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A solar cooker promoter asked for comments on ways culture and customs affect the spread of solar cookers. I am not an anthropologist, but I have read hundreds of reports and thousands of letters from solar cooker promoters around the world. So I wrote something up. Then I was asked to re-edit my comments for publication on the internet.
Among all who may read this article, I expect my primary audience to be people considering or already engaged in their first years of promoting solar cooking internationally. Most will probably be from the richer countries of North America and Europe. The cultures of these promoters is something to consider.
Having lived mainly in the United States, I perceive that the culture here does not particularly encourage patience or humility. The culture does seem to promote a high level of optimism and an insular rather than planetary outlook. The optimism may tempt US-based solar cooker promoters to launch grand schemes with short time frames and too little research, planning and resources.
Europeans seem more worldly in their outlook, but I am not sure they are any more patient or humble. Impatient westerners may want to avoid imposing their pace, expectations and timelines when they are visiting another culture.
Patience, humility and the ability to listen to new points of view are helpful, but solid knowledge of the local culture is important, too. In the early 1990s, Dr. Barbara Carpenter of Southern University advised Solar Cookers International to seek partnerships with organizations with roots in the local community, with knowledge of the local culture, and with the trust of the local people.
Solar Cookers International tries to shrink many cultural gaps both by consistently recruiting local women to be the teachers and promoters of solar cooking in Solar Cookers International's field projects, and by working with in-country evaluators to assess our projects.
Here is a sampling of perspectives that may be of interest to solar cooking promoters and that may serve as a reminder to seek local partners for greater insight.
The first place I sample is Solar Cookers International's own "Spreading Solar Cooking" manual (available at http://solarcooking.org/advocacy/fieldguide.pdf). Among the items on the manual's assessment check list, these speak to cultural variables:
- "Are there open, sunny spaces near homes, where a solar cooker and food can be safe from stealing, tampering or damage?
- "Is cooking already usually done outside?
- "Are main meals around noon and/or around sunset or soon after?"
- "Do gender roles allow/encourage women to participate in community groups and allow women some decision-making in family financial matters?"
Food preferences and customs vary by culture, and the manual asks promoters to consider whether high-heat frying consumes a significant portion of household fuel. In cultures where most foods are fried, parabolic cookers may be the most suitable, while in cultures where frying is less important, lower cost box and panel cookers may be the most economical choice.
Here are a few other variables promoters should consider: How many people do most women cook for in the community? What size or style of cooker suits this family size? What pots are used? Will they work with solar cooking and will they fit in the cookers? What time of day do women buy the day's food? Is there enough time after purchasing the food to solar cook it? Will they have time to solar cook both lunch and dinner? Knowing local food customs can help promoters find niches where solar cookers can have dramatic pay-offs. For example, I have been told that in Hausa communities in West Africa, there are usually a significant number of people involved in small businesses roasting chickens. These chicken roasters could be a great market for solar box cookers.
Gender, culture and cookers
One important factor is the disparity in decision-making power between men and women in many cultures. In most cultures, women do most of the cooking, but in many cultures men make the decisions about spending money. Since the men don't cook, they may be reluctant to spend money to improve the working conditions of the cook. On the other hand, we've heard of a man in Kenya who bought his wife a solar cooker, but she refused to use it.
I've also been told that in some cases women fear to try a new cooking method because they worry their husbands will beat them if meals do not taste the way the men are used to.
A study from Central America by Dr. Dulce Cruz discussed a project in which women organized into groups to build and learn to use cookers. Some men were threatened by the fact that their wives were getting out of the house, meeting with other women, and learning new skills—and they beat their wives to discourage them.
There have been reports in Africa of opposition to solar cookers because men were afraid that the cookers would provide women time to be idle.
In those families that rely on gathered firewood instead of purchased wood or charcoal, women and girls usually do most of the fuel collecting. Under some economic analyses, the time spent gathering the wood would be considered a "cost" of cooking. However, in many places, time spent by women and girls doing work is not assigned a recognized value. Therefore, "saving" their time through solar cooking does not have a recognized value. In many cases, it is not exclusively a gender issue. Work that does not bring cash income may be less valued than work that does produce cash.
I have heard that one reason for rejecting solar cookers is that an indoor cooking fire is effective at reducing the number of insects that live in the roof of the family dwelling. I have heard that in some places women like working together in hot, smoky kitchens with a cooking fire because the heat and smoke keep the men away and allow the women a space of their own.
On the other hand, men's attitudes can support the acceptance of solar cooking. I've seen examples of men praising their wives' move to solar cooking because of the lack of smoke and soot. Some men have said that with solar cooking their wives smell better (not smoky), look better (no red eyes from smoke), feel better (reduced coughing) and have more time for the family.
In fact, in some of our projects, especially in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, we found a surprising cultural change. Men began cooking their own meals. This may have been due partly to the fact that the problems that led people to become refugees also disrupted families, so that some men had no female relatives available to cook for them. However, what the men said was that they liked solar cooking because it was clean and modern. By removing the worst negatives of cooking, solar cookers may foster enormous cultural changes if it leads to men and women sharing the cooking chores more equally.
The cleanliness, lack of smoke and image of modern living is one that attracts many women in the developing world to solar cookers, even as others may cling hard to the old and traditional ways.
Belief systems and cookers
The person whose questions stimulated the writing of this article offered an anecdote. She said she heard that some cultures reject square solar box cookers because they believe that circular shapes are the symbol of perfection.
I have heard that in parts of Nepal, people were reluctant to use solar cookers because they believed the god of the household hearth was an important spirit who would be offended if meals were not cooked on a fire on the hearth.
I heard of solar cooking demonstrations in Haiti in which the people grew fearful when the food started to cook. They thought black magic must be involved, so they ran away. I've heard similar cases in Africa where cooking food without fire was perceived as the work of the devil. In the United States, the influential solar cooking leader Barbara Kerr was visited by an engineering professional. The engineer spent much of the day trying to make his point that a cardboard solar box cooker could not possibly cook food. He continued his argument while his lunch was cooking in a box at his feet, and still maintained that the box could not cook even after he ate the hot, delicious lunch Barbara fed him.
In all three of the above cases, the fact of solar cooking is outside the experience and belief systems of the people who doubted or feared it. In such cases, it is normal for people to develop an explanation that does lie within their belief system.
