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It seems a totally obvious, totally cynical conceit: hot guys in the kitchen.
It has always struck us as odd that a presumably majority-female viewership should care so much about what the female show-hosts look like. Their alternatives do not appear to extend much beyond Gordon Ramsay, he of the ubiquitous livid scowl, and hirsute pie heroes the Hairy Bikers. Wouldn't it make more sense to give these viewers something more appealing to look at? Why not a bit of hunky prime rib to go with that mouth-watering slab of, er, prime rib?
Jamie Oliver was a start, but he's hardly the strapping Lothario of a Mills & Boon fantasy. There is, of course, the delectable Australian Take Home Chef Curtis Stone. But one man alone is a mere appetizer.
That must have been what the creators of the prosaically named Hot Guys Who Cook (Diva Universal, tomorrow at 9pm) were thinking when they pitched their show to networks. The concept couldn't be more simple: take 18 dishy dudes and stick them in a kitchen, and watch them cook their favourite meals. Each week, three fellas are given seven minutes each to show off their culinary talents. The show has actors, models, a radio host, a former Formula One driver and a DJ, all drawn from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.
The show's playful tone will make you cringe in parts - witness one studmuffin (do they still call them that?) brandishing a very phallic eggplant for the camera, or a giggling model confessing that he doesn't really cook much (oh, you badass!). But intense intellectualism isn't really the point of Hot Guys Who Cook. When the publicity shots feature a shirtless twenty-something standing in front of a stainless-steel stove, you kind of know it's time to put your brain on pause. Best to put your appetites on the same plate - the food here is definitely a sideshow.
For the food-show classicists who remain fans of Oliver, however, this week still offers enough to satisfy. Oliver, by now a true veteran wok-star, is somehow still finding time to do the odd televised cooking show, between pumping out recipe books and solving the West's obesity epidemic, celery stick by celery stick.
This time, he's helping to usher in the summer by indulging in a bit of a backyard broil-up. In the one-hour special Jamie Cooks Summer (TLC, tomorrow at 7pm), Oliver offers tips on how to spice up whatever pedestrian barbecue you were otherwise planning to labour through in the coming months. Thanks to Oliver, your guests can now expect spit-roasted meat over an open fire, fish smoked in an old bucket, crispy skewered trout and Moroccan lamb burgers. Whatever happened to the humble sausage in a slice of bread?
Part of the show's selling point is that this is food that will still be good after four hours in the back of a car. Sounds pretty much like McDonald's to us.
Time for dessert? No, of course not. It's time for more meat, as it always is. In which case, Man v Food: The Carnivore Chronicles (TLC, Wednesdays at 9pm) more than adequately serves. In this season, amiable glutton Adam Richman (above) - who goes almost completely vegetarian during his 'off' season - visits second-tier American cities in a valiant quest to get meat-drunk. Massive burritos in San Francisco, Texas-sized barbecue brisket pizza in San Antonio, smokey ribs in Richmond, Virginia ... this is the essence of American excess, distilled into a plate piled high with burnt flesh.
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Denise took a deep breath as Eve didn't pick up her phone. She became be
side herself as she felt powerless. Denise turned to the secretary.
"Is Dolph the only attorney working right now?"
She nastily responded, "yes, its the end of the day. When you leave, I can go home. We all know Dan and Dolph has a client, your friend."
Denise cocked her head back, "Oop! I'll go. You don't have to be so irritated."
Denise looked at the elevator door and cringed. She swiftly walked back to Eve's car. She sat there for 24 minutes and listened to the radio.
Denise couldn't help but stare in the rear view mirror as Adele's Sweet Devotion played in the background. Dan walked out and looked disappointed. He started walking the opposite direction towards the subway on his phone.
Denise look down at John calling her.
"Hey babe? Whatcha doing?"
"Listening to Adele."
"Love her music. I just heard, we are officially going to trial for my gyms. I will probably lose the two new ones, but I'll get a lump sum of cash back. I hope I don't lose my central place."
"Baby, don't worry about it. Just talk to God about it. He will lead us in the right direction. Have you been reading your bible?"
"Yes, I started a few days ago."
"Good, I'll be home soon. I'll cook dinner. I'm thinking seafood?"
"Anything your hands prepare, you know I'll eat. Do you mind if Dan comes over? He is still upset."
"Yeah, Drexel might come too. I haven't seen her in a while."
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said only 76 KB on my computer) but I wanted to make
sure you could see what I'm talking about.
Griff and Sharon, I've put a dotted white line around
the area I'm seeing as "kind of" aqua/turquoise. It's
at the very least, a less-red kind of purple. The ends
of the style arms are unabashedly purple and make for
a good comparison, so you can see the difference.
Maybe in a future generation, the color will be more
obvious than this trace -- I'm hoping so anyway! But
if you squint your eyes, do you see it?
And thanks for that idea to look at it under
magnification, I'll see if I can see anything that
way. I don't think that there's anything sunwise going
on though, on this one, since even in the early
morning, I can see these different colors in the buds
I'm prying open to pollinate. The falls, standards and
style ends are purple and the midribs of the style
arms are still this less purple color. Do you have any
images that show the greens that you were working
with? I'm guessing that they're arilbreds. Did you
give up on that line, or just put it on the back
Thanks for your thoughts guys.
