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Bent lower longeron.
Bent engine mount.
Left front spar fitting pulled out of the fuselage.
The dis-assembly crew.
Parts ready to load.
Loaded and ready to haul.
Buckled rear spar.
Compressed tank bay rod.
Rusty aileron hinge.
Another rusty aileron hinge.
Corrosion on the false spar when the flap hinge was removed.
Bent inboard flap hinge.
Front strut attach fitting bent.
Front strut attach fitting bent and pulled bolt out of compression strut.
Bent front jury strut fitting.
Bent spinner.
Bent spinner bulkheads.
Bent front spinner bulkhead.
Bent rear spinner bulkhead.
Bend in lower cowl.
Bent airbox door.
Bent cooling scoop.
Bent nose bowl.
Bent lower cowl rail.
Bent and broken engine mount.
Broken engine mount.
Broken tail brace wire clevis.
Incorrectly installed clevis washers.
Clevis washers installed incorrectly.
Broken exhaust pipe.
Broken swing out mount.
Damage to boot cowl and firewall.
Tubing damage behind the firewall and bootcowl.
Egged out air filter dome.
Tubing damage behind firewall.
Bowed tube under floorboard.
Bent tube aft of rear spar carry-thru.
Bent bottom longeron.
Upper deck pushed to the right at the rear and to the left at the front.
Rusty tubing at the battery box.
Bent tubes at firewall from below.
Rusted out right "D" window. Left was the same but damaged in the accident.
Tubing under battery box after removal of rear shelf.
Rusty bent tube on the bottom of rudder.
Tip skin wrinkled on right wing.
Warped wing tip bowed.
Tailpost bent to one side from previous repair.
Fuselage on rotator.
The cutting begins.
RH flap bracket bent.
Worn flap bellcrank.
Fuselage in the jig.
Firewall repaired.
Top deck being repaired.
Left wing going back together.
Pre-formed tip bows getting epoxy varnish.
Firewall/front section repaired.
Top deck getting repaired.
Top deck repairs.
Upper deck replaced with "X" brace installed.
Upper deck replaced.
Lower longeron repair.
Repair started on right side longeron.
Upper deck repaired.
Spalling on the crankshaft. Mains and rods turned .003" under.
Wings going back together.
New tip ribs being installed on left wing with new spars.
New "D" windows welded in.
Tabs welded under door frame for interior sheet mtal attachment.
Assembled wings.
Blasted, primed and painted all steel parts. Strut attach fittings.
New false spars.
No more rusty aileron hinges.
Lee is finally finished with the wings. :)
Beat up interior panels.
Interior panels are kinda beat up.
Painted parts.
Brake parts.
Rebuilt brake cylinders.
Some parking brake valve parts.
Rusty Seat Frame.
Blasting the fuselage.
Missing weld on the seat frame. Looks like it got past QC at Piper and didn't break over the past 30 years.
Weld here looks good.
Primed fuselage.
Primed fuselage getting white polyurethane top coat.
Wing root fairings from left wing in poor condition. Right wing was damaged in accident.
Some corrosion found after stripping paint and primer.
Typical cracks found on brake pedal support. Will replace with heavy duty F. Atlee Dodge part.
Chafed RH cowl door. Wear and tear from years of no anti-chafe material.
Corrosion that has blistered the paint on the left cowl door.
Outside of right cowl door where chafing has creased the aluminum.
Stripped, etched and alodyned aluminum parts.
Fuel tank and belly covers, stripped, etched and alodyned.
Left cowl door being stripped.
Bottom cowl being stripped.
Stripper working on the bottom cowl door.
Seat tube weld finished.
Landing gear, cabane vee, window and seat frame sand blasted.
Vertical and horizontal and stabilizers, elevators, rudder, door and rear seat frame sand blasted.
Cracked front floor board.
Baggage compartment floorboard.
Battery box and ELT rear shelf.
Mag switches and cabin and carb. heat control panel.
Battery box lid.
Corroded battery box lid. Corner of insulator is missing.
Battery box.
Misc. steel parts being primed.
Seats, brake pedals, push pull rod and misc. rudder and brake pedal parts painted black.
Old firewall blanket.
Flap handle assembly.
Torque tube assembly with sticks.
Instrument Panel as is.
Vacuum instrument plumbing.
Panel and boot cowl installed.
Boot cowl installed.
Lower section of rudder replaced.
In the air conditioned shop to work in comfort.
Air vent laid out.
Fitting windshield strip.
Air vent clecoed in.
Windshield fit.
Windshield, "D" windows and skylight fit and drilled.
Floorboards cut and fit.
Baggage floor cut and fit.
Battery shelf cut and fit.
Windows cut to fit.
Floorboards stained and awaiting epoxy varnish after holes are drilled.
Primed small parts.
Fitting the throttle cover panel and metal headliner.
Fitting the metal headliner.
Panels behind boot cowl fit.
Pre-fabricated boot cowls are always too long as can be seen by the gap between the boot cowl and aft aluminum panel.
Gotta get rid of some metal.
Rivets in seam are drilled out.
Boot cowl is pulled in tight and drilled to attach to the forming channel.
Problem is the original rivet hole don't line up now.
Figure 8 holes as seen from the inside.
Making a "U" channel doubler for the boot cowl seam.
"U" channel formed.
"U" channel clecoed in place.
Final trimming on windshield.
New throttle cover installed.
Groove isn't wide enough for the throttle lever to fit.
Univair made them an 1/8" too narrow. Verified by talking to their engineer. Fix is in the works.
Filed the groove to where the bend needs to be and rounded the corner on a piece of steel to form the edge over.
Before forming a new edge with a wider gap.
Radius ed steel plate.
Plate in place.
Clamped to hold.
Forming begun.
Part finished and fit.
Firewall holes cut and routing laid out.
Horizontal stabilizers covered.
Tube for shoulder harness welded in.
Fresh air vent riveted in.
Fresh air vent door installed.
Boot cowl.
Fresh air vent box.
Floorboards, rudder pedals and brakes in.
Wings covered.
Covered wings.
Trim system installed.
Jackscrew and trim and stringers installed.
Stringers and trim installed. Fabricating fuel lines.
Tapes on.
Left wing through silver.
Right wing taped.
Color difference.
Left wing painted.
Right wing covered.
Installing fuel system.
Fabricating new fuel lines.
Dakota Cub fuel valve and Cub Crafters headerless fuel system.
New fuel lines installed.
Final fit of interior panels.
Fuselage Covered
Polybrush applied.
White Polytone base.
Newly plated and painted parts prior to assembly.
Assembled with new tail spring.
New tail spring with the old bent spring.
Trim goes full nose down and the bungee cable is the correct lenth now after fabricating a 1" shorter cable for the Dakota Cub jackscrew and yoke assembly.
Dakota Cub jackscrew/yoke assembly with bungee cable mount. Cable has to be custom made 1" shorter because of the new location of the mount to the jackscrew. Also if you use the hardware as listed in Dakota Cubs instructions it hits the tubes and doesn't allow full nose down trim. Used one size shorter bolt and a low profile "Jesus" nut for clearance.
Vertical stabilizers covered, stitched and taped.
Elevator covered.
Door covered and taped.
Elevator with one side covered.
Stabilzers and rudder covered stiched and taped.
New brake lines installed and ready for cover.
Gear legs.
Tail feathers in silver.
