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Ronnie Sox & Buddy Martin Plymouth Drag RacingWritten by on September 3, 2010 Contributors: Randy Bolig, Source Interlink Archives, Courtesy Diane Sox Making Plymouth Great...A Quarter-Mile At A Time
What do you call a drag racing team that drew fans to the tracks across America for big-engined match race action, and then helped create a new class while dominating the doorslammer ranks and putting on performance clinics aimed at driving customers into his sponsor's showrooms?
There's only one name for a team like that: Sox & Martin.
Buddy Martin teamed up with Ronnie Sox in the early '60s, when he saw Sox's skill at shifting under full power. "Ronnie's skills as a driver were a gift," Buddy told NHRA's National Dragster in a 2001 interview. "He was very coordinated with the hand and foot. In addition to his shifting, his reaction times were outstanding. Everybody drove four-speed cars at that time, and other drivers would miss gears left and right. That never happened with Ronnie. Everybody had an excuse, but Ronnie could get into anyone else's car and have no problems whatsoever."
It was in 1965 when the Sox & Martin team made a brand switch-this time to Plymouth and their Hemi-powered altered wheelbase Belvedere. Banned by NHRA from running in Factory Experimental class racing, Sox & Martin took their "funny-looking car" match racing and built on the legend they'd already created, including the first-ever nine-second pass in a naturally-aspirated, full-bodied car. That happened at Pennsylvania's York U.S. 30 Dragway, with their 426 Hemi running a Chrysler-designed, Hilborn-built fuel injection setup.
After taking the match-race scene by storm in 1965, 1966 wasn't as successful on the track for the team. In 1966, they switched to a production-based body, Hemi-powered Barracuda, but the severely-dieted A-Body was no match for the tube-framed, fiberglass-bodied "funny cars" they came up against. Later that year, a decision in Highland Park changed what type of cars Sox & Martin would race from then on.
That executive decision by Ma Mopar's racing boss, Bob Cahill, to support Sox & Martin in Stock and Super Stock racing (and to have them present Performance Clinics in the towns near where they raced) may have seemed like the wrong move at the time, but Plymouth's racing brass was convinced that Sox & Martin would help them sell on Monday as long as they won on Sunday. Besides, as Cahill pointed out, Chrysler-Plymouth dealers weren't selling many funny cars anyway.
Once the '67 GTX started appearing on the track, the competition saw more and more of that B-Body's back bumper as the season wore on. That year marked the first of their five consecutive NHRA Springnationals wins, as well as their first win at NHRA's "Big Go"-the U.S. Nationals at Indy.
For 1968, Sox & Martin kept on winning, and not just in one class at the big races (and not in just one sanctioning body's events). At Pomona, they not only won the NHRA Winternationals' SS/D class with their Hemi-powered GTX, but also SS/F (with a 440 powering the GTX), and E/SA (in a 340-powered Barracuda). When Ma Mopar and Hurst dropped the 426 Hemi into the barracuda fastback that spring, Sox & Martin got one, and proceeded to not only win in NHRA class eliminations, but also in AHRA's heads-up, nine-second Super Stock Eliminator. Wins at their Springnationals, Summernationals, and All American Championship led to Ronnie being named AHRA's Driver of the Year for 1968. That's along with the other events he lit the win light at, and other honors earned during 1968 (see sidebar). Little wonder, then, that the '68 was Ronnie's favorite race car of all time. Coincidentally, 1968 was also Plymouth's best sales year in ages.
For 1969, a new grille, side marker lights, and taillights were the only changes needed to update the 'Cuda into a current-year car. One thing didn't change: Sox & Martin in the winner's circle. Between the wins in NHRA- and AHRA-sanctioned events and at other races through the year, one thing was clear: Fans loved seeing Ronnie and the other Super Stock drivers of the day race heads-up. That had already led AHRA to create their Head Up Super Stock class-and, for 1970, for NHRA to create the new Pro Stock class.
Though the A-Body Barracuda had been a consistent winner, two new-for-'70 Plymouths were instant winners in Sox & Martin's hands. The E-Body Hemi 'Cuda started winning rounds from the get-go, and reached the final round in five NHRA Pro Stock races that year, winning three of them. Add to that a win by new teammate Herb McCandless at the U.S. Nationals in an A-Body Duster, and it was a big year in NHRA for the team, capped off with a win in the season-ending World Championships. In AHRA action, the team of Sox & Martin scored wins in Super Stock Eliminator and/or GT-1 at nine of their national events.
For 1971, the team kept on winning in Pro Stock (a total of six NHRA national events that year, including their fifth Springnationals in a row), but change was in the wind. NHRA determined that anything running a Hemi was too fast, so for 1972 they were saddled with extra weight that their Blue Oval and Bow Tie competitors didn't need to carry. Result: A near-total-shutout from the winner's circle for any Mopar in Pro Stock.
Interviewed by the National Dragster in 2001, Ronnie said he was glad he raced when he did, in the era of Hemi power and four speeds. "Today's racing technology has diminished the role of the driver way too much," he said. "Back in the days of the four-speeds, the driver had a lot more to do with the outcome of the race, and I couldn't imagine anything being more fun than that."
The Team of Sox & Martin is only one such instance of the domination that Plymouth was able to garner during the early years of racing. Gentlemen like Ronnie Sox and Butch Leal may have gotten their racing starts while driving brand-X cars, but when the opportunity presented itself for them to switch to the new Hemi-powered Mopars, they jumped at the chance. Butch's car-like many-was the 1965 Plymouth. In 1967, he contracted Logghe brothers to build him a "flopper" Barracuda, and his legend as a Mopar racer was sealed. He carried the corporate Plymouth flag until 1970, when he became an independent.
Other great racers and teams for that matter were known to fly the Plymouth flag, and another great drag racing team was known as the Ramchargers. The Ramchargers were a team of Chrysler-employed day-to-day employees who spent every spare moment designing, building, and racing Plymouth-powered vehicles.
Finally, how can we talk about Plymouth Racing without including Richard Petty? He may not have gotten his start driving a Plymouth, but in 1958, he campaigned a new Plymouth convertible. When the Grand National sanctioning organization banned convertibles from racing for 1959, he simply switched to a hardtop Plymouth. He raced Plymouth vehicles until the end of the 1964 season, when Chrysler boycotted NASCAR racing because of the ban on Hemi engines.
The ban didn't chase Richard away from Plymouth, as a drag race Barracuda was built. Drag racing didn't last long for Petty, as late in the 1965 NHRA season, Chrysler lifted its boycott of NASCAR, and the Pettys were stock car racing again. In 1969, Petty was basically "forced" to leave the Plymouth camp and drive a Ford-but it wouldn't last long. For the 1970 season, the Petty team was again flying on the wing-literally-of the new Plymouth Superbird. The Pettys would continue with Plymouth for several more years, until he finally had to make the switch when Plymouth would no longer offer a vehicle style conducive to NASCAR racing.
All of the preceding examples of Plymouth's racing heritage, coupled with our "What Makes Plymouth Great" article in this issue, kind of puts into perspective the reasoning of our thoughts as to why Plymouth needs to come back. As one Plymouth slogan used to say, "The beat goes on"-let's bring it back.
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Once the Hemi-powered '68 Barracuda came out, this was the view that most class and match-race competitors got of Sox & Martin's Plymouth!In the late '60s, Sox & Martin would bring more than one car-and more than one engine for it-to run in multiple classes at the big NHRA national events. Here's their '69 Road Runner, competing in B/Modified Production.1970 saw the introduction of NHRA's new Pro Stock class, which Sox & Martin instantly ruled. Here's their Hemi 'Cuda doing battle with Butch "The California Flash" Leal's Pro Stock Duster at Columbus.New face, same fish: Sox & Martin's Hemi 'Cuda continued on its winning ways in NHRA Pro Stock in 1971, with six national-event wins and another Pro Stock title.In the winner's circle (from left): Ronnie Sox, Buddy Martin, and Linda "Miss Hurst Golden Shifts" Vaughn.Along with the best shifting reflexes and a stout Plymouth, Sox & Martin used plenty of Hemi power to light the win lights. Here's a look under the hood of their restored '70 'Cuda.Remember when Pro Stock race cars used production engines, bodies, and other hardware to bring the race fans to their feet? Here's what the car that Ronnie Sox drove for most of the first '70 NHRA Pro Stock season looked like then-and looks like now.Also benefitting from the restorer's touch is Sox & Martin's '68 Hemi 'Cuda, which dominated both NHRA and AHRA Super Stock events back in the day.


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How To Replace Floorpans - First-Time Floorpan, The Right Way - How To Do ItWritten by on July 1, 2010 Contributors: Andrew Ocock An Advanced Technique That's Also Suitable For Beginners
Replacing floorpans is one of the most basic sheetmetal jobs there is and among the most common. Even an otherwise rust-free car will often have some Swiss cheesing of the floors-40 years of wet shoes and the occasional bust-ed heater core take a toll. The floor in the '73 Duster we used for this story was marginal.
We could have easily covered it with some resin inside, buried it under sound deadener and carpet, and sprayed the bottom of the car with undercoating/sound deadener and nobody would have known . . . except us.
