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Attach air-inflated balloons to short lengths of string. Have your child hold the balloon away from her body and move around it, trying not to get too close. Still holding the string, toss the balloon into the air and let it float down. Follow the movement the balloon is making by going upwards when the balloon is tossed and downwards as the balloon floats down. Holding the string, do turning and wave-like movements with the balloon. Turn on some music and create a dance with the balloon.
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Facebook sends me a lot of notifications on my email and sometimes it annoys me. How can I disable all these notifications? I just want to check the incoming messages only when I open Facebook website.
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During the quest "Missing In Action", I tried to take a peaceful resolution to rescuing Thorald Gray-Mane and decided to persuade the guards at Northwatch Keep to let him go rather than rush in and kill them all. Unfortunately, when I got there, things got...complicated. There's no easy way into the Keep and the guards won't let me in without an order from the Imperial Guard. Does this mean I have to join the Imperial Guard to rescue him? Or is there some other way to persuade these guards?
How do I persuade the guards at Northwatch Keep to let me rescue Thorald Gray-Mane during "Missing In Action"?
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Nope! The only way to avoid bloodshed (at least as of the current version) is to just not fight back. That's possible, especially at higher levels, but as far as I can tell there's no real benefit. You can still complete the quest, as I did, by failing the no bloodshed portion and saving Thorald with force. Maybe next time the Thalmor will learn to just agree when two people show up at the door wreathed in flames and wearing the bones of dragons they've slain.
None of this should be shocking, as the quest can also glitch up if you exit the wrong door, or pickpocket and ask questions in the wrong order.
It is possible to use the console to set Thorald free without failing the "no blodsheed" quest. However, even setting Rikke as a non essential and killing her to obtain the legate armor, there's no way to enter the Northwatch keep with the Thalmor's permission.
Basically, I put a "player.place at me" for Thorald, and once he's out, the quest will automatically update to "completed, set free Thorald". Now, this copy of Thorald is not moving, so you need to kill him and you are able to enter the NorthwatchKeep without failing the quest, getting Thorald to safety in an old fashion style -killing as many Thalmor as possible-.
I guess there must be a way to set him free, and send him to Whiterun once again. Since the Legate armor, or the walkthrough for this quest in the no bloodshed path is not clear, with the console is the only way to do it.
It is possible to do this mission, saving Thorald, and not incurring any negative Failed missions. But you have to be tricky. Here's how it's done.
The key is: do not attack any enemies. You can aggro them, but don't attack them.
Go to the north entrance to the inner Keep. Run inside and train every enemy to the Southern entrance of the keep. After you train everything to the South of the map, then run by them, healing yourself and run as fast as you can to find Thorald. At Thorald, unshackle him.
Now you can do one of two things. First, run back to the north exit. If you do this then you should have no problems as all the enemies are still trying to path back to you. The only issue with this is sometimes the game crashes when you exit this way with Thorald.
Second you can run through the mobs to the south exit. Or you can use your Voice Power to send all the mobs to the far end of the north hall. If you use your voice then they will all go up there and then you can just stroll by to the Southern enrance.
In either case, as long as you DO NOT attack any enemy, then Thorald won't either, nor will he be attacked by the enemy. Just run out with him, and once outside keep running till the enemies all leash back to the keep.
Done. No penalties.
This quest seems to be unfinished — using the console, there are no dialogue options for the quest to have Tallius give the player the Imperial Order, nor any dialogue options by the Thalmor in response to that (there is, however, dialogue by your character). As near as I can tell, it is impossible to complete this quest using the non-violent approach.
If you chose the "no bloodshed" route and left the brother at home, then you must talk to the guard at the keep entrance while wearing a set of Imperial Legionnaire's armor (not the regular imperial set). You need the armor, boots, gloves and officer's helmet. Weapon doesn't matter. If you're wearing the right stuff you will have an option to have the guard release him.
The other answers have mentioned that this is indeed a bug. If playing on the PC, this can be fixed by the Unofficial Skyrim Patch (mirror link):
Sit off and snipe the guards you can see with ur bow from outside, sneak in through the main entrance popping em off with the bow still and head through the door and get Thorald and move quickly back out, no getting busted by the guards cos most of them are dead by the time you go in, voila!
Yeah, my Khajit's speach is over 105 with buffs, and he couldn't get an intimidate or persuade out of the guards; I also tried to get General Talius to release him, but he said no way. Only thing I havn't tried is ranking up in the legion then asking, but luckily once you start killing the guards you still get to finish the quest, just not in a peaceful manner.
I Think the option is available for those who have already or are planning to rank up with the Imperials so you don't have to kill your own side.
For those who got stuck doing this by yourself like I did there's a little glitch you can take advantage of. I had decided to try kiting the one at the back door away to kill alone when I found that when i ran directly away from the gate far enough he would turn around and walk back, leaving me the opportunity to pick him off in sneak mode granting me both the x2 damage bonus plus leveling my pathetic archery skill, (I was only level 3). You can literally pick most of them off one by one this way except for the archers but you can use the trees to your advantage here. Inside will be a bit harder but with careful approach you can restrict each group to around 2 or 3. Also you can wear down some of the mages in there by ducking in and out of a corner when they cast at you. It won't stop them from casting at you but it will reduce the amount of spells they can cast.
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So far, I have not been able to find out how to obtain the Imperial Order, though :-(
I think you don't have to not to fight back at all. If you've notice guards there stops attack after their hp fall to certen lever, you must stop hitting them to make sure not killing anyone( and once their hp recover they stand up and stars to bit you, you have to nock them down again but be careful not to kill). As long as nobody die and you get thorald out to safety the quest will not be failed.
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Assuming that the resting potential is zero and the other mechanisms were exactly the same, how would it affect the generation of spikes in terms of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials(EPSP and IPSP). Trying to understand the reason behind negative resting potential, not how it is maintained, but why so. Does it mean EPSP is inherently suppressed by design?
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There are two very different questions here. The first question is simple (although it could be interpreted a few different ways). The second question is very tricky and I am actually not certain we know the answer.
1. What do PSPs look like if the resting membrane potential is 0 mV?
If a cell is being held at 0 mV, its voltage-gated conductances are essentially broken and it is not actually able to fire an action potential. But let's put that aside and focus on synaptic events. Let's also assume that the reversal potentials for each ion are 'normal'.
The short story is that most excitatory receptors have a reversal potential near 0 mV, so EPSPs would have little direct effect on the membrane potential (remember this rule: current passing through an ion channel can only push the membrane potential toward the reversal potential of that channel). Inhibitory receptors tend to reverse around -75 mV, so they would have a large driving force and would strongly polarize the cell.
The slightly-longer story is that EPSPS would still have some effect--when ion channels open, ions flow in the direction of their electrochemical gradient. For excitatory receptors, this means that sodium flows into the cell, potassium flows out, and calcium flows in. The net electrical current would be roughly zero, but there would be an exchange of ions, and an opportunity for those ions to activate secondary signaling pathways.
Another effect of opening ion channels is a reduction in the resistance of the cell membrane. Thus at 0 mV, excitatory synapses can actually shunt IPSPs.