Best wishes, Tom
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Tom -- In the photo at upper right, the midrib of
the upper left style arm of the yellow seedling
appears to show a trace of turquoise at about
midpoint. Is that what you see? -- Griff
Sharon McAllister wrote:
Have you examined them using a magnifying glass
hand-held microscope? Even 10X helps, but 30X really
shows the blend of pigments. Years ago, I did a lot
of work with greens and your photos remind me of some
of the blended colors I got when multiple pigments
were present. The hot New Mexico sun burns off some
exposed pigments, andI observed that the protected
style arms did retain the color better than the
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Chapter Four
Tory had the radio volume cranked to maximum as she, Cara, Kahlan and Terra flew down the empty back roads of 106, the long straight stretch from Bridgewater to Plymouth. Country 102.5 blared through the speakers appropriately as they zipped through with nothing but fields, bogs and conservation land on either side of the road. Kahlan threw her head back and belted out:
"And I can feel
That muddy water running through my veins
And I can hear that lullaby of a midnight train
It sings to me and it sounds familiar"
She slapped her hand to the rhythm against the front of the dashboard of Tory's little aqua blue Jeep Wrangler. Terra and Cara sat stretched out in the back seat, feet bare and propped up on the center console as they bobbed their heads in time to the radio.
"I feel no shame
I'm proud of where I came from
I was born and raised in the boondocks
One thing I know
No matter where I go
I keep my heart and soul in the boondocks!"
As the Wrangler tore past Bogs Hollow, a winding few hundred yards of road that went straight through active cranberry bogs, Terra suddenly snapped up. Tory caught sight of her twin in the mirror; hair bristled like a dog who'd just heard the word 'squirrel'. Sure enough, down in the center of Bogs Hollow was a small flock of giant wild turkeys, pecking away at the ground. Sweet as she was, Terra hated turkeys. The background to Terra's unreasonable hatred stemmed back to when she was seven; something about a first grade field trip to a farm and an unpleasant encounter with the Thanksgiving delicacy.
Tory slowed the car down just a bit as they passed; just enough so that Terra could lean out of the bare side of the Wrangler and gobble tauntingly at the birds. The four girls broke in to hysterical laughter. "Alright Terra that's enough taunting the birds!" Tory called back.
"How on Earth is your car so dirty?" Kahlan asked. "The Wrangler's like…eighty percent covered in mud. We live in the city."
Kahlan was right: Tory's Jeep was more mud then paint. It was deep in the grooves of her tires, plastered in a thick light brown coat across the doors.
Shrugging, Tory answered, "What can I say? Muddy cars are a turn-on." She drummed her hands furiously against the steering wheel and pointed at each of the other girls in turn as the final lines of the song rolled out;
"You get a line, I'll get a pole
We'll go fishing in the crawfish hole
Five-card poker on a Saturday night
Church on Sunday morning!"
Kahlan pushed her sunglasses back up her nose with her finger and watched as the landscape sped past them. It always amazed her how in only forty-five minutes the roads when from being surrounded by concrete, skyscrapers in billboards to nothing. Nothing and trees.
The Helsingr family lived tucked off the main road in an old classic white Tudor style house with an enormous emerald green front lawn. The driveway itself was nearly a quarter mile in length and twisted uphill, lined every few dozen yards with a pair of black iron cast lanterns. As Tory parked her Wrangler near the garage besides Celeste's bright red Escort they girls were greeted by the three youngest members of the house, running screaming through the active sprinkler heads and naked from the chest upwards.
"Hey!" The middle boy, Kyle skidded to a stop in the sopping wet grass and waved. "Cele is in the back! Want me to go get her?"
"Nah, it's okay hun, we'll find her." Kahlan rubbed his soaking wet mop of dark red hair affectionately.
At seven years old Kyle was a gangly boy, looking more and more like Celeste with each passing year with his crimson red hair and bright grey eyes. The other two looked more like their elder sister Anna with honey toned limbs and thick golden hair. Wanting to return to his game Kyle shrugged. "Okay. Her iPod is loud though." He instructed before chasing after his brothers.
In the backyard Celeste was stretched out on a plastic lawn chair wearing nothing but a small black bikini, her eyes shaded by a pair of sunglasses. As they approached Kahlan could see the white trail of wire snaked up to her ears from her headphones. Days this warm were rare for March, and the Knight's offender was taking full advantage.
Tory cupped her hands over her mouth and bellowed. "HELSINGR!"
Flinching, Celeste's head snapped upwards. "Hey guys! Jeez, you brought half the team with you." She wrapped a towel around herself and nodded towards the sliding glass door that had been left slightly ajar. "C'mon in."
Celeste Helsingr was the only non-Barrows member of the Knights. Any bit of Gaelic blood in her was probably as authentic as Lucky Charms. She was also the only member with red hair, so dark that it made even Aislin's look bright in comparison. That was T.D.'s ruling when it came to recruitment: she fully believed in the theory that red heads had less of a pain tolerance, and that wouldn't stand for a Valhalla Knight who couldn't play through hits. Celeste however, had been the exception due to the raw power of her slap shot, that had over time speed molded to make her one of the top scorers on the team.
"So I tried to bake you three a cake but…" Celeste nodded towards a deflated mass of yellow cake and blue frosting waiting to be discarded by the sink, hardly recognizable as anything close to food. "Obviously I inherited my mother's baking skills."
"You'd think she'd learn by now." Celeste's older sister Anna passed through and wrinkled her nose in mock disgust. "You tried." She said and ran her finger through the top layer of frosting. "I mean, you didn't totally screw up; the frosting is good." She flashed her sister an encouraging smile.
Unable to resist, Cara and Tory joined Anna and soon Celeste's baked monstrosity was stripped completely of its blue covering, leaving only the warped pieces of yellow cake remaining on the plate. Kahlan took a seat on one of the high black barstools surrounding the granite island in the center of the kitchen. The central air conditioning hummed quietly as it traveled beneath the wooden floorboards and white plaster walls. No doubt somewhere upstairs in his office, or in the refinished basement library Celeste's father was somewhere reading, his pipe clenched in his back molars, (though in all their years of being friends Kahlan had never actually seen Solomon Helsingr smoke) and enjoying a few stolen minutes of peace and quiet.
