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Yep. I gone and done it. Two weeks ago, I clicked the 'Buy It Now' button and ordered some of Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint. I had read such rave reviews, I just couldn't take it anymore, I had to try it for myself. So I did.
Two days ago, my shipment arrived.
If the French distressed look is what you're going for . . this paint will do the trick.
This is 'Paris Grey'. It's quite lovely.
I mentioned awhile back I had a thrift store mirror sitting in my garage. I loved its shape, especially the arched cathedral top. Since I planned to have it sit in the foyer, I didn't want it to be dark wood because the dresser below is already a dark stain. I saw the mirror above it in a complementary distressed paint treatment.
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I paid $16 for this mirror, so it was the perfect candidate for the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint experiment.
My review, thus far:
What I love: This paint is very easy to use, it's water based, has no odor, and has a nice consistency for flat paint. I was able to cover my mirror's frame in just one coat. This paint goes on very quickly, I painted this mirror in ten minutes, which is a heck of a lot quicker than my traditional method (primer + latex paint). The chalk paint cleans up with water and a little goes a long way. According to the company, there is no primer required and the paint will stick to varnished furniture or melamine surfaces.
There is little open time since this paint dries very fast. I noticed that with a brush, there were visible strokes when wet due to the quick drying time, but when the paint dried they virtually disappeared. The paint dries very quickly (in about 20 minutes), and has a chalky finish. Once it's dry, you can easily distress with a sanding wedge, the paint comes off in tiny dust particles.
What concerns me: This paint is very expensive: one quart cost me $39 from my closest California retailer House of Anne. ($51 total with shipping, ouch.) That is one pricey quart of paint. Not gallon. Quart. Also, what is it about this paint that allows one to skip the primer step? What is the special additive? I couldn't find the answer on the Annie Sloan website or anywhere on the internet, so I wrote to them.
I'm always concerned about durability, you can read Annie's answers to my inquiries in our Q&A. I'm still curious about the formula, and want to know what exactly distinguishes this paint from all the other water based paints which allows one to skip the primer step. Annie is keeping her ingredients a secret.
Also, this paint is available in only 24 colors, which you can mix to create your own colors, but at $30+ a quart, that adds up quick.
To finish off my mirror, I gave it one coat of clear paste wax (Johnson's) which slightly deepened the color. I did not purchase the waxes from House of Anne, they are an additional $25 for each wax (clear or dark). However, the chalk paint + Johnson's paste wax combo looks really great up on the wood mirror, and I can say I will certainly use this paint again (after all, I have most of my quart left!) There's a dresser revamp I have in mind, and this 'Paris Gray' will be perfect for it. I do want to see how it performs over a long flat surface that gets a lot of wear and tear.
My first impression is a good one thus far. This 'Paris Grey' chalk paint looks aged when dry and distresses exceptionally well.
Bottom line: If you can stomach the cost of one quart, then I encourage you to try if for yourself. I can't vouch for its durability over time, but I'm loving the result so far. If you love a flat finish and a European distressed patina, then this paint will give you the look you're going for.
I can't deny my $16 thrift store mirror looks fabulous in our entry.
What say you? Have you tried Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint?
What do you think of this brand ?


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This Genuine KitchenAid replacement Planetary Assembly is a common replacement part on the Professional 5 and 6 quart KitchenAid Mixers. The planetary assembly is the portion of your mixer where your beaters hook on, and the center shaft that runs into the internal gearing inside your mixer.
The most common reason to replace the planetary is when the center shaft and planetary separate, these two pieces are pressed together, the only way to fix the separation between the two parts is to replace the whole planetary assembly.
This is an Imperial Gray (Krinkle) Planetary Assembly. Will work with models that end in "GR" which stands for Gray. The WP9708173 Planetary will replace 9708173, 9706293 and 9703542.
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Curiosity Traverse Map Through Sol 43
September 19, 2012
This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 43rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Sept. 19, 2012).
The route starts where the rover touched down, a site subsequently named Bradbury Landing. The line extending toward the right (eastward) from Bradbury Landing is the rover's path. Numbering of the dots along the line indicate the sol number of each drive. North is up. The scale bar is 200 meters (656 feet).
By Sol 43, Curiosity had driven at total of about 950 feet (290 meters). The Glenelg area farther east is the mission's first major science destination, selected as likely to offer a good target for Curiosity's first analysis of powder collected by drilling into a rock.
The image used for the map is from an observation of the landing site by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.


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One of the most popular sites on the web is Wikipedia , but it has one drawback: it wants to be balanced and neutral.
OviPedia, on the other hand, is our very own encyclopaedia and it is filled with biased, emotional and unbalanced entries about a growing range of topics. We want opinion-based articles in this section that will trigger discussion, debate and argument
Wikipedia doesn't like statements and claims that have not yet been fully cited, while OviPedia thrives upon it. The material in this section is true according to the belief and viewpoint of the writer, so don't use it as a research tool - only a tool to fire up discussion.


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Attackers could have remotely installed malware on systems running a flawed Dell support tool used to detect customers' products.
A security researcher discovered the flaw in November and reported it to the PC manufacturer, which patched it in January. However, it's not clear if the fix closed all avenues for abuse.
The application, called Dell System Detect, is offered for download when users click the "Detect Product" button on Dell's support site for the first time. It is meant to help the website automatically detect the user's product -- more specifically its Service Tag -- so that it can offer the corresponding drivers and resources.
More interestingly, Forbes found that the program tested if the sites sending requests had "dell" in their URLs before acting on those requests. While this was likely intended to prevent unauthorized websites from talking to the program, the check was flawed because it not only matched www.dell.com, but also any site with "dell" in its path, for example evil-site.com/dell.
Furthermore, aside from Service Tag detection, Dell System Detect also had other functions that could be triggered remotely, the researcher found. These included getdevices, getsysteminfo, checkadminrights, downloadfiles and downloadandautoinstall.
The last one was particularly dangerous because it suggested that a non-Dell site could force the System Detect application to download and silently install a malicious program.
Forbes found that a form of authentication was required to trigger the downloadandautoinstall function, but that too was weak and relied on a hard-coded identifier. So he built a Python script that could generate valid authentication tokens.
"So in conclusion we can make anyone running this software download and install an arbitrary file by triggering their web browser to make a request to a crafted localhost URL," Forbes said Monday in a blog post that described the vulnerability in detail. "This can be achieved a number of ways, and the service will faithfully download and execute our payload without prompting the user."
Dell pushed an automatic update to all affected System Detect users on Jan. 9 that blocked the original exploit, Forbes said Tuesday via email.
However, the researcher couldn't check how the authentication mechanism was changed in the new version, because Dell obfuscated the program's code making reverse engineering much harder.
It could be that the company just changed the check from "if dell is in the referrer" to "if dell is in the referrer domain name," which would prevent the original attack, but would still be exploitable, the researcher said in his blog post.
"However I must stress that this is not verified as the source code is obscured, and they have improved the security of other parts of the program so it may be that this check is not important any more," he clarified via email Tuesday.
A Dell spokesman said Tuesday the flaw has been fixed.
Even with the flaw now patched, the fact that it existed in the first place may make some users anxious. Suspicions of hardware and software companies helping governments spy on users have intensified over the past two years, partially fueled by revelations of widespread surveillance disclosed by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
"We have not, and do not, work with any government to compromise our products or make them potentially vulnerable to exploit," the Dell spokesman said via email. "This includes alleged creation of 'software implants' or so-called 'backdoors'."


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What You Need To Know About The Creative Inspire T12
Creative has been making computer desk top, surround sound speaker systems, PC sound cards and headsests for many years. They are one of the largest selling brands when it comes to computer speakers for a reason and the creative Sound Blaster PC audio card has been the benchmark in computer home audio. They make speakers and surround sound systems that sound good and don't fall apart.
The Inspire T12 are a top selling speakers at the Apple Store because they follow in Creative's tradition. These inexpensive speakers produce clean and crisp high end and a thunderous low end. Almost every reviewer and user has commented on the bass out put. Very well defined without being over bearing, fat, and slow. Creative seems to have really nailed it with these little desktop speakers. Though they do have their limits. It appears the Inspire T12′s sound better on most pop, hiphop, rock music than classical or choral. Such is the fact of audio. Many $100,000 systems can't get classical right either.