2. What is the reason for having a negative resting potential at all?
The first thing to recognize is that neurons store a large amount of energy in their chemical gradients. Potassium is pumped into the cell while sodium, chloride, and calcium are pumped out. Running these pumps is metabolically expensive (your brain takes up 20% of your metabolism at rest!), and the chemical energy burned in the process (ATP) becomes potential energy in the chemical gradient. Another way of saying this is that each of these ions prefers to be on the other side of the membrane, but the pumps keep them where they are.
Ions are generally pumped in such a way as to maintain charge balance--for every positive charge pumped in, one positive charge goes out. Now if you happen to have channels that admit only a single type of ion (we do), then opening that channel will result in an immediate flow of ions. But wait! Unlike the pumps, this ion flow is not charge-neutral, so after a very short time, the membrane becomes charged, and that charge imbalance (voltage) counteracts the chemical gradient (if ions dislike being on the wrong side of a chemical gradient, they absolutely hate being on the wrong side of an electrical gradient).
So what we have now is a huge energy store in the form of chemical gradients, and a means for the neuron to rapidly convert that energy into electrical potential. If the neuron wants to depolarize, it needs only open sodium or calcium channels. If it wants to repolarize, it opens potassium or chloride channels. You can think of it like a balloon connected by hose to two tanks: one high pressure, the other a vacuum. Open one valve and the balloon fills, open the other and it empties.
Ok, that was long but I am finally ready to talk about resting potential. The how is easy: neuronal membranes are more permeable to potassium than sodium. One of the valves is always open a little bit, and this drags the membrane potential negative, away from zero. Which is to say that the resting membrane potential is not at all the "driving force" for neuronal activity. Rather, it is almost just a side-effect of the real powerhouse--the chemical gradients.
I mentioned that neurons spend a lot of energy maintaining their chemical gradients. Why then, would the cell allow its potassium gradient to simply leak away? This is not an easy question! The lazy answer is "because all the voltage-sensitive channels operate in the range from -70 to 0 mV". I call this lazy because if there really was no benefit to having the cell rest at -70 mV, then evolution would find a way to conserve all that energy wasted by leaking potassium. So there must be a better reason. I've turned this into its own question here: Why do neurons have a negative resting potential?
Potential is relative, so having a negative resting potential simply means that the inside of the cell is negative with respect to the outside.
Since an EPSP is going to be an overall positive change, yes, the negative resting potential does keep the cell at far below the threshold, but recall that over a short time duration, these EPSPs sum up to eventually push the cell above threshold.
A cell with no membrane potential is the equivalent of a dead battery, there is no "electromotive force" (i.e., voltage), so there is no driving force for current changes (except in the case of leak currents due purely to concentration differences). Therefore, there is no calcium ion influx at the presynaptic terminal, no neurotransmitter containing vesicles can bind, and no transmitter is released into the cleft.


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You can probably also do this directly (old IMAP to new IMAP) but I run into IMAP implementations in the past which weren't too stable during batch copying. So keeping a local copy (at least for a short time) is recommended.
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I've got someone in my network with parent clients where the father is having a hard time visualizing alternatives to his own toxic childhood experience. Can anyone think of some media examples (TV/movies/etc) that can help this man visualize what a kind, connected, engaged father might look like?
Good and recent examples where the father is present throughout? Good luck!
Having said that:
Bonanza comes to mind - though its been a really long time since I saw any of it and his kids are mostly adults. Growing pains, Cosby, Family ties, Full House and Brady bunch dads/uncles had it together most episodes (most of these dads are of course, not perfect, but making a really good effort and have shining moments).
A Little Princess (hallmark movie version shows the father relating very nicely at the beginning), Swiss Family Robinson, Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner (movie version) really highlights a father that is struggling through it and doing his very best to figure it out. The book is good too, but focuses a lot less on it.
I didn't watch 8 rules for dating my teenage daughter much but the 3 or 4 episodes I did see while John Ritter was still alive, seemed pretty heart felt and like they demonstrated a pretty tuned in dad.
Mathew Cuthbert as a surrogate father to Anne in the whole series about Anne of Green Gables.
My husband just finished reading the Clementine Series with Alice and said that the father figure in those books was someone he'd like to model his own parenting style after more.
Little House on the Prairie "is based on decades-old memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder's childhood in the Midwest region of the United States during the late 19th century" (Wikipedia). This series shows a father with a very caring attitude.
So Little house was added and I think that was what I needed to see to round out the whole thing.
On another note, I have an adopted brother that was pretty badly abused until he came to us at 16. I am also married to a man that was emotionally and verbally abused by his father even at the beginning of our marriage. For both of them just the fact that they wanted to be different (and having my Dad to speak with and have as a role model) made enough of a difference. My brother wound up with full custody of all three of his girls when the marriage his marriage fell apart (I really don't know the details nor do they belong on this forum). While my husband still makes mistakes - so do I, and our girl is well loved, respected and cared for.
A change is hard, but can be made with the desire and the help so I'm sure this person is already well down the path just recognizing that he needs to do things differently. He has also sought help and while role models from the media can provide examples, I'm sure with the help and support you are offering, his desire and hard work he will find success.
As a father dealing with the same issue I can tell you that there's no TV or movie that's really going to help with that situation. I also sympathize with his situation. Before my first child was born I was concerned that the lack of good role models was going to hurt my ability to be a good parent, and I looked all around in books, TV, movies, etc for inspiration. On the TV and movie front I found every show with good parents in it was useless because the situations shown in them weren't real. A TV show that had half an hour of a child throwing a tantrum wouldn't get many viewers. Plus, seeing someone on TV be patient in a situation doesn't help oneself be patient in a similar situation, being patient is a skill that must be developed, it's not something you can switch on!
I ended up building a picture of the type of father I wanted to be by taking the negatives I experienced and flipping them. Where I got yelled at I would be calm and measured, where I was treated unkindly I would be kind. I visualized how I wanted to be and decided to work to that.
You know what actually happened? I found that it was the fact that I wanted to be a loving, caring parent went most of the way to helping me to be that father, rather than visualizing or looking at media. The rest is just tactics and learning from the many mistakes you make.
Modern Family is as close as it gets to a my own clan (of family and close friends) as I've ever seen on TV. They give each other crap, they say and do things that irritate, anger, entertain, etc, but underneath it all is the family bond. All the crap that happens between the people is really on a completely different level than the family unit.
I almost made this just a comment to the OP but i wanted to add something: in addition to media, whether entertaining or educational, it's not going to hurt for him to talk to someone. But it's not about sitting down with a counselor and talking about his childhood, from what you say, working on that is not the goal here. Talking with a professional about the specifics of setting aside the memories of his childhood for the benefit of his own children will be a challenge to stay focused. I'm no pro, but I'll bet that group interactions on the subj would be great.
The most recent example I can think of is "Full House".
Sadly, for ideological reasons, modern entertainment industry in USA deliberately shows fathers in the worst possible light - either as "missing and not necessary or missed", or "not missing but better off if were missing", or "bumbling Al Bundy morons".
But I will second @GdD's assertion that a movie/TV role model won't be of much help anyway. The trouble usually is NOT in not knowing how you should behave, but in being able to follow the rules of how you think you want to behave in an actual parenting situation, where nerves are thin, patience is thinner, and rational thought is hard to come by.
The best advice I can give is something which seems rather silly but seems to work often - ask around on forums what the likely problematic scenarios will be that will arise, and play-act and rehearse your reactions to them, a LOT, so they are natural and reflexive.
