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Two years ago today I started this Kind experiment that was only supposed to last a week. And somewhere along the way, my perception of the world changed.
And somewhere along the way, I realized that I'm not cool with eating animals, or the milk they produce, or the eggs they produce, because doing so is cruel, and really not necessary.
And somewhere along the way, I realized that not only is eating animals and their milk and their eggs unnecessary, but also that I'm actually better off without them.
And somewhere along the way I became comfortable with identifying myself as vegan, in spite of the militant extremist hippie pre-conceptions that come with this label.
And I still don't know if I'm vegan or a vegan.
Before my shift in consciousness, I was more or less in the willfully ignorant category. My consumption of animal products was never really challenged by anyone, and though I obviously knew that farm animals were dying so I could eat them, I didn't realize just how cruel this industry was, and had no idea about the cruelty inherent in the dairy and egg industries. Until I read The Kind Diet, I never had to defend my animal product consumption, and I had no idea just how protective people are over their meat.
I'm pretty passive for the most part in the real world, happy to share my cookies, accept compliments on my non-leather shoes, and wear my "Eat Veggies Not Friends" shirt with a smile (though I will admit that my "what kind of asshole eats a lamb?" tote may come off as a tad confrontational).
I am super grateful when people point out the vegan items to me at a dinner party and when my co-worker orders a cheeseless pizza for me at our staff pizza lunch. I am proud of my mom when she puts down the purse she was going to buy at Winners after noticing the "Genuine Leather" tag. I never start the meat = heart disease discussion with anyone or comment on what someone is eating (unless it's my mother...she gets me and loves me even when I go all preachy on her), though I am happy to give my opinion when prompted.
And in the facebook world, while I will share certain vegan-y animal rights things I come across on my fb profile, I will never venture over to anyone else's profile to comment on his burger pic and start a dialogue about it. That, after all, is what public vegan facebook pages are for, as there is no shortage of meat eaters who make their way over to these pages eager to rile up the vegans and voraciously defend eating animals.
See, before two years ago, I never had to justify or question the morality of eating animals. None of my friends were vegan, and while I knew a few vegetarians, I was never in a position to have to defend my meat eating. Once this was challenged upon reading The Kind Diet, truth and reason and compassion won out, and I changed, because my eating animals was indefensible. So I'm totally fascinated by meat eaters who come on vegan fb pages to defend eating animals.
I get the whole willful ignorance thing, because I was there, and I get the whole shrug it off as the way of the world thing, because that is the easier way to make sense of it if you want to keep participating in it. But to actually feel that strongly about your right to eat meat and dairy and eggs in spite of the cruelty inherent in this practice, to go out of your way to engage people in a debate about it...I find this somewhat perplexing and entertaining.
I have certainly come across a ton of douchebag meat eaters, but I've also come across a ton of douchebag vegans. Holy crap can we ever be self-righteous, and violent, and insulting, and stupid. And we too are guilty of horrendously massacring the English language with embarrassing violations of spelling and grammar. Don't you just love how people debating on social media thrive on taking jabs at the other guy's grammar?
So to avoid being a douchebag online-vegan, I try to follow a few guidelines before jumping into a debate with a meat eater.
* Avoid trolls.
Trolls can be pretty funny & entertaining sometimes, but those who frequent vegan pages tend to be rather unimaginative, as they all resort to the same, not particularly original strategy. That would be spouting any variation of "Mmmmm, delicious!" or "Can't wait to slap one of those on the BBQ!" when commenting on a picture of a cute baby pig or a tortured duck or a bloody skinned animal carcass. Sometimes they'll post nasty imagery in the hope of offending us overly-sensitive vegans, failing to realize that these are the exact same images the vegan pages post to raise awareness.
Actually, I haven't watched Earthlings. I think I'd have a brutal time processing it if I did. But I applaud those who have watched it. From what I hear, it's life-changing.
Anyways, the point is, trolls are only there for their own entertainment, not to actually seek out exchange of ideas. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that they exist because there are plenty of people who respond to them and give them the reaction they crave. So as long as there are idiot vegans who waste their time feeding the trolls on vegan facebook pages, there will be trolls. Therefore, I blame the vegans .
* Be civil.
I make a valiant effort to avoid engaging in exchange of personal insults, regardless of whether someone is showing me that same courtesy, and regardless of how stupid someone appears to be. Sometimes it's hard when you have people trying to argue that plants feel pain, and ask about vegans breast feeding their babies (because humans are animals and we're against using animal products and all), and claim that your whole life philosophy is flawed because you drive a car that kills bugs, and if you were really vegan and against killing you wouldn't drive a car because it kills bugs.
Riiiiight...I wouldn't be walking or breathing either, because walking and breathing kills bugs too. And my car not only has the potential to kill bugs, it can also kill animals. And people. Including other vegans. Whoa. Mind. Blown.
So to avoid being a douchebag, I reply with sincerity as best I can. And yes, it can be hard to distinguish between the more advanced trolls and people with questionable reasoning skills asking a legitimate question, but sometimes you just gotta take a leap of faith and answer a question genuinely, because ridiculous as it may seem, it might be genuine. And before you think I'm being a condescending vegan douchebag right now by mentioning people's "questionable reasoning skills", that's just because you haven't dealt with people who accuse us of caring more about suffering animals than suffering people in the world.
Just google the link between meat consumption and world hunger and tell me again how I care more about dead cows than starving children. Or how caring for one automatically negates caring for the other.
However, when I balance out all the crap conversations I have with the insightful ones, it's worth it. If anything, it's an interesting insight into how people think. And if I don't think I can carry out a conversation without becoming a vegan douchebag, I just don't respond.
* Remember I'm not Chris Pine, and neither is anyone else, except for Chris Pine
With the exception of Chris Pine, perfection does not exist. We live in an imperfect world, and even the most militant vegan cannot live a 100% cruelty-free lifestyle. This doesn't prevent the douchebag vegan from carefully scrutinizing the lives of others to catch them doing something wrong, because vegans tend to hold certain people and groups up as paradigms of vegan perfection.
Ellen DeGeneres eats eggs layed by her neighbor's pet chickens.