Door, gear and rudder ready for silver.
Rudder, gear and door through silver.
Tail feathers, gear legs and door painted white polytone.
Tail feathers in final paint.
Wet sanding lift struts.
Lift struts primed, painted and put away for safe keeping.
Paint removed from fuel tank and surface corrosion found after noticing bubbles in the paint.
Close up of the corrosion pitting on aluminum fuel tank.
Another spot of corrosion starting.
Area cleaned of paint and etched to kill the corrosion.
Deep pits probed for soft spots.
Hole in the fuel tank from corrosion under the primer.
Old antenna hole on back of left fuel tank cover that needs patching.
Another old antenna hole on right fuel tank cover that needs patching.
Cracked screw hole at trailing edge of fuel tank cover.
Laying out the stripes.
Stripes painted.
Ailerons prepped, primed and painted.
Ailerons, lower shock strutc and misc. cowl supports painted.
Stabilizers and elevators installed and rigged.
Rudder stripped.
Door striped.
New fuel tank covers damaged in shipping.
Box doesn't show much evidence of damage.
Patch welded over the corrosion on the fuel tank.
Prime and paint.
Flat black boot cowl and wing root covers.
Laying out stripes.
Interior panels.
White parts.
Tail assembled and rigged.
Instruments and plumbing removed.
Instrument added.
Doublers riveted in bungee cover ends.
Bungees going on.
Boot cowl striped and other misc. painted parts.
Electrical panel lettering going on.
Electrical panel lettering.
Oil pressure flex hose like new now.
Dry rotted fuel cap gasket.
New gasket installed.
Amp meter prior to paint.
Circuit breakers prior to clean up.
Radio rack built and secured.
Vortex generators going on.
Vortex generators installed.
Panel powered up.
Electrics installed.
Caliper pin engagment of the brake caliper.
Not much engagement.
Someone added spacers behind the brake disc which limited the caliper pin engagment.
Proper caliper pin engagement once spacers were removed.
Gear on.
Paco inspected it.
Wings on.
Felt glued to the tubing to eliminate rattleing interior panels.
Interior panels installed.
Nothing keeping the seat springs from spreading apart.
Fixture for making the right size hog rings.
One half of a hog ring.
Hog ring formed.
Springs secured.
Wing root fairings fabricated.
Wing root attach fairings.
Wing root attach fairings crack.
Wing root attach fairings bent.
10/32 Clipnut on belly fairings.
Southco fasteners on belly fairing.
Clip nut.
Inside the belly.
Belly panels installed.
Belly panels installed, less four screws in the middle.
Aft belly panel.
Southco fastener with nylon wear washer to eliminate hole elongation.
New tab sewn on and rips repaired in rear seat cushion.
Windshield and sktlight installed.
1981 fuel line is a bit stiff and a bit worn.
1Q81 Got good service out of this fuel line.
Cowling fit.
New nose bowl installed.
New cowl doors fit.
Need to do some triming for the Hot Rod Muffler.
Need to patch this crack in the airbox scoop.
Same thing on the other side.
Skylight, wing root panel and fuel gauge installed.
Plugs for the push to talk switches on the sticks so they can be easily removed.
Doublers riveted over cracked corners of air scoop.
Old and new headset jack housings.
Catch for the cowl door prop rods on old cowl doors.
The stiffeners on the new cowl doors are wider.
Material to make the brackets wider.
Tabs weldes on.
Corners rounded to fit the cowl former channels.
Rivet in place.
Crack in the airbox housing.
Patch rivet in.
Crack in the air scoop corner.
Doubler made.
Doubler riveted in.
Filling the brakes.
Window cut out for fresh air vent.
Vent frame.
Primed parts.
More primed parts.
Bottom wing root fairings fit.
SCAT hose installed.
New fuel line with fire sleeve installed.
Inspection plates painted white.
Cowling painted white.
A little brass corrosion. Cleaned with vinegar.
Parking brake placards cleaned up with a little vinegar.
Leading edge wing root fairings fitted.
Parking brake push/pull rods installed.
Window catch.
Wing root fairings with nut plates riveted in to eliminate sheet metal screws.
Vent installed.
Shoulder harness installed.
Wing root fairings.
Worn out hole in the air filter cone with a patch cut out.
Putting a little crown in the doubler/patch.
Shrinking the edges a bit.
Pretty good fit.
Doubler/patch clecoed in place.
Riveted to gether and ready for primer and paint.
Windows, door and wing root fairings installed.


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Don't think your ministry can make a difference? Tell that to a couple of businessmen who met in a crowded hotel in 1898 and decided to create an organization dedicated to serving the traveling soul. Now celebrating its 100-year anniversary, the Gideons International, founded by John Nicholson and Sam Hill, has distributed an astounding 1.5 billion Bibles since 1908, when the group began placing Scripture in hotel rooms.
"I think there's an untold number of people that have had their lives changed as a result of reading the Gideon Bible or New Testament," said Steve Smith, director of communications and development for the Gideons. "We've been blessed to learn the details of many of those and are confident there are still many more we have not yet learned about." Last year alone the interdenominational ministry gave out nearly 77 million Gideon Scriptures, translated into 85 languages in 187 countries around the world.
"What it's done is actually changed our culture," commented Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals. "People expect there to be a Bible in a hotel room. There's hardly anything that's parallel to it." [AP, 1/1/09; gideons.org, 1/5/09]
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Fotopedia Morocco Reveals The Country That Travels Within You
Fotopedia arrives in Morocco as their latest travel app for iOS debuts. Visit Casablanca, Tangier, and more.
Bryan M. Wolfe
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Fotopedia's Apps Look Even Better, Retina Display Supported For New iPad
Fotopedia, the San Francisco, California-based iOS developer, today announced Retina display support for seven apps for the new iPad - Fotopedia Heritage, Paris, Japan, Wild Friends, Women of the World, North Korea, and Dreams of Burma.
Bryan M. Wolfe
| March 28
Fotopedia Wild Friends Arrives In App Store
Fotopedia, the folks behind the popular line of iOS visual travel apps, has released their newest title. The free Fotopedia Wild Friends arrives today in the App Store.
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Fotopedia Paris: Take A Tour Around The City Of Lights, From Your Couch
Fotopedia Paris is a new, free universal application that can take users on a virtual tour of Paris. The app includes more the 4,000 stunning photos of art, architecture, cafes, castles, and more.
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Fotopedia gives you a plethora of amazing photography, this time highlighting the U.S. National Parks. Click through to find out all about it.
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Review: Fotopedia Heritage - Traveling Photobook
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I love seeing pictures of everyone's LO, so I thought we could play a little game.
It is called picture UNO.
How it works:
I'll post a picture of my LO and the next person posts a picture of their LO with something similiar in it to my picture. For example, same colour of clothes, toy, expression or anything else similar. The next person uses that persons picture and does the same...so on and so forth.
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Hog Heaven, Part 1
When it comes to energy policy, Amory Lovins has proven again and again that he's a pretty smart guy. At the moment, nothing seems more insightful than one of Amory's comments in the May/June issue of Mother Jones.
Asked what energy policies the next president should champion, Lovins was skeptical. He believes energy policy will continue to be made not at the national level, but by communities and states. "With modest exceptions," Amory said, "our federal energy policy is really a large trough arranged by the hogs for their convenience."
Right now, the hogs are eating very, very well.
