“Jon Scieszka’s new series has the winning ingredients that link his clever brilliance in story telling with his knowledge of real science, while at the same time the combination of fiction and nonfiction appeals to the full range of the market. Jon Scieszka is one of the best writers around, and I can’t wait to see what he does with these fun and exciting characters.” -Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl “Kids will love Frank Einstein, because even though he is a new character, he will be instantly recognizable to readers. Tom Angleberger, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Send your books back in time to me in 1978. Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Frank Einstein series 1) kids book from the leading digital reading platform with a collection of 40000+ books. Edison, steals Klink and Klank for his evil doomsday plan! Using real science, Jon Scieszka has created a unique world of adventure and science fiction-an irresistible chemical reaction for middle-grade listeners.Īdvance praise for Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor FRANK EINSTEIN AND THE ANTIMATTER MOTOR By Jon Scieszka Illustrated by Brian Biggs Amulet 13.95, 192 pages ISBN 9781419712180 Audio, eBook available Ages 8 to 12 MIDDLE GRADE When antimatter combines with matter, it creates an explosion of energy. The Frank Einstein series encourages middle-grade readers to question the way things work and to discover how they, too, can experiment with science. After an uneventful experiment in his garage-lab, a lightning storm and flash of electricity bring Frank’s inventions-the robots Klink and Klank-to life! Not exactly the ideal lab partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt to perfect his Antimatter Motor. Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Last updated Tuesday, SeptemAuthor: Jon Scieszka Illustrator: Brian Biggs Date of Publication: 2014. Edison shows up!įrank Einstein loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination, and definitely unusual. Which all works fine, until Frank’s classmate and archrival T. (Aug.Frank Einstein (A), kid genius scientist and inventor, along with Klink (B), a self-assembled artificial-intelligence entity, and Klank (C), a mostly self-assembled and artificial almost intelligence entity, create an Antimatter Motor using the three states of matter: solid (D), liquid (E), and gas (F), with plans to win the Midville Science Prize. In refusing to take itself too seriously, it proves that science can be as fun as it is important and useful. Biggs’s (the Everything Goes books) two-color cartoons and diagrams run the gamut from silly to scientific, and the same holds true of Scieszka’s story. The antimatter motor Frank whips up next for the science fair leads to a confrontation with his nemesis. Frank doesn’t succeed, but in one of the happy accidents that pepper scientific history (ahem, penicillin), Frank inadvertently lays the groundwork for the creation of two “self-assembled artificial-life” entities named Klink and Klank, fashioned from Shop-Vacs, Casio keyboards, and other mechanical detritus. Not unlike Shelley’s Frankenstein, science whiz Frank is trying to animate a robot he’s built in his garage lab. Tesla, the CERN particle collider, and more-in this first book in the Frank Einstein series, loosely based around the subject of matter. Scieszka (the Spaceheadz series) pulls in an array of scientific, cultural, and historical allusions and references-Einstein and Frankenstein, sure, but also James Bond, Edison vs.
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Tip: This job should only be completed when the engine is cold and has not been running for a minimum of one hour. Safety equipment including safety glasses and gloves.However, the difficult work comes in the preparation of the cooling system - both before and after. The actual process of replacing the coolant temperature sensor is extremely simple. Part 2 of 3: Remove and replace the coolant temperature sensor However, since all vehicles are unique, it's important to verify specific instructions with your vehicle’s manufacturer’s service manual before proceeding. Note: The process of removing the coolant temperature sensor is very consistent, regardless of the type of vehicle you own.If you notice coolant in front of the motor, it may be coming from the engine coolant temperature sensor's location. If your engine is overheating occasionally, the problem may be with the coolant temperature sensor.Ĭoolant is leaking under the motor: it's also common for the coolant temperature sensor to become loose and cause engine coolant to leak from under the motor. If this occurs, the potential of overheating becomes greater. The engine is overheating: on the reverse side, sometimes the sensor will fail entirely and won't be able to monitor the engine's coolant temperature. The result will be more black smoke being expelled from the exhaust port of the cylinder head and out the tail pipe. When the fuel mixture is rich (meaning more fuel than air in the vapor inside the combustion chamber) the cylinder will not be able to burn all the fuel. If you notice that your temperature warning light is on and the fuel mileage is really poor, it may be caused by the sensor.īlack smoke from the exhaust: another side effect of a rich engine is that black smoke (or unburnt carbon from fuel) will be present from the vehicle's exhaust when you accelerate. The side effect of this reaction is that the fuel economy will drastically be cut. This in turn triggers the ECM to either add more fuel or reduce air mixture to create a “rich” situation, designed to cool the cylinders and reduce the potential of overheating. The engine is getting poor fuel economy: when the coolant temperature sensor is not functioning correctly, it tends to relay false information to the engine control module. Noted below are a few of the warning signs that will alert you that the coolant temperature sensor is damaged and needs to be replaced. Before you make the decision to replace the coolant temperature sensor, make sure diagnose some of the warning signs of a faulty coolant temperature sensor. Taking time to properly diagnose the precise cause of the overheating situation is very important to providing a solution and actually fixing what is broken. When a problem occurs with engine heating or overheating, it may be due to one or multiple broken parts. The coolant system on today's cars, trucks, and SUV's is comprised of multiple components that work together to keep your engine running well. Part 1 of 3: Diagnosing a problem with the coolant temperature sensor If you discover that the sensor is failing, you'll have to replace this device by following the step-by-step instructions noted below. When the signal is sent to the ECM, the computer adjusts the vehicles ignition timing, fuel flow, and other factors that trim or enhance performance based on the coolant temperature.