tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199341642012-02-12T02:05:23.672-06:00This is a blog with photographs of nature, my garden, and goings on in college. The pictures are mine and my mother's. Please enjoy. RSS Feed follows: <a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http%3A//yosefsblog.blogspot.com/rss.xml"><img src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" width="104" height="17" border="0" alt="Add to Google">Add to Google</a>yosefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17722832514333407095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19934164.post-30981404075199201992012-01-29T18:03:00.005-06:002012-01-29T18:55:22.959-06:00

The title says it all, really. My father infuses vodka bottles with lemon peels (4-5 lemons per liter), and around the time of Succot, one etrog per bottle as well. In an act of experimentation, I've tried to create new, perhaps better, infusions, using this Wikihow guide and this (now defunct) blog.Grapefruit mint vodka was ... interesting, but not to be repeated.Yerba Mate-infused vodka (one

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Today is Sunday and also Mother's birthday. A double whammy! Cooking day and a day to make gifts to Mama coincide!There was a lot of one-hand egg cracking in this one. Presenting Tarte au Citron:and muffins au Citron:Update: Delicious! (A lack of vegetable oil sprayed onto the muffin pan before baking required careful disposal of the small ones.)

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If ever there was a time to associate your name with an online cause, perhaps this is it. When people like Rupert Murdoch say this:"Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them. No wonder pouring millions into lobbying," Murdoch wrote. Murdoch said he searched Google for Mission Impossible clips and found "several sites offering free links."Then you know it is time

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She is a beautiful Scottish Fold named Sita.

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I've taken advantage of winter break to start cooking again. It is so exciting to make delectable things out of almost nothing!This was Mushroom Omelette with Pita Bread. (Kind of looks like a large slug, no?)This was Apple and Cranberry Brown Betty. It was much enjoyed by the adults. Next time I will manually crush bread to make bread crumbs, as the ones here are more suitable for coating meats.

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Yesterday, in what was probably a freak occurrence, an upper low dumped 1-2 inches overnight over the area. Then, between 9 and 11 AM, an additional 4-5 inches came down, with rainfall rates of 2 inches in 15 minutes on a bayou two miles away. That skinny trunk of a bayou couldn't handle the elephant of water and flooded the neighborhood streets, despite the fact that it (the neighborhood)

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अस ऑफ़ लेट, इ हवे देसिदेद तो लीर्ण हिंदी। थिस कोमेस अस अ रिजल्ट ऑफ़ इन्क्रेअसिंग उसगे ऑफ़ थिस लन्गुअगे इन थे वर्ल्ड, एंड अप्परेंत्ल्य अल्सो बी थिस ब्लॉग, व्हिच थिंक्स आईटी तो बे सुफ़्फ़िकिएन्त्ल्य प्रेवालेंत तो सिम्पली स्किप थे इंग्लिश एंड तूर्ण व्रित्तें अंग्लो वोर्ड्स इन्तो हिंदी। सो, नो अ टेस्ट फरसे: अ वोंदेर्फुल डे आईटी इस।उन्तिल लाटर.

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The Grignard reaction that was performed involved reacting bromobenzene and magnesium to produce phenylmagnesium bromide. Methyl benzoate, an ester, was then added, and the addition of a sulfuric acid served to reprotonate the result, giving triphenylmethanol(from Wikipedia):It was an interesting experiment and definitely the longest, lasting nearly 7 hours over two lab times. It was done on

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Last Monday the lab titled 'Steam Distillation' was performed (semi-microscale procedure). Basically, 10g of ground cloves were put into a flask with water and the mixture was boiled to extract the essential oil, eugenol. This process is called steam distillation, and is used because the normal boiling point of eugenol is 254 degrees C. This way, when water boils, the cloves boil, and eugenol

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This semester I am taking Organic Chemistry, and concomitantly the lab that goes with it. Last week Solvent Extraction was done. Here are some pictures from the lab:First, you take a separatory funnel and put it on a ring stand. Then you add a mixture of acetanilide, p-toluic acid, and p-tert-butylphenol to some TBME, and pour it in. Then you add 10 mL of sodium bicarbonate, and after some

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Andrographis paniculata is an herb used in Scandinavia to treat colds and the flu. After reading this page I think I will try to grow it this year, at home and in the greenhouse. As far as I know no one has tried to grow it in Houston. Let's see how things turn out.