Many users have commented on the quality build of the speakers and even on the volume knob being weighted and being of high caliber. They are magnetically shielded so you can put them right next to your laptop or CRT without any issues. (Do people still use CRTs?) There is also a 1/8th-inch headphone plug on the front of one of speakers so you can use them in the office at your cube. Sometimes your co-workers don't like your music… and that would be a good time to use your headphones.
There is a Bluetooth version of the T12 speakers that supports A2DP (Wireless Stereo Bluetooth) AVRCP (Bluetooth Remote Control) and supports the SBC and apt-X codecs. The Inspire T12 come with a universal power adapter so you can take them anywhere you might possibly travel to.
These are perfect speakers for the dorm room because they are small, produce some good sound, and will play at a high volume without crackling. They easily connect to your laptop, desktop, iPod/iPhone without any issues.
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- Ba1 - Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)/abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing/surname Ba/abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian/abbr. for Pakistan
- ba1 - to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick to/sth that sticks/close to/next to/spread open/informal abbr. for bus 巴士/bar (unit of pressure)/nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
Pronunciation Clues:
- Pronunciation clue for 巴 (ba1): The component 乚 is pronounced as 'ya4'. It has the same pinyin final.


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Energetic and Influential Members of "The Brain Trust" Draw Attention and Funds to Brain Disease Research
Los Angeles - March 10, 2009 – Singer, actor, musician and philanthropist Pauletta Washington thought she had too many other responsibilities in 1998 to join a new group supporting brain tumor research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
"The Brain Trust" was being formed to raise funds and awareness for the work of neurosurgeon Keith Black, M.D., but Washington, wife of actor Denzel Washington, passed up several opportunities to find out what the group and the research were all about.
"I know that if you're spread too thin, you get nothing done, but then I came to an event and was just blown away. I spoke with Dr. Black one on one, took a tour of the facility, and got excited and jumped in," said Washington. "I could see that he and his research teams were getting results right away."
Black joined the faculty at Cedars-Sinai in 1997 and opened the medical center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, which is devoted to finding new treatments, preventive measures and cures for brain tumors and other disorders affecting the central nervous system. Washington was acutely aware of the need for effective interventions because her mother had recently died after suffering a stroke.
After a period of second-guessing and wondering whether the loss of her mother could somehow have been prevented, Washington became determined to help find answers for others who would face life-threatening brain injuries or illnesses. She is now one of six members – all of whom happen to be African-American women – of the Brain Trust. The group has raised $10.9 million for research.
The neurosurgical research teams, which also receive about $2 million annually in National Institutes of Health grants, published 66 articles in scientific journals last year. Three dozen full-time researchers are now involved in studies on subjects ranging from brain tumors and neurodegenerative disorders to diagnostic and surgical imaging technology. An experimental vaccine that fights recurring malignant brain tumors – first used in patient treatment in 1998,the year the Brain Trust was organized – has been found to extend patient survival and is now being fine-tuned.
The women of the Brain Trust represent a variety of professions, from business and the entertainment industry to medicine and law. Washington said that while their schedules are tight, they are able to accomplish a lot in a short period of time.
"It's a unique group. We can get more done in 15 minutes than you would imagine because we know each other so well and everyone is self-sufficient. It's an efficient effort and everybody works together beautifully," she said. "We have a diverse group of women with just unbelievable resources. It is so much fun to be involved in bringing everyone together to put on a function that raises funds and awareness."
Pauletta Washington and another member of the group, Keisha Nash-Whitaker, have also enlisted the involvement of their husbands, Academy Award-winning actors Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker, both of whom have become contributors and outspoken supporters.
Among their fund-raising ventures, the Brain Trust has organized a fair for children and families on a Warner Bros. Studios lot, arranged book signings, and presented concerts. When the Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Brain Tumor Center opened at Cedars-Sinai in 2007 – a project that received $5 million in funds raised by the Brain Trust – the group produced a gala celebration attended by contributors and numerous notable personalities, including music producer Rickey Minor, Grammy Award-winning singer Nancy Wilson and talk-show host Larry King.
"Despite having demanding careers and schedules, the members of the Brain Trust pool their incredible talent and donate their precious time for the benefit of our research. Every step we take toward finding new treatments and cures for devastating diseases of the brain are due in large part to their commitment and support," said neurosurgeon Keith L. Black, M.D., chairman of Cedars-Sinai's Department of Neurosurgery and director of the Johnnie L.Cochran, Jr. Brain Tumor Center and the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. He also holds the Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neurosciences.
Washington said she and other Brain Trust members enjoy having a front-row seat when it comes to witnessing medical history in the making.
"Part of our job is creating awareness, and one of the most exciting aspects of our work is getting information 'hot off the press' and filtering it into the community in seminars, luncheons and other events," she said. "We may have some tougher fund-raising days ahead of us because of the economic situation, but we're hopeful. Dr. Black is doing phenomenal work and he and his teams are incredible. When we see them working tirelessly, it makes our job easier. It keeps us optimistic and encouraged."
Black is available to provide additional information on research studies, and each of the women of the Brain Trust is available to discuss her views.
The members are (alphabetically):
Carol Bennett, M.D. – Chief of Urology at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans' Hospital Healthcare System, sits on many boards, actively involved in schools, mother of two, wife of Keith Black, M.D. Bennett has earned a distinguished reputation through her work with the VA, as a surgeon and as a professor of urology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dale Cochran – Entrepreneur and philanthropist, community activist, world traveler, widow of world-renowned attorney and civil rights leader Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. She works to keep her late husband's legacy alive in the community with youth programs designed to encourage young people to stay in school and lead active, healthy lives. She led the effort to bring to reality The Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Brain Tumor Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Gloria Mitchell – Owner of a medical center in south central Los Angeles, philanthropist community supporter, political activist, mother of five, grandmother of four. She and her husband, Dr. Accie Mitchell, continue to be involved in the community, working to bring hope and renewal to children and their families in the impoverished and underserved areas of Los Angeles. Her keen business sense has kept projects on target and on budget.
Angelia Sanders – Vice president of the Recording Academy (The Grammys), mother of two young children, sits on several boards, active in children's schools. She has climbed the ladder in the record industry, having worked at Motown, BMG, and RCA record labels, and has helped to build the careers of Grammy Award winners Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie and Will Smith, to name a few. Her contacts in the world of entertainment have enriched the work of the Brain Trust immeasurably.
Pauletta Washington – Singer, actor, classically trained pianist, philanthropist, and mother of four children, actively involved in children's schools, wife of Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington. The couple lends their names and time to the Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars Award in Neuroscience, given annually by the Department of Neurosurgery to support two aspiring scientists.
Keisha Nash-Whitaker – Model, philanthropist, active mother of four, and wife of Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker. Keisha has worked diligently to enlist the support of high-level figures in the entertainment industry in the creation of projects such as The Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Brain Tumor Center. One such supporter is Forest, whose grandmother was treated by Black after being diagnosed with a brain tumor several years ago.


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It has been a rallying cry against Microsoft Windows for years: to avoid malware and security issues, just stop using Windows. The mantra has traditionally been embraced by both Mac and Linux users, but as Mac OS X users deal with the fallout from the Flashback malware attack, some Linux supporters are turning the tired attack even against the Apple OS.
Admittedly, the Mac OS X platform is realizing some of the negative consequences that come with mainstream adoption. The rising prominence of the Mac OS has made it an inviting target for malware developers. Switching operating systems is not the answer, though.
Granted, Linux is much less likely to be attacked by malware. But, that reality is as much or more a function of the relative obscurity of Linux as it is a function of the Linux OS itself. Being less targeted is not the same thing as being more secure.
It's no secret that I'm not confident in Linux as a mainstream desktop OS. I like Linux, and I think it's a great operating system, but its strength is also a fatal flaw when it comes to broader adoption by consumers or businesses. The diversity of Linux distributions makes it virtually impossible to even define what a Linux desktop is, or get any consensus that hardware and software vendors can rally around.