Whaaaaaaaaat? I hate her. There's really no ethical argument against what she's doing, but I hate her. You let me down, vegan Ellen. You let us all down.
Alicia Silverstone admits to Oprah that she slips up on cheese sometimes at a party.
Whaaaaaaaaat? Alicia, girl, you were my vegan guru. How could you be so cruel? What kind of example are you setting for humanity?
I listen to my Zooey Deschanel Christmas cd even though Zooey is a spokesperson for Pantene, which tests on animals like a bunch of jerks so we can admire Zooey's silky hair.
Whaaaaaaat? How can I live with myself? I love Zooey and her epic bangs and her folky singing. If I was a true vegan I wouldn't love her or her epic bangs or folky singing. I hang my head in shame.
To avoid being a douchebag vegan, one must avoid being a "Gotcha" vegan, and acknowledge that nobody is capable of existing on this planet without having some sort of negative effect on it. As James McWilliams says, ethical veganism is not an all or nothing position, and the goal is a world as free of animal exploitation as we can achieve.
There are limitations, but these limitations don't negate the effort altogether. I'd rather focus on all the positive strides vegan celebrities have made in raising awareness about animal cruelty instead of focussing on their consumption of non-exploitative pet chicken eggs (though why Ellen would still eat eggs baffles me...that shit is gross).
So onward into Year Three of a Kinder lifestyle. Much to learn, much to eat, and much to look forward to...
I ended my first official blog post almost two years ago with a quote from Wil Wheaton.
The next time some idiot says that gaming and gamers are antisocial, I think I'll mention this ... and then punch them in the dick.I ended my one year veganniversary blog post one year ago with a pic of me and Alicia.
So it's only fitting that I jump into Year Three with another pic with Alicia...
|Bahaha that's like the exact same expression as last year. I'm so unoriginal.
...and another quote from Wil Wheaton, which serves as a good reminder to me as I strive to not be a douchebag vegan.
When it comes to living vegan,
I shall try, Wil Wheaton. I shall try.


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Farmers Markets and CSA's
Hawai'i Island Directory
Farmers Markets
There are approximately 25 farmers markets on Hawai'i Island. The number of vendors at each of these markets ranges from 5 to 200. Some serve neighborhoods, others serve whole districts—each is unique. The variety of fresh produce and food products is dazzling. Many food crops and products are grown conventionally, but more vendors are offering certified organic produce and products grown without petroleum-based chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Many markets have plants and flowers. Some markets add arts, crafts, clothing and miscellaneous household items, new and used. One could say that farmers markets are the heart of our island's local, sustainable food system.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?
Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.
Consumer benefits:
- Eat ultra-fresh food, with all the flavor and vitamin benefits
- Get exposed to new vegetables and new ways of cooking
- Usually have an opportunity to visit the farm at least once a season
- Develop a relationship with the farmer who grows your food and learn more about how food is grown
Farmer benefits:
- Can spend time marketing when the demands of farming are low (off-peak season)
- Build a reliable, steady customer base
- Receive payment early in the season, which helps with the farm's cash flow
- Have an opportunity to get to know the people who eat the food they grow
To learn more, see http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
North Kohala
Hawi Farmers Market, Saturday, 8 am – 2 pm. [full article]
South Kohala
Kekela Farm Market, Tuesday 2 - 5 pm, and Friday 3 - 5 pm [full article]
Waikaloa King's Shop Farmers Market, Wednesday 8:30 - 2:00 [full article]
Waimea Homestead Farmers Market, Saturday, 7 am – noon [full article]
Waimea Town Market at Parker School, Saturday, 8 am – 1 pm [full article]
CSA: Ka'Ohi Nani Farm [full article]
We have been farming organically in Hawaii for over 25 years. This is our second season as your CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. We offer a variety of organic vegetables, eggs, artisan breads, and much more. Weekly newsletters, recipes, complimentary flowers and herbs delivered right to your home or business. We deliver in Waimea and the surrounding areas. Our goals at Ka 'Ohi Nani farm are to produce fresh, healthy foods for our local community, provide a quality of life for the farmers and workers, and sustain economic viability for our farm with care and respect for natures diversity. Steve and Lark Willey (885-1950) Waimea - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ka-Ohi-Nani-Farm/106955612709964
Honoka'a Farmers Market, Saturday, 7:00 am - 1 pm
Fronting Honokaa Trading Company – One of the oldest if not THE oldest farmers' markets on the island. Organic and non-organic produce, Mama Ella's famous homemade lilikoi cookies and more - Grace Walker (775-0808)
North Hilo
Laupahoehoe Farmers Market, Sunday, 9 am – 1 pm [full article]
Next to the Minit Mart on the highway. Local produce, baked goods, preserves, hydroponic lettuces and watercress, local arts & crafts - Arlene Hussey (640-4081)
South Hilo
Hilo Farmers Market, Wednesday and Saturday, 7 am - 3 pm
Kino'ole Farmers Market, Saturday, 7 am - noon [full article]
Mamo Street Market, Open 7 days a week 8 am - 5 pm
Mamo parking lot corner of Mamo Street and Kilauea Avenue, Hilo.
CSA: Island Goode's, 27-2365 Hwy 19 Papa'ikou, CSA season from May to October
We provide fresh picked produce using organic practices. These are some of the items you may find in your box: lettuces, spinach, kale, Swiss chard, beets, radishes, carrots, potatoes, asparagus, sweet white corn, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, snap peas, snow peas, onions, string beans, wax beans, pac choy, boc choy, daikon radish, basil, oregano, papaya, passion fruit, oranges, lemons, limes, avocados, bananas and more. Everything is grown on our farm. We provide delivery to your home or business in the Downtown/Hilo area on Wednesdays from 9am to 3pm. If you are not in our delivery area, you can pick up at the Island Goode's farm on Tuesday afternoon. Please sign up with payment one month prior to the beginning of your selected CSA season or seasons. Call Laura or Gavin Goode (964-2291).