The nice thing about floorpan replacement is that it's really not all that complicated-you disassemble what's left of the original, trim and fit the new one, and reverse your disassembly procedure. It's the perfect project to build your sheetmetal repair skills. The common repair method is to trim the old and new, create a stepped flange around the perimeter of the replacement panel, and install it with a lap weld, because butt-welding is difficult. However, butt-welding is the right way to do any replacement panel, and this story will show you an easy way to do it. The key is to control heat warpage, and though it's time consuming and tedious, it isn't beyond the abilities of even the freshest beginner. If you master the process for butt-welding sheetmetal on a floorpan, progressing to fender and quarter-panel patches isn't nearly as daunting.
This was the our first real sheetmetal repair, and it turned out just about perfect, though our welding skills leave a bit to be desired. Switching to a low-carbon, easy-to-grind welding wire will help in the future. Our advice is to jump in and have at it. And if it doesn't turn out great, well, the beauty of learning on a floor is if you bungle the job, just cover it with sound deadener and carpet on the inside, undercoat the bottom, and let it ride.
Tools For The Job
Besides your skill level, there are a few things that will give you a huge advantage for high-quality workmanship-specifically, the consumables for the project. Cutoff discs, grinding wheels, and MIG wire are not created equally.
To properly butt-weld sheetmetal, you need a thin gap between the pieces. Lawson 3x 1/32-inch cutoff wheels are as close to being 1/32 inch thick as anything we've found, while cheaper wheels are often more than twice that. We can't overemphasize the importance of a thin gap for butt welding. Also, though we've never taken specific measurements, we've found the Lawson discs to last much longer than the cheapos we've used in the past.
Grinding discs are another area where you can't cheap out. A fresh disc cuts amazingly fast and doesn't build too much heat, while a dull disc cuts slower and builds up panel-warping heat. Heat is the enemy. We spent more time with the grinder than the welder on this project and went through two discs. As for the price, we'll only buy quality American-made discs (again, Lawson) after flesh-catching several pieces of a cheap exploder several years ago.
This brings us to our last item: welding wire. We used standard MIG wire for this floor, which is rock hard and a bear to grind. We didn't have the cash for Easy-Grind MIG wire at the time of this project. Easy-Grind wire can actually be worked with a hammer and dolly after the bead is run and makes expensive grinding wheels last longer. We won't use anything else for exterior body panel patches.
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Up top, we took a Sharpie marker and connected the dots, giving us cut lines that would avoid the braces.We rough-cut out the bad areas with an angle grinder, leaving the metal on the braces and giving ourselves a generous margin around the outer perimeter where the new pan will be installed. It's better to leave too much metal than to cut out more than the replacement can cover.After the excess material was removed, we center-punched all the spot welds holding the floorpan to the braces and went at them with a spot-weld cutter. To keep the tip of the cutter or drill bit from skating, we made a sharp prick punch as a mark and a blunt set punch to spread the prick punch divot.The spot-weld cutter is the correct tool to get through the spot welds, so we had to show it. To be honest, we made much greater headway with cold chisels, a small pry bar, and a hammer to pop the welds apart.Cutoff wheels zip through metal to remove the excess, but they can't get into tight areas. A sharp cold chisel will make straight, clean cuts through sheetmetal. We made a finish cut where the floor meets the rocker area with no problem.Any factory seam sealer needs to be cleaned out, so we used a cheap, handheld butane torch to make the sealer go from rock hard to soft and easily removable in seconds.Once the old floor was cut completely away and the braces and flanges were cleaned with an abrasive wheel for new spot welding, we sealed the shiny metal with primer to inhibit future rust. We welded through this cold galvanizing primer just fine.We got a replacement floor section from Year One. This Duster floor section is one of the best replacement floorpans we've come across: The contours were all right, the stamping was as crisp as the original, and all it needed was trimming to fit. Our thickness gauge put it at 20-gauge, the same as the original metal. We rough-trimmed the excess material from the replacement, leaving a generous overlap where the new and old met.
The only massaging we had to do was at the back corner where the floor rolls up to the trans tunnel. The bend was really close but not flush.Recontouring the rolled area required some persuasion. Typically, people will take a body or dead-blow hammer and beat the sheetmetal, but hammers leave dents. We rounded off the ends on a pine block from a Pinewood Derby kit for just such occasions. It moves metal without leaving marks.We used a stepped drill bit from Harbor Freight and a Roper Whitney hand punch to make new spot-weld holes. We picked up the hand punch several years ago at a swap meet, and it makes quick, accurate holes in sheetmetal and has a depth gauge for repeatability. We set the gauge and ran two staggered rows down the rocker-side flange, copying the number and spacing of holes on the original. Most people use a pneumatic flanger/punch tool, but the Whitney punch was less than $20. Check eBay.With the pan screwed back in, we started our installation by running all the spot welds on the rocker sill and braces, skipping around so as not to build up too much heat in one area. Controlling heat buildup is key to avoiding warping.With the pan secured at all the plug welds, it was time to start our butt welds. We began by making a single 6-inch slice through both panels-this is why we left such a generous overlap between the old and new panel.We peeled away the excess material along the slits on the top and bottom of the welds (new and old metal) and stuck a small screwdriver into the slit, prying up the lower original panel to the level of the new panel.When the two panels were lined up, we tacked them together right next to the screwdriver, then repeated this process along the entire length of the pan: cut through both, align, and tack. Once the panel was tacked along the entire length, the new pan was perfectly cut to fit the original floor. We aligned the panel to the cut edges, tacking along the seam and jumping all over along the seam to control heat buildup until it was a solid, full-welded seam.When we were done tacking, we had a continuous line of tack welds that needed to be ground down. We ran the grinder along the length of the weld to grind it down to the level of the parent metal, never going side to side across the weld as that would dig into the parent metal at the sides of the weld, thinning it. Fresh grinding wheels cut quickly and generate less heat, which is again key to avoiding warpage, so we spent the extra bucks to have a few wheels rather than using a dull one for the whole project. The weld bead should remain silver in color while you're grinding. If it turns blue, you're putting too much heat into it.
At the toe board, where the pan meets the firewall, the pan had a vertical flange that mated to the bottom of the firewall. We clamped it tight during our welding inside, then drilled through the original spot welds on the firewall's flange and spot-welded it to the floor's flange.From the top, after dressing with a flap disc, the pan looked pretty good. Butt welding takes a lot more time and effort but is much better than the typical flange and lap weld most people use for sheetmetal replacement. It looks just as good from the underside, which means if we wanted to paint the bottom of the car body color, we could with just a little filler.Unless you TIG-weld the repair panel, you're going to have some porosity at the welds with any Mig weld, particularly with a chain of spot welds (though we noticed a lot of porosity in the factory spot welds, too). Moisture gets into the porous welds from behind and will lift body filler and cause rust. A layer of sprayed paint will lay over the voids, but it won't get down into them. To protect your future bodywork and inhibit rust, you need a liquid to run down into the voids and coat them. If this were a quarter-panel or exterior patch, lead body solder would be the way to go-molten lead will flow into the voids and fill them. For our floor, we brushed on a generous helping of POR-15 to flow into the voids. We'll prime and paint the floors with the car and then undercoat from below. When the car is rerestored in another 40 years, this repaired area will be as good as the rest of the car.


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I have doubts about the advance unit ,,,the plate,,maybe. I will compare bits between my shovel head and my Bullet.
I believe the HD condenser would be an issue. Although the voltage is the same between the two applications the coils are quite different. The HD of thoes years used a coil with a "double wound" secondary. The 'tuned' value of the condenser would most likely be slightly difference if max. available voltage were expected from the stock RE coil. By the way, what is wrong with the stock RE set-up?
Done this allready, but simply made my own plate and fitted Bosch v-dub -mercedes points instead. The chevy 6 points were my first choice were not suited (too large). What is wrong with the the stock points? Availability, and the 2 piece design is a nightmare on the side of the road. Now it's just one spade connector and one screw.There is a pic of this in modifications . I did not try this but, you might be able to just drill and tap the original plate for the bosch points, there may be room.
I use the bosch condenser, 2+ years now, stock Lucas coil, no problems. Like I said in the above post, it was only after I made the new points plate that I noticed that I probably could have just drilled 2 new holes (one tapped) in the existing plate. It really is that easy.
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The Ricoh Group aims to become a company that continues to growth, earning a reputation for high reliability, by contributing to customer's productivity and value creation. In the light of this, what kind of future should our research and development target?
R&D, in many cases, requires time before practical application; it needs to be promoted based on a long-term vision. We looked at total events based on the way people work, business processes and office environment derived from transitions in social climate as an "office." Then, we projected the principal way people will probably work ten years from now as a "future office image" based on transition trends. Although the content was summarized primarily by the R&D division, the examination proceeded through discussions not only within the division but also with the personnel division, business units, overseas R&D centers, and directly with customers in some cases. This video also touches on the value Ricoh may deploy in response to this vision of the office of the future.
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Future Trends
We have projected six trends in office form and workstyle based on transitions in the social climate as the premise for our vision of the future.
