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Dental Fears Research Clinic
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Who are we?
Established in 1982, the Dental Fears Research Clinic at the University of Washington has provided service to thousands of patients in the State of Washington and around the world. Our mission is to provide comprehensive care to individuals who are fearful of receiving dental treatment.
We are the dentists, psychologists, and anesthesiologists on the University faculty who specialize in treatment of dental fear. We provide care not regularly available in the general community. Among our strategies, we teach anxiety management skills such as breathing & relaxation techniques, use anti-anxiety medications, monitor heart rates, and conduct anesthetic testing.
What do we do?
Our purpose is to assess and treat problems of children and adults who are anxious or avoid dental care because of fear or other difficulties with dental procedures. The goal of our clinic is to help individuals overcome their fears of dentistry and accept treatment more comfortably. We provide all forms of dental treatment, including implants and oral surgery. We also provide care using oral and intravenous sedation and general anesthesia.
How do you make an appointment?
Please call the Dental Fears Research Clinic at 206.685.2453. When you first call for yourself, a friend, or your child, you will have the opportunity to speak with one of the staff psychologists. He or she will be able to provide you with additional information, answer your questions, and arrange for you to schedule an initial appointment.
When do we see patients?
The Clinic regularly schedules new patients on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays (Room D-458). However, we are available at all times to see our regular patients for emergency treatment.
How does the research clinic work?
We maintain a separate clinic within the School of Dentistry. All care is provided by members of the University faculty. During your assessment visit, which will last approximately 2½–3 hours, a psychologist will interview you regarding the problems you have had in receiving dental care. A dentist will conduct a brief, painless examination to determine the health of your teeth and gums. Following this visit we will schedule any necessary x-rays and a consultation to discuss specific treatment recommendations. If we make a mutual decision to proceed, your first treatment appointment will be scheduled.
How do we charge for treatment?
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Consider this: For three seasons of knock-down, drag-out competition in IHRA's fiercely contested Stock ranks, the big-block in Monty Bogan, Jr.'s bright-yellow '69 Camaro routinely screamed to almost 7,000 rpm between gears and generated enough torque to yank the front tires off the ground on almost every pass.
In those three seasons, however, Bogan never had to crack open the engine. No valve adjustments. No bent valves. No spun bearings. Nothing.
Oh yeah, and each of those wheels-up, 7,000-rpm passes was made with less than 2.5 quarts of oil in the motor. You read right. Bogan ran the engine for three seasons with the dipstick barely getting wet. In fact, most passes would see the oil light start to flicker just as the car crossed the traps. To anyone other than a dyed-in-the-wool Stock competitor, this sounds like a nutty way to treat a high-dollar race engine. But, such is the nature of this competitive class of drag racing, where finding the slightest performance edge within the rules-in this case, reducing crankcase windage-has become equal parts science and art.
In addition to standard Stock class competition, Bogan is also a key competitor in the growing Top Stock field. Top Stock pits mostly classic musclecars against one another on a Pro Tree. Although a weight break is given to small-block-powered cars, most Top Stockers run a big-block to push the heavier, less aerodynamic '60s iron through the air in about 10 seconds on 10.5-inch tires.
The rules of Top Stock allow many types of cars to compete, but the engines in them must be based on readily available crate engine packages from the original manufacturer-an engine designated by the manufacturer and approved by IHRA. For GM Top Stockers, the ZZ 502/502 crate engine is the accepted big-block.
With the competition in Top Stock really heating up, Bogan felt it was time to give his never-been-touched engine a much-deserved rest and drop in a fresh, more competitive combination. With some advice and guidance from GM Performance Parts-where the crate motor was coming from in the first place-Bogan enlisted the service of McLaren Engines (a division of McLaren Performance Technologies in Livonia, Michigan) to build the rules-complying crate motor. We followed along as McLaren's Curtis Halvorson completed the assembly, then tuned the engine on one of the company's dynamometers.
Halvorson has years of experience building racing engines-everything from bracket cars to supercharged monster truck motors. His insights during the Top Stock engine build-up revealed two things: First, it doesn't take exotic, unobtainable parts to build a reliable, consistent, and powerful race engine. Second, what works on the track isn't necessarily what you want for a street engine.
To stay within the rules there are things that can't change, such as crankshaft stroke. But, within those guidelines, there are ways to build the engine for the track that will increase horsepower. The best way is to build to the rules, not over them. In the case of Bogan's engine it works; compare the factory-rated 502's output, at 502 hp and 567 lb-ft of torque, to that of the Top Stock version outlined here, which made 657 hp and 598 lb-ft.


