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Re: What if you had made Star Wars?
ok. lol.
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ok. lol.
ok. lol.
......Anyway, back to our conversation. Obviously i would've made Boba and Jango's deaths better but you know i would've made Boba kill Mace. He wouldn't face him 1-1 mind you he would have some help, in the form of Droidekas, or Super battledroids, or something else. But he would kill Mace Windu.
Why don't you stop spamming and explain how you would change Star Wars
(ROTS) the clones and anakin would not betray the jedi there would be a huge fight scene with the jedi, clones vs. the sepreatists and dooku and grevious where the seperatists die, all the jedi die, the clone troopers become the storm troopers, and anakin has a big accident where he becomes vader. NO JAR JAR!!!! more mando
i would change star wars by creating more jedi and bounty hunters! yeh!!
There were plenty of Jedi at one point, and nearly alll were misled. Bounty Hunters, the more the merrier doesn't really apply
That is an interessting idea though, and not spam. Good job GHF.
thank you!
Perhaps you could go into more detail, though?
i just thought it would be cool if their were more bh's
Wow, a very interesting *and sadly very dead* topic.
Assuming I had Lucas in my ear telling me what he would do, I would have had the original trilogy and the new one fit a little better. For instance, Luke isn't too old, he's WAY to old based on what we know about the Jedi now. I'd either edit and say you don't need to be so young to start, or just admit that Luke sucks as a Jedi cause he started so late and knows so little.
Of course, NO Jar Jar or Ewoks. The Gungans could have been a good idea if they didn't act and sound so stupid. I would have changed that somehow.
I like Jango, and wouldn't have changed much except little tid-bits about the fight scenes. And *since it's me making this* would have added something based on my idea for my FanFic; that he accepted the contract so he could alter the clones to make them Mandos who he could take control of later and make them into Mandos. Maybe he gets caught and fails, but I would have had that in there somewhere.
And of course more Boba in the original trilogy. Complete rewrite of the battle over the Sarlacc fight. Boba would have been in a staring role there rather then just a *attempted* slightly amusing sideshow. I probably would have had him stay on the barge and had him try to snipe the others.
Many other ideas mentioned above I would also incorperate; less whiny Anikan, better death for Grievous, Boba killing Mace, all those and some I probably forgot would be good ideas
if i was the maker, it'd be super awesome(er).
if i was the maker, it'd be super awesome(er).
Oh come'on Fett_II, don't be so modest!
I couldn't make Star Wars. George Lucas did too good of a job for me to make it. And honestly, if I made it, it would be horrible
What if I made SW? hmmm... well like many have said I think it would be very different because I would have to think of it from scratch. Now if you said Wat if Lucas asked you to edit star wars (I think this is what you meant.) I would say it would be very different.
Do to time restraints I can't post it now but I will later.
Mr. T would play all roles.
...and the music would be Alice Cooper. Lol
Wow! I'm shocked at how much I spammed and didn't listen to anyone there. But that was when I was still new.
LOL I would not have known where to start
If I could change the existing Star Wars films I would change the Han Solo/Greedo scene so that Han shoots first again
I have grown up in a world where there has always been Star Wars, as it exists now. Its hard for me to think about how I would have fused so many different ideas into one huge massive mind blowing idea seems far fetched for a blonde. Star Wars is Star Wars because of its creator(s).
Now what would I choose to do differently inside the created vehicle?
Someone was saying that the dislike the elaborate costumes that Amidala had in EPI. I LOVE Trisha Beggar's costumes. I would have kept much of that style going in every movie. ( I am a unfulfilled fashion designer.)
Chewbacca wouldn't have died. Period. Anakin Solo and Mara Jade... ditto.
Boba would have put up more of a fight, and certainly not die. In general he'd have a larger role too.
I'd also explain more about the force and have more blatant displays of its power. At least of cool Sith like Maul.
Lastly I'd fix the Imperials from looking such gosh- darn 70's looking. Make them look more "galactic"
MARA JADE IS DEAD??? WHEN THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN??? *not that it's hard i would have missed it; havn't ready any of the novels out there with few exceptions *
OOPS! Sorry Alor, I think that's in a book, but one of those I haven't read. If its not true than I apologize for misinformation. This is just going by what I've heard others on this site complain about. i would fix that as she's rockin by my book.
SPOILER ALERT!!!! Do not read this if you do not want to know things you don't want to know.
Mara Jade MIGHT have been killed by Jacen Solo. the books are not clear on what exactly happened.
Not really? Isn't she already confirmed dead? I mean her body was turned into a Force Ghost.
I shall assume that this would have taken place in the Legacy of the Force series then.... those are the only ones i really am virtually ignorant of.
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The One Man Thrill Ride
I never use the term "laugh out loud funny," but this is laugh out loud funny. Like, I'd be shocked to learn the Fitchburg State Alumni lost this game. Not with The One Man Thrill Ride on their team. No way, no how. Especially if the current ace was throwing 88 MPH fastball, flat and PUSS. Get out of my face with that. So jacked up right now.


