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22 August, 2010
Another Peek into My Parisian Bedroom Redo!
Last week, I showed you my progress in one corner of the room. You can see I am building around my pink and green toile drapery panels with that fabulous frenchy lamp as a jumping off point! I am trying to introduce a little more white and pastels in the room to brighten it up.
This week, a few frenchy finds will help me continue in the other corner of the room…among them this little frenchy boy candlestick. Doesn't he just look so very Parisian? He was only $3.00 at Goodwill! I had actually passed on his twin a couple of weeks ago, but decided to take him home with me this time.
Of course, Baby Kitty had to check him out. He is the official Goodwill hunting trophy inspector in this house! It appears that he passed!
I also found this wonderful old vintage candlestick that someone had already painted white…also only $3.00. I fell in love immediately!
His face reminds me of the beast in Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête…an old black and white French version of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. And just look at the legs on the candlestick…a lion with talons…or are those hooves? Love it!
First, the little boy got a good coat of primer and then several coats of white paint! Now he is ready to be distressed. Do you sometimes wonder why you are working so hard to make the paint perfect only to sand it off?
And here he is with his lion friend, who also got a little distressed! I think they look so good together…so very frenchy!
Now don't be shocked when you see this! lol It's a flower pot painted white and then covered with spackling paste. It's the kind that starts out pink and turns white when it dries! Why am I doing this?
To add a little texture to the pot! Next, I dry brushed a little dove gray craft paint on it and then actually had to give it another light coat of spray paint since the gray was still too dark. I added it to an old silver plate chaffing dish that I found at Goodwill a while back and voilà…instant frenchy planter! And it was free! I was searching for a planter with legs and couldn't find one, so I thought I'd try this.
I filled it with pink hydrangeas and here it is! I wanted a pop of white and this will do for now. I also stacked up a few old books I found at the thrift store and added my green depression glass butter dish. What do you think?
And here is the vignette in its final form. The mirror in the background belonged to my grandmother. It has a little veneer missing, but I think that adds to its character! Now you are wondering…just where is my vignette?
It's on top of this wonderful old plantation desk that belonged to my great-grandfather…along with my grandmother's hat! I believe the desk dates from the early to mid 1800s and it has been in my family ever since. Now, I do realize that it is not very frenchy, but I have to make an exception here! And of course, it absolutely cannot be painted! I would be the black sheep of the family! I am trying it out with the frenchy chair that I refinished last week to see if it helps to frenchify the desk. What do you think?
Now here's the chair that I really want..Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Darcy chair! Sigh! But for $450, I can only dream! Maybe I can find the perfect chair to redo. And then I may call it my (Mr.) Darcy! lol
And finally, here is another look at my vignette! I hope you don't mind that we are coming along so slowly in my little Parisian decorating venture. Next time, I should have even more to show you!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed a little peek at my finds! Please visit these wonderful bloggers and their beautiful blogs to see what they are up to and to find a list of this week's participants!
Donna at Funky Junk Interiors for Saturday Nite Special
Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday
Rhoda at Southern Hospitality for Today's Thrifty Treasures
Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday
Linda at Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Kathleen at Faded Charm for White Wednesday
Gina at The Shabby Chic Cottage for Transformation Thursday
Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday
Artie at Color Outside the Lines for Vignette Fridays
Laurie at Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie for A Few of My Favorite Things Saturday
See you next time! A la prochaine!
61 comments:
Your bedroom is really coming along and it looks beautiful. I like the frency touches that you added this week. I'll have to say that my favorite thing in your room is the plantation desk. What a treasure you have in that!ReplyDelete
Your bedroom looks wonderful. Love all the new touches that you've added. Your heirlooms are so beautiful too - perfect!ReplyDelete
Lovin' it! The candle holders look great and your desk is just fantastic! So fun to have a piece of family history like that!ReplyDelete
I think I'll take a little drive down to our nearest Goodwill tomorrow, although I've never had the wonderful goodwill hunting you've had.ReplyDelete
Your room is absolutely gorgeous! I am loving all peeks at the progress!
Your bedroom is coming along beautifully, very Frenchy!ReplyDelete
Yay Baby Kitty :)
I'm so glad you talked about the mirror, it caught my eye right off. And the pot idea, terrific. I have started adding whites, easy to do. Now the chair, I like yours better than the tres expensive one! Enjoy your beautiful room.ReplyDelete
I must say the desk is gorgeous just as it is and with the Frenchy vignette on top fits right in. Love how your room is coming along. My fav is the lion candlestick!ReplyDelete
I just love the use of the silver server piece! The plastered pot is simply perfect.ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie! OH, I'm loving seeing what you're doing here! Your newly repainted pieces are so gorgeous! You're just so good at decorating. I think I've told you before but I adore your pink and green toile draperies! This room is so beautiful! You're so good, girlfriend.ReplyDelete
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Debbie, I love it. Oh, how I love that desk and wouldn't even think of painting it. That is perfect as it is. Love the distressing you did on the candlesticks. Looks very real!! Loving this bedroom. Have a super week!ReplyDelete
I think it's a gorgeous vignette, the plantation desk is beautiful with a rich history, I'm sure! Stunning room with such beautiful pieces. You do such a great job on your treasures!ReplyDelete
Debbie, your room is evolving into Parisian perfection. The vignette with the GW finds with which you've added your magic touch, add wonderful texture and height to this charming group. As for the plantation desk, I think it definitely fits in. The French often mix in old family pieces. It's wonderful, and how special that it is passed down to your safe keeping along with the mirror. And the chair ~ I like yours far better than Rachel Ashwell Darcy chair.ReplyDelete
Beautiful room, but then all the rooms you've shown us are perfection. Happy Sunday! ~ Sarah
Deb and you said Voila in your wonderful French accent and just look at what your room looks like. You are a marvel!! I love every single element you have added. I did not think I would like the distresssing on the candlestick but I realllllly do. You did just the right amount in the right places. Genius on the clay pot and using the stand as a holder, so clever. I miss you terribly!! Wish we could go out and play!! Hugs KathysueReplyDelete
Wow Debbie, this looks fabulous. I absolutely love the two candlesticks and to put the flowerpot in the silver is just so perfect. You do have such a wonderful knack of putting things together and our vignettes are always gorgeous. I love your style. The desk is absolutely stunning. What a wonderful piece. I am so glad it isn't painted, I think that would ruin it. Some pieces just really need to stay as they are and this is one. Beautiful piece and such a pretty vignette. Hope you are having a wonderful day. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
Your creation is fabulous! I'm going to have to get more bold with spray paint. You and Laura (White Spray Paint - blog) are so daring. I love it!ReplyDelete
Have a great week.