Farmers Market at The Mill, Saturday, 8 am to 1 pm [full article]
Kea'au Village Farmers' Market, Tuesday to Friday, 9 am – 5 pm; Saturday, 8 am - 3 pm; closed Sunday & Monday
16-0550 Old Volcano Rd., Kea'au. Fresh local farm produce featuring super sweet corn, flowers, handmade Hawaiian arts & crafts. For information call Rudy MacAnas (966-4853) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keaau-Village-Market/252231834901922
Maku'u Farmers Market, Sunday, 8 am - 2 pm [full article]
Pahoa Farmers Market, Sunday, 6 am – 3 pm
Luquin's/Akebono Theater parking lot. Large, covered, outdoor market with fresh produce, clothing, jewelry, food, coffee booths, music, kava bar and kava presentations, and more. Call Anthony (965-9292).
Volcano Farmers' Market, Sunday, 6:30 – 10 am [full article]
CSA: Ginger Ridge Farm
Ka'u Farmers' Market, Wednesday and Saturday, 8 am - Noon. "Hawai'i Made"*
The Southernmost Market in the USA. Location: Shaka Restaurant grounds, Naalehu. Vendors may stay until dusk. The market is noted for local made crafts, gifts, art, and clothing. Lamb, eggs, and Kuahiwi Ranch grass fed beef.. Vegetables and fruits. Shave ice. *Hawai'i Made must be grown, crafted, or created in Hawai'i. For information or to reserve space, call market manager Sheri Serreria (339-1032).
Ocean View (939-9701)
Greg and Gail Smith (443-8281)
South Kona
South Kona Green Market (SKGM), Sunday, 9 am - 1 pm [full 2013 article] [2010 article] .
South Kona Fruit Stand, Monday – Saturday, 9 am - 6 pm; Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm - 84-4770 Mamalahoa Hwy – between MM 103 -104 – Honaunau. Tropical fruits, smoothies, juices, baked good, coffee - (328-8547) Website: http://www.southkonafruitstand.com/
North Kona
Kailua Village Farmers' Market, Tuesday thru Sunday, 7 am – 4 pm
Across from Hale Halawai, corner of Alii Drive and Hualalai Rd., Kailua-Kona. Mostly local produce, flowers and leis, , macnuts, honey, coffee, Hawaiian crafts, soaps, etc - http://www.konafarmersmarket.com/
Keauhou Farmers Market, Saturday, 8 am – Noon [full article]
Kona Sunset Farmers Market - Wednesday 2 pm until dark
CSA: Adaptations Inc, 79-7500 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kealakekua [full article]

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Promise Technology's Pegasus R4 is the first Thunderbolt storage device that works with the Windows platform right out of the box. But it wasn't always that way.
The drive was actually first released together with the
And you don't have to do that with the new Pegasus R4, since it also now comes preformatted for Windows. Effectively, it marks the end of an era in which Thunderbolt storage was exclusively for Mac.
Just because Thunderbolt is now available for Windows doesn't mean it's noticeably cheaper. The Pegasus R4 still costs about $1,000 for 4TB or $1,500 for the 8TB version, and you still need to buy the Thunderbolt cable separately. My guess is that the price of the technology as a whole will come down quickly since the Thunderbolt ecosystem has become a lot more popular, with more and more vendors joining.
That said, you're looking for a superfast storage device for use with your brand-new Thunderbolt-enabled computer, such as one that's powered by Intel's new DZ77RE-75K motherboard, the R4 will make a great investment. If you want more options in terms of storage space and other features, also check out the R6 and other Thunderbolt drives I've reviewed.
|Drive type
|External Thunderbolt hard drive
|Connector options
|Available capacities
|Product dimensions (LWH)
|7.3x7.7x9.9 inches
|15.3 lbs
|Capacity of test unit
|OSes supported
|Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later / Windows 7 or later
|Software included
|WebPAM PROe (Windows) / Pegasus Utility (Mac)
Design and features
While some 5 pounds lighter than its big brother, the R6, the Pegasus R4 Thunderbolt drive is still huge, weighing about 15 pounds. This is to be expected since it has enough room to host four standard-size 3.5-inch hard drives. The drive looks very much like the R6, just two drive bays shorter. With an all-aluminum chassis and the white color, it looks more like a typical Mac device than one that works with Windows. But it does work with both, and the review unit is preformatted using NTFS, which is Windows' native file system.
On the back, the R4 comes with a standard power connector, the kind you normally find at the back of a desktop computer. This is very convenient since it means you can use the same type of power cable. There's a big ventilation fan and there are two Thunderbolt ports. Most Thunderbolt devices have two ports, one for connecting to a host computer and the other to another Thunderbolt drive. You can add up to five more devices this way in a daisy-chain setup. In my trials with a computer running Windows 7, the R4 worked well with other Thunderbolt devices, including Apple's Thunderbolt Display. I did need to install Apple's Boot Camp software for the display to work, however.
Note that, like all of the Thunderbolt devices I've reviewed, the Pegasus R4 doesn't come with the necessary Thunderbolt cable. You can get a long (6-foot) one from Apple for $50 or a shorter (3-feet) one from Belkin for $45.
On the front of the R4, in addition to the standard power button and status lights, you'll find the four drive bays. These bays are closed with a latch that's easily opened but prevents you from pulling a drive out accidentally. When a tray is pulled out, you can install a hard drive on it fairly easily with a standard Phillips-head screwdriver. My review unit came with four SATA 3 (6Gbps) hard drives of 1TB capacity each installed, making the total capacity of 4TB, or 3TB in the default RAID 5 setup. RAID 5 is the most recommended RAID setup for multiple-drive storage devices, since it balances performance and storage space while still offering protection against single hard-drive failure.
The Pegasus R4 also supports RAID 0, 1, 50, 6, 60, and 10. It comes with WebPAM PROe software for Windows and Pegasus Utilities for Mac. You can use either program to manage the drive, including changing its RAID setup, viewing the status of each hard drive, and so on. In my testing, the R4 took a very short time to change from one RAID to another, just a matter of minutes. I did find that WebPAM PROe could only be used to manage the Pegasus drive that was directly connected to the computer and not the others in a daisy-chain setup. Pegasus Utilities, however, can manage multiple daisy-chained Pegasus units at a time. This is not a big deal, however, since most of us wouldn't be able to afford more than one unit anyway. Also, Promise says it will soon fix this with a new version of the WebPAM PROe software.


