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- "Hodor."
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Hodor is a recurring character in the first, second, third and fourth seasons. He is played by guest star Kristian Nairn and debuts in the series premiere, though he does not speak until "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things." Hodor is a simpleminded servant of House Stark at Winterfell working in the stables. He aids Bran Stark's mobility after he sustains a paralyzing injury when falling from a tower by carrying him from place to place, in his arms, in a basket on his back, and in a wheelbarrow. After Winterfell is captured by Theon Greyjoy, Hodor escapes with Osha, Bran, and Rickon leaving a trail, then back tracking to hide in the Stark crypts. When emerging to find Winterfell burned, he leaves with Osha to take Bran and Rickon north to the Wall to Jon Snow.
Hodor is simpleminded (i.e. mentally handicapped) and he is only capable of saying one word, "hodor" (which is a nonsense word), though he can apparently understand complex instructions other people give. Nonetheless, the Starks set him to work at a productive occupation within his capacities, as stableboy serving at Winterfell. Hodor is incredibly large and strong. While he is slow of wits, he is gentle and loyal to the Starks.[1] He is actually Old Nan's great-grandson and only living relative.
Season 1
Hodor greets the arrival of King Robert Baratheon with the rest of the Winterfell household.[2]
Theon Greyjoy directs Hodor to carry the crippled Bran Stark to the great hall to meet Tyrion Lannister. He holds Bran whilst Tyrion offers to give him the plans for a new kind of saddle that he can ride even in his crippled state.[3] Some weeks later, Hodor excitedly bursts into Bran's room with the saddle made from Tyrion's diagram.[4]
Hodor bathes naked in the hot pool in the godswood while Bran prays. Hodor is seen by Osha, who tells Bran that she thinks he must have giants' blood in him. Bran reminds Hodor to get dressed.[5]
Season 2
Bran dreams that he is Summer, seeing the world through the direwolf's eyes as he stalks through the Godswood and looks up at the Red Comet. He goes to the pool next to the Heart tree and looks down at his reflection. The next day Bran has Hodor carry him out to the godswood; Osha accompanies them and finds a plant that can be used to make a pain relieving tea. She asks Bran if he has had more strange dreams and he claims that he does not dream at all. He changes the subject to the comet, saying that he has heard men say it is an omen favoring Robb in the War. Osha says that she has heard people say the comet is Lannister red and favours their enemies and that she heard a stableboy say the comet was blood red and marked the death of Eddard. Hodor kneels by the pool and Osha helps Bran to the ground by its edge, affectionately stroking his hair. She tells him that stars do not fall for men and that a red comet signifies dragons. Bran stares at his reflection in the water and asserts that dragons are extinct.[6]
Bran continues to have wolf dreams. During one, he follows Hodor and again sees the world from Summer's point of view. Summer follows Hodor as he comes to wake Bran up. Bran looking through Summer's eyes jumps up on the bed, and Bran finds himself looking down at his own face. Bran wakes to find himself looking into Summer's eyes with Hodor looking on.[7] Bran discusses his dreams with Osha as Hodor prepares his horse. Bran says that he dreamt that the sea came to Winterfell, flooding the castle and killing his people and killing Ser Rodrik Cassel. Ser Rodrik leads the garrison to relieve the siege of Torrhen's Square by an unknown enemy.[8] The attack was a feint orchestrated by Theon Greyjoy who uses the opportunity to seize Winterfell. Later, Osha kills a guard, then leads Hodor, Bran, and Rickon out the gate freeing them from the clutches of the Ironborn.[9] They travel to a shepherd's farm on the outskirts of the Stark lands. Theon hunts for them with hounds, tracking them to the farm and then losing the scent. He returns to Winterfell with the charred corpses of two boys, claiming that they are Bran and Rickon. He makes no mention of Hodor and Osha.[10]
When Maester Luwin sees Osha taking bread down into the crypts, he looks at the bodies and realizes that they are not Bran and Rickon. Later in the crypts, Osha tells him that after they escaped, they doubled back through a stream to mislead the hounds, and have been hiding in the crypts beneath Winterfell ever since. Realizing the bodies were orphans working at the farm and that Theon killed them so no-one would know that Bran and Rickon had escaped him, they determine not to tell Bran as he would blame himself. However, Bran sitting next to a sleeping Hodor and Rickon has heard them.[11]
When the escapees finally emerge from the crypts, Winterfell has been burned and Maester Luwin is badly wounded in the Godswood. He tells them that the children must be taken to the Wall to Jon Snow who will protect them from the invading ironmen and get word to Catelyn and Robb. Later, Hodor is pushing Bran in a wheelbarrow, while Osha carries Rickon, as they head away from Winterfell.[12]
Season 3
Hodor is on the road to Castle Black, along with Bran, Rickon, Osha and the direwolves, Summer and Shaggydog. Bran continues to dream about chasing the Three-eyed Raven. But encounters in his dream a strange boy, who he later meets while awake. This is when he meets Jojen Reed and his sister, Meera. Jojen possesses the rare gift of seeing the past and present through his dreams, and is able to speak with Bran through their dreams. Jojen tells Bran that he is a 'Warg' someone who could control the minds of animals.
After seeking shelter in a derelict windmill during a rainstorm, the group notice a band of Wildlings chasing down a Northman. The sounds of thunder terrify Hodor, who shouts out in panic. Fearing discovery, Jojen tells Bran to silence Hodor, who keeps panicking. Bran unintentionally uses his Warg powers to render Hodor unconscious. With the Wildlings still outside, Jojen convinces Bran to Warg through Summer and Shaggydog outside, who then maul to death some of the Wildlings. While in control of Summer and Shaggydog, Bran saw Jon Snow outside fighting the Wildlings. He tells Osha to take Rickon with her to the holdfast of Greatjon Umber, a loyal bannerman of the Starks. Bran bids a tearful Rickon farewell, who leaves with Osha and Shaggydog, while Bran continues northward with Hodor, Summer and the Reed siblings.
