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My hero is Harriet Tubman, well known as Moses. Tubman was born into
slavery in Bucktown, Maryland. She moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1849 and there she found freedom. She also led slaves to Free states, or to Canada. Her first expedition took place in 1851, when she managed to thread her way through the backwoods to Baltimore and return to the North with her sister and her sister's children. In 1857, Tubman led her parents to Auburn, New York.
In my opinion, Harriet Tubman is an example of a hero within. The way she fits T.A.'s description of a hero within is that she had to build up her courage, after so many years, to take the risk of helping lead slaves freedom. She was also so strong and didnt let anything get in the way of her freedom. She wanted her freedom even if she was going to die trying to get it. She kept her head up and didnt let anything or anyone put her down.
In conclusion, Harriet Tubman is the type of hero who has changed many lives.
She is an inspiration to many African Americans in so many ways. She did the impossible by leading slaves to freedom without getting caught. She is a role model to others and makes them feel good about themselves.

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British Standard 1572: 1949 Colours for Flat Finishes for Wall Decoration was a range of paint colours designed for the Ministry of Works for the purpose of interior decoration.
This range of 17 colours (two were not displayed on the card – White and Off-White (Ivory)) superseded an earlier British Standard – BS 381WD: 1945 Flat Colours for Wall Decoration, which showed just ten colours:
101 French Beige
102 Banana
103 Cream
104 Light Straw
105 Champagne
106 Corn Husk
107 Honeysuckle
108 Opaline Green
109 Shell Pink
110 Eau de Nil
As you see on the colour card at the top, five new colours were added in 1949:
111 Suntan
112 Mushroom
113 Cement Grey
114 Pastel Blue
115 Pale Primrose
We are told:
"This colour card for flat finishes for wall decoration* supersedes B.S.381 WD, and provides a limited range of colours for bulk production.
"In addition to the fifteen colours shown, the standard range covers white and off-white (ivory) but it is not considered necessary to provide specimens for these two colours.
"The names correspond, as far as possible, to the nearest colour in the Dictionary of Colour Standards1 of the British Colour Council.
* For ceiling decoration, white, off-white (ivory) and cream will generally be suitable and these are available in "non-washable" quality, which can easily be washed off for re-decoration.2
It is not known which type of "Flat Finishes" were referred to in the title of this small range. It could either be Flat Oil, such as Unicote Flat Wall Finish, or it could be Water Paint such as Parsons' Parlyte, Duresco or Walpamur.
In 1952 HMSO published a set of short term standards in the form of a small colour card entitled Ministry of Works Colour Schemes for Interior Decoration of Normal Office Accomodation. This was designed to show how certain of the colours in B.S. 1572 might be used on which surfaces and in which types of paint. It was revised two years later.
Colours for Flat Finishes for Wall Decoration was superseded in 1955 by BS 2660: 1955 "Colours for Building and Decorative Paints".
1 This refers to the predecessor of the Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration.
2 Possibly Ceilingite (see below).
T. & W. Farmiloe Ltd's Ceilingite was a ready-mixed Soft Distemper that came in paste form that required thinning with cold water. Approximately 1 pint of water was added to every 7lbs of the paste. The covering power was about 3 square yards per pound of paste.
When redecoration was needed it was washed off easily.
Current Availability of Colours
As with almost all the colours shown on this site they could be mixed into conventional modern paint by Papers and Paints Ltd
Colours and associated data from BS1572: 1949 are reproduced by permission of BSI.
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A POPULAR Rochdale headteacher bade a fond farewell to his pupils as he moved on to pastures new.
Rod Weatherhead left his role, as joint headteacher of Heybrook Primary School after 12 years at the helm. He will now embark on a new career as a school improvement officer.
His colleague and joint headteacher, Tina Wheatley, paid tribute to his enthusiasm and said he would be greatly missed by everyone connected to the school.
She said: "He's been part of the school community for a long time and made such a positive contribution to the school.
"He's been a fantastic headteacher and a wonderful leader. He's leaving us in a very strong position and it's the strongest we've ever been as a school as we achieved record Key Stage Two Sats results in maths and science."
Before his departure he was presented with surprise leaving gifts from pupils, including a painting of the school and a sculpture of an owl.
A party was also held at the Bella Vista restaurant.
Ms Wheatley added: "We will miss him very much but we wish him well in his future career. I'm sure everyone associated with the school would like to thank him for his tremendous efforts over the years."
His post will be taken up by Kevan Crowther from September. He was formerly headteacher of Greenbank Primary School.


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can anyone tell what is the difference between clean and clean up and when do we use them, because i looked up dictioneries but i did not reach to any result. i will be happy if someone reply me.
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Tire cleaning help--please
I was attempting to bleed my front brakes on my 84 VT700C, after looking in MC reservoir and seeing this black soup where clear fluid should be. The right side went fine. The left side was another story.
The bleeder valve was frozen, I applied a bit too much torque and snapped it off right above the caliper. Fluid quickly collected into a nice puddle right below the caliper and got onto the side wall and tread of my front tire.
How do I safely clean the brake fluid off my tire, especially the tread?
Thanks for the advice.
any type of degreaser you have. simple green. good water pressure. no big deal really. it won't penetrate the rubber that quick.
Dawn dish soap is one of the best degreasers (and cheapest) out there. Squirt some directly on the tire, scrub a bit with wet brush or wet sponge to get a lather going... then hose off until everything is removed, clean, and clear.
I use the same thing to clean grease off other things... mower, grill, bike, etc.... It works great!
You can dilute it for "less greasy" jobs... a teaspoon or two in a half-gallon of water... and scrub away!
Lemon Pledge :-D
Thanks for the tips. Went with the simple green, as that is what I use on most of the other greasy/oily cleanups on the bike. Just never tried it on rubber before this.
but to shine the sidewalls..yes indeed..spray some on a rag and wipe it on the sidewalls or get close enough to not over spray on to brake rotor/pads and tread(use best judgement,sometimes i do it this way) and spray directly on to sidewalls and wipe...my sig pic,including tires was just after wiping down with pledge.
+1 to the dawn dish soap it does wonders
I've got over 30k miles on my bike and have been using interior vinyl dressing on the sidewalls for as long. It won't hurt a thing as long as you are careful to keep it off the tread. I always wet a rag with the dressing, wipe down the sidewall, then take a completely dry rag and "buff" it to a nice sheen.