But, this is not about Linux. This is not an indictment of, or commentary on Linux as an OS–or even the relative security of Linux. This is about the silliness of suggesting a platform switch as a security solution.
The strategy reminds me of the "you're holding it wrong" approach Apple took in responding to the iPhone "AntennaGate" issue, or tips to disable location services or turn off WiFi capabilities as a "fix" for poor battery endurance on a smartphone. Limiting functionality or using it differently isn't really a fix, and neither is switching operating systems.
Suggesting that users switch to Linux as a "fix" for the security issues faced by Windows or Mac OS X is a little like suggesting that users buy a Honda vehicle as a "fix" for Fords being stolen more frequently, or suggesting somebody switch banks because one bank has been robbed less than another. Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X are all operating systems, and they each have pros and cons–but they all have security weaknesses.
Is Linux inherently more secure? That is debatable–as evidenced by the frequent debates on the subject. There are certainly some things about the core operating system that may make it harder to exploit with some attacks or malware. But, the "most secure operating system" is the one the user is most familiar with so they know what security controls are available and how to use them.
Dave Marcus, director of advanced research and threat intelligence for McAfee, points out that the security model of the Linux OS won't necessarily protect it against common malware attacks. Phishing attacks, Trojans, and other malware exploits that target data can hit the jackpot just fine without having to escalate privileges or obtain root access.
Security is more a result of user awareness and behavior. Risky behavior is risky behavior regardless of the operating system.
The reality is that Linux is not more secure. It is simply less targeted. The fallacious belief that it is inherently secure is the same sort of faulty logic that's getting Mac users in trouble now. The Mac culture has been conditioned that security is not an issue, and now that the OS is being targeted by malware attacks the users are unprepared to recognize or respond to threats.
The OS itself is becoming increasingly less relevant anyway. The Flashback attack exploits a Java flaw. Many malware attacks go after Adobe Flash, and other fairly ubiquitous applications. Third-party software is often the weaker "low-hanging fruit", and cross-platform tools like Java and Flash offer a wider potential pool of victims.
Running away to a more obscure, less targeted platform is only a viable solution as long as the platform remains more obscure and less targeted. Consumers and businesses have to face malware threats, and find ways to secure and protect PCs regardless of what operating system they're running.


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My last post on No Whip!
Today the book I've worked on for the previous year, Appetite For Reduction, is officially out and I'm ending this blog and starting a new site called True Love Health.
Well, it has been an amazing four years of regular posting here. In December of 2006, while spending a month in New Zealand, I decided to take all of my adventure writing and put it in one place. I spent many many hours finding and organizing my stories and photos; all the way back to my reflections on my 2001 cross-country bike tour. Many stories never got finished as I was too quickly accumulating new ones to write about old ones! What a fortunate problem to have.
The name of this of this blog was chosen without much thought, based on a dumb joke. I never thought ahead that I'd be promoting it or that strangers would actually be reading it. It was just a place to record what I was up to for my friends to see.
What's that joke? Slang for car is whip, but it's also short for whip cream, two things I philosophically try to avoid. One day at a coffee shop I ordered a fancy drink and the barista said, 'Whip?' and I responded, 'No, I rode here.' She stared at me blankly the same way people do when I explain the blog name....
So I'm moving on. I don't talk about it often, but I'm a Registered Dietitian, i.e. a professional nutritionist. My expertise is in Public Health (I teach community college) and Vegetarian Nutrition (duh). I've always struggled to keep my professional life and personal life separate, but it's obvious that they are one and the same. My professional life is dictated by my personal ethics and it's not only dumb, but a pain in the ass to try and hide my tattoos from my colleagues.
I got into nutrition because of veganism and always thought I'd have my own practice immediately. But now seven years on from graduate school (!!) I'm making the time for it and my new site, True Love Health will reflect both adventure and my 'professional' life. An example of my writing is on No Meat Athlete, Protein- A Primer For Vegetarians.
How about some FAQ?
Where did the name True Love Health come from?
In 2007 I was working on a new design for the stage race I put on, Feel My Legs, I'm A Racer. I had wanted a new bike related tattoo and decided I'd use the design for the 2007 race as my tattoo. It represents my feeling about riding bikes and doing races: I just really love the process. The action of doing. We don't race up 10 of the hardest hills in LA just to get to the top, but for the process of riding something so different. A metaphor for life, if you will.
And this way I already have my brand tattooed on me. Easy decision.
Is the new site only about vegan nutrition?
-No, definitely not. My philosophy on health, nutrition and exercise is that they have to be fun and lifestyle oriented. I hate treadmills. I love to cook. Sometimes I eat vegan donuts. Health is about the big picture and having fun and the new site will reflect this.
Will you constantly be trying to sell your services?
How can I pay you for your services?
-Please get in touch through my email which is MattRuscigno on gmail.
What new stuff will the site have?
-More regular posts with more details on training, eating and racing plus guest posts from people who I think are ruling at life. And other more in-depth projects! It's going to be an all-around resource for people being stoked on eating and doing stuff!
Will you still post stupid photos you take in the street with your phone?
-Fuck yeah!
Is it going to be all nice and professional or will you still swear and be kinda inappropriate?
-See above.
How can I stay in the loop?
About 500 people subscribe to this blog via a service like Google Reader. You need to add Truelovehealth.com to your reader and follow on twitter.com/truelovehealth. Also, if you link to me from your site please update your link!
Lastly, thank you everyone who has been supportive by reading and being a part of these adventures. This is what life is about! I wouldn't do all this if it wasn't motivating people to be good in the world. What we eat, how we get around and how we spend our free time is as political as anything! It affects everyone. But this doesn't mean it cannot be fun. Looking forward to many more years of adventures!!


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In this 18 minute video Cathe transforms a complicated tree shape into a simplified painting by thinking about the overall shape first and then clusters of smaller overlapping ones. She talks about the importance of looking at complicated shapes by thinking about it in two stages. First, consider the large outside shape, draw it, and tweak it to make it interesting. Secondly, break that shape up into smaller shapes that overlap each other, creating a cluster of shapes. Together they roughly make up the first large shape. Invaluable tool whether working on location or from photos.
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2010 was the 4th calendar year we've closed at PSAMP, after beginning in March of 2007. Last year was my first tribute to the year sucking, cos apparently I wasn't around to realizing how terrible everything was back in 2007 and 2008. We've grown together.
Believe it or not, 2 Pittsburgh franchises were technically in possession of their sports' respective championship trophies for different lengths in 2010, overlapping for a little over a month's worth of blissful memories of a better time. And here we are on December 31st, the award shelf is bare and the teams are hungry.
So as I'm prone to doing, here's Katt Williams with your words to live by as we sweep into the unknown that is 2011:
"You gotta keep it pushing. I don't even go to ni**as' birthday parties if they doing the same shit as last year."
Well said, your pimpness…even if that is cheating since I used that quote last year. Oh well, here's a bonus Katt quote that doesn't have to do with anything:
"Please don't get angry ladies, I'm only calling you 'bitches' cos I don't know your names individually, holla if you hear me now. Lets not get sensitive this evening, lets not… Life is too motherf***in' short, I am happy than a motherf***er to be here."
I'm done with 2010. Here's to bigger and better things.
Go Steelers.
Go Pirates.
Go Pens.


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Maybe you're taking a break from Father's Day gift shopping to see what you missed on your favorite Gawker Media sites this week. Or maybe you two just argued politics and you're now looking for a little distraction. Well, whatever the case, we've got you covered. Here are some of the most amusing and entertaining videos we watched during the week that was.
