)
Got one of these (or at least something very similar) in a deal a while back. It worked well when it worked, but it had a horrible time maintaining an internet connection when everything else worked fine. A few months in it started locking up, and seemed like it wanted to update once a week.
Ended up returning it for a refund through Woot. (which worked really well, so there's a good thing)
I was having issues getting the remote to work with this unit, A support tech had me update the firmware on the unit and it did fix the issue.
I have one of these and it does work great. However, there is not to my knowledge a working region-free hack for it.
I bought one of these last Christmas (on sale at double this price).
It meets all my functional needs -- as others have noted navigating around the Apps page is clunky and there are a ton of junk apps cluttering things up. However the only app I use regularly is Netflix and there is a dedicated remote key that goes right to it.
I have had a problem with the optical digital audio output -- it started cutting out after a few minutes into any given disc and eventually stopped working altogether; I made a warranty claim and they replaced the main board, works now. HDMI audio always worked fine. The wireless networking has been flawless.
This might be one of those cases where the refurb is preferable to new. At this price it's an easy buy if you need a player and don't fiddle with a million different apps.
I have the BD5500 and got it so we could watch discs or Netflix without having to switch devices. After about a month Netflix wouldn't start any shows on it and neither Samsung or Netflix could get it working again. Good thing we had a Wii and no BluRay discs. The Wii doesn't read discs anymore, but it still does Netflix like a champ (and without the {alleged} horrible privacy invasion of a Roku).
I picked this up during the last woot-off, and after manually updating the firmware, it works ok.
I've had problems with a Samsung bluray player in the past. One of their firmware updates completely broke it so it can no longer play any new blurays produced after November 2011. Samsung refused to fix it because it was out of warranty. I got this simply because of the price.
I have problems streaming anything, as well as connecting to download firmware. I had the same problem with my previous player as well. I'm currently connected, via ethernet, to a Cox Communications Business Internet connection running at 20+mbps, yet the Samsung continually times out. My Roku never has a problem.
I do think it could be an issue with Cox, as they are notorious about port blocking, but I have no idea what port this is trying to use, or I'd open it.
Anyway, buyer beware. Streaming, the Roku does everything this does except YouTube, and I can connect a laptop for that.
What model is this? The specs don't say.
@foyman: It's at the very bottom of the Specs page
Samsung BD-D5700 Blu-ray Player with Wi-Fi & Samsung Apps
Just give it to me straight, is this Blu-ray player going to suck or not? I do not want to be getting in on in the bedroom and this blu-ray player fail mid-music...
DO NOT BUY!!! Google CINAVIA .
That's a very strong don't buy. What are you basing it on?
One thing I hate about Woot is when I get a great product like this and regret not having ordered more than one, and can't get another at this price. Hopefully they didn't actually sell out and another one shows up before Christmas comes.


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Dominique L. Jefferson was selected to attend the third statewide Texas Youth Summit after applying for the opportunity to participate.
Delegates will address issues such as clean indoor air laws, current taxation levels on tobacco products and the importance of funding for tobacco prevention programs.
Students will then present their evidence-based strategies for change to lawmakers.
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Ólafur Arnalds is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer who started as a drummer for a series of metal bands in his native Iceland. His entry into the neo-classical field was somewhat accidental. After German band Heaven Shall Burn heard some solo demo material, they asked him to provide piano-and-string pieces for their 2004 album Antigone. The Erased Tapes label heard the album, was impressed with Arnalds' contributions, and contacted him about recording a full album of material in that vein. The life-cycle concept album Eulogy for Evolution, released in 2007, was the result, with Arnalds — primarily on piano — supported by a string quartet. A trio of EPs followed in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, Arnalds provided the scores for the 13-minute short Blinky TM and the feature-length Órói (Jitters), and he also released …And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness, his second proper album. His score for Sam Levinson's Another Happy Day (2011) greatly increased his profile, as he continued to release works like Stare (2012) — a collaborative EP with Nils Frahm — and For Now I Am Winter (2013). Later that year, Arnaulds' scored the BBC television series Broadchurch, which produced its own soundtrack. A digital download of the composer's score for Ronald Krauss' film Gimme Shelter was released in February of 2014, followed by a physical release in April.