"Where's your Mum?" Terra asked, taking a seat beside her cousin.
"Grocery shopping, as per usual." Anna said sourly. "Those boys eat everything in sight."
Often Kahlan suspected that Anna didn't have a single maternal bone in her body. She didn't seem to find anything smaller than herself be it human or animal endearing in the least, unlike Celeste who sincerely adored her little brothers.
Terra felt something warm and soft brushing against her bare calves. "Marcia." She acknowledged and bent down to rub the cat between her ears. Celeste's rust colored tabby meowed in appreciation before pouncing up on to Terra's lap. Giggling, Terra stroked her fingers through the cat's long fur. "Yes, nice to see you too."
"How's the hand feeling?" Celeste asked Tory while passing her a bag of pretzels. "Do you think you'll be able to play tomorrow?"
Tory flexed her hand a bit and grimaced. "It's still sore, but I'll be in net don't you worry."
"Just be grateful we aren't playing the Rams." Kahlan cautioned. "Marissa Blackwater has it out for you now too after the stunt you pulled today."
Celeste's grey eyes instantly lit up. Her lips curled back as she rested her elbows on the countertop and leaned forward. "What happened?"
Kahlan quickly filled her in, leaving out the detail where she had momentarily been convinced that Marissa Blackwater had been about to pull a weapon on her cousin. "In retrospect it could have gone much worse." Kahlan said as she drummed her fingers against her knee. Her shoulder cracked painfully, a constant reminder. "We got lucky."
"Please, you ask as if they had anyone of use." Tory said exasperated. "We had half the Knights, all three captains. No one over that line was going to touch us."
"You still shouldn't be getting involved." Terra said quietly. "You run almost solely on anger when it comes to the Blackwater family."
Cara and Tory scowled but Celeste looked at Terra curiously. "Why do you all hate one another?"
Terra took a deep breath and looked at Kahlan who gave a slight nod. "The Blackwater clan is originally from County Fermanagh which is in Northern Ireland." She began. "We O'Rourke are from County Cavan, which is right on the cusp between the Republic and the North. If you know anything about Irish history, you'll know that tensions have been strained between the two countries. According to family legend there was some sort of dispute between the clans that resulted in one of ours being gunned down by one of theirs." Her strawberry blond eyebrows momentarily arched. "Though I'm sure it's told the opposite way to Blackwater children. Once that happened, family allies flocked to each side. Like the McDara," She nodded to Kahlan. "Or extended family themselves, like the Carey family. And when you mix honor, family and hatred with a handful of hot headed Irishmen you'll get a blood feud that endures almost a century, one that extends on to American soil." Terra shook her head.
"In short, it's an old war that keeps thriving because some people," She cast a chastising glance at Tory and Cara. "Won't let it die. The families all immigrated to make a new life for themselves, unfortunately clusters of each family settled in the same city, and eventually the same neighborhood, too unwilling to completely shed their heritage. Even at the price of living so close to their rivals."
"So...did your parents ever....you know..." Celeste's voice lowered. "Meet Whitey Bulger?"
Terra nearly choked. "No!" She exclaimed, horrified.
"Unfortunately." Tory muttered, disappointment evident in her voice.
"Our conflict isn't mob related." Kahlan began. "Though I'm sure that there are plenty McDara, O'Rourke and Blackwater somewhere in the ranks of the Irish Mafia, our feud thankfully doesn't stem that deep. Though admittedly nowadays it seems to more and more." Kahlan ran her fingers through her lacquer black hair and sighed. "Back then, the families could make excuses. Northern Ireland and the Republic: national pride and whatnot. My maternal and paternal roots both stem from Cavan: my mum and dad were born there but neither are very touched by the conflict." She stopped fiddling with her hair and folded her fingers together on her lap. "They want us to stay out of it too. But like Terra says, both sides have their soldiers." She thought of her brother Kieran who though elusive Kahlan knew was one such person. Tory was different; she was angry, and used the Blackwaters as an excusable outlet.
The mood in the room had grown suddenly somber, edging on the verge of becoming grim until the youngest of the three boys burst through the backdoor dripping wet and now, fully naked.
"Jonathon!" Celeste screeched, hastily tearing off her own towel as she tried to catch the scampering toddler. "Stop! No! PUT YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON!" Eventually she caught him by his slippery arm and hastily swaddled his lower half. "Be back in a second." She muttered.
Celeste tucked her little brother under her arm and marched him back upstairs to his room to find him a new set of clothes while the rest of the kitchen had erupted in to hysterical laughter. The little kids she'd grown up around in the Barrows had never been so entertaining.
Footsteps sounded on the staircase, much heavier than if they had been Celeste's. Mr. Helsingr slowly made his way downstairs, an amused smiled on his lips as he kept casting expectant glances back over his shoulder. "Hello girls." He greeted. "Hope none of you are scarred for life."
"Don't worry Mr. H, I think we'll survive." Kahlan said, trying to stop herself from snorting with laughter.
"I'm glad." Celeste's father playfully clucked Kahlan beneath her chin. "And I'm glad to see you three are not belligerent so early in the day." His eyes shimmered fondly. "Waiting for tonight I take it?"
"Of course."
Even Terra gad to grin wickedly at the thought.


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"I didn't say that" Gabriel opened his eyes slowly. "Now can you lot shut up so I can sleep?" Dawn smiled despite his irritation as Gabriel shifted in the bed and closed his eyes again.
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Fade Friday – Allevol 004 Straight (2.5 Years, 30+ Washes)
Deriving their name from the words, "All" and "Evolve", Allevol is a small London, UK apparel label whose collection is comprised of not only premium Japanese raw denim jeans, but also knit sweaters and various accessories.