When They Rioted In Vancouver, At Least One Fool Took A Firework To The Groin
Tipster Angus D. kindly shared this six-second snippet of a fellow in a Vancouver Canucks jersey totally flopping after he got hit by an errant party favor. View »
The World's Most Offensive Campaign Ad
Did you find filmmaker Ladd Ehlinger Jr.'s campaign ad depicting Nancy Pelosi as the Wicked Witch insufficiently racist and sexist? You're in luck, because he's outdone himself with "Give Us Your Cash, Bitch!" View »
TV Anchor's Dalai Lama Joke Goes Wrong
Recently on Australia's version of the Today show, anchor Karl Stefanovic sat down for an interview with the Dalai Lama, during which he attempted a joke about the religious leader going into a pizza shop. That's when things got really awkward. View »
Watch the Milky Way Wheel Overhead In All Its Glory
Randy Halverson took this amazing time lapse of the night sky over the plains of central South Dakota. Each shot took perseverance, as clouds and high winds made it harder to shoot. He still makes it looks easy. View »
Watch two guys run wild in an empty airport
Stranded overnight at the Dallas Fort-Worth airport, photographer Joe Ayala and his buddy videotaped themselves running wild in the terminal that became their home for the night. How is this possible in the TSA era? Watch this amazing video and find out. View »
When Xbox Japan Meets Schoolgirls
At the Tokyo Game Show, booth companions wear skimpy outfits. Some say it's degrading, some like it. Microsoft's booth companion outfits are cute and designed to show off each woman's best feature, giving them more confidence and making them comfortable. View »
'Educated' Snob Berates Train Conductor for No Good Reason
Know what's worse than someone yelling on the train? Someone yelling on the train and making a complete ass of herself. Here is a self-identified "educated" woman yelling at a Metro-North train conductor who told her to pipe down. It's pretty incredible. View »
Seal Pups Kiss After Being Released Into The Wild
Two elephant seal pups that were rescued and rehabilitated at Laguna Beach's Pacific Marine Mammal Center were released back into the wild on Saturday. And then our hearts melted and we felt nothing but love for the world. View »
Here's Video Of A Diamondbacks Fan Strong-Arming A Foul Ball Away From A Woman
The annals of baseball history may not record much more than the fact that the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-2 in 10 innings yesterday. However, dude there in the second row sporting a Chris Young jersey will have vivid, life-long memories of 6/16/11 as the day he muscled a woman out of the way to get a foul ball. Victory. View »
A Robotic Hand So Quick It's Scary
The above video demonstrates extremely precise robotic hand and finger manipulation. It was designed to make use of a high-speed camera and tactile sensors to enable throwing, catching, and even grasping. I hope it's only used for good. View »
The Final Trailer for the Final Harry Potter Movie
Here's a trailer—the last one ever—for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which is also the last Harry Potter movie ever. Full of footage not seen in the film's first trailer a couple of months ago, this one—out a month before its July 15 release—will hopefully provide a temporary fix to Potter addicts as they await their final dance with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the rest of the gang. View »
Watch a bad rally crash cause a worse rally crash
We're not entirely sure where this crash is, we just know the rally marshals who let it happen should all be fired. The first accident with the Golf is part of rallying and probably unavoidable, but the proximity of spectators nearly results in the beheading of the photographer. View »
Hands-On With The Wii U's First Third-Person Shooter
Ghost Recon Online for the Wii U is a third-person shooter for Nintendo's next big thing packed with tons of cool bells and whistles. It also demonstrates some of the big hurdles the new console will face when trying to satisfy hardcore gamers. View »
Rachel McAdams Spots Herself On JumboTron, Goes Adorably Nuts
During Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals, the control room spotted Rachel McAdams in the crowd. What resulted was exceedingly cute, and exactly why God gave us GIFs. View »
Here's the Cheesy Anti-Union Video All Target Employees Must Endure
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Big Data Project Susses Us out
What best helps you cope with stress? What happens to you when you die? If you could enhance the DNA of your unborn child, what would you improve?
For the past two months, a project called the "Human Face of Big Data" has been asking smart-phone users these and dozens of other questions.
The project's goal is to aggregate millions of responses worldwide and see if they provide any insights into our beliefs, rituals and attitudes. More than three million smart-phone users across 100 countries have responded.
While not terribly surprising, some of the results released December 4 are interesting.
Men were more likely to want to boost their unborn child's intelligence, but women thought the child's health more important. Older respondents are more likely to relieve stress through work or prayer, while younger people de-stress through music and the arts or friends and family. People between 20 and 50 are more inclined to believe that death is the end of the line. But those under 20 and over 50 are most likely to believe in an afterlife in heaven or hell. One that probably includes their smart phones.
—Larry Greenemeier
[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]


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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Tens of thousands of students, most of them disabled, are strapped down or physically restrained in school, and disability advocates hope that a new Education Department report detailing the practice of "seclusion and restraint" will spur federal action to end it.
The report, compiled and made public for the first time by the department's civil rights arm, shows that 70 percent of students subjected to the techniques have disabilities. There are no current federal standards on the use of the techniques in schools.
The American Association of School Administrators says they are a last resort in protecting students and faculty from physical harm and keeping some children with behavioral problems in schools who might otherwise go into residential institutions. Advocates for the disabled say the use of seclusion and restraint is too accepted in schools and has led to abuse. They want Congress or the department to help curtail the practice.
They point to news reports and a Government Accountability Office study in 2009 illustrating cases of children as young as preschool age who were duct-taped to chairs and locked alone for hours. That report by Congress' investigative and auditing arm did not determine whether these types of allegations were widespread, but investigators did find "hundreds of cases of alleged abuse and death related to the use of these methods on schoolchildren during the past two decades."
In one recent case, the mother of a Kentucky boy with autism said that when she went to her son's school, she found him stuffed in a canvas duffel bag in the hallway. Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would require the state to report how often special education students are isolated because of emotional outbursts. That follows incidents in Middletown, Conn., where special education students were allegedly isolated in "scream rooms" during outbursts.
Sasha Pudelski, government affairs manager at the school administrators association, said except in rare cases, school workers use seclusion and restraint safely and only when necessary. She said federal action isn't appropriate because the issue should be addressed at the local and state level, which is happening.
"We would never defend the heinous practices that are sometimes highlighted," Pudelski said.
The department's data from the 2009-2010 school year showed tens of thousands of instances in which the techniques were reportedly used. It also showed that that while black students represent 21 percent of students with disabilities, they account for 44 percent of students with disabilities who are subjected to mechanical restraints. It's unclear the circumstances or exact methods used in the cases.
People on both sides of the debate said the new numbers don't show a complete picture.
Because they are based on a survey that relied on self-reporting in about 85 percent of schools, activists said there are likely many more cases. Pudelski said it was the first time that schools were asked to compile the statistics, so there was confusion about how to count some situations, and therefore probably over-reporting.
Reece L. Peterson, a special education professor at the University of Nebraska who has testified before Congress on the topic, said there's a consensus among special educators about using seclusion and restraint only in emergencies where there's a threat of someone getting hurt.
Based on the department's new numbers, Peterson said, "there is some evidence that these things are being used on a basis more widely than simply these kind of emergency situations."
Reports of such incidents should be "minuscule," said Maureen Fitzgerald, director of disability rights at the Arc, which advocates for people with disabilities. Fitzgerald said when abuses occur, it's usually because workers aren't properly trained.
"They are put in situations where they're not trained, they don't have the support they need and things get out of control because they don't know how to manage the kids, and they do whatever they can to keep everybody calm and safe … and that's when people start getting hurt," Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald's organization is among several disability organizations seeking passage of a bill by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, that would prohibit the use of seclusion and allow restraints only in emergency situations and until the danger of serious bodily injury has passed. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., has a similar bill in the House. Legislation to address the issue sponsored by Miller passed in 2010 but failed to get out of the Senate.
Activists also say the Education Department should be doing more to highlight and end the practice. In a report this past week, Curt Decker, the executive director of the National Disability Rights Network, wrote that the department hasn't provided "meaningful" leadership on the issue and has failed to issue clear guidance on when seclusion and restraint might violate the law.
"The guidance at a minimum must also limit the use of physical restraint or seclusion to circumstances when necessary to protect a child or others from imminent physical danger and not weaken existing protections in the states," Decker said.
Daren Briscoe, an Education Department spokesman, said the new data will be an "invaluable tool to illuminate trouble spots, highlight best practices, and pinpoint areas where teacher and principal training may be appropriate."
