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BALTIMORE -- The question to Dustin Pedroia was simple.
"Do you think you guys can win the World Series?"
His Red Sox team is, after all, a club residing six games under .500, nine games out of first place in the American League East, and five out in the wild card race (with seven teams standing in their way).
Pedroia cited the 2013 Dodgers, who made the playoffs despite carrying a record one game worse than these Red Sox on the exact same date. It was a Los Angeles team that went on to go 53-13, starting June 22.
The second baseman also referenced a conversation he had with a few young teammates, reminding them how things can change in a blink of an eye.
"I still look at it as we still have 99 games left. It's a long time," Pedroia said. "I was talking to Bogie [Xander Bogaerts] and Jackie [Bradley] the other day and I said, 'Heck, 2008, look at my numbers at the end of this month. I was hitting .260 with four homers and 19 RBI.' They said, 'You were?' I showed them on the video and reminded them I won the MVP of the league.
"A lot can change. You're in the grind of the season. Keep plugging away. Keep working. Let it play out. Baseball is 162 games, it's not 62. You have to stay positive, keep working and find ways to get better."
To be exact, on June 11, 2008, Pedroia was hitting .264 with a .314 on-base percentage and .372 slugging mark. At the conclusion of the season, he was carrying the title of American League MVP.
He is full of reminders, and for good reason -- throughout some pretty rough early-season hiccups, Pedroia has a knack for coming out on the other side of the valley of darkness.
As he pointed out, the jumping-off point for the player and the team is hardly unprecedented. Pedroia enters Wednesday night's game hitting .267 with a .340 OBP and .376 slugging. Look familiar?
But the difference this time around may be that if these Red Sox are to have any kind of run, finding another Pedroia's hot streak is more of a must than usual. He is a foundation guy, one which usually helps drive the bus regarding any string of good fortune. Improving on such items as a 3-for-29 mark with two outs and runners in scoring position will be a must.
Pedroia insists he's ready for that run.
"A couple of weeks ago I started to feel normal, like I did before I got hurt, and even before 2012 when I hurt my right thumb and then I hurt my left thumb," Pedroia explained. "I hit a [home run] ball in Detroit that I haven't hit a ball like that since 2011. It was a normal swing. That was encouraging and you have to build on that.
"I'm healthy. It takes time. They all told me that, to stay with the rehab and try and get stronger every day. It wasn't going to come back overnight. Now it feels great."
The fingers and wrists have been an ongoing source of concern when it comes to Pedroia. After thumb surgery last offseason, he was thrown another curveball early on this season when damaging his left wrist, leading to a cortisone shot. And even after both ailments had finally been deemed healthy by the infielder, along came another hand-related injury just about a week ago thanks to landing awkwardly.
"You get beat up here and there. But everything is fine and when you feel healthy the results are going to come," he said. "That's the thing, your hands are huge in being important offensively, and even defensively. When you're out there and something is hurting it makes it challenging for you.
"I feel good. I'm more concerned about us winning games then my health. I'm going to be fine."
To give an idea of the importance of Pedroia spearheading a Red Sox resurgence, John Farrell's team is 11-6 when Pedroia has wo more more hits. It is also 16-11 when he scores at least one run.
More than ever, Pedroia has to be good.
"You have to stay consistent," he said, echoing the message relayed to the team prior to Sunday night's game in Detroit. "The last few games I haven't gotten any hits but I have six balls that could be hits but were right to them. That stuff changes if you keep the same approach. You're going to get six hits if you stay with that mindset. I understand that, and so do a lot of the other guys. But the young guys, it's hard to understand that because you want results right away and it takes time to get results.
"Every season is different. I just look at it as trying to find ways to win and if that way's not working you have to try and find something else.We haven't put it all together. We have to try to do that because we haven't done it yet."
Ninety-eight games left to rekindle old successes. He thinks he (and they) can do it.