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AuthenTec's stockholders to vote on $356 million Apple merger on October 4
Fingerprint security specialist AuthenTec announced today (via an SEC filing) that it has set a record date and meeting date for its stockholders to vote upon a proposal to clear the merger between the company and Apple, which proposed to acquire the company for $356 million in late July.
AuthenTec says that it will hold a "special meeting" at 10am ET on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at the offices of its legal representatives in Atlanta — iPhones (or any other recording devices) won't be allowed in the building.
Since the deal was announced, AuthenTec and Apple have already secured early termination of the waiting period, which was granted by the FTC on August 16. This is significant, because both the FTC and the US Department of Justice will not investigate the deal or pursue antitrust lawsuits.
However, it does mean that before the deal is approved by stockholders, another company could potentially submit a bid to acquire AuthenTec. Apple's rivals could have feasibly lodged a bid following the announcement of the deal but now it has been cleared by regulators, there would be less hurdles for a rival to overcome.
As we noted in our earlier coverage of the deal, AuthenTec had already stated that no other companies were interested in licensing its technologies, based primarily on cost. Apple looked originally licensed its fingerprint technology, but then decided it would buy the company after weeks of negotiations.
Apple had already signed intellectual property agreements to use AuthenTec's fingerprint technologies in its products, it now becomes a matter of when we will see them.
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The growth of Reidar's Manufacturing over the past 28 years is the story of a talented fishing family who built a thriving business from the ground up.
NEW BEDFORD — Launched with passion in the mid-1980s, the growth of Reidar's Manufacturing over the past 28 years is the story of a talented fishing family who built a thriving business from the ground up, outfitting commercial fishing boats with innovative equipment and gear.
Patriarch Reidar Bendiksen, 67, was a commercial fisherman for decades before starting the business. When not at sea, he would spend hours in the family's Dartmouth home developing better ways to operate his boat.
He has a knack, his family said, for making fishing gear better, stronger, and safer to use.
"I always was a tinkerer," said Reidar, his voice still tinged with sounds from his native Norway. "When I worked I would see the gear and stuff like that, then I'd say, wow this would work better if I did this. This would work better if I did that."
Reidar's son, Tor Bendiksen, 34, remembers, as a child, being fascinated by designs and drawings that his dad made each night. Coming down for breakfast in the morning, he would eagerly seek out the new drawings from the prior evening's work.
"I was always looking on the kitchen table and seeing something that he drew up for an idea and we'd ask what is this, what is that?" he recalled.
Reidar had a natural inclination to make things better, Tor said.
"(Reidar) was always one to say, well the same old way is not the way. We've got to improve things and make things better," said Tor. "So he looked at new types of nets on the market. He bought one...and started working with that putting his own little tweaks to it. He decided he wanted to stay home and pursue this side of the business because fishing was wearing on him and we were getting older and this gave us an opportunity to work with him more."
The business grew over the years as Reidar added new designs and Tor, now general manager, his mother Kirsten and younger brother Hans joined the family venture.
First Reidar sold gear parts locally in New Bedford's substantial fishing community and in ports like Gloucester and Portland, Maine, but he quickly realized that to create a successful business he would need more than a single part or two.
One of Reidar's early innovations was a safety hook for scallopers, with a modified latch for use in rough seas.
"In rough weather, you'd haul the dredge up over the side and if the sea broke and the boat would shake, the gear would actually come out of this and crash on deck," Tor said about the old hook design. "(Reidar) found a hook that had a latch and he modified the latch. There's a pull string that goes on this and the pull string means you can stay away from it, at a distance, and you can grab the pull string and pull it without having to get in harm's way to unhook the dredge."
"They're developing something very similar now, maybe 20 years later, for the marine industry for oil and gas," Tor added. "But my father was the designer of the original safety hook which is pretty much in regulation now."
Among other inventions, Reidar also came up with the bolshline and roller-stopper, the latter for which he holds a U.S. patent. He also has several patents pending for his work.
As the business grew, the Bendiksens added new designs and gear for varying fisheries. Some of these designs helped fishermen minimize their impact on the environment, including innovative nets created to enclose a particular species of fish and not others.
"The fishing industry is very unique and very specialized and there's a lot that goes on that the general public doesn't understand," said Tor. "They don't understand that I can design a net and I can catch haddock and I can get rid of all the bottom stuff. Or I can catch a flounder and I can make sure I don't catch that codfish and that haddock because the tendencies of each species are different."
Today the business outfits most of the city's vessels as well as a large portion of those home-ported up and down the East Coast.
But while gear designs and supplies grew, as well as employees, the family carefully controlled its expenses, saving funds so they could plan for an expansion to a new building. They spent years with 12 employees working out of a cramped Fairhaven building, about 5,000 square feet in size, while they planned for the future.
"We were stumbling on each other because there was so much gear and so much stuff," said Reidar. "We actually needed a bigger place."
Finally, after careful preparation, the family took the leap, purchasing property off Church Street in New Bedford's North End and building a 25,000-square-foot facility there. They moved in last year.
In hindsight, they might not have.
Just as the Bendiksens were signing early papers on the deal, harsh new fishing regulations came out that affected their customer base. First the yellowtail catch was substantially reduced and then, a year later as they were breaking ground, codfish cuts were announced. Both cuts translated to lost business.
"It's a double whammy," said Reidar. "(But) once you test the waters and you sign your dotted line and all that, you just have to go for it."
Even the possibility of a new market fizzled in the face of government oversight. The family was initially excited when the business received new orders from fishermen looking to catch channel whelk, but their investment turned into $25,000 worth of useless equipment after the federal government shut down that fishery for further study.
"There were no regulations on these channel whelks and, in other parts of the world, they're catching them and there's a market for them," said Tor. "So the fishermen...started trying to develop the market. There were a couple of buyers that were interested in buying them...and we actually got orders from customers that wanted a couple hundred pots. So we started making them and then, in a matter of a couple short months, the government said, 'No, we're not going to let you do this until we study it first,' and shut it completely down."
Another blow hit when the Maine shrimp industry was closed this winter after the Bendiksens had prepared for their usual level of business.
"We brought in all of our wire supplies and all of our supplies for the shrimp market up there because we know how much we use on an average year (in) December, January, and February. Well, they decided not to open the shrimp industry this year," said Tor. "Now I have another set of thousands of dollars of wire and stuff that we have to find other places to sell."
Most frustrating is the lack of any substantial notice to fishermen and related businesses. No advance warning makes business planning impossible, Reidar said.
Despite the setbacks, much of the Bendiksens' business is doing well, particularly within the scallop industry. They service boats from the entire East Coast, including Canada and have picked up new customers as other, similar, companies have failed.
"The backbone of New Bedford is the scallop industry," said Tor. "We work on scallop gear for that industry. We service their main wires. We also do rings and links...Those needs help support our business and scalloping, even though they've had their issues, is still a strong industry here."
But the frustration of constant setbacks is painful and the family spends a lot of time trying to determine which way the fishing winds will blow. They also participate in local advocacy work with Kirsten heavily involved in organizing the annual Working Waterfront Festival and Reidar serving on the board of the Center for Sustainable Fisheries, a local non-profit that focuses on preserving fishery resources though conservation and the use of reliable science.
And despite the current unpredictability of future regulations, the Bendiksens wouldn't change their focus. For the family, fishing is more than a job — it's a way of life and a cultural heritage.
"You love it," said Tor. "I grew up in this industry. I really have no intention to leave the industry. The people that I work with on the vessels, they are like extended family."


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Cape Cod Cranberry Bars (Adapted from KAF Cookie Companion)
For the crust
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
For the filling
2 cups cranberries - fresh or frozen (do not thaw if frozen)
1 1/2 cups peeled, cored and chopped apples
1 cup fresh raspberries
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
To make the crust
Preheat oven to 350
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugars and salt. Add the vanilla and butter - use a pastry blender to mix the butter into the flour until the mixture is very crumbly. Stir in the nuts. Measure out 1 1/2 cups of the crumb mixture and set aside. Scoop the remaining crumbs into the bottom of a 9" x 13" baking pan lightly coated with nonstick spray. Pat the crumbs down to form an even layer - bake for 15 minutes.
To make the filling
While the crust is baking, add the cranberries, apples, raspberries and sugar into a food processor. Pulse a few times to chop the cranberries. Add the flour and melted butter - pulse a few more times to combine the mixture.
Scoop the mixture over the baked crust and use an off-set spatula to spread it evenly. Crumble the reserved crumb mixture over the filling - bake until the filling is bubbly and the crumbles begin to turn a golden brown, about 35 to 40 minutes. Remove and let cool completely before cutting into bars.
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Cape Cod Cranberry Bars
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- Anonymous12/14/2007 01:03:00 PM
This recipe if worth trying. It is fresh and very tasty. I did not have raspberries so I increased the apple to 2 1/2 cups. It's important to not cut them until they are cool because it creates a cleaner cut and minimal crumbs.ReplyDelete
Do take the time to roast the pecans, it adds to the over all taste.
Hi Art Lover - Glad you liked the recipe!ReplyDelete
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Some have called this a jobless recovery. At a glance the data seem to tell a different story, however.
Take last Friday's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed private-sector companies added 178,000 jobs in May, on par with the average monthly gain of the past year. Private-sector jobs have now increased for 39 straight months, with some 6.9 million jobs added over that period-including 972,000 this year.
This growth seems less impressive, though, when you consider how long it would take to return to the level of employment before the Great Recession. Estimates run from five to eight more years.
But even if it's painfully slow, the recovery definitely is adding jobs and putting the unemployed back to work, right? The answer is: yes and no.
For new labor-force entrants and people who have been unemployed for a relatively short time, jobs are opening up. But for the long-term unemployed, the doors remain firmly shut.
As the New York Times reported Friday, the number of people who have been jobless for less than five weeks is comparable to what it was in 2007. But the number of people unemployed for more than 27 weeks is 257 percent higher.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that nearly 4.4 million Americans were long-term unemployed in May. That's better than a few years ago, when the number peaked at 6.7 million, but today it represents more than one-third of all jobless people in this country.
So if you've been out of work for more than six months, the recovery is truly jobless.
Recent research suggests this is so because of employers' reluctance to hire the long-term unemployed. As Rand Ghayad and William Dickens of Northeastern University have shown, employers across industries are much more willing to hire individuals who have been out of work for shorter periods-even if they have less experience.
This bias against the long-term unemployed hurts both the people affected and the broader economy, which cannot thrive when millions of people are stuck in joblessness. This is a problem employers can-and should-fix.
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Official journal of the Chinese Stomatological Association. Introducing the first journal of Chinese dental research to be published in the English language. It represents the research activities of Chinese authors from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, for the purpose of promoting academic exchange. While there are some 15 professional dental journals in China, they are published in the Chinese language and include only English abstracts; this has limited China's ability to disseminate information and advancements to the international dental community. This journal fills a longstanding need for a publication that concentrates on research from China meaningfully published in English, the international language.


