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When commenter of the super-stars, Startlton_Heston, offered up some photos from the Lee Johnson Chevrolet 75th Anniversary Car Show we assumed there would be a dozen or so photos to throw into a gallery. Little did we know, although we probably should have assumed, Mr. Heston was insane enough (in the best way) to send us more than one hundred lovingly taken photos detailing 69 years of Chevy metal. Being Seattle, the VCCA meet was a little rainy. A report from the Omega Man as well as some more photos below the jump.
1930 Chevrolet Coupe
1931 Chevrolet Five Passenger Sedan
1936 Chevrolet Standard Sedan
1937 Chevrolet Coupe
1940 Chevrolet Business Coupe
1941 Chevrolet Club Coupe
1941 Chevrolet Master Deluxe
1946 Chevrolet Half Ton Pickup
1952 Chevrolet Bel Air Deluxe
1952 Chevrolet Pickup
1953 Corvette
1954 Chevrolet 210 Two Door
1954 Chevrolet Bel Air
1957 Chevrolet Pickup
1960 Chevy Corvair
1960 Chevy Impala
1962 Chevy Nova II 400
1962 Corvette
1963 Chevy Corvair Monza Convertible
1964 Chevy Impala Two Door
1964 Chevy Impala Four Door
1965 Chevy Nova II Wagon
1968 Chevy Camaro SS
1973 Chevy Camaro Z28
1975 Chevy Caprice Classic Convertible
1989 Chevy Cavalier Z24 ConvertibleReport From Starlton below the jump:
Imagine my excitement, driving to Lee Johnson Chevrolet's 75th Anniversary Car Show, coming around the bend and laying eyes upon a confusing yet rousing and mystical sight. They lined the cars up on the front row by the street?? That's more then I expected! 30's to late 60's Chevys braving the elements (rain in Seattle? NEVER!) and showing off their wax jobs. Not by the usual standard of bling and shine, but here it's a measure of your water beads! There were about 32 cars in all, members of the three North Western chapters of the VCCA (Vintage Chevrolet Club of America).
Most were unhappy about the rain but as a conversation went:
Me: "I'm amazed and excited that the cars are still out! In SoCal, it clouds up and everyone scatters like cockroaches!!"
VCCA member: "Well if we did that, there wouldn't be any cars shows!"
Thanks for the bravery!
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Nova 400 Conv. sadly no 400 in it... BOO!! flat 6 with 180HP I believe
75 Caprice had a real 400 with a Malaise 150HP.... HOW was that all the power it had? Sad, but the car looked so cruisable!
53 Vette is number 125 of only 300 made
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Hi,I bought Bell a nyalbone (teething for puppies one) and she loves it.Today she woke up and didnt want to eat and thats odd.Then around lunch she ate a little and then I brought her over to my friends house and I had to pull over as she started to vomit.
I got to my friends and she played a little and did it again.Then I drove home and she started heaving so i pulled over and she vomited one more time.
Now one would think maybe car sickness? but she has been in the car before and nothing has happened.Now the only other thing i can think of is the nylabone. Its the nylon non edible teething version for puppies in chicken flavor.No pieces are missing but its gnawed up pretty good.Iam wonder if the artificial flavor or anything else associated with the nylabone could be the cause.
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This is just a theory, but I wonder if those little pieces that come off the Nylabones irritate their throat.
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dogs4jen wrote:This is just a theory, but I wonder if those little pieces that come off the Nylabones irritate their throat.
idk, i did some googling and there were alot of the same questions i asked.i wonder if its the flavoring ??
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Scrofula in adults is most often caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In children, can also be caused by Mycobacterium scrofulaceum or Mycobacterium avium.
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Jose Sifuentes, 23, was jailed in Dallas County in the death of Jasmen Gonzalez, 10, whose body was found just blocks from the home of relatives she had been visiting in Carrollton, Texas, The Oklahoman reported. Carrollton Police said they found human blood and a knife in Sifuentes' sport-utility vehicle, along with rubber gloves, part of a gold-colored charm and strands of hair, The Oklahoman said.
Investigators said Monday Jasmen died from a stab wound to the chest and likely had been sexually assaulted, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
Police said Jasmen was shirtless and her pants and underwear had been pulled down to her knees. Her body was found just 2 blocks from the apartment where she was visiting relatives, police said.
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This year, Nov. 17 marks the 13th-year anniversary of the death of my grandfather Edmund T. Sarno. To us seven grandchildren, he was "Pepa"; to the mayor turned governor, Lincoln Chafee, and most of the politicians in the city of Warwick, he was a political icon. I was 11 years old at the time of his passing, old enough to know that it was a great devastation not only to my family, but to many others as well. I remember the packed-full church of people who came to pay their final respects, and the many articles that were written about him. I suppose it is safe to say he was a popular man. Now that I am older, I understand why. My grandfather had that "sweet and sour" sense about him. John Howell couldn't have described him any better, "…behind his sharp tongue was a large, kind heart." Indeed there was. Many have described him as a great friend and supporter to all, but he would never back down from his thoughts or opinions about any kind of situation. That was his political side.
On a family note, he shared a special bond with my cousins, my older sister and myself individually. Because I was the baby, he called me Picolina, which is Italian for "little one." Every holiday, he sat with us kids at the kids table. He would always much rather be with us than the adults, and if any of us were lippy, he would say, "Hey! You better watch that mouth or I'll put pepper on your tongue." That's when we knew he meant business.
To this day, when I visit my grandfather, I can still picture Pepa sitting in his favorite rocking chair with a cigar in his mouth and asking me to go get a peppermint patty out of the candy drawer, which we would split between the two of us. I'm sure even now that is how most people remember him; a cigar in hand, political rants and, of course, his love for the Yankees. I could go on and on.
So what does being a Sarno mean to me? Well, I can think of three words. Loyalty, love and respect. Those are the three that come to mind when I think of my grandfather, who has made me proud in saying to anyone who asks, "Yes, I am a Sarno." And I always will be.