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The Devil Wears Prada's Mike Hranica on Zombies, Comic Books, and a Guy Married to a Pork Chop
Christian metalcore sextet the Devil Wears Prada have proven over the past couple of years—with tours opening for Killswitch Engage and All That Remains, earning them a nomination as Best Live Band at the Revolver Golden Gods alongside Slayer and Metallica—that they can play nice with the sinners as well as the saints. But if anything will separate them from the rest of the Bible-thumping crowd, it's their latest project, Zombie EP (Ferret), entirely focused on the undead. A limited-edition version of the release, available at Hot Topic, comes bundled with a 14-page comic book penned by J.L. Bourne, author of Day by Day Armageddon: A Zombie Novel and illustrated by GearHead artist Kevin Mellon. It features the band—in comic form—on a secret mission battling a world overrun with flesh-hungry zombies.
The carnage isn't just in the artwork, though, as the band has focused the EP on containing some of their heaviest music yet. Frontman Mike Hranica has cited Slayer and Hatebreed as big influences on the new material. "It's always been natural for us to do heavy stuff," he says. "I think it's something we've always had in us… Now we just had a chance to really get a focus on thrash songs for the EP." To promote it, the band kicked off their Back to the Roots Tour this past June, when it played some of its biggest—as well as some of the smallest—venues to date.
REVOLVER The band is currently in the middle of the Back to the Roots Tour. How have fans reacted to the smaller show sizes?
MIKE HRANICA Really well. The whole idea was a super personal feel and an in-your-face feel. I don't know, almost like a swampy, chaotic mess. And I think the fans have really enjoyed it. It has definitely been awesome. I think the fans have appreciated what we've been trying to do on the tour.
Has there been any one show or tour moment yet that really sticks out in your mind?
There's been a bunch with Your Demise. Their guitarist Oz [Porkchop] is crazy. If you pretty much tell him to do anything twice, he'll do it. They have a long list of things he's supposed to do, most of which I shouldn't really speak of. They're rather explicit. For example, right now he's had no eyebrows for the past couple of weeks. Last night he was married to a pork chop.
The Zombie EP is scheduled to come out on August 24. Why did the band decide to go in a heavier direction for this project?
It's just something we really enjoy. We never wanted to become a lighter band. We just put the focus on trying to be as heavy as possible for the EP. It was just an opportunity to really focus on being able to write the most evil-sounding stuff we could.
The EP is more serious than past material. Zombie movies can usually be funny, so why are the lyrics so serious?
Yeah, most zombie movies can have that comical, satirical feel to it. The whole focus of being really serious with the lyrics was to not be cheesy. I think if I tried to write something that was a little bit funny, it probably would have come off that way and that was the last thing I wanted. The whole zombie idea has a satirical feel to it, because it's the living dead; it's fictional. I think it's kind of funny on its own.
The EP is being released with a full-length comic book, written by JL Bourne, where the band is depicted as super heroes. Whose idea was it to turn the band members into comic book characters?
I don't even remember whose idea it was to do a comic book. It just seemed natural to do it, because comic books are rad. I wanted to do a preorder package that was more than just your typical T-shirt. We had the idea to do the comic book where we're the military dudes with uniforms and we're basically blasting zombies. We just saw the finalized PDF last night. It's awesome. It's meant to be a full-fledged, no-holds-bar comic.
Are you happy with the comic book version of yourself?
Yeah, we look pretty crazy. It's just kind of funny to see us in military outfits and our eyes are all squinted and really angry. It's awesome. We're all really stoked about it.
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The Role of Inflation in Current Economic Performance
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
American Furniture Manufacturers Association
Ponte Vedra, Florida
June 13, 1998
Id like to begin today with the best news you could hear from any speaker on a Saturday morning: I intend to be brief. Ive been allotted 45 minutes, but I shouldnt take up much more than half that time. Ill be happy to take a few related questions in the time remaining. Also, because your businesses and mine depend on the same economic information, Ill be interested to hear your perspective on the economy.
We are now well into the eighth year of an economic expansion that began back in April of 1991, soon after the end of the Persian Gulf War. This extended run in growth of real gross domestic productGDPis impressive but not unprecedented. In fact, there have been two lengthier economic expansions since the end of World War II: the longest was from February 1961 to December 1969, and the second-longest was from November 1982 to July 1990. By the end of the year, however, the present expansion will rank as the second-longest in the post-World War II era.
Still, if the current economic growth streak isnt yet unprecedented, the accompanying low unemployment and inflation truly are, at least in the postwar era. Consider this: the unemployment rate has been below 6 percent for more than three years, and hit a 28-year low in April. Inflation as measured by the consumer price index has been at 3 percent or lower for more than six years. We have not seen this combination of sustained growth, low inflation and low unemployment in a generation. And just about every economic forecaster is predicting the same for the remainder of 1998 and throughout 1999.
Next to, Whats going to happen to interest rates? (which Im never able to answer), the question Im asked most often these days is, Why have things been so good? That, I think, is the right question. As business people and policymakers, it is essential that we begin to glean some lessons from the current expansion so that we can take advantage of them in the future.
Like so many things in business and economics, there is no simple explanation for why we are enjoying the best economic performance in our lifetime. This morning, however, I want to identify several contributing factors and then explore in more depth what I think is the single most important element in the economys performance: low inflation.
To begin with, weve benefited from some old-fashioned good luck. Most notably, a series of positive oil shocks has helped keep prices low throughout the economy. This is simply the reverse of the 1970s negative oil shocks: Lower oil prices have given businesses and consumers more money to spend on other things, raising our standard of living. The globalization of markets has also helped: Increasing competition for goods helps keep import and import-competing prices low. Technology is a third factor. While I do not believe that traditional supply constraints have been repealed, it is clear to me that computers, data processing and communications technologies have improved productivity somewhat, and in doing so have very likely raised the rate at which our economy can grow.
Without question, all of these things have helped expand output. But they are secondary in order and importance to the economic policiesfiscal and monetarythat produced the low inflationary economic environment. On the fiscal side, Congress and the Bush and Clinton Administrations deserve enormous credit for balancing the Federal governments budget; this has been, without a doubt, among the most important factors in bringing interest rates down with inflation. And on the monetary side, Fed policy has given great weight to achieving and maintaining a low inflationary environment.
Throughout the Southeast, individuals and business leaders tell me that low and stable inflation is extremely important and that they are counting on the Fed to make sure it stays low. But people often have a difficult time explaining why low inflation matters. Today, Id like to share my view of the dividends provided by low inflation.
Inflation is commonly defined as a decline in the purchasing power of money caused by a persistent increase in the general level of prices. Inflation distorts economic incentives and diverts resourcesfinancial, labor and capitalaway from their most efficient uses. It encourages immediate consumption and discourages saving and investment. It creates uncertainty and risk. It reallocates otherwise productive resources to inflation avoidance activities.