As it's been some time since Allevol last appeared in the Fade Friday spotlight, we're pleased to feature a well-faded pair of their 004 Straight in our weekly showcase. According to the label's co-founder, Takashi Okebe, the photos were taken near the 2.5 year mark and the denim was washed approximately once per month for thirty months straight.
- Name: Allevol 004 Straight
- Weight: 14.6 Oz.
- Fit: Classic straight fit with medium rise
- Denim: 100% Cotton Japanese raw selvedge denim
- Length of Wear: 2.5 Years
- Number of Washes: 30+ Washes
- Available at: Allevol
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- phil
these are the rockawear?
- Grazfather x
They look like good quality jeans but man that fit is horrible.
- Taka
Grazfather x, thank you for your comment. Yes Indeed it looks a bit oversized here… The person who wears the jeans is pretty into vintage clothing (and 004 is like ww2 model…).
- jjj
you keep saying that, like as if what you guys are doing is way ahead of its time. the only thing "vintage" about this fit would be if he were going for some kind of 7th grader-in-1996-smoking-at-the-train-tracks throwback.
- jjj
im also not knocking the jeans, man. just responding to the fit, which should be besides the point, and contridicting my postings in the "skulls" article regarding why dont people post wear pics for fade friday. this is why.
- Taka
I would not say that this person is way ahead of its time. It's just simple cycle that we are going through (some people prefer wearing wide or slim cut no matter what). When you look at the trend in Japan, we had a big vintage clothing boom in 80s/90s, then it went to street/outdoor trend. "Heritage" trend kept going for a while now (and I would like to believe that it stays), but eventually people get bored with it (I am sure the trend setters are not looking at "Raw denim", "selvedge denim", "Made in Japan" that sort of things anymore, although I would like people to stay Raw and keep loving a pair of good denim. Anyway, the denim was made for work-waer initially, so we just simply need to thank the 3big denim brands for spending good budget for advertising (that says wearing slim jeans is trendy for the last 60years). Now we can wear any types of denim, wide or slim 🙂
- bocah
I think the fit is fine, but the knee bulge look horrible.. Did the fabric stretch that much Takashi?
Yeah, those are about four sizes too big. The fading's nice, but the fit combined with the seemingly-giant back pockets makes him look like he's been shrunk.
- jjjj
he looks like hes going to beat you up on the playground.
- Taka
- bryan solid
Lots of fading but not much distinctiveness and I'm not a fan of the really baggy fit.
- Taka
I personally think this is slightly over-sized too.
ehh nice knee fade, but terrible combs and that fit is disgusting. not to mention the huge pockets. must be for android users.
- Taka
Android users…. Never thought about that!
- Vinny_thegraduate
Nick, you're going to let your boy get beat up on this post like that? Fade Fridays slippage much like my team NYK.
- Taka
- Ledreshaum
The wiskers that go across his thighs look really cool. would be better if there were better honeycombs. I think that when your pants are too loose along the knee its harder to get good honeycombs
- Taka
Agreed. It would've been nice to see better honeycombs… In order to get that, this jeans should've been worn 6months without wash 🙂
- Jun
The jeans are washed once a month???!! What blasphemy is this?
Everyone knows that raw denim can only be washed after a minimum of 6 months continuous daily wear…. This is a scam!
- Taka
That's a NJRM (Nudie Jeans Recommended Method) or Rawrdenim method (is it Nick?). Jeans is workwear, so should be washed as much as needed… I like this skyblue colour though.
- none
Can only be washed after a minimum of 6 months? that's not the case Jun, there is no exact time or duration of wear before one should wash their denim. To each wearer its different. There's no wrong to wash daily if he wants to, nor it is any correct to only wash after 6 months. And guys, the fit is what he likes, might not be the nicest fit to some of us, but that is what he favors.
- Taka
Totally agreed None. The issue (or whatever it's called) is that fashion business aways wants a new trend to sell. Wearing a pair of jeans tightly was really popular in the end of 60 and 70s, because of the punk/rock fashion. Thus the 505 was born. Once people were little bored with it, then something new comes up, like hiphop, skate, grunge boom in 80s/90s (Kurt Cobain, for instance, was wearing Levi 501, kind of relaxed fit though). Then, skinny cut was really popular in 00s (and still is). I personally think the time is coming for slightly wider relaxed cut (prime example brand is Our Legacy). but we will see….
- Daniel
These jeans look great. The colour is beautiful. The fit is nice and relaxed.
Interesting to see the reaction if someone does not buy into the fashion hype of
slim/skinny fit, high contrast and wash as late as possible.
Denim is about individuality.
- jjjjj
shutup. the fit isnt nice. and it isnt about them not being slim/skinny, theyre just a bad fit and look juvenile.
- Taka
Daniel and jjjjjj (is it 5 j or 6? I have bad eyes…), thank you for your comments. Everyone has a different taste in terms of cut. In Japan, all the skinny/slim cut trend is gone long time ago (although UK/Europe is still strong and I personally wear slim-ish jeans nowadays). As you may be probably aware, real vintage lovers in Japan never wear skinny jeans. Maybe someone who likes 70s UK punk fashion, like Sex Pistols, may mix it up though…
- NtheBarrio
Damn, no love for these jeans. But I don't think they look bad at all!
- trehsu
- Taka
NtheBarrio and trehsu, thank you for your comments.
- trehsu
I like that they did something different and washed more than others would. The fades still show enough while the entire thing is lighter than it would be otherwise. I also like that they aren't manorexic like some jeans are. I myself like straight legs and not skinny, although my 501s arent that baggy. It's nice to have some diversity around here.