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Suppose I have two $n$-sided polygons A and B. Is there a non-trivial upper bound on the number of parameters (eg. area, perimeter, etc) of the two polygons, that need to be the same, for A and B to be identical? (For example, if we consider a simpler case to the problem when say A is constrained to lie inside B, then if area(A) = area(B), then A and B are identical. Hence area is the only non-trivial parameter in this case)
I guess you are looking for a nice answer, but here is a stupid one. On the other hand I'm sure that there is no "nice answer".
A polygon can is uniquely determined by length of sides $\ell_i$ and angles $\alpha_i$. Thus we have to find a complete set of invariants for sequence $(\alpha_1,\ell_1,\alpha_2,\ell_2,\dots\alpha_n,\ell_n)$ which survive after even cyclic shifts and reversing order.
Then you prepare symmetric polynomials for your group. Say take all monomials of degree at most one in each $\alpha_i$ and $\ell_i$ and take its mean value it along the group. You obtain a big collection of polynomial expressions in $\alpha_i$ and $\ell_i$ which gives complete invariant (perimeter will be one of them).
The moduli space of $n$-gons up to orientation preserving similarity can be identified with $\mathbb{C}P^{n-2}$, so I would say $2n-3$.
See On the moduli space of polygons in the Euclidean plane by Kapovich and Millson for more about this space.
There are many structures that mathematicians study because of their intrinsic interest, simplicity and being quick starting. Examples that come to mind are plane polygons and graphs.
Plane polygons have a variety of properties that one can look at: area, perimeter, minimum number of vertex guards, number of reflex angles, number of right angles, etc. An individual graph can have a variety of "invariants" that can be studied: coloring number, clique number, being eulerian, or hamiltonian, etc. For two graphs there is no list of invariants that guarantees that the two graphs are isomorphic. The complexity of checking when two graphs are isomorphic is still a dynamic area to investigate. I do not know any list of properties that guarantee that two polygons are congruent going beyond specifying the lengths of the sides and the measure of the angles. Finding new combinatorial/geometric properties of polygons seems to continue to be very worthwhile.


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Dizziness is a word that is often used to describe two different feelings. It is important to know exactly what you mean when you say "I feel dizzy," because it can help you and your doctor narrow down the list of possible problems.
- Lightheadedness is a feeling that you are about to faint or "pass out." Although you may feel dizzy, you do not feel as though you or your surroundings are moving. Lightheadedness often goes away or improves when you lie down. If lightheadedness gets worse, it can lead to a feeling of almost fainting or a fainting spell (syncope). You may sometimes feel nauseated or vomit when you are lightheaded.
- Vertigo is a feeling that you or your surroundings are moving when there is no actual movement. You may feel as though you are off balance, spinning, whirling, falling, or tilting. When you have severe vertigo, you may feel very nauseated or vomit. You may have trouble walking or standing, and you may lose your balance and fall.
Although dizziness can occur in people of any age, it is more common among older adults. A fear of dizziness can cause older adults to limit their physical and social activities. Dizziness can also lead to falls and other injuries.
It is common to feel lightheaded from time to time. Brief episodes of lightheadedness are not usually the result of a serious problem. Lightheadedness often is caused by a momentary drop in blood pressure and blood flow to your head that occurs when you get up too quickly from a seated or lying position (orthostatic hypotension). Ongoing lightheadedness may mean you have a more serious problem that needs to be evaluated.
Lightheadedness has many causes, including:
- Allergies.
- Illnesses such as the flu or colds. Home treatment of your flu and cold symptoms usually will relieve lightheadedness.
- Vomiting, diarrhea, fevers, and other illnesses that cause dehydration.
- Very deep or rapid breathing (hyperventilation).