First, (1) we expect that the focus will be on core operations. Here, we define the operations the organization or the individual execute by profession as core operations. These differ depending on the organization or individual. Outsourcing non-core operations to whoever makes them into their own core operations, allows individual client organizations to concentrate on their own core operations. In order to focus on core operations, (2) internal and external networks will be strengthened. IT has enabled people to work anywhere regardless of locale. However, because different systems are used among organizations, under present circumstances, effective information transfer may be lacking. Following transitions in the world economy, (3) greater emphasis on operations in emerging markets can be predicted. If ways of working are not to be affected by place or device, or by networked environments, there will be a need to (4) respond to the confluence of business and personal. For example, to use devices purchased by the individual for business, or to use devices purchased by the company for personal use. Although the devices are the same, payments will be based on segmenting accounting between personal and business use. As the global way of working develops, consciousness of the global environment as global citizens also becomes high and the pursuit to (5) preserve the environment will further develop. Beyond that, rising health consciousness will also increase (6) the individual's consciousness in pursuit of safety and security.
From these six trends, we assumed the following three office visions of the future.
1. Integration of usiness processes in advanced and emerging markets.
2. Two types of office worker: knowledge workers and skilled workers(*).
3. Individually optimized work environment.
* Polarization of workers: Here, we have defined the way people work into two categories: knowledge workers and skilled workers. A knowledge worker depends little on the company or the organization regarding the devices used or safety and security, and is a worker who views the project as a way of working, indifferent to working hours or the work place. On the other hand, a skilled worker depends greatly on the company or the organization regarding the devices used or safety and security, and is a worker who views work on the basis of working hours and the work place.
Ricoh's vision for the future of work
We have examined the values that will guide Ricoh in supporting the new ways of working that reflect these office visions of the future.
First, we can imagine that we will build a workflow to connect internal and external organizations to construct seamless document workflow, where we may provide alternate processing and process-building services. Of course, because the workflow extends beyond the country and region, the environment must enable smooth collaboration, overcoming language barriers. We can support global collaboration by removing document and conversational language barriers, in order to communicate more seamlessly. We believe that providing one-stop outsourcing services related to business processes including higher level operations will improve the customer's productivity so that each company can concentrate resources on core operations.
Further, the workplace is also diversifying. It will become necessary to provide information equipment-systems and services suited to diversified environments and needs, such as in newly emerging markets. Beyond that, a comfortable, secure and optimum mobile tele-work environment must be realized as workers and companies work anytime and anywhere (with anyone). We may provide the third space, not merely a space for rent, but accompanied by services with high added value, such as outsourcing services and remote communication beyond mobile services. A third space is meant to be a space where business can be accomplished at places other than an office as the first choice or home as the second. Although the way of working changes, a support environment is also needed to support brainstorming and self-development in accordance with the career and cultivation of human resources, self-learning, and response to diversified career plans.
Of course, we consider it important to provide services that are secure, safe, comfortable and suited to the individual. These must be able to realize an environment that saves energy and promotes health management and security.
The Ricoh Group forges ahead with R&D by focusing on technologies that adapt to the customer's work style and reduce environmental impact, with a view to various future potentialities.


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REGIONALREPORT EasternNot giving up Hoke
North Carolinas fastest-growing county is poised to get its first hospital make that two now that Fayetteville-based Cape Fear Valley Health System and Pinehurst-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas Inc. have agreed to a truce. Their clash began in 2010, when the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services gave both permission to build hospitals near Raeford in Hoke County. Both, of course, filed legal appeals challenging the need for the other.
Friction boiled over last year when FirstHealth which runs three hospitals with 582 beds offered to drop its appeal, but its rival didnt. County commissioners passed a resolution condemning Cape Fear Valley which runs five hospitals with 765 beds for holding up the process, and the system changed its mind in April. I think for us and for FirstHealth, we both wanted to get on with building our facilities, Cape Fear Valley CEO Mike Nagowski says. He wouldnt acknowledge competition between the two, but First Health director of communication Gretchen Kelly says, We welcome competition for the benefit of the health system and our patients.
Both want to benefit from skyrocketing growth in the eastern part of Hoke, where they will build their hospitals about two miles apart along U.S. 401. The countys population jumped nearly 5% between 2010 and 2011 to more than 49,000, the Census estimates. Thats the fastest growth rate in the state and eighth-fastest in the U.S. Most of it is fueled by Army expansion at Fort Bragg. The hospitals are expected to create hundreds of jobs, not including pharmacies and labs that might serve them. Construction has begun on FirstHealths project and should start on Cape Fear Valleys this summer.
Cape Fear Valleys hospital will be much larger, at least initially, but FirstHealth plans to apply for 28 more beds the state says is needed in Hoke and Cumberland counties. That could set off another skirmish. Those beds belong in Cumberland, Nagowski says, and his system will apply to add them in Fayetteville. Our emergency-room volumes have grown by 35% over three or four years. We are full and at maximum capacity most days, he says of Cape Fear Medical Center, the systems flagship hospital in Fayetteville.
PIKEVILLE Chicago-based metal distributor and processor Joseph T. Ryerson & Son will expand its fabrication plant, investing $3 million and increasing its workforce from 22 to 66. Average annual wage will be $33,540, higher than Wayne Countys average of $29,848.
WASHINGTON Hampton Art bought Dallas-based KI Memories, a maker of scrapbook and paper-crafting supplies, for an undisclosed amount and consolidated its operations here. Hampton Art is a subsidiary of National Spinning Co., which also distributes supplies under the Studio G and Ditto brands.
WILSON Merck will invest $15 million to expand and renovate its packaging plant. The Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based pharmaceutical giant, which employs about 400 workers here, plans to build new cold-storage units for its vaccines.
WILMINGTON The City Council will pay Topeka, Kan.-based National Sport Services $178,650 to study building a minor-league ballpark here. The firm is expected to recommend building sites and ways of financing as local leaders negotiate to get an Atlanta Braves affiliate.
BALD HEAD ISLAND The Bald Head Island Conservancy opened a 5,000-square-foot research and education center here to study barrier islands. The $2.4 million building includes a lab, touch tank and public library.


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An average of 20 students are chosen to enter the major each year in compliance with CAATE accreditation standards and guidelines. Selections are made at the end of the spring semester. Students must also meet specific written technical standards prior to admission to the ATEP. A copy of these standards may be obtained from the office of the program director in 106 East Annex. Following selection, completion of the program requires a minimum of six consecutive semesters, or three academic years. Admitted students are required to undergo bloodborne pathogen training and a physical examination annually. ATEP students are also offered access to Hepatitis B vaccination at no charge. Students are also required to maintain current CPR for Health Care Professionals and first aid training. NOTE: Admission to this program is competitive and satisfying published application requirements does not guarantee selection. Rather, students who meet published application criteria are guaranteed consideration for admission to the ATEP. An individual may request information concerning summative data on the most recent admissions from the program director. A student who wishes to obtain a teaching certificate may also pursue courses in the intended teaching subject area and prerequisite courses for application to the College of Education's alternative (non-traditional, fifth-year) certification program.
The undergraduate catalog is published at two-year intervals. Program advising sheets are updated much more frequently and are thus likely to provide the most up-to-date information on degree and other requirements. Students should always obtain the most recent advising sheet, available from academic advisors and in 101 Doster Hall.
|Athletic training major requirements
|BSC 114:115 Principles of Biology I and Laboratory
|BSC 215 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
|BSC 216 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
|HAT 257 Introduction to Athletic Training
|HAT 258 Clinical in Athletic Training
|HAT 272 First Aid, Safety, and CPR
|HAT 300 Topics in Athletic Training
|HAT 357 Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis I
|HAT 358 Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis II
|HAT 359 Practicum in Athletic Training
|HAT 360 Clinical Evaluation and Diagnosis III
|HAT 454 Organization and Administration in Athletic Training
|HAT 455 Pharmacology and Pathology in Athletic Training
|HAT 456 Rehabilitation Techniques in Athletic Training
|HAT 457 Therapeutic Modalities in Athletic Training
|HAT 458 Seminar in Athletic Training (W)
|HHE 270 Personal Health
|HPE 365 Applied Biomechanics
|HPE 492 Physiology of Exercise
|NHM 101 Introduction to Human Nutrition
|NHM 315 Nutrition for Performance
|MATH 112 Precalculus Algebra
|PH 101 General Physics I
|PY 101 Introduction to Psychology
|Total: At least 120
Professor Lori Turner,Department Head
Office: 208 East Annex
The program in general health studies is designed for students interested in health education in settings that are not school-based. For instance, students enrolled in the program can prepare for careers as worksite health promotion specialists or as community health educators. In addition, the program is appropriate for students interested in graduate study in public health and allied health. The general health studies major can be used as a premedical major, provided the student identifies an interest in applying to medical school early and makes the appropriate substitutions in the course requirements. One academic year of inorganic chemistry (CH 101 and CH 102) and one academic year of organic chemistry (CH 231, CH 232, and CH 237) should be taken. Students should also take math through calculus (MATH 125), one academic year of physics (PH 101 and PH 102), and one academic year of biological sciences (BSC 114:115 and BSC 116:117). Applications to medical school should be completed approximately one year prior to the expected date of enrollment. The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is required by most schools. The Health Professions Advising Office in the College of Arts and Sciences is available to assist general health studies majors. The courses required in the program are specified below. Total coursework required for the degree is 120 semester hours.