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Melissa Etheridge, Part II
In the continuing saga that is my fangirl relationship with Ms. Melissa Etheridge, I got to be a call-in guest on her Radio Show. It all started when post-bothering her at breakfast, I came home to see whether I might continue to bug her, preferably through social media. Though I was sad to find her missing from Twitter, some consolation was found in the discovery of her aforementioned radio show. Who knew she was a radio personality?
On the website for her show there was a contact form to fill out if you wanted to talk to her. They offered the chance to call-in to Melissa! Well, I pounced on the chance and filled out the form, explaining my run-in with her and how I'd love to talk to her about gay parenting.
In the end we did talk parenting a tad, but the gay part wasn't mentioned. What happened was that they called me one morning and asked if I wanted to join in on a conversation about who I'd rather meet the president or a big celebrity. They mentioned that back in the day everyone would have picked the president but that it was no longer the case. I'd much rather meet Obama than Brad Pitt, but if it was Bush being talked about the story would be different. They said they'd call me back in a minute because the connection was bad.
I formulated some cool response about how it comes down to the impact people perceive either of the profferred figures had on their lives. Like people care to meet those that matter, that have somehow touched their lives. It used to be people felt the President, regardless of Party, had the greatest power over their lives. People might not feel that way as much these days given all the talk of corporate interests running things behind the scenes. I knew I wouldn't get a chance to say all of that but I figure'd I could come across smart. They never called me back. I called them twenty minutes later, cold tea in hand, and they said they'd try to call a bunch of times but it hadn't gone through. It happens sometimes, they said, and promised to give me a call again in the next couple of days.
I was bummed. But early the next week, as I was clocking hours at my own personal version of the office, aka the playground, who should call? The guy from the radio show. This time he asks me if I consider myself a patient person or an impatient person? I think I'm somewhere in between, personally, but since I was at that moment rather patiently following a two year old aorund a park I thought, let's go patient. He asked if that meant that extended into my tech life- So I don't pay the extra money to overnight things and such? I thought about my old-ass computer at home and how being broke really does train one patience wise. Yep- definitely not overnighting things. This time he put me on hold and when a few minutes later it reconnected, Melissa Etheridge was the voice on the line.
Hey, We've got Kellen on the line who says she's patient and do I hear children in the background? Because kids will definitely require someone to be patient…We bandied about over the idea of patience being really tied to staying in the present moment and about how kids will force one to be present as well. She mentioned a line about the present being a gift.I said something about how I bet she was a great parent and she said, well, now you're just being sweet. It was pretty sweet all around. Although, I didn't get to mention meeting her. She has a real knack for framing short interactions gracefully, saying well, thanks for calling Kellen as she leads me off the line once I've given my soundbite on patience.
I call a mom immediately to brag about it. Afterwards a mother at the park tells me that she couldn't help but overhear and did I really just talk to Melissa Etheridge? I'd say only in Hollywood folks, but I'm pretty sure you can call-in from anywhere.
Meeting Famous Lesbians Part III : Melissa Etheridge
Okay I am 99.9% sure it was her. If it wasn't and it was just some poor lesbian who looked like her having lunch at Hugo's in Studio City, well at least I made her day with my enthusiasm. I didn't have any lesbians with me to confirm her identity but I'm really good with faces and I've always kind of thought she looks a little like my mom, so as I said 99.9 %. Upon seeing her picture again i'll even add .05% to it.
To set the scene, I was meeting a friend to get feedback on my memoir and it being LA, I noticed upon plopping down that Vanessa Hudgens (of High School Musical "I dated Zach Efron" Fame) was sitting at the next table over, with only a thin pane of glass between us ( we were seated outside). While I admit to reading gossip blogs, I couldn't bother to be impressed by her- I know who she is but that doesn't necessarily make her special. I have not heard good things about "Suckerpunch."
So I went about advising my friend on her personal problems and neglecting the question of tense in my writing, and Vanessa leaves after kissing who assume to be Austing Butler? I think that her boyfriend's name ? and towards the end of the meal once we'd finished our egg-white oatmeal frittata, which was better than it sounds even though it included kamut, who should be seated right in my eyeline on the opposite side of the glass but Ms. Etheridge out to lunch with a lady friend.
I about died- and that is why I think it was her, that instant heart based gut reaction. I immediately began to strategize how to approach her and what to say. A few minutes later I strolled into the restaurant with what I hoped was casual purpose and veered in the direction of her table.
Despite my planning, I believe I came off as a babbling fool and probably overwhelmed her. I approached the table, leaned in a little and said, "Excuse me, I hate to interrupt but I just had to say Hi, because I was so excited." She took my hand and asked me to introduce myself, "I'm Kellen Kaiser and I'm Queerspawn and my little brother, who's a decade younger than me, loved your songs so much as a little kid and at three knew every word to them, and used to sing them out loud in the car, and now he's a frat boy at Long Beach State." I'm not sure why I'd decided that was the most important thing for her to know but there it was. She smiled and said it was nice to meet me, her companion seemed amused at the encounter, like well, this is what happens to you when you're Melissa Etheridge, crazy people approach you as you peruse the menu. Or at least that's what I imagine she was thinking…. It's funny to find out who you really are in awe of- She qualifies. She's a Big Fish of Famous Lesbians. It's like her and Rosie O'Donnell. I'm coming for you Rosie- watch out!