Ladybug Creek
Looking great, Debbie...the two standouts for me are the desk and the toile panels, both gorgeous. I do like the candleholders, too...and how could I forget the handsome Baby Kitty, he is part of the guest room, right!ReplyDelete
Debbie, now you know that there are probably a lot of French people who would love to come here and get an American antique like your beautiful desk! It is the perfect setting for all your frenchification! The "nekked" boy looks great shabbified (is it OK to say that?) and I don't remember the other candlestick, but love it. The pot worked out perfectly in the silver holder....good thinking, girl! Can't wait to see the whole picture....it'll be a magazine picture for sure! LindaReplyDelete
Your bedroom is gorgeous. I'm loving your toile drapes! Your frenchy chair turned out great too.ReplyDelete
Love it all!
I think you can mix painted, not painted, old, new and various woods...at least I hope so, because that is certainly what I've done at my house. I really love everything you've done. It is so pretty and interesting...every piece tells a story.ReplyDelete
You know when that French song comes on little drops of something appear on computer screen. They must he enunciating juicily! :)ReplyDelete
I love your creativity! Who would have thought of spackle on a pot! It looks fabulous. And the desk and chair, perfect! Don't you dare paint it!
You home looks just lovely!
This is so fun to see Debbie! And I love that desk that is your family heirloom! It's just gorgeous frenchy or not!ReplyDelete
And I love your GW finds and how you have distressed them just right.
I would never find those at our GW's, maybe living in the South helps. I think there's more pretty stuff there!
Have a Great Week too!
Your bedroom is coming along nicely. Keep up the great work. I love your grandmother's hat! LaReplyDelete
Your bedroom looks gorgeous! I love all the personalized touches! Very romantic!ReplyDelete
Oh I LOVE the candle holders. I am redoing my master bedroom also. I am going with cottage blues with checks and florals! Can't wait to see more!ReplyDelete
I think you are coming along beautifully with that wonderful room. That desk is such a beautiful piece of furniture...what a great heirloom!!! I love everything you've done!!!ReplyDelete
Debbie, I am enamored with your thrifty finds and your spackled pot in the silver chafer. I may have to "borrow" this idea! The room is progressing really well. It takes time- I'm still working on my great room, ya know! One of these days it will be complete. hugs, SueReplyDelete
Everything looks great! Very pretty and feminine.ReplyDelete
So gorgeous! I am such a sucker for toile! Thank you for taking us on this lovely tour of your transforming room!ReplyDelete
I love your bedroom. It looks very romantic. And I am in love with your 2 candle holders....ChristineReplyDelete
I am Mad about the little hat on the desk I adore hats and its a beauty! Your spackeled pot looks amazing thanks for the tip.ReplyDelete
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
Stopping by from the Met Monday party!! I found that frenchy chair at the Salvation Army store!! I haven't reupholstered it yet but I only paid $15 for it, I think. Funny how after time you forget what things cost!! I think I will paint mine black.ReplyDelete
Love your room!!
Bonne fait!! Well done. It's beautiful, charming and so says "french".ReplyDelete
It's coming along beautifully and I enjoy seeing every new detail. Also the plates, of course.ReplyDelete
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Jane F.
Coming along very nicely...I love the desk, the style seems very complementary. Love the finds from GW, someday stuff like that will end up at our GW!ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie, we MUST go thrift shopping sometime because you discover the most fabulous finds.ReplyDelete
Love your Frenchified projects and your bedroom is gorgeous!
Debbie, I just found your blog. Love it! Your room is coming together very nicely -- and the chafing dish pot holder is giving me an idea about something I picked up and haven't done anything with yet ... :-) I hope you'll stop my My Place to Yours sometime.ReplyDelete
Your room is coming along so well...love those thrifty candle holders...great finds! Thanks for coming to my NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAYS party...I always love seeing you here:)
What great transformations to some wonderfully Frenchy finds, Debbie!! Tres Belle!ReplyDelete
You are so lucky to have inherited such a wonderful piece of furniture. It looks stunning with all your newly found treasures. Well done, Lady!
Your French vignette looks great!! And I think your great-grandfather's desk is the perfect spot for it -- it's a nice combination of light & fresh with dark & stately. And the chair works well too, even if it isn't the chair you really want.ReplyDelete
Good work on the Goodwill finds and the planter :-)
Your bedroom looks great, love the touches of french!!!ReplyDelete
Tres jolie! I have a french inspired bedroom too that I call my Paris Hotel Suite!! So happy I stopped by, yours is very beautiful!!ReplyDelete
It's gorgeous!!! You did a fabulous job with everything-wow!!! Of course, it is always fun to see Baby Kitty-he looks like he's doing a fine job inspecting:).ReplyDelete
The re-do looks great-like a wonderful bed and breakfast. I love that Baby Kitty has to check everything out!ReplyDelete
your bedroom is just gorgeous...you have a wonderful sense of display. love what you create with white paint and spackle!ReplyDelete
Debbie, I love watching your bedroom transformation. The desk is beautiful and I am in love with the candlesticks.ReplyDelete
Hugs, Sherry
All so beautiful! You sure find some great deals at Goodwill!ReplyDelete
I love everything.Beautiful...and great idea about the flower potReplyDelete
This is just looking beautiful Deb. I love that vintage candlestick, actually I love both of them. But my favorite thing in this room is the plantation desk. It is drop dead gorgeous, and the fact that it is a family heirloom just makes it even more special. I bet you just smile whenever you walk into this room :) Hugs, KatReplyDelete
Hi Debbie ~ your bedroom is gorgeous and I love the accent pieces you distressed...very charming!ReplyDelete
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Have a lovely day,
Marie @ Sally Lee by the Sea
Hi Debbie!ReplyDelete
These are such wonderful frenchy pieces you found and transformed! I have some brass pieces I have considered painting but always have that little nagging voice that says... But what if brass comes back in fashion!! Seeing what you've done gives me courage;)
The candlesticks are so adorable painted!
Hugs, Sherri:)
Hi "Miss GoodWill Hunting"...your bedroom is coming beautiful...I love what you did with your latest finds...and that desk and the hat! My gosh I love that hat!!ReplyDelete
WoW! Debbie, I'm so impressed with your vignette, and your redo! It's gorgeous! Thanks so much for linking up this Friday, I'm SO glad you did, and I value your participation! Hope you'll link up next week too!ReplyDelete
Dear Debbie, your bedroom is looking so pretty and turning it a little bit feminine is a great idea. Such great finds you are adding to your home and the old desk from your greats is a unique wonderful piece, and a lovely hat too!!!ReplyDelete
muchos cariños,
maria cecilia
Gorgeous bedroom..and the flower pot is soooo clever~love the way you displayed it! The whole display is just beautiful!ReplyDelete
Great job!