- Taka
trehsu, thank you for your kind compliments about the colour fade. I also love the colour here, as it looks very natural. The fit is (as stated above) like 40s model, so pretty wide…
- Chris
My problem with these is that the fit is so bad that the fades, despite having nice contrast, are not specific to him. (If that makes sense?) Even though they are clearly a nice pair of denim, they are well on their way to looking like Old Navy Jeans…
- Taka
Yep, the fade may not be THE look that people are looking for, here at Rawrdenim guys. Every pair should look different. So in that respect, this pair is good looking to me. Thank you for comparing with Old Navy jeans, that's a super compliment…!
- xkb
nice, soft natural fade. i'd like to wash my jeans once a month to get a similar effect, but i have to put in the work for the honeycombs!
- swissjeansfreak
Nice jeans, great front fadings and fit looks very comfi, doesn't bother me
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What Size Board Should I Get (DRAFT)
I. What Size Board Should I Get?
The single-most important characteristic about a board is the way the board is designed to flex, which results in the overall stiffness of the board. The flex patter helps determine a number of different characteristics about how the board rides. Manufactures design boards to have a certain degree of flex based on the type of riding the board is intended to be used for (i.e. more flex and less stiffness for freestyle boards; less flex and greater stiffness for a freeride boards, as the rule of thumb goes).
There is a grave misconception that snowboard size should be based on your height, or that every board should fall somewhere between your chin and your nose. This is the type of logic used by kids working the rental counter on a busy Saturday afternoon - it helps do a good job at moving the rental lines quickly. But this is not the guide that you should use when choosing your snowboard size. There is a simple way to disprove this theory: Take a ruler and hold it from your nose to your chin. I've got a full 9-10cm between my nose and chin. Therefore, according to this false belief, I should be able to ride, say, anything from a 152 to a 162, right??…Sorry, just doesn't make sense. At 200lbs, I would probably snap most 152s in half after landing my first kicker. Leave the nose and chin theory behind because it just doesn't work.
The thing that determines how a board actually flexes when you're riding is, you're body – your bones, your head, your fat ass and all the stuff that makes up your mass. People who are lighter in weight will apply less force to a board when riding it, while those heavier will apply more force to the board. Simple concept, right? Since flex is so important and since your weight is what determines how the board flexes when you ride, your weight is actually the single most important rider characteristic when determining snowboard size. If you're too heavy for a certain board, it will flex too much, which can result in instability, chatter on flats, lack of speed and slowness when moving from edge to edge. If you're not heavy enough for a certain board, you won't flex the board enough, which can essentially mean that the board will wind up controlling you more than you control the board – you will have a very difficult time turning and controlling a board that is too stiff for your weight.
So, what size board is right for you? First, determine what kind of riding your going to be doing. Second, figure out what your budget is. Third, figure out if you need a wide board or not. Forth, get you ass on a scale somewhere and figure out how much you weigh. Fifth, start looking at manufacture web sites. They often listed a "suggested weight range" for a given board. For example, Brand X may say that their 151cm freestyle board is for people 120 –150lbs. Brand X also lists their 153cm freestyle board s for people 145 – 165lbs. Thus, if you weigh 130lbs you want to buy the 151cm board, and NOT the 153cm board. Note, however, that these weight rangers are not standard across the industry. Brand Y might list a 151cm freestyle board in the 150 – 200lbs weight range. Don't assume because a 151cm board from Brand X is in your weight range that a 151cm board from Brand Y will ALSO be in your weight range. Again, do your research.
FAQ CONTINUES AT THE "Do I Need a Wide Board?" THREAD
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AMD introduces Phenom X3 8750 Black Edition and X3 8450e/X3 8250e
Today AMD officially introduced three new triple-core processors of the Phenom X3 series. The X3 8750 caps the line-up and the energy efficient X3 8450e/X3 8350e forma a solid base.
It has been all over town, but now AMD officially introduced the new triple-core processors.
The Phenom X3 8750 is said to be released as a Black Edition, a version with an open multiplier. The other specifications are already known: 2.4 GHz, 95 watt TDP, 3x 512 KiByte L3 cache and 2 MiByte L3 cache. The wholesale price for 1,000 units is 134 US-Dollar.
According to AMD there will be two energy efficient X3 processors, called Phenom X3 8450e and Phenom X3 8250e. Both have a TDP of 65 watt (default for X3 are 95 watt), 3x 512 KiByte L2 cache and 2 MiByte L3 cache. The clock speeds are set to 2.1 GHz respectively 1.9 GHz. Prices have not been released, yet.
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Beschreibung"It's Gonna Be OK" takes the reader on a journey. It explores the author's experiences as a spunky little girl, through turbulent teenage years, and finally emerging as a maturing young woman while living on the Seminole and Saint Louis, Oklahoma and Texas oil leases during the 1930's and '40's. Laugh and cry with the family as they move from boomshack to boomshack and finally "Toots" is sure Mama and Daddy are rich. Their latest boomshack has an inside bathroom! Share the adventures of "Toots" and all those gritty people who became "family" while living in the camps. This red-dirt experience molded their beings, and for many, will never leave their hearts.
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Bucket Lo'i
For the last couple of years I've kept taro in the greenhouse in large molasses tubs filled with water. The taro themselves grew in smaller buckets of topsoil submerged in these tubs, which I have dubbed bucket-lo'i. Of all my taro, these taro grew the best and produced the largest corms and healthiest leaves. The upland beds just didn't have good enough soil to keep the taro healthy, and the containers of taro just never flourished. Containers have been too variable to grow happy taro. The soil is either too dry or too wet, too rich or too devoid of nutrients, too hot or too cold – all in the same pot over the course of a season. But the bucket-lo'i – they were steady as a rock. The water has an excellent moderating effect, changing temperature slowly and also keeping the taro hydrated.