(think of it as parenting katas, if you are into martial arts).


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The Viola da Gamba Society
POST A LISTING: whether you organise an event (concert/course/lecture) yourself, or know about it, you can fill in an online form and send it to us - where? concert & events tab
INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS: This was available until recently only in printed format, but is now out of print and available for everybody online - where? top menu, Publications drop down
NEW MUSIC: not everyone will be interested in New Music for viols, but have a quick look! We have asked many composers to send us details of their works and are slowly filling the page with interesting stuff - where? players' resources tab
FOR SALE & WANTED: Members can send us details of instruments and bows they have for sale (with up to 2 pictures). The 'wanted' section is open also to non-members - where? players' resources tab
YOUNG PLAYERS' PAGE: Currently this page is blank, but if you have ideas about how to fill it, let us know! Do you have any interesting photos, experienced something nice (viol-related!) or have something else to say? (nb we don't want to repeat what's in the newsletter) Email us with ideas or material - where? players' resources tab
MEMBERS' AREA: A members' area which requires log-in. There you will be able to download older newsletters (more to come), and find material for beginners.
The Viola da Gamba Society was founded in 1948 with the aim of advancing the study of viols, their music, their playing, and their making.
Since then the Viola da Gamba Society has gone from strength to strength and has now over 500 members worldwide. The activities of the VdGS include three meetings a year and the distribution of a popular quarterly newsletter, and extend to hosting a bi-annual beginners' course, a busy viol hire scheme, an annual online journal and a fund to help young players attend courses. We hope that this website will help the Society to expand its reach further and move it well and truly into the 21st Century.
There are many new items to discover on our new site, for example a page for new music and one for young players. You can now also post an event, as long as it is Early Music- or viol-related. The VdGS does not only rely heavily on input from volunteers who keep our activities going, but we are also always grateful for suggestions, help and ideas from our members. Whether you have an idea for the newsletter, the website or a meeting, do tell us and we would be happy to see whether we can incorporate your suggestions.
A 'History of the Viola da Gamba Society 1948-1998' by Dr John Catch is available for purchase from the administrator.


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Now that Flash is largely being replaced with HTML5 elements (video, audio, canvas, etc.) are there any good examples of web-based games built on completely open standards (meaning Javascript, HTML and CSS)? I see a lot of examples of pure HTML5 implementations of what was once only in Flash (like stuff here: http://www.html5rocks.com/) but not many games, a domain which still seem dominated by Flash. I'm curious what's possible and what the limitations are.
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There is a lot of hype around HTML5 but to say that Flash is largely being replaced by it is an overstatement. While video and audio tags may gain traction, gaming will be one area that holds out for a long time, not just because of better tooling and performance, but also because there is a business infrastructure built around distributing Swf files, that wouldn't easily adapt to HTML and js. The html5 games I have seen using canvas are roughly where flash was 7 years ago, and by the time ie9 is widely distributed enough that canvas is a viable option, Flash will have already introduced it's planned 3d and possibly hardware acceleration features.
In the interest of exploring just how far you can take the newest crop of browsers, I and some colleagues cross-compiled the open-source Java port of Quake II to Safari/Chrome (it ought to work on Firefox at some point as well, though it didn't initially, largely for performance reasons). The project is here: http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/
It still requires some care and feeding to get it up and running (e.g., WebGL still isn't enabled by default in any shipping browser), but we uploaded a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhMN0wlITLk (sorry it's so dark -- gamma issues remain) and you can see our Google I/O talk here: http://code.google.com/intl/fr-FR/events/io/2010/sessions/gwt-html5.html
I don't know how long it's going to be before we can realistically depend on all these new browser features (WebGL, WebSocket, audio/video, local storage, et al), but if it all comes together it could make a huge difference in the ability to ship games directly on the web. But there are still a lot of hurdles that remain (e.g., don't hold your breath for Microsoft to implement WebGL in IE10).
EA's Lord of Ultima is probably the most visually impressive Javascript/HTML based game I've seen.
Note: It a strategy game and not an action title so while it has a nice smooth scrolling map, there isn't anything beyond clicking on buttons as far as direct interactivity goes.
"I'm curious what's possible and what the limitations are."
The limitations are browser-based. If you're using something hot like the Webkit nightlies, there's basically nothing that flash can do that the browser can't do natively, such as:
AFAIK that's all possible in Google Chrome as well (and if it's not, it will be soon). Sounds like a complete gaming environment to me :)
(I included links to all this stuff in my first draft but StackExchange wouldn't let me post them since I'm new; sorry!)
Have a look at these websites:
A jquery ui guy is building a game engine called Aves using javascript/html. This video describes some of the challenges he ran into during development. He talked a lot about how slow canvas was and that it isn't currently hw accelerated.
You could also find a whole bunch of games developed using the Effect Games engine. Although the engine looks fairly sandboxed into his site with all tooling and assets existing there.
IMO the greatest limitation of developing a js/html game is sound. The tag performs differently event wise across safari/firefox/chrome all of which must be latest version. Last I checked safari worked only with MP3 and firefox only works with OGG. Although its completely feasible to overcome this with a combo of serverside logic.
I currently hobby in writing Flash games and can't see that domain being overcome by HTML5(js/css/html) until portals start accepting them or the web app stores go online.
This game was painstakingly created with blood, sweat, tears, and HTML5. The core matrix transform library was spun out as Matrix.js. Additionally many of the core language extensions, sprites, sounds, and canvas libraries are working their way into The Pixie Game Platform.
No Flash, all HTML5 Canvas and Audio. Works best in Chrome.
You REALLY have to check out CAAT library - it's awesome! It's a scenegraph (e.g thing.addchild / thing2.removechild) library for canvas.
This demo of it blew me away, along with the game also contained on that page: http://labs.hyperandroid.com/animation
So much so that I transferred over our own game to use it, and it only took me one night.
Drop in, multiplayer snowball fight http://holiday2010.ogilvy.com
So much so that I have tried to improve the lirary and add stuff back into it: http://github.com/onedayitwillmake/CAAT-Hello
Available on github: http://github.com/onedayitwillmake/CAAT-Hello/tree/circlepack
Even though controls are screwed up/need work, I am fond of Akihabara - http://www.kesiev.com/akihabara/
Google Pacman has to be one of the more impressive JS/HTML games I've seen (granted, it's the only one I've seen, but it's still really impressive :)
There are excellent tutorials for the Akihabara Libraries put together by Darius Kazemi and Darren Torpey at: Akihabara Tutorials
Biolab Disaster is a pretty good sidescrolling platformer showing what can be done with html5 and js. http://playbiolab.com/
I just finished porting my Space Strategy game from Silverlight/C# to pure HTML5/Javascript/Canvas:
Astriarch - Ruler of the Stars
It is a 2D game and graphically very simple, so it lends itself nicely to using the canvas because there isn't lots of painting going on. That being said, I'm impressed with what some of the other, more animated games are doing out there with the same technology. Like angry birds at the chrome web store: Angry Birds, you might also want to check out some of the other games in the Chrome Web store for more examples.
One reason I ported my game was I wanted it to be able to run on tablet/mobile devices without having to re-code the whole thing in Java or Objective C. iOS and Android both have 'WebView' controls to make this easier, but I've had trouble in the little bit of tinkering around I've done with it (iOS requires all your assets to be in one folder as far as I've seen).