You gotta love spray paint. Makes Goodwill finds look like a million dollars. Love your little french guy!ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie,ReplyDelete
Love how your bedroom turned out. You found some great things to give a fabulous makeover. Really like how everything is displayed. Wow, and you managed to have a post for each day! Love it.
Lovely room and some really nice and clever ideas. Love the desk and the contrast of it's old wood with the other colors. Nice!!ReplyDelete
This is my first visit to your blog, and I must say I'm impressed! What a beautiful vignette you've created! I love the candlesticks and the distressing you did on the boy. I'm going to have to head out to Goodwill and look for something similar :) Those old chafing dishes are so versatile! I love the way your planter turned out. Click here if you'd like to see what I did with mine.ReplyDelete
I'm looking forward to your next bedroom photos.
Regards, Sheilla
Debbie, this room is definitely going to be worth the wait. Everything you've shown is wonderful! I love your great grand-father's desk, and to me, French decor is all about the mixture of things we love. The wood on that desk is beautiful! You are just so clever with your finds. I can't believe how pretty that flower pot looks in the chafing dish! Just too smart!!! You are one of those people who could paint and distress something and make me believe it is an antique. Your candlesticks turned out great! I am SO looking forward to seeing this whole room. Thank you for sharing this beautiful vignette on Favorite Things Sat. laurieReplyDelete
Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment! I appreciate my wonderful readers!... Debbie


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Thursday, 30 April 2009
"Absinthe" kits
1. What percentage alcohol is absinthe?
2. What are the effects of absinthe?
3. Sites for purchasing absinthe
has grown from a trickle to a flood. Either business is good, or very bad for these spammers who trick readers to read an article that links to a site selling so-called "absinthe" kits.
Now if this company was honest in its approach to other real absinthes, and to the nature of its own product, then I would just get bored of the blogs and hope that others would too. But their blog articles are wrong in so many ways, I feel I have no alternative but to comment. Here goes:-
Quote: Cost of bottled Absinthe can be quite high, over $100 sometimes, and you may not be able to get it delivered to your country.
Fact: very, very rarely over $100, and there are very few countries where you can't now easily buy or order a high quality absinthe for $80 or less.
Quote: Also, you may find it very hard to find real wormwood Absinthes because according to some countries legislation restricts wormwood as it contains the chemical thujone.
Fact: Most countries around the world (including USA) allow a level of thujone that is identical to that found in 19th century Paris. But, in any case, this is not relevant since the level of thujone in Absinthe Kit's "essences" will not produce any "green fairy effects" unless you drink enough of it to die from alcohol poisoning. Absinthe Kit's suggestion that thujone level is important is blatant deception.
Quote: AbsintheKit.com sell Absinthe essences, that contains real common wormwood , both to the Absinthe industry and to general customers.
They may sell to companies that sell essence-based absinthe, but none of those companies are selling products that absinthe drinkers would recognise as real absinthe. I challenge Absinthe Kit to produce a list of Absinthe brands made with their essences.
Quote: To make your very own bottle of the Green Fairy, mix 20ml of essence with 730ml of neutral alcohol such as vodka or Everclear and add some sugar (about 75g) if you want a smoother Absinthe. Shake the bottle until the sugar has dissolved and there you have it, your very own Absinthe.
Fact: this is not real absinthe, anymore than grape juice and vodka can be blended to make wine (or blended together with soda to make champagne!).
And so on.
Does this matter? Yes, because it deceives those who buy these products into thinking they are getting real absinthe. It preys on the ignorance of some consumers, probably of younger, poorer and more susceptible consumers too.
However it gets even worse: the Wikipedia article on absinthe states this:
"Numerous recipes for homemade 'absinthe' are available on the Internet. Many of these require mixing a kit that contains store-bought herbs or wormwood extract with high-proof liquor such as vodka or Everclear. However, it is not possible to make authentic absinthe without distillation. Besides being unpleasant to drink and not authentic absinthe, these homemade concoctions contain uncontrolled amounts of thujone and absinthins, and may be poisonous — especially if they contain wormwood extract. Many such recipes call for the use of a large amount of wormwood extract (essence of wormwood) with the intent of increasing alleged psychoactive effects. Consuming essence of wormwood is very dangerous. It can cause kidney failure and death from excessive thujone, which in large quantities is a convulsive neurotoxin. Thujone is also a powerful heart stimulant; it is present in authentic absinthe only in extremely small amounts."
In other words, the products of Absinthe Kit could kill.
The Wormwood Society comments as follows:-
Important Note: DO NOT BUY ABSINTHE "KITS"! These are gimmicks aimed at the gullible. They will not make absinthe or anything remotely like it. The people selling these kits either know nothing about absinthe or how it is made, or simply don't care. The results of these kits are a positively vile-tasting, insanely bitter, potentially poisonous mess.
Looking further at the Absinthe Kit site, I find that it is owned by Gert Strand of Sweden who also operates Partymanshop. This site sells Scotch whisky oak chips, which, it is suggested, will turn vodka into scotch, as well as a wide range of liqueur essences, all to be added to vodka to produce drinks that are labelled to look like Malibu, Southern Comfort, Passoa, etc.
Now in case Absinthe Kit feel that I am unfairly picking on them, I have looked at other similar companies.
Green Devil states: "There is a chemical in traditional absinthe called Thujone, this chemical is banned in food products by the FDA. This one chemical is what makes absinthe illegal to sell.
Companies and the liquor industry have found that by filtering out this chemical they can legally sell their brand of absinthe in the USA."
Not true.
And "Absinthe is legal in many countries in Europe. But it is not the same as the absinthe of old."
Not true.
Now maybe I am being unfair to these companies. I have to admit to not having drunk their products. They may be excellent wormwood flavored vodka. But they are not absinthe, and the sooner they stop deceiving consumers, the better. Do any of my readers have any nice things to say about these products?
17 comments:
- Brian Robinson said...
I've tried most of the absinthe kits on the market as part of my research. I haven't found one that is comparable to even a mediocre absinthe. Most either are horribly bitter, or resemble a pastis.
- 30 April 2009 at 18:21
I wouldn't dare try to create my own absinthe with these essences. It sounds like a terrible idea to begin with.
- 30 April 2009 at 19:10
- Carla said...