Civil Rights Data Collection: http://ocrdata.ed.gov/
American Association of School Administrators: http://www.aasa.org/
The Arc: http://www.thearc.org
National Disability Rights Network: http://www.ndrn.org


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View of Cantavieja © Turespaña
The stones and dwellings of the historic capital of Alto Maestrazgo are home not only to a splendid heritage of architecture and monuments, but echo with ancient legends and battles. Its historic quarter has the Property of Cultural Interest designation.
The locality has one of the most complete groups of Gothic Aragonese monuments. It is overlooked by the ruins of its old castle, which was blown up during the first Carlist War, when Cantavieja was the command centre of the Carlist general Ramón Cabrera, the "Tiger of Maestrazgo".
Narrow streets lined by houses with a mediaeval feel take us to the main sites in Cantavieja. The colonnaded Plaza Mayor square includes the Town Hall, with a notable Gothic coffered ceiling in its legislative chamber, and the large La Asunción Church (18th century), which has a Gothic façade and doorway.
Other buildings of interest are the Gothic Church of San Miguel, the former Baroque Hospital of San Roque and stately homes such as Bayle House, Novales House and Mas Fortificado.
The town is on a steep rocky cliff that gives it an impressive outline. As with the rest of the area, the beauty of its sites often attracts hikers.
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Trees Trap Ants Into Sweet Servitude
A sip of nectar enslaves ants to the trees they guard.
An evolutionary alliance between trees and the ants that guard them has a sinister explanation, a new study suggests, finding ants hooked on nectar.
In Central America, ants act as bodyguards for acacia trees, defending them from weeds and hungry animals in exchange for room and board, one of the most iconic alliances in nature. (See "Ant Bodyguards Get Exclusive Contract From Trees.")
But Martin Heil of Cinvestav Unidad Irapuato in Mexico has found that the tree's sugary snacks are laced with an enzyme that prevents the ants from eating other sources of sugar.
One sip, and the insects are consigned to a life of indentured servitude.
"It was surprising to me that the immobile, 'passive' plant can manipulate the seemingly much more active partner, the ant," says Heil.
The report illustrates how evolution keeps cooperative relationships among some species going, even when one partner is clearly reaping most of the benefits in the arrangement. (See "Video—Acacia Tree Ants.")
Nectar Addicts
Heil compares the tree to a dairy company that sells lactose-free milk that has been chemically altered to render its customers unable to digest normal milk. Any customer who drank it would be forced to stick to that one lactose-free brand.
Here's how it works. Most of the sweet foods that ants eat, such as plant sap, are rich in a sugar called sucrose. The ants digest this with an enzyme called invertase, which breaks sucrose into smaller sugars.
In 2005, Heil showed that all of the workers of the acacia ant Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus lack invertase activity and cannot digest normal sources of sucrose.
Fortunately, the tree compensates for this impairment by secreting invertase into its nectar, providing the ants with a predigested meal. For this reason, the ants prefer acacia nectar over other sugar sources.
But Heil suspected that this explanation was too neat. Why would the ants so heavily restrict their dietary options by losing an important enzyme?
Weirder still, in 2008, Heil showed that the larvae have invertase, which becomes deactivated only when they turn into adults.
Culprit Nabbed
Heil has now shown that the tree itself is responsible. Writing in the Ecology Letters journal, he reports that acacia nectar contains chitinase enzymes that completely block invertase.
Shortly after the workers emerge from their pupae as adults, they take their first sip of nectar and their invertase becomes irreversibly disabled.
"Ain't nature grand?" says Todd Palmer of the University of Florida, who studies ants and acacias.
"What looks from the outside as another case of digestive specialization appears to be a sneaky manipulation on the part of the acacia to increase ant dependence."
Bodyguard Biochemistry
Heil now wants to work out how a plant's chitinase could block an ant's invertase.
"All the biochemists whom I talked to told me that there is no way one of these enzymes can inhibit the other. There is simply no known biochemical mechanism through which this could happen," he says.
"It adds to our understanding of why co-evolved systems persist even when they may not be required for both partners," says Corrie Moreau, an evolutionary biologist from the Field Museum in Chicago.
In this case, the tree's manipulation ensures that the ants are driven to defend it, since it is their only source of digestible food. Their fates become tied to their effectiveness as bodyguards.
But Moreau wonders why the larvae and the newly emerged adults do not branch out to other food sources, since their invertase is yet to be deactivated.
Heil thinks this is because nectar is almost always their first adult meal, either because it is the closest food or because the ants are fed the nectar by their nest-mates.
"Since the first dose of nectar is enough to reduce invertase activity, they remain trapped," he says.
Potemkin Partnerships
"We hope that this will change the way in which we understand mutualism in general," adds Heil.
There are other examples where two-way partnerships are more biased than they first appear. Ecologists have wondered whether some flowers dope their nectar with addictive chemicals, to prevent their pollinators from visiting other plants.
Similarly, some bacteria provide trees with nutrients by forming nodules on their roots—this is often seen as a partnership, but since the bacteria can no longer divide or move, you could view them as the tree's slaves.
"Partner manipulation might play a role in many different types of mutualisms," says Heil.
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I'd mentioned earlier that Harry Neale should have been upset that his lacklustre skills would be laid bare for all to see without the protective lightning rod for incompetance which is Bob Cole.
Friday night I went to a friend's place and watched the game. Neale was in fine form... which is to say that he said a bunch of crap that made no sense. Apparently a player can have "more cups than a fancy restaurant" which is silly when you remember a university student living in an old guy's basement probably has more cups than all but the most elite players. Rocket Richard is the champ in this category with 11 cups. I think any two people living together can beat that, not needing a restaurant (fancy or no).
Likewise, a shot from the slot which harmlessly flew into the webbing† was a "grenade without a pin in it". This one I'm not sure about. Would a grenade without a pin in it not be a shot that made it into the net? A grenade with a pin in it won't blow up, which is the only reason you'd throw a grenade: in other words, an offensive attempt with failed. This isn't a strong argument though so anybody who wants to oppose this is welcome to it.
The real icing on the cake has to be his comment that a player (Naslund, I believe) who made a dynamite almost-goal was a "real ten-biller". Google has no idea. Does anybody out there in internet-land know what a ten-biller is? If you tell me it saves an angry letter demanding an answer from the CBC ombudsman.
In tonight's game Neale was no better. He started by horribly misquoting Tom Clancy with "if you kick a tiger in the rear end you'd better escape". Then he mentioned how a player appeared to have a run-in with Edward Scissorhands. No ten billers in the parts of the game I've caught, but the night's still young.
† Speaking of which, something that always bothers me. The Britney-mesh they installed around the rink, I wish announcers would stop talking about the 'netting'. Because in my mind, the 'netting' is the white mesh that lines the back of the net, and when I hear about the puck getting shot into the netting my heart stops halfway through the word, and my brain is dying from thinking a shot has hit the net. I know my eyes tell me otherwise, but sound tends to impact the brain more potently (biopsychologists wishing to use this idea as their doctoral thesis should attribute to FACLC with care). Please please please call it something else. My coronary tract can't take it.
Bonus Harry Neale link: Only Maple Leafs fans could ever come to the defense of Harry Neale. And then to boldy remind us why the CBC makes us want to blow up their offices with bomb-making skills we learned reading Tom Clancy books:
I agree. It has to be a combination of neale/cole/bowen for it to feel like a Leaf game.And to really feel like a Leafs game, it has to occur sometime between October and March...


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Ford Mustang Dearborn Assembly Plant - Mustangs Last
Why Would We Spend Five Days Watching Dearborn Assembly Build Its Last Mustangs? Because Ford Said We Could.
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For as long as there have been Mustangs, there has been Ford's Dearborn, Michigan, assembly plant. The Dearborn Assembly Plant-or D.A.P., as it is affectionately known at Ford-has been building Mustangs ever since production began in early 1964. Few nameplates survive 40 years, much less continue production in the same plant for just as long.