The undergraduate catalog is published at two-year intervals. Program advising sheets are updated much more frequently and are thus likely to provide the most up-to-date information on degree and other requirements. Students should always obtain the most recent advising sheet, available from academic advisors.
|General Studies*
|General Health Studies Major Requirements
|CSM 401 Consumer Protection (W) or
|HD 412 Adult Development (W)
|CSM 441 Consumer Communications (W) or
|CSM 445 Microcomputers in Consumer Services
|HD 101 Human Development
|HHE 270 Personal Health
|HHE 273 Community and Public Health
|HHE 370 Principles and Foundations of Health Promotion
|HHE 378 Drug Awareness/Education (W)
|HHE 440 Stress Management
|HHE 467 Design and Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs
|HHE 468 Practical Applications in Health Communications
|and Health Promotion
|NHM 101 Introduction to Human Nutrition
|Approved NHM course at 200 level or above
|Support courses/emphasis as approved by advisor
|Total: 120


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I am moving user accounts from our 32bit install to the new 64bit install. I have an account that just will not pull over correctly. When I first tried zmztozmig, it copied the directory structure correctly for the Inbox but not all of the emails. If I try to use the export feature for that user account I'm still missing emails.
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Alan De La Vara from the PCC Office of Community and School Relations meets with high school students at South Pasadena High School to discuss programs, services, admissions procedures, and "next steps" for students who have applied.
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My husband loves oatmeal butterscotch cookies to I added butterscotch chips and dried cranberries in place of the chocolate chips. I also added 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. These cookies were a huge hit in my family and my kids kept begging for more. My husband had no idea they were a healthy version of his favorites! He now asks for these every time!
Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
From EatingWell: Spring 2004, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004), July/August 2012
EatingWell reader Beverley Sharpe of California contributed this recipe. She updated a favorite treat by cutting back on sugar and incorporating whole grains. To increase protein, she replaces the rolled oats with 1 cup almond meal.
185 Reviews for Bev's Chocolate Chip Cookies
Can't tell them from the originals, except I like the slight oatmeal taste. I agree the sugar could be decreased. I used Becel instead of butter. A keeper
I did not find the cookies bind well and once I added choc chips it all fell apart. i have used better recipes.
I just made these cookies and they are great! Two substitutions though- I used half wheat and half white flour and I ground in some walnuts when I processed the oats- will definitely make these again!
I tried out these cookies, and regretted it later. They weren't terrible, but they weren't exactly to my likings. I wouldn't suggest these. At least not to my friends.


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VIENNA, Va. (WUSA9) -- Finding food allergies can be really challenging. Two Kilmer Middle School students may have found a pretty cool solution!
Say you love cheese pizza, but there's a chance you might be allergic to something in the sauce. Two teens may have found a way for you to tell for sure with an allergy food detector. Their prototype is the size of a cell phone, and you use it less than two centimeters away from "the sample."
Eight grader Pallavi Bhave told us, "It would have a list of 50 allergens and then it says yes it has it, [or] no it doesn't."
Pallavi Bhave was looking for a project to enter in the Toshiba Explora Vision contest. Her mother said with all of the food allergies in their family, wouldn't it be great to find a way to check out food before you eat it? Then, the food allergy detactor project began.
It works by using something called rama spectroscopy, explained eighth grader Joyce Tian.
"A UV laser beam will shoot out, excite some of the atoms and they will release some photons and they will shift in frequency. This shift in frequency is unique to all food items. It's kind of like a fingerprint," shared Tian.
Bhave and Tian's 11-page paper on the idea won regionals. Then, they built a website complete with video explainer, that brought home a national title for the middle school division (check it out here: http://www.exploravision.org/winners/)
Science teacher Susan Bates was their coach, but she gives them all the credit for the detector.
"They did the research on their own built their prototype on their own and their website they are just fantastic girls," said Bates.
The two creative teens each won a $10,000 college savings bond. In June, they will present their project on Capitol Hill and have a gala at the national press club with all of the other winners from around the country.
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In my office, we use a shared calendar to keep track of various things, like software release dates, vacations, etc. In Outlook, users can just subscribe to the shared calendar and add appointments directly.
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Not sure what to major in? In the list of programs below NMU students talk about their academic experiences in their field of study. Click the link on the right to see the video or click on the major itself to be directed to the department's website.
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Winnebago County has its first human case of West Nile virus this year.
A 32-year-old woman reported symptoms of the disease Sept. 15. She was hospitalized for one day and then released. West Nile virus is transmitted to humans from an infected mosquito. Now, with the return of warmer weather, the treat of the illness is increased.
Health department officials say it's important for us to take precautions.
Symptoms of West Nile virus include sore neck, muscle aches, blurry vision and joint pain.
Keep in mind with the change of season; the dusk and dawn times are no longer the most active for mosquitoes. Health officials say if your out during the warmer times of day, be sure to take precautions.
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The Ohio Associated Press is asking its members to rank the state's top stories of 2012.
Our nominations follow in random order.
Please mark your first choice with a number 1, your second with a number 2, and so on, through the No. 10 news story. There's room at the bottom to write in any other stories you want to rank in the Top 10.
Please limit ballots to one per news organization and include your name and other information at the bottom of your ballot.
ALL BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY DEC. 17. The results will move in a glance later in December.
AP members may send ballots by e-mail at apcolumbus(at)ap.org, by fax to the AP's Columbus office at (614) 885-3248 or by mail to:
The Ohio Associated Press
1103 Schrock Road, Suite 300
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Attn: Mitch Stacy
Any questions should be addressed to Mitch Stacy.
Our list of nominations:
A list of the top 10 stories of 2012 from the Ohio Associated Press, as voted on by member newspapers and broadcasters around the state:
—Presidential election campaign targets Ohio with President Barack Obama going on to clinch state's electoral vote, win re-election.
—Three students are killed and three wounded in a shooting at a high school in Chardon; a teen is charged.
—Teen sentenced to life in prison and his adult mentor awaits trial in killings of men lured with fake Craigslist job offers.
—First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, dies, prompting tributes and memorial services.
—Millions of Ohioans left without power as storms strike state amid heat wave.
—Casino industry arrives in Ohio with voter-approved gaming halls opening in Cleveland, Toledo and Columbus; one more prepares to open in Cincinnati.
—Federal authorities charge five men with plotting to bomb a highway bridge; four plead guilty.
—Sixteen Amish convicted of hate crimes for cutting hair and beards of fellow Amish.
—Ohio's exotic animal owners face new state restrictions after dozens of animals released from Zanesville farm were killed by authorities last year.
—Ohio's John Glenn celebrates what no other living astronaut has done — he marks the 50th anniversary of his own spaceflight.
—U.S. Supreme Court clears way for voters in the battleground state of Ohio to cast ballots on the three days before Election Day, giving Democrats and Obama's campaign a victory three weeks before the election.
—Ohio drivers banned from sending text messages from behind the wheel under new law that includes stricter rules for teen drivers.
—An anti-abortion group falls short of its attempt to gather enough signatures to ask voters in the key presidential swing state to change the state constitution to declare that life begins when a human egg is fertilized.
—Secretary of State Jon Husted fires two election officials in southwest Ohio after they voted to extend early voting hours in the general election beyond the uniform, statewide hours he set.
— Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown re-elected, despite outside groups pouring $30 million into the effort to defeat him.
— Retirement, losses at polls have Steve LaTourette, Dennis Kucinich and Betty Sutton leaving House.
— Ohio economy sputters ahead: credit Obama or Kasich?
— John Demjanjuk dies at 91 in Germany, still fighting war crimes charges.
—Ohio sells lakeshore lock-up in Conneaut, making it first privately owned state prison in America.
— Kasich imposes regional moratorium on deep-injection wells after New Year's Eve quake strikes Youngstown, state lawmakers pass new well regulations.
— State auditor launches probe after allegations of data-tampering strike several Ohio school districts
— Two Democratic state lawmakers are indicted in state-federal campaign finance probe; investigation includes first bribery charges to hit the General Assembly in a century.
— Ohio schools superintendent steps down after state watchdog's investigation finds he improperly used state staff and resources in a search for new work.
— Ohio Republicans oust their state chairman amid infighting ahead of 2012 presidential race.
— A northeast Ohio man is accused of possible mercy killing in shooting of wife at hospital intensive care unit.
— An Army sergeant and Ohio native is accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers.
— Boy Scouts of America removes a lesbian den mother in eastern Ohio, reigniting debate over the group's ban on gays.
— A northwest Ohio family finds century-old baseball cards worth millions in attic.
— Three children killed in what Toledo police believe was a murder-suicide carried out by their grandmother, uncle.
— Ohio resumes executions by lethal injection, ending unofficial moratorium during legal wrangling over the state's execution procedures.
— Man and his mother are sentenced to prison in the killing of his estranged wife, found strangled in a septic tank; case is pending against his father.
— Miami University alum Paul Ryan tapped as Republican running mate for Romney.
— Early March tornadoes devastate southern Ohio village of Moscow.
— Coach Urban Meyer returns home to Ohio, leads Ohio State football team to 12-0 season.
— Ohio University, Ohio State, Xavier, Cincinnati all make NCAA basketball "Sweet 16."
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Authorities say pit bull attacked baby in Fla.
Published: Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 10:49 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 10:49 p.m.