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So that's the face behind brandonw on UnitedTI.

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If you are an Honors College student at the University of Houston, whose major is Biotechnology, you should know that there is no need to take PHIL 1305, since you have a Humanities credit from HON 2301. However, a petition is still required to have this approved. Do not follow the path of your predecessors. Rather, go to the main office of the College of Technology and tell them your situation

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What is it?

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Purple ornamental beansRipening Meyer's Lemon

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Payphone in airportThis message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime� 6.5 or higher is required.

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This is the scan results that I found while rooting through old Google Docs documents. Scan target: class.uh.edu. Date: November 2008.80 port [tcp/http] succeeded!Connection to class.uh.edu 135 port [tcp/epmap] succeeded!Connection to class.uh.edu 443 port [tcp/https] succeeded!Connection to class.uh.edu 445 port [tcp/microsoft-ds] succeeded!Connection to class.uh.edu 1039 port [tcp/sbl]

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Payphone near HEBThis message was sent using the Picture and Video Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!To learn how you can snap pictures and capture videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/picture.Note: To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime� 6.5 or higher is required.

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Here is a link to a research paper I recently completed on the topic of "Privacy and Cryptography in Digital Communications".

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In case you were wondering.

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PelicanHPC is a continuation of Parallel-Knoppix. I haven't tried it out yet, but it looks interesting. Hopefully it will be easier to use than clusterKNOPPIX or (gasp) BCCD. Here are two links to mirrors: Here and here.

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While in high school, I tried to search for information about the University of Houston from students’ perspectives. Most of what I found was put out by the university as promotional information. The only place where students spoke was on ratings sites, where the reviews went back to 2003 and differed widely and wildly. How was I to gain knowledge and make an educated guess if I can’t tell what

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Last year I was given a task to organize Beren's board meetings, chronologically. Naturally, I put it off until nearly the end. Yesterday I sat down and finished it all up, whilst listening to Stravinsky's Petrouchka, jazz with Armstrong, and Holst's "The Planets" and the Enigma Variations of Elgar. Here's a picture of the floor at the height of revelry: Many binders

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Rorem - String Quartet No. 4.Edgar Meyer - Quintet320 kbps mp3.

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Math 1431, Cal 1, (UH) has its textbook online. Until now, it was accessible as an open link. Now, however, you have to log in to CASA, to see it. But what if CASA is overloaded? You can't see your book. Solution: Use DownThemAll, an addon in FF, to download all the links in the book, but filter it to take just the pdfs. Granted, the site-structure isn't preserved, but at least you have the book

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A short while ago, I searched for free science fiction online, and stumbled across a great blog post detailing the various options available - books, short stories, and audio books, here. One of the sites it listed was this website, which was discontinued in June of 2007. Because I fear it may be taken down some day, I mirrored it, and will be making it available at shmsoft.com/yosef, shortly. It

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Here at work, I am learning NLTK, a natural language processing toolkit that uses Python. Though setting it up is a real big hassle, in Windows and Linux, I'm slowly progressing. Here is a model of the uses of the words "American" vs. "citizen" in all the inaugural addresses up through 2005. I wonder who it was who used "citizen" so much in 1841 - Andrew Jackson maybe?America vs. Citizen

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Last Wednesday, December 10, it snowed in Houston. Weather forecasters were surprised by the system, which did not show a strong chance for snow until Tuesday morning. It began with small ice bits at around 5:30 at the University of Houston, and grew to flakes large enough to land on the ground and not melt right away, as I was driving along Main Street, inside the 610 loop. It tapered off near

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A puddleAutumn LeafAutumn LeafAnother Autumn LeafPine SapFresh sap drips from the thick bark