Along the way, there have been two other Mustang assembly plants-Edison (Metuchen), New Jersey, and San Jose (Milpitas), California-both of which are now closed. While Mustang production ended at Metuchen during the '71 model year and San Jose stopped producing Mustangs after 1970, Dearborn continued to produce them at a healthy clip, even in the leanest sales years. During the Mustang's 40-year history, Dearborn has produced some 6.7 million of them. The other 2 million plus were produced at San Jose and Edison. This makes Dearborn the undisputed champ in Mustang manufacturing.
When the Edison assembly plant built its last Ford vehicle, an '04 Ranger, in March of this year, our attention immediately turned to Dearborn, which was scheduled to close in May. A call to Ford SVT boss John Coletti, and a call back from Dearborn Assembly Plant Manager Rob Webber, confirmed our wildest fantasy: We were invited to the closing of one of the greatest chapters in Ford history and the opening of two new ones.
The Dearborn Truck assembly plant, a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility right next to Dearborn Assembly, represents a new chapter in the rich Dearborn Rouge history. The second plant is AutoAlliance, the Ford/Mazda joint venture in Flat Rock, Michigan, where the all-new '05 Mustang will be built. AutoAlliance has been building new cars since 1988, including the Ford Probe, Mazda 626 and 6, and the more recent Mercury Cougar. Mustang quality will be the best it has ever been at AutoAlliance.
Webber graciously invited us into the Dearborn Assembly Plant for an up-close look at the last five days of '04 Mustang production before wrapping it all up at precisely 1:07 p.m. on Monday, May 10, in a crowd of more than 1,000 people. It would prove to be one of the most incredible journeys of our careers as historians and journalists.
The Last Dearborn MustangWhen we asked Plant Manager Rob Webber how we could photo-document the assembly of the last Dearborn Mustang, I didn't realize how challenging my question would be. It's difficult to define the "last" anything when it comes to mass production. There are too many variables: You have the last Cobra, last Mach 1, last GT, last red car, last black car, last yellow car, and so on. Because units get shuffled around during production, it becomes nearly impossible to define the "last" Mustang. Units get sidelined for repairs. And they get pulled from the line when specific parts don't arrive. The last unit out of the body shop might wind up 20 units up the line in the paint plant, then five units from the end of the line in trim and chassis.
Webber and his manufacturing team developed a decisive plan for the last Dearborn Mustang, a red GT convertible ordered internally by Ford for display at its new Dearborn Rouge Visitor's Center. In April, Webber scheduled the last Dearborn Mustang for assembly. The body was built in Redfire Clearcoat paint, then placed in storage and wrapped in a huge plastic bag. But it wouldn't exactly be the last Mustang body Dearborn produced. There would be hundreds more over the next couple of weeks. This teaches us something about the confusion of mass production. "Last" is a loose term at best because it encompasses many variables.
After all of the remaining Mustang orders had been processed into trim and chassis, "Mustang Last" was retrieved from storage and placed on the line. So were all of its components. I would be there to see it happen at 11 o'clock on a Friday night. For the next two days, I would walk the entire length of the Dearborn assembly line with the last vehicle this plant would ever produce.
Balancing OutBuilding new cars is a complex process. Those who do it daily don't completely understand this process because their jobs are but a small piece of a large and complicated puzzle. We spent five days in the Dearborn Assembly Plant and still don't have an understanding of how dealer orders become completed automobiles. But here's what we can tell you. Car building begins with raw materials and winds up with a working machine that has to perform reliably for many years. And Ford does this well thousands of times each day across the world.
As an assembly plant winds down to the last vehicle build of a given model year, production has to become less complicated as the clock ticks and the line moves. This means fewer options, fewer colors, and less complexity. At Dearborn, simplifying the 2004 "balance out" process was much as it has always been since 1964: build the more involved Mustangs first, then wind down to more modestly optioned examples toward the end. For example, the last '04 Cobra was built; then the last Mach 1 (which went to Rob Webber); then the last GT. These events happened in the weeks and days leading up to our arrival on May 5th.
When we arrived at Dearborn Assembly, there were only four colors left on the line: black, white, silver, and charcoal. Charcoal was on the home stretch, followed by black, silver, and white. Eventually, there would be only white, with the line becoming a sea of Oxford White V-6 coupes and convertibles, most destined for rental-car duty. The rest would be affordable Mustangs, easy for any Ford dealer to sell.
On our first day at D.A.P., we were introduced to Alan Honeycutt, body area superintendent. He took us through the process of building Mustang bodies in the dark, noisy, dusty segment of the manufacturing process. This is where assembly workers take raw steel stampings and begin to assemble a puzzle. Because manufacturing standards have become so strict, it takes a lot of attention to detail. Working in the Dearborn body shop isn't for everyone. It's grimy, backbreaking work for 10 hours a day.
The Mustang body-build process begins with the platform, which is produced in three sections: the front-end assembly, centersection, and trunk pan. Each of the assemblies is built on its own line, then fed into "the marriage," where all three are joined to become the platform. Classic Mustangs were built the same way-a platform consisting of three sections, just like the Fox-body '04 Mustang.
The three platform sections are then moved into a holding "corral," which allows flexibility for excess platforms. The body shop keeps additional platforms on hand in case there's an equipment failure or a shortage of parts. This allows the line to run normally for a given amount of time, with plenty of platforms to keep the body shop going. This, in turn, keeps the paint plant and trim/chassis lines moving.
Subassembly lines in the body shop build the front-end assembly, centersection, and trunk pan. Other subassembly lines build important assemblies like body sides, which consist of quarter-panels, A/B-pillars, and wheelhouses. Body sides are among the first subassemblies attached to the platform. When the body sides are tied to the platform, they are retained with fold-over "toy tabs," which is plant slang for metal tabs that are bent over to hold subassemblies loosely together as they travel toward the welding process.
Ride A Painted PonyFor many years, the Dearborn Assembly Plant had its own paint shop. The greatest challenge was paint quality due to the close proximity of heavy industry, which creates plenty of dust and ash in the air that contaminates paint. In 2000, Ford opened the new Dearborn Paint Plant to improve Mustang body finishes. The brand-new Dearborn Truck Plant, which opened in the spring of this year, also benefits from this new high-tech finishing plant. During our visit, both the Mustang and the '04 F-150 truck were being painted in the same space, something that will never happen again at Dearborn.
John Grace, manufacturing engineering manager at the Dearborn Paint Plant, took us on a tour. Because the paint plant is hospital clean, we had to don coveralls and wear a hairnet [We'd love to see those pictures-Ed.] to minimize fallout that can contaminate a Mustang's new finish. It was like being in an episode of ER. Environmentally controlled segments of the paint shop, such as E-Coat and the paint booths, must be kept closed to keep out unwanted contaminants. This tightly controlled environment yields the best paint quality in Ford history.
Trim & ChassisAfter painted Mustang bodies pass Ford's tough paint standards, they go through a long, dark tunnel back to D.A.P. to begin a 24-hour journey through Trim & Chassis, which begins on the second floor. Every component you can imagine (and even some you can't) is fastened to the body as it makes its way down the trim and chassis line. At first, it's a lot of little stuff: trunk lock, nut plates, fasteners, heating and air conditioning, wiring, automatic shifter, brake and clutch-pedal assembly, and so on.
Once many of the things you don't see are installed, the things you do see are installed, such as the instrument panel, engine and transmission, suspension, headlights and taillights, and rear axle. It's a long process performed by dozens of people, each one experienced at a specific task.
When we arrived at Trim & Chassis, we were introduced to Dan Klebe, launch manager at the new Dearborn Truck Plant. Dan's job was to make sure Trim & Chassis ran smoothly for Mustang Balance Out. Dan introduced us to Tom Sea and Tommy Demeester, two guys who are familiar with Dearborn Assembly. These gentlemen and Dan were our sidekicks for the next couple of days as we documented the building of Mustang Last.
A Note Of ThanksWe want to thank everyone at Ford Motor Company who made this article possible: John Coletti, Rob Webber, Will Cowell, Dan Klebe, Tommy Demeester, Tom Sea, Anne Marie Gattari, Art Cairo, Alan C. Honeycutt, John F. Grace, and the dozens of Dearborn Assembly Plant associates who grabbed the ball and ran with it those last days at this legendary facility.