- Anxiety and stress.
- The use of tobacco, alcohol, or illegal drugs.
A more serious cause of lightheadedness is bleeding. Most of the time, the location of the bleeding and the need to seek medical care are obvious. But sometimes bleeding is not obvious (occult bleeding). You may have small amounts of bleeding in your digestive tract over days or weeks without noticing the bleeding. When this happens, lightheadedness and fatigue may be the first noticeable symptoms that you are losing blood. Heavy menstrual bleeding also can cause this type of lightheadedness.
Sometimes the cause of lightheadedness is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia), which can cause fainting spells (syncope). Unexplained fainting spells need to be evaluated by a doctor. You can check your heart rate by taking your pulse .
Many prescription and nonprescription medicines can cause lightheadedness or vertigo. The degree of lightheadedness or vertigo that a medicine causes will vary.


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Some folks have advocated that security should be integrated into computer science coursework, throughout the curriculum. Suppose we are going to add one lecture on security, to a first course on programming. (Keep in mind that it is a very basic introductory course, so advanced topics are not appropriate.) What are the most important things that students should learn about security, in that context?
If this is only going to be one lecture and this is their first programming class, I think input validation is the most viable topic to go over. Some of your students will already be struggling to understand how x = x + 1 (x equals x + 1) when x = 1 just the line before ... that is until they realize that it is an assignment statement.
Topics such as encryption, ssl, and sql injection need to be integrated in courses that have related projects so that they can be practically applied.
Input validation, however, is something that they will carry with them for the rest of their engineering career. It will help them mitigate the chances of their code being susceptible to buffer overflows, XSS, and (maybe)sql injection.
Security education should be contextual. There's not a lot to say about security when you're studying red-black trees or merge sort. But security should be a constant and pervasive factor as part of everything the student does.
Any security-related items should be required as a matter of course; bounds-checking and input sanitization, for example, should be absolutely required in all assignments. If the examiner can break the homework application by supplying invalid input, then points should be deducted. If array bounds aren't properly checked (assuming an unsafe language like C), then points off. It should't be sufficient to just have the thing pass the assigned test-case, it also has to be well-enough written that in a real-world scenario it wouldn't cause a disaster.
The students need to be used to always worrying about robustness and security the same way that chemistry students always should be worrying about lab safety. Security isn't something you study one semester and then move on.
If you're going to have a single lecture at the beginning about security, then it should primarily cover the security-related expectations that the students will be under. These expectations should be real-world expectations with respect to coding practices and should reflect the sort of vigilance that is always in the back of the mind for a good programmer.
This breaks down into several main areas, not all of which are appropriate for every language and every programming environment, here are a few that come to mind:
Im college student and I had that kind of course, first of they should teach how not to make mistakes in coding I mean, like protection against SQL Injection, or teach how to make own SSL connection and authorization, and a little about cryptology, I had like 7 sessions of that and all topics were explained pretty good... (I mean those topics weren`t just basics...) Now in my opinion there should be a lesson about how to protect against sql injection, and some stuff about cryptology like program called PARI..., those should be basic
Regardless of the language used in education there are a number of principles that hold true, so I'm going to steal them from here Security Ninja
Learn and apply those principles and any software developed afterwards will be of a much better quality.
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New York University will host Mark Epstein, author of the best-selling Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, on Wednesday, November 2, 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life, 7 East 10th Street, 5th Floor [between Fifth Avenue and University Place]). Subways: 6 (Astor Place); N, R (8th Street).
The workshop—a discussion and meditation on Epstein's book Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective—is free and open to the public. RSVP at www.thespiritualityproject.org/events. For more information, call 212.998.2266 or email email@example.com.
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(Syracuse, N.Y.) - Columbia College-Hancock Field is celebrating 30 years of meeting the higher education needs of civilians, military personnel and their families in Syracuse and surrounding communities. As part of the celebration, the campus will hold an anniversary reception and its 30th commencement ceremony.