Another example of belief systems and cookers could be demonstrated in the Jewish traditional laws (Hallacha) pertaining to the Sabbath. On this day, there are several restrictions such as not lighting a fire, using a fire only under strict restrictions, and not cooking on a fire (also with certain exemptions, like continued warming from Friday). In modern times these restrictions were extended to electricity. There are various ancient discussions written in the Jewish holy scriptures, about cooking or baking in the sun, including mentions of solar cooking in the Sinai Desert, during the exodus at biblical times. If taken at face value, these texts state that it is permitted to cook food in the sun on the Sabbath. There have been various debates in modern time about this, especially since in Israel, where the majority of population keeps to tradition, there are more than 80% of the housholds with solar water heating, in accordance with the local law. This was an additional reason for advocating the law of solar heating by the Jewish religious politicians. Under the same discussion, the subject of geo-thermal heating and cooking is brought up. Solar heating receives a positive attitude, while the geo-thermal heating recieves a negative one, comparing it to man made fire, and declaring it as undesired on the Sabbath.
It may be benefitial for the people of the three Monotheist religions, to be exposed to these ancient texts, promoting solar cooking as an extra spiritually clean and ancient traditional activity.
Culture supports solar cooking
Beliefs help spread solar cooking, too, in various ways. For example, people in Africa and elsewhere have commented that the sun's power to cook food is more proof of the benevolence of deities.
Sometimes the motivation is more immediate. I have read letters from African farmers who celebrate their ability to carry light weight solar cookers into their distant fields, so that the food cooks while the people work, and a hot meal can be had with no delay. I have read about women's groups in eastern Africa that make extra money by using solar cooking to meet a strongly felt local cultural need—for birthday cakes. Baking cakes is virtually impossible on a 3 stone fire, but easy in a solar box cooker. There is a ready demand, so the solar cooker easily fits into its niche.
But, these and many other individual examples obscure more important attractions of solar cookers across cultures. I have read hundreds of letters from many countries from people who decry the coughing and pneumonia that are linked to indoor cooking smoke, people who desire the smoke free alternative of solar cooking. I have read many pleas from many countries describing the suffering, especially among children, who waste away from diseases carried in their drinking water, and who seek information on solar water pasteurization.
Full realization of the benefits--economic and health-related--occurs only after people solar cook successfully and regularly for several seasons. An elder in a Somali community that had been using solar cookers on a regular and widespread basis for several years told a neutral monitor of the project the following:
"Forest is rain, forest is fuel energy, forest is crop…livestock…money. Forest, in general, is livelihoods. By reducing their destruction and reclaiming them…most of us have just started witnessing how valuable these [solar cookers] are."
The good news here for promoters trying to reach whole villages, towns or districts seems to be that if you do everything right for the first four years, it will start to get a lot easier.
Cookers and changes
I know that I am reluctant to make changes and try new technologies without a compelling reason—even though I grew up in a culture that worships change and newness. It does not surprise me that many people are slow to make the changes in habits needed to succeed with solar cooking.
A study comparing several solar cooker projects in Ladakh, India, looked at this issue. Their study indicated that acceptance of solar cooking was greater in communities that were more exposed to encroachments of the modern world. Communities that were more remote and less affected by modern changes were less likely to adopt solar cooking. Apparently, if traditional ways are intact, people are more likely to continue their traditional cooking mode. If tradition is already crumbling, it may be easier to get people to make voluntary changes in cooking habits when they have good reasons to do so.
In many places in the world, traditional cooking methods are harder to maintain because of spreading shortages and rising prices of traditional fuels. These shortages may drive people to embrace alternatives like solar cooking.
Economics, culture and cookers
In our project in western Kenya, we sell very low-cost cookers at slightly subsidized prices to low-income rural women. We have been told that the women in that culture do not believe in going into debt. Therefore, they refuse to buy the cookers on credit. Instead, they pay small installments until they have paid the full price and then accept the cooker. From a western perspective, the women would seem to be better off if they would accept the cooker after the first payment. Then they could pay the rest of the installments by using the money the cooker saved them on firewood expenses. The reluctance to go into debt of any kind makes the purchase of cookers more difficult, slowing down the dissemination process.
One can easily imagine problems arising from an opposite attitude. If it fit the culture to make a down payment, take a cooker, and then postpone making the rest of the payments, solar cooking promoters would face serious problems.
For people raised in industrialized-consumer cultures, one of the best points about solar cookers is that they can pay for themselves in a few months by reducing spending on wood, charcoal or gas. The idea that an investment now will lead to recurring savings month after month in the future seems to make solar cooking obviously beneficial. However, in some cultures, ideas about investing and gaining small but permanently recurring savings are not developed the way they are in the West. Cultures that have little experience with money in general are not likely to have developed sophisticated traditions of thinking about "investing" "savings" and "return on investment."
Still it is hard to find the city people who adopt solar cooking as a major activity. In order for solar cooking to become adopted and widespread in western cities culture, the "packaging" of the solar cookers needs to look more "standard" and have a strong appeal. It is yet to be seen what new types of products will be developed enabling solar cooking in city homes, and in city kitchens in particular.
One last item. A solar cooker project in Central America worked with wooden cookers of the box type. Women didn't like them, because the cookers sat on the ground and women had to sit, stoop or crouch to put food in and out. In response, the promoters started building the box cookers with legs, so that the oven would be near waist height like the ovens the women were used to. Acceptance improved greatly. Again, listening to local people about their needs and preferences is vital.
When one thinks about the variability of human cultures, one will easily conclude that someone sitting at a desk in California probably has some cultural blind spots. Others who read this article may wish to add their insights. If you have a contribution to make, please send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com I hope to update this article in 3 to 6 months with additional comments from others.
See also
Selected articles
- May 2012: Identifying the barriers to the deployment of solar cookers in the energy-poor households of sub-Saharan Africa - Sarah Cochetel
- December 2011: Some Big Solar Cooking Project in Asia - Dar Curtis, Solar Household Energy
- October 2009: Cookstove and Obstacles to Technology Adoption by the Poor - Xander Slaski and Mark Thurber
- August 2010: New research reconfirms acceptance of solar cooking - Solar Household Energy
- July 2006: Integration of Local Culture and Perception in Marketing of Solar Cookers - Mahnaz Saremi
- July 2006: An Example of an Informal Strategy for Dissemination of Solar Cookers - Heike Hoedt
- July 2006: Destination New Partnership - A Map For Accelarated Spread of Solar Cookers - Pascale Dennery
- Moving ahead with solar cookers by GTZ. This is an interesting article in general, but pages 11 and 12 are most closely related to culture issues
- Solar Box Cookers in Ladakh is based on an interview with a solar cooker promoter active in Ladakh in the 1980s and includes some comments on culture.