D.A.P. HistoryMost of us think of Dearborn Assembly for Mustangs, Cougars, Falcons, and two-seat Thunderbirds, but these nameplates represent less than half of the plant's 86-year history. When Dearborn Assembly opened in 1918 as a three-story factory building, it was constructed to produce Eagle boats, known as submarine chasers, for World War I.
After the war, Dearborn became home to the production of Fordson tractors and Model T parts. By 1927, Dearborn was building the highly successful Model A. Some 10 years later, in 1937, Dearborn was producing Ford trucks. In 1939, Ford added a line at Dearborn for the new Mercury Division.
When World War II broke out, Dearborn went to war as well, building tanks, staff cars, and Jeeps. When the war ended in 1945, Dearborn went back to the business of building automobiles for a bustling post-war economy. If you visited Dearborn Assembly during the '50s, you saw Fords of all kinds moving down the line, including the '55-'57 Thunderbirds.
In the fall of 1961, Dearborn turned its attention to smaller cars, like the new '62 Fairlane, a nice fit between big Fords and smallish Falcons. If you're thinking Falcon at Dearborn, that didn't happen until 1966, the only year Mustang and Falcon shared a line at Dearborn. When Ford began developing the Mustang in the early '60s, Dearborn was the targeted plant for Job 1.
When Mustang assembly began at Dearborn early in 1964, no one would have believed the nameplate would still be in production at the plant four decades later. Mustang and Fairlane shared the Dearborn line for a few months in 1964 until Fairlane production was moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in June. Mustang and Cougar were built bumper to bumper at Dearborn from 1967 to 1973. From 1974 to 1978, Dearborn became one of two birthplaces for the Mustang II.


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Contact Foresight before you want to get pregnant.
The low success rates of IVF don't compete with that of a tiny British charity in Goldalming, Surrey, run by a feisty 70-year-old named Belinda Barnes. Foresight, the Association for Preconceptual Care, believes that most infertility stems from poor nutritional status. Her pregnancy preparation programme, which lasts from four to six months, analyses and treats specific individual problems before a couple tries to conceive.
Based on Foresight's experience, except for mechanical problems such as blocked tubes or infertility stemming from chemotherapy, some 70 per cent of people going for IVF actually don't need it (www.foresight-preconception.org.uk).
In 1999, Foresight had a 78.4-per-cent overall success rate, or 846 pregnancies among 1076 couples treated, of whom 1061 had previous fertility or miscarriage problems. There were four cases of malformations and terminations (0.47 per cent) and 28 miscarriages (3.2 per cent), which were confined to women who'd previously miscarried.
Among the minority who do need IVF, Foresight improves a couple's chances of success, with a 43.5 per cent pregnancy rate.
Follow the Foresight programme
* Eat an organic wholefoods diet, with filtered water, no refined carbohydrates, no artificial additives and no microwaved foods. Alcohol, smoking and drugs are prohibited.
* Check your levels of trace minerals and toxic heavy metals, using hair analysis, sweat and blood tests for excess heavy metals, or tests that look for deficiencies of essential trace minerals.
* Correct all deficiencies with vitamin supplements.
* Have both you and your partner checked out for often symptomless genitourinary infections, which cause infertility, miscarriage or stillbirth.
* Get any allergies, poor stomach acid, parasites or other food absorption problems identified and treated.
* Use natural family-planning methods, such as barrier contraception, until you are given the all-clear to start trying for a pregnancy.
If you find you do need IVF, opt for the kinder, gentler approach.
* Use 'natural-cycle treatment', where ovulation is allowed to occur naturally. The chances of having a baby this way are virtually the same as with drug-stimulated treatment, according to a King's College Hospital study in London (Hum Reprod, 2001; 16: 259-62). It's also safer, less stressful, results in fewer multiple births – and cheaper, at around 20 per cent of the current cost of drug-stimulated cycles.
* For blocked tubes, try acupuncture.
* Consider adoption. Don't limit yourself to domestic children or to babies. UK adoption agencies maintain arbitrary anachronistic practices, such as lower age limits, whereas agencies handling adoption of foreign babies are more flexible. (Indeed, Chinese and Russian agencies prefer older parents.) Contact American foreign-adoption law firm Greenberg & Green
berg, 3 Sierks Lane, Roslyn Harbor, New York 33711, USA, for information on American adoption agencies who may work with British couples (see Viewpoint, p 5).


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Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate and Jefferson Davis Parks are no more.
Memphis City Council member voted Tuesday, Feb. 5, to give the three Civil War themed parks new temporary names.
The resolution which was written to take effect immediately renames Forrest Park as Health Sciences Park, Confederate Park as Memphis Park and Jefferson Davis Park as Mississippi River Park.
The council action was fueled by word of a bill in the Tennessee legislature that would forbid the renaming of military or war memorial parks and the removal of statues and markers from any of those parks.
The "Tennessee Heritage Preservation Act of 2013" is sponsored by Tenn. Rep. Steve McDaniel of Parkers Crossroads and Tenn. Senator Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro.
The legislation fueled council sentiment to pass the resolution and move ahead with the first of three readings of two ordinances to permanently rename Forrest Park to include the name of Ida B. Wells and to rename Forrest and the two other parks with names still be determined.
The council also approved a resolution Tuesday setting up a six-member committee to study the issue of what to call the parks. The committee includes two council members, the city parks and neighborhoods division director, two professional historians and a representative of the NAACP.
Council member Shea Flinn said his vote for all of the measures was prompted by "the ironic war of aggression from our northern neighbors in Nashville."
In other action, the council approved on the first of three readings the ordinance setting up a referendum on a citywide half cent sales tax hike to be held "by Sept. 30, 2013."
The council delayed action on a resolution that would establish revenue from the tax hike, estimated at $47 million, would be used to fund pre kindergarten programs and to roll back the city's property tax rate by 20 cents in the fiscal year that begins July 1. The delay was to vote on the resolution at the same March council meeting when the referendum ordinance is up for third and final reading.
Council member Myron Lowery withdrew his pending "wage theft" ordinance before a vote on third and final reading. Lowery said he pulled the proposal because a version of it failed before the Shelby County Commission previously. Lowery added that he might also bring the proposal back to the council. If he does it would start again at the first of three readings.
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Health Highlights: Sept. 4, 2013
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Women's Life Expectancy Increases
Life expectancy for women 50 and older has increased worldwide, but there is still room for improvement, a new World Health Organization study says.
Women in most countries now live longer than they did 40 years ago, due to progress against infectious diseases such as flu, pneumonia and tuberculosis. On average, Japanese women live the longest, The New York Times reported.
Heart disease, stroke and cancer kill most women over age 50, so countries should focus on lowering blood pressure with inexpensive drugs and screening for cervical and breast cancer, according to study author Dr. John Beard, director of the WHO's department of aging.
He added that it's also important to prevent smoking, excessive drinking and obesity in women, The Times reported.
The study was published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
NYC Deaths Put Focus on Party Drug 'Molly'
A huge 3-day weekend dance festival in New York City ended early after the drug overdose deaths of two people.
More than 100,000 fans were expected at the Electric Zoo festival but the mayor's office cut the event short after the two drug deaths from MDMA or "molly," which is a more pure, potent form of ecstasy, CBS News reported.
"The Department of Health did not want to see a re-occurrence," New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said following the deaths of 23-year-old Rochester, N.Y., native Jeffrey Russ and 20-year-old Olivia Rotondo of Providence, R.I.
People who take the designer drug may not understand how dangerous it is, according to an expert.
"Kids will often think of this as a very benign drug, and that is scary," Dr. Damon Raskin, an addiction specialist, told CBS News. He explained that the drug lowers users' inhibitions, giving them a sense of euphoria. After the high, there is a crash resulting in anxiety and depression.
"They will often mix ecstasy with other drugs, especially at parties, like alcohol and marijuana," Raskin said. "I think that the combination of these drugs makes them all the more toxic."
In 2011, U.S. hospitals reported more than 22,000 MDMA-related emergency room visits, which was a 120 percent increase from 2004, according to the Drug Abuse Warning Network, CBS News reported.