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At a commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 14 at the OnCenter, 800 South State St., Syracuse, the campus will confer 20 associate, 88 bachelor�s and 24 master�s degrees. Dr. Gerald Brouder, Columbia College president, will be the featured speaker.
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Randy was born July 13, 1952 in Aledo, Illinois to Frank Melvin and Marguerite Peterson Millikan. He graduated from the former Winola High School and Black Hawk College. He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, New Windsor. Randy was employed by the Moline Post Office for the last 26 years.
Survivors include his daughter Taylor of Lake City, FL and brother Bob (Gwen) Millikan, Viola.
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Subway BOGO w/ Drink Purchase (October Only)
Subway has a new BOGO starting today, Monday, Oct. 1. Every day in October, buy one 6-inch sub and beverage by 9 am and get another free.
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Darn, 9 AM? It's lunch that interests me. If this applied to lunch, I may have eaten there every day this month.
Duh, Jack. They're subs. Pick it up on the way to work and eat it at lunchtime...
What? You don't have a refrigerator or ice packs for your lunch box?
I've never been to Subway for breakfast. Do they serve lunch items that early?
I'm thinking that most people up-voting this didn't see the BEFORE 9AM disclaimer. Who wants a sub for breakfast?
@luke727: Yes they do. Their breakfast subs are pretty delicious, though.
I've used this deal in the past. The idea is you go in there before work, get breakfast sub and then a sub for lunch. Two meals for the price of one!
Dr Oz just had a thing on that Subways egg white on whole wheat is a pretty good healthy choice for breakfast(better than most fast food breakfast sandwiches-hey also have low fat subs for lunch- for those of you without a lunch bag Tupperware has some really great ones-gift Idea to for those dogging the offer LOL!
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So, what beverages are they selling that you have to buy before 9am? Coffee?
Got this deal this morning. 1/2 price foot long, just asked the worker if I could get a 12" and call it two 6". All lunch and breakfast subs are available, also grabbed a soda, no coffee for me.
Been getting "breakfast" Subs at subway for awhile now, since i get off work at 5am... the whole menu is available (I usually get buffalo chicken) but they have bacon, egg& cheese which you can also get on a 3" flatbread or a muffin (not sure if the BOGO fits with those) and all drinks are available, which includes coffee and juice (store providing)
So in theory you could get breakfast and go ahead and buy a sub to take to work to lunch? Sounds like a plan.
I find bogos a bit stringy.
Love this deal (again)! Last time they had it (a few months ago), I just got in the habit of picking up a footlong (i.e., 2 6-inch) on my way in to work. Would eat half around 1pm, and the other half around 4:30pm. I'm down 32 lbs. (not all because of Subway, but it helped). And I can highly recommend the egg white sandwich on flatbread with veggies - low fat, low cholesterol, and tasty.
@djp519: I do eat any sub at 9:00am, since I start working at 7am and wake up at 5am every day by that time I am HUNGRY! So this is a good deal. No rules as for breakfast people :-)
The entire menu is available at that hour, sandwiches and beverages.
@coyhaven: Does Dr. Oz give 'the skinny' on an increasing problem with wheat allergies?
Along with genetic predisposition, having a limited diet in earlier developmental stages can cause adult allergies that often complicate other imbalances (wheat, peanuts - any food source that isn't diversified enough early, can be much more difficult of a pattern to break later).
Work on scalar behavioral ranges.
To bad that our local subway was open then! They dont open till 10:00
so if a subway is open 24hrs, then what is the starting time to qualify for this?
@sarisin: Have you ever been to a fast food joint when the self-serve soda station was not turned on?
@coyhaven: I downvoted you exclusively because you cited Dr. Oz (a.k.a. Dr. "I Make Dr. Phil Look Like a Real Doctor")


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A West Virginia judge has rejected requests that three juveniles be called to testify at the Ohio trial of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old......
Those kids don't want drug into this mess. If the two accused had used better judgement nobody would be going this inconvenience,shame and embarrassment. Look at what you two caused. Not to mention all the tax payer money and resources spent on this.