With voters struggling from record prices for gasoline and all of the products made from petroleum and with no end in sight, the oil companies are pushing for more leases to drill for more oil on more public lands. President Bush, Big Oil's special friend in the White House, is pushing for more drilling, too, as are a number of people in Congress. At the moment, most Democrats on the Hill seem to be holding fast against this strategy — but there's an election coming up.
The fallacious idea is that we can drill our way out of the petroleum problem if only the tree-huggers get out of the way. That argument already has been debunked in several places. Even T. Boone Pickens, who has decided he's made enough money in oil, is purchasing television air time to say that drilling isn't the answer. But two points are worth repeating.
First, oil companies already are choking on more public leases than they can develop. They're using our energy crisis as an opportunity not only to rake in record profits, but to secure as many leases as possible before President Bush leaves office. It's a mineral rush.
Over the past eight years, the Administration already has shoveled leases out the door as fast it has been able, relaxing environmental reviews to speed up the paperwork — so much so that federal employees have protested, despite the risk of retaliation from the Administration's message police. Given this history, one might suspect that the President's refusal to release some oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a gambit to keep up the pressure for more drilling. In other words, he seems to have decided that we consumers should be held hostage at the pump until Congress caves and gives oil companies lots more places to drill.
But, as many now have noted, even if the industry could drill in ANWR and off-shore and in pristine public lands, the new supplies wouldn't lower the price of gasoline much and wouldn't have any impact for years.
Second, if we are addicted to oil, a change in suppliers won't cure us. On the flip side of $145 oil is an enormous opportunity to finally make the switch to cleaner and more sustainable energy supplies and to a future in which our jobs no longer are vulnerable to a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, or vandalism in Nigeria, or a cutoff by Iran, or some other little tremor in the world oil market. If not now, when?
Third, it's time to stop and think carefully about what George Bush and Dick Cheney are doing to the country. Be careful — the examples of damage may be too much for any one brain to hold. For the purposes of this post, it's enough to grasp that the next President will have to spend so much time trying to repair the messes of his predecessor that he will have little time for anything else.
In regard to climate change, the White House is inflicting damage with both fists. The oil cabal inside the West Wing continues to fill the trough for the oil cartel on the outside. In addition to the push for more drilling, the Administration is "working with" the Iraqi government to help U.S. oil companies get access to Iraq's petroleum fields. (To the victor go the oils.)
With the other hand, the White House is performing a transparent public relations tap dance on climate action while it continues to block action behind the scenes. At the G-8 summit this week (destined to be known as "Slight of Hand in Japan") the developed nations issued statements about how much they care about climate change and Bush got some good press for convening the discussion. But the G-8 proved itself to be a gaggle of global warming wimps, unwilling to commit to firm targets for reducing emissions. Meanwhile, back in Washington, word circulated that Bush plans no change in his no-action policy, and the EPA has no plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions during this Administration.
In sum, the Bush Energy/Climate Policy is: "Let's make our carbon legacy last as long as possible. Let's drill America into a hole it cannot get out of."
While we're speaking of things underground, that muffled sound you hear is President Eisenhower rolling over in his grave. It was Eisenhower who, as he departed office in 1961, warned us to beware of "unwarranted influence" by the military-industrial complex:
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Eisenhower was speaking of the potential for an unholy alliance between the military and the U.S. arms industry. Today, he might well add the oil industry to his definition of the complex. Our military has been ordered into the service of Big Oil to secure its continuing access to supplies. The alliance has proved profitable for defense-related companies (by one estimate, private contractors in Iraq are being paid $4.5 billion a month) and apparently will be good for U.S. oil companies, too. But it has proven very expensive for our armed forces and the national economy. President Bush is not only begging the more oil from the Saudis; he's borrowing much of the money for the Iraq war from China — the first time since the Revolutionary War that America has financed a conflict by borrowing from other nations.
Can the next President save us from all the damage? Will he? That's a question we'll explore in Hog Heaven, Part 2.
— Bill B.
5 Responses to Hog Heaven, Part 1
A truly great speech. So we don't get smug or self-righteous it is well to remember that it goes on to say:
"…The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."
Joe if Amory Lovins, why did he make all of those mistakes did he make all those mistakes that David Bradish pointed out? http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2008/07/amory-lovins-and-his-nuclear-illusion.html
(follow links to his numerous other posts on Lovins) Why did Lovens bail out of his attempt to debate Bradish after attempting to answer two of Bradish's points on Gristmill? Why did he not fully engage Bradish in debate when when Bradish responded to Lovins Gristmill posts? Where is Lovins answer to repeated criticism of his failure to answer objections to his views on efficiency based on Jevons Paradox? Where is Lovins promised paper demonstrating that Jevons Paradox does not apply to greater efficiency ion e;ectrical use?
Joe where is Lovins response to the argument of the Sovoetologist, argument that Lovins confuses microeconomics where the rebound effect for individuals may mot reach 100% with macroeconomice in which the rebound effect almost inevitably exceeds 100%?
Where is Lovins responce to my review of his reference sources in which I conclude:
"Thus Lovins' anti-nuclear report points to missing links, shallow and hidden sources, and what clearly appears to be outdated information. To say that Lovins had "cherry picked" his information on the PBMRs would appear to be an unwarranted compliment to his research technique. Levons reports on nuclear power are written with the sole purpose of hiding the failure of Levons' decades old predictions on nuclear power to prove true. In his effort to obscure the truth, Levons has become a fount of disinformation.
Where is Lovins response to to Brian Wang charge that he was actually promoting air pollution? http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/06/amory-lovins-distorts-nuclear-energy.html
Where is Lovins response to a veritable tsunami of criticism during the last few months? This is all very strange for such a smart guy.
[JR: Like many people, he doesn't waste his time rebutting everyone criticizing him.]
Climateer, my guess is the last bit about scholars was added by Eisenhower in reaction to J. Robert Oppenheimer, who Eisenhower disliked, and helped to destroy.
On the scientific-technological elite portion, subsequent events have shown Eisenhower's concern was not unfounded. Our White House ignores science and technology and listens only to business.
All of those oil drills could be put to much better use drilling geothermal wells in order to develop enhanced geothermal systems.
In Australia, its hog heaven too. The government has just released a carbon pollution reduction scheme Green Paper that has accurately been described as a "handout bonanza" and a "no polluter left behind" policy.


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The city that never sleeps - New York is featured in all its glory including the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge in a skyline view. This great metropolitan print will work wonders in your next American City or New York project. The Brooklyn Bridge is about 9", 'New York, New York!' from the 'City' collection by Timeless Treasures.


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|"Dear Dracula" graphic novel on sale now
In a time when finding comics for young children has been said to be difficult, writer Josh Williamson and artist Vicente âVinnyâ Navarrete have come to the rescue with a unique all-ages, 48-page hardcover graphic novel. Add to that the fact âDear Draculaâ is hitting the stands just two weeks before the spookiest holiday of all, and you have the makings of success. Williamson spoke with CBR News about his high-concept hybrid, the inspiration for the book and more.
âDear Draculaâ is an all-ages graphic novel from Shadowline that follows a young boy named Sam who writes to Dracula at Halloween instead of writing to Santa Clause at Christmas. âSam wants to be a real vampire for Halloween this year,â Williamson told CBR. âSam is surprised to see that Dracula actually answers his letter and pays Sam a surprise visit.