These efficiency costs, as economists call them, are most obvious during periods of hyperinflation. In 1920s Germany, for example, when inflation exceeded 2 billion percent, a reichsmark note that would buy a house at the beginning of the decade would barely buy a loaf of bread a few years later. This is hyperinflation in the extreme, and its symptoms include weakening faith in the national currency, a return to barter and avoidance of payments in currency, hoarding of real assets such as gold, depleted savings, plummeting investment, increasing demand for escalator clauses in contracts (despite their ineffectiveness), and the eventual breakdown of trade and exchange. When prices double every day, week or month, conjecture and speculation consume expectations and information. Efficiency costs become insurmountable and all meaningful economic activity grinds to a halt. Unfortunately, history also provides us with several recent examples of hyperinflation and the ruin it brings: Brazil, Argentina and Peru in the 1980s and Russia in the mid-1990s.
It is significant that this has not been the American experience. (Its also significant that in many countries where hyperinflation has existed, the U.S. dollar has become the de facto currency.) It ought to serve as a reminder that this countrys long-standing concern about low inflation is well founded, not as an end in and of itself, but as a means of providing the best environment for the market economy to operate efficiently.
We need not look far into our own history for a reminder of what can happen when we let down our guard. From 1973 to 1982, inflation in the United States ranged from a low of 5.8 percent to a high of 13.5 percent; in four of those years, it actually exceeded 10 percent. Now, compared to some of the hyperinflationary periods I just mentioned, the American inflation experience of the 1970s seems pretty trivial. But it did exact significant efficiency costs throughout the economy.
Consider inventories, for example. In an inflationary period, a producer who expects input prices to increase in the future is induced to build inventories on the theory that what she pays now is less than what she will pay later. This diverts financial resources and working capital away from future production, diminishing the producers ability to respond to future market developments and increasing her exposure should demand weaken.
Labor contracts are another example of efficiency costs. Notwithstanding the certainty that prices will increase, uncertainty prevails in an inflationary period. Workers respond by, among other things, demanding shorter labor contractsone year instead of three, for example. But this comes at a cost. By regularly diverting resources from efficient production to the much more basic question of staffing, substantial costs are imposed on companies.
Inventory building and labor contract shifting are just two examples of inflation avoidance activities. Others include annual cost of living adjustments (COLAs), index pricing, adjustable rate mortgages and inflation gaming, which is probably best described as speculation based solely on the movement of prices, rather than the actual production of goods and services. To be sure, each of these produces a few winners. As with gambling, the right combination of guessing and dumb luck can occasionally produce a jackpot in an inflationary period. Also as with gambling, however, luck always and inevitably comes to an end, creating far more losers than winners.
Was the inflation of the 1970s simply an extended run of bad luck? Or was something else involved? In fact, monetary policymakers did get a very bad break in the form of sharp OPEC production cuts in 1973. But it wasnt the oil price shocks that triggered inflation. Consider this: in the five years following the oil price shocks, inflation in Germany fell from around 7 percent to below 5 percent; inflation in Japan declined from around 30 percent to below 5 percent. And each of these economies imported a much larger share of oil than the United States did.
The difference was the monetary policy response. Price shockspositive or negativedo not give consumers more or less money. Instead, they give consumers more or less money to spend on other things. The Feds response to the oil shocks of the 1970s was to ease monetary policy. This easing, it was thought, would mitigate the effect of having so much less to spend on other things. It is clear that the Feds policy did, in fact, cushion the economy in part; the recession would have been much deeper otherwise, as it was in Germany and Japan. The inflation that resulted was the inevitable consequence of that policy choice and should have been no surprise.
But if monetary policies triggered the high inflation of the 1970s, they also would be an essential first step toward its ultimate cessation. Beginning in the late 1970s, new monetary policies were implemented by the FOMC under the leadership of Chairman Paul Volcker. The results were not immediately favorable.
Inflation institutionalizes price increases and expectations. They feed each other in a sort of vicious cycle that becomes very, very difficult to break. By the time the Fed began to take action against inflation, expectations of inflation had long since been hardwired into the economy. The Fed could not change those expectations overnight. However, the Fed could tighten monetary policies, which is an essential first step toward bringing money and credit growth back in line with output growth. What happened, of course, was that inflation decelerated gradually, the legacy of misguided, accommodative monetary policies, while economic growth slowed immediately. It initially produced some of the worst economic performance in our modern history: rising unemployment and relatively high inflation.
But even after the demise of stagflation, after inflation was tamed and growth resumed, a stubborn and nontrivial level of inflation expectations remained. Well into the 1980s, for example, long-term interest rates remained high. This so-called inflation premium indicated that considerable doubt remained about the Feds long-term commitment to low inflation.
Today were winning the battle against inflation expectations. The University of Michigans Survey of Consumers found for the first time last year that long-term inflation expectationspredicted inflation over the next 5-10 yearsactually fell below 3 percent. Consumers have been joined by the pros: in April, 29 private forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia indicated that they expect inflation to increase an average of 2.5 percent a year for the next decade. And as Ive indicated, nearly everyone I encounter in our Southeast region expects inflation to remain low.
Perhaps there are even some Fed-watchers who have become believers. Maybe a few would credit the current low inflationary environment to a series of shrewd and well-timed policy moves by the FOMC. Obviously, I believe our policies have the central role in producing the current inflation environment, and the Fed is happy to take some credit for it. But what has this brought us? For the vast majority of people, the businesses and consumers who are borrowing, investing, selling and buying, the most compelling case for low inflation is the economys current performance.
The current expansion has been characterized by a sustained and substantial increase in business investment and consumer spending. Put another way, aggregate supply and demand have grown at about the same rate with very little distortion of output or prices. One of the factors that has made this growth possible is the general absence of efficiency costs. Workers dont have to guess what their wages will be worth next year; businesses dont have to guess what the cost of production will be; investors dont have to subtract the cost of inflation from expected returns; consumers dont have to spend now before prices go up. And so on. I realize that Im calling your attention to a negative, to something that doesnt currently exist, and that says a lot about why inflation is so pernicious: we tend not to take notice of it until its much too late. But in any case, its the general absence of inflation and its associated efficiency costs that has contributed to the strength and persistence of the current expansion.
I and those I share policymaking responsibilities with remain committed to the proposition that low inflation allows for the most efficient allocation of scarce resources; that low inflation is the essential first conditionthe sine qua nonfor healthy economic growth; and that low inflation is an ongoing means to new job creation and to a variety of other desirable economic and social ends. For more than a decade, weve had our economic policy priorities just about right. And with a little bit of luck, theyve returned the best economic performance in a generation.
As I suggested earlier, this period of sustained economic prosperity provides a unique opportunity to stand back and reflect on whats brought us here. I hope I have made a reasonable case this morning that low inflation has been the central feature of our recent economic good fortune, and that it should be embraced by policymakers, business leaders and individual consumers as the cornerstone of our economic future.