"It's like every year, we're in the grind of the season," Pedroia said. " We have to find ways to win. We haven't really done that. There's been a lot of inconsistencies, but we have to keep going."
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Effect of using oxygen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide as active gases in the atmospheric plasma treatment of fiber-reinforced polycyanurate composites
Article first published online: 28 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1002/app.36350
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Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume 125, Issue 4, pages 2510–2520, 15 August 2012
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Zaldivar, R. J., Nokes, J. P., Patel, D. N., Morgan, B. A., Steckel, G. and Kim, H. I. (2012), Effect of using oxygen, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide as active gases in the atmospheric plasma treatment of fiber-reinforced polycyanurate composites. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 125: 2510–2520. doi: 10.1002/app.36350
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Time to first pregnancy among women working in agricultural production
- Alvaro J. Idrovo,
- Luz Helena Sanìn,
- Donald Cole,
- Jorge Chavarro,
- Heidy Cáceres,
- Javier Narváez,
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Objectives: This study explores several factors potentially associated with reduced fecundability among women working in cut flowers production. Methods: A cross-sectional study of first pregnancies was undertaken in 47 Colombian floriculture companies. Two thousand and eighty-five women were interviewed regarding potential reproductive, lifestyle and work history predictors of time-to-pregnancy (TTP), measured in months. Fecundability odds ratios (fOR) were estimated using a discrete time analogue of Cox's proportional hazard model. Results: Associated with longer TTP were: irregular relationships with her partner (fOR 0.82, 95% CI 0.73–0.91), illness in the year prior to pregnancy (fOR 0.78, 95% CI 0.62–0.98), smoking tobacco (fOR 0.71, 95% CI 0.59–0.85), and work in flower production, less than 24 months (fOR 0.86 95% CI 0.75–0.98) or 2 years or more (fOR 0.73, 95% CI 0.63–0.84). Conclusions: Work in flower production, irregular relationship, illness and tobacco exposure would be associated with impaired fecundability.
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- Title
- Time to first pregnancy among women working in agricultural production
- Journal
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Volume 78, Issue 6 , pp 493-500
- Cover Date
- 2005-07-01
- 10.1007/s00420-005-0615-9
- Print ISSN
- 0340-0131
- Online ISSN
- 1432-1246
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Keywords
- Fertility
- Pesticide
- Occupational exposure
- Agriculture
- Colombia
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Alvaro J. Idrovo (1) (2)
- Luz Helena Sanìn (3) (4)
- Donald Cole (4) (5)
- Jorge Chavarro (1)
- Heidy Cáceres (1)
- Javier Narváez (1)
- Mauricio Restrepo (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Departamento de Salud Pública y Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Salud Pública, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá DC, Colombia
- 2. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México
- 3. FEN/Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
- 4. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, TN, Canada
- 5. Institute for Work and Health Toronto, ON, Canada


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**** Fiora.
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could this be implemented for others as well? specifically (i know I'll get flamed for this) Teemo's blind blocks autoattacks, but on hit effects still trigger on him. that personally doesn't seem right. examples are Jax, vayne, etc...
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Hey Morello.
I've just spent the last hour powerleveling an NA account in vs AI to level 5 so I could post in this thread.
My summoner name is Camudaki from EU West and my main and best ADC bot lane is Fiora.
Background about my playstyle: I've played for a few years now, I mainly play normal draft, I exclusively use locked camera + mousedragging the minimap and I only play melee champions regardless of role. These are all preference choice, I can play ranged auto attack champions, but simply do not enjoy them. My map awareness and other general skills are not hindered by my choices.
Anyway, back to Fiora.
Whenever people mention Melee carries, it's always that they feel underpowered compared to their ranged counterparts. Considering two of the three melee carries currently in the game were designed years ago, it's understandable their kits arent perfectly suited to their intended role.
Fiora however is the exception to this. I firmly believe she is a viable and extremely underappretiated melee carry/assassin hybrid, and if you are considering buffing her, to please be careful about it.