This type of cross-platform requirement is a good reason why some people are moving away from Flash and towards HTML5, but the downside is that you have to test on N different browsers and versions and have all the headaches associated with typical web development. These problems are alleviated by libraries like jQuery and some of the other HTML5 game libraries/platforms mentioned here (ImpactJS is one I've seen but haven't tried). Also these problems will not be as much of an issue when FireFox 7 is out and IE 9+ becomes more pervasive.
If you are interested in some of the problems I faced porting from Silverlight to HTML5 Canvas you should check out my blog post here:Porting Silverlight App to javascript using HTML5 Canvas tag
Here are 3 great games using the ImpactJS engine.
If you're currently unsure about what you can do with HTML5, I'd say these are currently the best examples. Keep in mind though that because it's such a hot topic, the field is changing quickly!
Coincidentally, there was a question on Slashdot today about html5/javascript gaming:
It mentions specifically Galactic Plunder, a side-scrolling space shooter:
A really interesting HTML5 development framework I recently stumbled upon is Sencha. It's mainly for handheld/touch devices, but what's not gonna be touch-based a couple years from now? Here are some intriguing demos, including a card game:
Here are some HTML5 games on Effects Games... there are even projects there you can jump in an get involved. Been killing time between compiles mostly with their Crystal Galaxy Demo
From the site: "Cycleblob is implemented using WebGL and HTML 5 canvas elements and is written completely in JavaScript."
try Private Joe for a full 2d retro arcade shooter
if you'd like to try mobile-optimzed games, head over to marketJS


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The Talmud speaks of several rabbis who successfully appealed to G-d to revive a deceased colleague or some other individual. As I recall, one revived rabbi asked to be return to the world of the dead. I can't place the names or incidents, however, and I'm having trouble searching the issue without getting lots of info about the rabbis' view on how Hashem will revive the dead in the Messianic Era. Can anyone help?
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Rabbi Chanina bar Chama brought back one of Antoninus' servants to life (Avodah Zara 10b):
here is one from Megillah 7b (via dafyomi.co.il)
(a) (Rava): A person is obligated to become drunk on Purim until he cannot distinguish 'cursed is Haman' from 'blessed is Mordechai.' (b) Rabah and R. Zeira ate their Purim Seudah together; Rabah got drunk and slaughtered R. Zeira. The next day he prayed, and restored him to life. 1. The next year, Rabah invited R. Zeira to eat with him again. R. Zeira declined, because miracles do not always happen.
The Gemara you are looking for is in Bava Kamma 117:b. Rav Yochanon revived Rav Kahana after having caused his death and according to the second Pshat of Rashi, Rav Kahana told him he prefers to remain dead then to experience death again.


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REPORT: WellPoint Raising Premium Rates By Double Digits In At Least 11 States
WellPoint's hikes created a political opportunity for reform, but California policy holders aren't the only ones experiencing drastic rate increases. A new survey from the Center for American Progress Action Fund has found that "double-digit hikes have been implemented or are pending in at least 11 other states among the 14 where WellPoint's Blue Cross Blue Shield companies are active: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Virginia, and Wisconsin." Below is a sample:
— California: Average rates are expected to increase 25 percent in 2010, with increases as high as 39 percent for some policyholders.
— Colorado: Average rates are expected to increase 19.9 percent in 2010, with increases of up to 24.5 percent for some policyholders.
— Indiana: Rates are expected to increase 21 percent in 2010.
— Maine: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield requested a 23 percent increase for 2010 after five straight years of double-digit increases for individual policyholders. Anthem is suing the Maine Insurance Commissioner for rejecting its request last year for an 18.5 percent rate hike and allowing a 10.9 percent increase.
— Ohio: Average individual rates are expected to decline 40 percent in 2010 due to a new state law that went into effect in 2010.
Hikes are the kind of thing that bring lofty political rhetoric about the need for reform into reality for millions of Americans. More importantly, they could convince those who already have coverage to pressure their lawmakers on reform. This morning, House members will have an opportunity to question WellPoint CEO Angela Braly about the rate hikes when she appears before the Energy and Commerce Committee. But let's hope they use this report to do more than just talk.
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What is the explanation (according to the Jewish Bible, Talmud, etc.) for the destruction of the First Temple?
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Idolatry, immorality and murder. See Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 9b:
The Jews distanced themselves from God, who therefore caused the symbol and medium of their closeness to him to be destroyed. More specifically, the g'mara (according to Rashi there) says, they did not view the Tora as important.
The most famous reason is committing the 3 cardinal sins, but other reasons are given also. The Bible gives some reasons in a couple of places, and the Talmud expounds on them. The Pentateuch has many warnings if the Jews are bad, they will be exiled (See the weekly reading next week). One of the sins emphasized is the failure to observe the Sabbatical year. Therefore it is said that the Jews were exiled for 70 years for failing to observe 70 sabbaticals.
A verse in the prophets mentions how they abandoned the Torah. Chazal say that this refers to the failure to recite the blessing over the Torah. Many commentators explain what this can mean (i.e what aspect of Torah study did they fail at).
Whatever this failure was, their abandonment of the Torah is likely connected to their eventual committing of the 3 cardinal sins.


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11 Ways to Help Your Child Prepare for Testsby Lindsay Hutton
To help children prepare adequately for tests (whether teacher-made or standardized), you can do several things to provide support and create a positive test-taking experience.
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WEIRTON - One person was transported with an apparent minor injury following a single-vehicle accident in the eastbound lane of U.S. Route 22 at about 5:35 a.m. today.
The Brooke County Sheriff's Department was called to two single-vehicle accidents on the highway at about that time. Other details weren't available early today.
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STEUBENVILLE -Michael Mazik, 34, of Mingo Junction was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. for a probation violation.
Mazik pleaded guilty in December 2009 to identity fraud, misuse of a credit card and theft. Mazik, according to the sentencing entry, got personal information from a patient book his girlfriend had and used the information to obtain a credit card in the name of an elderly man. The entry stated Mazik ran up a bill of $9,355.
Mazik was sentenced to 23 months in prison. In March 2010, he was granted judicial release and placed on probation for five years.
The county prosecutor's office filed a motion to have Mazik's probation revoked because he wasn't meeting with his probation officer and was arrested on Dec. 9 by the Ohio State Highway Patrol on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence.
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STEUBENVILLE -Two former employees of Dollar General in the Hollywood City Center were placed on probation Tuesday by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge David Henderson after pleading guilty to theft.
Danielle M. Aycock, 21, of 226 Elaine St., and Mona I. Pehanich, 45, of 420 Dresden Ave. were charged with scanning merchandise without payment. Aycock was ordered to make $3,056 in restitution, and Pehanich was ordered to repay $5,500.
The women will be on probation for three years and face up to 12 months in prison if they violate probation.
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TORONTO - The precinct committee members of the county's Democratic Party met Monday and appointed Joe Motto of 812 Ridge Ave. as the city's auditor, replacing Bob Owen, who retired.
Motto, a former city auditor, was a councilman at large in the city and was replaced by the precinct committee appointment of Robert Anderson of 812 Euclid Ave.
Both Motto and Anderson were sworn into office on Monday by Mayor John Geddis.