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Stepping into the cavernous sanctuary on a weekday afternoon with no other person in sight was an unexpected pleasure, leading us to stay longer than we planned just to bask in the peace and serenity. We found the sight of light streaming through the massive stained-glass windows in the otherwise darkened sanctuary to be a genuine wonder. This grand church was constructed in 1880 in a Gothic style by some of Frankenmuth's original German settlers who spared no expense in crafting this temple of worship. The 167-foot steeple towers over the city like a beacon. The church graciously offers entry at any time for a self-guided tour, and arranges guided tours by appointment. The sanctuary is vast and features soaring Corinthian columns supporting arched balconies and an intricately designed ceiling. Those towering stained-glass windows tell the story of St. Lorenz. Dominating the upper balcony is a 2,628-pipe Casavant organ. A number of choral and handbell concerts are held here throughout the year, including the annual Christmas Choir Concert. Sunday worship services in German are held the second Sunday of the month at 11 a.m. Across the street from the church is a cemetery commemorating the early settlers of Frankenmuth, a replica of the original log cabin church and two church bells cast in Nuremberg, Germany, which were brought to Frankenmuth in 1845 by its first settlers.


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The Memorial Union is one of the main buildings on UC Davis Campus, and arguably the most publicly traveled building. Often dubbed "the MU", it contains a variety of interesting places and things. Students pay a yearly "Memorial Union Fee" of $85.50. Open 24 Hours during the week of finals as to provide students space to study.
According to the UCD V-tour, it was "dedicated in 1955 to honor 128 UC Davis students and alumni who lost their lives in military service." Griffin Lounge houses the Golden Memory Book, which lists all of the names of former UC Davis students who died in the armed services.
At least part of the $1 million cost was raised by the then-new Cal Aggie Alumni Assocation (CAAA). It was built on the site of West Hall, which was constructed in 1917 and housed 67 men until 1955.
When originally built the MU was only a single story building, housing a dining commons, kitchen, faculty club, student lounge, Alumni Association offices, a soda fountain and a student store. But fund raising campaigns from 1961 to 1968 added the second, third and fourth stories along with the MU Games Area and the UC Davis Bookstore. It was last renovated in 1996 to bring the seismic safety rating from "poor" to "good", at a cost of $8.4 million. The 4 story concrete lattice that is visible from the south side of the MU was added at that time to reinforce the building.
In spring of 2007, one of the largest flashmobs in US history occurred at the ATM machines.
Memorial Union Renewal Project
The MU will be undergoing a massive renovation, beginning in Spring 2015. Most offices and departments will close or relocate during portions of the renovations. Lounge and study spaces will be expanded, ADA compliances and seismic codes will be met, retail spaces updated, the UC Davis Veterans Affairs Office will move in, and entry ways will be made "more dynamic."
Areas in the MU
The MU hosts to several commercial operations, some owned and operated by UC Davis itself, other private businesses that lease space from UC Davis via the MU Auxillary Services department (homepage: http://www-muas.ucdavis.edu/). Other space in the union is devoted to University administrative offices related to students, student government, and various meeting rooms.
First Floor
- UC Davis Bookstore. We wouldn't be a campus without a place to gouge the hell out of us on textbook prices, right?
- ASUCD Coffee House. The CoHo is the place to get some yums (cookies, cakes, etc). (I guess it used to be in East Hall!) CoHo website.
- Aggie Card Office. This is the place to get an Aggie Card. The Registrar does not issue cards.
- Aggie Student Store. Affectionately known as the ASS. Sells candy and, more importantly, $1 Icees.
- Classical Notes/Campus Copies
- MU Information Center. A place for general information, maps, pamphlets and the Lost and Found
- Post Office. A small post office which recently moved from an even smaller location in the MU.
- STA Travel. A corporate travel agency that caters to students. Company home page: http://www.statravel.com/
- ASUCD Student Center
- The Corral - A store selling stamps, scantrons, blue books an other knick-knacks.
- Griffin Lounge - A nice place to relax amidst the hustle and bustle.
- Memorial Union Early Polling Station A polling station open a week before most elections.
- ASUCD Bike Hub. This small store sells various bike accessories.
- Aggie ReStore. Here you can find a variety of things that have been donated or found throughout campus.
Second Floor
- DeCarli Room
- Garrison Room
- Memorial Union Art Gallery
- Fielder Room
- Smith room
- King Lounge
- Campus Unions Operations
- Student Affairs Event Services
Third Floor
- Offices of the ASUCD President (ASUCD President, ASUCD Vice President, ASUCD Controller and Executive Office Staff)
- ASUCD Senate Office
- Angelina Malfitano Conference Room
- ASUCD Student Government Advisor's Office
- ASUCD Student Government Administration Office
- ASUCD Student Services Office (Payroll, Accounts Payable & Receivable, ASUCD Business Manager)
- Mee Room
- Moss Room
- CalPIRG Office
- ASUCD Advocacy Units Office (City/County Affairs, Lobby Corps, University Affairs)
Fourth Floor
Fifth Floor
Note: the MU Basement connects with Lower Freeborn Hall
- MU Games Area. Arcade, bowling and pool tables.