Thank you again for the invitation to be with you today and for this chance to share my views.


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They are also fantastically durable. Because they are so long lived, atoms really get around.
Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of
millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. We are each so atomically numerous and
so vigorously recycled at death that a significant number of our atoms—up to a billion for
each of us, it has been suggested—probably once belonged to Shakespeare. A billion more
each came from Buddha and Genghis Khan and Beethoven, and any other historical figure
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some decades to become thoroughly redistributed; however much you may wish it, you are
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An asteroid or comet traveling at cosmic velocities would enter the earth's atmosphere at such a speed that the air beneath it couldn't get out of the way and would be compressed, as in a bicycle pump. As anyone who has used such a pump knows, compressed air grows swiftly hot, and temperature below it would rise to some 60,000 Kelvins or ten times the surface temperature of the Sun. In this instant of its arrival in our atmosphere , everything in the meteor's path-people, houses, factories, cars-would crinkle and vanish like cellophane in a flame.
One second after entering the atmosphere, the meteorite would slam into the earth's surface, where the people of Manson(an impact site of such a collision millions of years ago) had a moment before been going about their business. The meteorite itself would vaporize instantly, but the blast would blow out a thousand cubic kilometers of rock, earth, and superheated gases. Every living thing within 150 miles that hadn't been killed by the heat of entry would now be killed by the blast. Radiating outward at almost the speed of light would be the initial shock wave, sweeping everything before it.
For those outside the zone of immediate devastation, the first inkling of catastrophe would be a flash of blinding light-the brightest ever seen by human eyes- followed an instant to a minute or two later by an apocalyptic sight of unimaginable grandeur: a rolling wall of darkness reaching high into the heavens, filling an entire field of view and traveling at thousands of miles an hour. Its approach would be eerily silent since it would be moving far beyond the speed of sound. Anyone In a tall building in Omaha or Des Moines, say, who chanced to look into the right direction would see a bewildering veil of turmoil followed by instantaneous oblivion.
Within minutes, over an area stretching from Denver to Detroit and encompassing what had been Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, the Twin Cities-the whole of the Midwest, in short- nearly every standing thing would be flattened or on fire, and nearly every living thing would be dead. People up to a thousand miles away would be knocked off their feet and sliced or clobbered by a blizzard of flying projectiles. Beyond a thousand miles the devastation from the blast would gradually diminish.
But that's just the initial shockwave. No one can do more than guess what the associated damage would be, other than that it would be brisk and global. The impact would almost certainly set off a chain of devastating earthquakes. Volcanoes across the world would begin to rumble and spew. Tsunamis would rise up and head devastatingly for distant shores. Within an hour, a cloud of blackness would cover the planet , and burning rock and other debris would be pelting down everywhere, setting much of the planet ablaze. It has been estimated that 1.5 billion people would be dead by the end of first day. The massive disturbances to the ionosphere would knock out communications systems everywhere, so survivors would have no idea what was happening elsewhere or where to turn. It would hardly matter. As one commentator has put it, fleeing would mean, `` selecting a slow death over a quicker one. The death toll would be very little affected by any plausible relocation effort, since earth's ability to support life would be universally diminished."
The amount of soot and floating ash from the impact and following fires would blot out the sun, certainly for months, possibly for years, disrupting growing cycles. In 2001, researchers at the California Institute of Technology analyzed helium isotopes from sediments left from the later KT impact and concluded that it affected earth's climate for about 10,000 years. This was actually used as evidence to support the notion that the extinction of dinosaurs was swift and emphatic- and so it was in geological terms. We can only guess how well, or whether, humanity would cope with such an event.
And in all likelihood, this would come without warning, out of a clear sky.
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According to Bill Bryson, in "A Short History of Nearly Everything", each us may have a billion of atoms from the Buddha (among others).
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With metta,
Take a deep breath. Notice anything special? Did you catch a whiff of Shakespeare, a dash of Socrates, a trace of Cleopatra? No? They were there, just the same. You just inhaled millions of molecules which each of them once exhaled.
Let's take a look at just one historic breath: Cleopatra's last. This came, if we're to believe Shakespeare, moments after his second-most interesting stage direction, To an asp, which she applies to her breast. (The best is, of course, Exit pursued by a bear.)
You just inhaled about 20 molecules from her dying exhale.
Sovietnik wrote:Atoms are indistinguishable from one another so it does not really matter.
chownah wrote:It is indulgence in a doctrine of self......it leads people to think that a person's body is so important that any atom that was part of that body is eternally marked with that bodies existence.....this is absolutely contrary to what the Buddha taught.
On a lighter note, the shit we produce in our lives contains hundreds of times more atoms than our bodies contain at any one time so we assuredly have got lots of atoms from peoples shit in our mouths and on our faces at this very moment....isn't that great!!? And think about all those atoms which were part of the nasty parts and where they might be today!!....that could be either stimulating or horrifying depending on your aggregates.
On a more practical note, if you share a wash cloth on the shower just think of the various atoms which assuredly reside on them now..........a common way for colds to propagate is on the hand drying towel....entire viruses, not just individual atoms.
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Theodore Taylor's The Cay begins with a dedication to "Dr. King's dream", and the novel serves as a deep and thoughtful look at racial prejudices. Set in the heart of World War II, Phillip Enright and his mother are headed home to America on the S. S. Hato when the Germans torpedo their ship. Separated from his mother, Phillip ends up on a raft with Timothy, an African-American deck hand, and a black and gray cat. Stranded in apparently the middle of nowhere, they reach a small island, and are forced to make the best of their situation. Phillip, who harbors an inherent and learned disdain for African-Americans, initially hates Timothy and is uncooperative. However, as Phillip begins to lose his sight, until he is unable to see nothing but darkness, he is forced to rely heavily on Timothy. The stranded acquaintances begin to slowly develop a friendship, especially as Timothy takes care of Phillip, helping him learn how to be independent, in spite of his blindness. The two continue to hope for a rescue, but soon discover they must first brave a hurricane of monumental proportions. Taylor's novel is compelling, and its authentic touches help solidify the growing, loving relationship between the two protagonists, who demonstrate that true friendship has an indisputable strength and is distinctly colorblind.