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WEIRTON - The Brooke-Hancock Relay for Life Committee will hold a Relay University, a planning meeting for teams planning to participate in this year's event, at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Weirton Medical Center's Conference Room B&C.
Rescheduled from Jan. 8, the session will cover fundraising, registration, accounting and other issues. For information, call Tammy Hornick, committee co-chair at (304) 737-3748.


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The Lone Star NationalsWritten by on December 15, 2005 Contributors: D. Brian Smith Goodguys' Lone Star Nationals 2005
The Goodguys' Lone Star Nationals is now held each year at the Texas Motor Speedway off Interstate 35W, north of Fort Worth. This world-class racing facility is a banked NASCAR oval racetrack, complete with air-conditioned luxury boxes and a huge grandstand--it's also a pretty amazing place to gather hot rods and vintage custom trucks. Oh yeah, the trucks come in bunches, up to '72, to compete for the Goodguys Truck of the Year, both Early and Late--the classes are divided as up-to-'53 (Early) and '54-and-later (Late).
The Goodguys Association made a few changes to the TOTY competition for 2005 by expanding the opportunities to win this once-a-year award nationwide. Representative trucks were selected at various Goodguys events throughout the entire 2005 season for a final showdown. And instead of announcing the 2005 Truck of the Year-Late in Fort Worth, one last area representative was selected, and it will have been announced on the Goodguy's website (www.good-guys.com) by the time you're reading this.
We heard the last week of September 2005 that Gary Brigham's Ice Blue '29 Ford roadster pickup (coincidentally featured in CCT's Oct. '05 "All Star A") was announced as the 2005 Goodguys Truck of the Year-Early. Gary qualified for the award May 2005 in Jacksonville, Florida, at the Goodguys' 7th Spring Nationals. Congratulations again to Gary for this well-deserved award.
The 2005 Lone Star Nationals was a kaleidoscope of constantly moving colorful rides throughout the three-day event. The CCT staff selected our Top Ten trucks of the event picks (can be seen on www.custom classictrucks.com) and shot feature photos of more than half of them. Nostalgic music was heard over the PA system, as well as the musical group Passion, who performed live for two hours on Saturday afternoon.
The 80-plus award-winners were both pleased and anxious to return home after Sunday's awards ceremony. Three full days in the warm Texas sun is about as much fun as many truck lovers can stand at one time. But many of them will be back in 2006--and we suspect so will CCT!
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Curtis Fisher parked his white '40 Willys pickup from Madison, MS, near the Goodguys inflatable sign. A blown 383 Mopar engine powers the flamed Willys.Donnie Steele's candy-red Thames panel caught our attention in the racetrack infield. The rapid ride from Brownwood, TX, is powered by a potent Chevy 350ci V-8 backed by a Turbo 400 trans.Troy and Michelle Fry of Woodland Park, CO, are the owners of this nifty pearlescent-white-with-flames '57 Jeep FC-150, a CCT Top Ten Trucks pick. The Jeep features a tilt-bed, which exposes a fully detailed and painted chassis. Inside the cab and between the bucket seats resides an immaculate 350ci Chevy V-8 engine.Gregg Durr of Fort Worth, TX, had a short ride in his tan extended-cab '32 Ford stakebed truck that runs painted steelies with small hub caps and trim rings. Gregg may have been looking to haul home a new project from the swap-meet area.Sonny Bennett's maroon '51 Chevy five-window pickup was another CCT Top Ten Trucks award-winner. The super-sharp Chevy is powered by a 350/700-R4 engine/trans combination. The Bennett family hails from Montgomery, TX.Bill Lindig's green and black nostalgic '50 Mercury is a rare Canadian Ford pickup. Bill drove in from Kerryville, TX.Carl Townson's metallic blue '56 GMC pickup from Chandler, AZ, was another award-worthy mid-'50s GM-built hauler.Here's another beautifully rebuilt '40 Ford pickup we'd love to spend time cruising in. The bright red hauler, owned by Greg Gerhard of Carrollton, TX, runs chrome-plated Halibrand Oval Track wheels.
One of the sharpest Chevy Cheyennes at the Lone Star Nationals was Terry Bradley's blue and silver '71 from Waverly, KS. CCT selected it for another of our Top Ten Trucks awards.Steve and Cindy Scott's '48 Chevy pickup from Sacramento, CA, was an awesome sight to see. The Scotts' big-block-powered hauler is a 2005 Truck of the Year-Late finalist.Phil Lagrone's heavy-duty '32 Ford extended-cab pickup caught our eye in the truck corral. The well-detailed Deuce drove to Fort Worth from Plano, TX, and was the Goodguys Trick Truck Corral Award selection.Bill and Karilyn Moeller's '40 International pickup from Springdale, AR, is a rare and well-constructed ride. Details include American Racing Torque- Thrust IIs with BFGoodrich tires--note the unique headlight stands.This primer-painted cab-over-engine '38/'39 Ford truck was looking for a new home in the swap meet area. We think it might make a neat car hauler for a coupe or roadster.Allen McMurtrey of Lone Grove, OK, parked his yellow '39 Chevy pickup next to Kevin Robinson's green '39 GMC panel, also from Lone Grove, OK.We saw this bright red '52 Ford F-1 pickup as it rolled into the Texas Motor Speedway and headed straight for it. It was built by Hot Rods by JSK of Cumby, TX, for Rhonda Young of Sulphur Springs, TX--and yes, it was another CCT Top Ten Trucks pick, as well as our Dec. '05 cover truck.Have you ever heard of a hot rod hauler in the form of a 305/350-powered '41 GMC that hails from Harker Heights, TX? We have now, and Noel Webster is the proud caretaker.
We first met Mike Yoder, owner and builder of a fantastic '35 Ford pickup, at the Goodguys Colorado Springs show. Mike, a Hutchinson, KS resident, earned a CCT Top Ten Trucks pick in Colorado. His truck won a Boyd Coddington Pro's Pick at the Lonestar Nationals.There were plenty of '60s-era Chevy pickups parading around the Lonestar racetrack infield. One of which was an award-winning blue '70 Chevy owned by Steve Green and John Jones of Tomball, TX.Powering the Johnsons' '57 Chevy panel delivery isn't TNT; it has the venerable 350/350 combo between the framerails. The Johnsons reside in Barys, TX.Seconds before we shot this photo, Rodney Payne accepted a CCT Top Ten Trucks award for his awesome '35 Ford pickup. (He's behind the tailgate.) Alexander, AR, is where Rodney and his dad built the LT1/4L60E-powered beauty. We featured the Ford a while back.At the 2004 SEMA show, we first saw Jim Bayne's 350/700-R4-powered '37 Ford Wild Rod Factory pickup. Jim lives in Crandall, TX. His truck was featured recently in our sister publication, Truckin'.Hobbyist Joe Brown of Lafayette, LA, owns a '37 Ford Wild Rod Factory truck that's way cool. He won a Ford in a Ford award, which is sponsored by Ford, for his supercharged 4.6L Ford modular engine and five-speed-backed hot rod hauler. He also earned a CCT Top Ten Trucks selection. We'll disclose more later.One of the outstanding elements at the Lonestar Nationals each year is the swap-meet area. We talked to several show participants who had purchased solid late-'60s Chevy trucks. The orange two-door Rambler wagon is undergoing close scrutiny from a prospect. Do you think the seller of these three babies unloaded them to happy new owners?Throughout the three-day show, the Optima Batteries display was charged with electricity, attracting spectators and potential customers throughout the entire event.