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Not even an injury to closer Eric Gagne could darken the mood of Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington.
After struggling with runners in scoring position all game, Hank Blalock hit a two-run single and the Rangers scored three runs in the eighth to rally past the Oakland Athletics 4-3 Sunday.
Gagne got one out in the ninth before leaving with a strained right hip. He landed awkwardly after throwing a pitch to Oakland's Mark Ellis. He eventually limped off the field and Akinori Otsuka came into the game.
"Nothing is going to dampen our spirits," Washington said. "It's definitely a concern when you see your closer acting up on the mound. Thank God it was nothing with his arm and nothing in his back."
Washington said Gagne is day to day and his status will be reevaluated Monday.
The 2003 NL Cy Young Award winner pitched in only 14 games in 2005 before having right elbow surgery that ended his season. He pitched in just two games last season before having season-ending back surgery.
"It's frustrating," said Gagne, who signed a one-year deal with Texas in the offseason. "As long it's not my arm or my back, I'm not really worried. It's something I can deal with."
Gagne's injury might have been tougher to swallow had the Rangers not come back from a 3-1 deficit in the eighth.
Blalock's third hit of the game came on an 0-2 pitch from Oakland closer Huston Street with the bases loaded. It was Street's first blown save in five opportunities.
Before Blalock's hit, the Rangers were 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Texas had come into the game hitting just .227 as a team.
"It has been tough for a lot of us," Blalock said. "We're real optimistic it will turn around. It has been good to get these low-run wins."
Kenny Lofton led off the eighth with a single and Frank Catalanotto doubled against Justin Duchscherer (1-1), who then struck out Michael Young and walked Mark Teixeira to load the bases. Duchscherer walked Sammy Sosa to force in a run, and Street came into the game with Blalock coming to the plate.
Blalock then poked a single to right field on a pitch that was low and away.
"I don't think I could have put it in a much better spot," Street said. "It's one of those situations where you have to give him credit."
Willie Eyre (1-0) pitched 1 2-3 shutout innings to get the win and Otsuka got two outs for his second save.
Shannon Stewart hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Oakland a 3-1 lead. It was his second of the season.
Chad Gaudin struck out a career-high seven in six innings for the A's. He gave up one run and four hits to lower his ERA to 1.85. After Nelson Cruz doubled in the second, Gaudin did not allow another hit before he was replaced by Alan Embree.
"I was struggling with my command a little bit," Gaudin said. "But I settled down and started getting ahead of hitters."
Rangers starter Robinson Tejeda gave up three runs and nine hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out six and walked none.
Tejeda breezed through the first three innings, allowing only one hit and striking out three.
Mike Piazza broke out of a 1-for-23 slump when he touched up Tejeda for an RBI double to tie it at 1 in the fourth.
Bobby Crosby led off the fifth with a single and stole second base. After two flyouts, Stewart lined an 0-2 fastball from Tejeda just over the wall in left.
The Rangers got leadoff hitters on base in the sixth and seventh but couldn't score.
Kinsler's RBI single in the second put the Rangers ahead 1-0.
Notes:@ Texas C Gerald Laird went 0-for-3 and is 1-for-31 in his last nine games. … Oakland CF Milton Bradley left the game in the sixth inning with a left hamstring strain. He is day to day. Nick Swisher, who started the game at first, moved to center and Todd Walker took over at first base. … Lofton stole two bases and has 605 for his career. … The Rangers stole four bases _ their most since Aug. 6, 2001 against the Boston Red Sox.


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Authors: Arny, W F. M. (William Frederick Milton), 1813-1881
Date: December 8, 1856
This broadside of a letter by W. F. M. Arny was written to Governor Geary about the need for education in Kansas. Arny, an agent with the National Kansas Committee, proposed the creation of three funds: a university fund, a seminary fund, and a common school fund. Within the university structure, he proposed a normal school, an agricultural and horticultural school, and a mechanical school. He thought that it would be best to ask Congress for land for schools.
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Authors: Nute, Ephraim
Date: January 5, 1857
Transcription of a letter from the Amos Adams Lawrence Collection, Massachusetts Historical Society. Ephraim Nute, minister of the Lawrence Unitarian Church, wrote to Amos A. Lawrence in Massachusetts, regarding the subject of a college. A well-attended town meeting had been held in which the idea had been discussed, though all seemed only "a castle in the air" but for Lawrence's "liberal offer" (presumably of funding) which was the "first step toward the realization of his project." The general opinion of the people was that the college should be constructed outside the town limits "on the high prairie or table land." Nute also mentioned the steps being taken to establish free public schools in the city, of upper and lower grades.
Keywords: Education; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Nute, Ephraim; Religion; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; School buildings; Teachers; Town development; Universities and colleges
Letter, Your loving Husband [Joseph H. Trego] to My Dear wife [Alice Trego]
Authors: Trego, Joseph Harrington
Date: January 18, 1858
Joseph Trego wrote from Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Alice, at their family's home in Illinois. Trego, tired of "keeping bach" (living a bachelor's lifestyle), he occupied himself with the milling business, which was sawing 4000 ft of lumber each day. A member of the town company in Mound City, he had also recently traveled to gain support for the construction of some new roads in the area; he was also interested in developing a school. At the end of the letter, Trego wrote personal notes to each of his three daughters.
Keywords: Business enterprises; Linn County, Kansas Territory; Mills and mill-work; Mound City, Kansas Territory; Roads; School buildings; Schools; Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory; Teachers; Timber; Town development; Trego, Alice; Trego, Joseph Harrington
Circular, Lawrence University
Authors: Bishop, William ; Board of Trustees of Lawrence University; Miner, Dr. C. E.
Date: ca. 1858
Advertisement for the development and opening of Lawrence University. Outlines Faculty members, subjects, and academic programs that will be available, as well as fee schedules.