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Residents in Brookshire were woken up in the middle of the night because quarter-sized hail was falling.
The nearly 10-minute hail storm moved through about 2:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the first day of spring.
Thousands of pieces of hail littered the Meadowood Apartments in the 6000 block of Meadowood Lane. Residents there found damage to their homes and vehicles. Every north-facing window in the complex was hit by the hail.
Michelle Clark said the hail sounded like shotgun blasts.
"It was very scary," she said. "It's like snow in March. Man, those jokers were big -- size of a quarter, doggone."
A nonprofit facility less than a mile away from the apartment complex was also hit hard. Hail ruined the greenhouses at the Brookwood Community, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
"We have taken a hit, said Joe Mazzu, Brookwood Community's community development director. "We have 47 greenhouses which are part of our broad industry program here at Brookwood, where we employ adults with special needs. As we've gone through this morning, it's significant."
Anyone who would like to make a donation to Brookwood Community may do so by calling 281-375-2100 or www.brookwoodcommunity.org.
"Lets just hope, pray that Houston gets behind us and keeps doing business with us," Mazzu said. "We need you, Houston."
In a nearby home, David Berry said he found his 3-year-old daughter hiding under a blanket during the storm.
"The damage mainly happened where my daughter's room is," Berry said. "She was laying in the bed with the covers over her head because she didn't know what was going on. She's still in shock. She doesn't even like to look at it."
Glass and pieces of siding crashed onto the little girl's bed.
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I noticed something Sticking out of the blue bird house one morning and it didn't look like a bird. I wandered over for a closer look and discovered it was occupied by snakes, two of them. I was able to take lots of photos of the curiose snakes. It's a Corn Snake (Elaphe Guttata) Just one species of 37 snakes in North Carolina. Once it got dark they ventured out of the bird house and went on their way to new hunting grounds.Read More
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May is National Short Story Month, so we're celebrating the tail end of it by honoring some short stories of the past year that are deserving of your attention. Although these diverge from Geraldine Brooks's choices in The Best American Short Stories collection or those contained in PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, we encourage you to pick either or both of these up if you're interested in more tales from notable authors. Or, if you want stories from our neighbors across the Atlantic, there's always Best European Fiction, which was edited by one of our favorite writers, Aleksandar Hemon. But our list spans more than this continent or that of Europe — we wanted to tip the balance to include both emerging and established writers from countries all over the world (as well as those who live outside our fair coast). As Beyoncé queries in her latest call-and-response hit, "Who run the world?" (Girls). But you knew that already, didn't you? So read on, dear readers, and tell us who we missed.
"The Deer-Vehicle Collision Survivors Support Group" by Porochista Khakpour
Guernica, February 2010
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"Do you like hunting? Birding? We don't understand how animals become a thing to do out here. Back in the city we saw mainly pigeons on the sidewalks, rats in subway stations, roaches in dark cracks, mice in every corner."
Khakpour is a judge (along with the incredibly talented, prize-winning novelist and short story writer Yiyun Li) for Hyphen Magazine's Asian-American Short Story Contest. The winner will be announced on June 3rd on the website, so check back to find out who made the cut.


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Sonic sent me a gift card last month so that my friends and I could go celebrate National Ice Cream month at a Sonic Drive In. You can win your own ice cream social too! Just leave a comment on this post with your favorite malt or milkshake flavor and in a week I'll randomly select a winner.
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Sonic Ice Cream Review
It's been awhile since I've been to Sonic. When I used to live in Texas we would visit Sonic fairly frequently for a burger and a Limeade. On a hot summer day in Texas not much tasted better than a frozen drink.
Visiting Sonic this time for an ice cream social it was hard to decide what to get. I was hoping that they would have a peach malt flavor — my very first Sonic was on a road trip down to Mexico and we stopped at Sonic and had these amazing Peach shakes. But this time of year the special ice cream flavor wasn't peach, but in fact S'More.
That's right, they have a new Sonic S'More Campfire Blast. Of course I had to try one of these. Here are my thoughts:
First of all – it's huge. There is more than enough ice cream in this for two regular people (or one ice cream lover.) There are little chocolate covered marshmallows throughout the ice cream which are quite tasty. It always bugs me when ice cream shops don't blend enough topping in – and Sonic put in just the right amount. There were little chocolate covered marshmallows in every single bite.
I also was a fan of the graham cracker ice cream. Sonic uses real ice cream – though I think the graham cracker flavor is some sort of syrup mix in. I think a flavor like this can go either way – but in fact this one was excellent. The texture was good. The flavor was distinctly graham cracker ice cream.
Overall I was a fan of the S'More Sonic Ice Cream.
While at Sonic I also tried one of the Strawberry Limeades with an ice cream mix in. I'm fairly confident that I used to drink these in Texas (and I know I like the similar drink at Dairy Queen). But for some reason this Ice Cream with Strawberry Limeade just wasn't all that good. Frankly it was too sour – I'm not quite sure what was going on because I sampled someone else in our group's regular Strawberry Limeade and it was great – but with the ice cream it just wasn't very good. Maybe it was a bad mix or maybe I just remembered incorrectly.
Overall, I would definitely give Sonic a try for ice cream. Their Sonic Blasts are very good as are their malts and milkshakes.
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More than 52 million strong and representing the majority of population growth over the next five years, Latinos have become prominent in all aspects of American life. A growing, evolving population, Latinos are a fundamental component to future business success, with a buying power of $1 trillion in 2010 that is projected to grow 50 percent to $1.5 trillion in 2015.
In State of the Hispanic Consumer: The Hispanic Market Imperative report, Nielsen has identified several unique circumstances that combine to make Hispanics the largest population group to exhibit culture sustainability—ever. Borderless social networking, unprecedented exchange of goods, technology as a facilitator for cultural exchange, retro acculturation, and new culture generation combine to enable Hispanic culture in the U.S. to be sustainable. In other words, Hispanic culture may evolve but will not go away.