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5 Upcoming Remakes of 80s Movies (That Must be Stopped)
Nothing from the 80s belongs in today's world. The themes we cared about then are sad reminders of how naive we once were, and the fashion trends that interested us are even sadder reminders of how idiotic we were.
Which makes it all the more ridiculous to see which 80s movies Hollywood wants to awkwardly jam into today's world. Movies like...
#5. Red Dawn
Communists invade America by paratrooping into a small, Colorado town. But they didn't count on running into a scrappy group of teens with a truckload of guns and everything to prove.
Why It Made Sense Then:
If you don't remember the 80s, just imagine listening to Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf" playing on a boom box that at any moment could explode, killing you and everyone you know.
It was the peak of the Cold War, and America was basically standing around in parachute pants waiting for Armageddon to start. Back then, we all pretty much expected that one day we'd glance out the window during study hall and see a sky full of Communist paratroopers.
Now, how the bad guys in Red Dawn flew several thousand miles in hundreds of aircraft undetected until they suddenly landed on a high school football field in Colorado isn't really explained, but you couldn't put anything past those crafty Ruskies. Not a teenager who saw that movie at the time doubted it.
We also didn't doubt that our high school football team was badass enough to turn those fuckers back! WOLVERINES!
Why It Doesn't Now:
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Carls Ellsworth says the new Red Dawn will be an updated version, set in today's world. So, we're assuming that eliminates a contingency of Soviet and Cuban forces as the enemy. The producers have said they will update the threat to be more in keeping with a "post 9/11" mindset, which is just a nice way of saying all Middle Easterners and brown people in general.
There's the problem. Right now we're not in the heart of a massive arms race with another superpower, who at any moment could brazenly try to take over America despite the best efforts of Colorado's proudest high school football program. We know how the modern terrorist attacks. They're not the "paratrooping" type and they're not going knock over the government and set up re-education camps. So how in the hell is our band of teenagers hiding in the mountains going to make any sense?
And, uh, not to get all political here, but notice how all through Red Dawn the Commies refer to the kids as "insurgents?" Where else do you hear that term in the news these days? That's right, their movie is going to ask you to root for scrappy insurgents fighting with homemade weapons against an invading force, in a world where, in reality, we're the military superpower hunting down those kinds of people.
Okay, But Why ELSE Shouldn't They Remake It?
The original Red Dawn populated its cast with all the big teen celebrities of its day, which means there's at least a half chance we'll get a Red Dawn featuring some High School Musical bastards and at least two Jonas brothers.
[subtitle]#4. Weird Science [/subtitle]
Sick of being picked on, two scrawny nerds with everything to prove create the perfect woman using the strange and mystical power of computers. When the computer is struck by lightning, the woman comes to life because screenwriter John Hughes has never seen a computer.
Why It Made Sense Then:
Lightning + Technology = Magic was just a standard formula for the 80s. It worked in Weird Science, and it worked in Short Circuit, (Hey, they're remaking that, too! Fuck!).
How amazing it must have been in the 80s to not exactly know the limitations of computers. The newness of computers and the fact that the internet was just a distant fraction of a thought meant that technology could be whatever we wanted it to be. Two nerds take a computer, throw in a dash of lightning and create life? Sure, why the fuck not? We leave our toaster on the roof during every electrical storm because we desperately hold out hope for that very thing to happen in real life.
Why It Doesn't Now:
You're on the internet right now. Look around at all the options on your browser. Refresh. Stop. Home. Any "Create Life" buttons? No? Not one? Hm. Do you see anywhere at all that you can just feed cutout pictures from Playboy, automatically combine those pictures to form the perfect woman and then bestow sentience upon that woman? No? Get outta town!
You mean this isn't how technology works?
In 1985 you could treat the home computer as a god-like box of magic (movies today do the same with genetics and nanotechnology), but that pill is just a little bit harder to swallow now that most people own and work on several different computers. And none of them can even get Windows fucking Vista to work properly.
Okay, But Why ELSE Shouldn't We Remake It?
You may have heard that a shitty Sims movie is also in the works, but what you might not have heard is that it's going to be almost exactly like Weird Science. Somehow. So we basically have two remakes of movies that don't need to be remade in the first place with premises that will not work today. Why not be the bigger man, Actual Weird Science Remake, and politely bow out, and let The Sims Movie be the one to shit all over our childhood?[subtitle]#3. The Karate Kid [/subtitle]
Sick of getting picked on, a scrawny kid with everything to prove stands up to bullies, wins the girl and saves the day using karate.
Why It Made Sense Then:
The 80s were a decade of fads, and this movie's titular ancient martial art was the fad of choice for teenagers who pictured themselves thrashing every bully in school at once with a blur of hands and feet.
Karate was so huge that hundreds of unsanctioned, unqualified dojos, dubbed "McDojos," quickly emerged all over the country to meet the shrieking demand for training. Of course, kids probably thought their local dojo was being compared to McDonalds because karate and fast food were the two most awesome things in the world. Or possibly because their sensei wore a clown suit during most lessons.
Knowing its audience to a degree that borders on cynical, The Karate Kid functioned as propaganda for nerds who wanted to believe they could basically learn to use the Force if they just met the right Asian custodian.
Why It Doesn't Now:
Of course, what the news really meant was that, like the meat at McDonald's, the karate at the McDojos was a bullshit imitation slowly poisoning an entire generation. And not in the badass way that bad dojos poisoned people in The Karate Kid - making you roam the night with your motorcycle gang kicking nerds off cliffs. McDojos fed them a much lamer poison: the mistaken belief that yelling "yah" when you slapped at someone gave you the ability to defend yourself.
Of course all that really did was make you look ridiculous in the moments immediately before getting your ass kicked. American kids eventually figured out that their sensei was the same guy that taught their mom's aerobics class, and karate fell off the continental shelf of cool and assumed its current slot next to boy scouting on the depth charts of awesome.
At best, kids today know karate as the reason Asian people could fly a long time ago, at worst, the 80s version of disco. The only possible sliver of hope for a remake would be giving it to an awesome director who understood that the only enjoyment anyone gets out of the original is the ironic, nostalgic kind.
Okay, But Why ELSE Shouldn't We Remake It?
The producers decided to go in another direction, and give it to a rapper-turned-actor-turned-inexperienced-director. Also, instead of having a proper audition process for the lead role, they decided to allow this director to put in his kid as the star.
That's right, Will Smith plans on putting this remake through his production company, Overbook Entertainment, directing it, and making his son, 9-year-old Jaden Smith, the star. How about getting your wife Jada a role, too, so no other family in Hollywood makes money off of this? Hell, just announce the casting of D.J. Jazzy Myagi already so we can get this whole abomination over with.


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5 Creepy Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened
#2. Joan of Arc and the Maid of Lorraine Prophecy
Old-time historians weren't above sexing up their accounts with a little bit of what experts call "bullshit." Legend becomes fact, real accomplishments get exaggerated for propaganda purposes (no, George Washington never chopped down that cherry tree.) But when it comes to Joan of Arc, the parts of her life that historians all agree on are so remarkable that it doesn't seem to need all that much exaggeration. She won over her chief critic at Orleans through a sudden gust of wind on the battlefield, for instance, and one way or the other she reversed nearly a century of French defeats in one year despite no military training whatsoever.