Keywords: Bishop, William; Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Education; Landscape; Lawrence University; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Teachers
Report of the Territorial Superintendent of Common Schools, Kansas, 1859
Authors: Greer, Samuel W
Date: 1859
This report, compared with that from the preceding year, demonstrates the rapid evolution of the public school system in Kansas Territory. Samuel Greer, Territorial Superintendent, included information regarding his own efforts, teacher's institutions and qualifications, private and Indian schools, female seminaries, colleges and universities, school libraries, and recommended curricula and textbooks, among other topics. Greer's report also published the individual reports from each County Superintendent.
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By Carlo Garganese
Footballers are often ridiculed for having more money than sense, and it is little wonder when they are responsible for monstrosities like the 2012 FIFPro World XI.
The best team of the last calendar year, as voted for by approximately 45,000 professional footballers around the globe, produced an all-La Liga line-up consisting of just one player – Atletico Madrid's Radamel Falcao – who is not contracted to either Barcelona or Real Madrid.
If the Fifa Ballon d'Or is traditionally regarded as the most prestigious individual prize in football, then the FIFPro XI considers itself the most distinguished team construct.
However, any credibility that the Fifa-backed award has acquired since its creation in 2005 has now all but disappeared.
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The most bizarre inclusion was that of Dani Alves at right-back. At the start of last season, the Brazilian was arguably the best full-back in world football. But 2012 was his worst year since arriving in Spain, as he endured problems with Pep Guardiola and then spent time on the bench under Tito Vilanova.
There were numerous superior right-backs in Europe, including Borussia Dortmund's Lukasz Piszczek, Juventus' Stephan Lichtsteiner and Shakhtar Donetsk's Darijo Srna, to name just a few, all of whom – unlike Dani Alves – won a league title in 2012. The footballers who picked Alves clearly chose him on reputation, and watched little to no German, Italian or Ukrainian football. Most will have barely heard of Piszczek, let alone be capable of spelling his name on a ballot paper.
His Barcelona team-mate Gerard Pique also fell out with Guardiola, but his greatest personal achievements of 2012 came off the pitch with Shakira. He certainly had plenty of time to spend with his beautiful Colombian girlfriend as he missed almost half of the 2011-12 Liga season and struggled for form when his footballing partner Carles Puyol was sidelined with injury.
In Pique's favour is the fact that, in addition to winning Euro 2012, this is possibly the worst era for defenders in almost 50 years. But, the likes of Thiago Silva and Mats Hummels were surely more worthy candidates to be considered alongside Sergio Ramos.
Marcelo's addition at left-back is no disgrace, once again due to the dearth of top quality full-backs in the game, but a player who was twice dropped for crucial Real Madrid clashes at the end of last term (the Liga decider in April at Barcelona, and the Champions League semi-final first-leg versus Bayern Munich) should not be preferred to Ashley Cole, who was heroic throughout Chelsea's road to glory. That the Champions League winners, however fortunate they were to lift the trophy, have no representation in the FIFPro XI is somewhat absurd.
Annus horribilis | Dani Alves struggled throughout 2012 under both Guardiola & Vilanova
The ultimate insult, though, was the exclusion of Andrea Pirlo. The Italian magician will go down in history as one of the best centre midfielders of all time, and 2012 was his annus mirablis as he led Juventus to Scudetto glory without losing a game, before winning three man-of-the-match awards on his way to taking Italy to Euro 2012 silver. In the current campaign he has been just as dominant.
The fact that 45,000 ballots couldn't tally up enough votes for Pirlo makes you lose faith in democracy, particularly as the former AC Milan star has been hailed in the world media on an almost daily basis since his Euro 2012 quarter-final masterclass against England.
Football today may have become monopolised by a small group of rich, elite clubs, but Barcelona and Real Madrid – neither of whom made the Champions League final in 2012 - are not the only two teams in world football.
Andres Iniesta's insertion in the midfield three is a no-brainer, but the additions of Xavi and Xabi Alonso ahead of Pirlo demonstrates an embarrassing bias towards the Clasico couple.
Even the selection of Atletico Madrid superstar Falcao, alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, is debatable given the presence of equally brilliant candidates such as Robin van Persie, Didier Drogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but it is Pirlo's absence that has rightfully created all the headlines.
The Fifa Ballon d'Or itself has suffered its fair share of criticism in recent times, from the snubbing of Wesley Sneijder in 2010, to the bizarre inclusion this time around of Pep Guardiola in the top three of the coaching category.
But its credibility is still just about intact. This is sadly not the case any longer with the FIFPro XI.
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Shouldn't We Fix The Check Clearing Loophole That So Many Scammers Abuse?
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In March 2009, Brian Peters received an email from someone purporting to be a citizen of Malaysia. The e-mail informed Peters that certain third parties in the United States and Canada owed the purported Malaysian money, but that "they can not transfer the funds to any bank account outside America continent due to their new company policy [sic]." He asked Peters to "assist me in receiving the funds and forward to me." He offered to pay Peters 12 percent of the money. Peters agreed after apparently negotiating an increase of his fee to 15 percent.This certainly isn't the first such lawsuit. We wrote about a similar case two years ago, which involved some scammers tricking a law firm (who really should have known better). The reason this scam works over and over and over again is pretty simple: most people have no idea that when a check "clears," it's not actually been validated. This is apparently due to various laws that require banks to make money from checks available within a very short period of time. So the way banks deal with this is to just make the money available, and if they later find out that the check was fraudulent, they pull back the money. But, of course, most people don't know this and assume (somewhat reasonably) that if a check "clears" and the money is listed as "available," the bank has made sure the check is legitimate. This is a somewhat unintended consequence of laws to make paying by check work better, but it leads to a huge opening for these types of scams.
Peters deposited the $808,988.90 in checks received from the purported Malaysian at Chino Commercial Bank. After the bank notified Peters that the checks had cleared, Peters wire transferred $468,000 to Hong Kong. Shortly thereafter, the checks were dishonored after the bank detected that they had been altered. Since Peters was personally liable for any overdrafts on the account, which had only a few thousand dollars, the bank sought to attach property owned by Peters to collect on the overdraft. The trial court granted the bank's motion to attach against Peters in the amount of $458,782.60.