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Let $W$ be the finite $\mathbb{Z}$-module obtained from $\mathbb{Z}_q^n$ with addition componentwise where $\mathbb{Z}_q$ is the integers mod $q$. Let $V$ be a submodule of $W$. Let $V^{\perp} = \{w \in W : \forall v \in V \quad w \cdot v = 0 \}$ where $w\cdot v = w_1v_1 + \ldots + w_nv_n$. Is it true that ${(V^{\perp})}^{\perp} = V$ for all $q \geq 2$?
According to Wikipedia, this holds for finite dimensional inner product space, but I wish to know whether it holds in $\mathbb{Z}_q^n$ where $\cdot$ isn't an inner product.


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A famous conjecture of Looijenga states that the moduli space of curves $M_{g,n}$ is the union of $g- \delta_{0,n}+ \delta_{0,g}$ open affine subsets, where $g,n$ are non-negative integers satisfying $2g-2+n>0$, and $\delta$ is the Kronecker delta.
I know of proofs of this conjecture in the case $(g,0)$ for $2 \leq g \leq 5$ (Fontanari-Looijenga and Fontanari-Pascolutti), and in the case $(0,n)$ for all $n$'s.
Is this conjecture true for $M_{1,n}$ ? Namely, is it known if $M_{1,n}$ is affine?
(Are there other cases when the conjecture is known?)


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Let the ring R be a MU
*-module via a ring homomorphism φ and suppose it satisfies the condition of the Landweber exact functor theorem such that we obtain a cohomology theory $R^*(-) := R \otimes_{MU_*} MU^*(-)$. If ω denotes the complex orientation class in $\widetilde{MU}^2(\mathbb{C}P^\infty)$, then R
* is oriented by the class $\omega_R := 1 \otimes \omega$.
Any other complex orientation of R
* is obtainable by homogeneous power series θ with leading term x over R: θ(ω). These power series are in 1-1 correspondence with multiplicative natural transformations $t_\theta\colon MU^*(-) \to R^*(-)$.
Question: Which tθ restrict to ring homomorphisms which satisfy the Landweber criterion on coefficients? For which theories is this true for any θ?
The place to start seems to be by noting that if the formal group law associated to R
* (with the orientation given by ωR) is F, then tθ classifies the FGL $F^\theta(x,y) := \theta\big(F(\theta^{-1}(x),\theta^{-1}(y))\big)$ over R. Further, the p-series are related by $[p]_{F^\theta}(x) = \theta\big([p]_{F}(\theta^{-1}(x))\big)$, so it would suffice to show that the sequence of coefficients in the right degrees stay regular under this conjugation by θ.
This seems to be true for any θ as long as $[p]_F(x)$ is of the form $\sum_{n \geq1} a_n x^{p^n}$ modulo p. In general, it is of the form $\sum_{k\geq1} a_kx^{kp^m}$, where m can be taken to be the height of the FGL (Ravenel's Green Book), but I don't see why it should be true in the general case.
I am sure this has been treated by someone, but have yet to see it on print. If anyone has seen question discussed somewhere, please let me know.


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E40D Transmission Swap - Hot Rod HaulerWritten by on April 28, 2011 Shifting Into Overdrive
At the outset of our Hot Rod Hauler project, one of our major goals was to increase fuel economy while maintaining the towing capacity of our '73 Ford F-350. And while we will be building a new fuel-injected engine in the near future to help meet that goal, the first step in our attempt at getting better mileage was the installation of an E4OD overdrive automatic transmission from Gearstar Performance Transmissions
The truck's original C6 had been rebuilt, equipped with a shift kit and heavy-duty components. The Ford's shortcoming was the 3.78:1 rear gears, which meant the 460 spins three-grand plus at highway speeds. What's desperately needed is another gear and for that, there are basically three choices--converting to a manual trans with overdrive, adding an auxiliary overdrive unit to the existing transmission, or installing a contemporary overdrive automatic.