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http://www.topnewsblog.info/tblog_11012.htm

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The third week of college has gone by well. I'm settling in (sort of) and just got 88 on my first Pre-calculus test. Friday there is no school due to Hurricane Eisenhower (Ike), and so I will not be able to drive through a lot of rain and wind that the general and one-time president brings us. Ike is currently projected to pass just southwest of where I live, and bring us the greatest glory of

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This past August, I spent ten (words can not describe my feelings) days in Israel on a Birthright trip of religious intent, or should I say, a religious group, that was co-ed. I took about 1000 pictures and videos. Many will be put on shmsoft.com/yosef in the coming weeks. Israel was lovely and awe-inspiring. Birthright is a splendid program. The amount of activities that we did truly gave a full

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This man twitters about the conflict in Georgia: http://twitter.com/wardirectHe mentions this picture.http://pics.livejournal.com/drugoi/pic/00gwa3cb.jpg

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I saw this drama last Friday morning. The garter snake had partially engulfed the frog. After I'd annoyed it enough, it backed off the frog and quickly slithered off. The frog survived the close encounter, albeit with a flattened backside.Garter Snake tries to eat toadSnake - at most an inch in widthToad - squashed

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Mother's pictures.Ornamental "Black Pearl" peppersOrnamental sweet peppersTiny strawberryLemon

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We went to the beach today, spending 5 marvelous hours there. Here are some pictures.Daddy preparesA view of the beachLife in the age of sisters (1a)Sisterly loveSeagulls

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It's been ages since I posted. I hope to start again, regularly. Here is the sunset in Houston before Dolly came ashore, and a picture from Brownsville during Dolly.Sunset before Dolly comes ashore near BrownsvilleTarantula clings to fence to escape from Dolly's floodwaters

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Reflected skyWater and red rockPink grassA light unto the nations

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Here's the link. Right-click to save as mp3.Here are the show notes: Show notes.

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This project has been long in the planning. I began working on it last year, but then shelved it because of SATs and 12th grade workload. With summer, I can resume work, and have released Episode 1 of this podcast.I will post a link shortly. If you wish to have individual pieces, ask me and I will upload them to my site.

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Today is my last day of school, of twelfth grade, at Robert M. Beren Academy. I have mixed feelings, but rejoice, too. Now I will ceremonially clear out firefox of its passwords. First, however, I will drink a cup of sake.

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Courtesy of Mommy.Cluster of Hybird Goliath tomatoRoma tomatoesHorny denizen

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Last night, I finished my online AP Government course which I had left until two weeks before it was due. Starting with 27% complete, I finished 40% in one week of round-the-clock computer work while the senior class was on its spontaneous trip to New Orleans. Yesterday, I did the midterm, final multiple-choice section, the last assignment, and the last quiz. Hurray!The Garden is doing well. I

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This has got to be the best year ever. Thanks to a cooler April, the tomatoes have set like never before. The Salad Romas are beginning to ripen, and there are so many of them! For the first time there are really clusters of tomatoes. The Goliath has one giant cluster that bunched up together. Its first tomato actually got squeezed off early because of that (or maybe because I had not watered it

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Military intelligence - no longer such a paradox.

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I've noticed that when dedicated work is put into the garden, it gives back wholeheartedly. Now that the rainy La Nina-effected summer, and winter, is over, the plants can get back to normal with wet and dry periods. Thank G-d, the tomatoes are doing better than ever before. This year, I bought Bush Celebrity, Roma, and Goliath Hybrid seedlings. (The Roma was supposed to be another Bush Celebrity

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I just spent an entire day at UH Main Campus. The map is quite difficult to read, so today ended up being mostly an exploration of the campus, and I did not go into any classes. I will go again on Friday.

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The new houseHere is the new look.