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National Pet Dental Month is in February, and the veterinarians of VCA West Los Angeles give advice as to why dental care is critical to your pet's overall health
| LOS ANGELES – February is National Pet Dental Month, and the veterinarians of VCA West Los Angeles share their tips, facts, and advice for caring for your pet's dental health. Oral care is critical for your pet's overall health and happiness, so here are 10 tips to maintain proper care:
1. Pets have a remarkable ability to hide dental pain; their desire to eat far outweighs pain they may have in their mouths and thus, we can't easily tell if they have a toothache or pain from an abscess. -J.J. Rawlison, DVM
2. Brush your pet's teeth as often as possible and use an oral rinse to rub on gums. Additionally, get your pet's teeth examined professionally every six to 12 months.-Robert Rizzitano, DVM
3. Oral cancers are one of the most common forms of cancer that can occur in cats and dogs. Regular veterinary oral exams and proper dental care can catch cancer early and potentially allow for a cure or at the very least an opportunity to treat the disease. -J.J. Rawlison, DVM
4. Dental disease in some situations can lead to life threatening infections of the pet's blood and heart. Maintaining proper dental health is critical for older pets and pets with concurrent diseases that may alter their immune defenses. -Johnny Chretin, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology)
5. Small and toy breed dogs, especially those fed a soft food diet exclusively, are at increased risk for dental disease and should have their teeth examined more frequently. -Jason W. Rabe, DVM6. Severe periodontal disease can lead to an infection that is severe enough to weaken the jawbone, causing it to break, which can be very painful and difficult to treat. -J.J. Rawlison, DVM
7. Dogs have 42 teeth and cats have 30, while humans have 28 (without wisdom teeth). So, that's 14 more teeth for dogs and two more teeth for cats that can develop problems. -J.J. Rawlison, DVM
8. Monitor your pet's breath; bad breath typically means there is a dental health issue. -Robert Rizzitano, DVM
9. Use the "kneecap rule" when deciding what is safe to feed dogs in terms of chew toys. If you wouldn't want someone to hit you in the kneecap with it, it is not safe for your pet's teeth. -J.J. Rawlison, DVM
10. A full dental cleaning under anesthesia is the only way to thoroughly clean each tooth above and below the gum line, evaluate the pet for periodontal disease, and polish the teeth after the cleaning. Non-aesthetic dentals, while less expensive and free from the risk of anesthesia, are less effective and carry their own risks with a conscious and mobile dog, especially when carried out by non-veterinarian professionals. -Jason W. Rabe, DVM
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Lawrence criticism 'changed police'
A senior Metropolitan Police officer says the force has been transformed since being labelled as "institutionally racist".
Commander Cressida Dick, head of the racial and violent crimes task force, said the term, applied by the Stephen Lawrence inquiry report, had radically changed the way the force carried out its investigations.
She told Radio 4's The World Tonight that she was still committed to bringing Lawrence's killers to justice.
She denied the file on the case of the black teenager murdered at a bus stop in Eltham, south-east London in 1993 was "gathering dust".
"It is not a case I can discuss in any detail at all at the moment.
"But suffice to say we have been and are determined to find who killed Stephen Lawrence," she said.
The file is currently being examined by the Crown Prosecution Service for advice on what further charges could be brought, Ms Dick confirmed.
The police handling of the Lawrence case was condemned by the inquiry team as racist and incompetent and real transcripts from the police investigation were even used in a dramatisation of the scandal.
But racism is no longer endemic in the police force, Ms Dick insisted, thanks in part to the report's damning conclusions.
'Very helpful'
"In my opinion, the concept of institutional racism has actually been very helpful for us.
"I don't think we understood it very well until the inquiry report came out, but subsequently it has served as a great trigger and given us the impetus to examine all our processes and to examine the outcomes of those processes and to ask some very hard questions.
"It's not just us asking hard questions, it's people in communities, it's our independent advisers, it's our Police Authority and the concept of institutional racism has been very important in transforming the way we do business."
Although the Met could not afford to be complacent, she said, it had "come a very long way".
'Rooted out'
Asked if there were still racist officers, she said: "I joined the Met in 1983 and racism was rife.
"There were very many racist officers and it was an extremely uncomfortable environment for many colleagues to work in.
"I think there are very, very few around now. It is extremely likely that if you have racist attitudes you will betray that in your behaviour and if you betray it in your behaviour you can be pretty sure one of your colleagues will report what has happened and you will be rooted out.
"Overall in 2002 I would be naive to say there isn't a racist officer, but I think there are very few."
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One final hurdle stands between 57 area wrestlers and a spot in the 76th annual State Wrestling Championships that will be held Feb. 28-March 2 at Ohio State's Value City Arena.
Those local grapplers have reached the district level and will compete in tournaments ranging from Div. I, II and III, with hopes of becoming a state qualifier.
The following is a capsule look at the area wrestlers and the districts they will go to this weekend.
(NOTE: * indicates sectional champion, state rankings from State Tournament Predictions Report by Josh Lowe).
Div. I
Cleveland State District
WHERE: Cleveland State University, Woodling Gym, Cleveland, 2121 Euclid Ave 44115
WHEN: Friday 4 p.m.; Saturday at 10 a.m.
AREA QUALIFIERS: Wooster's Ethan Keck (160), Jacob Shook (220) and Trever Chapman (HWT).
RETURNING AREA STATE QUALIFIER: none.
THE BREAKDOWN: Wooster's three district qualifiers will certainly have their work cut out for them as they travel to CSU for a district that includes legendary powerhouse Lakewood St. Edward (ranked No. 1), along with No. 4 Brecksville and No. 8 Wadsworth. Shook is a third seed, while Keck and Chapman are fourth seeds.
"All three of our qualifiers are seniors and they're excited to give this their best shot in their last season," Wooster coach Don Rammel said. "Ethan has been probably our most-improved wrestler through the year and we're hoping that continues.
"Jacob has been kind of our wild card. He doesn't have the best record, but he's kind of perfected a head-and-arm move and it's helped him win some big matches. Trever has our best record over the course of the season, but unfortunately suffered an injury at the OCC Meet that he's trying to work through and he'll give it his best this weekend."
Div. II
Heath District
WHERE: Heath H.S., 300 Licking View Drive, Heath 43056
WHEN: Friday 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.
AREA QUALIFIERS: West Holmes' Max Rohskopf (145*), Cole Woods (106), Grayson Miller (195), Jack Scherer (138) and Ray O'Donnell (220).
RETURNING AREA STATE QUALIFIER: Rohskopf ('12-138-3rd; '11-130-7th; 2010-119).
THE BREAKDOWN: Rohskopf is ranked first in the state, well ahead of the next closest qualifier at Heath: No. 12 John Gershom of Hebron Lakewood.
None of the other Knights are ranked but after sectional thirds for Woods and Miller, along with fourths for Scherer and O'Donnell the Knights are hoping some others can break through to join the heavily favored Rohskopf in Columbus.
"You never know exactly what to expect, who shows up and who doesn't, but our guys have a good chance at Heath," coach Jeff Woods said. "They'll do their best and we'll see what happens."
