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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
|  Posted: 2012-10-29 10:50 am Permalink
There is a 3D effect (Or maybe my eyes are just popping out!) going on here.
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 9026
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-10-29 11:44 am Permalink
Medieval Times T-Shirt - Cool
Time Enought at Last - very cool
Auspicious Helmet - Bitchin'!
Handsome Fellow Posing in Auspicious Helmet - Whack
Ancestor Skull II - Awesome aging
360 View of Ancestor Helmet II - low tech, can't you animate that for us?
Lazy Rower - the boat looks concerned that they are not moving fast enough
The Whistler - That would make an AWESOME tattoo around a belly button! 
The Watchful Eye I & II - Kinda hard to enjoy a nice drink with all the crocs watching!
Gathering at the Spirit's Hut - AMAZING DETAIL!!! Have it printed in black flocking and it would make a cool blacklight poster
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little lost tiki
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Posts: 7750
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2012-11-04 11:23 pm Permalink
Aloha wonderful Ohana!
well,shirked responsibility this weekend and woke up 8:30 am on Saturday and took a one hour nap 7:30-8:45 am on Sunday and plan on hittin the hay at midnight
it's Toe's 50th birthday,so i have to acquire a walker and some adult diapers
before work tomorrow.... 
Anyways, i just surrendered and let it flow
and finished four pretty swell paintings
which is surprising for four in a row
cause one will usually fall back a lil behind
But i ramble
{lease forgive my sleep deprived rambling ons....
First ,lemme respond to all your wonderful....responses!
giddy giddy!
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On 2012-10-28 20:07, hang10tiki wrote:
Freekin awesome,
I was tryin to remember the names of the cool ones to talk about here,
But holy crap, they all rock...
U da man
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Well thanks for being so specific,Hangten!
Glad you liked that batch...
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On 2012-10-28 20:43, MadDogMike wrote:
Kinny, what happened to the good ol' days when you used to post smaller chunks more frequently? My mind can't digest that much awesomeness all at once! 
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The good old days are GONE.Mike!
I have lil pockets of time,and i post when i can
making sure to take step-by-steps if i remember...
i'm sorry!
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On 2012-10-29 07:10, danlovestikis wrote:
Kenny I always search for the birds and I found Ten of them in one painting. Truly amazing work. U are a Tiki Rock Star. Hugs, Wendy
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Hugs to you Wendy Darling!
The work you create brings so much joy to so many folks!
i salute
AND hug you!
I'll see you in December at the International Tiki Marketplace!
Joy!
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On 2012-10-29 09:16, tikilongbeach wrote:
Wonderful stuff! I'm saving up my pennies to get a LLT painting one of these days.
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Thank you Sir
for liking these enough to want one in the hut!
if you're ever bored.PM me and c'mon down and visit the studio!
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On 2012-10-29 10:50, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
There is a 3D effect (Or maybe my eyes are just popping out!) going on here.
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ATP!
duh.
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On 2012-10-29 11:44, MadDogMike wrote:
Medieval Times T-Shirt - Cool
Time Enought at Last - very cool
Auspicious Helmet - Bitchin'!
Handsome Fellow Posing in Auspicious Helmet - Whack
Ancestor Skull II - Awesome aging
360 View of Ancestor Helmet II - low tech, can't you animate that for us?
Lazy Rower - the boat looks concerned that they are not moving fast enough
The Whistler - That would make an AWESOME tattoo around a belly button!
The Watchful Eye I & II - Kinda hard to enjoy a nice drink with all the crocs watching!
Gathering at the Spirit's Hut - AMAZING DETAIL!!! Have it printed in black flocking and it would make a cool blacklight poster
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MIKE!
Was a "Knight to Remember" short from Danville Illinois!
with you on the Black Light flocking idea..
Just need someone to provide the funding and take care of production!
Love you man!
Well, it's official
i AM delirious and will have to go to bed SOON!
So here's what i created during my sleepless weekend
in order of their creation..
I'll try and ad details later
but for now,just this....
my sincerest apologies.
"the Clamshell Bowl"
Cel vinyl on wood
with a beautiful Bamboo Ben frame
overall dimensions 20.5 x 20"
image only: 18 x 14.5"
and the image only
"Bird Drum"
Cel vinyl on wood
with a beautiful Bamboo Ben frame
overall dimensions 21 x 21"
image only: 15 x 18"
and the image only
and a companion piece...
"Crocodile Drum"
Cel vinyl on wood
with a beautiful Bamboo Ben frame
overall dimensions 20.5 x 20.25"
image only: 18.25 x 15"
and the image only
and the final one
AND you can TOTALLY tell that i have been deprived of sleep
and have achieved an altered state....ie: mild cray-ZAY!