I had tried using water to grow taro before but failed. Problem is, I used the same media I was using to grow containerized taro. Not soil. In the end, that proved unsuitable and rotted out the taro. In researching growing lotus in a bucket, it came to light that topsoil was the ideal media. I used this topsoil to grow my lotus and Chinese Water Chestnuts and they grew richly and without troubles so I decided to give it a go for the taro too. At that time I had a number of varieties of taro that really would have benefited from wetland cultivation. Even under the best of conditions, they simply did not thrive with upland cultivation. Sadly, many of them are lost and I'll have to take a collection trip to Hawaii and/or get contacts there to send me starts to rebuild my collection and get this conservation thing happening again. Fortunately, some of my favorites have survived, so it's not all bad news. In time, once I work out these details, I hope to have the entire collection of taro listed here growing happily in my collection. We'll see.
Rather than fill up a full tub, I decided to experiment with 3-gallon buckets first and plunge that into the 25-gallon tub of water. So I filled up a couple of 3-gallon buckets with topsoil as I was digging an inground taro bed. I watered that into a good mud and stuffed a couple of offshoots into each. I grabbed a couple of 25-gallon molasses tubs and filled them up with water then plunged the buckets of taro into this. The plain ol' topsoil worked perfectly. Here my topsoil is silty with a bit of sand and clay – not a bad loam at all. Not nearly too rich for the immersed taro either. They just kept growing and growing and growing. It worked so well that all I had to do was top off the tub every once and a while. Nearly maintenance free. With all the projects I have, I like that a lot. I kept gambusia fish in the buckets too – they keep the mosquitoes under control and give off just a bit of nitrates for the taro. When the rest of my taro was suffering for one reason or anther, the taro in the bucket-lo'i were thriving. That was convincing enough for me. I lost a lot of varieties of taro before this and it is time to stop losing taro.
So, I've decided to take the tubs to the next level. Instead of smaller buckets nested within big tubs, I'm planting straight into the tubs themselves, filling them with topsoil leaving room for a few inches of water. Into this I planted the taro. First varieties to go into the tubs are Bun Long, Pi'iali'i and a variety I call Porter's Kai Kea. All three are robust taros that have performed well for me in the past. The Bun Long and Porter's Kai Kea had actually spent the last year in a couple of flooded 3-gallon buckets that got stuck in a corner of my greenhouse. They survived an unusually frigid winter that killed many of my other tropicals down there. So they're being promoted. The Pi'iali'i starts came from the bucket-lo'i experiment down in the pit-greenhouse. All three are also proven delicious taros too.
With the additional room the taro will be able to get a little bigger than those sitting in the three-gallon buckets and hopefully produce a lot more keiki – offshoots. Of course, the Pi'iali'i in the 3-gallon bucket has put out ten keiki again – so I expect even more when they become established in the larger buckets. The primary goal for the buckets is to multiply my crop. Even these buckets are just a stepping stone for me on the path of building true lo'i – inground flooded beds in which I'll grow taro in much greater numbers than these buckets. But for now, these tubs are sufficient.
Eventually I'll have a little collection of buckets growing taro. I've already got six down in the pit-greenhouse plumbed and ready to go and a few more up topside I can scrounge up and re-purpose for this project. From that I'll have enough taro to have a handsome little harvest, make some lau lau, and produce keiki for the larger beds. Even with the larger beds up and running I'll probably keep these bucket-lo'i going as backups.
To keep the mosquitoes under control I'll use mosquito fish in each bucket, which will also provide a small amount of nitrates that will feed the taro. I may experiment with azolla too. Azolla is an aquatic fern that's also a nitrogen fixer. It will also serve to help keep the water cooler too – it will cover the water similar to how duckweed does. I certainly cannot wait to see these in full growth – mature taro is a lovely plant to behold.
Bucket Lo'i Growing Big
It's been a couple of months since I last posted about my little bucket-lo'i project. I have several 25 gallon molasses tubs re-purposed to be used as pots to grow my taro in. Since these particular taro plants prefer semi-aquatic conditions, I opted to not drill a drain hole in these tubs and to flood them several inches above the soil line. Since I have had problems with compost rotting immersed corms, I opted for plain ol' top-soil dug from under my large oak trees. A very black and healthy soil. I used similar to grow my lotus, Chinese water-chestnuts and cattail with very good results, as well as smaller buckets of taro I immersed in larger tubs of water down in the pit-greenhouse. So I followed success and planted my new taro tubs the same way.
It was nice to get the taro planted directly in the larger tubs. The 3-gallon buckets I have immersed down in the greenhouse are okay when the taro is young keiki, but they grow big fast. Interestingly, the Pi'iali'i I have planted in a 3-gallon immersed bucket down in the pit-greenhouse have divided, going from two to 13 plants in that little bucket. I'm about to get another tub filled with top-soil to transfer them as soon as they get a little larger. It is very gratifying seeing this progress after struggling for so many years to make some headway in this project of mine. Taro and upland containers just don't like each other for long. As they get big they also suck those containers dry in a day or two so they're a LOT of work unless you use really large containers – which I didn't have at the time. I did have a Xanthosoma sagittifolium growing in a 25-gallon tub of compost and it actually did pretty well – I'll do similar with my surviving upland taro later on, get them potted up from their 3-gallon pots to the much larger 25-gallon containers and treat those as raised beds.