Outdoor Meeting places
These are the default meeting places for many students, as they are more or less centrally located on campus and are well known to students by their first week at UCD.
Other points of interest
- The Cleanest Bathrooms in the building are on the second floor and up. Avoid the first floor bathrooms if you can.
- There is a bike pump located on the west side of the Catering trailer near the bike racks.
- The Stanford Tree has been sighted here.
- The elevators and stairs can connect you to Lower Freeborn, and vice versa.
- The wind chimes on the north side are nice to listen to, particularly during the spring.
Surveillance Cameras
On April 5, 2007, Campus Unions installed a number of surveillance cameras in the Memorial Union sending a strong message to everyone who enters the building, "You are being watched."
Former places in the MU
- University Haircutters. A very nice barbershop... on campus! Barbers enjoy talking about fly fishing. Now Closed as John has retired.
- Bookstore Special Events Room - unless this still exists?
- Aggie Restore
- CoHo to Go
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Richard Novatka
Richard Novatka, born September 20, 1949 and raised in Sag Harbor, died on November 8, 2008 in West Palm Beach where he had chosen to retire. On that sunny morning he was riding his bicycle when his heart gave out and the Lord called him home.
"Those who remember Rich know he was a fun loving person with a great sense of humor and a contagious laugh," said the family. "You couldn't help but want to be in his company."
"In later years he became dedicated to the cause of helping others turn their lives around by taking one day at a time. His strength and commitment was an inspiration to many who considered Rich their hero. Surely he was ours!"
Mr. Novatka is survived by his five children, Richard Jr, Charles David, Nola-Marie, Jodi Elisabeth, Kasey Adam and three grandchildren, Jayden Marques, Quince Syon, and Zaiya Marie. He leaves behind three brothers Jack, Mark and Michael and their families. Among those who will dearly miss him are his extended family members. His fiance Deb McKluchsky, her two children Melissa, Angela, and two grandchildren Reese and Olivia.
Although services were held in West Palm Beach condolences are being accepted by his former wife and life-time friend Francine Novatka, 1106 St Andrews Drive, Wilmington, NC 28412.
Donald Vincent Saunders
Donald Vincent Saunders, 70, of Stafford County, Virginia, died Monday, October 13 at Mary Washington Hospital there.
Mr. Saunders retired as an electrical engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration after 37 years of service. He was a 1955 graduate of Pierson High School and graduated from Renselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York in 1961. In his retrement, Mr. Saunders became a member of Master ardeners and served as the past president of the Master Gardeners of the Central Rappahannock region. He and his wife, Diane, enjoyed extensive traveling and bird watching. He enjoyed his visits back to Sag Harbor, and kept in touch with its growth and activities.
Mr. Saunders was an active member of the Regester Chapel United Methodist Church and had found peace with th eLord.
Mr. Saunders was predeceased byy his parents, Elizabeth (Sherry) and Charles C. Saunders. Survivors include his wife, Diane Saunders; his daughter, Donna Saunders of Stafford, Va.; his stepsons, FrankLeDoux (and his wife Jacqueline of Stafford) and Robert LeDoux (and his wife, Lorraine of Mason City, Iowa); his brother Richard Saunders (and his wife,Maureen of Jacksonville, Fla., ) and ten loving grandchildren. He also leaves behind his dear pet cockatoo, Snoops.
The funeral was held on October 17 at Regester Chapel United Methodist Church, the Rev. W. J. Kim and Rev. Theodore Smith officiating, Interment followed at Stafford Memorial Park.
Leatrice Schiavoni Sherry
Leatrice Schiavoni Sherry passed peacefully on November 12 at home in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was 73 years old.
Mrs. Sherry graduated Pierson High School and "fell madly in love and married a sailor named Joe Sherry."
The couple traveled the world throughout Mr. Sherry's 20+ year career with the Navy and after many adventures settled down in their hometown of Sag Harbor to raise their family.
Mrs. Sherry was predeceased by her parents, Angelo and Constance Schiavoni, and brothers John and Steven.
She is survived by her husband Joseph and children Matthew, Thomas, Ann and Jon.
"A devout Catholic,loving spouse and mother, Lea Sherry was a good, kind-hearted friend to those who knew her and will be missed by all," said the family.
Prayer services were held at Yardley and Po Funeral Home on Sunday, November 16, with a Mass at St. Andrew R.C. Church on Monday November 17. Interment followed at St. Andrew Cemetery in Sag Harbor.