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Last month we fielded a question about a fault code a reader had been trying to repair for more than a year. To recap, the Corvette in question, a '96 model, had a recurring P0171 code, or "System Too Lean, Bank One." The car's owner stated that his scanner indicated a defective fuel pump, but replacing the pump and filter (twice!) did not solve the problem. He then took the car to three different shops and had an array of sensors installed, to no avail.
Finally a friend told him about a Corvette expert in his area. He took the car to the technician, who, after a short session with his own scanner, proclaimed that the problem was a misreading mass-airflow sensor (MAF). Replacing the sensor eliminated the code, which hasn't returned since. The reader wanted to know both how the technician diagnosed the problem so quickly and how he could test his other Corvettes for the same issue.
MAF Basics
There are a number of seemingly unrelated fault codes and driveability problems that can be attributed to a misreading MAF (that is, one that is under- or over-reporting the amount of air entering the engine). In this article we will cover how to diagnose and repair many of these issues.
Let's review the basics of how intake air is measured. The fuel-management systems in most modern Chevrolet engines employ either an MAF or a manifold absolute pressure sensor (MAP). These sensors measure the weight of the incoming air and then convert this measurement into a voltage or frequency signal that the engine controller can interpret. The controller then regulates the amount of fuel used to ensure complete combustion. Accordingly, a misreading MAF or MAP will almost always result in a less-than-ideal combustion process.
Symptoms of a Faulty MAF
The first step in diagnosing a faulty MAF sensor is to perform my favorite test—the tap test. Using a screwdriver, lightly tap on the sensor while the engine is running, noting any changes in engine rpm or idle quality with each tap. If you notice a change, the sensor is probably failing internally. (Note that it is possible for a MAF to fail without setting a fault code.)
Next, check to make sure fuel pressure and volume are correct. Also check the fuel filter for restrictions, and ensure that there are no vacuum leaks. Remember, the oxygen sensors must be functioning correctly to provide an accurate air/fuel ratio to the engine controller.
The most common symptom of a faulty MAF is a hesitation after the accelerator pedal is depressed. Some other common symptoms include the following:
Difficulty starting
Stalling shortly after starting
Hesitation under load
Jerking during acceleration
Erratic idle or operation
Fuel-trim-related code(s)
Excessively rich or lean idling, often causing black smoke from the tailpipe
Common Causes of MAF Failures
The majority of MAF failures are due to dirt, paper, or oil contamination.
Dirt can be introduced into the MAF if the air filter is punctured, or if it is so restricted that dirt particles pass through or around it. Do not use compressed air to blow the dirt out of a paper filter. This can actually punch microscopic holes in the filter, allowing the MAF to become contaminated.
Low-quality air filters have been known to shed paper fibers, which can accumulate on the heated wire of the MAF, causing it to fail. Remember, you get what you pay for, and saving a few dollars now can cost you much more in the future.
Oil can be introduced into the air-intake system by an incorrectly serviced aftermarket air filter, a faulty Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) valve, or an engine that is burning oil. Oil buildup on the heated wire of the MAF can cause the sensor to fail.
Other problems, though less common, are worth checking. For example, the inlet and outlet tubes on many MAFs are the same size, making it easy to install the sensor backward. Most MAFs have an arrow on the sensor housing indicating the direction of airflow.
Many MAFs also look the same, even though they may be application specific. If you think you may have the wrong sensor for your car, have your local auto-parts store look up the part number in its application catalog.
Unmeasured air reaching the combustion chamber can also result in an inaccurate MAF reading. For this reason, it's important to examine the intake ducting for stress cracks or loose clamps. A leak from a broken vacuum hose or dried-out intake gasket may also be the culprit.
Some aftermarket performance intake or "cold air" systems can increase intake-air turbulence. This may also cause the MAF to miscalculate the amount of air flowing into the engine.
How to Clean a Dirty Mass-Airflow Sensor
Even if you're not having any driveability problems, it's a good idea to clean your MAF every six months, or as part of your oil-change routine. To do so, first remove the MAF from the vehicle. Make sure you do not touch the wires inside of the sensor. This will keep any oils from your hands from containing the sensor, and also protect the delicate internal wires from breakage.
To clean the sensor, you'll need to purchase a specially formulated MAF cleaner, available at most auto-parts stores. (Do not use carburetor cleaner or other harsh solvents, which could destroy the sensor.) Typically the directions will instruct you to spray the cleaner onto your sensor and let it sit for approximately 20 minutes to dry. Reinstall the MAF in the vehicle, and you're done.
Keep in mind that cleaning the sensor will not always restore perfect calibration. If the MAF is too heavily fouled, it may need to be replaced.
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With the diagnosis and repair processes covered, it's time to address the question of how that mechanic quickly determined that a faulty MAF was to blame. First of all he listened to all the things the reader had already tried, an important, but often overlooked, step.
Since he was using a scanner, I suspect he was looking at the short- and long-term fuel trims. If you've checked all the things we've talked about in this article so far, and everything tested "OK," you can use fuel-trim numbers to determine if the MAF is measuring accurately.
The short- and long-term fuel-trim numbers should remain within single digits. If they do, we can be reasonably sure that the MAF sensor is functioning correctly. If the numbers read more than 10 percent positive or less than 10 percent negative, the MAF sensor could be at fault.
An MAF that over-reports airflow at idle will result in a rich condition and negative fuel-trim corrections. An under-reporting MAF, meanwhile, will result in a lean condition and positive fuel-trim corrections under load.
It can be helpful to familiarize yourself with looking at fuel-trim values on a vehicle that is running properly, as well as on one that has been experiencing driveability problems. We'll be using these values to help us diagnose other problems in future columns.
Even if you're not having any driveability problems, it's a good idea to clean your MAF every six months
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Rays' top prospect belts slam off Sabathia after intentional walk to Longoria
NEW YORK -- Opposing teams might want to reconsider pitching around Evan Longoria when Wil Myers is standing in the on-deck circle.
On Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium in the sixth inning, Myers was faced with one of those moments where he could either be the man or simply a much-hyped phenom.
Myers chose to be the former as his grand slam off CC Sabathia gave the Rays a 5-3 lead over the Yankees in an eventual 7-5 loss. By doing so, Myers became the first player to hit his first career home run at Yankee Stadium (old or new) with the bases loaded since Detroit's Ricky Peters on May 27, 1980.
"I knew I put a good swing on it," Myers said. "I knew it was deep. But I didn't know if it was going out. Luckily it flew out."
New York held a 3-1 lead heading into the sixth when Sam Fuld walked to start the inning and Desmond Jennings followed with a double to left. Two outs later, Longoria stepped to the plate, and Sabathia exercised the option anybody with a right-thinking mind would have by intentionally walking Longoria. After all, Longoria had already homered and doubled in the game, and Myers had not yet spent a full week in the Major Leagues.
"When you look up and they've got three hits and [Longoria has] got two of them -- I know Myers has got the other -- but he's had a lot of success off of CC over the years," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Seems to be swinging the bat pretty well. He also homered off Andy Pettitte the other night. He really hits lefties. In that situation, I'm going to go after the younger kid that hasn't been in that situation a number of times. It didn't work out."
When Myers swung at a sinker and missed badly, the Yankees' decision to put Longoria on looked like the right one. Sabathia got ahead in the count 1-2 when he delivered a 94-mph fastball. Myers connected and drove the ball deep to right field.
Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner appeared to have a chance to make a play, but when he jumped at the wall he landed empty-handed.
"I wasn't sure what happened," Myers said. "I didn't see the ball actually bounce over and I wasn't sure if he caught it or what. But finally, when he came down and I saw that he didn't, I got pretty excited."
Myers rounded the bases with his first Major League home run, the Rays had a 5-3 lead and the excitement about the Tampa Bay rookie shot up in resounding fashion.
"It was just pretty awesome to be down two strikes, and the crowd cheering, and to be able to put a swing like that on it," Myers said. "It was just a cool experience."
Myers finished the day with three hits in four at-bats, including an infield hit against Mariano Rivera in the ninth, to raise his average to .280 while impressing Rays manager Joe Maddon.
"I just think he's handled everything properly and well," Maddon said. "There's no showboating. He's playing the game properly and he's playing it hard. He's listening and not trying to exert himself in a negative way. He's been very good. He's handled it perfectly."


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She once filmed a cat petting café in Osaka. She also reported on the aftermath of the Japan tsunami, the controversy over U.S. military bases in Okinawa, and alternative energy in rural India.
Sonia has a master's degree in journalism and documentary film from the University of California at Berkeley. A native Californian, she first ventured east for college (majored in English at Amherst College), and got her start in journalism at a newspaper in Colorado more than a decade ago.