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- "An Introduction to Realist Fiction." Community College of Allegheny County, South Campus, July 2011
- "Post-MFA Career Symposium featuring Sherrie Flick, Salvatore Pane, and Ladette Randolph." Chatham University, 2011
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Except that depicting a character who is black as also being uneducated, or a character who is a woman as vapid is neither racism or misogyny.
I thought we'd covered this sufficently before with another user in this discussion: A woman, is not all women. A black person is not all black people.
There is no need to justify racism and misogyny, because there is no racism and misogyny involved in the statement.
Hmm, ok well a little while ago there was this thread http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.387184-So-how-about-that-wacky-Sarkeesian-lady?page=1
EDIT: well you posted that link too further down the page, oh well. Have a nice day sir. =)
It's never, ever, ever just one. It's a stereotype because it's replayed constantly.
Every stereotype that is perpetuated in turn perpetuates the bigoted attitudes that inform that stereotype. Those attitudes creep into our culture and infest our minds, and they way they are shown in our media subtly alters the way we perceive those groups in reality.
The depiction of women in advertising, for instance.
It is imperative that we be aware of the insidious nature of these attitudes, and the way they perpetuate themselves, then. In order to spread that awareness, we must point them out, be critical of them, discuss them openly. The very worst thing we can do, however, is shout down the criticism and try to justify stereotyping, or say that it's no big deal. It is a big deal - because if we don't address it, then all that bigotry will simply fester and spread and grow deeper and darker within our society, until it becomes so ingrained we won't be able to remove it.
But its not constant Trilligan. If it were constant it would mean that every black character ever was represented as being uneducated. Since this is not the case, your statement immediately falls on its arse: An we go back to the start where i tell you that absolutist statments will make you look silly beacause they are so easy to refute.
Fact is that you tried to refute a statement about how something isn't absolutist by stating that it is, then when i pointed out that it isn't you tried it again.
Frankly, you are being knowingly intellectually dishonest, because on some level you must know that the narrative you've tried to construct is objectively wrong. If a character exists who is stupid & also incidentally black, that characters only difference from a stupid character who is white is that one is white & the other isn't.
Everything else you just did/said was hand waving in the hopes that your racism tact would distract your porponents from the currwent discussion of Anita & her slimy intellectually dishonest statements.
I still don't see how that is my fuck-up. Or why we should all be blinded with sympathy for her. Or why misogynists represent my opinion anymore than Sarkeesian represents feminists everywhere.
Lets get something straight. There should be far more games that are catered to women to provide the variety for everyone to get what they want. But...You DO NOT get to dictate what other people find sexually appealing. You DO NOT get to choose what men fantasize about and censor the things that appeal to said fantasies. In return men DO NOT have the right to do the same for you. Period.
No, the chance to debate her on merit was lost the second she blocked anyone with an oppossing view point & then she insisted on demonising all oppossiton as misogynistic rapists.
Its even harder to debate her point when her white knight fanboys immediately make appeal to motives that you are attack her because she's a woman, rather then attacking her faulty logic chains.
Its made even harder when you have no voice at all because she's blocked you for dearing to have the tenacity to refute her statements with logic & sound objective data.
Except its super rare to ever see men do this. A woman wants to get all hot & bothered over some sexual fantasy mens answer is generally "good for you." Men want the same paradigm extended to themselves "you sick fuck, women don't exist for your sick fantasies."
heck keeping on topic look at A.S video on the idea of the fembot... According to A.S even the idea of a men taking sexual advantage of a machine, is apparently dangerous to women... Oh wait, you can't watch that video, she redacted it (technically you can, its been mirrored somewhere)
I'd have to say in the western world, this paradigm of toxic sexuality, is held almost exclusively by women. It is rare for men in the western world to go into womens spaces & say "no you can't have that sexual fantasy" or "you aren't allowed to pursue your own interestes, seperate from the interests on men."
It's almost completely a female paradigm & it mostly revolves around the concept that male sexuality is somehow toxic or dangerous.
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I said constantly not exclusively. *facepalm*
You're as bad as the other guy - i.e. not worth talking to.
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You can see the confusion. As constantly means always.
I fear your words will fall of deaf ears. Trilligan there seems to be the sort to get an idea in his head and never let it go, in spite of trifling details such as reason or logic. After all, when the entire stance is nothing more then a series of logical fallacies and a bloated sense of morality, it is hard to see criticisms as anything but some boogieman.
It means, in that second definition, incessantly. It does not, however, mean only.
We always see stereotypes replayed. We don't only see stereotypes. I don't see how that's confusing at all.
Which just leads me to believe people are being willfully obtuse. And are thus unworthy of my time.
I'm sorry, did you just go on about how constant doesn't mean always & then immediately restated your previous statement using the word always?
Unceasing... You realise that means not stopping right, as in always.
It does not, however, mean only.
We always see stereotypes replayed. We don't only see stereotypes. I don't see how that's confusing at all.
Which just leads me to believe people are being willfully obtuse. And are thus unworthy of my time.
Dude give Parkers Law a rest: You said something stupidly unsupporatable, you got called out on it & now you are just making yourself look silly by not admitting to the clear misuse of the english language.
None of us are perfect, but when you feel the need to go to these lengths with basic semantics, it just loses you any credibility you might have had. In the future, don't resort to trying to make absolutist statements & we won't have any absolutist statements to easily refute.
Always, as in all of the time, which does indeed mean only. If something happens all of the time then there's no time for anything else to happen. I'm not even arguing with what you're trying to say at the moment I'm just saying that that's why people think you made an absolutist statement, your word choice was poor.
Just watched this and I couldn't agree more, heck this thread is a good example of how the subject of this one person can turn.