In bot lane her passive and Riposte make her a deceptively strong farmer. Being able to simultaniously last hit, self sustain and throw enemy harrass back allows Fiora to wittle down her foes without needing to jump them. Once she reaches 6 she is a big threat to most traditional ranged carries, this becomes twofold when she gets herself a tiamat.
Her kit allows her to do some pretty amasing things. While she obviously cannot bring decent poke to a team, she more than makes up for it in raw power which can be very difficult to lock down.
She outright destroys Ezreal at the moment. With a double lunge, a move that can deflect his entire mystic shot, and an ult that cannot be easily stopped or escaped. Her burst, sustained and AOE damage is destructive if she is left unchecked for a few seconds and she's tricky to lock down if she has her ult up.
Of course she also has her downsides. With no CC or escapes in her kit, she is very much a commiter who needs to judge whether she can win a fight before it starts. This is where your beautiful support comes in to cover those weaknesses. I've found she works well with almost any support.
Fiora's kit works perfectly in bot lane as a melee carry. The hardest part of the game in my personal experiance is convincing the rest of your team that you're being legit in champ select.
The point to all this is: Don't go too far trying to buff her into top lane viability. If you make her strong enough to beat bruisers, she will become a monster in other roles.
Fiora has clearly defined strengths and weaknesses in my opinion. She is certainly not a uselss champion, melee carries simply have a higher skillcap in that you need to know when to go in and dish out the pain.
Angry juju
Fiora doesn't need buffs...
If anyone seriously thinks that Fiora is "OMG OLD EVE LEVEL UNDERPOWERED" then maybe they should just try to get better at the game.
Team SoloFeed
To add to the fencer "fantasy" if you will, after a riposte is usually when the opponent is ripe for a counter-attack. Since Nocturne and Sivir both get buffs when using their spell shield successfully, maybe Fiora could receive something similar (instead of reflecting magic damage back to the attacker ~ wtf?), such as one of the following:
Upon successfully parrying an attack:
a) the target's armor is automatically lowered by a percent.
b) Fiora's next basic attack/Lunge does bonus damage/lowers her target's armor. (It can't be a temporary boost to pure attack damage on top of the passive, because then it would be strictly better than Yi's E)
Also, I think her passive needs a small buff (like 2-3 health regen per sec, would help her jungling)
Twin Royal
Hey Morello,
While you've been looking at Fiora's W, have you looked at some other things in her kit? For example, how do you feel about her rather weak passive, her lack of any crowd control and her lack of an escape despite being an assassin (especially as a melee champion). Do you guys plan on changing any of these things in the near future? If not, would you mind giving me your thoughts on these things? I know you probably can't give out many details, but any sort of response would be appreciated. Thanks for reading.
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The latest clip features Bryan Cranston's Walter White ascending to the top of the drug trade.
"There's a market to be filled and, currently, no one to fill it."
That's a gloriously emotionless Walter White (Bryan Cranston), newly crowned meth kingpin, in the third promo for Breaking Bad's upcoming fifth season.
VIDEO: 'Breaking Bad': Explosive Teaser for Season 5 Hits the Web
The action-heavy segment is about as long as the second trailer but features lots more new footage, showing the rise of Walt and partner Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) after they killed drug lord Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) in last season's mind-blowing finale.
The trailer opens with Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), Fring's former right-hand man, muttering, "You're a time bomb tick-ticking away, and I have no intention of being around for the boom," potentially a hint at Walt's rumored demise.
Walt and Jesse's business ambitions are clear, with shots of a money-counting machine and the boys' meth lab. But then the action ramps up -- shots are fired, a plane swoops low a la North By Northwest, a dead body plunges into a pool -- and the segment ends with Walt's grim line from the first teaser: "We're done when I say we're done."
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I will no longer be posting on these forums per the lawyer teams' request.