Later, they make it to the wall, and stay overnight in an abandoned castle on the Wall. During the night, Samwell Tarly, with Gilly and her child, meet Bran and the Reeds in the castle. Samwell, noticing the gigantic Hodor and Summer, realises who Bran is and offers to take them to Castle Black. But Jojen tells Sam that they are going beyond the Wall, as no force in the realm of Westeros could withstand the threat posed by the White Walkers. Sam reluctantly gives them the obsidian blades found North of the Wall, which he earlier used to slay a White Walker. That night, Bran, the Reeds, Hodor and Summer finally pass beyond the Wall.
|Season One appearances
|Winter is Coming
|The Kingsroad
|Lord Snow
|Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things
|The Wolf and the Lion
|A Golden Crown
|You Win or You Die
|The Pointy End
|Fire and Blood
|Season Two appearances
|The North Remembers
|The Night Lands
|What is Dead May Never Die
|Garden of Bones
|The Ghost of Harrenhal
|The Old Gods and the New
|A Man Without Honor
|The Prince of Winterfell
|Valar Morghulis
|Season Three appearances
|Valar Dohaeris
|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
|The Climb
|The Bear and the Maiden Fair
|Second Sons
|The Rains of Castamere
Behind the scenes
Hodor is not described in the books as having a large scar on his right temple: this was added by the makeup department of the TV series to hide a tattoo possessed by actor Kristian Nairn.
When asked if it was difficult to express a range of emotions when playing a character who can only speak a single word, Kristian responded:
- "Unlike in the book, where Hodor's emotions are portrayed by a combination of the single word, the situation, and the reader's imagination, I have a very powerful medium to use as well: my body language. I was partially deaf when I was a child, and often in school, before I was fixed, I had to read context and emotions from people's faces and body language. That's also a huge part of sign language, and my knowledge of that (although I'm extremely out of practice) has put me in good stead for this part."[13]
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In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Hodor has brown hair and a brown beard and is the great-grandson of Old Nan, the oldest woman in the castle. When Bran tells Nan that the only thing Hodor is sure of is his own name, Nan laughs as Hodor's real name is Walder: no one knows where the word "Hodor" came from, but it is only word he seems capable of speaking, and has become his name. The meaning of the word (if any) is unknown.
It is stated that Old Nan's two sons died in Robert's Rebellion, and her daughters moved away and died (presumably childless), while her grandson died in the Greyjoy Rebellion. While the exact relationships have not been explicitly stated, this presumably means that it was Hodor's grandfather who died in Robert's Rebellion, and Nan's grandson who died in the Greyjoy Rebellion was Hodor's father.
There is widespread speculation that Hodor is a descendant of the famous knight Duncan the Tall, who eventually rose to be Lord Commander of the Kingsguard under his friend King Aegon V Targaryen. Ser Duncan ("Dunk") and Aegon "Egg" Targaryen are the two main characters in the "Tales of Dunk and Egg" prequel novellas, which start about 90 years before Game of Thrones begins. George R.R. Martin has stated that, with time-jumps in between each story, he intends for the prequel novellas to cover the entire lives of Dunk and Egg, up until about 50 years ago. Like Ser Duncan, Hodor is also extremely tall. The upcoming fourth prequel novella, The She-Wolves of Winterfell, reveals that Ser Duncan traveled to Winterfell. At one point Bran Stark has a greensight vision of the past, and sees a very large man "as tall as Hodor" in the Winterfell godswood, being kissed by a slender young woman - who might have been Old Nan. There is also speculation, based on some hints given by George R.R. Martin, that Brienne of Tarth is also a descendant of Ser Duncan.
Hodor is incredibly strong and over seven feet tall, making him taller than even Greatjon Umber (who is slightly less than seven feet tall). This causes Osha to remark (as in the TV series) that she wonders if he has giant's blood in him. Actor Kristian Nairn is actually 6'11'' and thus slightly shorter than Hodor is described, however, clever use of camera angles makes him seem taller. Also, being paired with the child Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark) results in a forced perspective which makes him seem proportionately taller (as opposed to if he was standing next to Brienne of Tarth or Sandor Clegane in many scenes, which he does not). There are many instances showing Hodor's great strength, such as pushing up a roof beam and pushing open the crypt door, even after part of the tower has fallen against it. However, he is very docile and never shows aggression, even when being taunted or bullied by others much weaker than he is.
In the books, there are numerous instances in which the mentally handicapped are forced into demeaning positions as court fools, etc., and not simply among the smallfolk. Even handicapped persons born into noble Houses are often reduced to being court fools and aren't treated as blood relatives. For example, the second son of Stevron Frey, Aegon, himself the first son of Walder Frey, was born mentally handicapped and is put in a degrading position as the court fool at The Twins and nicknamed "Jinglebell". This demeaning treatment given to the mentally handicapped is similar to the discrimination that Tyrion Lannister faces due to his dwarfism: as he points out, had he been born a commoner, they'd have simply left him out in the woods to die as a baby. Hodor offers a contrast between how House Stark and most other noble Houses treat the mentally disabled and the weak in general. Instead of making him a court fool or social outcast, the Starks have treated Hodor with respect as a person, giving him an actual vocation within his ability so he can live as a fairly functional member of society. The Starks and Maester Luwin have occasion to tell others, such as the two Walder Frey fosterlings, to not abuse or make fun of him.
According to the TV series official pronunciation guide developed for the cast and crew, the name "Hodor" is pronounced "HO-dor".
See also
- Hodor at A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark - Hodor entry
- ↑ "Winter is Coming"
- ↑ "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
- ↑ "A Golden Crown"
- ↑ "The Pointy End"
- ↑ "The North Remembers"
- ↑ "What is Dead May Never Die"
- ↑ "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
- ↑ "The Old Gods and the New"
- ↑ "A Man Without Honor"
- ↑ "The Prince of Winterfell"
- ↑ "Valar Morghulis"
- ↑ Game of Thrones Special Collectors Edition: An Unofficial Guide to the Most Epic Fantasy Series in History. "Hodor Speaks", page 58.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the basic kinds of solar cookers?
There are three basic kinds:
Box cookers This type of cooker has been the advantage of slow, even cooking of large quantities of food. Variations include slanting the face toward the sun and the number of reflectors. You'll find an article discussing solar box cooker designs here.
Panel cookers In this design, various flat panels concentrate the sun's rays onto a pot inside a plastic bag or under a glass bowl. The advantage of this design is that they can be built in an hour or so for next to nothing. In Kenya, these are being manufactured by Solar Cookers International for US$5 each. There are many other groups manufacturing panel cookers, expecially the CooKit.
Parabolic cookers These are usually concave disks that focus the light onto the bottom of a pot. The advantage is that foods cook about as fast as on a conventional stove. The disadvantage is that they are complicated to make, they must be focused often to follow the sun, and they can cause burns and eye injury if not used correctly. Some of these concerns have recently been reduced by Dr. Dieter Seifert's design.