HOLIDAY — Animal control officials in the Tampa Bay area have taken custody of a pit bull they say attacked a 10-month old baby.
Sheriff's deputies said the baby's mother was outside her home in Holiday on Friday afternoon chatting with a neighbor when they heard the dog growling inside. When they went into the house, they found the dog biting the baby on the head and shoulder.
The Tampa Bay Times (http://tinyurl.com/khmd3g) reports the baby was taken to a local hospital. The child's name and condition were not released.
Pasco County Animal Control officials are holding the dog for observation.
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$50,000 WTBOA LADS STAKES2-YEAR-OLD C&G, 6 ½ FURLONGS32nd RUNNING, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013
Track & World Record: 1:13, Sabertooth (7), May 22, 2005Stakes Record*: 1:16 2/5 Dr. Slew, August 19, 2000Distance: 1 1/16 Mile 1982-91; 1 Mile 1992-1998 & 2002-2011; 6 ½ F 1999-2001 & 2012-13
Most WinsTrainer: 4, Bud Klokstad (T.D. Passer, 1989; Time to Pass, 1990; Staff Rider, 1992; Bub, 2002)Jockey: 3, Gary Baze (Colonel Stevens, 1983; Brent Goes On, 1985; Harvard Avenue, 2003)Owner: 3, Jollie Four Stable (T.D. Passer, 1989; Time to Pass, 1990; Staff Rider, 1992)
Statistics (1996-2012 @ Emerald Downs)Largest win margin: 8 lengths, Name for Norm, Oct. 6, 1996Smallest win margin: nose, Devil's Enemy, Aug. 26, 2001 & Bub, Aug. 24, 2002Track condition: fast 16, wet-fast 1Betting favorite: 6-for-17; Odds-on: 4-for-8Largest $2 win: $96.40, Wild Cycle (Sept. 2, 2006)Smallest $2 win: $3, Hollywood Harbor (Aug. 29, 2006)Winner bred: Washington 12, Kentucky 5Gate-to-wire winners: 5-for-17
OWNERS HOMETOWNS1—Kendini (15) Helen L. Mahre, Wapato, WA2—Noosito (2) Last Rose Stable (Jeff Harwood, Auburn, WA)3—Stikine Slough SCRATCHED 4—Kenai King (9-2) Bar C Racing Stables Inc. (Pam & Neal Christopherson, Hermiston, ORE)5—He's Zuberrific (7-2) Buffalo Stables (Ron Maus, Enumclaw, WA)6—Twentyten (12) Swag Stables (Keith Swagerty, Auburn, WA) & 20/10 Stables (Michael Shea, Salem, ORE)7—Nicolas Cajun (12) Peggy Hopwood, Phoenix, AZ; Debra Larson, Phoenix, AZ8—Mebossman (10) R.E.V. Racing LLC (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA)9—Del Rio Harbor (4) Desert Rose Racing LLC (D.H. Walker, Kennewick, WA); Bar C Racing Stables Inc. (Neal & Pam Christopherson, Hermiston, ORE)
EmD 2YO COLTS & GELDINGS SERIES July 28: $50,000 Emerald Express, 6F—Del Rio Harbor ($32.80), 1:10.75Aug. 17: $50,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes, 6 ½ FSept. 8: $50,000 Dennis Dodge Stakes* (WA-Bred), 6FSept. 29: $75,000 Gottstein Futurity, 1 1/16 MileSept. 29: $50,000 NWSS Cahill Road Stakes, 6F*Sponsored by Daily Racing Form
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERSJoe Withee (EmD1): Noosito, Mebossman, Kenai King (3-16/$113.80)Robert Geller (EmD2): Noosito, Kendini, Mebossman (6-16/$125.90)Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Del Rio Harbor, Noosito, He's Zubberific (6-16/$122.90)Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Noosito, He's Zubberific, Mebossman (5-16/$169.60)Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Noosito, He's Zubberific, Kenai King (5-16/$143.50)Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Noosito, Kenai King, Mebossman (5-16/$144.30)Consensus: Noosito (27), Kenai King (6), Mebossman (5) & Del Rio Harbor (5) (5-16/$133.40)
NOTES: The top three finishers in last year's Lads—Mike Man's Gold, Music of My Soul and Finallygotabentley—have all won stakes as 3-year-olds this year at Emerald Downs, and eighth-place finisher Scat Daddybaby earned an 88 Beyer while defeating older horses in an allowance/optional claimer last week at one mile…Doris Harwood ranks No. 1 all-time with 58 stakes wins @ EmD including a record 19 stakes wins with 2-year-olds, but the Lads has eluded her. Music of My Soul finished second beaten a head in 2012, Del Siete Leguas and Silver Boxcar finished fourth and fifth in 2011, Gdanz Express finished fifth in 2010, Koala Beach and Untilifindyou finished second and third in 2009, Noosa Beach and Winning Machine finished third and fourth in 2008, and Margo's Gift was pulled up in 2007…Trainers and owners get two options for 2-year-olds on closing day this year, as the $50,000 Cahill Road Stakes at 6 furlongs complements the $75,000 Gottstein Futurity at 1 1/16 miles…The Noosito ownership syndicate—Last Rose Stable—includes approximately 10 people.


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Comparative Legal Writing and Research (1070)
Comparative Legal Writing and Research is a comprehensive comparative research and writing course for students in the dual J.D. program with the University of Windsor. Students learn the differences and similarities between the legal systems of the United States and Canada including, among other things, governmental structure, court structure, jurisdiction, procedure, statutes, case law, administrative materials, secondary materials, ethics, research and citation. Equally important, they explore the writing protocols in each country and prepare a number of written assignments. The law of Contract provides the doctrinal focus for many of the research and writing assignments. The fall semester focuses on predictive writing, and the winter semester focuses on persuasive writing and transactional drafting. The highlight of the course involves students participating in two moot court experiences, each one specifically designed for the jurisdiction in which it takes place.
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Twice as NiceIdido and Haru are names that have become very familiar to us as Counter Culture has steadily deepened our relationship with the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmer Co-operative Union's washing stations in these two villages near Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia. Every year we aim to increase the amount of coffee we buy from these two groups, as well as to explore the most exciting new coffees and flavors that we can find, and this year we have both more volume and more unique offerings from this incredible region of the coffee-growing world than we have ever had before.
Notes on the CoffeesHaru and Idido represent a shift in Counter Culture's perspective on coffees from Ethiopia (and, it could probably be argued, from East Africa in general). Until we focused on these washing stations, we were basically just cupping coffees every year to see what we liked, and it was difficult for us to have much of a story to tell about any individual coffee or to feel justified investing time, energy and money in building relationships. By committing to YCFCU and staking a claim to these two washing stations, we weren't necessarily saying that other washing stations were incapable of producing equally great coffee, or that no one else could buy coffee from these groups, but that we would rather try to get to know these groups and try to realize any untapped potential that they had than to cup through samples to find the best ones.
Over the past four years, we have undertaken experiments at the co-op level with Haru in processing and at both washing stations to sort coffees and gauge the results, and we have also gotten to know some individual farmer members of these washing stations through visits and the organic compost workshop we hosted in 2013. YCFCU's manager Takele Mammo has always been involved in these projects—if not their coordinator—and he has been, generally, enthusiastic about experiments and ideas for special, unique, higher-value coffees.
When he announced in 2013 that YCFCU would, for the first time, sell coffees from individual members who process their coffee on their own equipment on their farms, we couldn't wait to try them. We were quite pleased with the lots we bought from Mammo Boki and Tegegu Ocholo, but we did recognize the potential conflict between supporting the co-operatively owned washing stations and diverting attention to these single-producer projects (unlike growers of our single-producer lots from Latin America, farmers like Mammo Boki have infrastructure and scale that is very different than most farms in Yirgacheffe and out of reach of many members of these co-ops).
What to do? Well, we decided that instead of choosing between them, we would choose to both continue growing with and supporting the co-ops and also buy coffee from individual growers, ideally members of these co-ops and communities with whom we have relationships. In addition to the Idido and Haru we're happily sipping now, we are anticipating the arrival of single-farmer lots from Elias Banata, Olke Birre, Alame Wako and Mesele Haile with excitement. They ought to be great! On that note, though, in our blind cupping of pre-ship samples, Idido still took all the votes for best coffee on the table, so don't let your appetite for the goodies to come keep you from stopping to smell the roses, or more likely, jasmine, in your cups this week.


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In my book, there are very few things that top brunch. Aside from the fact that eggs (arguably the greatest things since, well, anything) are involved, there are so many components that make this fusion of breakfast and lunch the ultimate weekend activity.
First things first: start with a few main courses that will knock their socks off – like this sweet potato hash with sausage and eggs and the waffle recipe below (swoon) – then add on the extras to secure your spot in the brunch hall of fame.
Stock up on all the brunch essentials (and then some) and get started on the guest list. Our Stylishly Done: Weekend Brunch Boutique opens Saturday, April 6, at 11AM ET.
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Former Nirvana stars Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic were secretly relieved when the star-studded finale was dropped from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony earlier this month due to time constraints.
The rockers had been due to join a number of the night's other inductees, including Bruce Springsteen's The E Street Band, for an all-star jam session at the end of the show performing AC/DC classic "Highway To Hell."