- Here is a short section on cultural factors that is part of a larger article by Marc Aalfs about adapting solar box cooker designs.
- Solar Box Cookers in Zimbabwe by Patrice Rodgers is an in-depth examination of one solar cooking introduction project, with insights on cultural issues interwoven with economic and technical issues.
- The special challenges of solar cooking by Charles Onyango-Oloo is short and discusses a variety of issues from a Kenyan point of view, including to some extent the culture and attitudes of solar cooking promoters.
- The Fuel Wood Crisis in Burkina Faso--Solar Cookers As An Alternative" by Paul Krämer is a long study which includes comments on Burkinabe culture related to solar cooking.
- A Market-Based Strategy for Introducing Passive Solar Ovens in Kenya is a marketing study performed by graduate students from the Michigan School of Business. Among many considerations discussed, some cultural factors are included.
- Solar Cookers and Social Classes in Southern Africa by William Noble Grundy reports culture-related observations of an individual.
- Social Acceptance of Solar Stoves in South Africa reviews results of a comparative test of solar cookers and includes comments on culture.


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Ive been looking at evey gun I have including some 22lr a strip of spring steel bent at a 90 held in a groove with a pin or circular ring or collar is all it would take the sunomie piece comes to mind. im studying the sten extractor as well pretty simple set up are Sten extractors avaliable cheap any were???? I could just cut the front of a sunomi bolt off drill it for the firing pin and press it into a carreir made from square stock and pin it in place. I hate to rob a sunomi kit for the parts however.
big gun,
try and looking up a cz52 extractor on gunbroker they are not high $$ and common right now. muttman
I have started a bolt exactally like this for a suomi/thompson type build. So far I've drilled out the bolt (a gift from MTDEW)for a firing pin and cut the bolt down. I'm still debating if mild steel is going to wear well enough or should I use 4130 for the square bolt body. I suspect the mild steel will be fine since it will have a large bearing surface. I thought I may thread the bolt stub into the bolt body because I've set the back of the bolt stub as the hammer stop. I may be making more work for myself with trying to thread the bolt stub and very well may just end up using a couple 1/4" pins to keep it form being hammered loose. Here's a pic of it so far. For an extractor if you're going to make your own bolt, you might look through sarco and numrich to see if you can find a cheap pistol bar type extractor, pin and spring out of a gun like a S&W, beretta, or even a sten like you mentioned earlier. You might also want to look at the sgn-22 article where it shows how to make this style of extractor, although if you could get one for $10 I don't think I'd bother.
HMMMM is a non inertia firing pin legal in this set up? I had not though about it. A inertia pin does seem safer.Quote:
I set up the firing pin in the suomi bolts I have done as an inetria firing pin for safety and legal reasons
Im on the fence as well about if a mild steel bolt will be okor the trunion for that matter. Im concerned about were it hits the hammer and Im worried about were it will hit the trunion when it comes to rest on a empty chamber. Im not sure screwing the bolt in it the way to go unless. that part takes a hell of a beating im afraid the the threads will loosen or stretch with all the pounding and heat. I was envisioning pressing it into the carrier with a press fit and then cross pining it.
Ill likley do a mild steel proof on design carrier first and see how it goes. I have no way to temper a carrier even if I did build one in 4130. some thing that big would likely take a forge and other stuff. Now if a meamber here or some one localy could inexpensivly do the tempering then that might be a option. since its basicaly is a solid block with a few groves and holes I dont thing it would warp much. If it can be machined first then temperd it would be a plus.
In the bolt stub above the hammer will be hitting the back of the stub so the only real wear on the mild steel parts will be from pushing the hammer down and smacking the bolt stop. If my bolt were a different design the front of the bolt could be the part that stops the bolts forward movement, but there's not much metal at the front of a suomi bolt compared to say a sten bolt. I might just go ahead and use some mild steel (a section of a 2" hitch) as a test piece and see how it goes. If it holds up, great! If not then I don't have anything invested except some time and an end mill or two as I got the hitch for free and I can remove the bolt stub from the mild steel body and reuse it.
As far as if a non-inertia firing pin would be legal or not I think the only people that could say for sure are the bafte boys. One of the ways they have ruled an ar15 with some m16 parts(or worn or broken ar15 parts) in it as a machine gun is if it has hammer follow (missing/broken disconnector or use of m16 trigger disconnector and selector for examples) and use 223 rounds with soft pistol primers the gun can be made to shoot auto. Even though doing so is very unsafe. I don't know what firing pin the 9mm version of the ar15 uses, but it has a different bolt and carrier so perhaps they have addressed the weight of the regular ar15 firing being able to set off 9mm rounds. In the sgn-9 articles the author Matthews stressed not to leave out a firing pin return spring as it would result in a possible run away full auto.
I have a pretty heavy firing pin spring, so I don't know if I'll have to go with the inertia type one, I'll just see what it does to a primed empty case if I take out the disconnector and drop the bolt on it. I can't imagine it'd fire the primer, but it might, so thanks for bringing that to my attention!
hmmmmm ive been looking at these for a day they cost under $3. Im not planing on using a normal carrier but was thinking what if? I see Kvar is out of 223 and 5.45 bolts :( Is there a nother source for them????????
Take a look at a pps43 bolt. I think you could cut that bolt face shape out of square stock pretty easy. For an extractor sarco has a beretta 92 extractor, spring, and pin for $9.50. Beretta M9 / M92 9MM


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Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks are magical fireworks that are presumably set off with water.
Known uses
- Fred and George Weasley and Lee Jordan bought some at Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop in 1992.
- Harry Potter later borrowed a firework from Fred and used it to explode Gregory Goyle's cauldron in Potions class. This created a distraction that allowed Hermione Granger to slip out of the room to get the boomslang skin that she required.
- On the way to Hogwarts in 1994, Fred's trunk fell open, setting off a number of the Filibuster fireworks he'd packed. The Muggle taxi driver who was carrying the trunk was alarmed by the incident.