There is a detailed document here showing a large number of variations on these themes. You can also listen to a good introduction to solar cooking here.
Who made the first solar cooker?
The first solar cooker we know of was invented by Horace de Saussure, a Swiss naturalist experimenting as early as 1767. See this article for more info.
Where are solar ovens being used the most?
There are reliable reports that there are over 100,000 cookers in use in both India and China. We are aware of solar cooking projects in most of the countries of the world. Solar Cookers International has recently had a breakthrough in Kenya using the CooKit panel cooker. More than 5000 families are now solar cooking there.
How hot do solar ovens get?
Place an oven thermometer in the sunny part of the oven to get a reading similar to what the cooking pot is "feeling". The temperature reached by box cookers and panel cookers depends primarily on the number and size of the reflectors used. A single-reflector box cooker usually tops out at around 150° C (300° F) as the food approaches being done. High temperatures, however, are not needed for cooking. Your oven will cook just fine as long as it gets up to about 90° C (200° F) or so. Higher temperatures cook larger quantities, cook faster, and allow for cooking on marginal days; However, many people prefer to cook at lower temperatures, since then they can leave the food to cook while they go about their business. With a single-reflector box cooker, once the food is cooked, it just stays warm and doesn't scorch. It's good to keep in mind that no food can go above 100° C (212° F) at sea level anyway, unless a pressurized cooking vessel is used. The high temperatures you see in cookbooks for conventional ovens are just for convenience and for special effects such as quick browning.
How long does it take to cook a meal?
As a rule of thumb, you can figure that food in a single-reflector box cooker will take about twice as long as in a conventional oven . However, since you can't really burn your food, you don't have to watch the cooker or stir any food as it cooks. You can just put in a few pots with different foods and then come back later in the day and each pot will cook to perfection and then stay hot until you take it out.
Panel cookers cook smaller portions, usually only in a single pot, but often they cook slightly faster. Some people have reported the need to stir food every once in a while when using this kind of cooker to assure that the food heats evenly.
Cooking with a parabolic cooker is very similar to cooking on one burner of a conventional stove. Since the concentrated sunlight shines directly on the bottom of a pot, the pot heats up and cooks very quickly. The food will burn though. So you have to stir it and watch it carefully.
Do you have to turn the cooker to follow the sun?
Box cookers with one back reflector don't need to be turned unless you are cooking beans which take up to 5 hours. Panel cookers need to be turned more often than box cookers, since they have side reflectors that can shade the pot. Parabolic cookers are the most difficult to keep in focus. These need to be turned every 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the focal length.
How do I cook in a season when the sun is very low in the sky?
Make sure you are using a light-weight, dark-colored pot not much bigger than the food to be cooked. It also must have a dark lid. The cooker shouldn't be much deeper than the pot is high. You'll need to prop the back of the cooker up to lean it toward the sun and adjust the reflector very carefully so that you can see that light illuminating the inside of the cooker. If there is wind, put the cooker in a sheltered location.
Should I take the time to build a box cooker out of "real" materials like plywood and glass or is cardboard good enough?
Unless you need a cooker that can stay outside even in the rain, you'll do just fine with a cardboard cooker. Cardboard is much easier to work with and holds heat just as well. Some people we know have used the same cardboard box cooker for over 10 years. You can also make the cardboard cooker more durable by painting it on the outside.
Would a mirror make a better reflector?
While mirrors are more reflective than simpler materials such as aluminum foil, but the added gain is probably not worth the increased cost and fragility involved with using a mirror.
Does it help to paint the walls black?
Some people prefer to paint the walls black thinking that the oven will get hotter. It seems, however, that the walls will get hotter, but the food won't necessarily get hotter. We prefer to cover the inner walls with aluminum foil to keep the light bouncing until it hits either the dark pot or the dark bottom tray. Since the bottom tray is in contact with the pot, the heat the tray collects will move into the pot easily.
What type of paint should I use?
In developed countries you can buy flat-black spray paint that says "non-toxic when dry" on the label. Otherwise, black tempera paint works, but you have to be careful not to wash it off when you wash the pot. Solar cookers in Uganda report that they use aluminum pots that have been blackened on the outside by fire.
Is glass better than plastic for the window?
People generally report that glass provides about 10% better performance than plastic. And there is reason to believe that under windy conditions, glass is preferred since it doesn't flap in the wind and dissipate heat from the cooker. Plastic, however, is often recommended since is much less fragile and easier to transport and works plenty well. One excellent, easily-obtained plastic film is oven cooking bags. These are for sale in grocery stores and cost less than US$1 per bag. Other plastics will also work. Plexiglas also works well.
What kind of pots work best?
Ideally, you want to use a dark, light-weight, shallow pot that is slightly larger than the food you will cook in it. Metal pans seem to cook best. Hardware stores in the US usually carry dark, speckled, metal pans called Graniteware. Shiny aluminum pots--so common in developing countries--can be painted black or can be blackened in a fire. Cast iron pots will work, but extra solar energy is used to heat up the pot as well as the food, so they will not work in marginal conditions.
What is the best insulation to use?
If you wish, you can insulate the walls of a box cooker with various substances. Fiberglass or Styrofoam is usually not recommended since they give off foul-smelling gases as they heat up. Natural substances such as cotton, wool, feathers, or even crumpled newspapers work well. Many people, however, leave the walls empty of any stuffing, preferring instead to place a piece of foiled cardboard inside each wall to divide the space there into two compartments. This greatly improves the insulating power of the walls without the added weight of some other insulating substance that you might use to fill the air space. Most of the heat loss in a box cooker is through the glass or plastic, not through the walls. This is why a few percentage points of efficiency here or there in the walls doesn't effect the overall temperature and cooking power that much.
Could I use high-tech materials to make a more efficient solar cooker?
You may find that creating a high-performance cooker using fancy materials will make solar cooking more attractive to people in developed countries. In these countries, cooking only makes up a small percentage of daily energy use, but this is because people in developed countries consume enormous amounts of energy for other purposes (driving, lighting, air conditioning, etc.). Introducing these people to solar cooking is a good way to show them that they can integrate alternative energy into their lives. Solar cooking and drying clothes outside on a line are the simplest, least expensive ways to use solar energy to offset some of this high energy consumption. This will hopefully open them to the possibility of using alternative energy in other ways.