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Vermont State Police Log: Deer crossing causes multi-vehicle accident
ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police and Vermont Fish and Wildlife personnel last Friday evening responded to New Haven for an incident in which three vehicles struck two deer on Route 7.
Trooper Kaitlyn Armstrong and Game Warden George Scribner reported that two deer came bounding into traffic between two cars and a truck on Route 7 between the southern entrance to Dog Team Road and the New Haven River at around 5:20 p.m. on Dec. 2.
No one in the vehicles was injured, though two of the three vehicles sustained damage as they collided with the deer.
Scribner said it is not unusual to see two, three or even six deer crossing the road at once, but it is unusual for there to be more than one hit in a single accident.
"I've been a game warden for nine years and very, very rarely do we see two deer hit in one incident," Scribner said.
One of the does died in the incident and the other was dispatched due to her injuries. The carcasses were donated to agencies that could make use of the meat.
In other recent activity, local VSP:
• On Nov. 29 received a report of a burglary off River Road in New Haven between 6:30 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. that day. Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact the New Haven state police barracks at 388-4919.
• On Nov. 30 at 11:03 p.m. stopped a motor vehicle driven by Brett N. Lewis, 22, of Shelburne on Route 30 in Cornwall for speeding. Police cited Lewis for possession of marijuana.
• On Dec. 2, at approximately 6:16 a.m. stopped a vehicle driven by Kendal Dunbar Jr., 40, of New Haven for speeding on Route 7 in New Haven. Sr. Trooper Joseph Pregent reported that during the stop he noted signs of illegal drug activity and summoned Middlebury police to assist with a search of the vehicle. VSP cited Dunbar for possessing less than 2 ounces of marijuana and issued him a traffic ticket for speeding.
• On Dec. 2 at 9:41 p.m. stopped a vehicle driven by Brock J. Burnell, 33, of Richmond on Route 116 in Bristol for defective equipment. Police cited Burnell for possession of marijuana.
• On Dec. 4 were dispatched to a residence on Sperry Road in Cornwall for a reported family fight. Police said investigation revealed that Matthew J. Karzmarczyk, 18, had assaulted both his parents during a physical altercation. Police took the teen into custody and cited him for domestic assault.
• On Dec. 5 at around 6:15 a.m. responded to a two-car crash on Route 125 in Bridport. Police said John-Barry Livingstone, 54, of York, Ontario, Canada, was westbound in a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, and Jacqueline P. Bienvenue, 45, of Addison was eastbound in a 2005 Subaru Outback, when Bienvenue reportedly pulled out and attempted to pass another car traveling in front of her at approximately 45-50 mph while cresting a hill. At this point, police said, Bienvenue saw the Malibu coming at her, swerved, collided with Livingstone's car, lost control of the Subaru, traveled off the south side of the road and hit a moderate-size tree before coming to rest in a farm field.
Both drivers were wearing seat belts. Livingstone was uninjured. Bienvenue was transported to Porter Hospital to be treated for bumps and bruises. Police issued her a ticket for a passing violation, which caries a $214 fine and five points on insurance if convicted.
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The hospital records are listed in the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) as Chicago, Illinois birth records, 1896-1933. The added author is Northwestern Memorial Hospital and I think the originals are most likely held by the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Archives.
These hospital books document services provided by four clinics connected to Dr. Joseph Bolivar DeLee, the physician who founded the Chicago Lying-In Dispensary at Maxwell Street and Newberry Avenue in 1895. Dr. DeLee was interested in improving birthing conditions and his clinics offered care to needy women while providing training opportunities for doctors and nurses in the emerging field of obstetrics. The primary clinic was Maxwell Station but others included Northwest Station, Stockyards Station, and the Chicago Maternity Center. The history of the Lying-In Hospital intertwines with other Chicago medical institutions and some related historical records, 1913-1943 can be found in the University of Chicago Library's Special Collections Research Center. Photos can be found here.
There are three types of clinic records available on the 14 microfilms--application books, birth books, and case books--and I will take a look at each of them in turn.
Application Books
Application books are available on 11 microfilms (1315895 to 1315905) and the FHLC identifies them by volume number and year range. However, some years are covered by more than one book (because the books are from different clinics) so it would be hard to know which film(s) to view without more information. I've created a key which can be viewed as a PDF here. The application books cover the following clinics:
- Maxwell Station, Dec 1896 – Jun 1932
- Northwest Station, Sep 1903 – Nov 1907
- Stockyards Station, Aug 1923 – May 1926
- Chicago Maternity Center, Sep 1932 – Aug 1933
Birth books are available on 3 microfilms (1315995 to 1315997) and they are included on the key linked above. It's difficult to determine the exact coverage because the volumes include birth books, case books, and birth and case books and some aren't labeled with a clinic name. As a group, they appear to go from November 1898 through July 1933 with the bulk of them being from the Maxwell clinic.
Birth Books
The entries are chronological by birth date and span two pages. Information includes spouse with the patient's name to the right, for example, "Gold, Sam Tillie," the names of the intern and student assigned to the patient, an application number, a case or confinement number, and the diagnosis which usually reads something like "Normal L.O.A. Female 8#."
The birth and case book from February of 1900 gives detailed instructions for how to determine whether to assign a case or a confinement number. For example, full confinement cases received a confinement number, hospital cases received no number, and false alarms, abortions, midwife cases, postpartum cases, and treated pregnancy cases received a case number.
|Example: Page from a birth book showing delivery details.
I think it's likely that the children listed in the birth books had birth certificates created and those records should be easily accessible at FamilySearch's Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922 database. Conversely, if you've found a birth certificate stamped "Chicago Lying-In Hospital," it should be easy to find the matching entries in the application and birth books.
Case Books
The birth book films include four "birth and case" books and five separate case books. The case book entries cover clinic visits that didn't result in confinement. Information generally includes names, application numbers, case numbers, and a diagnosis, "False Alarm," and "Precipitate Mid wife on case," for example. These books include numerous entries for miscarriages.
So, here's what I've learned so far from and about these application, birth, and case books:
- If a family had enough resources to pay a doctor, you probably won't find a birth or clinic visit listed in these records. For example the Maxwell Station book for 1900 has a notation that says, "Not case for dispensary – can afford to pay doctor."
- Some of the poorest women in Chicago had access to innovative medical care from the late 1890s forward. Even if a child was born at home, the birth might have been assisted by a skilled physician.
- Many of the entries in the early Maxwell Street books are for Jewish women from Russia but other neighborhood women used the clinic, too.
- The Stockyards Station books list religion. Notations include things like "Amer Cath," "Amer Prot Col," and Amer Prot" and this information might prove useful in looking for baptismal records.
- Comparing hospital record information with birth certificate information I notice that there are sometimes minor variations. Name might be spelled differently, for example.
- Sometimes the doctors recorded remarks about the health of an infant. For example, I saw notations such as "Upper lip shows imperfect union" and "Birthmark."
- Sometimes the doctors were called to the home only to find they weren't needed. One note said "Met husband who said he had an other doctor & did not need us."
- In the 1920s, the Stockyards book begins to mention payments. Notations include things like "Will try to give $5" and "$16.50" (I saw amounts ranging from $5 to $20) but some patients are listed as "Free Care."It's possible that these payments or donations were used to fund the construction of the new hospital.
- Birth records are available for public searching up through 1922. If you want quick confirmation of birth without obtaining an actual birth record, these records might help.
- A mother's medical history might provide some interesting insights into the makeup of a family. Was there a medical reason, for example, that there were large gaps between siblings' births?
Related Links Collected while Researching this Post
Caroline Benoist Collection at University of Virginia School of Nursing
Caroline studied in-home delivery at the Chicago Lying-in Hospital and her papers include some publications from the same.
Syphilis in Pregnancy and Labor
Report of a study done at the Stockyards Station published in American Journal of Syphilis; follow the link and search the book for "chicago lying-in."
American Child Hygiene Association Annual Meeting Report
Search for "chicago lying-in"
Directory of History of Medicine Collections
A tool for finding the locations of archived hospital records.
Numerous additional references can be found by searching for "chicago lying-in hospital" at Google Books.