I've used this absinthe kit from Gert Strand several times. I've mixed it with Everclear, a little more sugar than it calls for and about 2 ozs. of peppermint schnapps, which mellows out the anise flavor a bit. I'm sure it's not a true absinthe by any definition, but it actually does produce a tasty beverage and louches quite well with cold water. As for the thujone content, I have no clue. They claim 35 mg/L. I know that I haven't poisoned myself by drinking a lethal amount of thujone. Perhaps it has no thujone. I've had several high-quality absinthes (La Valote W. Bovet being my current favorite). What this essence creates is more similar to La Fee Parisian. I would not go so far as to say it's terrible, and it can be doctored up to be quite pleasant in taste.
However, anyone who drinks large amounts of extremely high-level alcohol (which is true of both Everclear and most brands of absinthe), is running the risk of alcohol poisoning. I doubt if this essence is any more likely to cause damage than drinking straight Everclear or any absinthe around 68% alcohol.
So, although it's not a true absinthe, using your definition that absinthe must be a distillation, it beats Hill's (and most other Czech absinths), as well as products like La Tourment and Grande Absente, particularly in taste.
- 2 May 2009 at 18:40
- Alan said...
Hi Carla,
Thanks for your comment. Good to hear that your experience of kits was OK.
One of the problems of kits and of consumers not really understanding the thujone issue is that some will deliberately overdose (i.e. put too much of the kit in the finished product). Not everyone is as sensible as you.
It's the Swiss who insist that absinthe is distilled; other countries do allow cold mix. So it's not really "my definition." Having said that, I would love to see a clearer definition and I am sure clear standards would result in better products.
- 2 May 2009 at 19:11
- Monique Marie Sauniere said...
Bravo, Alan, for that concise description of what absinthe ISN'T. Unfortunately it is not only as P.T Barnum never said, "There is a sucker born every minute", but there is a percentage of the population who knows better than everyone else about everything else. We can only hope they don't hurt themselves proving how right they are.
- 7 May 2009 at 01:32
- Jade Clark said...
This is an older article, but I just wanted to say thanks. I was considering purchasing one of these kits from the website you talked about. I was however suspicious of it being too good to be true. Thanks for the info.
- 23 June 2013 at 07:11
- Alan said...
Thanks for your comment, Jade.
- 23 June 2013 at 10:16
- Unknown said...
Thanks for the info! My roommate recently gave me a green devil kit that was given to him but he had no interest in making it. So I decided to do some research before making it and they all said the same thing as you: this stuff is disgusting and dangerous. In fact the reviews for green devil were so bad on amazon they pulled the product from their store! Thanks again for the scoop! Glad I didn't waste money on the liquor required to make this or worse, become ill from consuming it.
- 12 December 2014 at 18:39
- Unknown said...
Modern "Pernod" and "Ricard" are basically absinthes without the wormwood. They are now known as a "pastis" (regional for "melange" or mixture). As a substitute for wormwood, the modern drink uses increased amounts of aniseed. Pernod includes aniseed, fennel, hyssop, lemon balm along with lesser amounts of angelica root, star-anise, dittany, juniper, nutmeg, veronica. Different absinthe manufacturers used slightly different ingredients, sometimes using nutmeg and calamus, both of which have purported psychoactive effects. basically there are so many ways to do this process. and some of them date back the the 1600s.. I have found most of the stuff on the market is far from true absinthe..
- 13 January 2015 at 18:52
- Alan said...
Pernod has a real absinthe brand in addition to its pastis. Search this blog for Pernod and you will see that they have gone some way to improving their absinthe in the last year or so.
- 14 January 2015 at 16:04
- Unknown said...
Bah, since you moderate the comments please excuse my last one and don't bother posting it. I misread what you had written and after some simple research stand correct. Absinthe is a spirit and not a liquor since the flavoring is added via distillation of the herbs with spirits...
As a side note I seriously doubt Absinthe ever made anyone hallucinate... ever. You would likely get alcohol poisoning before you would ever consume enough of the lesser ingredients that would trigger such hallucinations if they could. The whole campaign against Absinthe was based on hyperbole and sensationalism which seems to continue to this day.
- 17 January 2015 at 18:59
- Sophia said...
I would really like to buy an absinthe to enjoy at Christmastime but I am left confused and a little crestfallen. Is there a good absinthe on the market that I can buy that goes some way to providing the effects that absinthe is so famous for? Thanks.
- 30 November 2015 at 21:56
- Alan said...
Don't look for effects when you are drinking absinthe. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, people were drinking absinthe for its taste. Yes, some of the poets may have eulogised about it, but they didn't say you would see things. Absinthe effects are a late 20th century gimmick designed to get unwary drinkers drinking more. Some may have experienced a placebo effect. Read again what the poster immediately before you wrote. Sorry if that disappoints you.
- 30 November 2015 at 22:03
- Sophia said...
Thanks for your answer Alan. I have since been reading up on it all and I realised it was quite a foolish question to ask! But I still would like to buy a bottle as it seems like a very special drink that I would like to try. Is there a brand or two that you would recommend? I am based in the UK. What's your favourite?
- 30 November 2015 at 22:31
- Alan said...
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This extract from the ABC des Schneiderhandwerk has been translated for private study to show a good explanation of German ironwork for the trousers from about 1938. If any parts are not clearly explained by the text they would make excellent topics for discussion on the forum.
Das ABC des Schneiderhandwerk
Fachzeitung Der Schneidermeister
Extract from
Heft 2 - Die Einfach Lange Hose
Translation Created For Private Study by G Boyce with invaluable assistance from S. Pirkl
The Ironwork for the Long Trousers
As the title suggests, one must press a shape into the fabric parts of the trousers, because the seams of the topsides and undersides do not lie in the front or rear crease. If this were the case then you could form the individual parts by cutting. For the shape of the lower topsides the fabric at the inseam and side seam must be drawn out [stretched] with the iron, to get the crease line hollowed or concave.
Abbildung 53
Abb 53 shows, which parts of the topsides, must be stretched for shaping.
Abb. 53
the places that must be stretched with the iron are indicated by the crosshatched chalk lines. This is the technical sign for when the cloth must be stretched. If one carefully observes the course of the inseam and side seam in this photograph, then one can see without difficulty that the seam lines show a hollow shape. The hollow, which is initially located in the seam lines, has to be shifted to the centre line by ironwork.
As in Abbildung 54
Abb 54 the iron is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow, and the fabric is stretched in this direction
one places the iron slightly below the knee height of the topside, gather the cloth of the hem bottom with the left hand and now moving the iron in the direction of the arrow. Thus the fabric is stretched out at the edge. Depending on the kind of fabric to hand, one will have more or less difficulty to iron the cloth around. The harder the fabric, and above all the tighter the twist in the warp threads the more difficult it is to stretch the fabric with the iron. To make the work easier one must moisten the cloth. One should, however, also take into account the surface of the cloth. It is not good to wet the cloth more than is necessary.