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"It is generally known that there are places on top of hills to which a certain magic power is ascribed. Can a spiritual experience incite a special form of levitation—a kind of exaltation of the body and mind? Deep knowledge brings about ecstatic tension and experience. People often imagine that they fly in their own dreams. Unusual levitation in a landscape refers to many associations inspired by classical painting or religious images, themes, and myths." —Tereza Vlčkovà
Aperture is pleased to offer to our collecting audience A Perfect Day, Elise . . . by Tereza Vlčkovà, as featured in reGeneration 2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today, the second book in the esteemed series shining a spotlight on the next generation of potential star photographers.
Inspired by the many artists from the original 2005 reGeneration publication who went on to develop international careers, Aperture has prepared limited editions by several of the 2010 volume's participating artists, some of whose work is available for purchase for the very first time. The sale of these prints helps support these emerging artists—and gives collectors an opportunity to acquire their work early in their careers.
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Welcome to the 400th episode of Smackdown! Tonight's show adds some international flare as the program comes to you from beautiful Milan, Italy. You do not want to miss this evening's Friday Night Smackdown!
Match 1: Batista vs. Finlay
The former World Heavyweight Champion is set to square off against his old rival in what should be a good one. Each man exchange heavy blows and power moves before The Animal eventually keeps the momentum on his side. Just when it looks like Batista is set to finish off the Irishman, Ken Kennedy hits the ring forcing a DQ. From there it is beat down double team time as Batista is smacked around something fierce. This is all capped off by a Finlay Celtic Cross, which incapacitates the big man.
WINNER: By DQ- Batista
Jillian Hall is out to the squared circle next where she brags about injuring Ashley the other week. She begins singing terribly before Michelle McCool breaks it up by telling Jillian in Italian that she sucks. The two Divas scramble around in a catfight before Michelle clears out her rival.
Match 2: Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy & Chris Benoit vs. Chavo Guerrero, Gregory Helms & MVP
Benoit begins the contest quickly ripping through all three members of his opposition with crisp, clean technique. Matt and Jeff then take turns exchanging blows with their former friend Helms and it seems that the match's speed remains at a high pace no matter who is in the ring. Matt is able to connect with a side effect on Chavo, and a Twist of Fate on Helms. This sets up Benoit's flying headbutt and Sharpshooter on Helms to get the tap out. This one looked phenomenal overall on television.
WINNERS: Chris Benoit, Matt & Jeff Hardy
Match 3: WWE Tag Team Championships- Paul London & Brian Kendrick (c) vs. Deuce & Domino w/ Cherry
Can we please have the champs beat these two Fonzie wannabes so that there gradual drift into obscurity can begin? The fourth longest reigning tag champs do what they do best and that is to fly all over that ring, this time at the expense of Deuce. London misses an impressive looking leaping over the top rope moonsault from the ring apron to the outside. Officials are out checking on London, and the challengers take full advantage by isolating the temporarily partner-less Kendrick. The speedy title holder finally breaks out of the double-team, however, London is still out and there is no one to tag. The numbers game is too much and Deuce picks up the pinfall. Well, looks like the 1950s retro team ends the impressive title reign of London/Kendrick. Disappointing that this long streak ended on free TV and wasn't pushed into a solid PPV angle.
WINNERS: New WWE Tag Champs- Deuce & Domino
Match 4: Kane vs. William Regal & Dave Taylor
Regal gets a few early shots in before Kane begins to focus on the left arm. Regal escapes quickly, however, his partner Dave Taylor fares no better. While the referee is distracted Regal smacks The Big Red Machine with a steel chair sending him sailing from the steps. The match becomes more back and forth then I originally anticipated with Taylor and Regal wearing down the big man with various submissions. Kane regains the advantage after scoring an off the top clothesline and then clears house. Regal is bleeding from the mouth and both teammates then high tail it up the ramp. Kane wins by countout.
WINNER: Kane
William Regal and Dave Taylor complain to GM Theodore Long that they don't want to fight The Undertaker. Long makes a tag team match next week between Regal/Taylor vs. Kane and … The Boogey Man. Krystal comes in and plants the fakest kiss on the lips of the General Manager.
Ken Kennedy comes out to deliver a quick promo on how he is the fastest rising start in sports entertainment today.
Match 5: Non-title- The Undertaker (c) vs. Ken Kennedy
This is a non-title affair as Mr. Kennedy will not be cashing in his Money in the Bank opportunity tonight. Kennedy runs into a massive big boot right off the bat for a near fall. Mr. Money in the Bank stops Old School, turns it into a supersplex. Taker tries again and this time hits Old School, following it up with a clothesline sending his opponent to the outside. Kennedy starts to target the left knee of the champion and delivers a ferocious running kick to Taker who was sitting in the corner. Vintage Undertaker comes out with a guillotine leg drop off the apron , then Snake Eyes, and is able to connect a chokeslam. Before The Dead Man can hit the Tombstone, Finlay runs in for the DQ. The two heels begin to decimate Taker via the briefcase, the shillelagh, and a Celtic Cross. What a night for the team of Kennedy and Finlay!
WINNER: By DQ- The Undertaker
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Spray painting with light is an alternative and creative approach to lighting an image. It is achieved with a camera, a tripod, a relatively long shutter speed, and a moveable light source. Any subject can be spray painted with light, but still-life works the best. You may also want to consider what type of subject matter makes sense to apply this technique to. For example, tennis shoes (as shown) may be a better fit over business attire.
There must be little to no movement from your subject due to the longer shutter speeds required for the effect. The technique and the immediacy of digital photography is a match made in heaven as it is experimental in terms of exposure times. You can quickly preview your capture and tweak for the desired effect. Light Graffiti as I like to call it, creates depth, a glowing light/shadow effect, and adds a sense a movement in an otherwise static image.
So how does this differ from traditional light painting? By changing the subject matter in the image and the actual lighting technique, it becomes a more specific form of light painting. To achieve the graffiti effect, you must not only light your subject, but also light the surrounding areas of the frame, and direct your light source at the camera during exposure. This creates an overall spray paint effect, highlights your subject, and adds expressive and painterly strokes within the photograph.
What you'll need to shoot this technique is a camera that allows manual override; I've used both my D-SLR and my advanced point-and-shoot to do these. The other essentials are a sturdy tripod, a light source, and a dark room. In this demonstration I used a very inexpensive pocket flashlight as my light source. If you choose, you can spend more on sophisticated light sources but the flashlight is an affordable and very effective beginning. A good starting point in terms of camera settings would be ISO 400, F8 @ 30s. Just keep in mind that this is not a rule of thumb, and this technique is experimental in nature when determining exposure. It would also be a good idea to engage your noise reduction feature inside the menu of your camera as noise is a by-product of long exposures.
Once your settings are in order, use auto-focus to get your subject sharp and then turn it off before beginning the painting (otherwise the AF system may hunt for a point of focus throughout the exposure). The next step is to turn your overhead lights off (ambient light) so that you are now in complete darkness. It helps also if you wear non-reflective dark clothing. You are now ready to create your image. You may want to use a wireless remote to trigger the shutter to diminish camera shake while beginning the exposure, or set your camera on self-timer. Then, you will use the flashlight to apply light exactly where you want it, turning it off and on in brief 1 to 3 second clips, with smooth spray painting like movements. Again, none of the times listed are exact, you must find a sweet spot that works best for you.
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With the Rays putting the stadium referendium in the wastebasket for now, the question is still………….When will they want a new stadium?
Will they wait until 2010, when St. Petersburg has a different mayor and probably a similar City Council membership, or will they just build on the other sites without needing a vote by the citizens. We shall see.
What is really amazing, is that the other sites in the incorporated St. Petersburg city limits do not need a voters' approval, only the waterfront area needs a yes or no from the city faithful. Maybe they are waiting for a winning product on the turf that could exhilerate and intensely increase the passion and vigor for another stadium.
I have told people for several weeks that MLB doesn't like the Trop. You will not see an All-Star game or that special week of activties that could bring in millions to the local economy until the Rays move, or have a stadium agreement in place…………millions of dollars for the bay area, and the waterfront could have been a perfect postcard for such an event.
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Carl Crawford hit 2 homers last night to pace the night for the Rays against the Florida Marlins. Crawford now has 5 homers on the season and 43 RBI's for the Rays. He also got 5 RBI's last night and scored twice. That puts Carl in a tie for 6th in the AL in runs with 50 runs scored. His 43 RBI's put in the Rays team lead, and moved Crawford into 2nd in the majors in Inter-league batting average with .432 . Carl also batting .478, with 3-hrs, 9-RBI's and a .893 Slugging Percentage since coming back off his 6 game suspension.
The Rays 15 runs last night were the most scored by the team since their 17-2 win over Baltimore at home last Sept.5th, and the most scored on the road since a 15-8 victory at Baltimore Aug. 28th. It also matches their best road Interleague total ever, a 15-5 win over the NY Mets at Shea on June 4,2000.
The Rays got 10 runs in the 5th inning last night, the 5th time in club history they have reached that amount. The current team record for a inning is 11 runs, which has been done twice by the Rays in the past. The first 9 batters scored in the inning last night, a first by the team. And it was the first time in the majors since the N Y Yankees did it last Sept 29against the Orioles.
Nine straight Rays reached base in the frame, one short of the club record ( 10 vs. Oakland on May 31, 2002). Evan Longoria homered and singled in the inning, making him the 24th Ray to get 2 hits in a single inning. Carl Crawford and Ty Wiggington were the last two against Boston on Sept 26, 2006.
Rays Starter James Shields pitched a great game for the Rays. He has good control on all his pitches, and got strikeouts when he needed them last night. Shields picked up his 5th win to even his record at 5-5 for the year. He went 7 innings and gave up 4-hits and a lone run before exiting the contest with the Rays up 14-1.
Shields also got a hit, going 1-3 last night and scored 2 runs and got an RBI last night.
Every starter for the Rays got a hit last night aginst the Marlins, with several having great multi-hit nights. Eric Hinske went 2-5 last night with 2 doubles. Carl went 2-5 with his two monster homers, and Longoria went 3-6, missing the cycle by a triple.
Dioner Navarro went 2-4, and Ben Zobrist went 2-6 to rasie his average to .286 and got his first homer of the year for the Rays. Zobrist did not start the night out great filling in for Jason Bartlett.
Zobrist started the game by committing 2 erros at short before settling down and playing great the rest of the evening. It was not a picture perfect night in the field for the Rays. B J Upton also got an error on a catch, and Akinora Iwamura got hit with his first error of the year.
What is surprising about Aki's error is the fact, he did not have to try and complete the double play since the runner was too far up the basepath, but Aki knew that a double play would end the game for the Rays.
After stepping on second for the force out, Aki threw a forced ball toward Willy Aybar at first. The ball went 8 feet north of the base and flew to the field borders for an error. Aki was the last second baseman in the AL to committ an error this year.
The Rays 10-run inning was only the 2nd time in 2,903 all-time Interleague games that the ROAD team had a 10-run inning, the last was the St. Louis Cardinals in Oakland last June.
The Rays now have 15 series wins this season, one more than all of last year. The Rays will also be looking for their club record 6th sweep of the year, and the first on the road this year.
The Rays have now won their 4th series all-time in Miami. It is also their second straight series, and their 4th Citrus Series in 7 years.