âItâs a Halloween adventure which is definitely geared toward a younger audience with adults still in mind, and I think captures that magic of a kidâs imagination and just being a kid.â
While the custom of writing to Santa Claus might be the obvious inspiration for a project like âDear Dracula,â Williamson says it actually started with the scary side of things. âDracula himself was the beginning inspiration. Iâd always wanted to do a book with him and started doing a lot of research on the legend,â the writer explained. âAfter awhile, I started looking into his impact on our culture and how he was this pop icon. A few weeks ago I was talking to [Shadowline head] Jim Valentino about how Dracula has transcended the vampire mythos and struck out on his own so much so that this isnât a vampire book, but just a Dracula book.
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âWhile I was doing all that,â Williamson continued, âI started thinking about how much I loved Dracula when I was a kid, how much I thought vampires were cool, and the original novel. A lot of people donât know that most of Bram Strokerâs âDraculaâ novel is actually a series of letters written by the bookâs main characters. I was thinking of all this when the title, âDear Draculaâ popped into my head and it went from there.â
A former comics retail employee, Williamson took inspiration for âDear Draculaâsâ young hero, Sam, from a boy who visited his store with his grandmother every Saturday several years ago. â[They would] buy horror movie toys, and Iâm talking slasher flicks here,â Williamson said. âI guess his Grandma would take him to see scary flicks on the weekends and he just loved the guts and gore. Iâll never forget the look in that kidâs eyes as I handed him a bag with the latest Jason toy. I think we captured that same look in Samâs eye.â
Josh Williamson and Vicente Navarrete have chosen a unique form for their graphic novel that makes it instantly clear that âDear Draculaâ will be more than just your typical kid-friendly comic. âThe book is going to be a 48 page square hardcover,â Williamson confirmed. âIts exact dimensions are eight inches by eight inches. A lot of work was put into the overall look of the book to make sure it was very visually appealing. Iâve seen an advanced copy and the format just sings.â
While the concept of âDear Draculaâ would make for a fine childrenâs novel, it was in deference to Williamson and Navarreteâs creative roots that lead them to the unique form of comics. âWe went with the hybrid of comic and childrenâs book because we knew we wanted to appeal to kids and we were both fans of a lot of kidsâ books, but at the end of the day Vinny and I are comic book guys. Thatâs what we know and how we saw it.â
Despite the childrenâs book approach, the creators make it clear there is no upper age limit on âDear Dracula.â âThe book itself reads ages 6 and up, and it means it,â Williamson said. âEverybody should be able to read this book and enjoy it. Itâs truly an all-ages book. I just love watching people read it and seeing little smiles crack on their faces. This is a book that can be read by kids, to kids, and by adults looking for a fun quick read.â
|Pages from "Dear Dracula"
The creators took pains to make sure âDear Draculaâ would touch all age ranges with some in-house product testing. âEvery step of the way, this was shown to kids,â Williamson said. âVinny has a young niece who he showed the book to while he was working on it. She would ask questions and weâd take her thoughts into account. Whenever he had his younger cousins around or her friends he would show them pages to see what theyâd say. Pretty much, if they liked something or laughed at something, we knew we were on the right track. After the book was done, we showed it to a bunch of people we knew and got some great responses from people with kids, and just people in general. Kids really seemed to enjoy the book.â
Williamson also had one other target audience in mind as he wrote the book. âI wrote âDear Draculaâ for the artist, Vicente Navarrete, and no one else could have drawn it. He is for sure an all-ages creator, thatâs where his passion is and it worked out really well for this book.
âI met Vinny while in college many years ago and have worked with him on and off since. Weâve only done a few short stories together, but never a full-on book. In the past, weâd help each other out with our independent comics, just a lot of behind-the-scenes type of stuff, but we always knew weâd do a book together. A few years ago we started talking about the âDear Draculaâ story and we started brainstorming back and forth about the story, tone and overall design of the book. Once we both had an outline we liked we got to work on it. It took some time for us to finalize everything, and we were really patient each step of the way to make sure weâd get it exactly how we both wanted it.â
âThe art is great,â Williamson said of his collaborator, âand he did some amazing things here, exceeding my expectations every time. Vinny busted his ass on this book. His work ethic is amazing; he just puts so much into each page. I sometimes can be just happy to see a cool page and settle on things, but Vinny kept us honest. He made sure that we did our best. It was really important that we both gave our all. Itâs funny, weâd argue over little things, like for example moving one word balloon or caption one tenth of an inch. But in the end it was all worth it. â
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Williamson and Navarrete brought âDear Draculaâ to Shadowline for two reasons: âJim Valentino and [editor] Kris Simon,â the writer said. âI wanted to work with them for a really long time and tried pitching to them with no luck in the past. Iâll never forget Jimâs first email after I sent him âDear Dracula,â the first line he wrote was âDing Ding Ding, we have a winner!â The books Jim and Kris do are just amazing and I wanted to be a part of that. Also, having an editor like Kris and a comic veteran like Jim was very appealing; knowing that someone was going to be watching our backs, with our best interests in mind the whole time was very helpful. Also, Iâve been a big fan of Image since its inception, Iâve gotten at least five Image books a month, every month, from the beginning, and working with one of the founders was a dream come true.â
If âDear Draculaâ finds its audience, thereâs an excellent change that Sam will be breaking out his pen and stationary once again. âWeâve been talking about doing another book to follow up on this one pretty much since we started,â Williamson confirmed. âAt the San Diego Con last year, it came up a lot in our conversations with people, so while everyone was out getting drunk at the Hyatt, Vinny and I stayed in our room brainstorming ideas for sequels and future books with Sam and this tone. Now, we have a few planned out and our taking our time in developing them, so the quality is the same.â
In the meantime, Williamson and Navarrete are working on new projects, namely a couple of new kids books. âWe both have new books with Shadowline that they might be announcing soon and a few other things we canât talk about just yet,â he said. âRight now we just hope people love âDear Draculaâ as much as we do, and have great Halloweens this year.â
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Sequestration could cost Arizona defense contractors
PHOENIX — The Greater Phoenix Economic Council has issued its study on the potential impacts of Congress and the White House failing to stop the so-called sequestration of massive federal budget cuts from taking effect Friday.
Barry Broome with GPEC said he doesn't intend for this to be a doomsday report but the impact will be significant. There are almost 50,000 jobs tied to aerospace and defense in Arizona which has the nation's sixth-largest share of Department of Defense contracts.
Broome estimates the state could lose $2.3 billion dollars each year, but until the sequestration actually happens, the size and effect of the cuts remains ambiguous.
"We get $13 billion in defense contracts each year. That's a big number to our economy," he said, adding that the billions in contracts are spread across 2,000 companies.
Broome's report did not estimate the number of job losses in the state if the sequestration kicks in but it will be significant.
"I think Boeing in Mesa is in pretty good shape," he said. "Honeywell has done a great job in diversification, but I am more nervous about Raytheon in Tucson more than any asset in the state."
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Consumers want to find more deals on social media than retailers have been offering, according to a new holiday shopping report from market research provider Yesmail Interactive. However, the firm's research also indicated that shoppers tune out companies that bombard them with too many promotions in the holiday time frame.
The research suggest that retailers have to get the tone and timing of their social media campaigns right to drive fourth-quarter sales.