We ruled out the first option because of the difficulty and expense, plus we like the convenience of an automatic. And even though adding an auxiliary overdrive would provide taller gearing, the issue then becomes the torque converter. The reason lockup converters were added to contemporary overdrive automatics is that the increased load from the higher effective gear ratio causes the converter to slip. That not only reduces the gains made by the higher gear ratio in Fourth but also produces transmission-cooking heat, which dramatically shortens its life expectancy. The cure for this was the introduction of the lockup torque converter. However, while slippage is eliminated, in many cases the torque capacity of the clutch pack in the converter is limited--as a result converter failures in trucks that are subjected to heavy loads and towing duty are a concern. Fortunately, Gearstar has addressed these issues by building their own torque converters. With additional heavy-duty clutch packs and premium internals, Gearstar's triple-disc lockup converter has three times more capacity than stock.
Confident that there was a lockup converter that would do the job, the next step was to figure out which transmission to couple it to. Not surprisingly, there are a number of choices--Gearstar has adapters that allow the use of GM overdrives, the 700-R4, 4L60E and 4L80E are good candidates for an overdrive auto swap. Ford's AOD and AODE are also viable choices. Of course, the best bet is to talk to the experts at Gearstar and let them tailor a transmission to your particular needs. In our case, we chose the E4OD.
For comparison, here are the gear ratios of the C6 and popular overdrive automatics:
Ford's replacement for the C6 was the E4OD, which featured a fourth forward speed, electronic shift controls, and a lockup converter. Introduced in 1989, it was Ford's first fully electronic transmission. The E4OD is a large transmission so it's not a great candidate for all swaps; it's 4-inches longer than a C6 and considerably larger in diameter with a big pan.
An unusual feature of the E4OD is the shifter pattern, which is P-R-N-OD-2-1. In the (D) range, the transmission shifts through all four gears. A lockout button disables Overdrive operation allowing the transmission to shift through the first three gears only. Selecting 2 allows the transmission to shift from First to Second and holds it there, while 1 holds the trans in First.
As with all their transmissions, Gearstar makes modifications to the E4OD based on the application, and for heavy-duty towing, there's a long list of improvements. Ours received a master overhaul kit with Alto hardened Kolene steels,Raybestos high energy, high heat frictions, Transgo heavy-duty reprogramming shift kit, high capacity five-plate forward clutch pack, direct six-plate clutch pack, intermediate four-plate clutch pack, overdrive three-plate clutch pack, steel overdrive planetary gear set, hardened drive shell, new kick down band, hardened input shaft, 45 element intermediate sprat, new overdrive sprag assembly, high volume pump assembly, six-pinion front planetary, roller-bearing center support,specially machined intermediate and overdrive pressure plates, updated solenoid pack, and an extra capacity aluminum pan with drain plug--and there's probably a few other things we forgot. The point is, this is one tough transmission that will get the job done for a long, long time.
When it came time to plug the E4OD in place of the C6, there was some good news and some bad. The good news is this is the only Ford overdrive automatic that will bolt directly to big-block (385-series) engines; the torque converter fits the original flexplate, and the output shaft is the same diameter and spline count as the C6, so the driveshaft yoke fits. Now the bad news--this trans is four inches longer. The driveshaft has to be shortened, the transmission mount and the crossmember below the bellhousing have to be modified, the shift linkage requires modification, and in our case, the main gas tank had to be slid back in its mounts and some "massaging" of one end required.
In this installment of the Hot Rod Hauler, we're going to show you what it takes to make the transmission swap. Next month we'll take an in-depth look at the electronics required to make the new breeds of overdrive automatics shift for themselves. CCT
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On the left is our replacement E4OD, on the right is the original C6—note the larger diameter of the new transmission. Fortunately, most early pickups have room for a four-speed manual, which means a tall transmission hump.Tim Smith, hot rodder and machinist extraordinaire, dropped out the C6 then did the majority of the fabrication necessary to install the new gearbox.The first obstacle to overcome was interference between the gas tank and the transmission. The cure was to slide the tank back in the brackets and "reshape" the end of the tank.Surprisingly, the only interference with the truck's underbody was the bracket used to mount the transmission in a rebuilding fixture. Since we don't think that will be needed any time soon, we cut it off.With the bracket removed and the gas tank moved back and modified, the transmission fit into the tunnel. Note the two long projections, they have threaded holes that will come in handy.