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When I tried to watch a video in YouTube of an elephant painting itself, it didn't work. After downloading it with the great Firefox addon Download Helper and trying to listen to it, it still didn't work. Even worse, totem movie player advised me to buy some codecs for 16 euros. Realizing that once again Fedora wanted money for codecs that are supposed to be free, I googled for the codecs that

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Rockstar ProgrammerRockstar Programmer (Father)Large Troll (Yosef)Large Troll (yosef)

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The world of science fiction lovers mourns today, remembering this great wise man who wrote so much and fired the imaginations of countless kids.Partial bibliography (From Wikipedia)[edit] Novels * Prelude to Space (1951) * The Sands of Mars (1951) * Islands in the Sky (1952) * Against the Fall of Night (1953) * Childhood's End (1953) * Earthlight (1955) * The City and the

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Music players in Linux are a varied lot. Some play only one format, some play all, and most can be configured to play everything. (Bad sentence, but I tried.) Getting Linux may be a giant step for man (you), or not. So if you've gone ahead with it, and gotten Fedora, Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Slackware, Mandriva, or any one of the hundreds of distributions on the the Wild Wild Web, get this: it's not

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EsterMossy Tree TrunkThe clearing in the middle of the ArboretumThe pond in the ArboretumAzaleas in the middle of winter

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This photo... What is it...?Pond

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GouldThank you to Mom for sending this over.

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I just noticed this. I'm always logged onto Google. Searching for google calendar, I came across the sponsored link that usually shows up for Google products, this time for Google Calendar. I clicked it, and behold, the browser got caught in a vicious cycle of trying to verify who I am, seeing that I'm logged in, reloading, and trying again. I refreshed the page and tried again. Same result. Is

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It is now set in stone. The RIAA is a bunch of old fogies who have no better way to get people's money than by stealing from the songwriters they "represent" and 'rob the poor to feed the rich' from their customers, supposedly to protect the law-abiding citizens. So this is to the RIAA (Italy's V-Day): Va-fan-cullo!

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This is a cute little command line flac format music player. You can get it Here, or though the Add/Remove Software tab on the Applications menu (in Fedora).

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Sunbow in water reflectionInverted sceneReflectionsSome BerryA bee, a wasp?

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So you just re-installed Red Hat Fedora with the newest version, Fedora 8. You got a ton of media players to try out, and as a test run you try to play a wmv file. Oops, sorry, it won't work. Because Fedora Red Hat doesn't want to be liable for installing third-party proprietary codecs, which they'd rather the end user do, they tell you that you can get the codec at $16.99 at some site. (This is

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These days I spend half my time on newly-reconfigured Linux Red Hat Fedora 8. This article just strengthens my resolve to try to stick with Linux from now on, except when I feel I must play BZFlag or use the Flightgear Flight Simulator.

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Great big geese.Large gooseThe cobAn outingBeautiful HeadPromenade

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Heron in Japanese Garden

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This kitten decided to sit in the garden tools basketAfter one sprig of catnip...Sleep comes easily after the excitement

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Here's a picture of a 22-degree halo that appeared yesterday as a cold front moved in.Notice faint rainbow colorsTwenty-two degree halo

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When completing the outer loop trail in the Arboretum I always climb over the small fence enclosing the center to go the train tracks right next door. Often there are trains standing there. The cars are usually brightly decorated with graffiti.

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"A Silicon Valley start-up called Nanosolar has shipped its first solar panels — priced at $1 a watt. That's the price at which solar energy gets cheaper than coal. While other companies have been focusing their efforts on increasing the efficiency of solar panels, Nanosolar took a different approach. It focused on manufacturing. 'The company [has developed] a process to print solar cells made

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The first frost of the year snapped in overnight. Good thing I covered the peppers.Garden Early MorningFrost on grassSunriseFrosty grass of bayou

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Chanukah was delightful. On the eighth night, mom and I had a photo op. Mommy made sufganiyot twice. Hers are small balls reminiscent of donut holes but with a firm texture, glazed with powdered sugar after being fried in luscious olive oil. Here is a picture of the sufganiyot: Sufganiyot

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This past November, I was really busy, mostly with SAT prep. My last Reasoning Test was on December 2nd. The math section wasn't as great as it could have been; panic overcame me on the last 20-minute section. However, the essay was better, and I anticipate paradoxically better scores on the Writing and Criticla Reading sections. But now it is all over. Freedom! I did not write about our

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From Sunday to Tuesday this week I was at our high school retreat at Camp Cho-Yeh, Livingston, TX. It was truly my best retreat ever. I bonded with everyone like never before. Pictures are on Facebook, and here are the first day's pictures.