ĭue to the fact that engine temperature plays a vital role in the overall performance of any vehicle, having a properly functioning coolant temperature sensor is essential. The coolant temperature sensor (switch) utilizes electrical resistance to measure the coolant's temperature. When the sensor is functioning properly, it will tell your on board computer if the temperature is too high, alerting the driver that a problem exists by illuminating a warning light on the dashboard. The coolant temperature sensor, also known as the coolant temperature switch, is the engine management system that monitors the temperature of the coolant and relays this information to the ECM. One of the most important systems to monitor is the cooling system, which includes the radiator, water pump, radiator fan, coolant lines, and overflow tank. Today's engines monitor virtually every function to ensure your vehicle runs strongly and efficiently every day. This time, however, with white overalls and a green shirt. Luigi makes his return in this game to be controlled by player two, and once more he was a simple palette swap of his older brother’s sprites. Even Luigi’s name itself comes from a westernizing of the original Japanese name “Ruiji,” meaning “similar.” Swapping More Than Just The Paletteįollowing the success of Mario Bros., 1983’s even more successful, and still popular, Super Mario Bros. Fan’s of Luigi today know that he is meant to be the taller, slimmer, of the two, but back then only their color palette was different, their size and shape were identical. The gamemakers simply swapped out Mario’s blue overalls for Luigi’s green, Mario’s red shirt for Luigi’s black one, and Mario’s tan shoes for Luigi’s blue shoes. Fitting in a new set of sprites for this second character was never going to be easy on such low-capacity cartridges, so Luigi was a simple palette swap of Mario’s sprite set. Mario made his debut in the classic arcade game “Donkey Kong” in 1981, when he was known as “Jumpman.” In 1983, Luigi finally made his debut in “Mario Bros.” Of course, we know the drill. These days, Luigi has his own personality, his own special skills, his own video game series, and even his own real estate - even if it is haunted. While early palette swaps may have been born out of necessity, they eventually took on lives of their own becoming easy ways for developers to add style to their games. Many of the characters and objects that started out as a simple palette swap went on to acquire their own unique design features. The simplest methods swap the color palettes algorithmically, but palettes can also be swapped out manually to better match the game designers’ vision. Allowing developers to increase the number of sprites while working with major graphical limitations. Palette swapping simply involves taking that set of colors and changing them to add variation without remaking, reprograming, and finding space for, a whole new set of sprites. A solution to the problem of memory limitations that went on to be an incredibly popular feature on its own.Įach sprite, even in classic video games, is made up of a surprising number of individual colors. So it’s easy to see how, after squeezing an entire game onto a 128k cartridge, for example, there wouldn’t really be that much room to design, compute, and store a whole new set of sprites for player two’s character. NES games weren’t dealing in GB or even MB, that’s right, we’re talking about KB. The flashdrive on your keychain has several times more storage capacity than every NES game you ever played combined. These days, everyday micro SD cards can hold several gigabytes of information. From squeezing essentially two Pokemon games onto a single cartridge with during Pokemon’s popular second generation of games, to developing whole new methods of 3D rendering in order to get the best looking games possible. Video games have always pushed the limits of the technology of their time. While modern gamers may take the concept of sprites with different colors for granted, with countless games including alternate color sets, paid cosmetic changes and collectible or rare color palettes, the concept actually has a long history of development and implementation. Alternate sprites in videogames might not seem like that big of a deal from the outside, but those familiar with the soft-resetters, the shiny-hunters, or the gamers who will threaten you with physical violence if you take their Gannondorf color in Super Smash Brothers, know that a simple palette swap can be a big deal to certain people within the gaming community. This technique allows Apple to ensure that binaries built long before the new SDK and operating system was released will still continue to run without regressions on new macOS releases.īuilding against an older SDK is a last-resort solution, and should only be applied if your application has no other ways of working around the problem. One caveat to using the latest Xcode version and SDK to build your application is that macOS's system frameworks will sometimes decide whether or not to enable behavior changes based on the SDK you built your application with.įor example, when dark-mode was introduced in macOS 10.14 Mojave, macOS would only treat applications built against the 10.14 SDK as supporting dark-mode, and would leave applications built against earlier SDKs with the default light mode look. Doing so will likely lead to crashes at runtime if the binary is then deployed to a macOS version lower than what Qt expected to run on.įor more information about SDK-based development on macOS, see Apple's developer documentation. Note: You should not lower the deployment target beyond the default value set by Qt. To raise the deployment target with CMake: You only need to raise the deployment target if your own code uses APIs that were added in a macOS version higher than what Qt defaults to, and you are not using checks to guard their use at runtime. Qt expresses the deployment target via the CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET or QMAKE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET variables, which by default is set to the minimum supported deployment target for Qt. If the binary is launched on a macOS version below the deployment target macOS or Qt will give an error message and the application will not run. In theory this would allow running your application on every single macOS version released, but for practical (and technical) reasons there is a lower limit to this range, known as the deployment target of your application. When the binary is run on a macOS version lower than the SDK it was built with, Qt will check at runtime whether or not a platform feature is available before utilizing it. 14.sdk Target Platformsīuilding for macOS utilizes a technique called weak linking that allows you to build your application against the headers and libraries of the latest platform SDK, while still allowing your application to be deployed to macOS versions lower than the SDK version. app /Contents /Developer /Platforms /MacOSX.