When installing any automatic transmission there should be some space between the flexplate and the torque converter with the bellhousing tight against the block. That indicates the converter is properly seated in the pump. Once that is determined, the converter nuts can be installed and tightened.This is the crossmember that fits below the bellhousing; it had to be modified for transmission clearance.To simplify installation and removal of the new transmission, Tim cut the ends off the stock crossmember and added a removable center section made from square tubing. Gearstar provided the finned-aluminum, extra capacity pan.From the factory, the transmission crossmember sat on top of a pair of frame brackets and was secured with a single bolt on each side.To accommodate the new transmission mount, Tim fabricated a new bracket and welded it to the crossmember.The modified crossmember now mounts to the bottom lip of the frame, to the rear of its original location.Our F-350 has a two-piece driveshaft, Drive Line Service of Eugene, Oregon took 4 inches out of the front section.As the shift lever on the E4OD is much farther to the rear, Tim manufactured the linkage necessary to connect it to the rod that shifted the C6. He made a bracket that attaches to the two threaded bosses referred to earlier, it mounts an aluminum bellcrank that hooks to the rod from the column shifter.
From the bellcrank, a rod runs to the rear to and attaches to a custom aluminum gear-selector arm, also fabricated by Tim.For the use our truck, an effective transmission cooler is required, so we opted for one with a fan.


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"Bob says, 'Take nothing for granted,' and he's right. We can take action in a lot of different ways. Some people will send money to these families in Boston," said Rodgers, who grew up in Newington.
Others can do their part by lacing up a pair of sneakers, he said.
"Come out for something like the Bob Veillette race," said Rodgers, who grew up in Newington. "You don't have to run a marathon. Just do your first 5K and it's the same thing and can change your life. It's an incredible sport."
In just a few weeks, Rodgers will again travel to support the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, begun after the bombing there.
"I've gone every year because I knew it was the right response to do this spectacular event. When I go, I always read the words chiseled in stone about how we all have to be cautious of the effects of violence," he said. "The race has pulled the people in Oklahoma City together, and Boston will do the same."
Rodgers, for one, plans to be at Boston's starting line next year and knows thousands strong will join him. You can join him in Waterbury first at the Bob Veillette 5K Sept. 8.
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Kerri Walsh Jennings has won three straight gold medals in beach volleyball. She and her partner, Misty May-Treanor, are considered the greatest team in the history of the sport. May-Treanor retired after the London games. Walsh Jennings was in Louisville to help promote the 2012 NCAA Women's Volleyball Final Four which will be played at the KFC Yum! Center Dec. 13-15. After the Olympics she revealed on the "Today" show that while she was competing in London, she was pregnant with her third child.
KENT TAYLOR: You have won three gold medals and two national championships at Stanford. What did that experience in college mean to your career?
KERRI WALSH JENNINGS: It was the start. My time at Stanford paved the way for my three Olympic gold medals, without a doubt. They showed me how to get things done. To be a collegiate student-athlete you have to be on the ball, you have to know how to balance, you have to be a great team player.
All these things, I have taken with me in my career since I've left indoor. I enjoyed my time at Stanford and playing in the Final Four. It was some the best times in my life. I have vivid memories of the Final Four teams going out and going to dinner, and you're checking each other out, just sizing each other up. It's really a fantastic time and it's something that you take with you for the rest of your life. You worked so hard as a unit to get to this point and you're taking on the best in the country.
In December when these girls show up, it'll be interesting to see how they stand up to that pressure, how they live up to the spotlight, and I think they're going to thrive.