However, the big finale was ditched after a number of speeches over-ran, leaving Nirvana's collaboration with pop star Lorde on "All Apologies" as the final performance of the night.
EXTRA: Remembering Kurt Cobain | PHOTOS: 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions | Rock Hall inductees
Bassist Novoselic admits he was secretly pleased the finale was axed, telling Rolling Stone, "I wasn't into it. I love AC/DC and I love Bruce Springsteen. I grew up listening to them. But we kept saying, 'We have the big finale. We have our finale!'"
Grohl was also unconvinced by the finale as it meant they had to learn another song for the show. He adds, "They expected Nirvana to learn that song. It's hard enough for Nirvana to learn a (expletive) Nirvana song."


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Shuttle One
The California airport ground transportation company called Shuttle One which is located in Los Angeles, California was recently rated by our editors and received a GroundCar Score rating of 15. Scores range from 0 to 100. Companies with a high transparency score generally communicate important travel information on their website which may also include transfer rates going to and from California area airports and or other locations.
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Part 2: Building the Slant SixWritten by on April 1, 2003 Six Equals Eight
In a previous issue, we told the story of the aluminum block Slant Six and how its brief production run (1961-'62) was cut short by manufacturing difficulties and unexpected costs. This month we team up with Slant Six engine guru Doug Dutra to show you how to build a Slant Six that'll make 1hp/cubic inch, live with 91 octane unleaded, and run low 14s at over 90 mph in a 3,000-pound A-Body while remaining totally streetable and delivering 15 mpg.
Our buildup is based on a cherry aluminum block that somehow managed to escape the terminal, from-the-inside-out corrosion that renders most surviving blocks useless. Though our alloy wonder weighs 70 pounds less than much more common cast-iron blocks, if you follow our recipe with your iron block, you'll get identical results.
Note for the following: (a) Included in price of '72 donor motor; (b) Optional
Recipe List
Displacement: 227 ci
Compression ratio: 9.2:1
Bore/stroke: 3.420 by 4.12 (0.020 overbore)
Bore/stroke ratio: 0.830:1
Rod/stroke ratio: 1.63:1
Recommended shift points: 5,000 rpm
Required fuel: 91 octane, unleaded
Deluxe price: the aluminum motor shown here cost us $4,252.93
El Cheapo price: an iron motor without optional frills (b) would cost approximately $3,351.51
Short-Block (Deluxe: $709.17; El Cheapo: $459.17)
Block: 1962, die-cast aluminum, bored 0.020 oversize, $250 (b)
Machine work: $200
Crank: '72 forged steel (a)
Balancer: stock Chrysler (a)
Rods: stock Chrysler, forged steel, 6.7-inch (a)
Rod Bolts: ARP 3/8-inch, PN 142-6001, $76
Rod bearings: Clevite 77, PN CB-606G-STD, $32.42
Main bearings: Enginetech PN BC312J-STD, $39.46
Pistons: cast-aluminum Enginetech 0.020 oversize, PN P1515-020B, $59.92 (b)
Piston pins: Enginetech press fit (with pistons)
Rings: Sealed Power chrome-moly, PN E-196K-20, $51.37
Main cap fasteners: original aluminum block Chrysler 1/2x13 bolts
Oiling System, $14.00
Oil pan: stock '62 Valiant
Oil pickup: stock (a)
Oil pump: cleaned up stock (a)
Oil: 5 quarts 10W30, $10
Oil filter: Fram PH8A, $4
Cylinder Head (Deluxe: $1,363.67; El Cheapo: $1,236.20)
Type: cast iron (a)
Modifications: deck milled 0.100, oversize hardened seat inserts, bronze valve guides, valve guide bosses milled 0.160, six hours worth of bowl blending, and port-relief work, $600
Valvesprings: Pioneer single with damper, PNS-1051, $75
Intake valves: Egge Machine stainless, 1.70-inch PN SPV857, $162
Exhaust valves: Egge Machine stainless, 1.44-inch PN SPV856, $150
Retainers: Engle chrome-moly, PN599-S, $62.25
Locks: stock Chrysler, two-groove (I), four-groove (E) (a)
Valve seals: Pioneer neoprene umbrella-type, $6.95
Rocker arms: stock Chrysler, stamped steel 1.50:1 ratio (a)
Adjusters: stock Chrysler (a)
Pushrods: stock Chrysler 5/16-inch (a)
Valve cover: Clifford cast-aluminum PN 45-4018, $109.97 (b)
Valve cover bolts: MP chrome, PN P4120272, $12.50 (b)
Head stud kit: custom ARP 7/16 heat-treated studs, $115
Head gasket: N.O.S. McCord PN6530M, $75
Camshaft, $360
Type: Engle PN KV-1, $220
Running duration: 271/271
Duration at 0.050: 240/240
Lift: 0.546/0.546
Lobe center: 108 degrees
Lash setting: 0.010 (I), 0.020 (E)
Lifters: Engle solid PN862, $105
Timing chain: Enginetech silent-type single row with steel gears PN TS495, $35
Ignition (Deluxe: $395.73; El Cheapo: $199.78)
Distributor: MP electronic conversion kit, PN P3690789, $139.88
Control module: MSD 6AL PN 6420, $195.95 (b)
Coil: MSD Blaster II PN 8202, $28.95
Wires: Accel Super Stock 8mm universal fit, $23.95
Spark plugs: Autolite 66, gapped at 0.035, $7
Timing specs: 30-degree BTDC total, all in by 1,500 rpm
Vacuum advance: none
Misc (Deluxe: $788.41; El Cheapo: $460.41)
Running '72 225 donor engine: $100
Water pump: Pep Boys, $29.99
Air cleaner: Mopar Performance chrome resto, PN P4529002, $120
Fan: stock Chrysler five-blade (a)
Fan belt: Gates, $9.50
Water-pump pulley: stock Slant Six (a)
Starter: stock Chrysler (a)
Alternator: stock Chrysler (a)
Fuel pump: Airtex mechanical, $39.95
Rear main seal: FelPro PN BS40240, $12.99
Timing cover set: FelPro PN TCS12769-1, $17.99
Oil-pan gasket: FelPro PN OS12705 C-1, $12.99
Headers: Clifford two-piece street rod headers, PN 55-0144, $237
Header coating: Jet Hot sterling, $195 (b)
Paint: Two cans of MP engine red, PN P4349218, $13 (b)
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Gene Ohly at Evans Speed Equipment prepared the rare alloy block forassembly. The integrally-cast iron liners had some scratches, so theywere bored 0.020 oversize. The liners are a mere 0.10 thick, so the lessmetal removed, the better. Iron blocks can safely be bored in excess of0.060. Ohly also align-honed the mains, burnished the lifter bores, andsquared the deck surface. The fully machined block weighs 64 pounds, 70pounds less than iron.Addressing the different rate of thermal expansion between aluminum andsteel, Chrysler employed unique upper and lower main-bearing caps. Theupper caps (installed in the block) are specific to aluminumapplications and feature roll sleeves to assure proper positioning. Thesleeves are used on the driver side of the block only and must never beinstalled on the passenger side. A critical oil passage intersects thepassengerside main cap bolt hole to feed oil to the main bearings. Afteralign-boring, iron-block lower caps can be used with aluminum blocks.Although the aluminum block has no cam bearings, any Slant Six cam fits.Thanks to the continuous oil bath present in the area during operation,lubrication is assured, even when high-pressure valve springs are used.The main-bearing oil-feed holes differ in iron and aluminum blocks.Here, a pen points to the lower hole used in iron applications.Fortunately, virtually all Slant Six main-bearing sets sold today arealso drilled with the higher hole required by the aluminum block. Thegrooved upper shells and nongrooved lower shells of our Enginetechbearings are adequate for our 5500-rpm ceiling. Main-bearing clearanceis 0.002.To help prevent leaks, Doug offsets the rear main seal in such a waythat the gap is not aligned with the cap and block parting line. Theneoprene seal has a lip that acts as a one-way, valve-to-oil passage.The lip must face inboard, toward the crankshaft, for proper function.The crank is from a '72 donor engine with minor polishing. Though allSlant Six cranks produced between 1960 and 1976 are beefy forgings,those from 1968 and later feature a 2.160 diameter flywheel/flexplateregister that accepts commonly available torque converters andflywheels. The pre-'68 register is smaller (1.960 diameter) and must usehard-to-find corresponding transmission components. All forged cranksare neutrally balanced, so mixing production parts rarely causesproblems. Cranks manufactured in 1977 and later are made of cast-nodulariron and have narrow main and rod bearings. Cylinder blocks, cranks,rods, and bearings from 1977 and later engines will not interchange withearlier Slant Sixes.The main bearing bolts are tightened to 50 lb-ft (versus 85 lb-ft foriron blocks) to suit the physical properties of the die-cast aluminumblock. Antiseize compound is applied to prevent thread and shouldergalling. Chrysler testing revealed that if the thread engagement of thecap bolt into the aluminum is 21/2 times as long as the thread diameter,the bolt shank fails before the host aluminum. The special 1/2x13 capbolts are an inch longer than those used on iron blocks and featurereduced shanks to provide aluminum-compatible stretch characteristicsand to allow the passage of oil through the bulkheads to the mainbearings. Crankshaft endplay is 0.045, the same as an iron block.Basic, rugged, and cheap, stock 6.7-inch forged rods with ARP 3/8-inchfasteners and cast-aluminum Enginetech 0.020 oversize pistons can handleplenty of abuse. The slugs weigh 16.4 ounces, and ours came sized within0.00025 diameter and 2 grams of each other. The Sealed Power chrome-molyrings ensure fast break-in and have 0.014 endgaps. The rods weigh 26.8ounces and should be installed with the oil squirt holes facing thepassenger side. The D-shape heads of the ARP rod bolts require a minorspot-facing operation on the rod shoulder for proper installation.Rebalancing of these stock-replacement parts is a luxury we skippedwithout consequence. Rod-bearing clearance is 0.001.