While Arnold established this category of films, in a way “Pacifier” cemented the cliché. Diesel is occasionally tormented by the family’s pet, a mallard duck. The humor is derived from Diesel treating the kids like a squadron, looking at the family minivan as a military vehicle, and strapping on his tactical gear to carry diapers and juice boxes. Vin Diesel, ‘The Pacifier’: A wounded Navy SEAL is embedded in the home of a deceased scientist to protect the family and to locate his secret military experiment. It delivered a number of quotable lines, established Arnold’s comedic credentials, and served as the elevator pitch for all of the following films: “It’s ‘Kindergarten Cop,’ but with firefighters.” “Think KC, this time with a quarterback!” In this iconic role, he was an undercover cop who played a teacher to get close to the ex-wife of a dangerous criminal. Arnold went through a career phase playing against type in comedic versions of his persona. Let’s look at other members in this club, and a brief history of its growth.Īrnold Schwarzenegger, ‘Kindergarten Cop’: This is arguably the title that kicked off this sub-genre. This is the elite club of which Cena has now become a member. (Bonus points awarded if the children have a pet that dismays the star.) The kids are more than a handful and challenge the persona of our hero.Īfter comedically rough times, the character starts to connect with the kids.Ī third-act event threatens the newly formed bond.Ī happy ending forges a union between the star and the kids. The lead is in a “macho” career (military, law enforcement, athlete, etc.)Īgainst his will, children are foisted upon him. Most of these films have followed an established blueprint: It is a rite of passage in which the heroic star develops his comedy chops by making light of their persona and appearing off balance when faced with unfamiliar family foibles. There have been a steady stream of films thrusting established action men into a family comedy involving interactions with kids. Cena is actually going through an initiation. Now that the camp portion of the summer is winding down in our area, I’m reflecting on our first summer doing the camp/summer care juggle with two kids (youngest started school last year and full-time nanny managed summers before this one). Target – Up to 60% off PlayStation games kids’ summer styles from $6 outdoor toys from $3.Old Navy – 30% off your order $13 kid/toddler jeans.Carter’s – Summer deals from $5 40% off new baby essentials.Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off summer pajamas up to 50% off all baby styles (semi-annual baby event!).
It may seem weird to see something as simple as a doodle on this list, but the point is to encourage doodling!1) He likes to draw long stems on his apples. Doodles come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and they are the first thing that people turn to when spacing out at a meeting. Scary things To Draw:The first category of things to draw when you are bored is doodles. Fun Things To Draw: Animals Cartoons Celebrities Cartoons People. Cool Things To Draw: Dragons Spaceships Dinosaurs Robots Characters. Try it out, it's completely free! Our Ultimate List of Things to Draw When Bored. …Draw It is a simple, fun and easy way to get drawing, and a great way to connect with people over the internet. Scary things To Draw: 120 Easy Things to Draw for Everyone 1.Mountains 2.
POWELL, Producer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, MixingEngineer - Vernon D. Greg Phillinganes, Piano, Backing Vocals - Nathan East, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Barney Perkins, Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Ward, Programmer - Ricky Lawson, Drums - Anita Baker, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Michael Powell, Writer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion - EARL KLUGH, Guitar - Steve Ferrone, Drums - Elliott Peters, AdditionalEngineer - MICHAEL J. Imagine Baker backed by James Moody, Tom Harrell, Chick Corea, Ray Brown, and Grady Tate. The torchy and captivating "Lonely" shows that she has the ability to record a first-rate jazz album (if Elektra would okay such a project for her). Clearly blessed with a magnificent range and lots of soul, Baker needs to experiment and take more risks. Though there's a lot to admire here - including "No One to Blame," "Soul Inspiration," and "Whatever It Takes," a song Baker wrote with Gerald LeVert and Marc Gordon of LeVert - Baker's approach was beginning to sound formulaic in 1990. Once again, Baker rejects hip-hop, techno-funk, new jack swing, and other '80s and '90s black music styles in favor of a consistently relaxed soul/pop mood. What stayed the same was the type of material. Powell moved even closer to a '70s-like approach to R&B - recording Baker's vocals live in the studio, employing a live rhythm section, and avoiding drum machines altogether. On Rapture and Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker embraced a blend of technology and "real instruments" - a definite contrast to the completely high-tech approach of so much '80s and '90s R&B. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. |
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