In Abbildung 55
Abb 55 the shaping is achieved by intensive ironwork
we see how the iron is pushed down to the bottom during the ironing process. In the process of the ironwork one should also take advantage of the bias direction of the cloth. For this purpose grab the fabric at the hem at the crease line and by pressing the iron hard onto the cloth pull the fabric in the desired direction. It is necessary, to somewhat exaggerate the shape, that you want to reach, since as everyone knows, the cloth is trying to regain its natural shape. To avoid this effect it is wise to shape the piece more than needed.
Abbildungen 54 und 55
The ironing is shown on the side facing away from the body.
With Abbildungen 56 und 56a
Abb 56 One can also iron in the necessary shape at the side facing the body
Abb 56a the left hand guides the iron just as well as the right hand.
We show how this work may even be performed on the side facing the body. Here the left hand guides the iron, while the right hand grasps the cloth under the hem and leads the iron work in the same way, without any difficulties. It is good for the apprentice to practice the ironwork with the left and the right hand equally, since this will only assist the acquisition of skills for work.
Both the fork area and the side seam area have to be treated equally in the ironwork. After stretching the seam edges of the cloth, one folds the piece together, at the crease line, so that the seam edges are lying on top of each other. As
Abb 56b
shows the achieved shape now is to be distributed equally with the iron to the inseam and the outseam
Abbildung 56b shows.
Abb 56b In order for both parts to be uniformly processed by the ironwork, the fabric is folded together at the crease.
Through a secondary treatment with the iron, both sides (inseam and side seam) are evenly distributed. This avoids a situation where the side seam is stretched longer than the inseam or vice versa, which could later affect the shape of the trousers.
Usually it is easier to form the ironing crease from the wrong side of the fabric so that one can get a good picture of the shaping. We dont want to misjudge, but that is not always correct to press the ironing creases sharply from the wrong side, because problems may arise later. By creasing the fabric in the ironing crease and by the firm ironing from the wrong side the weft fibres in the ironing crease are stretched. When one turns around the trouser parts later so that the right side lies outward, then the ironing creases have to be ironed out in the opposite direction. Thus the fibres at the crease line are being bent in the opposite direction. Therefore, understanding professionals have long since ceased to iron from the wrong side of the fabric but fold the pieces wrong side together and press the crease line from the right side by using a pressing cloth from the right sides. (But be careful! Do not use an iron that is too hot!) This surely has an influence on the later durability of the crease.
While the ironwork of the topsides is usually restricted to the lower parts of the leg, the ironwork of undersides extends all over the piece. The shape of the seams does not have a straight line. Therefore the seamlines of the undersides must be ironworked in a way that they harmonize/synchronize with the seamlines of the topsides. Because you can only join equally formed seamlines when you want to achieve the correct shape of the legs.
Abbildung 57
Shows the areas of the undersides, that are to be shaped. The areas marked with cross hatched lines are to be stretched during the ironing process. And in the areas indicated with curved lines the fabric must be compacted/shrunk [eingebügelt / hineinpressen (from Duden)] at the edge of the cloth. The stretching and shrinking is not only done at the edges but continued towards the crease line of the piece. Because the crease line will not be straight, but will take the shape that is achieved by the ironwork.
Abbildung 58
shows first where to place the iron and how to grasp the fabric in the area of the side seam. Thus, one places the iron at the level of the seat and by pushing the iron and pulling the fabric in the direction of the arrows you stretch the fabric. By using the bias of the weave, the shaping is much easier to do. When pulling the fabric in the shown direction, a slight length will develop in the side seam in seat level. This has to be shrunk away to achieve the right shape of the pants.
Abbildung 59
Abb. 58 und 59. diagonal (bias) ironwork of the undersides
The first iron stroke was performed in the direction of the arrow to the sideseam. Now the iron is sitting on the fabric, on the sideseam, at knee height. The left hand grasps the cloth of the undersides about the level of the calf at the inseam, so that the fabric can be stretched from knee to calf in the direction of the second arrow. Thus the ironwork process is facilitated as much as possible by the use of the bias fibre direction. It should be emphasized that during ironwork, the shaping must be carried more intensively than is required, because the fabric always has the tendency to return to its original position. Therefore the shaping can be exaggerated without disadvantage.
Abbildung 60
The iron now passes the way from the knee to the calf. Now the last iron strike passes down from the calf in the direction indicated by the second arrow, to the sideseam. Here also, the fabric will be easier to stretch because of the bias direction. Between the knee notches and the bottom hem a slight wavy length develops in the area of the sideseam, which must be shortened/shrunk in by careful iron work.
After the iron has been passed in the direction of the mentioned path to the bottom hem and the individual parts are brought into the required shape by the intensive ironwork, the ironwork for the side part is, for the moment, finished. The inseam also gets the same shape that was given to the sideseam. Here too the iron is first placed at the level of the seat, see
Abbildung 61
and the fabric is stretched in the direction illustrated by the arrow, by working in bias direction during the ironwork process. The iron strokes end at the knee height.
According to Abbildung 62
turn the iron a bit outwards and stretch the cloth according to the indicated arrow in the direction towards the calf. At the same time, the left hand grasps the cloth at the level of the calf and pulls it out as the iron is advanced. The lower part of the inseam side is also stretched in the direction of the arrow lines. The left hand also pulls the cloth in the bias. The iron is turned during this part of the process. Length that develops in the inseam at the level of the calf is to be shortened, see
Abbildung 63
After both the side seam as well as the inseam are brought to the required shape through intensive ironwork, take the two undersides and turn them over, and redo the work in the same way, once more, from the other side. Then it is always advisable, when the two fabric layers lie on top of each other, to repeat the ironing process on the back part, so that the underlying part is not adversely affected. When the work is ended, then separate the two undersides and fold the two individual parts, as it is represented in
Abbildung 64
the side seam and the inseam lie flush onto each other. Now you should recognise, that the achieved hollow shape reaches as far as to the crease line. The trouser crease, no longer has a straight shape but now has the form we wanted to achieve with ironwork. After putting the pants together, the inseam and sideseam parts must be smoothed again so that between the inseam and side parts, as far as form moulding is concerned, no difference can be detected. During the entire form shaping operation the iron was moved in the direction of the indicating arrows. It is possible to flatten out the underside creases with the iron from the wrong sides. However, it is advisable, to avoid ironing the creases firmly but to iron them quite lightly. Preferably it is better to fold the pieces wrong side together. Using a damp pressing cloth you can press the trousers crease flat. It is very important that the inseam and outseam line up exactly.