TAYLOR: Is that Final Four atmosphere unique?
WALSH JENNINGS: Absolutely. My most recent experience in big events has been the Olympics. You have your patriotic pride. When you play for your college, and for your university, and for your region, that's a huge amount of pressure and excitement.
When you fill up a place like the KFC Yum! Center, it's going to be loud, it's going to be factions against each other, and that's the fun part of this. People wear their colors very proudly and so that's a really big part of it.
That's why I think, bring your kids, show them that there is life after grammar school and high school. This is what they should be aspiring for, this is the environment that you can go into and thrive in, it's really empowering above all.
TAYLOR: Who do you see yourself winning that next gold medal with in Rio in 2016?
WALSH JENNINGS: Mum is the word. I have got myself some time. There are so many great athletes and I definitely have a short list that I would be honored to play with these girls. I need to have this baby and get back in shape so they'll say yes to me when I ask them.
TAYLOR: How long will it take for you to get back to playing once you have the baby?
WALSH JENNINGS: Get back to playing and playing good are two different things. I'll probably take a month off after I have the baby, per doctor's orders, and assuming everything goes well, and then I'll go back to work. Last time it took me three months before I could play in a tournament, or about 2 1/2 months, so I just don't know if I'll be sprinting this time to come back.
TAYLOR: What was your reaction when you found out that you were pregnant while you were playing in London?
WALSH JENNINGS: I was so happily floored. I thought for some reason that it was going to take us months and months, but it happened on the first try and it happened before the Olympics. That was a dream come true. The morning sickness hit after I got home, thank goodness.
TAYLOR: Does it get sweeter every time you win a gold medal?
WALSH JENNINGS: Athens was awesome, Beijing was all work, London was beyond expectations. Rio, let's talk in 4 years. I plan on making it sweeter, absolutely. It's kind of how you approach it. It gets harder every time, which it should, the level I hope would grow by a tenth in the next four years, I want to be a part of that.
The challenges make it fun. It's kind of how you approach the journey. Before I have put my head down and not smelled the roses, not enjoyed this lifestyle that I have and that didn't make for a fun time. I didn't really enjoy my time. I loved winning – winning is awesome, but that is so fleeting. You really want to have those memories made and so in London we did it right and I plan on doing it even better in Rio.
TAYLOR: Whenever you bring out a gold medal, everybody lights up, wants to hold it, to touch it; how do you use those to inspire kids?
WALSH JENNINGS: My favorite thing to do with them is to share them, absolutely – not a lot of people have seen gold medals. My first one, I gave to my parents, so they have that, they earned that way more than I did. My second one, I literally have no idea where it is, it's in my house, I know that. This one I bring around and I'll share with whoever wants to see it.
I swear to you, everyone who cheered for us has a part in it. It's sounds so cheesy to say it out loud, but I felt that in London and so to share it and say thank you a little bit is really fun. I think it's always fun to give somebody something tangible to look it and to feel and to aspire to.
TAYLOR: Is it important for not just the college kids, but the little kids to have someone to look up to, to show them that their dreams and goals are attainable?
WALSH JENNINGS: It's huge, I think it's one of the biggest things in life and as a parent, I want to raise my kids to so many levels of inspiration. They are 2 1/2 and 3 1/2, and I want to take them to play with the 5-year-olds, and to say, you're going to be doing this next.
My parents did such a great job of introducing me and taking me to Stanford when I was in high school and grade school and saying, "Look, this could be next," and then explaining to me what it's going to take to get there. That's why I think having the tournament here in Louisville is so exciting because people can come from so many places and get inspired.
I don't care if you're a volleyball player or not, you're going to find inspiration coming here and you're going to find the reason why you're working hard everyday and why passion is so important. I think that is something that is huge in life.
TAYLOR: When is the baby due?
WALSH JENNINGS: April ninth is the due date.
TAYLOR: Boy or girl?
WALSH JENNINGS: We're going to find out Christmas morning what we're having.


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