"the Sun visits the Brothers"
Cel vinyl on wood
with a beautiful Bamboo Ben frame
overall dimensions 20 x 20.25"
image only: 15 x 18"
and the image only
Sorry about the lack of dialogue
i am tired and at a loss for words
and it's hard enough uploading and typing
so maybe later,dear friends!
Good night!
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-11-05 12:34 am Permalink
Pure Eye-Joy Kinny, you bastard!
See ya tomorrow.......
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swizzle
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Joined: Jun 03, 2007
Posts: 1204
From: Melbourne,Australia
| Posted: 2012-11-05 01:48 am Permalink
I don't think i've ever left a comment here on your thread, and now i know why.
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tigertail777
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Joined: Nov 25, 2004
Posts: 679
From: Oregon
| Posted: 2012-11-06 03:04 am Permalink
Dammit Kinny, I am fully convinced now you DO actually paint in your sleep. There is no human way possible this could all be done so fast otherwise (plus it explains the surrealness of your subject matter). Just admit it. 
Beautiful eye wrenching stuff as always. I dig the black light idea that would be awesome... but I know how much printing is on things like that...too bad I think your work would look exceptionally awesome in black light.
Since I know now you paint in your sleep... do those birds...ummm whisper things to you? Tell you to do things you probably shouldn't do? Unspeakable acts of mayhem for those birds with the big eyes that penetrate your soul and pin it down like a gentle butterfly to cardboard? I've seen how they stare. It's not natural. They want something.
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mp
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Joined: Mar 12, 2009
Posts: 458
From: Nor Cal
| Posted: 2012-11-08 8:12 pm Permalink
These are what youve been doing lately! Oh my tiki lord. Each new painting is like an extra pillowcase of halloween candy and im eleven years old! Floored again dooood. Greatest tiki artist ever. I said it.
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 7312 | Posted: 2012-11-17 09:01 am Permalink
http://www.kenruzic.com
When I write you do I write to little lost tiki or Kenny.
When other's write they write to Kinny. I'm confused by this but not by your art which is stunning and creative and a joy. See you soon Kienny. Wendy
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little lost tiki
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Posts: 7750
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2012-11-24 08:14 am Permalink
DRIVE BY POSTING!
Got a lot to do today,so I'll post the new work here and reply to all your lovely comments in the near future.....
Here;s 7-8 of the new ones that i made especially for the Holidays
and ,seeing as i rarely am so blatant about sellin
i thought i would provide a link Here!
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=44371&forum=12&0
Hope y'alls had a GREAT Turkey Day and relaxing weekend so far!
Mahalo for everythang,Ohana!
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little lost tiki
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Joined: Jun 12, 2006
Posts: 7750
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2012-12-11 10:28 pm Permalink
Aloha Ohana!
Sorry i took so long to share some more
but been busy...
Still have 6 paintings to finish for the january 12th
"Clash of the Titans" exhibition with Toe
Busy time of the year!
I do appreciate all the art adoptions online and during these recent vending events at Don's and the Sunday gig at Damons with Andy "the nazzler" Nazzal and Tiki joe's Ocean
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=44312&forum=17&start=0&22
and now to answer all of youse kind enough to write....
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On 2012-11-05 00:34, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Pure Eye-Joy Kinny, you bastard!
See ya tomorrow.......
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Don's Ohana is alive and well and GROWING!
It was great seeing you lancey!Always a lot to converse about and never enough time
and especially being able to snuggle Jungle Ginger when you wasn't lookin!
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On 2012-11-05 01:48, swizzle wrote:
I don't think i've ever left a comment here on your thread, and now i know why.
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Robbie-
How can a fellow
so SHORT and BALD
be so witty?
Go bug Toe on his thread!
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On 2012-11-06 03:04, tigertail777 wrote:
Dammit Kinny, I am fully convinced now you DO actually paint in your sleep. There is no human way possible this could all be done so fast otherwise (plus it explains the surrealness of your subject matter). Just admit it.
Beautiful eye wrenching stuff as always. I dig the black light idea that would be awesome... but I know how much printing is on things like that...too bad I think your work would look exceptionally awesome in black light.
Since I know now you paint in your sleep... do those birds...ummm whisper things to you? Tell you to do things you probably shouldn't do? Unspeakable acts of mayhem for those birds with the big eyes that penetrate your soul and pin it down like a gentle butterfly to cardboard? I've seen how they stare. It's not natural. They want something.
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Tigertail-it's NOT just the birds....Also been talking with HP Lovecraft's Dagon,Hercules and the nemean Lion,the walls of jericho and a slew of other pieces in the mix lately....
it's like a museum went INSANE in my head lately....gonna need a break after the january show...