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32 wrote:jimbob631 wrote:He had an off shooting night and now he's called selfish? He still dished out 8 assists. And the New York getting more free throws thing is a bull **** conspiracy. They had Lin practicing with the belief that he wouldn't get any free throws so they wouldn't give them to him in practice. Of course he won't be averaging that many free throws or putting up these numbers, but people are going to two extremes. After these 5 games he's third in the league in PER, will that continue, no way, but its something to be excited about for a 23 year old to achieve.
The turnovers are bad, the shooting is streaky and likely won't hold up, and its gonna be a challenge to keep this up with two superstars coming back, doesn't make what Lin has done in uplifting the knicks into the 8th spot any less impressive and it doesn't mean there isn't a good chance he'll be productive for the rest of the season.
I don't think any Lin skeptics here have outright called him selfish. I pointed out his ridiculous amount of field goals per game, but I didn't put a selfish spin on it until someone above tried to overtly claim that Lin was an unselfish point guard. If anything, he's a scoring point who makes the extra pass, but I have yet to see him orchestrate an offense like a true point guard. Before we even embark on that category, we can all agree that true point guards don't call their own number more than half the time.
And as far as what he's done in 5 games, you're right. Those games have been impressive and he has no doubt shined throughout them. The issue isn't what he's done; the skeptics are of a mind that he can't maintain this play (again, prove us wrong). He's always been a good slasher, but with teams overplaying him, to go along with NY's treatment from the officials, he's looked downright unstoppable. To follow up on that: the Knicks shoot the 6th most free throws in the league (and during their past 3 games, they've gotten more whistles than ANY team, including league-leading Denver), so you may wanna reconsider that statement dismissing the whistles as a conspiracy theory. Proof:
http://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/fr ... d-per-game
I suppose it's all just coincidence, right?
I think the ridiculous amount of free throws are the result of a stagnant offense that without Melo and Amare is led by Tyson Chandler and Landry Fields, two players who are inconsistent offensive players at best. The FGA will decrease when Amare and Melo comes back.
The fact that the offense has tremendously improved though with him starting speaks to his abilities as a point guard. Looking beyond the high assist numbers, other players such as Novak, Chandler, and Fields are playing better than they have all season. This is a great deal because the offense has been orchastrated by Lin.
I really don't want to debate the free throw thing, however its interesting to note that teams like Indiana, Sacremento, Utah, Minnesota, and Denver are top ten in free throws attempted. Two years ago New York was 28th, and three years ago they were 22nd.


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Using newspapers, we were able to document the accident in an article titled "The Burning of the Gipsy" on the front page of the Daily Picayune newspaper in New Orleans. The story was also printed in newspapers across the country, such as the Liberator in Boston, Massachusetts. Newspapers provided facts about the event that could not be found in any other record.
We also used online newspapers to learn about historic events that occurred in places where the family lived, such as the yellow fever epidemic in Plaquemine in 1853.
Newspapers can provide context and color to your family story, as well as obituaries and notices of marriages, births, graduations, court proceedings, and other noteworthy events in an ancestor's life. And they are getting easier to find each day as more and more titles are digitized and added to online collections.


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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Fabric Swap - Fussy Style
I hope I'm not too late to join in this swap. I just love little squares of fussy cut fabric. Amy is hosting this fun little swap so pop on over and sign up.
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I saw this but I don't know if I have 10 fabrics to make fussy cuts from! Not good fabrics anyway! I came up with 6 if I pull a square from each of the Japanese fabrics I won. Can you repeat?
- August 9, 2011 at 4:36 PM
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Mitzi- so glad you're in! It's going to be a fun swap! Love your blog- the new solids sampler blocks you came up with are so gorgeous!!
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Today's Justice Council: A good day for citizens and a good day for growth!
Justice Council press conference /Luxembourg
8 June 2012
On Brussels I
On the Common European Sales Law
On Data protection
On procedural rights
On successions
On Rome III
I would like to welcome the announcement today that Lithuania intends to join the EU's Rome III Regulation – the enhanced cooperation procedure allowing international couples to select which country's law applies to their divorce.
Today's Justice Council was a very productive one and I would like to thank the Danish Presidency for their hard work both today and over the past five months in helping to move forward our agenda.
It is an agenda for Justice for Growth. And it is an agenda for Justice for Citizens. We have achieved very concrete progress on both fronts today.
Let me start with the Justice for Growth front.
On Brussels I
Today we achieved a breakthrough on the reform of the Brussels I regulation which abolishes the time-consuming and costly 'exequatur' procedure in civil and commercial cases. We have agreed with the Member States on a general approach on this important reform and I would like to congratulate the Presidency for its commitment to finalising this project. With the European Parliament's backing we will be able to have the proposal adopted before the end of this year.
This is important – important for our single market and for the European area of justice. It is also an important example of how justice can contribute to growth.
Our single market gives businesses access to a market of 500 million consumers. However, many companies, notably SMEs, are reluctant to make use of the potential of the single market because of obstacles on the legal side. Almost 40 percent of businesses would be more inclined to trade abroad if court procedures for settling cross-border disputes were simplified.
Removing bureaucratic obstacles that impose extra costs and legal uncertainty on businesses is a key part of my aim to create a European area of justice that makes the single market more attractive.
The abolition of the exequatur procedure will save our businesses more than €47 million per year. Justice can and should be a tool to stimulate economic growth. The removal of this obstacle to cross-border trade will contribute to the recovery of business in Europe.
Just look at the situation across the Atlantic: In the single market of the United States of America, there is no "exequatur" procedure for judgements issued in one U.S. State which need to be enforced in another U.S. State. Instead, the U.S. Constitution itself ensures that all judgements issued in one State of the U.S have "full faith and credit" across all other U.S. States.
Today's agreement paves the way for us to strengthen Europe's single market so that judgements can flow freely from one Member State to another.
On the Common European Sales Law
We have also made good progress in a second key area for growth. Following general discussions, the Council has agreed to start working on the actual content of our proposals for a Common European Sales Law. Now that we have resolved the question of whether a common European Sales Law is needed at all and now that the Council's Legal Service confirmed that the Internal Market legal base (Article 114 TFEU) is the correct one, we can start working on 'the meat of the matter' - the details of the proposals and move forward swiftly.