In any case, the largest success I've had with taro to date is the bucket-lo'i and this bucket-lo'i upgrade is a significant step forward for me, finally. I've lost a lot of varieties of taro along this road of discovery and hope to finally start rebuilding my collection soon, now that I know I can keep them alive and that they an actually thrive under my care. I am absolutely ecstatic at their abundant growth. They got a bit of a slow start with the cool Spring but are making up for lost time. And they have a few more months of active growth to go before they go into corm-making mode.
I'm sure they'd prefer moving water tho. The lo'i of Hawaii typically route river-water thru them so that the water is always fresh and often cooler. Of course some of today's commercial flooded lo'i are vast affairs that may or may not have actively flowing water. But of particular inspiration to me are the smaller lo'i like those at Kipahulu. In any case, even without moving water, my taro is doing great. I do have several tubs down in the pit-greenhouse that are set up to recirculate water so eventually those will be put to use to mimic the river flow – but that's a project for later.
In any case, when I planted out the young taro they were tiny things. Some of them had survived a year of neglect hidden behind other pots and half grown-over by sweet-potatoes in the pit-greenhouse and where actually sprouting again this Spring. That would be the Bun Long and Porter's Kai Kea that I dug up from the beds and put down in the greenhouse as backups. I was pleasantly surprised to see them sprouting again so they became candidates for the bucket-lo'i upgrade. I also had some Pi'iali'i that I experimented with over the winter in an aquaponics setup in my grow-room. They survived – which is a Good Thing ™. But they didn't thrive. I figure they'd have done better if I had them outside in the full sun in a larger aquaponics setup and that's yet another project for the future too. However, I decided to put them in a system that I knew would work since my other immersed bucket of Pi'iali'i was doing so well.
The Pi'iali'i is still a bit smaller than the other two. They took a little longer to wake up and get into gear. Of course, that variety doesn't get as big as the Bun Long so that could explain some of the size issues. The Bun Long can get as tall as me when it's mature while the Pi'iali'i will remain around three feet tall. How big they'll get in their tubs I'm not sure. Down in the pit-greenhouse the Pi'iali'i grew pretty tall but then they were partially shaded so they may have been reaching for light. Where these tubs are they get full sun until about two in the afternoon then bright shade until the evening so they're growing a bit more compact.
In any case, these will hopefully become the parents of much larger beds. I plan on getting liners and sinking beds into the ground and actually producing a tidy little crop of taro. Until then, these tubs will have to do. But I'm glad that they are working out as expected – better than expected even.
And nature approves too. In both the new tubs and the tubs down in the greenhouse as well as my lotus tubs, I've found a leopard frog in each. If a frog makes your pond or tub a home then something is going right. Frogs are typically early indicators of environmental stresses – similar to a canary in the coal-mine. So seeing these frogs taking up residence in my tubs is very promising. I've also seen dragon-fly larvae skins hanging onto the stems of my lotus, as well as water-striders and water-bugs in my tubs too. Life is returning and thriving. And where life is happy, so is my taro and other aquatic plants.


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Autograph, the 25th anniversary box was released by Warner Classics on April 6. I saw it in Arcadia, in Vienna, but non of those boxes was open so I could see what's inside. Now my curiosity is satisfied. Each of the 8 CDs and the DVD has a nice cover.
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CD2 - Puccini heroines - arias from Madama Butterfly and Turandot
CD3 - Daughters - arias from Simon Boccanegra, Rigoletto, Romeo et Juliette, Werther, Le Cid, Louise and Gianni Schicchi
CD4 - From Baroque to Belcanto - arias from Il Pompeo, Rinaldo, Paride ed Elena, Le Nozze di Figaro, Medea, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Norma, La Sonnambula, I Puritani, Anna Bolena, Lucia di Lammermoor
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CD8 - Angela Gheorhgiu - an interview portrait, documentary by Jon Tolansky
DVD - arias from Puccini, Verdi and an interview with Franco Zeffirelli
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|2007-12-11, 16:41
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Back From The Dead?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Canada
Age: 27
Are there any MMORPG's scheduled for release on the PS3? That would be amazing. I'll finally be at the age of majority this summer, and therefore will be able to grab a credit card (for monthly fees, the only thing keeping me back from MMORPGs currently. Plus I don't have a graphics-capable computer and many of those games don't support Mac ether way. And no, I'm not going to play WoW...)
A few more PS3 questions.
I am aware of what Home is going to become in the future, and I'm blown away. I think I'll spend more time there, then actually gaming. I'm a sucker for these types of features. But what is home like currently? Is it similar, just on a smaller scale... or is it not even released yet?
What's the difference between the SIX-AXIS and DualShock controllers? In my mind, I would think SIX-AXIS has the motion control, and DualShock has the feedback rumble, nether having both. Is this correct, or...? I don't think rumble is all that exciting, really...
How does the PS Store work? I know I'll be using it for HD trailers and demos mostly. Can you download HD trailers from it? Do they stream, or download to the HDD? Are HD trailers free, are game demos free? I'd assume, as they are forms of advertising...
|2007-12-11, 18:52
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Netherlands
Age: 38
- I was just speaking hypothetically about the MMORPGs for PS3; I don't even know which, if any, are currently announced for it.
- I'm not sure what the current equivalent of Home for PS3 is. I don't think there is one really.
- Afaik the only extra feature of the Dual Shock 3 is the rumble and other than that it does everything the SIXAXIS does, so that includes the motion sensors. Otherwise you'd need two controllers: one for games with rumble and the other for games with motion control, which would be a bit of a drag. Plus in the future the Dual Shock 3 is going to be the only controller included with new PS3s and the SIXAXIS is going to disappear afaik.
- PS Store works fairily simply: you register an account and when you visit it, it's like you're using an internet browser, except that you can only visit one site. Most trailers are HD, some are only in HD while others you can choose formats (SD or HD). Afaik all trailers and demos are completely free, you only have to pay for downloadable games and extra content (like new maps, levels, cars etc for various games), but this is clearly marked.