Abbildung 65
In order to avoid a twisting of the trouser legs, the topsides and undersides are laid together smoothly on the table as shown in
Abb 65,
and control marks are installed. These must fit together when the seams are basted, and must not shift also when joining the pieces. Often, the Master will want to check the waistband, knee and hem width after the sideseams are basted. This work is usually done by the Master. The basting stitches are inserted about 0.5 cm from the edge so they don´t get trapped when sewing. That would make removing them much more difficult.
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Spot on Graham, thanks.
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With so many other fibers being used for garments, is this method predominantly for wool and wool blends or can it be used for linen or cotton? Living in a hot climate I have no use for wool.
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That is a good question, I live in Adelaide in Australia so wool is not the most practical cloth. I have linen garments.
I think the intention of the processing is to ensure the seams are all of equal shape and length
at the time that they are sewn up
Even with wool the cloth slowly reverts to its original shape.
So I do iron the linen, but without the expectation of the same result as for wool.
And that is also obviously the case since linen has a very different handle and fall to wool.
In addition to the instructions above I understand that it is virtually mandatory to stretch the seat seam at the fork, whatever the type of cloth.
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Good point on the seat seam. I shall give that a try when I make pants this spring.
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I use this method for cottons as well. Depending on the kind of fabric ( twills take more bias shifting than plain weave) it is very successfull. Bias stretching is easy and can be locked in the seam (seat seam), shrinking is a bit less easy in cottons and can result in a slight wavy appearence near the seam ( at the calfs). Instead of ironwork it´s also possible to "shrink" the desired areas by sewing a line in the SA that you can pull a bit shorter like it´s done in the back shoulder seam.
Rundschau changed it´s ironwork a bit in the fifties to accomodate the less formable fibers and wool mixtures wich were new then. they focused more on the bias stretchability of the fabric ("Die neue Schrägdressur" = the new bias forming), than of the thermoplastic nature of wool. The "ABC des Schneiderhandwerks"is from the fifties as well.
BTW: don´t you use "cool wool" for your hot climates? here in middle europe the summer suits were made of very coarsly spun, lighter woven wool fabrics, unlined. these were called "tropicals" and " fresco". not easy to work with these fabrics, but worth the try. as opposed to cotton and linen these fabrics do not crinkle at all.
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Thanks for that date peterle. I thought that the ABCs were much earlier.
I expect one could find cool wool but it is not readily available. A big problem in my city is that the availability of ultra cheap rubbish from Asia has really affected the hand-made sector. Many traditional suppliers of cloth and trimmings have gone out of business or moved into other ranges.
The only ones who conspicuously wear really good clothes are, indeed, lawyers and politicians.
Fortunately for me I am not the only one interested in this stuff and there are a few tiny, dedicated suppliers of good cloth. I am always looking.
I just thought of this theresa in tuscon. Posaune has recommended that in linen trousers the seat seam be reinforced with cotton tape. The linen lacks strength in this part, since it is always very biased. So after stretching the seat seam, attach a cloth tape to the length of the seat seam. The ABC section on the topsides prep also has the crotch seam reinforced with tape for any cloth.
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What is the purpose of stretching the seat seam? Is it because of the shape of the inner thighs, or is there another reason?
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Good question. I don't really know.
My guess its to anticipate the natural tendency of that part to stretch, since it cut with such a bias already.
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the purpose of stretching the seat seam is to adapt the fabric to the form of the body in this area.
To cover that area under/at the buttocks you need -how geometry calls it- a saddle surface.(an every day saddle surface is a Pringles potato chip).
Such a surface has more than 360degrees. a flat surface/fabric has only 360 degrees, so you have to add some degrees. This is possible by inserting a wedge or alternativly by stretching the edge of the fabric. Doing this is the complete opposite of a dart, wich removes some degrees to achieve a conical shape.
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I can only catch a few points you all mentioned with your experience, however, I have to google search the meaning of some of the terms of vocabularies... it is well worthy to do so to understand the terms, somehow I cannot understand some of the instructional sentences. English is not my first language. Sadly, it happens to me that I cannot understand the manuals come along with any electronic devices, machines that i can barely know the basic function.
I go to search for videos demonstrating this particular topic, but I cannot find good ones. Please, if possible, provide me some links that I can watch.
Thank you so much.
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Mysewingpleasure, what is your language preference?
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I wouldnt try this on a poly /viscose from south east asia... But dressage works perfect on good cottons and linnens, also blended. I once learned that (in colonial times...) Linnen were shaped when totally damp... And that tropical cotton uniforms and wear were canvassed with linnens, does anyone know anything about that?
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Schneiderfrei, I am a Chinese. I immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong. I have no problem of daily English. When I read the instruction, I cannot understand completely. I am trying hard to practice more by reading all the replies to learn more. Some verbs are hard to identify its actual action, I am not able to tell what to do, that is why I need videos to help. I am sorry I am not at all demanding.
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Bruce connected on the first pitch he saw for his fourth homer in his last six games. It was the first homer Grilli had allowed this season. Cincinnati hadn't scored in its last 17 innings since Bruce hit a solo homer during a 4-1 win on Monday night.
Manny Parra (1-1) pitched the 13th for the win.
The Reds are 5-7 in extra innings, tied with Colorado for most in the majors. They've gone extra innings in three of their last seven games. The Pirates are 4-4 after their longest game of the season.
Cincinnati has held onto second place in the NL Central by winning two of three in the series, which concludes on Thursday.
Pittsburgh left-hander Jeff Locke gave up only four hits and three walks in seven innings. Starling Marte tripled and scored on an error by pitcher Bronson Arroyo in the third.
Both teams wasted chances to end it earlier. The Reds had a runner thrown out at the plate, and the Pirates left the bases loaded twice and got two runners picked off. Also, Bruce stretched to the top of the wall in right to rob Andrew McCutchen in the seventh.
Arroyo gave up six hits in seven innings. He hit Russell Martin in the back of the left shoulder with an 88 mph fastball in the fifth inning. Alfredo Simon hit Jordy Mercer in the back in the ninth, the 18th time a batter's been hit during the nine games between the teams this season.
Pirate pitchers have plunked 10, Reds pitchers 8. Shin-Soo Choo has been hit six times, Marte three times, Phillips and McCutchen twice each, and five other players once apiece.
The Pirates pulled off an unusual relay to cut down a runner at the plate in the second inning. Zack Cozart tried to score from first base on Ryan Hanigan's two-out double to left. Marte's throw to the infield went over Mercer's head at shortstop, but second baseman Neil Walker was backing up the play, made the relay and got Cozart.