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Whether it's for a couple on their wedding day, a youngster just graduating high school or as a birthday gift to a beloved family member, cash has become an increasingly popular gift in recent years. Once considered impersonal, cash is now a go-to gift for shoppers whose foremost concerns are putting smiles on their loved ones' faces.
Those who still hesitate at the thought of giving an envelope full of cash, take note: There are many clever ways to give green that make cash gifts just as enjoyable to give as to receive.
* Steer clear of cold cash. Regardless of how thoughtful it may be, a greeting card with cash inside does not exactly elicit the warm sentiments synonymous with special occasions like weddings, graduations or the holiday season. When giving monetary gifts, gifters might want to get a little more creative. At Plumfund.com, thoughtful gift givers can set up a cash fund for their loved ones free of charge. Contributors to this account can pledge money in the form of cash or a personal check at no cost, or make direct online payments into the account for a minimal processing fee. Once the big day arrives, recipients will receive their gifts and no doubt appreciate the less conventional but far more creative route chosen by their loved ones.
Gifters who make online contributions can do so through Plumfund's integrated WePay solution, a simple two-step system that makes it easy for recipients to withdraw their money, make an electronic transfer to a personal bank account or choose a paper check, all without incurring withdrawal fees. Recipients may also choose to have their cash gifts immediately deposited into their PayPal accounts.
* Put it on plastic. In many ways, carrying cash has become less convenient than swiping debit or credit cards when making purchases big and small. This is especially true when gifting recently minted grads or newlyweds about to head overseas, where swiping a credit or debit card is far easier than waiting in currency exchange lines at airports or hotels. Gifters who want to make their cash gifts even more convenient can purchase a prepaid debit or credit card that recipients can use anywhere, whether it's buying trinkets at an overseas souvenir shop or filling up the car with fuel on a post-graduation road trip.
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WHAT IS IT? The Leatt Adventure Lite isn't a conventional chest protector; it's a roost deflector that is tailor-made to work with a Leatt neck brace.
WHAT'S IT COST? $95.00 (black or white), $129.00 (graphics).
CONTACT? www.leatt-brace.com or (800) 691-3314.
WHAT STANDS OUT? Here's a list of things that stand out with the Leatt Adventure Lite chest protector.
(1) Functionality. The days of using a hacksaw to customize a chest protector so that it is compatible with a neck brace are (thankfully) long gone. Many gear companies have redesigned their chest protectors to work in conjunction with neck braces, so it's only fitting that Leatt, the company at the forefront of the neck protection movement, developed their own line of chest protectors. Enter the Adventure Lite, which works for both neck-brace wearers and those who simply want the safety of a chest protector. Unscrew four fasteners (two in the front, two in the back) and remove the upper plastic plates to make the Adventure Lite neck-brace compliant. The Adventure Lite works with both Leatt and Alpinestars braces, but doesn't fit with the Omega or Atlas designs.
(2) Comfort. The Leatt Adventure Lite is very comfortable thanks to Velcro adjusters that allow for a customized fit. These adjusters can raise or lower the front or back plates up to 3 inches. The chest protector fits a wide range of riders. The snap-in cinch straps stay secure, but we wish the straps were longer for greater adjustability. There are also shoulder straps that help anchor the Leatt neck brace to the Adventure Lite.
(3) Protection. We were satisfied with the construction of the Adventure Lite. The biofoam liner is thicker in high-impact areas, and the chest plates seem impenetrable. Having said that, the Leatt Adventure Lite isn't for everyone. Several test riders refuse to wear a chest protector that doesn't have shoulder cups. If you're in this group, then might we suggest the Leatt Adventure? At $119, this full-coverage protector has shoulder and upper-arm guards. Most testers didn't complain about the lack of shoulder protection.
(4) Options. Leatt's design department got a little crazy with the Tech and Cage graphics. The Tech design reminds us of a cyborg, while the Cage design looks like a skeleton. These designs are an additional $34. If you're the more subtle type, the Adventure Lite comes in black or white.
WHAT'S THE SQUAWK? We have three complaints: (1) Proponents of shoulder protection will be turned off by the Adventure Lite. (2) We wish that the cinch straps were longer. (3) Although the chest protector was designed specifically for a Leatt brace, we would like to see the Adventure Lite work with a wider range of neck braces.
Not surprisingly, the Adventure Lite and Leatt neck brace go together like peas and carrots (and in that pairing it is a four-star product). Without a neck brace or compatibility with an Atlas or Omega, it loses a star.