KeeKee Raftopoulos
KeeKee Raftopoulos died peacefully on November 2 at her home in Bridgehampton, with her husband and children by her side. She was 72 years old.
Born on May 14, 1936 to Konstantinos and Maria Caragounis in Corinth, Greece, she spent her childhood in the village of Oropos and later moved to Athens. In 1958, at the age of 22, she married her only love, Jerry Raftopoulos, whom she and her family had been acquainted with for many years. A short time after marriage she and her husband moved to Mainz, Germany, where they lived for nine years and where she gave birth to her two children, Elizabeth and Steve. In 1967 the family immigrated to the United States, and all became U. S. citizens in 1975. She has resided in Bridgehampton since 1994, a place that she loved.
On October 11, 2008, she and her husband celebrated their golden anniversary.
She is survived by her husband Jerry Raftopoulos, and her two children Elizabeth and Steve Raftopoulos.
"She was a dear and loving wife and mother, whose patience, tenderness and selfless nature were remarkable," said the family. "She loved and lived for her family and enjoyed the simple things in life; flowers, birds, gardens and trees, she was an exceptional cook, and was most content when she was helping others. Above all, she loved and longed to be with her Lord and Saviour, in whose presence she now resides, free from the troubles of this life. She will be tremendously missed by her family who loved her so dearly, and are comforted in the knowledge that 'Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.' – Psalms 116 v.15"
Mrs. Raftopoulos was interred at Edgewood Cemetery in Bridgehampton on November 22. In lieu of flowers, donations to Memorial Sloan Kettering (mskcc.org) or East End Hospice (eeh.org), institutions whose wonderful care she was very grateful for, would be greatly appreciated.
Alice L. Buckheit
Alice L. Buckheit of Murrels Inlet, S.C., formerly of North Haven, died on November 12. Born October 29, 1922, she was the wife of Frank H. Buckheit.
She is survived by her children: Barbara (and Bob) Murray of Murrels Inlet. S.C., Bruce (and Pat ) Buckheit of Fairfax, Va., Kathleen (and Jack) Agnitsch of Tampa, Fla., Daniel Buckheit of East Islip, L.I., Mariann (and Martin) Megna of Sag Harbor, Theresa Speck of Rockville Centre, L.I., Frank Buckeit (and Virginia DeVault) of Rocky Point, L.I., and Laura Buckheit of Sayville, L.I.
She is also survived by her grandchildren, Daniel (and Karen) Buckheit, Melissa (and Mike) Dempsey, Rachel (and William) Cowan, John (and Amanda) Agnitsch, Sara, Kate, Cody, Brittany, Lauren, John, Donna and Christian Buckheit, Allison Murray and Elizabeth, Amy and Meredith Speck.
She is also survived by great-grandchildren Drew, Evan and Michael Dempsey, Jackson and Ella Agnitsch, William and Jacqueline Cowan and Kaitlyn and Thomas Buckheit.
Services are to be held at Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor with a funeral Mass at St. Andrew R.C. Church.


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Why the House Didn't Flip
Here's a paradox. The networks' exit poll taken yesterday shows that 50 percent of voters cast their vote for Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives, while just 48 percent said they voted for Republican candidates. Yet even as President Barack Obama won re-election and Senate Democrats not only didn't lose their majority but picked up one or two seats, House Republicans suffered no diminution of their power and may end up losing just a handful of seats, if any. The Democrats had hoped to pick up the 25 seats they needed to retake the House, but they fell depressingly short.
This paradox grows starker when we look at individual states. Obama carried Pennsylvania, for instance, by a margin of 52 percent to 47 percent, and Democratic Senator Bob Casey defeated his Republican challenger by 53 percent to 45 percent. But Democrats won just 5 of the state's 18 House seats, losing one incumbent in the process. In neighboring Ohio, the president carried the state by two points and liberal Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown won a five-point victory. But again, of the state's 16 House seats, the Democrats emerged from yesterday's vote holding only four. The president carried Wisconsin by seven points and Democratic Tammy Baldwin won the open Senate seat by five points, but Democrats will hold just three of the state's eight seats. In Virginia, Obama won by 3 percent and Democrat Tim Kaine won the Senate seat by 4 percent, but Democrats will hold only 3 of the state's 11 House seats. And in Florida, where Obama apparently eked out a 1-point victory and where Democratic Senator Bill Nelson romped to re-election by a 13-point margin, Democrats will have just 10 members in the state's 27-member House delegation.
That's five states that both Obama and the Democratic Senate candidates carried, but they come out of those states with 25 House members to the Republicans' 55. We can draw some preliminary conclusions about which of the Republican strategies worked well and which didn't in this year's election from these discrepancies. Voter suppression was a flop: It engendered, as Van Jones said on CNN last night, "a backlash against the backlash" as those young and minority voters whose numbers the GOP sought to reduce through intimidation, restrictions, and misinformation flocked to the polls in righteous anger. Flooding the presidential and Senate campaigns with massive outside money contributions didn't yield very encouraging results, either. Dropping huge contributions in House races looks to have paid off more handsomely, though it will take a detailed, follow-the-money postmortem before we can know this with certainty and specificity.