According to the research, half of consumers are influenced by social media when making online purchases and 42% for in-store purchases. The firm also found that 34% of consumers have purchased a product as a direct result of a social media promotion despite the fact that only 8% of Facebook and 4% of Twitter marketing campaigns focus on money savings.
Yet, while Yesmail's study demonstrated that many consumers engage with social media promotions, it also indicated that holiday-themed promotions often perform worse than non-holiday promotions.
The firm tracked social media campaigns launched during the spring and summer of this year. Of those, 14% of Facebook campaigns and 8% of Twitter campaigns had a holiday theme. The findings demonstrated that campaigns focusing heavily on getting the consumer to purchase showed less-than-average engagement, while the messages aimed at simply getting followers into the respective holiday spirit performed much better.
"The winners focused on what the season means to consumers, rather than using the holiday to directly promote a product or sales event," Michael Fisher, president of Yesmail Interactive, said. "Brands have to be especially careful about not being overly promotional during the holidays, even though customers are increasingly turning to social channels to find deals."
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Virginia "Gina" Macdonald lost a thirteen-month battle with leukemia on September 10, 2010 dying at her home in Metairie peacefully in her sleep.
Gina was cremated at the Tharp-Sontheimer Funeral Home in Metairie and there will be no memorial service until a later time.
Gina is survived by her husband of 40 years, Andrew; her mother, Lonnie Mae Whitten of Austin, Texas; and three sisters, Jeanie Kay, Barbara Ann, and Linda Sue, of Central Texas. Her aunt Laura lives in Arlington, Texas. An aunt, Ruth Copeland, and cousins Lannie and Anita constitute the Canadian branch of her family. Her extended family included scores of students and colleagues who benefited from her teaching and mentoring, since Gina could never do enough in support of people in need, giving generously of her time and attention. Her international students around the world found in her a surrogate parent, someone who never withheld help when needed.
Gina was born in Crockett, Texas and lived in Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay area during her high school years, as well as in Whidby Island, Wash., Chincoteague, Va., Pensacola, Fla., and other locations where her father, Jimmie Lee Whitten, a career Navy aviator, was stationed. She was a resident of Texas in her college years and of the New Orleans area since 1980.
Gina held a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas at Austin, and taught in the Loyola University New Orleans English department from 1980 until 1985 and then in the Loyola Intensive English program until 1992. She then worked as an assistant and associate professor at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux before being promoted to professor in 2009. She retired from Nicholls in 2010 because of her illness.
Gina was the author of nine scholarly books on widely diverse topics and several book-length collections of academic essays, as well as hundreds of articles, encyclopedia entries and other short pieces. She completed her last book, on Scottish mystery writer E.X. Ferrars, while undergoing chemotherapy at Tulane Hospital where she received excellent care in the Bone Marrow Ward. She continued her scholarly writing even while undergoing outpatient treatment at the Tulane Cancer Center, whose doctors and staff she valued highly.
Perhaps as a consequence of her childhood postings with her military family, Gina was an inveterate traveler, spending months in Mexico (she was bilingual in Spanish) and England, as well as making trips to France, Belgium, Germany, Costa Rica, and Russia for multiple visits. Perhaps her favorite place was Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where she would visit family members and enjoy the unspoiled nature of the area and its dramatic geology. Gina also found spiritual contentment in the American West and Pacific Northwest, particularly in the state and national parks, where her photography was remarkable for a non-professional.
An animal lover and protector all her life, Gina could never refuse aid and comfort to any creature in need, a mark of her kind and giving nature.
Her wish was that rather than flowers, donations be made to the Louisiana SPCA.
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"Son, I'm so glad you graduated today," exclaimed my father as he wiped tears of joy away from his eyes and with anaconda-like strength, bear-hugged me. He hesitated and sighed deeply. I could tell he was working hard to fight back more tears. I remember thinking, What deep words of knowledge and fatherly wisdom will he share with me on this special day?
When confronted with the notion that Church and State must remain separated, the subject of voting against Prohibition is quickly brought. There is no denying the fact that Ellen G. White and the Adventist Pioneers saw the consumption of alcohol as a pernicious evil. There is near unanimity in the condemnation of alcohol consumption in the early stages of the Adventist Church, and for very good reasons.
In this article, the fourth in our series on alleged contradictions in the writings of Ellen White, we will consider three additional issues in Ellen White's ministry where critics and revisionists have accused her of contradicting herself—the "daily" in the book of Daniel, the scope of the law as described in Paul's epistle to the Galatians, as well as some of her statements where a surface reading might lead some to think she wrote inconsistently regarding God's love for sinners.
It seemed a mystery to me to find no verses that say that Jesus raised Himself from the tomb when John 10:17,18 clearly states Jesus had the power and ability to raise Himself:
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father." (John 10:17,18 KJV)
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (New International Version, Romans 12:1). How can we Christians follow God's instruction to do that? People today are more selfish, more self-absorbed, more isolated, more busy, more prideful, more broken, more depressed, more lonely, and more hurting than ever before!
We start in the green and golden sunset of Eden. The wind moans through the trees as if to give the earth a voice of mourning, for among the beautiful vistas of nature are the figures of royalty. But instead of standing tall in their territory, wearing the robes that Divinity had gifted them, they are crouched behind bushes, dressed in peasantly garb—inadeqaute, but the only covering that they could put together.
One can discover a disturbing phenomenon by taking a quick look at the online Bible sites that give us access to many different translations. One might think that a few modern translators were simply taking too many creative liberties, but in this article, I will show that they appear to have intentionally altered the Word of God with respect to the Sanctuary Doctrine.
Not long ago, a friend of mine was relating to me a sermon that he had just listened to where the preacher related a question that someone had asked him. The individual wanted to know why God would allow Satan to be loose after the millennium. In response, the pastor said half-heartedly, "if you can tell me why God let him loose the first time, I'll tell you why He let him loose the second time."
This is the story of a guy named Abram. Actually, this is your story…and my story. It's everybody's story. Be patient; read on and all be revealed.
With the world becoming more inundated with crime and gross injustice, it isn't surprising that political issues dominate world headlines. The recent tragedy in Orlando, Florida has shown us that there is no security anywhere and that life can be taken at any moment. As we head deeper into the election year we are faced with more political decisions that will affect our temporal disposition.
Bible prophecy foretells that prior to the Second Advent, God's Remnant Church will develop the character of Christ to full maturity before the watching universe.
If we have reached the level of sophistication in which parents can track their children's online movements, why would we be surprised that God has the ability to not only record our actions and our words, but more important: record the deepest, darkest, most private thoughts, intentions, and motivations of our hearts?


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Solid Snake has busted out from beneath his cardboard box, and is making a break for the big-screen.
Deadline reports Sony Pictures is finally getting a move on its adaptation of Metal Gear Solid, the Konami video game franchise that follows covert ops specialist Solid Snake on his various stealth-driven missions. According to the report, The Kings of Summer filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts is in early talks to direct, with Avi Arad aboard as producer.
With Warcraft already in production, Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed on the way, and now Metal Gear Solid heating up, are we on the edge of the video game movie renaissance? Or will all of these films flop, like virtually every video game movie we've seen thus far? We'll find out soon enough.