My opinion is simple, sure she might be milking it but that's fair enough since they thrown in the first place. As said by Jim, if the loud and stupid carry on attacking someone based on their gender/race/whatever they deserve what they get.
Saying something happens all the damn time is a linguistic convention that is common enough that my meaning is obvious. A person would have to make an extra effort to take that the wrong way.
Which constitutes being willfully obtuse.
You didn't say "all the damn time" which is clearly a turn of phrase, You said "constantly" which can be misconstrued as you making an absolutist statement. "All the damn time" is clearly hyperbolic, "constant", less so. And don't act like you don't know that because when the definition of constantly was brought up you tried to insist that it wasn't what you meant. You tried to use the definition of constantly to prove yourself right and now you're saying you didn't literally mean constantly.
If I say that the sun rises constantly, that doesn't mean that is the only thing that the sun is doing ever, and I don't mean to say that it is the only thing the sun is doing ever. It does mean that sunrise is a constant. Every day there's a sunrise - the sun rises constantly.
It's the same idea as the idea of multiple infinities. There is an infinity of intergers = 1, 2, 3, etc., but that doesn't automatically rule out that there is also an infinity of real numbers between 1 and 2. Intergers are constant, that doesn't rule out the existence of pi.
I didn't think this was a difficult concept to grasp. Evidently I was wrong.
Except that there are people who are attacking her idelogy, not her gender or her race, or her whatever. But its much easier for the beta males such as yourself to assume that anyone with a grievance is obviously attacking her, rather then the dumb as shit nonsense she's spouts.
Take some time & actually investigate some of the claims being made, rather then assuming that we are automatically attacking her.
Perhaps it is that inability to understand that others might perceive what you say literally or entirely differently then you that is causing this issue in the first place. Granted, after your mental gymnastics, I was quite willing to write you off as an intellectually dishonest, ethically selective git, but looking at your constant attempts to avoid even the simple statement of "I wasn't as clear as I should have been, here let me reword it for clarity" really has me wondering if it isn't just some lack of understanding others in general. Miscommunication happens, part of the human experience, stop trying to fight it just because everyone else doesn't understand exactly what you meant. Different views out there, don't act so hostile or egocentric about it when they cause some miscommunication.
Constant usually means always, perpetual, ever going. The exceptions to the actual definition of the word usually only stem from specific phrases that indicate hyperbole or by tone of voice in saying it. Neither were present here. Thus, people have to take what you said as what it was presented as, this being a statement that described something as without exception.
There is a bit of an issue though, as many who attack do so by grabbing whatever weapon they can. I call it "x-box live warfare tactics". Much like how you will get assholes trying to custom fit their insults to you based on whatever point they can find to get you with on x-box live, so too will you see it online in general. Race, gender, sexual orientation, whatever is likely to cause reaction will get heaved.
Unfortunately, this habit by a large number of assholes often presents a deceptive notion. Since they are using racist slurs against a black guy, it must be racist. Since they use female slurs, it must be sexist. Sexuality slurs against homosexuals must mean homophobia. While that may be the stance of some of the comments, it is hard to distinguish the intent behind insults or the motivation for them with a riled up group. Word choice is hard use to distinguish those who genuinely feel those of another race or gender are inferior from those just emotional or dickish trying to get a reaction.
This is, of course, assuming that it is only related to gamers and not opened up to the larger base of internet users in general. You see a similar pattern (insults matched to insulted), though at that point it is hard to make a case it was gamers or even related to gaming given the nature of internet trolls.
Firstly, unless my name didn't give it anyway, I'm a girl so I'm not saying this out of whatever you think it is.
If people can TRY to be resonable then that is a start, since I know she's full of bull. I'm aiming this at those who made the 'lol woman stfu' kind of comment, because there were way more than needed. Note I said loud and stupid rather than everyone, because I'm part of the group that hate her for her lack of research. As long as people do not act like a rear ends then I'm fine, but those who throw insults against gender/race/whatever should have them thrown right back in their faces.
People did try to be reasonable. In fact the overwhelming majority of people werereasonable, they still got blocked.
An thats exactly what happened to her. She trolled 4chan & they trolled her back.
Firstly I never said she wasn't getting what she deserved, nor did I say it was a majority that were insulting her. The problem is those who are most insulting tend to be 'louder' and easier to see, such as the woman herself.
To me the issue comes down to the fact that a small number went to the low of sending threats of rape and general harm, which is never an answer. I don't care if she trolled 4chan or is terrible at researching, at the end of the day it's not okay for people to use those threats.
You assume I have nothing against her, I do. Her videos lack effort in research and she's allowed her own opinion to colour her views, making her videos worth nothing. She asked for money for something that I've seen other Youtube users do without funds.
However that doesn't mean I have to agree with the loud and stupid few who have thrown threats around. I, much like yourself probably, hate her videos but I also hate how the idiots tend to shine through in these types of things.
Ok so Jim, whats up with the hypocracy? I have never heard her name before your video, so you are now one of the people you spent whole video ranting about. Whats up with that.
more to the point example:
Wouldn't that then make the argument one about what defines a "stereotypical" game? If one is to say they are always releasing new ones, then how does one define what is one and even after that, what is the case one would make a case against it? I know I have seen a lot that people will make an argument that goes something like this.
The problem in it though, is that A. it is nearly circular logic (stereotype mostly being defined by over saturation of use is used to justify why it is bad to use stereotypes because they are used too much.) and B. it relies on an idea a stereotype is by default bad, when, especially in this media, stereotypes are used in EVERY trait, not just race or gender. Strong but dumb hero type? How about brainless sinister "destroy the world" villains? Quirky comic relief? Dark brooding anti-hero? All are stereotypical cliches.
Also, not saying this is your argument here, merely going off on a tangent inspired by what you said.
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I watched most of her Youtube videos after seeing Jim's report. First of all, fine job as always Jim. Second, I couldn't find much to disagree with in any of her commentary. I wish her the best of luck in what I'm sure will be a massive headache.