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I don't know what you're trying to sue for, but it's probably stupid and was probably your fault to begin with. Please don't clog up our already-overloaded legal system with bull**** like this.
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Justin Timberlake has been taking teeny tiny breaks from acting to return to his musical roots. In August he performed an impromptu concert at his Southern Hospitality restaurant in Manhattan with the group FreeSol as his backing band. Now JT has been featured on the group's track Role Model. Timberlake has a short speaking part as the intro and gets about six words in before dropping the f bomb.
Justin takes the songs first verse, rapping about being an a-hole, not being a role model and even, yup, the infamous Super Bowl 'wardrobe malfunction' (I assume this verse puts to rest the argument that it was a mistake?).
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Cut Sunflowers Won't Open??
Hey guys, I'm very new to gardening and cutting flowers for arranging. This summer I grew sunflowers for the first time and it was very exciting! I had read that sunflowers could be cut before they fully open, put into a vase and they would continue to open. However that was not the case with my flowers, namely Peach Passion and Valentine. Can anyone share their thoughts/experience? Much appreciated.
Closed sunflowers do open. Years ago, After a hurricane flattened a field of sunflowers, we went through and cut all the stems so they would not curve. 90 percent of those bloomed over the next week or so. We cut all of our Sunflowers tight. (not yet lifting of the center disk) Less damage to petals while being delivered to florists. They usually are fully open for me in three days.
Thank you to both for your responses.
I'm really puzzled why my cut sunflowers wouldn't open...????? The plants grew very well and bloomed plenty. Flowers had no problem opening fully on the plants.
I never cut any that were still tightly shut, only the ones about 70%-80% open, meaning the petals were already pointing outwards. Then I put them in the house which was VERY warm this past summer, which should prompt cut flowers to open(?).
Following the logic that perhaps the cut flowers needed more energy to open, I tried adding sugar and bleach to the water, but then I read here that sugar would over hydrate sunflowers so I stopped using sugar, and the sugar didn't make the flowers open anyways. I guess next year I will try the sugar method again and see what happens.
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Werner to speak at Emerson about TV career
Creator of hit television shows like The Cosby Show, Roseanne, and That 70s Show, and Chairman of the Boston Red Sox Tom Werner will visit Emerson on September 10 to speak to the Emerson community about his career in television.
Ploughshares launches Ploughshares Solos
Ploughshares, a leading national literary magazine based at Emerson College, has launched a new digital-only series of individual long stories called Ploughshares Solos.
Emerson remembers student Griffin O'Brien
Emerson senior Griffin "Griff" O'Brien died unexpectedly on July 11, 2012. He was 22.
Professor Emeritus Quenzel dies
George Quenzel, professor emeritus at Emerson College, died July 11, 2012, after a long illness.
Two Emerson alumni were honored at Sunday's Tony Awards.
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WLP's Graduate Students for Publishing recently won the Graduate Student Association's (GSA) 2011-2012 Outstanding Graduate Student Organization Award.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, best known for its annual presentation of the Academy Awards, will support Emerson's film industry–related programs through two grants for the 2012–2013 academic year.
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Thoughts on the Big Green Egg
Any Big Green Egg users out here? Now that I've returned my Virco Stainless, I've been thinking about the Big Green Egg instead of going back to a Weber Genesis.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
Well, I went and bought a large Big Green Egg last week after taking my Virco/Kirkland back to Costco. I was debating over getting the Egg or a Weber Summit. The local dealer let me borrow the video tape that comes with each egg and after viewing it, I was convinced the Big Green Egg would be my next grill/smoker. I've grilled/smoked every day for the last 6 days (sometimes twice) and still have not finished a 10# bag of lump hardwood charcoal. It's extremely efficient and my first brisket smoked low and slow for 8 hours without much effort on my part.
See the link below for some pics of brisket, ribs, chicken, and trout. I have also grilled the best steaks ever on my egg. The amount of time needed was less than 20 minutes from starting the egg to putting nicely seared 2" medium-rare ribeyes on the plate.