NOTES: The Reds haven't been shut out in back-to-back games since Aug. 30-31, 2011, when they lost to the Phillies 9-0 and 3-0. ... Pirates LHP Wandy Rodriguez, on the DL with tightness in his left forearm, will throw 35 to 40 pitches off a mound on Thursday. If he has no problems, he'll make a rehab start in the minors on Sunday. ... Arroyo had another scoreless first inning. He has allowed one run total in the first innings of his last 19 starts. ... RHP Homer Bailey starts the final game of the series for Cincinnati. He's 8-2 in career against Pittsburgh, including a no-hitter at PNC Park last September. RH Brandon Cumpton makes his second career start for the Pirates.


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When we finally got back to Seattle, it was about 12:30 a.m on Tuesday, and the fans were waiting for us at the facility.
It was great. It was also crazy.
As I was trying to leave VMAC, people were running up to my truck, jumping on it, shaking it, going crazy. I have to be honest — I kind of got scared a little bit. The police had to come and help me get out of the parking lot. That's when I knew this was on a whole other level.
It's a different type of thank you.
When I finally got home, I was just laying in bed in shock. I was still kind of shaking from having all the people jumping on my truck, and then I was just thinking.
I'm only 24 years old. I've had Pro Bowl honors every year since I've been in the league, back to my rookie year, when I was an alternate. I've been All-Pro three times, and now we just won the Super Bowl. I'm starting to build a little legacy here.
As I thought about all that, the first thing I said to myself was, "Earl, keep leading. Keep doing you. Keep challenging yourself to be the best." And that's how I went to sleep.
The parade on Wednesday was another incredible experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. There were close to a million people out there. They were everywhere. Where there was normally street, it was nothing but people. People were in the trees. On top of buildings. On top of the 7-Eleven gas station.
It's amazing how one positive thing like that can bring so many people together. That's what love can do. That's why I say love is the highest frequency. We won a championship and brought almost a million people together.
The Lombardi Trophy was on the Legion of Boom float. When I got to hold it, I was nervous because I didn't want to drop it. I held it for a little bit, and then passed it. It felt right in my hands for those few seconds, but I didn't want to get too caught up in the moment. I feel like I'll have many more chances coming up to get back there. It's motivation for me, a challenge I've issued myself. I don't want to get too content.
The year's journey is proof that, if I really put my mind to something, if I really get locked in, don't take any days off, come to work and really lead by example, good things can happen. That just makes me want to keep fine-tuning my craft.
Coach Carroll is the reason I have this mindset, and want to be an ever-evolving player and person. When I was drafted, I wanted to know a little more about the guy who would be coaching me. So I went back and did some research on his career. I got some clips to see the way he used to coach.
Looking back, it was funny to see how he changed his coaching style and his approach to the game. The way he talks now, he didn't always talk like that. He evolved. He's young at heart, and he's always trying to get better as a coach. As a player, when you see that, you just try to emulate it. That's worked for me.
This is a very special organization to be a part of. There is no ill will expressed by anybody toward anybody else. The coaches are very up front with the players. That's where all of our success started from: the coaches and the players really buying into what each other was bringing to the table.
There's a genuine appreciation for everybody in the organization. Not even just players and coaches, but everybody in the building: management, security, the cafeteria people, everybody. It's just a great place to go to work. Coach Carroll keeps it very upbeat and lively. It means everything to me to be a part of this organization.
I'm looking forward to the offseason. I can't wait to spend time enjoying my daughter and just being a father to her. I'm going to be taking some trips and I love to take time to think when I'm away. My biggest motto is to keep growing, on and off the field. I'm excited for the wisdom to come.
What I got a taste of this season, I will always fight to protect. That is what's going to take me over the top. I'm glad I was in that environment. I'm glad God enabled me to get a taste of that, because that made me even more hungry. It's all I can think about. So I'm definitely not going to stop working.
I'll be looking at my game to see where I can improve and I'm really excited to see how far I'm going to come by the time training camp starts.
It's been a great season, but we don't deserve all the credit. I want to give you guys credit. We've definitely been in this together. It's been special. The few times we did lose, you were still there for us. As much as we deserve this championship, you guys deserve it more.
12s, I love you from the bottom of my heart. Let's see if we can do this thing again next year.
Go Hawks.
This is the second part in a two-part blog from Earl, recapping his Super Bowl experience. To read Part I, click here.


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ATLANTA (AP) — Ryne Sandberg sees the Phillies' final loss of a disappointing season as a reminder that improved pitching depth should be a goal for 2014.
Zach Miner was knocked out in the third inning after giving up five runs, and Philadelphia closed its worst finish in 13 years with a 12-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
Six Phillies pitchers combined to allow 12 hits and walk nine batters.
"It's a tough go," Sandberg said. "It just stresses more the importance of depth in pitching and stabilizing and making decisions on the pitching staff next year and also have backup depth at pitching."
Miner made only his third start of the season.
Philadelphia (73-89) finished fourth in the NL East with its worst record and finish since 2000, when it was last at 65-97.
The Phillies watched after the game as Braves players gathered around a 2013 sign that eventually will be placed on the outfield facade with other division championship years. The Braves won their first NL East title since 2005.
"This isn't the situation that you envisioned going into spring training," said Phillies second baseman Chase Utley, who had two hits to finish at .284.
"If there is a bright spot, it gives us an opportunity to get to work a little bit sooner. We can start improving next week."
Erik Kratz hit a three-run homer for the Phillies, who trailed 5-0 after three innings.
After five straight first-place finishes, the Phillies fell to 81-81 last season. The decline continued this season, and manager Charlie Manuel was fired on Aug 16.
The Phillies were 20-22 under Sandberg, who was given a three-year contract on Sept. 22 and said he's looking forward to his first full season.
Sandberg said Utley "was a bright spot this year; healthy, steady right down to the end."
Sandberg said he is "anxious to see about the catching situation" next season.
"I would call that a priority, starting now with the season being over with," he said.
Evan Gattis had a two-run homer among his three hits and Elliot Johnson drove in five runs for Atlanta.
The Braves will have home-field advantage against the Dodgers in the NL division series, which begins Thursday at Turner Field.
Atlanta (96-66) finished with its best record since also winning 96 games in 2004.
"I'm proud of a good season, 30 games over .500, 96 wins," said manager Fredi Gonzalez. "It's a hell of an accomplishment for our club."
The Braves needed St. Louis to lose for a shot a home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs. But the Cardinals beat the Cubs 4-0 to lock up the top spot.
Johnson had a two-run triple in the sixth and a two-run single in the eighth while setting his career high with five RBIs. He started at third base as Chris Johnson was given a day off to rest his sore right shoulder.
Braves catcher Gerald Laird had four hits and scored four runs. Jose Constanza drove in two runs with a pinch-hit single in the fifth after the Phillies cut the lead to 5-4.