At some point a story is big enough where you can't complain that someone is making it bigger by commentating on it, and Anita Sarkeesian was as big as videogame stories get, and I have no idea how you managed to miss it. Also he's not ranting about her, or even the fact we're aware of her, he's ranting about the size it got to because of harassment.
I feel bad for the Herp mc derps that donated...she is two months behind first video..and Blocking all communications with people who gave her money....I guess they have not realized she took the money and ran!
Heh heh. You know, I was kind of wondering what was going on. Everyone is arguing over this woman and I couldn't seem to find out exactly WHAT they were arguing about.
It seems she has no videos and no opinions, and is just yelling sexist BECAUSE REASONS!
Jim, the problem with your view is that you are trying to put rational, reasoning debate into the same sphere as troll. The very definition of a troll is that they are incapable of rational, reasoning debate. They are creatures of discord, unrelenting venom and pure, emotional irrationality. The very notion that anyone could put out a video that is even passingly controversial without attracting a troll swarm even when the actual product has yet to be seen seems itself to be utterly irrational. The idea was that if the trolls hadn't stormed the gates that she would have just faded away into the aether of the internet may be true but in the end that's still going to happen. This time next year no one will likely know who this woman is or what her videos were about since it is the troll horde that is keeping it alive. She isn't presenting anything new or earth shattering and so they don't have the substance to stand on their own without the attention of the horde. The trolls also don't have the attention span to keep up with it for that long before they find someone or something else to vomit their hatred on. When the horde moves on they will take the attention they brought to the subject with them.
You know, it's funny. Now that the haters slowly realize what they have done, they scream: "That's what she planned all along! She knew that this would cause a massive shitstorm to bolster her views! We were tricked!" No seriously, that's a common argument you see on YouTube now.
Ignoring that the bottom of the issue is, that even if she did trick them, they were all too eager to really do give her a storm of rape threats and massive antagonism. This should not be ok, just because it's the internet.
Jim claims that doing nothing would have been the best option.
What's the premise of this statement?
It is that for any claim to be challenged, it has to be challenged by rational means by mostly everyone, and if it is not, the other side is free to dismiss any and all claims against it.
In this worldview there are only two possible binary options, "yes" or "no", with the style of presentation determining the truth.
Under such a definition, people like Anita are free to manipulate and manufacture rhetorical "against" positions in order to shield their own position from refutation.
Indeed, this is exactly what Anita craftily did, by leaving her comments page open only long enough to take some choice words and publish them on her Kickstarter page as a demonstration of "why" her project is so very "needed", then close down the comment page before any rational criticism could be leveled. In other words, she got what she wanted: a straw man of bigotry manufactured by her to represent all possible rebuttals to her position. It's quite magical.
But this kind of charade could not work if it were not enabled and excused by people like Jim.
Jim says "the trolls" had the power to ignore her. By why does he not tell Anita that she has the power to ignore the trolls?
Isn't the goal that we can all debate civilly and rationally so ideas can get a fair shake (or fair throttling)? Why is it that Anita then gets special treatment? Why are the "trolling accusers" culpable for their words, but she not culpable for basking in those words and playing them up as some kind of protective cloak against any and all attacks? Why is she given a position of privilege that others do not also enjoy?
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7.7 7.7.1 WFC AperturesThe active image area of each WFC detector is 4096 by 2048 pixels. The mean scale is 0.049 arcseconds/pixel, and the combined detectors cover an approximately square area of 202 arcseconds on a side. In establishing reference-pixel positions we have to consider the overscan pixel areas, which extend 24 pixels beyond the edges in the long direction. So each CCD must be regarded as a 4144 by 2048 pixel area. The gap between the two CCDs is equivalent to 50 pixels. In Figure 7.3 the letters A, B, C, and D show the corner locations of the four readout amplifiers.We define apertures named WFC1 and WFC2, which represent the two CCDs, with their reference points near the geometric center of each chip. The positions have been moved about 50 pixels from the center line to avoid a discontinuity at the amplifier readout boundary. However, we keep two other apertures named WFC1-FIX and WFC2-FIX at the original central locations (2072,1024). For extended sources, choosing new positions may not be of any advantage and it may be more effective to use these fixed positions.The aperture WFC encompasses both detectors, and has its reference point near the overall center but about 10 arcseconds away from the inter-CCD gap. This reference point is (2124,200) on the WFC1 CCD. Again, this point has been moved away from the center line, but the reference point for WFC-FIX remains at (2073,200). Selection of WFC1, WFC2 or WFC only changes the pixel where the target will be positioned. In all three cases data is normally delivered in a file containing two science image extensions, one for each detector. See the ACS Data Handbook for details of the ACS data format. Reading out a subarray, which consists of part of only one of the CCDs, is done only if requested.Figure 7.3: WFC aperture definitions.WFCENTER is similar to WFC, but is placed at the center of the combined WFC full field. The center is defined as the average of the four corners in the distortion corrected space. Because of the scale variation, this does not appear at the center in pixel space, but rather is on WFC2 about 20 pixels from the edge. Selection of WFCENTER can be of use in obtaining observations with maximum overlap at unique orientations and for mosaics.For sets of observations that take place over a substantial part of a year, the telescope roll limitations will require measurements to be taken over most of the angular range. On sky, the WFC aperture is roughly square, and it is natural to design observations in steps of 90° to consistently cover the same area. There will be some region at the edges not covered at all four orientations. However, a square area of side 194.8 arcseconds centered on WFCENTER, and with edges parallel to the V2 and V3 axes, is overlapped at all four positions. In designing a mosaic that combines observations at 90° steps, a translation of about 190 arcseconds between pointings would provide continuous coverage.Figure 7.4: Schematic WFC apertures and ramp filters.Shown are the approximate active areas defined by the filters. The actual readout areas are the quadrants for the polarizers and small (HRC) filters, and either the quadrant or the full chip for the ramp filters.7.7.2 Ramp-Filter AperturesThere are five ramp filters. Each ramp filter consists of three segments (inner, middle, outer) that can be rotated across