Millions of poor people around the world, however, still cook over a smoky fire everyday. To find wood for the fire, they have to walk many hours everyday. Other poor city dwellers don't have access to wood, so they have to spend up to half of their income on cooking fuel. These people could never afford an oven made of high-tech materials.
So it's up to you to decide which population you want to serve. You could work on creating the most practical solar cooker for people in developed countries to help lead them into a greener future, or you can investigate how to make cookers out of cheap, locally-available materials for people in poor countries who can't afford more.
Can you sterilize water in a solar oven?
Yes. In all three types, water can be brought to a boil. A little-known fact, however, is that to make water safe to drink, it only has to be pasteurized, not sterilized. Pasteurization takes place at 65° C (150° F) in only 20 minutes. This treatment kills all germs that cause disease in humans, but doesn't waste the energy needed to bring the water to a boil. One reason that people are told to boil their water is that thermometers are not readily available in many places and the boiling action serves as the temperature indicator. Dr. Robert Metcalf has written a very informative piece called Recent Advances in Solar Water Pasteurization. You will find other references in the Water Pasteurization page of the Solar Cooking Archive. Dr. Metcalf has also published a large number of photos from his various African water pasteurization projects.
Can you use a solar box cooker for canning?
Yes, but for fruits only! Do not can vegetables or meat in a solar box cooker, since these foods need to be canned under pressure! You'll find information on canning here.
Can you cook pasta in a solar box cooker?
To keep the pasta from getting pasty, use two pans. Heat the dry pasta with oil in one pan; heat the liquid with herbs in another. Fifteen to 20 minutes before eating, combine the two. If you are going to use a sauce, heat that in a third container.
If solar ovens are so good, why isn't everyone using one?
There are many factors at work here. First and foremost, the vast majority of the world's population does not even know that it is possible to cook with the sun. When they find out about it there is almost universal enthusiasm, especially in regions where the gathering of cooking fuel and the process of cooking over a smoky fire is a great burden. There are many factors that need to be in place to make it possible for poor people to solar cook on an on-going basis. The most successful projects have been ones where the need was the greatest, the weather the most favorable, and where the solar cooking promoters have taken a long-range approach to the transition. An example of this is the work by Solar Cookers International in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.
If you build a box cooker out of cardboard, won't it catch fire?
No. Paper burns at 451° F (233° C) and your cooker won't get that hot.
How much of the year can you cook?
What foods should I try first in my new Cooker?
A good first food to try is a small quantity of rice, since it is fairly easy to cook and looks very different cooked than it does raw. Chicken or fish is also very easy to cook. See Solar cooking hints or cooking times].
My cooker only gets up to 250° F (121° C). Is this hot enough to cook when recipes call for 350°F (177° C) or even 450° F (232° C)?
What happens if clouds go in front of the sun while I'm cooking?
Your food will continue to cook as long as you have 20 minutes of sun an hour (using a box cooker). It is not recommended that you cook meats unattended when there is a possibility of substantial cloudiness. More information on food safety, go here. If you can be sure that the sky will stay clear though, you can put in any type of food in the morning, face the oven to the south, and the food will be cooked when you get home at the end of the day.
Where can I buy a solar cooker?
See Vendors and Manufacturers for a list.
I'm planning to do a science project on solar cooking. What should I study?
If you're planning a science project, Solar Cooker International wants you to know that your research can help extend the world's knowledge of solar cooking and be of great help to people around the world. You should be aware that it's easy to build a high-performance solar cooker if you have access to modern materials. However, the more than a billion poor people in the world, who could really benefit from having a solar cooker, don't have access to such materials. This means that your research will be most useful if it concentrates on the simplification of cooker design or on the use of low-tech, local materials. For more information, see Topics Needing Research.
How are the solar ovens received in developing countries?
Please see Solar cooking in developing countries.
What are the challenges faced in getting people to change the way they cook?
Myriad. However, I don't think of the work of Solar Cookers International as "getting people to change the way they cook." Our role, more appropriately, is to help build the consciousness and the practical systems to make solar cooking known, available and affordable widely throughout the world where climates are appropriate and, especially, where people are feeling a need for relief from current problems in cooking. When people are equipped with knowledge and opportunity, they can decide for themselves whether they want to solar cook.
That is not to say that we do not make efforts to explain the advantages, demonstrate the advantages and encourage people to practice, improve and make the most of their solar cookers.
That said, there are many challenges. Please see Obstacles to solar cooking for more details.
What's the future potential for solar ovens in developing countries?
Please see Future potential for solar ovens.
Do you think they could be used in more countries than they are now?
Solar cookers are used in the majority of the world's countries. But in many countries, the numbers of solar cooks is fewer than 100. In a few dozen countries, solar cookers number fewer than 1000. In other countries, they number fewer than 10,000. Even in India and China, most people have not even heard of solar cookers, let alone used one. The issue then is not so much reaching more countries, but doing a more thorough job in every country. This comment is not a criticism of the solar cooking movement. The movement is young--barely an adolescent metaphorically speaking--and at least it has begun. It seems likely to continue growing, but it needs all the help it can get.
What has to happen for solar ovens to become more widespread?
Please see Promoting solar cooking
How do you cook food in the solar cookers?
You put the food in a black pot and put the pot in the cooker. In a box cooker, the pot gets hot because heat is trapped inside the box. In a parabolic cooker, the pot gets hot because the sun's energy is concentrated on the pot. In either case (assuming a good cooker design and sufficient sunlight) the pot gets hot enough to cook the food. Here are some recipes.
How can people earn money by making and selling solar cookers, when some solar cookers are so easy to make that almost anyone can do it?
See Income generation.
What resources are available online?
In addition to this wiki, Solar Cookers International sponsors the Solar Cooking Archive on the World Wide Web at http://solarcooking.org where you will find illustrated construction plans, photographs, documents, and an international directory of solar cooking promoters. Their thrice-yearly newsletter, the Solar Cooker Review, is also available there. An excellent document for further reading is The Expanding World of Solar Box Cooking, by Barbara Kerr. You'll find a number of audio programs that you can listen to online here. Don't forget to read about eye safety here. Also Topics needing research contains answers to other questions.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - In a well meaning attempt to cut down on drug dealing, public sex, and other behaviors, downtown and indeed, most of Jacksonville's public areas, closed down all public bathrooms.