Alliance District
WHERE: Alliance H.S., 400 Glamorgan St., Alliance 44601
WHEN: Friday 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.
AREA QUALIFIERS: Triway's Andy Mairs (120), Jake Flechler (152), Hunter Flinner (126) and Kyle Schuler (220).
RETURNING AREA STATE QUALIFIERS: None.
THE BREAKDOWN: Sectional runners-up Mairs and Flechler will lead the Titans at Alliance, while Flinner is a third seed and Schuler is going as a fourth seed.
None of the Titans have a tougher weight class than Mairs, who has CVCA's top-ranked Nathan Tomasello and Mentor Lake Catholic's Anthony Tutolo at his weight, along with a No. 8 and 12th-ranked grappler as well.
None of the Titans are ranked, but coach Shane Hartzler is hoping they can pull off a surprise or two in order to earn a state berth. Hartzler could not be reached for comment Tuesday evening.
Div. III
Garfield Heights District
WHERE: Garfield Heights H.S., 4900 Turney Drive, Garfield Heights, 44125
WHEN: Friday 4 p.m.; Saturday at 10 a.m., with finals at 6 p.m.
AREA QUALIFIERS: Waynedale's Zack Nelson (126*), Zane Nelson (138*), Reid Stanley (*145), Brenden Stanley (170*), Michael Wilson (120), Bradley Wardell (132), Jack Staggs (152), Dakota Stanley (160) and David Wellman (285);
Northwestern's Kyle Cayse (120), Shane Clark (126), Tyler Berry (132), Derek Gregan (138), Tanner Topp (160), Joey Meek (170), Kile Schaefer (182) and Matt Hunter (HWT);
Tuslaw's Shane Johnston (106), Jake Johnson (113), Dion Perez (120*), Jarret Logan (126), Dylan Marthey (132*), Chance Marthey (138), Jeff Powell (152), D.J. Blair (160) and Scott Wohlheter (182);
Norwayne's Kollin Moore (152*), Kurt Moore (160*), Heath Rohrbaugh (182*), Jon Zimmerly (195), Mitch Murray (220);
Hillsdale's Jett Heldenbrand (113) and Tristin Stiltner (132);
Orrville's Brad Potter (152) and Connor Davis (220); Loudonville's Ryan Weber (195*), Austin Cary (*HWT), Colton Ullman (113), Josh Weber (126), Tucker Bemder (145) and Blake Cary (170);
Chippewa's Zack Srock (285), Garrett Hall (106) and Phil Eisenhauer (195); and Dalton's Andrew Everett (132).
RETURNING AREA STATE QUALIFIERS: Brenden Stanley ('12-152-2nd); Zane Nelson (12-138-2nd, '10-140-8th); Zack Nelson ('12-120-4th, 10-119); Kurt Moore ('12-145-5th). Wardell ('12-132-7th), Dakota Stanley ('12-145-8th) Srock ('12-285-5th, '11-285-6th), Blair ('12-152-7th), Perez ('12-126, '11-119), Dylan Marthey ('12-138), Ullman ('12-106), Gregan ('12-120) and Josh Weber ('12-126)
THE BREAKDOWN: With 45 local qualifiers at Garfield Heights, as usual the vast majority of local district grapplers will compete in Div. III. Top-ranked, defending state champion Waynedale and Tuslaw lead the way with nine qualifiers each, followed by Northwestern with eight.
The Golden Bears have seven wrestlers ranked in the top 16 in the state, including six in the top eight. If Waynedale could score a seven-spot for state it would match the school record set in 1988 and go a long way toward fueling a state repeat.
"We're going to need some firepower at state to contend with schools like Delta and Troy Christian and the more state qualifiers we get the more opportunities we'll have to score in Columbus," Stanley said. "We like our draws a lot, but there are a lot of top-three ranked kids at Garfield Heights and we'll have to wrestle well."
Some of the top potential showdowns to watch for in district finals include No. 2-ranked Brenden Stanley and No. 1-ranked Travis Linton of Rootstown at 170, No. 4 Kurt Moore of Norwayne and No. 1 Ryan Harris of Beachwood at 160; and No. 3 Dion Perez of Tuslaw and No. 1 Sammy Gross of Beachwood at 120.
Zack Nelson is ranked No. 1 at 126 and Zane Nelson is No. 2 at 138, making both the favorites at their weights.
Undefeated Kollin Moore of Norwayne is ranked No. 7 -- the highest for any 152 at Garfield Heights.
In addition to following the top medal contenders, it's also fun to watch for the grapplers who become first-time state qualifiers at any district tournament. Some of the best matches a fan will watch all season are the consolation semifinals on Saturday afternoons, aka "state go-to matches."
After winning a sectional title, Norwayne's unranked senior Heath Rohrbaugh (182) has given himself a shot to be one of the grapplers to break through with state ticket. He suffered a season-ending injury last season at the Sandusky St. Mary's Duals, but has rebounded with a solid season.
"Three state qualifiers would be great," said Bobcat coach Brent Murray, of a total that would equal the school record set in 2005. "We'd be ecstatic with four."
Northwestern has excellent numbers in its favor, but will need to spring some upsets. Its highest seed is sectional runner-up Joey Meek (170), with the other seven Huskies either third or fourth seeds.
Waynedale will be the favorite to repeat as district champion, with Tuslaw, Rootstown and Beachwood expected to offer the toughest challenges.
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i could use some quadrajet rebuild tips
i could use some quadrajet rebuild tips. ive been told its pretty hard. but i dont have the money for someone to rebuild it for me, so im doing it myself.
i have rebuilt a 2 barrel carburetor before and didnt think it was too bad. but that was the only carb ive ever rebuilt.
so i could use some tips, what not to do, what to do, and so on.
this is a 7045586 quadrajet carberator from a 1977 chevy 350.
the problem im having is its leaking out where the secondary shaft goes through the bowl after the engine is wormed up and down the road a little bit.
While I had a Quadrajet this book Rochester Carburetors by Doug roe was my bible.
Here´s a picture guide at CHP, and you´ll need a throttle shaft rebushing kit.
It´s not at all difficult, take pictures/notes as you disassemble the carb, and as they say assembly is the reverse.
It's not that hard, if you have done a 2 bbl Rochester, its quite similar....Just lay out your parts so you know how they go back
BTW, I dont think a carb beginning with a "70" is a 77.....Around 74, I think they started with the 170 serial #s...Yours would be older, I believe
It's not "hard" but there are a few tips that you need to know and to try and diagnose your carb over the internet would be a guessing game. Go on eBay and pick up a copy of "Rochester Carburetors" by Doug Roe. I've seen nice used copies for under $10. He was one of the GM engineers that helped design it. It has everything you need to do a good rebuild or performance mods. I bought mine 25 years ago and I don't let it out of my sight.