So given all that she was accomplishing, it doesn't seem that strange that a prophecy started gaining traction around France stating, "As France had been lost by a woman, it would be saved by a woman." What is strange, however, is that the prophecy was already hugely popular in France long before Joan of Arc ever wandered off into the woods and started taking requests from angels to set English armies on fire.
There was always some asshole angel in the back who would request Free Bird.
The background on that is that when Joan was 8 years old, France's Queen Isabeau of Bavaria signed a treaty with England that essentially handed the French throne to the English king. Naturally, French citizens were less than excited about gifting their country to the same people who had been stabbing their ancestors to death for decades, and so they started to cling to this prophecy claiming that a woman would save them.
Where it Gets Really Weird:
After Joan of Arc's track record of reunifying France, that prediction couldn't sound any more made-up in hindsight. But guess who most historians attribute it to?
That would be Merlin the wizard, from Arthurian Legend. Attributing anything to a fictional wizard sounds like an open-and-shut case that it probably didn't exist, but the prophecy is mentioned repeatedly through the transcripts of Joan of Arc's trial and in a ballad written by Christine de Pisan while Joan of Arc was still alive. Each mentions Merlin's prophecy as if it was something everybody already knew about.
"Seriously. One more person yells 'Free Bird' and I'm gonna start cutting until I run out of faces."
Okay, you might think, maybe Joan just heard the prophecy as a child and tried to fulfill it. You'd be wrong. Joan of Arc claimed a lot of seemingly preposterous things during her trials, but she always dismissed the idea that she was the woman from the prophecy. So we're left with a strikingly prescient divination from a fictional English wizard foretelling the downfall of England, and the only person who doesn't believe it is the girl making it all happen.
#1. The Apocalypse of Constantinople
The fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453 is widely considered one of the most consequential moments in world history. In fact, most historians credit that moment as the end of the Middle Ages. Like a bunch of lushes getting kicked out of a bar late at night, all the Byzantines fled the city after it fell and wandered to other European hotspots before sobering up and getting to work on the Renaissance. Suffice it to say, the collapse of Constantinople helped shape the rest of history.
Naturally, that kind of colossal event deserves some fanfare on a biblical level, so it is fitting that the fall of the city coincided perfectly with a partial lunar eclipse. While this may not sound that exciting, it was kind of a big deal for everyone who saw it because of a long-standing prophecy that said, "Constantinople would always endure provided that the moon, in its full circle, did not give a sign in the sky."
"I'm telling you, I think it's trying to tell us something."
Since the moon was an important symbol of Constantinople going back to its founding a whopping 1,123 years earlier, seeing it disappear during the most important siege of the century was a pretty terrifying coincidence for everyone who lived inside its walls. And yet even with a blacked-out moon, the Byzantines fended off the incoming attackers for a little while. It took the hand of God to sweep through the city to really let everyone know that prophecy wasn't fucking around.
Where it Gets Really Weird:
According to the terrified accounts of what happened after the eclipse, the skies opened up and, for the next week, the city was besieged with "whirlwinds and terrible storms," "thunder and lightning with clouds, and a violent rain with severe hail," and "drops huge and red, similar in size and appearance to a bull's eye, fell as tears."
They must have cut that verse.
What sounds more like hyperbole than a detailed account actually has some credibility behind it. According to the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory , these made-up-sounding phenomena may have been the result of a massive volcano -- one so huge that, even though it happened in the South Pacific, it caused apocalyptic weather-weirdness halfway around the globe. So what at first seems like a staggering coincidence feels a little more like God saying, "Alright, everyone get the hell out before I drop an asteroid on this nonsense."
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Joe Sherman's Motown Block Build - Traditional EvolutionWritten by on June 21, 2002 Joe Sherman's Approach to the Engine Masters Challenge
Joe Sherman has been involved in racing since his teenage years, and if you're a math wiz, you'll soon figure that 61-year-old Joe has been chasing horsepower for decades. Southern California drag racers have seen him on local strips since the late-'50s, so seeing his entry came as no surprise.
We chose to profile Sherman's efforts since he's truly old school. This is not to say he's not up on the latest technologies--he is. But, Joe has been tweaking on small-block street engines of all disciplines for so long, he'll be the first to tell you he's old school, and we know our readers can understand that. The traditional lines of thought responsible for bringing our beloved domestic small-blocks to the top of their game are how Joe learned to build engines. All of the whiz-bang, fly-by-night gadgetry that has come and gone over the years has served to temper Sherman's enthusiasm about radical design changes, while the "good" parts have had plenty of time to be tuned under his capable eye.
Sherman made it clear to us that he'd be approaching this buildup the same way he would for a customer's engine. First, he'd research the need, then carefully plan a well-orchestrated parts combination to achieve the goal. He's relying heavily on his years of experience and on the solid relationships he's built on many years of success. His parts choices hinge on educated estimates and personal friendships, with the benefits of both common sense and an in-house dyno to fine-tune the combination.
"My plan is all based on my experience. I've researched the relationship between port size, flow numbers, and horsepower. I'm shooting for intake flow of about 320 cfm at .600-inch lift, and exhaust flow is targeted at 230 cfm at .600-inch lift. I normally coax about 2.3 hp per cfm in race engines, and if I can come very close to that target with this 365-inch package, I'll win the Challenge. This engine has potential to 675 hp, but that number would require too much camshaft for the way you're testing these engines. So, I'll run a cam with about .590-inch lift with about 236 degrees at .050. I want the engine to peak between 6,300-6,400 rpm, and I'll play with the combination until I get it the way I want it."
With this said, Joe has chosen a Chevy-based combination and will be working hard toward maximizing the efficiency of his project powerplant. Let's look over his shoulder and see what he's decided to build upon. How this old-school-styled motor will compare with others entered in the Challenge cannot even be estimated now but look carefully at what over 40 years of experience has led Joe Sherman to choose, and keep an eye on this entry when the Engine Masters Challenge Dyno Day officially arrives.