Gattis and Julio Teheran (14-8) were the Braves' top rookies this season. Teheran allowed four runs on six hits in five innings.
Gattis finished second among NL rookies with 21 homers, behind San Diego's Jedd Gyorko. He leads all rookies in the majors with 65 RBIs. Gattis has started at catcher, left field and first base and is expected to start in left field in the playoffs if catcher Brian McCann returns from an adductor injury, as expected.
Freddie Freeman had two hits, including a run-scoring single in the Braves' three-run first. For the season he hit .319 with 23 homers and 109 RBIs.
Phillies third baseman Cody Asche needed seven stitches after leaving the game with a cut chin in the first inning. He was hurt when a throw from left fielder Domonic Brown bounced and hit his chin as Jason Heyward was sliding into third base. Freddy Galvis replaced Asche.
Phillies rookie right-hander Tyler Cloyd, who made 11 starts, gave up two runs on three hits in the eighth in only his second relief appearance.
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth.
NOTES: Miner had a 3.72 ERA in 13 relief appearances and a 5.79 ERA in three starts. … The homer by Kratz was his first since June 7 at Milwaukee. … Gonzalez said the decision to start Elliot Johnson had nothing to do with Chris Johnson's dugout altercation with first base coach Terry Pendleton after Saturday night's loss. Chris Johnson said he apologized to Pendleton for throwing his helmet, which he said bounced and hit Pendleton. Pendleton then grabbed Johnson's jersey with two hands and the two exchanged words. … The Braves' season attendance was 2,548,679, their top total since 2007. Sunday's turnout was 42,194. … Laird's four hits matched his career high.
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September 1, 2006
The Paper About Bigtable
"Bigtable is a distributed storage system for managing structured data that is designed to scale to a very large size: petabytes of data across thousands of commodity servers. Many projects at Google store data in Bigtable, including web indexing, Google Earth, and Google Finance. These applications place very different demands on Bigtable, both in terms of data size (from URLs to web pages to satellite imagery) and latency requirements (from backend bulk processing to real-time data serving). Despite these varied demands, Bigtable has successfully provided a flexible, high-performance solution for all of these Google products. In this paper we describe the simple data model provided by Bigtable, which gives clients dynamic control over data layout and format, and we describe the design and implementation of Bigtable."
BigTable is used by many Google services, including Google Analytics, Google Finance, Orkut, Personalized Search, Writely, and Google Earth.
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its sound very interesting !!!ReplyDelete
do you know whats the DB engine in the botton ?
what kind of technology is used ?
(I guess that you have very good info...)
It resembles a database, but it's not quite a database. It doesn't support the full relational DB model. And it doesn't speak SQL; but Sawzall, a scripting language used for parallel data processing. The data elements are simply strings of characters, so each app has to know the structure of the data.ReplyDelete
Bigtable uses the Google File System to store data.
More to read:
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- AnonymousDecember 29, 2008 at 3:03 AM
that's fairly cool stuff, i studied similar more primitive systems that were available when in college...nice to see distributed computing done well!ReplyDelete
Anyone looking for the BigTable white paper can now find it here : http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en//archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdfReplyDelete


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What next…?
We have been looking at options to further work related to the JLeRN node and paradata, basically to create a sample interface. Javascript will be used mainly for the front-end, though it is all in primary stages. With all the data we have currently in our JLeRN node, it would be good to have a way to explore it and use it through a web client. Currently it is not fully clear what we might end up with, but some basic wireframes for the web pages are considered. Next we will look at the sharing and synchronising of learning resources across the Alpha node on Ubuntu OS and the Beta node on Windows 2008 OS.
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I am delighted to introduce an author who hails from my hometown of Houston, Texas. Sandra Bretting writes for the Houston Chronicle business section and just released her debut mystery, Unholy Lies, which deals with secrets in a small Texas town. Welcome, Sandra! And a big congratulations on your new book!
Defending Your Writing Choices Without Getting Defensive
The woman at the book club where I'd been asked to speak wasn't trying to be rude, I'm sure. She only wanted to know—rather loudly—why one of the main characters in my book is a preacher's wife who goes off the deep end.
"Why do writers think all preachers' wives are wackos?" she demanded.
It didn't help that she'd asked the question in front of a room full of women made bold by several bottles of merlot.
"Well, um . . . " I stammered. "The story started with her husband, and I needed to give him a reason to cheat on her."
Fortunately, my answer satiated her, because she fell silent. It took a moment for my blood pressure to return to normal after that, though. It wasn't that I'd been challenged; although I had. What bothered me was that I'd been made to defend my story and given responsibility for the entire history of western literature, it seemed.
Looking back, what I should have said was this: "Can't speak for all writers . . . but I wrote it that way because it was right for this situation." Nothing more and nothing less. Forget about giving a mini-lesson on backstory or character motivation. I, as the writer, wanted to make that character a little crazy.
Now, I'm not a proponent of negative stereotypes. I don't purposefully set out to perpetuate the idea that all pastors' wives are wacko . . . that all Latino men are macho . . . that all married men cheat on their wives.
For this story, I needed a character who had certain traits that would make her husband's betrayal seem more plausible. And to be honest . . . she grew to be my favorite character in the book.
The idea that all preachers' wives are written a certain way never entered my mind. Because I've never met a crazy preacher's wife. Because in my experience, the ones I've known have been intelligent, capable and most importantly, sane.
But back to the issue at hand. Why did the reader feel the need to question my choices? Ultimately, it was because she cared. A lot. And that's a good thing. If people didn't relate to the story; if they didn't put themselves into the characters' shoes and walk around for a while; they wouldn't care.
Which is exactly what I find myself doing right now. I've almost finished Love You More by Lisa Gardner. I've loved it, except . . . I would have written the ending differently. Because I don't write thrillers, the mystery writer in me wanted the killer to be someone else. But you know what? It's Gardner's book. She had to live inside their heads for months at a time, not me. She had to make choices about what they said, what they did, and what they ate for breakfast. Not me. If I don't like it, I don't have to recommend the book to anyone else. But ultimately, I question her choices because I do like it.
So, the next time someone ambushes me (because that's what it felt like) at a book-club meeting and demands to know why I've made certain choices, I'll take a deep breath first. And thank my lucky stars the reader cared enough to ask me that.
By the way . . . the woman who posed the question? Not even married to a pastor. Turns out she's a district attorney here in southeast Texas. Apparently someone who cares about her fiction. Someone like me.
Sandra Bretting writes feature stories for the business section of the Houston Chronicle. A native of California, she attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism and formerly wrote for the Los Angeles Times and others. Her debut mystery, titled Unholy Lies, was released in November from Five Star Publishing.