The Common European Sales Law will help to further eliminate barriers in our Single Market and thereby support growth. It will in particular benefit small and medium sized enterprises. It will allow them to market their products all over Europe on the basis of one single law, saving considerable transaction costs.
And it will allow them to expand exports to more EU countries. We have calculated that today it costs around €10,000 to expand into just one new national market due to translation costs and the need to hire lawyers. The costs saving potential of the optional common European Sales law is a strong incentive for companies to use it – this is what companies need in economically difficult times.
It is it also good for consumers: today, many cross-border online orders fail, among other reasons because of differences in contract law: this happens to 3 million EU consumers per year.
With the new instrument, consumers would have access to a wider range of products which are not currently available in their domestic markets. Consumers would also be able to buy cheaper products across borders. And they would have a level of consumer protection which is equal or higher than the one in existing EU legislation.
Let us also keep in mind the innovative character of the proposal since we have put on the table an optional instrument – in order to respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. This means that national sales laws will remain intact and continue to be used. National legislators can continue to legislate in this area and adopt and amend their own laws.
I am pleased that Member States recognise that this is indeed a very 'subsidiarity-friendly' approach. And that the value of the proposal for the Internal Market has been confirmed by the Council's Legal Service which supported the Single Market legal base for the proposal.
On Data protection
After the first exchange that Justice Ministers had over lunch on data protection, I am confident that we will achieve fast progress on this file as well, which is crucial for businesses and especially for SMEs. It will give them the possibility to use our gold mine, the Single Market, under just one data protection rule – instead of 27 different and often contradictory ones. The Commission's proposal for modernised and uniform data protection legislation will remove barriers to market entry and lead to savings of about €2.3 billion per year.
I fully agree with Ireland's goal to conclude the reform under their Presidency in 2013.
On procedural rights
On justice for citizens now: we also have good news to report on two of our initiatives to guarantee fair trial rights for citizens in Europe.
First of all, the Directive on the Right to Information, which was adopted by the Council in April and endorsed by the European Parliament last December, has been published in the EU's Official Journal. This new law guarantees that anyone arrested or suspected of an offence is informed of their rights in a language they understand.
Secondly, today we also managed to unblock negotiations on the right of access to a lawyer. We agreed on a general approach on this file – just one year after our proposal was put on the table. This is a remarkable achievement since this is a complex initiative with important implications for national legal systems. I would like to thank the French Justice Minister, Christiane Taubira, in particular for this, as she was instrumental in helping the negotiations move forward.
In 2009, we set out an ambitious agenda to ensure that the EU is a place where the rights of suspected or accused persons are guaranteed. Today is a key moment because it brings us one step closer to creating a European Area of Justice that works for our 500 million citizens.
The general approach on the Access to a Lawyer proposal will give the incoming Cypriot Presidency a clear mandate to initiate trilogues with the European Parliament so that we can reach a first reading agreement on this by the end of this year.
On successions
The second piece of good news for citizens is that, as of yesterday, we are set to have another important law that will ease the life of citizens who move across the Union. Member States gave their final backing to the Commission's proposal to simplify the settlement of international successions, clearing the way for it to become law.
This will have a huge impact for citizens across Europe. And we are not talking about peanuts here: there are around 12.3 million Europeans living in another EU country and around 450,000 international successions each year, valued at more than €120 billion.
This new law will ease the legal burden when a family member with property in another EU country passes away and will bring legal certainty to the thousands of families confronted with international successions.
The law provides a single criterion for determining both the jurisdiction and the law applicable to a cross-border succession: the deceased's habitual place of residence. People living abroad will, however, be able to opt to have the law of their country of nationality apply to the entirety of their succession.
The law also paves the way for the introduction of the European Certificate of Succession, allowing people to prove that they are heirs or administrators of a succession without further formalities throughout the EU. The result will be faster and cheaper procedures.
On Rome III
Finally, I would like to welcome the announcement today that Lithuania intends to join the EU's Rome III Regulation – the enhanced cooperation procedure allowing international couples to select which country's law applies to their divorce.
We adopted this first decision under the enhanced cooperation procedure two years ago now, and it remains a major innovation. But more importantly, it is an innovation which brings concrete benefits to citizens by bringing more legal certainty to millions of international couples in Europe. And it shows that enhanced cooperation works. It is an attractive model which makes it possible for countries to join a cooperation that started in a smaller group.
It is a very encouraging sign that Lithuania has become the 15th Member State to decide to join the new rules, even before they enter into application at the end of this month (June 2012).
All in all, today was a good day for citizens and a good day for growth. I hope to see many more like it!
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Create Environment and Password Files
Vncserver will create its initial environment file and user password file the first time it is run:
$ vncserver You will require a password to access your desktops. Password: Verify: New 'mars:1 (facade)' desktop is mars:1 Creating default startup script /home/facade/.vnc/xstartup Starting applications specified in /home/facade/.vnc/xstartup Log file is /home/facade/.vnc/mars:1.log
The default port on which vncserver runs is :1 which corresponds to the the TCP port on which the server is running (where 5900+n = port number). In this case, it is running on 5900+1=5901. Running vncserver a second time will create a second instance running on the next highest, free port, i.e :2 or 5902.
Shutdown the vncserver by using the -kill switch:
$ vncserver -kill :1
Edit the xstartup File
Vncserver sources
~/.vnc/xstartup which functions like an .xinitrc file. At a minimum, users should define a DE to start if a graphical environment is desired. For example, starting xfce4:
#!/bin/sh export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1 exec startxfce4
It is good practice to secure
~/.vnc just like
~/.ssh although this is not a requirement. Execute the following to do so:
$ chmod 700 ~/.vnc
Running vncserver
Vncserver offers flexibility via switches. The below example starts vncserver in a specific resolution, allowing multiple users to view/control simultaneously, and sets the dpi on the virtual server to 96:
$ vncserver -geometry 1440x900 -alwaysshared -dpi 96 :1
For a complete list of options, pass the -badoption switch to vncserver.