But the one thing we know right now is that the Republican gerrymandering of House seats in states where the GOP controlled both the governor's office and the legislature—a group that includes the five states we've looked at here—during last year's decennial redistricting was the best thing Republicans had going for them yesterday. If Democrats had won House seats in those five states proportional to their performance in statewide races, they would have picked up an additional 15 to 19 seats last night and would likely have retaken the House. Instead, the House will remain under the control of right-wing Republicans from politically lopsided districts in which they're immune to Democratic challenges and need fear only GOP primary challenges from their right. Republicans lose where they can't draw electoral boundaries—that is, in states whose borders can't be rejiggered—but win when they can select their own electorates.
This isn't to say that the Democrats don't play games like this as well. In Illinois, where Democrats rule the statehouse, the party picked up 5 House seats last night and now holds 12 of the state's 18 districts. But Obama carried the state by a margin of 57 percent to 41 percent: It's a Democratic state that the Democrats now control.
One state in which the Democrats look to pick up four House seats may well be a state in which the districts were carved by a bipartisan commission. In California, after two successive decennial redistrictings in which all incumbents of both parties were protected, voters approved an initiative two years ago that took the line drawing out of the legislature's hands and created a commission to do the job. As a result, yesterday's elections saw up to 10 of the state's 53 districts become competitive—which worked to the Democrats' advantage: The ongoing demographic transformation of the state ensured that a nonpartisan drawing of lines would create many more districts with sizable Latino and Asian populations. The Latino share of state voters rose from 18 percent to 22 percent between 2008 and 2012; and the Asian share over those four years doubled, from 6 percent to 12 percent, while the white share dwindled from 63 percent to 55 percent. An artful gerrymander might have spared some GOP incumbents from having these demographic transformations come crashing down upon them, but the nonpartisan redistricting did nothing of the sort. The state's senior House Republicans, David Dreier and Jerry Lewis, opted not to run for re-election. And yesterday, as Obama carried the state by 20 points and Senator Dianne Feinstein carried it by 22, the Democrats may have added 4 members to the 34 they already had in the state, diminishing the GOP's ranks to 15.
In sum, the Democrats made their biggest gains in the House last night in states where they were winning big across the board. They were swimming with the tide, but Republicans held the House by swimming against it in states that would have produced far more Democratic representatives but for redistricting. When House Republicans move to block Obama's initiatives during the next two years, claiming that they, too, have a mandate, they should be forcefully reminded that it's Obama whose mandate comes from the voters. Theirs is a product of the line-drawers' art.
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Democratic strategists need to recognize that gerrymandering is not INEVITABLY a route to victory, however. Sometimes the district drawing committees put people in a district who do not completely vote by their demographics, or who flip their votes out of disgust for radical positions. But if there has not been a continuing preparatory effort to court those voters, we cannot capitalize on their tendency to flip. I realize that resources are better spent where there is a greater chance of success, but if more effort had been put into convincing, for example, voters with $200K homes, professional jobs, married with children, that Republicans will NOT always protect their home values (from the "unwashed" moving in nearby), their jobs (ref. Bain Capital and Sensata, for example), their marriages (from the gay couple down the street? what harm are THEY doing?), and their schools (school "choice" vouchers that only cover HALF the private school tuition, while underfunding the public schools that, even WITH the vouchers, you may not be able to escape), there could have been even MORE progressive down ballot victories, and a BIGGER electoral landslide, with a popular vote LANDSLIDE rather than 50.3 percent, for Obama. Demographics are not necessarily destiny.
Of course, the momentum for districting reform, campaign finance reform, and maybe even a Joe-Isuzu mandatory instant fact checking on all news video of debates and speeches, should be continued. Also, we need to break the right wing monopoly on RELIGIOUS messages; there is also a LEFT hand of God, as the rabbi's book title points out! Join your local left wing house of worship and build it up!
Here's to further progress!
Don Milton
Wed, 2012-11-07 22:38
It seems to me that the fallacy in the argument that, "Republicans lose where they can't draw electoral boundaries—that is, in states whose borders can't be re-jiggered," can be seen in that 30 of 50 state governors are now Republicans. That preponderance of GOP governors (and state legislature control) gives them the power to artfully draw congressional district lines. But, it is not true that they cannot win statewide. The real question seems to be, why are Democrats so weak at the state level?
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September 2011)
when we get to enjoy delicious mooncake pastries, pomelos, yam...
when we get to see children carrying lanterns walking around the neighbourhood...