Here is a link that might be useful: Pics of Big Green Egg BBQs
I'm so happy, I now own 3 of them. Two large eggs and one small. This lets me cook something low and slow for 18 to 20 hours, and still lets me cook other things at the same time. The small is great for quick things, but I purchased it mainly to take on picnics and camping. I have never had so much fun smoking/grilling and the food turns out absolutly fantastic. I've cooked everything from 20 hour brisket and pulled pork, to smoked salmon, bratwurst, stuffed Jalapenos, chicken, & more.
Check out my link below for some pics of what I've cooked on the Big Green Egg.
Here is a link that might be useful: Big Green Egg Food Compilation
Just a very late followup regarding the Kamado.. I just took delivery of a K7 last weekend and have cooked in it several times now (still in the break-in period) and currently have a pork butt and briskett going on it (at 210 degrees) that will take about 18-20 hours.. I've completely fallen in love with this thing.. I've already taken my two older grills and put them on the side yard.. Anyway, if you want something that's bigger and has thicker ceramic walls (meaning that it holds heat better) over the BGE, then I'd go for the Kamado.. I should be able to do a nice low-n-slow of the above meats for >20 hours easily with a single bag of charcoal lump (Cowboy brand in this case for now).
Post that question over on the BGE forum (www.greeneggers.com) if you have not already done so and you will surely got more responses.
While 600F should be plenty to sear a steak, if you are not getting over that it is your fire. Check to make sure your grate holes are open and not clogged with coal dust. Use good quality lump and start your fires on the outside of the coal ring in multiple spots. My understanding, from reading the various Kamando style cooker forums, is that the center gets a bit better airflow so that starting the fire on the rim encourages more of the fuel to ignite more quickly as the fire travels to the center.
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Isn't his body position a bit odd the way he was leaning before he got git by the two other racers as like he passed out or something?
Posted 24 October 2011 - 09:02
Isn't his body position a bit odd the way he was leaning before he got git by the two other racers as like he passed out or something?
In the video above, it looks like he was already unconscious before being hit by Rossi/Edwards, its the way he comes across the screen already hanging off the bike, usually when they lose the rear end, they fall off and the rider and bike slide away separate from each other.
Posted 29 October 2011 - 01:34
Yea you are right mate.
Nothing too unusual about his crash. He lost the front which is called a low side (rider falls from the low side of the bike). which is when around a corner the front wheel loses grip and the bike falls on its side with the rider ending up on the track surface (very common crash in MotoGP now traction control is on all bikes). What happened in this crash was the front regained grip, but due to the angle of the bike and position of the rider, it turned hard towards the inside of the corner back on the racing line.
Some people are asking questions about his helmet as well, nothing wrong there either. The force of the impact ripped the straps off their mounts.
I really did think we were going to see him win a race this year or next year. He was super fast in qualifying and was holding it together better and better in races.


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March 15, 2011
Enhanced GED Testing Program Will Validate Career- and College-Readiness
ACE and Pearson today announced the creation of a ground-breaking new business that will drive the future direction, design, and delivery of the GED® testing program.
Building on the goals of the GED 21st Century Initiative, the two partners will combine their collective expertise and resources to develop a new GED Test aligned with Common Core State Standards that will assure colleges, universities and prospective employers that adults who have passed the GED Tests are prepared to compete and succeed in a global economy.
The GED Test is used by all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, U.S. insular areas, Canadian provinces and territories, the U.S. military, and federal correctional institutions for the purpose of awarding a high school graduation equivalency credential. Nearly 800,000 GED Tests are taken each year, and in 2009, more than 470,000 individuals were awarded their high school credential.
The new business, modeled to represent a public-private partnership, will retain the GED Testing Service name. The new GED Testing Service will build on its past experience in adult and continuing education by harnessing the considerable resources of Pearson, the world's largest education and testing company, with the nearly 70-year history of ACE to expand access to the GED Test, ensure its quality and integrity, and adapt the GED Test to 21st century testing practices.