$ vncserver -badoption
Connecting to vncserver
Any number of clients can connect to a vncserver. A simple example is given below where vncserver is running on 10.1.10.2 on port 5901 (:1) in shorthand notation:
$ vncviewer 10.1.10.2:1
Passwordless Authentication
The -passwd switch allows one to define the location of the server's ~/.vnc/passwd file. It is expected that the user has access to this file on the server through ssh or through physical access. In either case, place that file on the client's filesystem in a safe location, i.e. one that has read access ONLY to the expected user.
$ vncviewer -passwd /path/to/server-passwd-file
Example GUI-based Clients
- extra/gtk-vnc
- extra/kdenetwork-krdc
- extra/rdesktop
- extra/vinagre
- community/remmina
- community/vncviewer-jar
Securing VNC Server by SSH Tunnels
On the Server
One wishing access to vncserver from outside the protection of a LAN should be concerned about plain text passwords and unencrypted traffic to/from the viewer and server. Vncserver is easily secured by ssh tunneling. Additionally, one need not open up another port to the outside using this method since the traffic is literally tunneled through the SSH port which the user already has open to the WAN. It is highly recommended to use the -localhost switch when running vncserver in this scenario. This switch only allows connections from the localhost -- and by analogy only by users physically ssh'ed and authenticated on the box!
$ vncserver -geometry 1440x900 -alwaysshared -dpi 96 -localhost :1
On the Client
With the server now only accepting connection from the localhost, connect to the box via ssh using the -L switch to enable tunnels. For example:
$ ssh IP_OF_TARGET_MACHINE -L 8900/localhost/5901
This forwards the server port 5901 to the client box on port 8900. Once connected via SSH, leave that xterm or shell window open; it is acting as a secured tunnel to/from server. To connect via vnc, open a second xterm and connect not to the remote IP address, but to the localhost of the client thus using the secured tunnel:
$ vncviewer localhost:8900
From the ssh man page: -L [bind_address:] port:host:hostport
Specifies that the given port on the local (client) host is to be forwarded to the given host and port on the remote side. This works by allocating a socket to listen to port on the local side, optionally bound to the specified bind_address. Whenever a connection is made to this port, the connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and a connection is made to host port hostport from the remote machine. Port forwardings can also be specified in the configuration file. IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
[bind_address/] port/host/ hostport or by enclosing the address in square brackets. Only the superuser can forward privileged ports. By default, the local port is bound in accordance with the GatewayPorts setting. However, an explicit bind_address may be used to bind the connection to a specific address. The bind_address of ``localhost'' indicates that the listening port be bound for local use only, while an empty address or `*' indicates that the port should be available from all interfaces.
Connecting to a VNC Server from Android device over SSH
To connect to a VNC Server over SSH using your Android device you need:
1. SSH server running on the machine you want to connect to. 2. VNC server running on the machine you want to connect to. (You run server with -localhost flag as mentioned above) 3. SSH client on your Android device (ConnectBot is a popular choice and will be used in this guide as an example). 4. VNC client on your Android device (androidVNC).
Also, if you don't have static IP, you might want to consider some dynamic DNS service.
In ConnectBot, type in your IP and connect to the desired machine. Tap the options key, select Port Forwards and add a new port:
Nickname: vnc Type: Local Source port: 5901 Destination: 127.0.0.1:5901 (it didn't work for me when I typed in 192.168.x.xxx here, I had to use 127.0.0.1)
Save that.
In androidVNC:
Nickname: nickname Password: the password you used to set up your VNC server Address: 127.0.0.1 (we are in local after connecting through SSH) Port: 5901
Starting and Stopping VNC Server at Bootup and Shutdown
# The vncserver service unit file # # 1. Copy this file to /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@:x.service # Note that x is the port number on which the vncserver will run. The default is 1 which # corresponds to port 5901. For a 2nd instance, use x=2 which corresponds to port 5902. # 2. Edit User= # ("User=foo") # 3. Edit and vncserver parameters appropriately # ("/usr/bin/vncserver %i -arg1 -arg2 -argn") # 4. Run `systemctl --system daemon-reload` # 5. Run `systemctl enable vncserver@:<display>.service` # # DO NOT RUN THIS SERVICE if your local area network is untrusted! # # See the wiki page for more on security # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vncserver [Unit] Description=Remote desktop service (VNC) After=syslog.target network.target [Service] Type=forking User= # Clean any existing files in /tmp/.X11-unix environment ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver %i ExecStop=/usr/bin/vncserver -kill %i [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target


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If you're like most people – you never expected to hear Aaron Rome's name mentioned in the same sentence as the word "wistful". Well Tony Gallagher has written a wistful take about Aaron Rome and his ambition to retrieve the type of game he was playing in the moments before his hit on apology snob Nathan Horton.
Cam Cole, who has apparently never heard of Devin Dubnyk, has a take on how Cory Schneider will eventually get his shot to start – it just won't be in Vancouver.
Highly-touted goaltending prospect David Honzik – who struggled mightily in the Penticton Young Stars Tournament, has been re-assigned to Victoriaville of the QMJHL to mature further. Passittobulis has the goods.
GIF BREAK (via taylorpyatt.tumblr.com): Hipster Sami Salo has a very specific set of skills. He will find you, and he will kill you.
The Canucks will open the pre-season with a split-team double header against two Calgary Flames sides this evening. Here's the roster for both Canucks teams. Hodgson with Duco and Oreskovich? Shaking my head…
Elliot Pap has a write up about the Canucks impressive goaltending depth. The headline? "Team Not Lack-Ing in Goalie Depth. *Throws tomato.*
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Candice Glover was crowned the Season 12 winner of "American Idol" on Thursday night, giving us all a lesson in hard work and persistence and proving that talent really can carry the day. She's the first female "Idol" winner since Jordin Sparks in Season 6.
"I can't even …" she said after Ryan Seacrest had named her as the winner and Kree Harrison, her bestie rival, as runner-up. "Three years."