Another good one is "Rochester Quadrajet Carburetors" By Cliff Ruggles. It's much newer and I haven't seen it that cheap, usually around $20 plus shipping. I just got a copy and haven't had a chance to really get into. So far I prefer Doug Roe's by a slight margin but it hasn't been updated since 1987 and the Ruggles book has some newer info. If you can I recommend having both.
Your carb is a 75-76 CA emissions from a Checker or Marine. The exact type car it was actually used on might not be a Checker OR marine. Depending on what type choke and choke kicker(s) its equipped with and front or side fuel inlet would also be an indication of its actual application.
A couple tips:
Good luck.
for the bushings do i have to get the kit ($160) http://www.supercooltools.com/html/ZA-ATS/index.html or can i use a normal drill bit and drill press to drill out the old bushings and put in the new if i make sure everything is lined up good?
as for the year im just going with what the year of vehicle its in. the carb is probably around 74 or 75 like you say.
Make & year GMC/Truck, 1975
Displacement/cylinders NA/8
Carb number 7045586
Primary jet & rod combo NA / NA
Secondary jet & rod combo NA / NA
Idle feed NA
Fuel inlet valve NA
One thing I do to them all is when I have the carb stripped all the way down I take the main body, place it over a bucket and fill the fuel bowl and watch for leaks. Quadrajets are notorious leakers around the main wells. Many epoxy them and everytime I`ve did it and had it done even by guys who do it for a living like Sean Murphy, they still leaked. The solution is to flip the body over and restake the main wells with a small punch and a hammer, recheck for leaks and that`s it. It`s worked every time for me.
I would suggest that you not take apart the choke assembly unless you absolutely have to. Unscrew the screw that attaches the lever to the choke valve and the actuator rod. This will allow you to lift the top off vertically without having to disengage the rod. Make sure that you get the right top gasket. The kit usually comes with several and you need to match it exactly with the one you took off.
Your carb probably doesn't have an APT but I found a great way to set it for those who have one. I mark the depth of the top of the jet on the rod just above the top step with a permanent marker. Drop the APT in without the spring and adjust until the top of the mark aligns with the top of the jet. This will get you very close to having the shoulder of the rod in the correct position in the jet.
I have taken mine apart about 20 times now including several others I had laying around. It really is pretty easy once you do it once or twice and you know the tricks.
Quadrajet [4MV] rebuild 'newbie' needs help
I finally got the gumption to try to rebuild my Quad carb. One reason, because it needed it. Pouring gas out of accelerator pump. And second, because I couldn't afford to pay to have it done.
After looking on Youtube, I found some very informative videos. These videos walked me through the whole process from taking apart to reassembly.
I put it back on my truck, and it fired right up, running smooth as I could hope for. One problem though...years ago the automatic choke went bad on it and I replaced it with a manual-pull cable inside of cab on dash. That was working fine, but when I reassembled carb after rebuild, I left 2 things off of choke linkage. Lockout lever, and cam follower.
Does anyone have a clear picture of how these 2 parts go back on? I know
someone is probably saying that if I could rebuild the carb, I shouldn't have any problem figuring out how these go back on, but I'm wanting to be sure that I don't end up having to take choke linkage off again because something is 'up-side-down'.
Thanks ! ! :smash:
PS - I agree with Mertz ! !
Actuator rod can be a pain.
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Probably the 45. Before I selected my EDC I shot 9. 40 and 45. The 45 "felt" the best. By "felt", I mean it was the closest to a natural part of me. I then selected the brand and model. I shot the XD, Glock and M&P before making my choice.
This is a discussion on choices within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Hello If you only had a choice to carry a glock either a 40cal, or a 45acp which one would you pick and why? thanks...
If you only had a choice to carry a glock either a 40cal, or a 45acp which one would you pick and why? thanks
Probably the 45. Before I selected my EDC I shot 9. 40 and 45. The 45 "felt" the best. By "felt", I mean it was the closest to a natural part of me. I then selected the brand and model. I shot the XD, Glock and M&P before making my choice.
I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop!!
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Depends on the role I want filled. Strictly a CCW piece, I'd have a hard time choosing between a G23 or G36, but I'd go with the 36 most likely.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
Big bullets, make big holes and big leaks.......
Psalms 144:1
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
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I seem to be inherently more accurate with a .45 than a .40.....may be due to the snappiness of the recoil of the .40, but who knows.
Fortunately though, I'm not limited to only those 2 choices.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
I would be happy with either a .40 caliber Glock 23 (which I have) or a .45 caliber Glock 30 (which I have considered). The two guns are very similar in size, probably fit in the same holsters, and have similar recoil. The G30 seems a little wider in the grip, but not much.
I believe that either .40 or .45 work very well for self defense, and am indifferent as to which I carry. I can shoot them equally well and own several guns in each caliber.
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty's Teeth." - George Washington
I would see if you could rent both the .40 and .45 caliber Glocks at a range to see which one you liked the best. Without knowing your hand size and shooting experience, what works for someone else may not work for you. Both calibers have abundant choices in good self defense oriented ammunition. You really can't go wrong with either choice for self defense.
Having said all of that though, the .45 has a slight edge in the accuracy department IMHO.
God bless our troops!
I think I'd go with what I already carry on my Harley...a Glock-36.
Stay armed...go .45...stay safe!
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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anything but another person that carrys a glock .40 s&W!
sorry. i happen to not be a fan of glocks of 40cals. So i guess I would go with the .45, not b/c of any kind of 'stopping power' crap (I carry a 9mm), but because I hate the way .40s feel. I like .45s much better.
Georg BüchnerWo die Notwehr aufhört, fängt der Mord an
(Murder begins where self-defense ends)
IMHO shot placement is more important than bullet diameter. My theory is that a 9mm, .40 or .45 are equally fatal with correct shot placement. I carry a .40 cal Beretta and find it plenty accurate in the "self-defense" zone of 15 yards or less.
With my admittedly limited experience:
- Easier perceived recoil
- Bigger bullet = bigger hole
- Capacity...bigger bullets = take up more space
- Frame size...a double-stack gun to overcome the capacity issue is probably going to be pretty thick
- Ammo cost
- Capacity
- Bigger bullet than 9mm
- Recoil. I do NOT like the recoil of the .40S&W. Too "flippy" for me.
- Ammo cost. .40S&W ammo isn't all that much cheaper than .45ACP, if at all.
My personal preference for round in general, independent of gun manufacture, is .45ACP.
My two yen...
I'll take a .45 every time. I can shoot it consistantly and it does a good job at what it's designed to do.
ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell!
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judgement to keep himself out of situations that would require a display of his
superior skills."