- In 1995 Fred and George Weasley were seen in the Viaduct Courtyard playing with a spark from the fireworks by throwing it into the air and catching it. A crowd of students watched this. It was however interrupted by Dolores Umbridge who pointed her wand and summoned it.
- In 1996 some sparks from these fireworks exploded and fizzled around in the shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
Behind the scenes
- James and Oliver Phelps attempted to set off a huge real world version of a Filbuster firework (see image at left) at the grand opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The firework did not go off. A few seconds after the device appeared to fail, however, a huge shower of fireworks went up into the sky in a section of the park close by.


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Had a bad night after visiting this establishment. Whilst they claim to do everything separately, I was ill after eating here.
Yummmmm. ok I had to say that. The staff understood.kur concerns and even the manager stopped by before we ordered. Best bun ever and fries can't be beat. Worth the wait.
Best GF buns I've found anywhere. They also serve an amazing turkey burger.
very knowledgable staff with separate friers and 1 of the best gluten free burgers I've ever had. 1 of the best options for people with celiac disease
Their GF buns are sooo good. They also have a dedicated French fry fryer here
2720 Carl T Jones Dr SE, Huntsville, AL 35802
I love going to this particular red robin location. My food is always hot and fresh and I've never gotten glutened and if I have a question about something being gluten free the waitresses never have a problem with asking a manager to find out.
4900 Sergeant Road, Sioux City, IA 51106
This location was TERRIBLE!!! My father-in- law ordered a side of the creamy BBQ sauce for his meal and it came on my plate. When I asked the waiter if this was gluten free he quickly replied yes. I followed up with asking him if he was 100% positive in which he replied yes this sauce is 100% gluten free! I put a little on my burger to try it and took a few bites. The manager came out and informed me that the sauce was not gluten free. He said I should be fine though because I only had 2 or 3 bites. I will never eat at this location again!
301 South Hills Village, Bethel Park, PA 15241
I had an excellent dining experience! Not only was my meal incredibly delicious, but our server Damon was exceptional! I felt very comfortable eating here and I will definitely be back. Five-star service all around!
610 Middletown Boulevard, Langhorne, PA 19047
We've been hear several times never had an issue with gluten. Staff is knowledgeable and friendly. Great burgers and buns!
17301 Valley Mall Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21740
Always accommodating! The bun is quite yummy too.
3420 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler, AZ 85226
Pretty good.....good gf fries! Good gf burger! And they do have gf buns..however they are pretty solid and hard to chew. But good once you get it in your mouth. They seemed very aware and sensitive about my allergy...about 5-7 choices of things I could have...however they had to bring me a tablet and stay there until I picked my meal....so no time to think and kind of uncomfortable to just sit there and watch the waiter stair. Overall it was good. Nice service too!
13800 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73134
I've eaten at RR many times. Burger with Udi's bun. Very good with Titos Gluten free Vodka at the bar. Avoid spice shaker. Fries are cut onsite so not coated. No problems so far but limited to the burger.
1986 Medical Center Parkway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Ordered the french onion soup which was on the gluten free menu (without the bread topping). I asked for no bread topping and they brought it out to me with it anyway. I kindly asked them to bring me a new one with no bread and made it clear I was severely allergic. They brought me a new one that appeared to have no bread. I started eating, took several bites and got to the bottom of the bowl only to realize they stuffed the bread at the bottom instead!! My mom was pissed and called the manager over and he was less than apologetic, even offered to bring me a THIRD bowl of soup but by then I was already feeling miserable and just wanted to leave. This was a few years ago so they may be better now but that was the last time I have ever eaten there. Very bad experience and missed a week of school because of being glutened from nothing but staff carelessness.
7982 Citrus Park Town Center, Tampa, FL 33625
We tried so many times to eat here (at the citrus park location) because we LOVE their fries and burgers. Three times, I sent my burger back because it had a sauce or an item specifically listed as not gluten free (even after I had a discussion with our server and the manager explaining that I have celiac). Three more times, I and my son (who is also celiac) got sick. I gave up.
3821 Boston St, Baltimore, MD 21224
I have mixed feelings but all in all I ended up eating a meal without becoming sick. That said, I also had little confidence in the info my server gave me but the manager came out to confirm that there is currently a dedicated fry fryer and they don't put salt on from the kitchen for cross-contamination prevention. The seasoning on the tables is fine to eat. The burger... The first one they served me had a sweet potato fry fall out of it when I took my first bite. They made me a fresh burger when I pointed out the mystery fry. It was yummy, the gf bun gets a little soggy on the bottom but not terrible. I also inhaled my burger since I had to wait while the rest of the table ate for my second burger to come out. And they have omission beer and angry orchard!!
2350 Lincoln Hwy #900, Lancaster, PA 17602
Best GF buns I've ever had. Will definitely be back.
3821 Boston St, Baltimore, MD 21224
Just ate there. Burger was great. Fries were great. Server didn't make me feel confident though. I thought they had a dedicated fryer but the waitress told me, "there's no salt on your fries so you should be good." Will update if I get sick in the next few minutes.
6636 E Lloyd Expressway, Evansville, IN 47715
celiac daughter got very sick. will not be returning.
4010 N Main Street, Mishawaka, IN 46545
Our server was very helpful when I asked for bbq on my burger. He checked to see if it was gluten free then returned to let me know it was not but that they had another that was.
1021 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, WA 99336
They told us the fries were cooked in a separate fryer when you specify GF, but once they made him sick and a 2nd time there was chunks of onion rings in the bottom of the basket,....so much for separate fryer... we will not go back, too risky
2430 Humes Rd, Janesville, WI 53546
Very helpful with gf options. Waitress kept checking to make sure I liked my food. Great experience and wonderful food
5550-3 Whittlesey Blvd., Columbus, GA 31909
Good burgers and endless fries. My girlfriend has to be gluten-free and she loves going there when she is craving a burger. One of the few places I know of that offers a gluten-free bun.
2015 S. Mooney Blvd., #505, Visalia, CA 93277
Grilled chicken and fries. Totally sick by the time we got back to the motel, but I'm not sure if it was gluten or food poisoning because the reaction was different. Cold wind whenever the door opened. Had to pay on the touch screen, which was very sticky and yucky from who knows what.