the WFC field of view as indicated in Figure 7.4. The IRAMP filters can only be placed on WFC1 in a location that will define the aperture WFC1-IRAMP and the ORAMP filters only on WFC2 creating the aperture WFC2-ORAMP. The MRAMP filters can lie on WFC1 or WFC2 with corresponding apertures WFC1-MRAMP and WFC2-MRAMP. The approximate aperture locations are indicated in Figure 7.4, while actual data obtained during ground calibrations are overlayed on an image of a ramp filter in Figure 7.5. Operationally, a fixed reference point will be defined for each detector and filter combination. Then the ramp filter will be rotated to place the required wavelength at the reference position.The reference positions for all defined apertures are given in Table 7.7 in pixels, and in the telescope (V2,V3) reference frame where values are measured in arc seconds. The values given here are based on in-flight calibration results. The x and y axis angles are measured in degrees from the V3 axis towards the V2 axis. This is in the same sense as measuring from North to East on the sky. The "extent" of the ramp filter apertures given in Table 7.7 are the FWHM of the monochromatic patches (visible in Figure 7.4) measured from a small sample of ground calibration data. To use a ramp filter in a Phase II program, specify the filter name, the central wavelength, and the aperture. The scheduling software will then automatically rotate the filter to the appropriate wavelength, and point at the reference point of the aperture chosen.The aperture chosen may either be the full CCD or just the quadrant on which the ramp filter lies. This second choice was new as of Cycle 15, and requires that the aperture be specified. The apertures matching each filter are given in Table 7.7. Those with names ending in Q are the quadrants. It will normally be preferable to choose the quadrant aperture to save data volume and buffer dumping time. All apertures may be used with non-ramp filters. A target may thereby be put at the same position using a ramp and a non-ramp filter. Please see the footnotes to Table 7.7 for a complete list of available but unsupported apertures.
Only the middle segments of the five ramp filters could be used with the HRC. They are FR914M, FR459M, FR505N, FR388N and FR656N. All five middle segments could be used with any of the HRC apertures listed in Table 7.8 (see Table 7.9 for the aperture reference positions). There were no special ramp apertures with the HRC because when a ramp filter is used with the HRC it covered the entire HRC CCD. This region was defined by the HRC aperture in Table 7.9. To use the HRC-512 or HRC-SUB1.8 subarray apertures with a ramp filter, POS TARGs had to be used to align the aperture correctly.As with the WFC, the fixed reference point of the ramp aperture was defined operationally depending on the detector, aperture and filter combination. Please refer to Section 7.3.1, Section 5.3.1, and ACS ISR 2002-01 for further information.Figure 7.5: Monochromatic patches in ground calibration data showing actual aperture sizes through ramp filters (superimposed on photo of ramp filters).When a filter designed for the HRC is used with the WFC, it only covers a small area on either WFC1 or WFC2. The projected filter position can be placed on either chip by selection of the filter wheel setting. Figure 7.4 shows how the filter projection may be placed so as to avoid the borders of the CCDs. When a WFC observation is proposed using a HRC filter spacecraft commanding software automatically uses internal built-in apertures designed for these observing scenarios, called WFC1-SMFL and WFC2-SMFL. Reference positions at or near the center of these apertures are defined so that a target may be placed in the region covered by the chosen filter. Note that WFC2 SMFL is available but not supported.The axis angles given in Table 7.7 do not refer to the edges of the apertures as drawn, but rather to the orientation of the x and y axes at the WFC reference pixel. These angles vary slightly with position due to geometric distortion.For the polarizers and F892N used with WFC, the default will be to readout a subarray. The subarray will be a rectangular area with sides parallel to the detector edges which encompasses the indicated filtered areas. For ramp filters the default will be to readout the entire WFC detector, unless a polarizer is used with the ramp filter, in which case a subarray is readout. Users cannot override the small filter subarrays.Table 7.7: WFC aperture parameters.
WFC1-SMFL2 WFC1-POL0UV 4 2048 × 2048 40 × 80 Extent (arcsec) is the smaller of actual pixel domain readout and the area actively exposed to sky. For RAMP associated apertures the leading dimension is size yielding coverage at the specified wavelength.Apertures are automatically created by commanding software when an HRC filter is used in WFC observations. (Apertures are not listed in the APT aperture pull-down menu.)Apertures are automatically created by commanding software when a polarizer filter is used. Same parameters apply for POL60 and POL120 in V and UV. (Apertures are not listed in the APT aperture pull-down menu.)
Table 7.8: Ramp filter apertures.
7.7.4 Polarizer AperturesApertures have been provided for use with the polarizer sets similar to the SMFL apertures. These apertures are selected automatically when a polarizing spectral element is used, and a single WFC chip quadrant readout is obtained. The aperture parameters given in Table 7.7 are valid for all three polarizing filters in each polarizer set, UV or visible, to the stated significant figures.7.7.5 HRC Apertures
The HRC had an area of 1062 pixels by 1024 pixels including 19 physical overscan pixels at each end in the x direction. The active area was 1024 by 1024 pixels. The mean scales along the x and y directions was 0.028 and 0.025 arcseconds/pixel, thus providing a field of view of about 29 by 26 arcseconds in extent. The anisotropy and variation of scales is discussed in Section 10.4 of this Instrument Handbook. The reference point for the aperture labelled HRC-FIX, and initially for HRC, was at the geometric center, (531,512). As with the WFC apertures, there may be reason to move the HRC reference point later.The HRC was equipped with two coronagraphic spots, nominally 1.8 and 3.0 arcseconds in diameter and a coronagraphic finger, 0.8 arcseconds in width. Apertures HRC-CORON1.8, HRC-CORON3.0, and HRC-OCCULT0.8 were defined to correspond to these features. The coronagraphic spots were only in the optical train and thus in the data if HRC-CORON1.8 or HRC-CORON3.0 was specified. Their locations are shown in Figure 7.6 (left panel). In addition we defined a target acquisition aperture, HRC-ACQ designed for acquiring targets that were subsequently automatically placed behind a coronagraphic spot or the occultation finger. The positions of the coronagraphic spots had been found to fluctuate. Observations needed to incorporate a USE OFFSET special requirement to allow current values to be inserted at the time of the observation.A substantial region masked out by the occulting finger was present in the HRC data (Figure 7.6, right panel). The occulting finger was not retractable. However as with any other detector feature or artifact, the "lost" data could be recovered by combining exposures which were suitably shifted with respect to each other. A dither pattern, ACS-HRC-DITHER-LINE had been defined for this purpose and spanned the area flagged for the HRC occulting finger (~1.6 arcseconds or ~56 pixels wide), with an extra ~0.3 arcseconds or ~10 pixels of overlap.Table 7.9: HRC aperture parameters.