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When asked why he chose a World Products "Motown" block to base his Challenge entry on, Sherman told us flatly, "I've researched this point thoroughly. I honestly believe aftermarket blocks are worth more than 20 hp over conventional production car blocks, especially when we're talking about race engines. I've taken high-performance innards out of a stock block-based performance engine, dropped them into an aftermarket block, and saw a marked increase in power with no other design changes."The Motown block is an awesome piece, but Sherman warns against thinking all other common small-block goodies will be accepted without worry. "This additional bulge on the drivers' side bank provides a generous water jacket, which is great, but when I went to bolt the Jesel beltdrive in place, there was the bulge! I've had to machine down the Jesel part to fit, which isn't a big deal and won't affect durability in any way. But, it was time consuming and people should be aware of it. It's something I've seen in other aftermarket small-block Chevrolet's too--so it's not just the Motown."The bore in Sherman's Motown block will be 4.040 inches, and the SCAT crank will provide a 3.562-inch stroke. That's 365.2 ci, just under our displacement limit of 366. The SCAT crank is an Ultralite 4340 piece weighing only 43 pounds, and a steal for street guys at around $1,200. "These cranks come finished to the right sizes and work best for me with Clevite 77 or Vandervell bearings. I'll be using Clevite parts on this build. I really like these SCAT cranks. They are well engineered, affordable, and plenty strong."The connecting rods are from Howard's Cams, and are both lightweight and inexpensive ($450/set). These I-beam designs measure in at 6 inches in length, and Sherman will polish the beams to eliminate stress risers and lose even more weight.The JE pistons are also lightweight by design, tipping the scales at a mere 330 grams. In this case, the PN 923FL pistons were actually designed for common roundy-round "claimer" engines, and that makes them affordable, too. The simple flat-top design also boasts deep cavities under the outer deck surface to lose more precious grams (arrows). The piston pin is also lighter than factory designs, but it maintains the factory .927-inch diameter. It loses weight in length, as it's 2.3-inches long versus the factory 2.5-inch length.Sherman will also run lightweight (32g) JE rings in 1.2 mm(top), 1.2mm (second) and 1.5mm (oil) thicknesses. These are thin and light compared to what we're used to and will produce much less friction. Once the piston combination has been finish-machined, they will be coated by Calico Coatings (888-236-6079) with a thermal barrier on top (Calico's CT-2) and a friction reducing coating on the skirts (Calico's CT-3).More lightweight parts are found in front of the crank--namely this BHJ balancer. These race-proven balancers are proving to be very popular in the Engine Masters Challenge.
Sherman has chosen Cometic gaskets to seal the deal, and while some readers may never have heard of Cometic before, we're confident they will in the near future. When asked why he chose Cometic, Sherman responded "I called Cometic to ask about their products, and after I heard about all the work that has gone into these designs, I wanted to see them. I watched a NASCAR race over the weekend after I'd called, and saw their decals on several Winston Cup cars. I decided to run them on my entry, and the more I've looked into the materials and engineering on these things, the more I like them. I expect to use Cometic gaskets in plenty of future engines. Look into them yourself and see why." Cometic's spring steel designs are new, and they offer builders the option of custom-sizing gaskets for odd bore sizes.Sherman also chose Royal Purple synthetic oils to lubricate this small-block. If you're still using petroleum-based oils in a racing application, you haven't done enough homework.The valvetrain will be armed with Isky goodies, including this hydraulic roller rev kit. "I've run plenty of hydraulic roller cams, and they all seem to finish between 6,000-6,500 rpm. With this rev kit in place you can push them further up the rpm range, and I need this engine to pull right up to your 6,500-rpm limit without hesitation. This Isky kit is top notch."In the same vein, all of the valvetrain parts will come from Iskenderian's shop. Sherman told us: "I've been working with Isky for years. Their parts are as good as anyone elses parts, you just don't hear as much about them. I've got plenty of experience with Isky parts, and you can rely on them to work for you. They always have for me."Isky has color-coded their rocker arms for quick identification. The purple anodizing on these roller-tipped offset rocker arms tells us they are 1.6:1 ratio--the limit for Chevys in the Challenge.Joe chose to feed the Motown block through Air Flow Research (AFR) aluminum cylinder heads. These particular heads are AFR's CNC-ported raised runner 215cc models. Joe says that these heads are really close to being perfect for the Challenge as-delivered, but he'll still give them the "once-over" to ensure all is up to his specifications. The heads will also run Ferrea stainless valves (2.08-inch intake, 1.6-inch exhaust), a brand chosen by AFR to ship with their cylinder heads. Joe appreciates the effort AFR has put into making the Ferrea design work well with their ports, and sees no reason to change valves.The chambers will be shaved to 63 cc to produce approximately 11.75:1 compression ratio. Isn't that high for 92 octane? With the aluminum heads and carefully-prepped combustion surfaces, Joe claims he can do it without detonation. This is exactly the kind of limit pushing we expect to see plenty of in the Challenge, and if it's possible to push a street engine hard with high compression on pump gas, you'll see it here.These Isky adjustable guideplates deserve a mention, too. Sherman told us "It's critical to have the rocker arm perfectly aligned over the valve, and these plates offer the freedom to the builder to accomplish this."The intake is an Edelbrock Super Victor (PN 2925), and is designed for heads with a standard port location. The runners match the "flat floor" entry of the latest 23-degree heads. The carb pad height is 5 1/2 inches (measured from the end seals) and overall, the Super Victor is about 1-inch taller than the Victor Jr. (PN 2975). Naturally, Sherman will match the ports to the heads. Sherman says, "Using a good intake design like this is more about port matching than port sizing. Edelbrock made a good intake, and all it needs is some matching work to fine-tune it."
The carburetor is also an Edlebrock product, in this case an 800-cfm model. Joe told us his plans: "Milling off the choke horn on this carb will add about 40 cfm of flow. I've had really good results using these carbs on street-bound engines, and your 2,500-rpm pull range led me to choose this design. I needed a carb capable of high efficiency down there, and I feel this carb can do it."The oil pan is one of Joe's favorite parts calls. "This Moroso pan (PN 21016) is very well engineered. It's a design that's evolved to this point and look at all the features in there. It's nice and deep (8.25 inches), has an integral windage tray, and plenty of other "goodies" we normally have to pay a custom pan builder to include. This is a great part for street guys and racers alike.Using a pan like this (with its matching oil pump and pickup--also from Moroso) we've seen gains in horsepower over factory pans, sometimes as much as 25 hp. They really work, and choosing the right pump/pickup (PN 22125), you know it will fit correctly.Here's a look at the PN 22125 pump and pickup assembly from Moroso, designed to fit Sherman's chosen pan. The oil pump is a popular high-volume design, and the correct pickup ships installed and correctly welded to the pump. No guesswork here!Another Moroso part is this trick water pump (PN 63557). It mounts in the stock location and provides plenty of water flow, even for street engines. It's a relatively new part from Moroso, and one worth looking into.Ignition duties will be handled by MSD products. "Another great product I've run for a long time with great success. Reliable, durable, and effective," says Sherman.While we're looking at Moroso stuff, check out these valve covers. Joe likes them because they offer so much clearance and look so good."They added notches inside the top of the cover to clear tall aftermarket rockers, which is nice. Now we don't have to grind on the rockers to clear the covers anymore. Also, they slotted the bolt holes to allow for the best-possible fit. On modified engines, it's important to have a little room to adjust things, and these parts offer the flexibility I like."
Exhaust duties will be covered by teaming Hedman Hedders (PN 65104) with MagnaFlow mufflers (3-inch-diameter inlet and outlet).


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Minneapolis Climate Action Plan
The consensus is clear: the global climate is changing and human activities are major contributors to that change. While climate change is a global issue, local action can make a difference. Minneapolis Sustainability staff are working with partners in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, as well as the community at large, to update the Minneapolis Climate Action Plan. The plan will provide a roadmap to guide Minneapolis towards our greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
Plan Development
Throughout 2012 and early 2013, City staff worked with technical advisory groups made up of technical experts and community representatives to develop a comprehensive set of emissions reduction strategies in three areas: buildings and energy, transportation and land use, and waste and recycling. An Environmental Justice working group met through the fall and early winter of 2012 to provide recommendations and feedback to the Steering Committee, which held its final meeting on April 8, 2013. The full Climate Action Plan, adopted by the Minneapolis City Council on June 28, 2013, is posted below in PDF format.
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