Thanks for all the STOKE!
and as for sleep...that is a luxury that is 6 major paintings in the next 3 weeks will grant ...
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On 2012-11-08 20:12, mp wrote:
These are what youve been doing lately! Oh my tiki lord. Each new painting is like an extra pillowcase of halloween candy and im eleven years old! Floored again dooood. Greatest tiki artist ever. I said it.
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You're too sweet.empee! great talkin to you the other day! So proud that a few of the january pieces will be wrapped in an official empee frame! YAY!
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On 2012-11-17 09:01, danlovestikis wrote:
http://www.kenruzic.com
When I write you do I write to little lost tiki or Kenny.
When other's write they write to Kinny. I'm confused by this but not by your art which is stunning and creative and a joy. See you soon Kenny. Wendy
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It was such a Joy to my heart to be able to see you and hug you and talk and share fleeting smiles that crazy day at Don's!Your energy and love stay with me always,dear friend!
Welpers....
lots to share here
so i'll cut to that and minimalize the chatter!
Been doing a lot of woodburning lately...
"the Voyage Home"
Pyrography (woodburning) and matte acrylic tinting on wood
6x6"
before tinting
"Fishing Expedition"
pyrography and matte acrylic tinting on wood
8x16"
private collection
"night of the crocodile god"
"Fishing Expedition"
pyrography and matte acrylic tinting on wood
8x16"
Private Collection
another woodburn,but instead of the Solomon Islands,i decided to take inspiration from the art of the people of the Sepik River in papua new Guinea...
"Night in the Village"
Pyrography and matte acrylic tinting on wood
8x16
"the Bellyache"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood
4x12"
"Smiling Sun"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood
6x6"
"Happy Tapa""
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on linen
8x10"
"Smiling Shield"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood
6x12"
"Feast"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood
6x6"
"Crocodile Bird Shield"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood
4x12"
"Closing Time"
Acrylic and cel-vinyl on wood
8x10"
and finally,another peek into the process
this one will tackle the formation of a final composition of a narative
How to capture a myth,not just a snapshot from it
(which i had recently already tackled in a Hercules and the Nemean Lion painting)
but actual storytelling a bit....a capturing of the most dramatic part of a story
but still leaving the background stuff accessible to the viewer....
Such was the dilema for this painting
a painting that will grace the walls of Rothick Art haus in Anaheim on january 12th...
Sooo after reading SO many crocodile thangs,i couldn't find a myth that immediately formed a picture story in my head...
then i went back to this sculpture,and the story behind it...
and the story...
jungle
Motherly Love and loss
an Ancestor Spirit
a Bird head (i chose a Kingfisher,like the sculpture)
and the consequences of not contributing to the well-being of the village
a morality tale of sorts....
Here's some of the sketchbook studies...
Here are some studies...
once i got the basic composition down
cracked open the books and started doing studies of the folks living on the Sepik River....
and here is the final piece.....
"Bird headed Woman"
27.5 x 38"
(shown without Bamboo Ben frame)
will shoot it with frame later...
acrylic,cel-vinyl,and paintpen on wood
details!
See if you can identify parts of the story...
That's it for this batch kiddles!
i will leave you with a fond mahalo for all the love
and a shot of my almost finished newly refurbished studio library!
Aloha!
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tigertail777
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Joined: Nov 25, 2004
Posts: 679
From: Oregon
| Posted: 2012-12-12 12:14 am Permalink
First off, Smiling Sun looks like a tiger face dig it.
Secondly, the bird woman one... I am floored. You are using a style I don't think I have seen you utilize before; a much more realism based style with a hint of cartoony. It's a little jarring after what I normally see you do, but I like it. I especially dig the subtle graduation of tones. This style of yours sort of reminds of of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. I always find it interesting to see all the different styles an artist is capable of doing. You really spent some time on this one I can tell, and it turned out really wondrous.
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Robb Hamel
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Posts: 1013
From: Ohio
| Posted: 2012-12-12 4:38 pm Permalink
I feel sorry for the septic bird: does he feel well?
Seriously, though, I don't believe how fresh the woodburnt stuff is. I really want to throw the velvet out and become a sheep herder. Crap, this work is SWEEEEET.
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 7728
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2012-12-12 6:03 pm Permalink
bellyache and croc shield rock
A FREEKIN MAZING
jon
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 7312 | Posted: 2012-12-18 4:31 pm Permalink
December 2nd 2012 Don the Beachcomber's sale in Huntington Beach. I got a few great Kenny hugs and a nice long visit with Gogo and Danny of GO TIKI. I never made it away from my table to see all of your work up close and personal. Are you going to be there in January? Wendy
Were you getting a pinch during this photo? Wasn't me Dan was taking the photo!