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In the 1990s, left-winger Alan Sokal wrote a bogus paper mocking his fellow leftists who were also postmodernists, feminists, or otherwise mentally crippled beyond the usual standards of the Left. Just because Sokal was licking their rectums and amplifying some of the most stupid propositions by these pompous fools, the reviewers of a "prestigious" journal have accepted the paper despite its complete absurdity.
Related to this topic: at least one engineer wrote at least one 10-page essay titled Google's Ideological Echo Chamber arguing that the STEM gender gap is natural. Let's hope that Google won't Bing him. One should be afraid – assorted parasitic neurotic vice-presidential bitches for diversity at Google immediately began to threaten the wise gentleman (and prove his thesis in a clear way). Ranting monkey ran a great story about it.One of the recurrent themes in his funny paper was the idea that mathematics was sexist and the discipline would look very different if we stopped the discrimination against women etc. Serious papers weren't quite saying these things at that time – yet.
Now, two decades later, papers claiming to be serious are saying the same things as Sokal's hoax from the 1990s. Andrzej pointed out the following Tweet
Mathematics is sexist now. Not even joking. We're all doomed...https://t.co/LHmBoj3XVB l— Alice Smith (@TheAliceSmith) August 6, 2017
which promotes a CampusReform.org article about a remarkable paper Unmasking the Male Superiority Myth... The author, Luis Leyva, is a junior professor at the Vanderbilt Peabrain University.
Genders are social constructs and the "mostly male" independence is a myth, much like the relationship between the independence and mathematical thinking and all such things. The Peabrain University clearly hired this hardcore loon before he deconstructed the social construct in between his legs, with the help of a knife or without it. They don't care about such details – such as the proof that everything that this crackpot has ever said or written may easily be proven wrong by that small thing over there.
Mr Leyva – no, this website doesn't recognize and won't recognize his PhD from "mathematics education", at most his Bc degree from mathematics he got at Rutgers – isn't just quoting some of the most insane feminist claims you have heard of. He doesn't find them radical enough so he's only OK with the "black feminists" and their theory of mathematics and teaching. That paradigm includes the so-called "intersectionality theory" by the black feminist Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (check her talk about that "topic"). As you may imagine, this "theory" says that when several dimensions of your identity intersect – e.g. if you are black and female – then you are really oppressed and you have therefore the quintupled right to redefine the value of \(\pi\). And she was so modest that she didn't even mention the intersection of females, blacks, and people with dreads.
He wants all of mathematics to be transformed into the teaching of the oppression of the privileged groups. Who are the evil people who prevent this "progress"? Obviously, it's primarily the white non-Hispanic males. But one group of nasty criminals and oppressors has often been overlooked, Mr Leyva argues:
Even children are complicit in the problem, Leyva argues, citing a 1998 study...Yes, it's the damn children who seem to be capable of distinguishing boys and girls – and their statistically different thinking, interests, and skills – and these so-called children should be punished for that. All decent people in our society should be black, female, and adult – others should be phased out.
Four weeks ago, he thanked the journal for having published this pile of rubbish:
Thanks to @NCTM's J. for Research in Math Ed for the publication support of my review of gender research in #mathed: https://t.co/vqqn4tnDM7 pic.twitter.com/fmYzlhZhjP— Luis A. Leyva (@LuisLeyvaEdu) 9. července 2017
Mr Levya's soulmate, a black mathematics teacher Ms Missy, responded with a thoughtful question:
Was just reading it. If intersectionality isn't additive, is there a way to think about it as multiplicative in some way?— Dashika (Missy) (@missycosby) July 9, 2017
She has noticed that her fellow deep thinkers have noticed that intersectionality "isn't additive". Additive is "plus". So it must be something else. Maybe it's multiplicative, Ms Missy ingeniously proposes! Well, it makes sense. One meaningful statement of this kind is that probabilities of independent statements are products of probabilities – that's how you may compute the percentage of black females. But aside from probabilities, is the oppression itself multiplicative?
Questions notwithstanding, her theory was immediately supported by Traci – who was probably joking:
Definitely multiplicative, and a very important observation!— Traci (@halo2teacher) July 9, 2017
And eight hours ago, a proponent of an alternative to this great multiplicative theory emerged, my apparent countrymate Good Soldier Švejk 1983:
Intersectional social justice is divisive. Only divisive.— Svejk_1983 (@Svejk_1983) August 6, 2017
Well, in the case of Švejk1983, I feel more confident that he is joking even though his theory makes much more sense – intersectionality actually is divisive, even though not in the sense of fractions. But I am almost certain that Mr Leyva and Ms Missy aren't joking – they write these incredible stupidities seriously, indeed.
We will have to wait for a decade before one of the ingenious scholars also proposes that intersectionality is subtractive, exponential, logarithmic, Bessel's, or described by the Ms Feynman's path integral.
Sorry, lads and girls. Mathematics is mostly a man's game. This fact is indeed caused by men's statistically higher independence and the correlation between the independence and mathematical thinking; by men's higher variance of IQ and most other quantities relatively to women's; and some other things. A woman can obviously become a mathematician and even an excellent one. But if she's rational and competent, she still knows that she is joining a field or an industry that has been predominantly male, that is still predominantly male, and that will almost certainly remain predominantly male for a very long time if not forever.
Miss Naty Hrychová, My Mathematics
The inclusion of children among the culprits indicates a new level of aggressiveness as well as the shortage of common sense of their, in this case black feminist, ideology. They really deny things that become rather self-evident to little kids. Most boys are more fascinated by technology than dolls, most girls are more fascinated by dolls than technology, if I formulate the idea in a specific concise way. Kids don't have to be taught that – it's something that emerges even if you try to fight against it.
Lawrence Summers is basically a hardcore feminist as well and he tried to fight against these laws of Nature by buying toy trucks to his twin daughters. "Look, daddy truck is carrying a baby truck," one of them told the other after she arranged them into a socially adhesive configuration. "Maybe I should think what it means," Lawrence Summers finally figured out.
It's symptomatic that the children themselves have joined the growing list of sinners – because it was a truth-telling boy who finally shouted "the emperor has no clothes!" in Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the same name. In that tale, the emperor bought clothes that were said to be invisible to those people who are stupid, unfit, or incompetent – so every adult preferred to stay silent. A boy preserved his honesty, however. Every kid may shout and should shout that the feminists have no clothes – and despite their having no clothes, it's not enough for them to make living because what they expose isn't attractive. So they make their living by writing and saying crap.
And I actually do believe that the subgeneration born around 2010 is more sensible, independent, and truth-telling than the Millennials so these kids are going to scream when they are exposed to feminism and similar garbage.


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Remy is a rat that has an exquisite sense of smell and taste, he enjoys watching cooking shows and wishes that he could access the forbidden kitchen area instead of the garbage cans. When he gets separated from his colony of rats, he ends up in Paris right underneath the famous restaurant "Gusteau's". Remy meets Linguini, a young man that has no clue about cooking and that works moping the floors and taking the garbage out. Between them an interesting relationship is created and Remy uses Linguini's body to create outstanding dishes.
Of course, I will not tell you what happens but I have to say that what I liked the most about the movie is how beautiful it looks, the rat's hairs are perfect. You can see how the onions' layers look, how the water boils while is cooking, and it all looks perfect.
The story is cute, nice and with the endless message of "follow your dreams", but I did have a problem mixing rats and food, I have to say that although the dishes might look great on screen I was not hungry at all once I came out of the theatre just imagining the fact that a rat's little paws were anywhere near the food. I guess I couldn't take the image out of head of that New York's "Taco Bell" infested in rats.


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Gausman on call if rain forces twin bill in Detroit
BALTIMORE -- The season is less than a week old and Orioles manager Buck Showalter is debating whether to use MLB's 26th man rule. Mother Nature makes the debate a necessary one.
Baltimore heads to Detroit for a three-game series starting Friday. Showalter said the forecast calls for non-stop rain entering Friday's 1:08 p.m. ET first pitch with intermittent showers from there.
That could lead to a Saturday doubleheader, which means the ability to use the extra player. In this case, Showalter is thinking about right-hander Kevin Gausman, who is ranked the Orioles' No. 2 prospect.
Gausman was slated to start for Triple-A Norfolk Thursday night in Charlotte, but the right-hander was scratched from the assignment.
"You can only bring them in for that one game and then they have to go right back out," Showalter said of the 26th-man rule before Thursday's matchup with the Red Sox. "We're talking about shutting Kevin down tonight and keeping all available. I haven't done it yet, [but] we're talking about."
Gausman, 23, went 3-5 with a 5.66 ERA in 20 games including five starts for the Orioles last season.


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Living in London – Outings For Children Part II
Living in London is for everyone. Some people might be concerned about moving to London with a young family, but it can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. Once you have settled into your London rental home, and the kids have gotten to grips with the weather, the food and have had enough of CBeebies on the telly, then you might want to head off for the day to one of the theme parks and attractions that have been designed specially with the kids in mind. Theme parks and amusement parks are a relatively 'new' aspect of entertainment for people in the United Kingdom.


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As a genealogist, and many of Stanczyk's readers are genealogists, we are of course leaving a legacy in our research. As a Polish-American, I also leave cultural legacies related to Thanksgiving or 4th of July or Easter or Christmas.
But I wanted share yet another personal legacy that I am sharing. You see those colorful books at the top of the blog? They are a series of ten books by COLLIER — The Junior Classics. It was a series of hardback books filled with stories & poems across a spectrum of genres from 1938!
My parents bought me this set as a child. I was not a good bibliophile as a child and our books became gradually marred. I kept one book (orange) of poems. The picture is of a set I was able to locate via the Internet and purchase to share with the children from Teréza & my marriage. I wanted to share my love of reading with our children as my mother & father had done for me. So a legacy of reading, learning, and exploring and also a love for bound books … as anachronistic as that may be today or in the future. Thank God that someone else had preserved such a cultural treasure from the past — these books are 75 years old! I hope my and Tereza's kids can maintain this legacy and the act of reading stories & funny onomapoeiatic poems to their children too.
That is a legacy that connects our generations.
P.S. – kids, my favorite volumes were #1 & #3 and because of my father and his readings, also #10 .