My EDC is a G30. I have larger hands and it fits me very well. I am also able to stay on target better and shoot more consistently with the .45 than the .40 or 9mm
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For me it would depend on ammo availability and parts.
If given a choice I'd go with the 45, all other things being equal. I'm not a fan of the 40.


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skirochester wrote:ahhh. yes... nevermind btw, how is this not in the fog yet?
I guess It´s because I forgot the funny Taco;)
Re: El Zorro
Pretty sure the Z sword slashes are the hallmark copyrighted signiture of Zorro, kinda like Supermans S. You may want to tweak that.
Re: The Three Amigos
Good thing I just ate some yummy guacamole or your shirt would be making me hungry! Love it and voted!
Re: visit mexico
Resubmit and change all the white to represent the Mexican flag colors.
ADORABLE! Nice artwork, too.
paleodon wrote:Alta California (where the pueblo Los Angeles was located) was a part of Mexico at the time the character Zorro would have lived. The more important issue is that the character was created by an American.
But he was fully spaniard, even his attire saves the old tradition of old cordobés hat (from Córdoba in Spain)and cape. The character was created by somebody in the U.S., his look is spaniard and defends a town in California. How is that Mexican??
Re: Tortilla Origami
Pretty awesome! Got my vote!
Re: Barely Legal
This seems in very poor taste.
Not to mention the whole "trotting out easy pop culture references."
What a nice simple idea pulled off wonderfully. I'll definitely keep an eye out for this one. Good luck.
Re: Arroz con Pollo in Death to the Undead
Crazy good coloring skills!
Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=53976]They call me
Nice artwork Lucky, but I don't think anyones gonna get the Starwars ref without the title or the image of the wookie once the derby is done. Bandoliers have been in use for a loooong time even in Mexico, and adding the food will not help in that connection.
JRWorkshop wrote:No, there's not. It's just a fox with a cape.
For some reason when you said this I got a "Mallrats" 'You-know-what! There-is-no-Easterbunny! It's-just-some-guy-in-a-suit!' Vibe.
Anyways, actually I'd disagree. For Ramyb's work this isn't half bad drawing and shading wise.
However, the layout is too static for me. I think that is the problem I have had with many of the Ramyb shirts of late. The only one that really had a more inventive layout of late was the "Minor Modifications" one. The rest of the time the animal just sits there being cute and doesn't really convey action.
Now, I know that in real life, most cute animals like bunnies and "foofy puppies" will just sit there all quiet like and make you wonder if you'd be better off having just bought a life-sized doll that would cost and poop less. Yet, when it comes to wild animals, like a fox, I think we expect to see a bit more movement implied or otherwise.
Simply put, the fox needs those things that we expect to see from a fox. Show me cunning. Show me dashing and daring. I want to see a folded arm fox, sly look on his face with the wind sweeping his cape in the air in a heroic fashion.
Please don't show me a shiatsu-fox hybrid. That's the core problem designs like this of late. No flare.
Re: Las Cucarachis
Please vote!
tjost wrote:Pretty sure the Z sword slashes are the hallmark copyrighted signiture of Zorro, kinda like Supermans S. You may want to tweak that.
And it also counts as text.
Re: Frida Y Diego
Hey kids Its the Frida Y Diego show! Today we will learn about painting,
communism and redefining what beauty means!
Here's a link to a larger jpeg of the design
Re: Guadalupe Hidalgo
You are just so darn talented.
even though I'd liked it a bit darker, It's effing awesome!
jackmando7 wrote:Why is he a fox?
He's the Mexican Robin Hood, I guess
JRWorkshop wrote:But he was fully spaniard, even his attire saves the old tradition of old cordobés hat (from Córdoba in Spain)and cape. The character was created by somebody in the U.S., his look is spaniard and defends a town in California. How is that Mexican??
Mexico controlled California for a bit of time in the early 1800's (from around 1821, the Mexican War of Independence, until around 1846, the Mexican-American War). Surely Zorro lived in southern California during part of that timeframe...
Your ability to do so much with such a simple design is incredible.
mymovinman wrote:He's the Mexican Robin Hood, I guess
Zorro wasn't Mexican. He was Spanish. Big difference. I also thought about doing a Zorro design then did some research and learned a little about history too.
He es NOT! its the U.S. robin hood, he defends Los Angeles
Pretty sure, dead men don't shed tears either.
Mavyn wrote:And it also counts as text.
This. Clever idea using a fox with Zorro, but, yeah, this should be rejected, especially considering how stringent Woot has been in the past about anything remotely text-like in past derbies with a text ban.
ramyb wrote:Actually, it's because zorro means fox.
O, that makes much more sence. I actually figured it was because foxes are sly and so is Zorro.
Also congrats on todays print.
Re: Beso!
¡viva la rock! i really hope you guys like it
Spiritgreen wrote:Which one's Chevy Chip? :p
Actually, you can tell by their hats. He's in the middle :D
Yay! I'm glad someone did La Cucaracha! And you did it well. Good job.
Re: Harvest Season
I love it, it just looks like it might be a little hard to print all the small details in the different colors.
Re: Cocijo's 925
I really enjoy Native American cultures, so I choose to roll with this dude. Cicjio is the god of rain, lightning and thunder. Also know for creating the moon, sun, rivers, mountains, wildlife, et cetera... with his breath. Enjoy!
love your style something fierce and this design is no exception. the color choices are so bright and yells mexico!!! gmv
midgerock wrote:love your style something fierce and this design is no exception. the color choices are so bright and yells mexico!!! gmv
Thanks a lot, man!
Great title.
This is awesome. Captivating! GMV
Those little figures in the middle are hilarious.
Yeah, this cracks me up.
Re: What do you mean Roswell's in NEW Mexico?
Thanks, guys! Glad people are liking it.
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i got an error on my poll...trying again...sorry
tee hee!
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What do you mean by a combo?
I diffuse and can't imagine not diffusing as my hair is flat and less curly without it. I diffuse after 20 minutes out of the shower for about 10 minutes, wait another 10-15 and diffuse again for 5-10 minutes. Is that what you mean by a combo, as I take a break to let my hair airdry?
I diffuse with my head upside down; I kind of flip it more to one side of my head and diffuse all my hair and then tilt (haha! the other word I tried to use was bleeped out) my head over to the other side and diffuse all again (if that makes any sense). I only turn my diffuser on once it's up against my head, and then off before I bring it down. I divide my hair up into about 7 sections with the diffuser, 3 on each side of my head, and then the top, front layer (when I'm upside down). I never hold the diffuser on a section of hair for a certain time... I just kinda stop when I feel like - maybe 20 seconds, maybe 50.
Hope that makes some sense.
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