The fact that the games have upwards of 9 hours of cutscenes each makes the notion of a Metal Gear Solid movie kind of redundant, especially since the series is so driven by its auteur Hideo Kojima. As much as I love Metal Gear, I'm skeptical that Hollywood will allow this movie to be anything like Metal Gear
Please let this not be another Prince of Persia.
A Metal Gear Solid film of Jerry Bruckheimer quality would be like adapting Citizen Kane into a free-to-play infinite running Android game.
Agreed. MGS has historically held such a devoted fanbase, I worry that the director will completely miss the mark and drown it in CGI and VFX. I think the only way this can succeed is if the director is at least a fan himself, i.e., one who has had the patience to sit and play through virtually every game, with a firm grasp of the storyline.
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With all due respect to the Coen brothers, New York City wasn�t the only place with a bustling folk music scene in the mid-1960s. The Boston-Cambridge area was another folk music mecca, attracting the likes of James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal and Joan Baez.
Still, it�s another performer � the gravel-voiced singer-songwriter Tom Rush � who deserves most of the credit for launching Boston�s folk music revival. In fact, for a time, Rush was arguably a more influential figure than any of his folk-singing peers, including Bob Dylan.
As it happens, Rush is still touring and performing hits such as �Galveston Flood,� �Child�s Song� and �No Regrets.� And unlike Dylan, Rush�s singing voice is still intact � a rich, supple baritone that can handle everything from mournful ballads to foot-stomping blues.
Tom Rush performs Saturday at Salve Regina University�s O�Hare Academic Center, 100 Ochre Point Ave., Newport.�The concert, sponsored by Common Fence Music, starts at 8 p.m. (Doors open at 7:30.) Tickets are $40 and are available at the Common Fence box office from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday; through Ticket Web any time and at the door until sold out.�
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The chalk-finish paint that we're showing here was made by blending a flat latex paint with plaster of Paris (powdered gypsum), and water. The resulting thick-body paint goes on as easy as regular paint, but adds the look of an antique finish -- with or without distressing. Not to be confused with chalkboard paint, a chalk-finish paint surface can be left with a matte finish or rubbed for a more satiny look. Everyone from decorators to homeowners appreciates its ease of application and ability to add color to a room without time-consuming sanding, filling, and priming.
For a time-saving alternative to mixing your own paint, use Valspar's Chalky Finish Paint. Like the DIY version, it can be antiqued or distressed -- plus it can be tinted in your choice of 40 colors.
Chalk-Finish Paint Projects
Layered Look
Put a hand-me-down coffee table on center stage using chalk-finish paint made from two Valspar Signature colors -- LaFonda Ortiz Gold (#3004-5A) as the base coat and City Chic (#CI 51) as the top coat. Distress the legs and table curves and edges to give it a worn look perfect for this style. Mix 5 tablespoons of plaster of Paris and 5 tablespoons of water with 1/2-cup of paint.
Contrasting Colors
To paint this dresser, we used chalk-finish paint made from City Chic to give the entire piece one coat. After the drawer fronts dried, we added a surface coat of a contrasting color -- Light Avocado (#CI 47) shown -- using a light brushstroke so the base color shows through. Mix 1/3-cup of plaster of Paris and 1/3-cup of water with 1 cup of paint.
Color Inside and Out
Paint the inside of a cabinet a brighter color (Retro Green, #CI 28) than the outside -- Grandma's Cherry Pie (#CI 106) under Light Avocado (#CI 47) -- to add personality to a room. The box on top and tray on the bottom shelf of this cabinet are painted in Skyscape (#4007-10A). Mix 5 tablespoons of plaster of Paris and 5 tablespoons of water with 1/2-cup of paint for both colors.
Wake Up Wicker
A tired wicker set becomes a charming duo with chalk-finish paint. Clean the pieces with a wire brush before painting. For the chair, tabletop, and table legs, we used Light Avocado. The table body is painted City Chic. Mix 1/3-cup of plaster of Paris and 1/3-cup of water with 1 cup of paint for the wicker portion and 5 tablespoons of plaster of Paris and 5 tablespoons of water with 1/2-cup of paint for the top and legs.
Chalk-Finish Paint Recipe
Mix your own chalk-finish paint using the following supplies:
- Valspar flat latex paint
- Plastic paint buckets (#40008)
- Plaster of Paris (#41323)
- Stir sticks
- Plastic measuring cups (do not reuse for food)
- Water (cool, not warm)
- Paste wax (#45898)
Mix 1/3 cup of plaster of Paris and 1/3 cup of cool water; stir until completely smooth. Mix that with 1 cup of latex paint and stir thoroughly. This will make enough chalk-finish paint for one coat on a six-drawer dresser. Chalk-finish paint should not be stored and reused. If you have a smaller project, mix smaller amounts of plaster, paint, and water in the same proportions.
How To Apply a Chalk-Finish Paint
Apply the First Layer
Practice painting a scrap board before tackling a project. When layering different paint colors for a distressed finish, apply a heavier base coat than top coat. Work quickly -- chalk-finish paint dries fast -- and immediately remove any particles in the wet paint.
Add a Distressed Finish
Dip a brush into the second color and dab most of the paint onto paper or a rag until the brush is almost dry. Lightly dry brush color to highlight the raised areas. After the paint dries, lightly rub the top coat with sandpaper, a sanding sponge, steel wool or a dish scrubber to enhance the distressed look. Finish pieces with paste wax.


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Intel Reports Huge Fourth-Quarter Losses
U.S. chipmaker Intel reports a fourth-quarter 2009 revenue of $8.23 million that is 19% less than the previous quarter and 23% down from a year ago.
Intel's fourth-quarter net income was $234 million, a huge drop from the $1.8 billion of the previous quarter. Compare that with the $2.27 billion net profit in the same 2008 quarter.
Fiscal year 2008 showed a revenue of $37.5 billion, 2% less than the previous year. The gross income margin was 55%, 3.5% higher than in 2007. Net earnings for 2008 were $5.59 billion.
Intel had predicted a decline even before the results emerged. They knew that microprocessor and chip sales were well under the third-quarter numbers and that the net loss from investments and interest had exploded, notably because of the Clearwire investment. Clearwire, experts in WiMax wireless broadband for which Intel makes chips, had lost 64% of its value in 2008, resulting in a $1 billion writedown.
Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini responded to the numbers with, "Intel has weathered difficult times in the past, and we know what needs to be done to drive our success moving forward."
Intel has kept hush on forecasts for the first quarter of 2009. As the business outlook section of their news release reports, "Due to economic uncertainty and limited visibility, Intel is not providing a revenue outlook at this time. For internal purposes, the company is currently planning for revenue in the vicinity of $7 billion."
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Asia is home to a variety of unique vegetables that have been incorporated into Asian cuisine for many centuries. In the United States, many of these vegetables can only be found in specialty Asian markets. Finding fresh Asian vegetables can be difficult, and many people in the Americas must settle for canned or frozen Asian ingredients, especially during winter months. Those who are unfamiliar with these unique Asian plants can learn about different varieties of Asian produce, what they are used for, and what can be substituted in case these vegetables can't be found.
Vegetables (Non-Root)
Bamboo Shoots – Edible shoots of the bamboo plant, used in a variety of Asian dishes. Often cooked in coconut milk in South Asian curries, soups and other dishes. Also an ingredient Vietnamese and Chinese stir fries. Often served pickled throughout Asia. Bamboo shoots have very little flavor, but are enjoyed for their crisp texture.