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hi guys, im james and new to programming. I currently use bluej java as my programming language and due to my lack of coding experience i've been having a tough time recently trying to put the pieces together.
ive already got the three classes which are PackOfCards, Card and Card Display. My new class will obviously be ThreeCardBrag.
for this game though i intend to:
- draw a card for the computer.
- then draw a card for me when i press 1.
- ditto two more times so each of us has 3 cards.
- then whoever has the higher cards overall is the winner, so i need to make each card worth a number of points i.e. 2 of hearts = 2pts -> Ace of clubs = 12pts.
I am however struggling and despite large amounts of hours trying to code this with the help of research, i just keep ending back at square one, and its frustrating me.
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WASHINGTON: Lawmakers are accusing the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama Bin Laden raid film, "Zero Dark Thirty," by telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the terrorist mastermind.
The film shows waterboarding and similar techniques as important to finding Bin Laden in Pakistan, where he was killed by Navy SEALs.
A three-year Senate investigation showed that such methods produced no useful intelligence. The CIA's acting director, Michael Morell, recently contradicted that, saying harsh techniques did produce some tips that led to Bin Laden.
In a letter to the CIA this week, Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, John McCain of Arizona and others asked Morell to back up his claim and to share documents showing what the filmmakers were told. The CIA says it will cooperate.
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I know you like me and i don't know what to do about it… we never talk and im too scared to approach you when your with your friends. I do like you and i want to get to know you better but i don't know how to go about our situation. I really don't want this to turn into nothing and just fade away, i want this to happen.
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I know lots of postgrads are interested in the Scientist Training Programme vacancies in the NHS in England, so here are a couple of news items I've received in the last few weeks:
2012 recruitment round – the competition
7,735 people applied for the 205 posts on offer in 2012, though as you could apply for up to 3 jobs/locations, you can probably triple that to get the number of applications per job. At least it's better than the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme where they had approximately 12,000 applicants for 150 places.
Interview process
We spotted a document intended for interviewers (link to a pdf) which gave the format of the interviews (but not the questions!) It's a bit like speed-dating (a format they've been using in medicine for a couple of years) so it's best to have an idea of what you've got coming to you before you get there.
Even better than this though, we've had some feedback from someone who was offered a place on the Medical Physics strand of the Scientist Training Programme, so here's what they went through:
Online Application
This is the most important part of the application process and as there are no phone interviews it is the only opportunity you get to "sell" yourself initially. Really think about the answers that you give here, particularly the essay-style questions. Write your responses in a word processor then copy and paste them into the form as the page will time-out if you try and write everything in there directly. The online application process probably takes about 1-1.5 hours. For 2012 intake the applications were open only for a short period so make sure you keep updated on when applications open!
Online tests
If your online application is successful you'll be invited to take some online tests. These are in maths and verbal reasoning. Pretty straight forward, just make sure you're somewhere quiet and you're not going to be interrupted.
If your application and test results are good enough you'll be invited to final interview. My interview was in Birmingham (All STP positions are interviewed centrally so expect to travel).
The format is almost like a speed dating night! Four different stations, ten minutes at each, move on to the next one when a bell is rung. It's quite an odd setup and you end up talking to 8 different people but it's good. If one station doesn't go too well you'll be moving on to the next one in a minute or two.
As I mentioned, there are four stations. Two are scientific questions, based on medical physics (or your chosen speciality). I was asked questions on X-ray, image mathematics, nuclear medicine and some general questions on radiation. Definitely worth brushing up on your medical physics before the interview! I was unable to answer some of the questions on nuclear medicine as I'd not studied it at the time of interview but tried my best to figure out the answer at the time and I think that attempt was enough to impress. The other two stations are an HR station (questions about your personality and ambitions etc. Enjoy this station, it's the nicest one and a bit of a break! Really sell yourself at this point). And the last station is a general science and healthcare station with questions about your experience and also some questions on statistics and processes.
The interview stations can happen in any order.
The upshot of all this was that he was offered the job – but very unfortunately, he didn't achieve the 2:1 required, so the offer was withdrawn. Unsurprisingly, his most important advice (to undergrads) was "make sure you work hard to get the required grade!!" (Really hope he gets something else soon as he's obviously good at getting through the whole application/interview process).
We won't know which jobs are coming up when, though I'd look out from December onwards, but don't panic if they don't get advertised until February (as usual).
If you want any further info on the application process (for 2012), have a look at my previous post:
NHS Scientist Training Programme – 21st February, 2012


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A nice capture of the famous 'paps' of Jura. I attempted a few pictures from Jura and Islay last year whilst doing some cycling on the islands but none of them turned out to be anything special, just nice snaps.Cheers John[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=165298\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Hope that someone likes it.Mike[attachment=4553:attachment][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=165280\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
The more important thing is that you are happy with it (unless you made it for selling).I like the composition and the colours, but it is impossible to say what a print would look and feel like from a web image.West coast of Scotland and the islands are among my favourite places on earth. Our two Bengal cats are called Islay and Jura![a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=165464\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Great picture.Where is the next distillery?Cheers,Jochen[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=168950\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


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Help Needed To Maintain Aspell's Many Dictionaries for GNU Aspell
Category: Support Manager
Submitted By: kevina
Date: Mon 20 Nov 2006 04:58:54 PM UTC
Status: Deleted
This project is part of the GNU Project.
GNU Aspell is a spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell. It can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker. Its main feature is that it does a superior job of suggesting possible replacements for a misspelled word than just about any other spell checker out there for the English language. Unlike Ispell, Aspell can also easily check documents in UTF-8 without having to use a special dictionary. Aspell will also do its best to respect the current locale setting. Other advantages over Ispell include support for using multiple dictionaries at once and intelligently handling personal dictionaries when more than one Aspell process is open at once.
License GNU Lesser General Public License
Development Status: 4 - Beta
Details (job description, contact ...):
Aspell currently has official dictionaries for over 80 languages which must all be kept up to date. In the future, I hope to be able to support even more languages. Unfortunately I have very little free time to spend on keeping the dictionaries up to date. In addtion, I have been horrible at getting back to dictionary authors when they express an interest in uploading a new dictionary.
Thus I desperately need help to maintain Aspell's many dictionaries. I am looking for a few people to help me with this. No real programming skills are required but you should be comfortable using the command line and building software. You should be proficient in the English language (at least written English) since you will likely be working with people who may not have a masterly of the English language.
Tasks include:
1) Handle requests from dictionary authors who wish to create a new dictionary package. This may be as simple as checking over their package and then uploading it or it may be more involved. In some cases all the author has is a word list and you will need to work with them to create a Aspell dictionary package.
2) Periodically check for new upstream versions of Aspell's 80+ dictionaries and update the official Aspell dictionary when appropriate.
3) Be on the lookout for potential new Aspell dictionaries. Sources for potential new Aspell dictionaries include dictionaries available for other applications such as OpenOffice, and unofficial Aspell ones. When new ones are found make contact with the author and work with them to create an official Aspell dictionary.
4) When an upstream dictionary hasn't been maintained for a while and there is a newer dictionary by a different author for the same language, then consider using that one instead. However, if at all possible you should get the consent of the original author of the existing version.
5) Other misc. dictionary related tasks.
Without some additional help I'm afraid that the official Aspell dictionaries may become so out of date that no one will use them.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi, my name is Sharon, but some of you all might already now be by my handle (spurby) which is my cats name actually named after the geneva spur on Everest..
I have 3 cats, couple of dogs, bully mixes..and i am involved with rescue here in Ontario(bullies in need) I love the bully breeds, and i am devestated we now have a ban here in Ontario There are many here fighting this bill tooth and nail..hopefully soon, this ban will be a thing in the past. Thankfully, i work with some very dedicated people here in Ontario that are fighting this ban as well, and most importantly, saving these dogs lives. I hope to meet more of the same here as well