As detailed in Metrojacksonville's article The Homeless are the Paramount End Users Downtown, the lack of public bathrooms has caused a real and measurable problem in the form of public defecation and urination -- unsightly problems to say the least.
But maybe the answer is very simple and already in use in thousands of cities across Europe.
The main objection that the downtown community has to public bathrooms is rooted in the area's history with the concept. In the 1950's there were lavatories installed in Hemming Park which became a public scandal -- mostly due to their design.
The bathrooms were underground, accessible by stairs leading below street level and were unsupervised.
One doesn't need to be very imaginative to guess what happened in the 1970's with the urban explosion of drugs and crime in these dark, impossible-to-monitor little subterranean getaways.
Apparently the lingering psychic scars have prevented generations of Jacksonvillians from even mentioning the idea of public bathrooms ever again.
But the problems ascribed to them are easily solved by simple design changes.
An open bottom, opaque sided and often open topped design thwart many problems.
An open bottom prevents anything from happening between more than one set of legs that wouldn't immediately be visible. And an open top leaves the area well ventilated and more sanitary.
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Makes 12 cupcakes
Perfect for last-minute desserts yet still from-scratch delicious, these cupcakes can be whipped up in the time it takes the oven to heat. The frosting base is a combination of lightly sweetened heavy cream and mascarpone, which stabilizes the heavy cream so the frosting will keep its shape and not weep like ordinary whipped cream.
Put the strawberries in a food processor (a blender also works) and whiz until completely smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour the purée into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, until very thick and reduced to 3/4 cup, 18 to 22 minutes. Slide the pan from the heat and let cool completely.
Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and heat oven to 375°F. Line 12 regular-sized (2-3/4-inch diameter) muffin cups with paper or foil liners. Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and whisk until well blended.
Put the melted butter, water, egg, egg yolk, and vanilla in a small bowl and whisk until well blended. Pour over the dry ingredients and whisk until well blended and smooth, about 1 minute.
Portion the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups (3 Tbs. batter per cup will be about two-thirds of the way full). Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 14 to 16 minutes. Move to a wire rack and let cool for 15 minutes. Carefully remove the cupcakes from the pan, set them on a wire rack, and let cool completely.
Put the heavy cream and mascarpone in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer fitted with the whip attachment on medium-low speed until well blended and smooth, about 1 minute. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and salt. Beat on medium-high speed until thick enough to hold firm peaks when the beater is lifted, about 2 minutes. Add 3/4 cup of the cooled, reduced strawberry purée and beat on medium until well blended.
Portion the frosting evenly among the cooled cupcakes (about 2 Tbs. per cupcake). Using a small metal spatula, mound and swirl the frosting on top of the cupcakes, leaving a border of cake around each one.
Top each cupcake with a small strawberry. Serve immediately or chill for 30 minutes.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Some of the top football talent in the country has come together at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex this week for the first Under Armour All-Star Game to be played Saturday.
Rivals.com has been on site all week evaluating both teams. Which team has the edge at each position?
Silver: This squad is blessed with athletic quarterbacks that are capable of big plays with their arms or legs, led by ACC bound E.J. Manuel and Kyle Parker. Manuel looks very raw but has great size and mobility. Parker probably has the best mechanics but lacks the desired height for most college quarterbacks.
Red: Prototypical tall pocket passers highlight the Red team signal callers. It is led by N.C. State bound Mike Glennon and Oklahoma commit Landry Jones. Glennon has looked good on several deep balls this week while Jones has shown the ability to ad lib when the pocket collapses.
Edge: This one is very close, but the Red Team has a slight advantage because its drop back passers should have plenty of time in the pocket behind a dominating offensive line.
Silver: The backfield has a good combination of power and speed. The bruisers are Jamie Harper of Jacksonville (Fla) Trinity Christian and Katy, Texas native Aundre Dean. The quick backs are N.C. State commit Brandon Barnes and Clemson commit Andre Ellington.
Red: This team also has a good mix of size and speed, with Arkansas commit De'Anthony Curtis and Oklahoma commit Jermie Calhoun leading the way. Don't forget about cat quick running back Carlton Thomas though. He will be really hard to see behind the Red's giant offensive line and is a big play threat on every touch.
Advantage: Harper has individually looked the best all week, but the Red team's balance in the backfield combined with the quality of its offensive line should give it the advantage in the running game.
Silver: Silver coach Jim Hanifan has an unbelievable assembly of great talent at receiver. Georgia bound A.J. Green has been a top performer all week, but he has plenty of help from the likes of Aldarius Johnson , T.J. Lawrence and Chris Tolliver. The team's biggest asset though might be future USC Trojan Blake Ayles. The tight end has awed his teammates and coaches all week.
Red: This group of receivers also has speed to burn and plenty of height as well. It is led by Joshua Jarboe, who has gotten behind the defense this week on many occasions, and Daryl Stonum, who also has also shown great size, hands and speed. Two players that could really make a difference if fully healthy are Julio Jones, who has been hampered with a couple of nagging injuries, and ultra quick Texas commit DeSean Hales. Hales has been bothered by a sore shoulder. Brandon Moore is the top Red team tight end.
Edge: Overall, this position is the deepest group at the UA All-Star Game. Ayles may be the X-factor in this matchup for the Silver squad. He runs great routes and will be really tough on the linebackers who have not covered him all week. Advantage Silver.
Silver: This team has had to make some late changes to the roster and lacks many true offensive tackles. Notre Dame commit Braxston Cave will be making the line calls from the offensive center position. He will get most of his help from guards John Michael Boswell and the muscular Matt Stankiewitch. Antoine McClain and Mark Buchanan will anchor the tackle positions. Miami prospect Brandon Washington was a great mid-week addition to the roster. He could play either tackle or guard in this game.
Red: This group is blessed with very good offensive tackles in five-star Tyler Love and four-stars Dann O'Neill and Zebrie Sanders. They are tall and very athletic and all have a chance to compete for playing time as college freshmen. The interior line features massive guard Khaled Holmes, but he will be getting plenty of help from Ben Jones.
Advantage: After watching five practices this week, it is safe to say the Red team has a big advantage. Its line is larger and more athletic with great bookend tackles to help slow the Silver pass rush.
Silver: Clemson commit Daquan Bowers has dominated practice all week. He will be the central factor how successful the defense is at slowing down the Red offense. He will get most of his help from powerful inside presences Brandon Thompson and Rod Davis. These two baby bulls will be very difficult to run against.