29 × 26 29 × 26 (564,466)1 512 × 512 15 × 13 512 × 512 15 × 13 HRC-PRISM 2 744 × 1024 21 × 26 HRC-PRISM is automatically created by commanding software when spectral element PR200L and aperture HRC are selected in APT.
Use of the prism PR200L required specifying aperture HRC, but resulted in a reference point of (671,512) to optimally center the target coordinates within the somewhat vignetted prism field of view. Although the HRC direct imaging and PR200L prism apertures had the same name in APT, they were actually distinct, and HST executed a small angle maneuver between observations of a given target with them, to compensate for the positional deflection by the prism. One consequence is that the Special Requirement SAME POS AS could not be used among mixed direct and prism exposures.7.7.6 SBC AperturesThe SBC aperture is 1024 pixels square. There are no overscan pixels to consider. The x and y scales are 0.034 and 0.030 arcseconds/pixel leading to a coverage on the sky of 35 by 31 arcseconds. The reference point has been moved to (512,400) to place targets further from a bad anode that disables several rows of the detector near y = 600. As with the CCDs we maintain an SBC-FIX aperture that will always have position (512,512). MAMA detectors slowly lose efficiency with each exposure, therefore the SBC reference point may be shifted again if the chosen position exhibits significant loss of efficiency.The (512,512) reference point falls near to the same position in (V2,V3) as the HRC, namely (205, 470), and the x and y axis angles are −85.4° and −0.9°.Use of either prism PR110L or PR130L requires use of aperture SBC and results in a reference point of (425,400) to optimally center the target coordinates with respect to vignetting on the right side of the field and to avoid a set of bad rows at 599 to 605.Although the SBC direct imaging and prism apertures have the same name in APT, they are actually distinct, and HST executes a small angle maneuver between observations of a given target with them, to compensate for the positional deflection by the prisms. One consequence is that the Special Requirement SAME POS AS cannot be used among mixed direct and prism exposures. Figure 7.7 shows a direct and prism observation of the same field. The prism now is vignetted on the positive x side. The reference points and the small angle maneuver place the same target near the reference point of each view.Table 7.10: SBC aperture parameters
34 × 31 34 × 31 SBC-PRISM1 28 × 31 SBC-PRISM is automatically created by commanding software when spectral elements PR110L and PR130L, and aperture SBC, are selected in APT.
Figure 7.7: Direct and prism observations of NGC6681.Direct and prism observations of NGC 6681. The reference point is defined to be at the center of each aperture in the x direction but below the center in the y direction to avoid the bad rows.


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In singles action Yevgeniya Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine) led in her match winning the first set, and stretched her opponent to a 10-point tiebreaker against Paula Zabala in the No. 1 position for the Ladybucs before falling 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4). In the No. 2 position Masha Ilina (Kyiv, Ukraine) fell to Egle Petrauskaite 6-2, 6-2, and Olya Batsula (Minsk, Belarus) was defeated by Shilla D'Armas 6-1, 6-2 in the third position. Tara Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) took on Marijana Cutuk in the No. 4 slot and was defeated 6-1, 6-2, while Elena Volobueva (Barcelona, Spain fell to Priscilla Castillo 6-1, 6-0 in the fifth position. At No. 6, Vita Moskaliova (Minsk, Belarus) lost a tight match to Maria Vallasciani 6-3, 6-3.
In doubles play Masha Ilina and Olya Batsula claimed a victory for the Bucs in the No. 2 position over Egle Petrauskaite and Priscilla Castillo 8-4. In the No. 1 slot Elena Volobueva and Yevgeniya Stupak were defeated by Paula Zabala and Nikkita Fountain 8-4, while Tara and Byrne and Vita Moskaliova lost to Shilla D'Armas and Maria Pazo 8-1 in the No. 3 slot.
"Flordia International are a good team, ranked 22 in the country. It was our first real full match outside and we just weren't crisp with out shots today," said head coach Steve Brooks. "It has been a good indoor season and it is good to start the outdoor season, the girls weren't used to the heat, but we will make good adjustments. The girls are going to work hard, put a lot into their hitting and it should pay off on against Stetson on Friday. We just left a lot of shots out there today, we were set up, we had advantages but we just didn't get it done. We can't take anything away from Florida International, they are a very good outdoor team were just very tough today."
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No. 1- Zabala/Fountain (FIU) def. Volobueva/Stupak (ETSU) 8-4
No. 2- Ilina/Batsula (ETSU) def. Petrauskaite/Castillo (FIU) 8-4
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No. 1- Paula Zabala (FIU) def. Yevgeniya Stupak (ETSU) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 2- Egle Petrauskaite (FIU) def. Masha Ilina (ETSU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3- Shilla D'Armas (FIU) def. Olya Batsula (ETSU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 4- Marijana Cutuk (FIU) def. Tara Byrne (ETSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5- Priscilla Castillo (FIU) def. Elena Volobueva (ETSU) 6-1, 6-0No. 6- Maria Vallasciani (FIU) def. Vita Moskaliova (ETSU) 6-3, 6-3