3903 East 53rd Street, Davenport, IA 52807
Had a great experience here today. Tasty burger with gf bun and delicious fries. Our server was gluten intolerant and was a great help and assurance. I am celiac and had no CC symptoms. Glad to have a tasty and safe choice for burgers and fries.
2200 Eastridge Loop, Suite 2073, San Jose, CA 95122
Great burgers with GF buns🍔
1562 N. Woodland Park Dr., Layton, UT 84041
Best gluten free bun! I had to keep asking if it was really gluten free.
640 W Telegraph St, Washington, UT 84780
Staff is very knowledgeable about the gluten free items and very friendly. Will defiantly be back
1085 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA 98027
We did not have a good experience at Red Robin last night. I am surprised because Red Robin is usually very accommodating. We ordered my daughter who is Celiac. The waitress didn't seem too concerned when I told her we need the dedicates fryer and gluten free bun, etc. Before for she left, I mentioned again that we can't go many places because of her Celiac and she said nothing and walked away like she couldn't care less. As we got all our food, I didn't see until after my daughter took a big bite and swallowed the Gluten regular bun. It was too late at that point. I called for a manager and of course they apologized and brought the proper gluten free meal to her. They also took $ off our meal which was really nice, however the damage was already done. I won't visit that location again. I know people might say just stay home, but we wanted to enjoy a night out. which we don't have that luxury anymore.
950 Shaw Ave., Clovis, CA 93612
Great service and attention to our GF needs. Best GF buns!
290 Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA 02035
I have never been so sick! My 4th visit was a disaster. Cross-contaminated badly! Server presented as understanding- 20 mins after leaving gluten reaction kicked in. Visits 1-3 were in old location visit 4 new location near CBS Scene. I will never be back- its too bad food was decent overall.
600 Cooper Point Rd., SW, Olympia, WA 98502
It's been hit and miss for us at Red Robin with quality and service. Sometimes great service and food exactly as ordered. Other times burgers have been both over/under cooked and we've had awful long wait times for service. If there were other options within the mall area for movie nights I would rarely, if ever, eat here. I've only had symptoms once. That being said, the buns sit like a brick in my stomach for some uncomfortable reason - this is not a gluten symptom for me though.
401 E. Dimond Blvd., Anchorage, AK 99515
Serves gluten free burgers with a bun or lettuce wrap. I've been here many times and was never glutened. Good food but not the best. The buns are better in the lower 48 but still good and a guarantee that you won't get sick.
5537 S. Williamson Blvd., Port Orange, FL 32128
They have been so good to us every time we go. If we do have a concern they deal with it promptly! It is one of the few places this family with Celiac can eat! The Port Orange one is by far our favorite!
1919 Star Road, Liberty, MO 64068
Waiter was very knowledgeable when I asked him about gluten free menu items. I got the gluten free bun on my burger and it was really good, didn't taste any different from normal bread. He made me fresh "gluten free" fries (just cooked in clean oil), both sweet potato fries and regular. Plus he brought us another basket of each with the endless fry deal. Great first real-dining-out gluten free experience!
15777 Eureka Blvd., Southgate, MI 48195
So nice to be able to order a burger and get to eat the bun too! Fries are cooked in a seperate fryer for gluten free! So good!
10300 Forest Hill Boulevard #122, Wellington Green Square, Wellington, FL 33414
I felt like a normal person while eating out. They have a tablet you check off your allergens and then it will show you your options. Easy peasy and food was very good. Hamburger, bun and French fries....I was in heaven.
1313 Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
I had high hopes going in, but a sad ending. The staff seemed friendly and helpful, but I did get sick. It may be worth a try for the brave among you who aren't as sensitive.
3005 Golf Road, Eau Claire, WI 54701
Red robin has Gf buns, an allergen menu AND a dedicated fryer. I love them. Celiac and never any problems!!!
14736 E. Indiana Ave., Spokane, WA 99216
I CAN HAVE BURGERS AGAIN! Thats what I said when I bit into my first gluten free burger there! It's like I can finally eat out with my family again! Also a dedicated frier for awesome French fries!
302 Indian Lake Blvd, Hendersonville, TN 37075
Get your burger on a lettuce wrap or a gluten free bun which actually tastes great. Also sweet potato fries from a dedicated fryer.
28222 Willet Way, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543
Do not have a dedicated gluten free menu but their website does. Also, our waitress was very knowledgable about their products and how to make them gluten free. Gluten free buns available for an upcharge. Dedicated fryers for their fries but ask for no seasoning as the seasoning does contain gluten.
9904 N. Newport Hwy., Spokane, WA 99218
celiac friendly and very helpful, has celiac friendly fries!!! waitress double checked with the chefs when doubtful on some sauces without being asked. classic burgers, sadly no desserts.
2200 NW Stewart Parkway, Roseburg, OR 97470
The Red Robin is definitely in the same location it has always been! They seem knowledgeable about cross contamination and they have gluten free burgers, salads and even gluten free fries.
1750 N Loop 1604 E, Ste 102, San Antonio, TX 78232
We've dined GF at many Red Robin's so we know what to order on our own. (As not having an actual GF menu is a bit frustrating). This RR's service was ok, but we did receive cold GF burgers & fries. We have had times where we have gotten sick from cross contamination, so it's always best to ask lots of ?'s & let them know how sensitive you are, if Celiac.
2496 Pulaski Highway, Glasgow, DE 19702
Always taken care of and taken seriously. A manager usually brings out our GF meals! Finally a place that has gf buns for their burgers and safe fries!! Just make sure you ask! We order my son's grilled cheese on a. Gf bun as well! Not many places have gf kid choices!
602 Bel Air Road, Suite 19, Bel Air, MD 21014
Always taken care of and taken seriously. A manager usually brings out our GF meals! Finally a place that has gf buns for their burgers and safe fries!! Just make sure you ask! We order my son's grilled cheese on a. Gf bun as well! Not many places have gf kid choices!
1073 Annapolis Mall, Annapolis, MD 21401
Awesome gluten free menu ,just make sure you inform the server and will bring special menu ,you can't have fries as a side but they will serve broccoli etc ...love the place
1073 Annapolis Mall, Annapolis, MD 21401
Great gf options that are also affordable!
1221 Executive Pkwy., Eugene, OR 97401
My child has celiac disease, the staff is great about helping us to make sure her food is not contaminated. Always positive experiences here. One of the only places we go out to eat.