Red: The Red defensive lineman all week has been Omar Hunter. He has been able to take advantage of almost all his teammates in practice with either great technique or brute power. He will be assisted by Texas commit Jarvis Humphrey, who recently has lost significant weight due to oral surgery and Minnesota commit Jewhan Edwards. From the edge, look for Jerrel Harris and Tyler Westphal to apply pressure on E.J. Manuel and Kyle Parker.
Advantage: The matchup is very even, but Hunter has dominated all week and he will wreak serious havoc in the middle of the Red front. Give a slight edge to the Red team.
Silver: This group lacks great speed, but it has three guys that seek contact and love to hit. Look for Florida State commit Nigel Carr to lead this group, but Andrew Sweat and Daniel Franklin will also likely make their presence known.
Red: The Red team is not lacking for speed at linebacker. This group has been all over the field this week. Sean Spence is a supremely talented defensive player, but he has to share the spotlight with Uona Kavienga and Ramon Buchanan. All three have had standout weeks. These guys have really punished ball carriers. You may also see Jerrell Harris get some snaps at his natural linebacker position and give a huge boost to stopping the run.
Advantage: The Red team has a huge advantage because of its linebackers blazing speed. They get bonus points for likely being huge special teams contributors as well.
Silver: The best cornerback here this week has been Miami (Fla.) Booker T. Washington's Brandon Harris. He will be the key for this secondary, but he will need help in stopping the very gifted Silver receivers. That should come from Spencer Adams at free safety, but the new Clemson commit has also worked at corner and has enjoyed success against the taller receivers. Florida State commit Terrance Parks should also make an impact coming from his strong safety position and will add tough run support.
Red: This is a very fast and talented group of players. Two future Florida Gators have really stood out in corner Janoris Jenkins and safety Will Hill. Jenkins is very physical and has the ability to take receivers off of their intended route. Hill adds blazing speed from his free safety spot and can cover the whole field in the blink of an eye. They will be assisted by two really quick corners in, Charles Whitlock and Joe Adams. The surprise weapon here is all-around athlete Burton Scott, who has played on both sides this week. If Scott touches the ball, big things are likely to happen.
Advantage: Even though Harris has impressed the most, there is a decisive depth advantage for the Silver team.
Silver: UCLA commit Jeff Locke will have a busy day for this squad, handling both kicking and punting duties. He has looked better as a punter this week. He seemed to struggle working with new holders early in the week.
Red: This team is carrying two kickers. Caleb Sturgis and Carson Wiggs have each had impressive weeks. Sturgis has showed really good range in his field goal attempts. Wiggs will most likely handle the punting duties, which he has performed very well in practice.
Advantage: Having two kickers gives the Red team a big advantage. If either struggles, Red coach Ron Meyer has a backup.
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has advised the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to outsource legal services to deal with civil cases in which more than 13.24bn/- in government revenue is at stake.
Tabling his report for the year ending 2009/2010, the committee chairman John Cheyo said TRA was facing several civil suits in courts which to date remain unresolved.
"If the TRA fails in these cases, then the government will lose this huge amount of money in revenues. We advise the authority to outsource legal services so as to tackle the cases more effectively," said Cheyo.
The committee chairman said when going through the authority's audit, a total of 181.3bn/- and USD 47.3m had not been paid to TRA from various people, due to the authority's failure to exert more efforts in revenue collection.
He said the committee advised the authority to improve its revenue collection system to help reduce dependency of the budget on external resources.
He said there was need for the government to ensure that all revenue is collected. "We want legal measures to be taken against individuals, private institutions and companies which evade taxes," said Cheyo.
The PAC chairman said fraud and other loopholes that allow for people to avoid paying tax has caused the government loss of 15.43bn/- and USD 2,6m.
"This is the amount which TRA wants to bring in this House to be canceled from the audited books. This is a huge amount of money. We want the government to take to task all those who were involved in the loss of such amount of money," said Cheyo.
The chairman said internal revenue was important for the development of the country, but the Controller and Auditor General's report indicated that TRA had not met the target according to the financial year ending June 2010.
"The authority failed to meet its target by about 8 percent which is equivalent to 391.41bn/-. It collected 4.64trn/- when the target was to collect 5.03trn/-," said Cheyo.
The committee has advised the government to reduce tax exemptions as much as possible to widen collection of revenues in the informal sector.
It also called on the TRA to ensure that its revenue collection targets are more realistic.
"We want to see internal monitoring system within the authority strengthened to establish loopholes that allow people to avoid paying tax," said Cheyo.
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One man fell victim to a scam, and then helped police find one of the men who cheated him.
It started as a Craigslist scam and he told 11 News. The victim, who asked us not to use his name, said he pretty much used their own trick against them. This happened in Colorado Springs. After he was lured under the pretense that the crooks wanted to buy his phone, he not only later found his phone on Craigslist, but then lured one of the crooks and called the cops.
Police say Hayward Goldsborough is one of two men suspected in this Craigslist robbery scam. According to arrest papers, Goldsborough and the other suspect would meet up with people who were selling their phones on craigslist. While one would pretend to be the buyer- the other would come up behind the victim with a gun.
Investigators say Goldsborough and the other man are suspected in at least two cell phone robberies. The first happened in a parking lot off Montebello Drive in November. The second happened days later and just a few blocks away.
The victim we talked to said anytime something like this happens, it not worth putting yourself in a situation where you could be hurt.
"For me, pursuing that was just to see if we could get these people off the street and that was my main motivating factor. The phone itself was trivial; it's not worth getting hurt for any phone or any other object no matter how expensive it is."
He also added that there were a few red flags that he shouldn't have ignored the night he was robbed. He warns people using Craigslist to try to meet during the day, and in an open and public area.
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If you have any information you're asked to call Crimestoppers 634-STOP.
Goldsborough will be back in court next week.
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A pair of dark bronze three branch sconces. The linenfold detailed backplates are finished with double tassel finials. The outer two S-curving arms on each sconce hold gadrooned edge bobeches and cups, while the central arms have fluted bobeches & turned cups. Signed by the maker, Sterling Bronze.