Betel Leaf – In Vietnam, betel leaves are used to wrap beef for cooking. Grape leaves can be substituted.
Bok Choy – (a.k.a. Chinese cabbage) A leafy vegetable with dark green leaves and a white stem, shaped like celery. Used frequently in Chinese Cantonese cooking. Regular Western strains of cabbage can be substituted.
Chili Leaves – The leaves of the chili pepper plant are cooked as greens in the Phillipines and Japan and are used to make kimchi in Korea. Other greens, like mustard greens, can be substituted.
Chili Peppers – There are so many varieties of chili peppers used in Asian cooking that they could compose a book. Chilies in Asia are used to create sauces and condiments and to add heat to soups, curries, stir fries, salads and other dishes. In India, fresh whole green chilies are often served by themselves with a meal. Here are a few specific species of chili that are unique to Asia:
- Bogra Peppers – A popular chili pepper in Bangladesh that is known for its heat intensity. Grown in the Jessore district. Named after Bogra, one of the oldest towns in Bangladesh.
- Naga Jolokia Peppers– The hottest pepper in the world, naga jolokia is mostly grown in south Asian and is used as a cure for stomach problems, or as a repellant for wild elephants. These peppers can be eaten, but precautions must be taken to avoid burning of skin or eyes. This pepper has a Scoville rating, or heat rating, of 1,041,421, which is two to three times hotter than the hottest habanero pepper.
- Thai Peppers – (a.k.a. bird's eye chili) – A very small chili that is particularly spicy, used in Combodian, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese, Malay, Indonesian, Indian and Singaporean cuisine.
Whenever Asian peppers cannot be found, other peppers, like jalapeños, Anaheim peppers and ancho peppers can be used instead. However, keep in mind that since different varieties of pepper have different levels of heat, you may need to adjust the quantities of the substitute pepper accordingly.
Chinese Chives – An onion-like plant, flatter than regular chives with a garlic flavor. Can be substituted with garlic shoots or regular chives, although you should use about twice as many regular chives to achieve the strength of flavor of Chinese chives.
Gai Lan – (a.k.a. Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale) A long stem ending in bluish colored leaves. Flavor is similar to broccoli, but sweeter. Stem must be blanched before stir frying to avoid over-toughness. Broccoli or kale can be substituted.
Gourd – The first plant to be domesticated by humans, gourds are rarely consumed as food outside of Asia. In Japan, gourds are pickled and used in sushi and other dishes. In China, gourds are juiced and served as a beverage. Gourds can be found easily throughout the world.
Lotus Leaves – The leaves of the water lily, used as a wrapper for steamed foods in Eastern Asia. They give the food an aromatic flavor reminiscent of tea. The leaves are not eaten, and are used only to impart flavor to whatever is being steamed. Used to make a popular steamed dim sum dish called "nor mai gai," which consists of rice wrapped in the lotus leaf and steamed. Can be replaced with grape leaves or betel leaves.
Napa Cabbage – A whiter Chinese cabbage with lighter leaves than the bok choy plant. Common ingredient to Chinese and Japanese food as well as Korean kimchi. Can be replaced with bok choy or Western cabbages.
Pandan leaves – Long, spear-like leaves used in Southeast Asian and Chinese cooking in rice dishes, curries and a dish called "pandan cake." Often used to accompany chocolate in desserts. The leaves are divided into long strips and tied in a knot before cooking.
Seaweed – An algae used in Japanese and Chinese soups, as a wrapper for sushi and in salads. Also used in Korean kimchi and other east Asian cuisine. There are many varieties of seaweed.
- Gim – Dried Korean sheets of seaweed, thinner than nori and often seasoned with sesame oil and salt.
- Hair Seaweed – common ingredient in Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. Often served in China during the Chinese New Year.
- Kombu – An edible form of seaweed used to make dashi, a Japanese soup stock, and tsukadani – seaweed simmered in mirin and soy sauce. Can be eaten pickled, dried or fresh in the form of sashimi. Can also be brewed in boiling water to make kombucha – "seaweed tea."
- Nori – Dried Japanese sheets of seaweed, made from porphyra algae. Used to create sushi rolls, or makizushi.
Tiger Lily Buds – (a.k.a lily flowers, golden needles) The young bud of the tiger lily, with a chewy texture and a musky taste. Usually, these buds are tied in a knot, then soaked in hot water before being eaten.
Ward-Long Bean – (a.k.a. yardlong bean, asparagus bean, snake bean, Chinese long bean) A large bean about one and a half feet long that can be eaten fresh or cooked. Often used in Southern Chinese or Malaysian stir fries or salads. Can be replaced with green beans.
Water Chestnuts – Vegetables that grow in marshes and swamps. The white bulb, or corm, of the vegetable has a crispy texture and is used in a variety of Chinese dishes. They have very little flavor, but are starchy and high in fiber, and have a crisp texture.
Root Vegetables
Daikon Radish – A popular root vegetable in Japanese and Chinese cooking. It is a large, carrot-shaped white radish. It is used in soups and stews, stir fries, salads and sushi. The sprouts have a spicy flavor and are commonly found in soups. Other varieties of radish can be used if daikon is not available.
Galangal – A root vegetable resembling ginger in appearance, but not in taste. It has a floral, citrusy aroma and a piney, flowery taste. Used in a broad variety of dishes throughout Asia, being particularly popular in Thai soups and Indonesian cuisine. Ginger should be substituted only as a last resort.
Ginger – A fibrous root or tuber that has a wide variety of culinary applications in every Asian cuisine. It can be cooked fresh or used as a dried spice, or it can be pickled. Pickled ginger is often served alongside sushi. Ginger can be used in baking or in candies as well as in savory dishes. The root is easy to find in most supermarkets.
Krachai – (a.k.a. fingerroot, Chinese ginger) A plant whose subterranean stem resembles yellow carrots or fingers. It is used in Thai cooking, particularly in fish curries and soups, or peeled and served raw with a rice dish to create khao chae. Galangal is a good substitute, or substitute ginger if galangal cannot be found.
Lotus Root – A sweet root that is often eaten in stir fries or steamed as a dessert. A popular component of Chinese congee – a rice porridge eaten as breakfast. Also a popular addition to soups. Can also be eaten fried, or pickled and added to salads. Water chestnuts or Jerusalem artichokes are a good substitute.
Taro Root – A starchy bulb root that is used as a vegetable throughout Asia. Common uses include curries, Indian pancakes, fritters, porridges, Chinese desserts, bubble tea, or in Cantonese dim sum in the form of taro cakes or taro dumplings. Toxic when eaten raw. Substitute cassava, yams or parsnips when taro is not available.
Turmeric – A root in the same family as ginger. Turmeric is bright yellow and has a hot, earthy taste. It is found in many curry dishes. In most cases, the root is dried, ground and sold in its powder form.
Wasabi – A spicy root related to horseradish. Wasabi has a different type of spiciness than chili peppers, and stimulates the sinuses more than the tongue. In its paste form, it is a popular condiment and ingredient in Japanese dishes, especially sushi. Hot mustard or horseradish are good substitutes.
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Episode List
Season 3
13 Sep. 2000Mabus
20 Sep. 2000Raven Nation
27 Sep. 2000Comes a Horseman
4 Oct. 2000Gulag
11 Oct. 2000The Flight of Francis Jeffries
18 Oct. 2000Still at Large
25 Oct. 2000Asylum
Crazy Eddie infiltrates an insane asylum in search of answers. However he becomes an unwilling test subject for the aliens.