At TDC, the piston is 0.180 below the deck. And despite our 0.546-inchlift cam and heavily-milled head (0.100), the clay test revealsvalve-to-piston clearance of 0.310 intake and 0.270 exhaust. That'sthree times the safe minimum.<i>Mopar Muscle</i> tech meister Steve Dulcich talked us into using the EngleKV-1 solid cam and lifter set. We're glad we listened. Despite its wildspecs (see Recipe List), it has good street manners and is a perfectcomplement to the test car's 3,000-pound race weight, 3.55 axle ratio,9.2:1 compression ratio, and 2,700-rpm stall speed. We installed it 2degrees advanced after drilling the cam-gear dowel hole from 0.250 to0.270 and installing a 0.020 shim (flattened coat hanger) to re-indexthe gear on the cam snout. The single-roller timing chain and steelgearset is cheap but effective. Double roller alternatives are availablebut offer no benefit at this level of performance. By all means, avoidplastic-coated cam gears, as they tend to shed teeth with severe use.The stock head needs help for performance use. Gregg Hansen of Stage VEngineering spent an afternoon relieving the bowl areas, enlarging theports, and gasket matching. Then, Gene Ohly milled 0.100 off the deck,reducing chamber volume from 54 cc to 44 cc, bumping compression to9.2:1 with the stock-replacement flat-top pistons. He also installedoversize hardened seats and bronze valve guides and performed athree-angle valve job. If you're building an aluminum block, tell yourhead porter not to back-cut the chamber walls adjacent to the valveheads to unshroud them. Doing so reduces the area available to pinch thehead gasket's fire ring and can lead to chronic gasket failure. Our headwas unshrouded slightly (note the 8 and 2 o'clock positions), but we gotaway with it.The height of the valve guide bosses must be reduced for safe retainerand seal clearance at full lift. Oscar Alvarez at JMS Racing Engines cutours from .750 to .590 and also machined the outer diameter of thebosses to clear the valve spring's flat-wound inner surge dampers (seepointer).The stock 1.62/1.36 valves are replaced with 1.70/1.44 stainless valvesfrom Egge Machine. The Pioneer S-1051 single with damper valve springshas an installed height of 1.750 intake and exhaust where it exerts 120pounds on the seat and 260 pounds at the cam's .546 maximum lift. Bycomparison, stock Slant Six springs rate 144 pounds at full lift(.371/.364 stock cam). Engle chrome-moly retainers replace the stampedsteel stockers, while stock Chrysler locks are reused. Neopreneumbrella-type valve seals control oil.Like the main bearing caps, the soft aluminum block requires specialhead fasteners. The original reduced shank 7/16x14 bolts were lost, soAl Nichols and Mike Rose of ARP tooled up a new head-stud kit just forus and any other aluminum-block customers who might need a set. Theseheat-treated 7/16 studs can be threaded deeper into the block than boltsfor increased thread engagement, and they offer superior clamping force.Using antiseize compound, they torque to 60 lb-ft (iron blocks go to 75lb-ft). Aluminum blocks take a special head gasket that's only availableas N.O.S. and must be retorqued after initial startup. Remember toinstall the lifters before the head on all iron blocks. The open deck ofaluminum blocks allows for later lifter installation...The rearmost rocker-shaft pedestal on all Slant Sixes is counter-bored(see pointer) to feed critical oil to the rocker shaft and rocker arms.It requires a specific 3-inch long hold-down bolt (on right). The otherfive hold-down bolts are 2 inches in length. Torque them all to 30lb-ft.There is a lot of confusion regarding proper rocker-shaft orientation.Here, the pen points to one of the 12 oil-squirt holes that lubricatethe valve stems and rocker arms. They must be targeted at the driverside of the engine or valve-tip/rocker-pad failure will result.They may not look sexy, but the stock 1.5:1 stamped-steel rocker armsare an engineering marvel and are fully capable of living with our hotcam and stiffer springs. The same goes for the stock 9.984-inch long,5/16-diameter pushrods. Despite the hefty head milling, the stockadjusters can take up the slack without introducing geometry problems.If both the block (iron only) and head are milled, shorter custompushrods would likely be required. We set the valve lash at .010(I)/.020 (E) cold with iron or aluminum blocks and check it every monthor so.
Unless you're going to the moon, the stock oil pump works great. Justchamfer the oil-filter return passage and any other accessible junctionsto remove sharp edges and promote oil flow. High-volume pumps tend tooverload the small drive gear, leading to total oil-pressure loss. We'vebeen there and it's not pretty. Now we only use blueprinted stock pumpsin sub-5,500 rpm applications like this. For extra peace of mind, Dutraoffers a special heat-treated pump drive gear at www.slantsix.org.Since we milled the head, we slid a .040-thick flat washer between thealternator bracket and head to prevent strain and possible bracketcracking.Clifford two-piece headers fit our '62 Valiant test car without hassles.They feature 11/2-inch primary tubes, 21/2-inch collector outlets, andcorrect 1/2-inch flanges for compatibility with factory or aftermarketintake manifolds. Some other headers use thinner flanges that requirefussy shims to prevent gasket leaks. Jet Hot sterling coating keeps themlooking new inside and out.A sight to warm the heart of any Mopar fan, the once scarce Slant SixHyper-Pak intakes are back in production thanks to a collaborationbetween Doug Dutra and Clifford Performance. Here, Larry Clifforddisplays some fresh castings.The outrageous appearance of the cast-aluminum Hyper-Pak intake is whatoriginally rekindled our interest in the Slant Six. Pop the hood at acar show and even die-hard Chevy guys flip out. Though original '60Hyper-Pak kits included manifold support bracing, we just bolt 'em tothe head's numerous 5/16 studs and go. The whole unit weighs 30 poundswith the carburetor.Instead of the scarce and troublesome rod and bellcrank Hyper-Pakaccelerator linkage, take a 2.2 K-car throttle-cable bracket (stamped426880), shorten it, and weld on a tab as shown. This bolts to the backof the plenum and accepts a throttle cable pirated from any Chryslerminivan.The 500 cfm Edelbrock Performer carburetor works perfectly right out ofthe box on our displacement- challenged six-banger. Aside from a nearlyimperceptible dip when floored from 60 mph, it doesn't stumble orhesitate, even though it's nearly 2 feet from the engine. True to theSlant motor's legacy of efficiency, we're seeing regular 15.1-mpg fueleconomy numbers when we keep our foot out of it. For simplicity, weremoved the choke blade and still get easy start-up on 45-degree wintermornings in California. Just tickle the throttle to keep it lit, andwithin a mile it's running smooth. We hear Hyper-Paks suffer from thecarb icing in cold, humid weather, but we haven't noticed it yet.We dig the Hemi-like aluminum spark-plug tubes and rubber booties usedon pre-'75 Slant Sixes, but we want a better ignition cable than stock.So we slipped an abbreviated section of insulator over our 8-mm AccelSuper Stock wires. Then we worked the circular tube seals over theinsulators.


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Cheryl Ogden '12 Named Interim Alumni Relations Director
URBANA, Ohio (September 17, 2013) - Jim Thornton, vice president for Institutional Advancement and Communications, is pleased to announce the appointment of Cheryl Ogden as the interim alumni relations director at Urbana University.
Cheryl will continue her responsibilities as the director for the Johnny Appleseed Educational Center and Museum while assuming this new role. Being a part of the University community while multi-tasking is not new to her.
"Urbana University means so much to me and my family. My father graduated from UU in 1977. I started here right out of high school, but got married, had kids, so had to postpone my education. Twenty years after I took my first class at Urbana, I came back as a non-traditional student to finish what I had started and received my degree in education and history in 2012."
"And the family tradition continues," says Cheryl. "Both of my daughters are enrolled here; my oldest is a sophomore majoring in business and my youngest is doing the post-secondary education option (PSEO) as a junior from Graham High School."
Her first major event is planning the 2013 Homecoming alumni activities. This includes the Homecoming Brunch and Three Arches Awards Ceremony and the Alumni Hospitality tent. As her immediate goals, she is "looking forward to connecting with other alumni to promote the University and build relationships with current students."
"Cheryl has done such an outstanding job as director of the Educational Center and Museum in such a short time, said Thornton. "With her exceptional organizational skills, she will continue to strengthen the connection between the alumni and the University."


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Special Education
The multicategorical special education program prepares candidates to pursue positions as P-12 special education teachers, special education coordinators, and/or private practitioners. Completion of the degree leads to the Illinois Type 10 LBS-1 teaching certificate.