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Leo Tolstoy's daughter at the Tolstoy farm, 1927Marc ChagallDalai Lama is listening to Rabbi Schahter Shalomi's explanation of KaballahThanks to mother for going to exhibition at the JCC and photographing these photo prints.

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Meyer's LemonsRed ZinniaYoung Edible Ornamental Sweet PeppersLemonsEggplant flower

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Lemon Eyes

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Sisters jump from a benchPosing by a fountainTiger SwallowtailTwo ducksFirst we went to Downtown Houston to photograph some law-related buildings for my father's new work website. The wind was sharp as we walked in an amusing park near which my dad used to work. A tiger swallowtail flitted around. In Hermann Park, E. and R. (sisters) rode on their scooters as the raucous ducks floated serenely.

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Last Wednesday, my father and I attended a talk given by Jeremiah Grossman, founder of WhiteHat Security, on the subject of Ten XSS (cross-site-scripting) vulnerabilities. It was held in a Microsoft suite in the same building as BMC Software. There were about 15 people there, all security specialists of Houston. Mr. Grossman gave a demo of some attack methods, which I videoed, and it is available

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I just tried out the free ad-supported TV application from Joost and it's great. They carefully insert small ads in the show one is watching, and it does not much detract from the viewer's experience. I discovered the world of documentary TV shows, and watched part of "Picante", from Terra, about the hot pepper. It was incredibly informative. You can also create your own favorite channels. Try it

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Got out lateDue to interruptions in the way I get pictures on my computer, these pictures are coming on really late. However, they are still great. The eclipse began at around 4AM.

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The day was great, pleasantly stormy. The walk along the path was peaceful. When we arrived at the meadow, it was flowering. The pond was covered in lilies, too. We fed the hungry turtles bread, and they voraciously consumed it. We even caught three turtles: two medium-sized ones and one small one. They were happy to be released after being handled inquisitively and carefully, running with vigor

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Happy Birthday GoogleInterestingly enough, the top of the pinata 'g' has a lulav ring on top. A lulav ring is used to hold the palm branch, myrtle, and willow branches that Jews shake on Sukkot together. This must be because many Googlers, including Sergey Brin and Larry Page, are Jewish.

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Vegetable family

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G-d sent us a sign that Hurricane Humberto would miss us with this rainbow (and a faintly visible second one to the right).Double Rainbow

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Young Cherry TomatoOrange HibiscusBeansSweet Peppers

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I got to Braeswood and drove to Highway 610 and back.

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These were all in my backyard, within 10 feet of each other.White colored spiderYellowOrange

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My sisters helped the frogs into position, but seemingly tired them out.Handling the frogsUnresisting frog restsBoth frogs rest (or simply don't react)

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Try to spot a "hidden image". Tiny toad half-inch length

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In the dog days of summer, absorbed as I am in the most interesting year of AFA ever, I post very little. However, I'd like to say that 1.5 years after I advocated Linux as an alternative operating system, I am, with the help of my dad, adapting to Red Hat's latest Fedora Core release, No. 7. Daddy allocated hald the hard drive for music and pictures previously existing on the Windows hard drive,

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After five hours of gardening, I took some pictures.Butterfly on Black-Eyed SusanButterflyGloriosa DaisyLots of gardening

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Daddy announced this to the family around 9 AM. With great joy we drove out, and were assaulted by two storms on the way there. In the first picture we are approaching Galveston, but have yet to cross the bridge connecting it to the mainland. A storm with rain is visible in the distance. However, by the time we arrived to the beach, it was no longer raining, and we frolicked in the moderately

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Cute squirrel

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