The mid-autumn festival is the time when families come together to appreciate the full moon. I grew up looking forward to the fifteen day of the lunar eighth month...it is one of the many Chinese festivals that I really liked, I rank it right after the Chinese New Year :)
This year's mooncake festival will be a special occasion for me as I'm hosting the Aspiring Bakers #11 for September 2011!! Many thanks to Small Small Baker for giving me this opportunity to host this event!
If you are interest to find out what's on the previous Aspiring Bakers #10 - Easy as Pie (August 2011) entries, hosted by Janine of Not the Kitchen Sink! you may refer to this link HERE.
The theme for this month is none other than "Mid-Autumn Treats"!
Who can join?
Everyone!(if you do not have a blog, just send me a photo and recipe of your bake)
How to join?
Step 1 :
Make a mooncake, be it snow skin or traditional mooncake (including ice cream mooncakes, agar agar mooncakes, puff pastry mooncakes) in the month of September 2011.
Step 2 :
Post it on your blog between 01 September 2011 to 30 September 2011.
Your post must include the recipe or link to the original recipe. If you are using a recipe from a book, please include the title of the book too.
Any entries that are posted outside the date range will not be accepted.
Any entries that do not include a recipe or link to the original recipe will not be accepted too.
Step 3 :
Please mention that you are submitting your post to Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September 2011) hosted by Happy Home Baking and provide a link back to this post HERE.
Entries will not be accepted if the above is not included.
Step 4 :
Email to me (I have removed my email address since the event is over, there is just too many spam mails in my mailbox) in the following format:
Your name or nickname:
Your blog name: (omit this if you do not have a blog)
Name of your bake:
URL of your post:
Attach your photo in your email (one photo for each entry, preferably less than 500kb).Please use "Aspiring Bakers #11" as your email subject. You may submit more than 1 entry. Please send a separate email for each and every entry.
I look forward to your active participation and support for this event!
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I'm gonna give you my support friend!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/9/11 7:58 a.m.
Yeah, it's finally September. I was hoping not too many post mooncakes before we starts. Looking forward to everyone's mooncake. And thank you for helping to host. :)ReplyDelete
Wow hhb you are hosting this month's event! Enjoy and I'll give u my support by giving you one more to post. Heehee :PReplyDelete
Sounds interesting, I would like to try my hand dirty to support you. Thanks for hosting :)ReplyDelete
I love mooncake esp those with salted eggs and melon seeds but too bad i only know how to eat rather than make. But I will try to do simple version(snowskin)to support AB. Thanks for hosting!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh dear...I was actually gonna shelf the idea of baking moon cakes this year. 8) I'll see what I can do....fingers crossed! :DReplyDelete
dear all, thanks for the support, can't wait to see your submissions :):)ReplyDelete
茄子, 燕菜月饼也算 :)
I haven't baking any mooncake this year so far. I hope I manage to bake some before my baby arrive :)ReplyDelete
I missed the pies/tarts in Aug, will try to support you in Sep!ReplyDelete
aiyah, i already posted traditional mooncakes on 30th Aug, can i re-post and submit? Luckily i still have one snow skin mooncake have yet to post, wait for me. Thanks for hosting.ReplyDelete
Glad tat agar agar mooncake qualify too! Must get some mould and join in the fun seeing I hv missed out the last couple of AB!! :DReplyDelete
Perfect timing!ReplyDelete
Oh dear, I already posted my snowskin mooncakes, look like have to make more in this month :) Thanks for hosting.ReplyDelete
WOW! This is interesting :) I'm sure there are many talented bloggers making mooncakes this month.ReplyDelete
vivian, hope you will be able to bake some mooncakes before your little bundle of joy arrives :)ReplyDelete
Blessed Homemaker, I understand, I wish I could submit at least one post for Aspiring Bakers, yet I kept missing the deadline :(
Sonia, aiyeo, you can always make another batch of baked mooncakes, I am sure one batch is not enough ;)
love melody, love baking, I'm looking forward to your submission :)
Edith, I can't agree more!
Ah Tze, I am sure one batch is not enough, besides eating them, I believe you had fun making snowskin mooncakes :):)
Anncoo, I am looking forward to your beautiful and delicious creations!
Aw! What a pity! I won't be making mooncakes this year! Then you'll have one less entry! I'll definitely love to support you, but time does not permit. Enjoy being a great host! :)ReplyDelete
- Hui Qi3/9/11 9:20 p.m.