4802 Valley View Blvd. NW, Roanoke, VA 24012
Really have to watch the fries.
800 Tolmie Ave, Victoria, BC V8X 3W4, Canada V8X 3W4
Great GF burgers and fries (buns and dedicated fryer). Very knowledgable and careful. The manager brought out the GF menu and reassured me that they would take special care of me. Celiac friendly!!
1035 Dana Drive, Redding, CA 96003
I have Celiac and Red Robin is one of my go to locations while traveling. I use their electronic allergen iPad to assist with ordering. I typically get the simple burger on a GF bun with their freckle fruit.
27 Holyoke Street, Holyoke, MA 01040
Great place to take the kids!
613 River Highway, Mooresville, NC 28117
This place is great! Staff is very friendly and aware of gluten allergies. They do everything possible to avoid cross contamination. I had the bacon cheeseburger on their gluten free bun and steak fries (they will cook your fries separate if need be, without their seasoned salt). Yummy!!! Love coming here!!!
2450 E 17th Street, Idaho Falls, ID 83404
My favorite place to eat! I love the gf buns and fries, the staff are always helpful when asked questions. I am also allergic to dairy and have never had a reaction. Spot on, thanks!!
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Valdosta, GA - Can you imagine walking to every state Capital in the country? Well Mac McQuown sure can. He's doing it!
McQuown is an ex-marine raising awareness for wounded and homeless veterans. He's making the 15,000 mile trek for the non-profit organization "Silver Star Families Of America".
Despite the grueling cold and blistered toes he's been walking almost a year and a half now.
"So I came to the conclusion that every state in America produces veterans. So what better way to show respect to those veterans and bring a necessary and overdue light back to them than to walk to all 50 capitals," McQuown said.
He's just leaving Tallahassee and now he's on his way to Atlanta.
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FADDEN, John T. "Jack"; 8; 16 Oct 1943 OWH eve p 12 & 13 @ Holy Sepulchre*
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A NAMI Voice: Empowerment as a Result of Peer-Provided Services
My name is Cheryl. Twenty years ago I began this journey of mental illness. In the twenty years and seven hospitalizations, I have never been connected with any outpatient program for employment or therapy. I have struggled with employment and lost many jobs because of my mental illness. For 15 years, I did have a home based business that allowed me the flexibility to work when I was feeling good and to take a break when I needed to. I could take off work for doctor or therapist appointments. But the downside was that there was no one to keep me from destroying the business when I was in crisis
Two years ago, I knew that it was time to quit the business. I had lost the dream…but the dream was being replaced with a dream to help other people who had been wounded like I was. I had worked hard in recovery for 20 years. Although not totally well, I had a dream, and I had the experience of 20 years of therapy from the 'other side' of the desk. I answered the newspaper ad for a peer specialist in a day rehab program. The job pre-requisites were that you had to have been severely and chronically mentally ill, yet able to work. I thought the ad was a fluke, but I answered it. I jumped through the hoops of three interviews to get the job. I work in a day rehab program with people who are just like me. I can identify with their frustration with medications, fear of hospitalizations or changing therapists or doctors. Because I work from a perspective of understanding from my heart, I am able to offer hope that recovery is possible. When new members come into the program, I help them to get acquainted and to get through the haze of 'new experiences'. I can gently prod members who aren't working on recovery because they know that I have done the same work that I am asking them to do. Often a person will confide in me instead of their case manager and I can help them with advocacy or help them with communication with their case manager. Because I have done the same work, I am believable. And on the other hand, the members continue to challenge me to work on my own recovery. When we have a support group, invariably someone will turn to me and ask what is going on in my life and what needs I have. Just as I know each of them well enough to quickly know when they are not doing well, they know me well enough to know when I am not feeling well. Programs that have consumer leaders are becoming known as 'best practices'. They are empowering to the leaders and to the members as well. Consumer leaders have much to teach other staff that they have not let consumers teach them before. It does not have to be one or the other—but having consumers on staff as peer specialists gives added strength to a program and a person whom consumers can identify with and go to for advocacy. The added strength of a consumer's caring touch makes a huge difference.
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Maria Bibbs joined the MCA faculty in the fall of 2011. She specializes in writing pedagogy, African American literature and print culture, feminist theory and critical race theory. Her interests also include the history of literacy laws and African American writing and activism during the Progressive Era. She is particularly interested in using archival research to investigate how the United States' unique political history informs our current attitudes toward the act of reading and writing and its role in social advancement. Bibbs argues that the early 20th Century's racial climate and its religious and secular ideologies regarding social uplift impacted the period's debates around public education and, in turn, shaped literacy's longstanding status as a rhetorical object and a mobilizing force in the black community.