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Posted: January 19 2007 at 5:16pm
FROM THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE by John Wilson
CAST: Kim Novak (Elsa Brinkmann/Lylah Clare); Peter Finch (Lewis Zarkin); Ernest Borgnine (Barney Sheehan); Rosella Falk (Rosella); Valentina Cortese (Countess Bozo Bedoni); Coral Browne (Molly Luther)
CREW: Directed by Robert Aldrich, Written by Hugo Butler and Jean Rouveral, From a Teleplay by Robert Thom and Edward De Blasio
Not merely awful; it is grandly, toweringly, amazingly so I laughed myself silly at LYLAH CLARE, and if youre in just the right mood, you may too.
Richard Schickel / LIFE Magazine
So splendidly, memorably, unforgettably awful that you begin to wonder why its not more well-known. Do whatever you have to to see it. Its worth it!
Mike / ProgBearCinema.com
A laugh-till-you ache classic directed by Robert (Over the top? Never heard of it!) Aldrich.
Edward Margulies, Stephen Rebello / BAD MOVIES WE LOVE
PLOT, WHAT PLOT? As laughably awful as THE OSCAR was, at least it has shown up on video over the years. THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE, on the other hand, is still an undiscovered gem of Hollywood hash-making, glomming together elements of not only THE OSCAR but also SUNSET BLVD, VERTIGO, FRANKENSTEIN, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE and just about any movie you can name. Though highly revered among the Crap Cinema Cognoscenti, LYLAH has remained unsung among mainstream movie historians.
Taking the basic plot device of VERTIGO, LYLAH is a fictitious story about a near-death filmmaker finally getting the go-ahead to make a movie based on his late sex symbol wifes tragic life. The legend of Lylah Clare says that she was killed falling from atop the staircase of her Beverly Hills mansion during a knife fight with a burglar. But as well soon see, legend and truth rarely intersect in Hollywood.
Populated almost exclusively by sycophants, media snakes, opportunists and other varieties of Tinsel Town reptiles, LYLAH is meant as an indictment of an industry built on fantasy, wet dreams and outright lies. But in the course of making its case against Hollywoods reliance on clichés, LYLAH CLARE voraciously unearths just about every Hollywood cliché imaginable.
Under the main titles, we follow an undiscovered starlet down Hollywood Boulevard, as she tries her feet in the stars footprints at Graumans, checks out the names in terrazzo tile along The Walk of Fame, and basically gambols down memory lane thru every newcomer-in-Hollywood platitude ever invented. The girl is Elsa Brinkmann, struggling to make it in The Big City with No Heart, determined to grasp every tiny break fate decides to hand her
Her Big Chance comes in the form of a casting call for a movie about the life, and death, of the late, lamented, legendary love goddess Lylah Clare. Relying on the oldest and hoariest of all clichés, the mousy girl who becomes sexy just by taking off her glasses, Elsa is brought to the home of Lylahs widower, director Lewis Zarkin, who makes Von Stroheims Max in SUNSET BLVD seem laid back. At the audition, Elsa is asked to emulate Lylah coming down the very stairs where Lylah died. Gliding awkwardly toward Zarkoff, Elsa is told shes moving like a deeply offended Tibetan yak! It is only the first of a string of over-the-top put-downs and one-liners that clutter this film like clumps in a cat litter box.
Just like Norma Desmond did in SUNSET, Elsa must undergo extreme preparations to play this coveted role. But as the project progresses, Elsa finds her voice falling into the guttural tones of Lylahs Germanic accent even when shes not rehearsing. And when dressed in full costume as Lylah, she so resembles the late actress that not only Zarkoff but Lylahs lesbian voice coach both find her irresistible.
The centerpiece of this tiara-cum-turd is the scene where Elsa makes her debut at a press conference, posing on those stairs again, this time dressed exactly like the painting of Lylah that hangs behind her. In one of the filmmakers few savvy decisions, most of the Hollywood press corps in the film is played by actual members of the Hollywood press corps, thus assuring coverage for LYLAH in every gossip rag cranked out at the time. The one fictitious film journalist in attendance is Molly Luther, played by Coral Browne as a dikey, crippled old broad who could be the love child of Louella Parsons and Boris Karloff. Our first impression of this gruesome gal is of her leg brace, into which has been placed a single red rose. Barking orders at Elsa, poking her with her cane and generally testing the girls mettle, Molly is met with a rebuke spoken in full Lylah voice, calling Luther The Wicked Witch of the West Throw water on her and she shrivels, she melts!
Having established that press conferences may not be the best way to promote their potential new star, Zarkin and studio head Ernest Borgnine (the only actor who has the dis-stink-tion of being in both this film and THE OSCAR) decide to shoot on a closed set. But Elsa becomes ever more Lylah-like as shooting goes on, and by the end of the production, shes gone completely bonkers. The scene theyre shooting last is Lylahs death. By now weve learned that her tragic fall didnt involve a burglar, but rather a lady friend dressed as a man who pulled a shiv on Lylah, and was attacked by the lesbian vocal coach. As Lylah watched her assailant tumble down the marble steps, Zarkin, knowing she suffered from vertigo (that word again!), prompted her to look down at the dead body and, growing dizzy, she fell to her fate.
For some unexplained reason, the death scene in Zarkins movie takes place on a high trapeze, with Novak dressed in tights and spangles, and loudly declaring as she exits her dressing room: Tell them Lylahs coming As soon as she can get her harness on! As any student of B movie-making knew it would, LYLAH ends with the death of Lylahs ersatz stand-in, toppling from her trapeze as Zarkin zooms in for one last close-up, planning to use the real death as the end of his film.
At the premiere of Zarkins masterpiece well, piece of something the audience goes wild as Elsa/Lylah expires and the words The End write across her peaceful face. Outside, the TV announcer covering the premiere intros a dog food commercial, which freeze frames with two curs going at it then launches into an end title song by Frank deVol thats almost indescribable in its laughableness. Set to a mambo beat, it endlessly repeats the same several notes, interspersed with a breathy womans voice intoning Cha! Cha! Cha! every now and then.
Legendary in Bad Movie Maven circles, LYLAH CLARE will be hard to get your hands on. But if you wanna become a Serious Student of Sucky Cinema, you simply must see this one!
DIPPY DIALOGUE: Crotchety gossip maven Molly Luther (Coral Browne): Arent you borrowing rather heavily from SUNSET BLVD??
AVAILABILITY: LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE is so good, its never been on video. It can only be seen on cable TV, and shows up about once a year or so on TCM. If you have TiVo, put it on your Wish List NOW!
LINK for LYLAH CLARE SCHEDULE on TCM...