Hi HHB, I was actually planning to try out the recipe which you've shared (http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-mid-autumn-festival.html) And wow, just nice you are hosting AB with the mid-autumn theme this month! May I find out from you, how long can I keep those mooncakes? Because I am planning to bake and bring over to Malaysia for my relatives there! :D Now I can kill two birds with one stone!ReplyDelete
Wa, you are hosting! :-)ReplyDelete
I wanted to submit for swiss roll, but no time. Then I wanted to submit egg tarts, but no time to bake too. :-(
As for mooncake ... 糕粉 I already have, shortening - not difficult to get from NTUC but it is the time factor that is making it so difficult for me .. sob sob sob ...
Whether I submit or not, I still support AB and you. :)
Hi Hui Qi, you can keep the snowskin mooncake for up to a week in the fridge, if kept too long, the skin may harden.ReplyDelete
Sherlyn, hope you will be able to find time to make some mooncakes, whether you submit to AB or not :)ReplyDelete
Had been really busy lately, just realised I've not updated my blog for more than a month. I wonder what have I been doing, despite cutting down baking and cooking :PReplyDelete
I'm definitely making mooncakes but it's a matter of whether I can find time to blog about it. Shall see...
love the assorted color snowskin mooncakes.ReplyDelete
Submitted :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15/9/11 5:04 p.m.
Hi HBB,ReplyDelete
I did post a snowskin and a traditional mooncake, I didn't use homemade paste cos it was spoilt and the snowskin mould impression is not sharp...can I join?
Hi Jennifer you may submit your entry as long as you post the recipe.ReplyDelete
Hello, I'm new to your blog and enjoying everything in it. Was bumping along and found you from a local link. I would love to participate in this event you're hosting but does it have to be super traditional? I've recently posted something mid-autumn-ish and was wondering if it qualifies? Thanks. Going to poke around your blog some more now :DReplyDelete
Hi ping, you may submit your entry :)ReplyDelete


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The draft law stipulates that the village will grant boat permits for the storage of boats on village beaches. Once a permit is granted, the boat owner will be given a registration sticker to be placed on the boat. The boat must be removed from beaches by October 31. Boats left on the beach after this date will be considered abandoned and the village will have the right to sell these boats or destroy them.
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Seventeen year old Dominic is a student and talented photographer, with a specialty in taking unique shots of scooters and scooterists at events and rallies. Having already grown a keen following, we chatted to Dom about being a young Mod on the scene, his favourite shots and life as 'The Scootographer'.
I don't think there is any single explanation of how I got into the mod and scooter scene. I just love the music, clothes, scooters and style. I'm usually one of the youngest at events, although Brighton seemed to have a few people around my age, which was good to see.
The cost of buying and insuring a scooter means I don't actually own one yet, as it would be too expensive for me at the moment, particularly as I am focusing on my photography business and college studies. I suppose the ideal thing would be for someone to donate me a scooter in return for some photography work!
I do also believe that if the previous generation mods really want to keep the scene alive they should consider selling scooters to my generation without making too much profit, that might sound naive to some people but it's a serious point.
Although it's very hard to choose a favourite scooter image (as I have taken so many) It was amazing to get a photograph of a manta ray swimming beneath me in the red sea earlier this year. If I had to choose one particular moment it was the photo shoot I did for Graham Webb and his 'Quadrophenia' Lambretta in Brighton (below).
People might find it hard to believe, but I don't have a favourite photographer and I don't think anyone in particular has influenced my style. I sometimes have a look on Flickr as there are a lot of talented photographers on there so I get some ideas and pick things up from Flickr.
I like to listen to music whilst I edit. It's hard to choose my favourite tracks but my favourite bands include The Specials, The Stone Roses, The Jam, Oasis, The Maytals and The Kinks. I also like a bit of Mod reggae and Motown.
I couldn't live without my Fred Perry coat. It's a green parka/cagoule style coat and I wear it almost every day for college as it's smart but casual and it's also waterproof unlike any of my other jackets.
I have recently been working on some product photography for Supernova scarves, an online company who sell hand made scarves and pocket hankies. I will be in London at some point in November for a planned photo shoot on Carnaby Street. We are going to recreate a modern version of a famous photograph/scene from the film Quadrophenia.
My plan for 2013 is to travel with my camera throughout the UK and to certain parts of Europe. I would really like to visit Italy as It's a place I have always wanted to go to.
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Very much enjoying your project thread, eagerly following along to learn, and one day build my own MC parts.
I've built boats, mostly plywood with one strip built dingy also (too time consuming but purrty). The cheese grater part mentioned is below, and when sharp are great for smooth n'fast finishing of foam and bondo. Like below I have one in my kitchen now. High quality ones from a good tool store run about $14 each and are far superior to big box store products.
Oh, and small foam rollers work a bit better for gel coat and primer than a brush.
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I think that I'll also give a different type of body filler a try as well. The biggest thing that I don't like about Bondo is that it sets way to fast.
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Hey, Fishenough! Thanks for hanging out, man!