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NORMAN, Okla. - Through the past few years perhaps no player residing in Austin has been a bigger thorn in Oklahoma's side than former Longhorn All-American, and now Seattle Seahawks first round draft pick Earl Thomas. After two straight losses in the Red River Shootout with Thomas roaming the Texas secondary, it seems the Sooners are going with the idea of 'if you can't beat them, recruit a relative' and in Thomas' cousin, Justin Thomas, it seems the Sooners may have found a player with a lot of the same play-making ability.The 5-foot-8, 160-pound defensive back from Orange (Texas) West Orange-stark may not be the biggest player on the field but impressive athleticism and great footwork make him undoubtedly the top defensive back to have taken the field in Norman for the first three days of Oklahoma's six-day summer camp.The 2012 prospect may not have had a chance to match-up with Tobias Singleton as many had hoped he might but there was still little doubt when Thomas walked off the field he'd had one of the better performances by a defensive back in several years.Whether it was showing surprising physicality -even knocking a few receivers over after the pass was broken up- or simply locking down any and all receivers on hand Thomas showed that he and his famous cousin share more than a last name.While he did make a big impression he wasn't the only Mustang that came to Norman hoping to make his mark.Among three other WO-S players taking part in the morning camp session in Norman were wide receiver Mark Roberts, quarterback Kenneth Garett, and defensive back DeCarlos Renfro.Roberts came to Norman fresh off of picking up an Iowa State offer and was hoping to add to his collection of Big 12 scholarships. Through the morning he showed a little bit of everything with nice hands, good body control, and though he is continuing to refine his route-running he does a nice job shielding defenders to create space for his quarterback to throw to open space.Not surprisingly a quarterback who found nice rhythm through the day with Roberts was his current signal caller, Garrett. The skilled quarterback came in with some thinking he may be as much of an athlete as a quarterback but after watching him through the two-hour workout Garrett has solid mechanics a nice release and throws a very catchable ball. But even with Garrett's solid performance the player who seemed to improve with each and every practice session was 2013 quarterback Jordan Darling of West Chester (Ohio) Lakota West. The young gunslinger has an arm that most seniors would envy and touch that belies his youth. Most of the obvious flaws in Darling's games are typical young errors and can be worked out. It's quite possible that Darling could emerge as a BCS-level quarterback in the near future and the good news for Josh Heupel and co. is the youngster has been in Norman the past two summers to work with Oklahoma's budding quarterback guru.The story of the day was certainly Thomas but a pair of other 2012 defensive backs also continue their strong three-day performances. Wagoner, Okla. cornerback Kevin Peterson continued his strong performance to put himself firmly on the recruiting radar for next season but with so much time to work the chance to break down a few flaws also come to light. Peterson has worked in a predominantly cover-two scheme at Wagoner and while trying to press in man coverage he still has a lot to learn about proper press principles. For example Peterson often was soft on his inside jam and allowed receivers to easily take their inside release forgetting there is no help to the inside. Thankfully for him he had few issues with making up for the error due to good feet and long arms, but as he faces better athletes he'll have to refine his skills and become stronger at the snap.Physical play is not a problem for Plano (Texas) Prestonwood Christian defensive back Anthony Morgan who loves to mix it up with any and all receivers. However he is still learning the fine points of moving in space and has the look of a definite safety moving forward but with his quality ball skills could be a real free safety prospect in 2012. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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Sarah Palin didn't shoot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head.
Michelle Bachmann didn't kill Giffords' outreach director, the newly engaged Gabe Zimmerman.
Rush Limbaugh didn't kill U.S. District Court Judge John Roll.
Glenn Beck didn't kill 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, born on 9/11/2001.
Not a single Tea Partier, including Giffords' November opponent Jesse Kelly, had anything to do with the deaths of six people and the wounding of 12 others Saturday outside a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona.
None of them are guilty of the crimes perpetrated that morning, but none of them are innocent either. Each and every one of them made what happened there possible.
From Bachmann's call for her constituents to be "armed and dangerous" to Palin's rifle crosshairs over Giffords' district on a map to Limbaugh's daily bigoted and anti-anything that isn't him rhetoric to Beck's utter insanity to the Tea Party's much-vaunted "second amendment remedies" and Kelly's "join me to target Giffords and shoot a fully automatic rifle" campaign event, they're all as responsible for what happened Saturday as Jared Loughner is.
More so, because unlike Loughner, they're all in adult positions of responsibility and should know better. Loughner, obviously a little light in the loafers, may not even have heard any of the Ridiculous Right's outrageous rhetoric. But because they said it, and because my colleagues let them say it without challenging them and pretended "both sides" were doing the same thing, well, are you really surprised by what happened Saturday? Not if you have half a brain.
And what I found most amusing was that all the usual suspects, from Palin and Bachmann to Mitch McConnell and Eric "Somebody shot a bullet somewhere and it accidentally fell into a window where some consultants of mine have an office so I've been threatened too" Cantor, all came rushing out to condemn this terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms, as if their own mouths hadn't been encouraging it for the past two years.
What a joke.
Clearly, Jared Loughner's lights are on but nobody's home. His video ramblings make no sense. His attempts at logic are laughably embarrassing. He champions grammar and calls the citizens of Giffords' district "illiterate" but has quite a few problems structuring sentences himself. He's hopelessly caught up in the libertarian boondoggle of the gold and silver standard — a Beck specialty, by the way. He's no great intellect — although he appears to imagine himself one — and his political meanderings are so incomprehensible that it's quite impossible to put a solid political label on him.
That doesn't stop my colleagues though. And in a sense, it's perfect for them, since they're all besides themselves, as usual, with their frantic efforts to convince us all, in their morally lecturing tones, that "both sides" need to tone down the bullshit, as if progressives are out there saying that if elections don't go our way, if Congress doesn't do what we want, well, then, we'll have no choice but to exercise our 2nd Amendment rights to bear arms and do something about our grievances.
No, that kind of rhetoric is found only on the right, and here's why: That kind of rhetoric only comes out when people believe they are cornered, trapped with no where to go but to fight. Doesn't have to be true. They just have to believe it is.
And here's what we have: A Ridiculous Right that absolutely refuses to move forward with the rest of society.
They're not cornered at all. They're being left behind. The mouths are just paper tigers, ladies and gentlemen. They wouldn't have the guts to actually do anything violent if their lives depended on it.
But they don't have to, because there will always be Jared Loughners and Jim David Atkissons and James Von Brunns and Byron Williamses and Richard Poplawskis and Greg Giustis and Charles Wilsons, simpletons with no real ability to think for themselves and plenty of capacity to seek vengeance for any perceived wrong at all — and in the most violent way possible.
And all the little right wing websites are even now circling their wagons to proclaim that there's not a shred of evidence that Loughner was influenced by any of their maniacal leaders. That's so beside the point.
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has already accused by the right of trying to exploit the shootings for political gain because he said this:
Today, I hope all Americans are as saddened as shocked as we are. I hope some of them are as angry as I am. I think it's time as a country that we need to do a little soul searching. The vitriolic rhetoric that we hear day in and day out by people in the radio business and some in the TV business, this has not become the nice United States of America that we grew up in, and I think its time we do the soul-searching.
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When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. And, unfortunately, Arizona I think has become sort of the capital. We have become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry.
It's not unusual for all public officials to get threats constantly, myself included. And that's the sad thing of what's going on in America. Pretty soon, we're not going to be able to find reasonable, decent people who are willing to subject themselves to serve in public office.
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Let me just say one thing, because people tend to poo-poo this business about all the vitriol that we hear inflaming the American public by people who make a living off of doing that. That may be free speech. But it's not without consequences.
Of course they did, because they do not believe in consequences. I've already talked about the ridiculousness of not "believing in" things that are facts. The truth here is that they do not accept the consequences are are in denial about them.
So this is just the natural consequence of the garbage these people have been spewing. Again — doesn't matter if Jared Loughner ever even heard them. Doesn't matter what his real political persuasion is (although I must point out that he was attempting to assassinate a Democratic congresswoman). What matters is the atmosphere these people who like to say they're the adults in the room create.