The three primary components of the GED 21st Century Initiative will include:
"This bold, far-sighted and innovative partnership will provide a new, fresh approach toward solving an old and pernicious problem—the incredible waste of human talent represented by the millions of Americans who lack a high-school diploma," said ACE President Molly Corbett Broad. "Collaborating with a global leader in education and testing to launch a new GED Testing Service will allow us to achieve the goals of ACE's college-ready GED initiative in the fastest and most efficient manner possible. The resources provided through this partnership will dramatically extend access to the GED credential for American adults and ensure the future quality of the GED Test. This partnership will also enable ACE to focus our efforts on learning pathways and policies that support adult learners."
"More than 39 million adult Americans lack high school credentials and that number continues to grow at an alarming rate. Earning $7,000 less each year than those with high school credentials, these adults and their families will endure a lifetime of hardship. The lost lifetime earnings for the drop-outs from the class of 2007 alone add up to a $329 billion hole in the US economy," said Randy Trask, senior vice president at Pearson. "We recognize that the government and concerned foundations cannot address this problem alone, and we believe that creating this unique partnership is the first step in transforming our national efforts to give adults a second chance at earning their high school credential and pursuing further education or earning a sustaining wage."
"The rich heritage and knowledge from GED Testing Service and ACE combined with Pearson's resources and marketplace expertise in education is a powerful combination that is sure to benefit millions of test-takers," said GED Testing Service Executive Director and ACE Vice President Nicole Chestang. "We are confident this new partnership will greatly enhance our offerings. In the meantime, as the new GED Test is developed, current GED testing operations will continue, and states will receive full, unfettered access to services and test delivery."
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I bought this truck used with 25,000 miles on it. Ford had a cruise control sensor recall that took over 7 months. I've had about 3 other sensors go out. Transfer case went out at 63,000. Driver side power lock is messing up. Right now it's just over 80,000 miles. I do not see how this truck is rated to max tow of 5600. I can notice a significant power loss just hauling a 16 ft. boat or my Polaris RZR on a 6x12 trailer.
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My 2002 Ford Ranger (2.3 L, I-4, Supercab) has been 100% reliable. The only repairs that I have had to perform is the normal, routine maintenance. I have never had a more reliable vehicle. I am especially happy with the gas mileage (28 mpg on average). I purchased my Ford Ranger new after driving all the competitive small trucks. My Ford Ranger is definitely a no frills truck, but I am happy with the quality of it. I would highly recommend the Ford Ranger for being a responsible purchase, and I feel I got the most for my money when I bought it. I have read all the trade magazine reports how Ford Rangers are out-of-date and obsolete, but my truck has been 100% reliable. No complaints.
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I purchased this truck in Feb 09 and have had it for just over a year now. I got a great deal, so i bought it. The reliability of this truck is good, i haven't had any problems with it; just routine maintenance. This suspension is now decent after putting on KYB gas shocks. The 3.0 L engine is dangerously lacking power. The fuel economy is atrocious. It is a 6 cyl engine with V8 fuel economy and 4 cyl acceleration. I know nothing is wrong with my engine, just a terribly outdated design. Maybe good in the 90's but not now. The f150 has more power and gets better gas mileage. I see 14 mpg city, 17 hwy. Everyone who say it is good should test drive another truck, and wise up. 4.0l is also weak!
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2002 Ford Ranger XLT Appearance 2dr SuperCab (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
My name is rayray I got my ranger in 2002 love at first site xlt supercab 3.0 v6 5 speed automatic bright island blue it is only a4x2 never got stuck. I live in mass how about 6 to 8 inches of snow no problem. I put 20s chromes and a chip but it is very rough on the trany I also put bilstien shocks and fuel injection this truck is a looker i have 66,500 miles on it. Iwant to do a lot more to her. The best way is to buy one stock and do the add-ons yourself. You will glad you did great truck my girl says I spend more time with the ghost than her haha she is right. So go buy a Ford ranger you will be glad you did. Rayray!