1 Nov. 2000Eyes of the Gua
8 Nov. 2000Skywatchers
15 Nov. 2000The Plan
22 Nov. 2000Wednesday's Child
29 Nov. 2000Unearthed
6 Dec. 2000Shadowland
13 Dec. 2000Legacy
20 Dec. 2000The Edge
27 Dec. 2000The Vessel
3 Jan. 2001Requiem
10 Jan. 2001Checkmate
17 Jan. 2001Black Box
24 Jan. 2001Beneath the Black Sky
While chasing a gua prisoner through a forest, Cade is somehow transported to another dimension. Where he meets a mysterious humanoid, Xevallah that claims to be the last of his race. But before Cade can leave, he has to learn that the fight for the survival of Earth is not only physical but spiritual as well.
31 Jan. 2001Terminal City
7 Feb. 2001Twice Bless'd
The final battle between Mabus and Cade, Jushua Jordan and crazy Eddie.
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I'm in love with the name Cas. The trouble is, I can't decide how I would use it. I've considered adding just Cas to my list; it's #38 in the Netherlands, and it doesn't seem too strange for an American boy. I also like Cas as a nickname, but I'm not overly fond of the obvious choices - Caspian (just doesn't feel right to me), Cassius/Cassian (dislike the "sh" pronunciation), and Casper (I actually do love this, but Jasper has more meaning to me). The other option is Castiel, which I love, but I worry that it's too fangirlish. Today's blog post has me considering Cassidy, but even on a guy it feels dated to me.
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Chace Crawford talks to his parents every day, vacations with his younger sister and – unlike his Gossip Girl character – says dating a married woman is "a definite no." Without question, success (he'll star in the Footloose remake) couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. But what else is behind those blue eyes? Here's a sneak peek of the interview with PEOPLE's Hottest Bachelor!
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Inside them. All the way across the pond at Wembley Stadium in. Matt there was a lot of talk about Greg Roman being up for the Jacksonville jag wire -- while ago he didn't get it. Maybe today pulled out some stops against the team that sort of snubbed him was that any motivation because they certainly look good creative and. Then they certainly did when you think about it last year you talked about it. Great Roman was considered a major candidate for that Jacksonville job. Because they knew. General manager of that team is David Caldwell David Caldwell. And Greg Roman were roommates at John Carroll university. And of course Greg Roman does very bright offensive mind. Does a lot of different things of that 49ers offense and boy he did some extra special things today with field. Breaking Bruce Miller out wide for a wide open play itself out to start the game off. Forty hours office was really -- bounce and it looked very well coached and it's early Greg Roman deserves a lot of credit for coming up with -- very creative game plan. Now what do you hear about all the Smith what's the latest on his recovery did the commissioner speak about it and what's his future with this team. Yeah in fact that's -- the news so little this London trip. Was that I had an opportunity to ask the commissioner Roger Goodell on Saturday. What he thinks of moments Smith and whether that the fact that all Smith decided to check himself voluntarily. Into treatment. One had any impact on what the NFL decides to do punishment wise and Roger told me that absolutely yes it will. He says that he'll define. Suspensions he goes those aren't. Really did they don't -- disciplined guys what they wanna do is stop the behavior they get these guys in trouble in the first place. And the fact that all the Smith was able to do this and see he had a problem and try to get help. How will play a part in what happens next. So what does happen next I also talked to -- balky. He says that the prayers expect to meet with -- very shortly and if he shows that he's made progress all Smith will be back on the forty hours roster to finish out this season. Well speaking about coming back to this roster you got Manningham already back at practice. Crabtree is gonna come back is it kind of scary. For the opposition Matt this team's 15 and overall they haven't been full strength and they may be full strength soon especially with -- all the coming back as well. Yeah I mean think about it right now. They're potentially six players you mentioned to -- Eric Wright's another guy nick moody on special teams -- carried a second round draft pick. There -- six guys who could be coming back this team including Nolan Smith so that means six guys currently on this roster could find themselves out of a job. So when you look at it that -- really good news for the 49ers this. Those six guys are going to be out of a job will be replaced by six players who were better. So I think the 49ers have a chance in the should be a better team in the second half of the season then they are right now. That the 49ers said that La Michael James is not on the trading block but. You wrote Anthony Dixon you heard Anthony Dixon might be what's the latest with that. Oh well there's no doubt that we -- think about it makes sense. Hey -- Dixon is a guy did he plays special teams he's in the final year of his contract. And also I alluded to the fact -- prayers are gonna have to get rid of six players so that they can get something for one of those six and probably would be nothing better than a seventh round draft pick. The prayers have to do that the issue is is there going to be a team out there -- want Anthony Dixon for only eight games and give up the draft pick for him so. That would be an opportunity for Anthony Dixon to create a roster spot for one the guys coming got it also opened the door. For La Michael James to get on the field -- Michael James inactive for the first third straight time and Kyle Williams. Really struggled on punt returns kick -- returns he struggled in every imagine what area. Kyle Williams struggling like he did might open the door for La Michael James to now be a part of this team and as a contributor on special teams. That last question and I'll let you go what are you bringing me back from London I don't want you to spend too much money but obviously it. I'd like you to bring me back something and I know you've been thinking of me. I have been -- I got some fish and chips -- and fortunately I don't know if that'll be at a -- by the time he gets back to the Bay Area itself. We'll see how that works out. Tonight I was hoping for something good about Mayo -- nobody knows this team. Better than that they'll go across the pond in London England thank you Matt.
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happened as I. Gotta have good wins right handed so sky sports reporter Nick Collins. With him and all the broadcast at Wembley Stadium before a hot and not sit between England Scotland. And it admitted broadcast it took a little bit of a humble take
were to do something like that I think you would play more than just wanted he would he would play more than just Wembley Stadium you play other stadiums in London cause play other stadiums in England's. And I think you probably you know games
s going to take a break and when it comes to quarterback situation he said. That it will it will work itself out we will certainly have the the that happened. I mean I think that much from Wembley Stadium . I from Comcast sports net.
genius grants that we've got to wait big American football players from Terry got there beloved soccer and its new Wembley Stadium . Fields are in regular rest now I can't tell the difference but noticed guys but it. Adams express the extent
outside of let the the Broncos are set to play Sunday at Wembley Stadium they were gonna take a look at some act. But the ..... he's been a little bit slow on the wet field at Wembley Stadium the partner might be important thing to get him
New York and Georgia. Normally cornerback leads an offense though. A lot's gonna depend on the running game Wembley Stadium that sort of the this offense set up anyhow how much were communicated does everybody have to be there to help Troy
everybody expects you to go out and execute. It's Smith's first started nearly three years and that the winning Wembley Stadium . He'll get through your teammate just fine with the 49ers and Watford England maybe not Comcast sports net.
very first play was not available to play late round which may cost in the game. tell me about the trip coming up to Wembley Stadium on Halloween you're gonna be and it jolly old England playing the Denver Broncos now I don't that's good for
gave Jayme Barrett I think he's national richards' second he is tonight at 6 o'clock. Well London's famed Wembley Stadium will be the home for the 49ers in the 2010s then a 41 gave the forty will host the Denver Broncos on Halloween day


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