Interestingly there is no restriction for putting different user accounts with different Playstation network accounts on your PS3, so you can in fact also browse the Japanese store and download Japanese demos and trailers, if you manage to register a Japanese account that is.
Also when I registered my US PS3 (which I imported for various reasons, but mainly because the initial US model PS3 still has great PS2 compatibility for my library of US PS2 RPGs) with my (real) European address (so that I could also check out the European store) Sony sent me the free copy of Casino Royale* and what's more: it was region free so that I could play it too!
*) Afaik in the US (and maybe Canada) there was (and maybe still is?!?) a promotion where you get 5 free Blu-ray movies with a purchase of a PS3, I think, but in Europe you only got Casino Royale
|2007-12-11, 19:52
|Link #1243
Back From The Dead?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Canada
Age: 27
Ah, thanks so much for the response! That cleared up a lot. Are some of the trailers SD *only*? Other then that, everything's pretty clear.
Oh, and yeah, the 5 free Blu-Ray movies is still being offered, in both Canada and the US. They switched up the movies from the previous deal (that was the summer/fall deal, now they're running a winter deal...) Mail-in for 5 free, one from each category of a limited selection (really annoying when there are two you want, and they are both in the same category!) The 40GB models are also packaged with the Spiderman 3 Blu-Ray.
I don't think I'll be purchasing many Blu-Ray titles, but one I simply can't pass up is Superbad... if I do notice a significant jump in quality from SD DVD to HD Blu-Ray. My HDTV is small. I have a great upconverting player. DVDs look great anyway.
|2007-12-14, 21:52
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Location: Austin
Age: 35
|2007-12-17, 08:52
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Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
But having MMOs on a console, PS would have to bring out much bigger HDs as 40gb just ain't gonna cut it, infact I think now even 40gb is just too small
altho that new sports MMO looks like it would be better suited for consoles than the PC as sports games just don't work on a PC - FACT! don't care what anyone says, certain games just don't work on a PC, like certain games don't work on a console. This may be down to the fact that I think joypads just don't go with PCs
|2008-01-11, 13:55
|Link #1248
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Zeon
Age: 26
Yea Sony just got sued again
Sony can't just catch a break, can it? According to Gamespot, a company named the Copper Innovations Group filed suit against Nintendo and Sony for a patent it holds on a "Hand Held Computer Input Apparatus and Method." The patent, filed in January 1996 references devices and their ability to communicate with hardware reference numbers. Sony's PS3 controllers utilize a similar technology.
This isn't the first time Sony has had to face a lawsuit for its controller technology. Famously, Immersion successfully sued Sony for the use of rumble in the DualShock controller. Until the suit was settled, Sony had to remove rumble from their SIXAXIS controllers.
Neither Sony nor Copper Innovations Group has commented about the situation. Will this end up being another headache for Sony?
|2008-01-11, 14:31
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 35
Those patent stuff is getting out of control, it is not only a console issue, the whole engineering and design industrie is pretty much suffering. Once you got something on the market you get sued, because someone holds a patent, without using it themselves.
Nevertheless some other stuff that ps3 owners can get looking forward to.
Some screens of Lost planet, dengeki
Trust bell screens, dengenki
Both games are ports/adaption from the 360 games, but will feature new content.
|2008-01-11, 16:28
|Link #1251
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 35
Try powering on the PS3 via power button, and then hold it (power button) for 5 seconds. You should hear a beep tone, just release it then. It should rest the display option, make sure you have it connected to your TV during the operation.
|2008-01-11, 20:25
|Link #1253
Green Trees
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: 28°8′0″N 81°37′54″W
"Two Full Campaigns" <- One for Single Player while the other is for an Eight-Player Co-Op Campaign eh? I'm interested.
PS: You sure it's not your TV? Are you using a composite/component/S-Video connection?
|2008-01-12, 00:29
|Link #1255
Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
will be looking out for this now thats for sure, as CoD4 online is littered with problems these days........such a great game gong down hill all of a sudden
|2008-01-12, 11:48
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 35
Maybe try it on another TV and see if it works.
|2008-01-14, 13:06
|Link #1258
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Goin' up to the country!
Age: 67
I've read a couple of pages of this discussion and am still confused about backward compatibility.
From reading descriptions of the PS3 on the Internet, it appears that neither of the versions currently available in the US are backwardly-compatible with the PS2. Yet some postings here suggest the $499 version with the larger hard drive is compatible, while the $399 version is not. AFAIK, only the original PS3's released in the US (like the one GHDpro has) are PS/2-compatible, and none of the contemporary ones are.
Is it possible to replace the hard drives? Certainly it makes no sense to me to spend $100 additional for another 40GB of hard drive space, when I could buy a 240 GB or larger drive for the same money and install it myself. Am I buying anything else beside overpriced storage for the $100?
|2008-01-14, 13:27
|Link #1259
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 35
Yes the HDD is replaceable, just google for it. IIRC it is a standard 2.5" sata drive, but look out, some manufactures have a funny connection layout, that could cause some trouble. In the past sony used seagate drives, ps2, so i reckon if you stick to them you shouldn't have a problem.
Only the 20gb and 60gb NTSC models have the whole slim ps2 chipset, EE+GS chip, inside, the pal 60gb model has a striped down version and ps2 compatibility was down mainly via software emulation. Technically backward compatibility could be done via software emualtion, before the ps3 was announced sony did actually hired people from the homebrew scene iirc. Sooner or later playing ps2 games on the ps3 should be possible, either made availible by sony, or via booting linux, if sony and nvidia deceides to unlock the rsx resources on linux, but that could take ages.
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