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2002 Ford Ranger XL 2dr Regular Cab LB (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
I am 19, in college, and have had this truck since I could drive in highschool. I can already tell you I have put more abuse in this truck in the time i've had it than most ever deserve. I've juiced the ol' Trouble Maker up since getting it, various engine upgrades, exhaust, and now I have the numbers to 175 horses and 200+ fp of torque in the EXTREMELY outdated Vulcan 3.0. Not particularly fast, (though geared very well) and fuel mileage leaves alot to be desired, the one thing this motor and truck has is unwavering, stubborn loyalty. Since having it I have pulled heavier trucks out of steep trails, and had many adventures where my truck was the star. all without any problems. At all.
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For the price, you can't beat this truck. I've put 145K miles on mine and haven't had a problem yet. I have the 4.0L and the power and pick up is great, I can get around traffic with ease. It makes a good sleeper if you're going against GTI's, Civics and the like. Insurance and maintenance costs are cheep. It's half the price of the Taco's. Decent ergonomics, definitely go for the bucket seats. You can use parts from the 95-01 explorers to give you an over head console with a temperature gauge, leather seats, etc. Overall, the greatest truck on the market.
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2002 Ford Ranger XLT 2dr Regular Cab (2.3L 4cyl 5A)
Use it to deliver pizzas 30 hours a week for almost 2 years. Almost all miles city driving. Despite me having the 4 cylinder and 2wd I did alot of stupid things every weekend in the mud with the truck and it refused to break down. The interior may be akward for someone over about 6 feet tall. Could get better mileage for a 4 cyl. but is not bad. Surprisingly powerful for a 4 cylinder but will not blow anyone off the road by any means. I also use it to tow a small john boat once or twice a week in the summer and will load the bed to the top in ice/hot dogs for work and still performed well. Would suggest this truck to anyone who wants a small pick up for work or play. Trucks a good bargain.
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2002 Ford Ranger Edge 4dr SuperCab 4WD (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
this is really a great truck - only had one small problem so far and to replace the fuel pump - other than that not bad does great in the snow and also great for towing - this is my second ranger my other was a 96 which was smaller and had a 4 cylinder - i wanted more power
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This was my second Ranger. My first was a 1992 single cab XLT with a then 100 h.p. weak 2.3 engine with a 5 speed manual. Very good truck for what it was. Bought my 02 at the end of the model year and paid 14,000 before tax for a loaded supercab. Very reliable truck that in it's life only needed front brakes at 73k,two serpentine belts,two batteries,and finally at 92k the power steering pump started leaking and was replaced. Oh yea and at 65k one of the rear turn signal bulbs burned out. Usually would get 18-19 mpg's going to and from work and 21 mpg with the cruise set on 77 mph. The 3.0 liter engine coupled with the 5 speed auto is great. Last week I totaled her. So sad.
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2002 Ford Ranger Edge 2dr SuperCab (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
I have had my truck for nearly four years, and have absolutly no complaints. This car is very reliable. Other than the regular maintenance, I have not had to put any more money into this car. I would recommend this car to everyone, especially new drivers. It makes an amazing first car.
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Bank of America is requiring at least from me to inform them where i am going out of California, how long i am staying out side California, and when i am coming back, other wise, they block my ATM bank card, and i can not use my own money, its not the credit card that i want to use,i want to use my own money with my ATM bank card.
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Is it possible to capture landscape in a bottle? To express its essence of place—geology, geography, climate, and soil—as well as the skill of the winegrower?
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A list of CQL table properties and their syntax.