Look at those long fingers on my back, they sure are good at turning out beautiful art.
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little lost tiki
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Posts: 7750
From: Orange,CA-right near the Circle!
| Posted: 2013-01-06 11:55 pm Permalink
Aloha Ohana!!!
it's been a while..
to quote Dolemite...
"but Baby! i been Busy!"
preparing for the "Clash of the Titans" exhibition with BigToe
and to make a long story short....
We're tackling 11 subjects with paint
and then hangin em next to each other
Well... Three of them subjects involve TIKI!
So i'm gonna share them here....
But first.....
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On 2012-12-12 00:14, tigertail777 wrote:
First off, Smiling Sun looks like a tiger face dig it.
Secondly, the bird woman one... I am floored. You are using a style I don't think I have seen you utilize before; a much more realism based style with a hint of cartoony. It's a little jarring after what I normally see you do, but I like it. I especially dig the subtle graduation of tones. This style of yours sort of reminds of of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. I always find it interesting to see all the different styles an artist is capable of doing. You really spent some time on this one I can tell, and it turned out really wondrous.
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hey Tigertail!
Thank you so much for visiting and writing.... Been busy as a bee,but finally found that if i don't sleep i can get more done....Horrible on the looks tho!
That so-called "new" style is actually an OLD style revived for this show because i wanted to display a range of styles and mediums for this array of themes for the Clash show.... If you look in the early pages of this thread at "Land Of Pele" "the Arrival" Any of the Surfboards that were painted..they all utilized this style... Dropped it for a while to get better at the brush only (was feeling like less of an artist because half was acrylic and the other half was just embellishing/drawing over it with paintpen.....) Well, i got over that and will be returning to this style as it goes a LOT faster sometimes than the purely painted pieces....Glad you picked up on the Asian graphic influence....some of those prints make my jaw drop...a perfect blend of masterful drawing,color,and filling of the space,often to clever effect! Thanks so much for enjoying this piece...it makes me happy when i can move and inspire my fellow artists!
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On 2012-12-12 16:38, Robb Hamel wrote:
I feel sorry for the septic bird: does he feel well?
Seriously, though, I don't believe how fresh the woodburnt stuff is. I really want to throw the velvet out and become a sheep herder. Crap, this work is SWEEEEET.
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Robb-I am so glad you chose velvet over comedy!
i feel the same way when looking at your velvets...especially in person..there's a magic there that would be wasted on herding sheep,my friend! Scroll down... I have a new one to share!
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On 2012-12-12 18:03, hang10tiki wrote:
bellyache and croc shield rock
A FREEKIN MAZING
jon
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mahalo Jon! Thanks fer the Visit!
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On 2012-12-18 16:31, danlovestikis wrote:
December 2nd 2012 Don the Beachcomber's sale in Huntington Beach. I got a few great Kenny hugs and a nice long visit with Gogo and Danny of GO TIKI. I never made it away from my table to see all of your work up close and personal. Are you going to be there in January? Wendy
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Ah Sweet Wendy!It was so wonderful to see you at Don's... Someday the Tiki Gods will let us visit for more than 5-10 minutes at a time! I won't be there in january.... Will be recovering from the Clash show... But maybe February! I need my Wendy Fix!
Anyways.... Here's another woodburn...a commission for a dear friend from his wife!
How sweet is that?
"Morning"
Pyrography and acrylic tinting on Basswood
private collection
Now for the pieces in the Clash of the Titans show!
"The Cannibal king's Fancy Headdress"
acrylic and cel-vinyl on canvas
24 x 72"
Subject:Tiki
Finally Finished with this thing!
here's some details...
Here's the second entry..you may have seen it before...
"Bird Headed Woman" with frame
(Papua New Guinea Folktale)
acrylic and paintpen on wood
with a Bamboo Ben frame
27 x 38"
Subject:Polynesian Mythology
just the painting
Next up!
"Gathering at the Spirit's Hut"
excuse the glare please...
Ink and Copic marker on Aquarelle Watercolor paper
24 x 30"
Subject: Dream Bar
just the piece...
And here's some amusing Fliers for the show...
i am BEAT! Goodnight Dear ohana! Sleep Tight
and if you're local
C'mon down to the show on Saturday
We'll be wearing Suits!
Fancy pants!Oh! Before i Forget!
the Toe and i will be on the radio sparring with Ray Boylan on LA Talk radio!
Wednesday January 9th from 6 to 7pm
LISTEN TO IT!!!!!
It'll be waaaay funny!
http://www.latalkradio.com/
and if you missed my previous interview...
Complete with Sound Effects!
http://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Boylan-092612.shtml
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=44574&forum=17&7
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