Here's a hint: It's poison. The very air we breathe has been contaminated by violent rhetoric.
And here's what I hope. I hope that this incident opens the eyes of enough people that we can really put an end to this insanity. No, I know it's not gonna be Bachmann, Palin, etc. Hell, Palin's spokeswoman is one of those who condemned what Dupnik said. I guess so, after the crosshairs thing. But there are people who've had blinders on, pretending none of this really that bad. And I hope to god they see this for what it is — the consequences of language.
If they don't, the next one's gonna be even worse.


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For all of their superficial similarities, the cinderblock walls and bulletin boards with scalloped borders, schools in the United States have taken a historically disparate approach to what students are expected to learn. But that is now starting to change, thanks to the Common Core State Standards, a new initiative that lays out common literacy and mathematics expectations for K-12 schools across the country.
The initiative is breathtaking in scope. Not only have 45 states and the District of Columbia signed on, but the standards also are more challenging for K-12 students, requiring them to analyze and apply what they've learned, not merely commit it to memory.
Scholars' Academy, a middle and high school located in Rockaway Park, New York City, is among the first schools in the nation where nearly all teachers have revamped their lessons to match the new standards. In fits and starts, teachers here have been overhauling their instruction over the past three years.
In Leslie Kohn's ninth-grade humanities class, students work in small groups, discussing several texts about the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, a seminal event in U.S. history, which galvanized the labor movement and paved the way towards occupational safety standards.
Kohn, though, is not teaching this event in a traditional manner. No glossy textbooks sit open on the tables at which her students are gathered. Instead, the students are reading a 1911 New York Times article on the fire and examining records of the existing fire codes at that time. There are no pictures, no simplified narratives in colored boxes.
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Two Bit Hit
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- "Now recently a Haitian gang lord died. Apparently the Cubans did it, nobody's certain. Well, let's make them certain!"
- ―Avery Carrington.
Two Bit Hit is the final mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City given to protagonist Tommy Vercetti by property developer Avery Carrington from his limo in his construction site in Vice Point, Vice City.
Avery Carrington wants real estate prices in Vice City to go down, so he wants to start a gang war between the Cuban Gang and the Haitian Gang. A Haitian Gang Lord died recently, apparently the Cubans did it but nobody knows for sure. Avery wants you to make the Haitians sure they did it by killing the new Haitian Gang Lord at the old one's funeral.
The Mission
After getting the briefing from Avery, head down to the Little Havana clothes store and pick up a Cuban Hombre outfit. Then get a car and drive to the funeral which is located next to the Little Haiti Pizzeria, as of this part, there are four ways to kill the Haitian Gang Lord:
This is the easiest method and with greater chance of success:
Once you've caught the Cuban clothing, take a helicopter and use it to land on the roof of the building that is just across the funeral. While you're there, get to the corner of the roof and the Haitians will see you and start shooting at you, then use a sniper-rifle to kill the Haitian Gang Lord before he gets away in a Romero's Hearse (you will have about 10 seconds) and thereafter use the helicopter to escape avoiding the Haitians.
This is a technique will virtually foolproof, but if you can not have to use any of the two special cars that appear in this mission, unless you get off the roof after killing the Haitian Gang Lord and run in one of them.
For the second method you will need a Sniper Rifle. Drive to the funeral and pull out the Sniper, take aim and kill the Gang Lord. Don't get nervous, because if you miss, you'll accidentally shoot down either one of the gangs instead of a Haitian Gang Lord or in the air, which atracts attention to the Haitians, and you'll be forced to chase down the Gang Lord
For the third method, an Uzi, Mac or any type of submachine gun will be required, since you will need to shoot fast and then run. Get to the funeral, pull out the submachine gun and run towards the Gang Lord, avoiding gunfire from the Haitian Bodyguards, then open fire and shoot him. Then run out of there before you get wasted. You'll need an armor to protect you from gunfire, but you'll have to escape fast because the Armor you're wearing won't last from the gunfire.
The final method or the nornal is getting to the funeral and using any weapon, (a submachine gun is recommended), and start killing Haitian Bodyguards, eventually the Gang Lord will get in a Romero's Hearse and drive away. Get in a fast car and ram into the hearse, but watch out for bombs inside the coffins when one of the Haitian gangs drop it in the back of the hearse. When the car catches fire, the Gang Lord will get out of the Hearse and make a run for it, you can either get out of your car and shoot him or you can just run him over. Watch out though. The Haitian Gang Lord is carrying an M4 Carbine assault rifle, so run him over instead, after shooting down his gangs.
When you've killed the Gang Lord, leave Little Haiti and the mission will be complete.
Post Mission Phone Call
Umberto Robina: Hey Leo! I got some work for you!
Tommy Vercetti: This ain't Leo.
Umberto Robina: Hey, if Leo knows you got his phone, he gonna kill you!
Tommy Vercetti: Maybe Leo's already dead. Maybe I killed Leo and took his phone - you think of that prick?
Umberto Robina: You killed Leo? You must have big cojones - wanna work for me!? Drop by my father's cafe in Little Havana and we'll talk mano a mano.
- Donald Love states in Grand Theft Auto III, during the misson Waka-Gashira Wipeout, that "Nothing drives down real estate prices like a good old fashioned gang war, apart from the outbreak of a plague, but that might going too far in this case". Whilst during in this mission, Avery Carrington states "Now, nothing brings down real estate prices quicker than a good old-fashioned gang war - 'cept maybe a disaster, like a biblical plague or something, but, that may be going too far in this case".
- The Romero's Hearse is only obtainable (without cheats) in this mission, as is the black Voodoo.
- The mission can be done stealthily by going into the wooden shack complex, drive to the concrete wall between you and the funeral, then standing on your car and pop the leader in the head with an Assault Rifle.
- Originally, Umberto would've heard of Tommy, and would've called him for help, instead of mistaking him for Leo.
- The Havana outfit will be available after this mission in Little Havana. After the the missions Cop Land, No Escape?, The Job, the outfit will be put behind an invisible wall and you will not be able to get it. To avoid this, complete the Cop Land, No Escape? and The Job missions before Two Bit Hit. You can, however, get it in the mobile and Mac OS versions, as this has been fixed.
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