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The collection map format, used by compaction and compression properties, is:
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|Desired false-positive probability for SSTable Bloom filters. See Bloom filter below.
|0.01 for SizeTieredCompactionStrategy, 0.1 for LeveledCompactionStrategy
|Optimizes the use of cache memory without manual tuning. Set caching to one of the
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Use row caching with caution.Cassandra weights the cached data by size and access frequency. Use this parameter to specify a key or row cache instead of a table cache, as in earlier versions.
|A human readable comment describing the table.
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|Sets the compaction strategy for the table. See compaction below.
|The compression algorithm to use. Valid values are LZ4Compressor available in Cassandra 1.2.2 and later), SnappyCompressor, and DeflateCompressor. See compression below.
|Specifies the probability of read repairs being invoked over all replicas in the current data center.
|Specifies the time to wait before garbage collecting tombstones (deletion markers). The default value allows a great deal of time for consistency to be achieved prior to deletion. In many deployments this interval can be reduced, and in a single-node cluster it can be safely set to zero.
|864000 [10 days]
|Adds newly flushed or compacted sstables to the operating system page cache, potentially evicting other cached data to make room. Enable when all data in the table is expected to fit in memory. See also the global option, compaction_preheat_key_cache.
|Specifies the probability with which read repairs should be invoked on non-quorum reads. The value must be between 0 and 1.
|Applies only to counter tables. When set to true, replicates writes to all affected replicas regardless of the consistency level specified by the client for a write request. For counter tables, this should always be set to true.
Bloom filter¶
Desired false-positive probability for SSTable Bloom filters. When data is requested, the Bloom filter checks if the row exists before doing disk I/O.
- Valid range: 0 to 1.0
- Valid values
0 Enables the unmodified (effectively the largest possible) Bloom filter
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- Recommended setting: 0.1.
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Comments can be used to document CQL statements in your application code. Single line comments can begin with a double dash (--) or a double slash (//) and extend to the end of the line. Multi-line comments can be enclosed in /* and */ characters.
- SizeTieredCompactionStrategy: The default compaction strategy and the only compaction strategy available in releases earlier than Cassandra 1.0. This strategy triggers a minor compaction whenever there are a number of similar sized SSTables on disk (as configured by the subproperty, min_threshold. Using this strategy causes bursts in I/O activity while a compaction is in process, followed by longer and longer lulls in compaction activity as SSTable files grow larger in size. These I/O bursts can negatively effect read-heavy workloads, but typically do not impact write performance. Watching disk capacity is also important when using this strategy, as compactions can temporarily double the size of SSTables for a table while a compaction is in progress.
- LeveledCompactionStrategy: The leveled compaction strategy creates SSTables of a fixed, relatively small size (5 MB by default) that are grouped into levels. Within each level, SSTables are guaranteed to be non-overlapping. Each level (L0, L1, L2 and so on) is 10 times as large as the previous. Disk I/O is more uniform and predictable as SSTables are continuously being compacted into progressively larger levels. At each level, row keys are merged into non-overlapping SSTables. This can improve performance for reads, because Cassandra can determine which SSTables in each level to check for the existence of row key data. This compaction strategy is modeled after Google's leveldb implementation. Articles When to Use Leveled Compaction and Leveled Compaction in Apache Cassandra provide more details.
Also use the compaction subproperties.
compression¶The compression algorithm to use. Valid values are LZ4Compressor available in Cassandra 1.2.2 and later), SnappyCompressor, and DeflateCompressor. Use an empty string ('') to disable compression, as shown in the example of how to use subproperties. Choosing the right compressor depends on your requirements for space savings over read performance. LZ4 (Cassandra 1.2.2 and later) is fastest to decompress, followed by Snappy, then by Deflate. Compression effectiveness is inversely correlated with decompression speed. The extra compression from Deflate or Snappy is not enough to make up for the decreased performance for general-purpose workloads, but for archival data they may be worth considering. Developers can also implement custom compression classes using the org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.ICompressor interface. Specify the full class name as a "string constant". Also use the compression subproperties.
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