FUN FOOTNOTE: Realizing they had a less-than-stellar film on their hands, MGM decided just before releasing LYLAH CLARE to play up its campiness. Even this ploy didnt help, and Lylah died all over again at the box office.
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An independent lawyer Paul Kalomo yesterday launched a book titled Legal Procedures in Tanzania along with a DVD to help employers and employees to know their rights.
Speaking during the launching ceremony held in Dar es Salaam, he said that the book was primarily intended to assist those in need of the basic knowledge on labour law and other rights. He expressed hopes that Tanzanians would benefit from the title.
Kalomo stressed that the legal book and the DVD would help the employers to express themselves concerning workers' duties and provide an authentic source of information on Tanzanian legal matters for foreigners. "This new book on legal matters will also help workers, especially in motivating them to demand for their rights from employers," he said.


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There are many who would see whisky distilling as an industrial process – a means of standard manufacture and nothing more. We understand distilling to be an ancient art, one that has intrigued the human spirit for centuries. A black art, a mysterious and enigmatic alchemy, that explores the very depths of the distiller's soul.
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- You may be looking for Diego Mendez.
Diego is a character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. He appears in the mission High Wire and helps Victor Vance, the game's protagonist, retrieve some of the Mendez Brothers' cocaine, which had been impounded by the police. He later appears as one of the two guards with Diego Mendez but is killed by Victor Vance, then Diego Mendez and his other guard runs away.
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But we colonists were smart to break off from Brittan, to be a free country of liberty! Too bad you didn't succeed to control us, because we fought back! With George Washington, leader of the American army on our side at Yorktown. You're General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington we had finally broke off from England
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Declaration Of Independence
We the people of the United States Of America wish to be free from Great Britain as in more described be free from you. We are writing this important document because we wish to be a free country as in each man is created equal. With this declaration we wish to declare self-government for each and every human of the country of The United States Of America.
All the people of The United States Of America wish to be free of your rule to make each and every American equal and their own government. Each man will be created equal no matter if there black ,white ,Hispanic , ect. No one will be left out and will be free to believe and think about any one in their own personal beliefs.
Your laws are unfair, I mean what are you mental. Why the heck would you want to tax tea. Pulse you are killing people for throwing snowballs at solders. That's like my friend Torres9 killing me for hitting him with a 6 inch sphere of frozen water. It's just crazy!!! And to block the harbor. If Someone did that now I would be so mad!! I'mean how could I go tubing with giant boats blocking the harbor!! Jeez!!! With no king we will elect a president that will do what the people want. So with this document we pledge each and every man's right of fairness.
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HI KING GEORGE 3rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We wish to declare our independence now!!!We need freedom in our lives!!!If you even care... And forcing the loyalists into our homes is completely wrong!!! Be fair for once!!! And I can't forget about closing the harbour for bringing in things after the Boston Tea Party! It's all wrong!!! And we can't even say bad things about you!! Well, I'm about to, King George 3rd is the worst king ever!!
We the people need a better government, we need our own choices!!What was about the Boston Massacre?? You killed a couple of people, and what if you killed me??? Then you wouldn't be getting this!!! We need our own independence in our life right now, And you declare the opposite?? And this is not what I'd expect as a great colony!! And the Stamp and Sugar act are sooooo very expensive! We need our own government!!!
The stamp and sugar act put so much more money into buying stamps and sugar!! You're making all this stuff unaffordible! A good king would actually help, unlike you, you self- centered destroyer of our colonies!! We are going to elect a president because he will actually help the people!! Oh, and this is the end of the letter, BYE!!!
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I want to tell you that first I'm telling you that I want to seperate from England Ecsepte I dont really want to my teacher Prof Mcgee made me do this artical. So please don't hang me blame my teacher.
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A good govement would not have all the things I just said it would have..... A president blah blah blah and the president would Not Be as bossy as you and would give us freedom and they would give us librety Blah blah blah and a good goverment would have taxation WITH represantation and blah blah blah well oh and I amlost forgot A good govement would have NO SLAVES! and so patrick henry says GIVE ME LIBRETY IOR GIVE ME DEATH!! and you know what now I agree with my teacher and that you should seperate from England and on last thing! I AM A..... AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so peace out forever George!
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Game box art has certainly gotten better through the generations; pretty much every game had s–t box art in the 80s, but now only like 80% of the boxes are ugly as sin. The gallery features some of the best of the worst game boxes from the current generation. This gallery is not definitive, and it is not ranked. Just enjoy it.


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Zhou Ming (周明) is a character and the secondary antagonist in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and is the leader of the Ming Family, a sub-sect of the Triads in Liberty City. He has links to Hsin Jaoming and is suspected of masterminding several major counterfeiting operations in Liberty City and around the world. Along with Wu "Kenny" Lee and Chan Jaoming, he is a contender for the spot as Hsin Jaoming's successor. Both him and Chan were falsely accused of being the FIB informant who was ratting out the Triads (only for it to be revealed to be Kenny) and they were both killed by Huang Lee on Hsin's orders. He also owns a bar called the Ming Inn in Broker and an unnamed club in the East Island City district of Dukes.
Mission Appearances
- Stealing the Show (Boss)
- Flatliner (Boss)
- Bomb Disposal (Boss)
- Driven to Destruction (Boss)
- Cash and Burn (Boss)
- Dragon Haul Z (Boss)
- The Fandom Menace (Boss)
- So Near, Yet Sonar (Boss)
- Hit from the Tong (Boss/Killed)
Murders committed
- Uri - Killed for apparently betraying him.
LCPD Database information
Surname: Ming
First Name: Zhou
Age: 38
Place of Birth: China
Affiliations: Linked to Hsin Jaoming's Liberty City Triad Organization.
Criminal Record:
- 1989 - Trademark Counterfeiting
- 1995 - Trademark Counterfeiting
- 1997 - Armed Robbery
- 2005 - Racketeering
- Considered a rival for the leadership of Triad Organized Crime in Liberty City
- Suspected of masterminding several major counterfeiting operations in Liberty City and abroad.
- Zhou Ming drives a white Bobcat as seen in the missions Stealing the Show, Flatliner and Driven to Destruction. He also has a Triad variant Hellenbach, as seen in all of the missions he gives from his clubhouse, in Cash and Burn and in the cutscene for the mission So Near, Yet Sonar.
- Both Zhou and Ming were Chinese dynasties.
Personal InformationHe lives in Lower Easton, Algonquin. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com. His telephone number is 555-063-618.


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