SXU's special education program is unique. It is a master's level program, and it is NCATE approved as well as approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). Its multicategorical approach prepares teacher candidates to work in a variety of settings with students who have disabilities that are mild, moderate or severe/profound. It includes basic foundations of the discipline and courses in diagnostic assessment, language, curriculum adaptations and modifications, behavior management, learning strategies and more.
Field experiences accompany each course, leading eventually to practicum and student teaching. The weekly class format allows working adults to work on their degree programs while attending to their other responsibilities at home and/or in the workplace. The program is flexible and responds readily to any revised state or federal regulations.
A faculty member notes: "Special education is my passion because it is challenging, rewarding and diverse. A highly qualified educator proficient in subject matter and pedagogy may nonetheless be unable to reach a learner with reduced intellectual potential, emotional barriers, disorders of reading or math, or sensory deficits. Special education is a problem-solving mission which is the educational equivalent of 'CSI' investigation to identify the barriers to learning! Special educators not only "solve" the puzzle but also design lessons, implement strategies and evaluate the results. It is never dull!"
- Program Requirements
- Course Descriptions
- Special Education Information Sheet (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions
Outlook Employment for special education teachers is expected to grow by 17 percent from 2010 to 2020, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Growth is expected because of increasing enrollment and continued demand for special education services (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Special education is identified as a "high-need field" by the TEACH grant program (a federal program which also may be a source of funding for candidates seeking teacher preparation in special education).
- EDGSP 513: Educational Research, Design and Development (3)
- EDGSP 520: Characteristics of Students with Disabilities (3)
- EDGSP 521: Foundations of Special Education (3)
- EDGSP 522: Adaptations and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (3)
- EDGSP 523: Language Disorders and Instruction in Diverse Classroom (3)
- EDGSP 524: Diagnostic Assessment for Educational Decision Making (3)
- EDGSP 525: Methods of Teaching Students with Disabilities (6)
- EDGSP 530: EDGSP 529 Student Teaching: Students with Disabilities or Practicum: Students with Disabilities (Certified Teachers) (6) (3)
- EDGSP 531: Behavior Management (3)
- EDGSP 532: Individualized Positive Behavior Support Plans (3)
There are prerequisite courses for candidates who are not already certified teachers.
Margaret (Meg) Kelly Carroll, Ed.D., is professor of education at Saint Xavier University, teaching courses in special education and instructional methods. Carroll earned her Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction at Loyola University of Chicago with minors in special education, reading, higher education, and philosophy of education (1985). With a master's degree in learning disabilities from Chicago State University (1981) and a bachelor's degree in elementary education and special education from University of Illinois in Urbana (1977), Carroll has taught early childhood, elementary and secondary students in general and special education. She has published five books and more than 25 articles. A frequent conference (over 150) and staff development (over 1,000) presenter, Carroll also acts as a consultant for several Chicago area public and private elementary, middle and high schools. She is a board member and newsletter editor for the Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois and is on the board of Our Lady of Tepeyac High School in Little Village. Research interests have been in the areas of effective instruction, school collaboration with families, cultural diversity, and students with disabilities.
Ellen D. Lilly is an assistant professorial lecturer, teaching courses in special education and curriculum and instruction. Ellen earned a doctorate in educational leadership from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University (1993), a C.A.S. in educational administration (1982) and M.Ed. in special education/educational therapy (1973) from National-Louis University, and the A.B. in English/elementary/secondary education from Immaculata University (1968). She has taught both general and special education, and has worked as a director of special education in several west and north suburban school districts. She has been executive director of a private day school, assistant clinical professor of special education at Illinois State University, adjunct instructor, dissertation committee member and dissertation chair at Argosy University, Schaumburg, Ill., and a consultant in special education, teacher evaluation and new administrator induction. Research and consulting interests have focused on the legal aspects of special education, the effect of adversarial proceedings on the parent-school relationship, the integration of special and general populations, academic accountability with special sub-populations, cultural diversity and Response to Intervention (RtI).


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Once these cells are injected into areas of hair loss in humans, our scientists anticipate they will develop hair-producing follicles and initiate natural hair regeneration. They will also migrate into follicles that are still present but in early stages of damage this is a rejuvenation measure and also a preventative measure against further miniaturization of the hair follicle. The new hair follicles and rejuvenated hair follicles are expected to have resistance to miniaturization caused by androgen hormones, the major cause of androgenetic alopecia.
The new cells injected will not carry enough androgen receptors to be affected by androgens so the injected cells disrupt the underlying mechanism of hair loss. With significantly reduced numbers of cells with androgen receptors in the newly formed follicles, the androgens cannot act on the hair follicles and as such ongoing miniaturization and baldness should be prevented from occurring. In rejuvenated follicles some original androgen-responsive cells will remain. However, the injected cells will not respond to androgens. The growth signals from the injected cells should compensate for the loss of signal from the resident androgen-responsive cells.
http://www.replicel.com/our-science/key ... eneration/
Just had a look at their website and this paragraph stood out:
Dr. McElwee was appointed to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in 2004. Two years later, he and Dr. Hofmann founded TrichoScience Innovations Inc. (now controlled by Newcastle Resources Ltd. doing business as Replicel Life Sciences*) with three other internationally recognized hair research scientists Drs. Jerry Shapiro, David McLean, Harvey Lui as well as a local entrepreneur Matt Wayrynen. RepliCel is now focused on translating Dr. McElwee and Prof. Hoffmanns scientific discoveries into a safe, non-surgical solution for treating androgenetic alopecia and other forms of hair loss in men and women.
Now I have heard of:
TrichoScience & Shapiro.
I dont know who or what they are though, does anyone with more knowledge know if that makes this product more, or less likely to be effective?
Apparently the procedure will take 2 hours with just one clinician. Scroll to Research and Development on page 18.
@ finfighter -
yes it's exactly the same as what you posted!
It's quite exciting when you look at the experts that they have on board, however I do think that what they are doing is aiming very high! their initial product if it gets to that stage (and fingers crossed it will) will probably need improvement. But I can't see this as anything other than a possitive move.
The fact that there's some big runners now in the race all at once is great, aderans, histogen, "The German scientists" as they are fondly known if they find a good partner or funder, I've also read that an Australian university are working on what the Germans have achieved to produce a greater yeild, I also see follica have recently put in a new patent (even though I can't see them really producing anything solid soon). And although I very much doubt ACell i'll mention it anyway.
So the clinician will not need complicated training with the supplied kit to cut the dermal sheath cup and place the exposed cells in a solution. So if the whole procedure takes 2 hours, then the multiplication of the cells would take less than 2 hours. This is a procedure will they'll pluck a 10 or 20 hairs and you could come back the next do to get you injections.
There is a couple of things that concern me. First of all, I don't think this procedure is going to cost a lot, however, what the paper mentioned was the potential for clinics to make a sizable margin on this procedure. So you may have to shop around for the best price. The other thing is, since the clinician will not need complicated training or equipment, you may not only have doctors applying this procedure but the assistants. A clinic who is receiving a high number of patients for this procedure, especially those that are charging less than the market, the possibility of having an accident, mistaken identity, injecting or transplanting some else hair cell follicles into your scalp is a risk.
Lets not get ahead of ourselves; but that would sure be nice
Any mention of a timeline ?
The paleo diet and some other stuff.
From Website
Its not a drug therapy which is a good news. Will it work? I really hope so. I don't know what they mean by phase IIa and don't want to guess, but there willingness to commit to trails in Canada and Europe is a positive sign.Development Timeline
RepliCels hair-cell replacement procedure is now undergoing further rigorous study to determine effectiveness. The first human clinical trials (Phase I/IIa) began in Europe in December 2010. Canadian clinical trials are planned for 2012, with European trials to follow.
is this the cure!!?


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Bell Jars, 2008
This practical demonstration of preservation and decay takes its inspiration from the First Law of Thermodynamics which states that matter continuously changes from one state to another, part of the ephemeral cycle of life. Gold leaf suggests an attempt at preservation and highlights the act of transformation as part of an alchemic process.
Credit: Amy Louise Nettleton


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Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks has revealed Prince was interested in turning their relationship romantic while she helped him record his legendary song, Purple Rain.
The soul superstar recruited the Landslide hitmaker to give expert advice on his now-iconic song, but Nicks insists that behind the sombre lyrics of the track, Prince was keen on taking their friendship to the next level.
In an interview with Mojo magazine, Nicks admits, "I've still got it (the demo cassette) – with the whole instrumental track and a little bit of Prince singing, 'Can't get over that feeling', or something. I told him, 'Prince, I've listened to this a hundred times but I wouldn't know where to start. It's a movie, it's epic.
"The olive branch of him giving me that cassette was huge, but I think he would have liked a romance with me, too."
While Nicks, who previously admitted that she turned down the singer's request to pen the lyrics for the 10-minute track, graciously declined his advances, they continued to spend time together, including a night when Prince offered to pick her up after a Fleetwood Mac concert to drive her back to his home.
She reveals, "We get into his purple Camaro and bomb out onto the freeway at 100mph (miles per hour). I'm terrified, but kind of excited, too… (Later) I get on the plane and the rest of the band are like (drum fingers, rolls eyes). I'm like, "What? Nothing happened.'"