The lush-voiced 23-year-old soul singer from St. Helena Island, S.C., who'd toiled as a travel agent, waiting for her chance to step into the spotlight and show the world what she could do, had auditioned for "Idol" twice -- in Seasons 9 and 11 -- before making it to the live rounds this season. This year, she's said, she came back with a new confidence and a clear sense of who she is.
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At times, she seemed to want the win more than anyone else in the contest, to be willing to fight for it with performances that blew the competition away and to roll with the punches when things didn't go her way. Remember the week when only one of the judges (well done, Mariah Carey) listed her in their top 3? Glover sure showed them.
Week after week, she walked onstage -- at one point with a broken toe -- and sang with a depth of emotion only Harrison on her best days could approach.
Glover's coronation song, or first single, as they're now calling it, "I Am Beautiful," seemed to say it all. Even when her talent -- and yes, her beauty, brought forth by the "Idol" team of stylists, hair and makeup artists -- went unrecognized, she kept faith in herself.
And on Thursday night, after the top 10 and the judges and all manner of visitors -- The Band Perry, Jennifer Hudson, Adam Lambert, Jesse J, Emeli Sande, Psy, Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull, Frankie Valli and Aretha Franklin on a big screen, who seemed more present than many of the aforementioned (anyone else suspect they'd spotted some lip synching going on?) -- had performed, when Glover stepped out amongst the shooting streamers and falling confetti to sing her new anthem, her voice choked with sobs, she seemed to be singing right to the higher power that had gotten her there.
It was a moment that was, yes, beautiful.
'American Idol' recap: Kree Harrison and Candice Glover vie for win
'American Idol' recap: Angie Miller goes home in tears
'American Idol' recap: Top 3 are all 'in it to win it'
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Kellie Pickler Spreads Holiday Cheer to American Soldiers Overseas
Country girl Kellie Pickler spends so much of her life working on behalf of others, we wonder how she finds time to record her albums and perform concerts for a living. The good-hearted singer is apt to turn up at food banks, and her soft spot for animals is well-known. She's also active in the fight against breast cancer, even shaving her head recently to support a close friend struggling with the disease. So it should come as no surprise that the '100 Proof' singer is spending part of her Christmas season in Afghanistan, where she is helping to spread holiday cheer to our men and women in uniform.
Pickler is among the celebrities taking part in Gen. Martin E. Dempsey's annual USO holiday tour. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff hosted the country star in Bagram, Afghanistan and at Kandahar Airfield, where she performed with her husband, songwriter Kyle Jacobs, and with David Michael Baker, who provided the musical backdrop for her vocal performances. The country cutie has also entertained service members aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan on her current overseas trip.
"It's always different coming here this time of the year," Pickler tells American Forces Press Service. "[During] the holidays -- Thanksgiving has already passed -- everyone wants to be home with their families and loved ones. Then, Christmas is right around the corner. It's a hard time for all of you."
The former 'American Idol' contestant is from a military family, and she has been active with the USO since making her first overseas trip in 2007, which she calls "by far the most life-changing thing I've ever been a part of."
She joined Gen. Dempsey in serenading the troops with 'White Christmas,' paying tribute to their hard work and sacrifice with a special dedication. "I just want to say thanks so much for all that you do," Pickler told the assembled troops. "Thank you to your families -- we know that they make a huge sacrifice."
The singer added, "This time of the year is really hard so I hope that you know that we love you. The USO, all of us, we are praying for a safe return home for you all. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year."


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Oregon Field Guide
Condor Nest Search
Follow a biologist down dangerous cliff faces in a search for condor nests.
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The litter and chaos are gone but have the regulations on the Deschutes gone too far?
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Students willingly pay to do a week of hard labor for a special cause.
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Eagle Cap Extreme; Portland Biking; Summer Lake Revisit (2014)
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Original Broadcast: March 26, 2009
Cats & Birds; Kayak Fishing; Multibeam Sonar; Spotted Owl Update (2013)
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Original Broadcast: February 26, 2009
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Mt Washington Climb; Slugs; Umpqua Fish Watcher (2006)
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Original Broadcast: November 6, 2008
Amphibian Disease; Immersive Media; Oregon Garden Update; Vole Holes (2005)
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Fishers; Reptile Hunter; Terns & Cormorants (2004)
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Original Broadcast: October 23, 2008
Bagby Hot Springs; Bighorn Pneumonia; Rhododendron Garden; Spirit Lake Photo Essay (2003)
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Saltmakers; Undersea Eruptions; Underwater Fossils (2002)
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The first thing Jorge Vasquez did when he bought his red Dodge Neon two months ago: put a car bra on the front and decorate the whole vehicle with flame stickers.
The car's look pleases him.
"I like red, and I like my car because it has fire everywhere," says Vasquez, who works in a downtown Chinese restaurant.
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Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 1877 Crusader's Cart.
Crusader's Cart, part of Variety Pack 1675, was released in 1990. This was the last forestman cart to appear in LEGO castle. The cart carries hay and has a secret compartment to hide a forestman. Two forestmen, a saddle, a pitchfork, a whip, and various weapons are included. Set 1680 is identical to 1877 except it has an additional forestman with a red collar.


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So I have been drawing my self portrait for 32 day's now. At first, I didn't know how far I wanted to bring this and then I figured out it was a very good exercise to do it daily. Call me a poser if you want, but when I came across Android poster I couldn't pass on this one. So thanks to Android for influencing me on this one
What is so good about this, is I make sure I draw daily, it practice visual perception and it turned out to color practice and learning painter at the same time. It is very rewarding. Now my only regret is I should have started this when I first started to draw a couple of months ago, to see the real evolution from zero. I'll be a couple of months late!
Anyways, this is how I usually proceed:
Wake up and pop a cup of coffee.
I always start with a sketch on paper drawn from the mirror or from a picture I take when I want a more difficult pose.
Scan and paint!
Now, I'm not so sure how far I want to bring this but I'll update every day I can.
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The aerator sits on a cradle between two pontoons and is mounted on the lagoon surface. Aeration and mixing are done below the surface to eliminate added air odors or icing. The unit can be set shallow to provide an air cap, making aeration aerobic, or oxygen rich, to help absorb noxious odors from the anaerobic zone at the bottom of the basin.
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