The grater that you posted looks like it would make short work of foam and bondo. I'm going to have to keep my eye out for one of those.
I thought about using a foam roller, but I didn't think that it would hold up to the MEKP/poly products. Do you think that it would have?
Are you thinking of starting a project?
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Project Update!
The Carbon Fiber Handguard Deflector project has been updated. Click here to go directly to the project post.
The mystery of the flange has been solved...
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Most of the time you will get a better surface with a putty knife than with a bondo spreader. also if you take a plastic bondo spreader and "sharpen" it on some sand paper, which will require you to take it up to 600 wet dry, you will also get a better surface.
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You might see those deep scratches as a print in your mould. It depends on how the wax, and release agent filled in said deep scratches. If they do appear, they are easier to get rid of in the mould, as they are now inverted.
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Project #6: Carbon Fiber Hanguard Deflectors - Part 2
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Now it's time for gelcoat. To make the bome brew gelcoat, I use the following products:
- US Composites 635 thin resin with medium hardner
- US Composites red pigment
- West Systems 404 High Density epoxy filler
Of course you'll also need two mixing cups, a stirr stick, and a brush or roller (I chose to use a brush for this mold).
Here is a pic of the materials needed to make the gelcoat.
This is the first time that I have used the West Systems 404 filler. It is much denser than the Cabosil that I have used to thicken the gelcoat in the past. It also requires much more of the filler to thicken the epoxy to the desired consistancy, but from what I read, it adds a lot of strength to the gelcoat layers.
Here is a shot of the 404 vs the Cabosil. Notice how much denser the 404 filler looks compared to the fluffy Cabosil.
Anyhow, you mix up your A B epoxy parts, then mix in filler to taste (the idea is you don't want the gelcoat to slough off the vertical surfaces), and then mix in the whatever pigment you choose. A little pigment goes a LONG way, so add it slowly. I chose to use red because it shows future gelcoat applications in order to gauge consistant application thickness.
Here is the tooling gelcoat mixed up and ready for application.
Then I simply brushed the mixture onto the plugs and flanges and let the whole thing sit under the heat lamps for a couple hours at a time. I applied two coats of gelcoat with about 1.5 to 2 hours between coats.
Let the gelcoat sit under the heat lamps until it feels sticky to the touch, but it won't stick to your finger. At this point it is time to apply the fiberglass.
You want to have all your fiberglass cut before you start. To make this mold, I decided to use 8oz 2x2 twill glass. I think that I cut around two yards of glass total to make the mold. I cut strips, small squares, and a few large pieces. The different sizes of clot allow you to lay up the mold in such a way where you are applying cloth in the direction and location s of the most stress.
Here are the pieces cut.
I also used some scrap glass, as well as some glass tow (yarns) to fill in the corners of the mold.
When all your reinforcement has been cut and is ready at hand, it's time to mix a clean batch of epoxy and start your layup. Go slowly enough to give yourself time to think about where best to place each pice of fabric, and make sure that you use the bristle end of your bursh in a stabbing/tapping action on the wetted glass to remove air bubbles.
Clean epoxy ready to be applied to the tacky gelcoat.
This mold took me about two hours to lay up, but I feel the spent time pays off in the end.
All the glass has been layed. Now we'll wait for 36 hours for the mold to cure under the heat lamps.
36 hours later I pulled the mold. It popped right off. I was really excited to see that all the clay stuck to the mold. This will make for easy clean up.
To clean the majority of the clay off the mold, I simply scraped it off with a plastic body filler spreader. Most of the clay was still clean, so it went right back into the clay bag ready for the next mold.
With most of the clay removed, it was time to trim the mold.
The time had come for me to try out the Fein Multi Master in action trimming the flange of some nice thick fiber glass. I'll have to say that I couldn't be more happy with the performance of this thing, and recommend it to anybody who is doing this type of thing.
I used the Ti saw blade which is made for composites to make the cut. It worked very well.
The Multi Master is a recip tool, so the saw blade doesn't rotate all the way around. This makes the tool very easy to controll, but I think that thing I like most about it is that it doesn't kick dust all over the place. For the most part, all the dust from the cut simply falls onto the work bench. Of course I wore a respirator, but there is no need for glasses or the large face mask that I usually wear. I'm in love I tell you.
This is all the dust from the cut, just sitting there ready to be cleaned up. As I type this, I notice that my arms aren't itchy.
To mark the area I want to trim off, I use masking tape as a guide. It works very well.
After I trimmed all the flanges, I sanded the rough edges with 80, then 220 grit sand paper. This makes the edge nice and smooth.
Here's the trimmed mold.
To finish the mold clean up, I just washed it in the sink with dishwashing soap and warm water.
Here is the cleaned mold, but not quite ready for action.
The deep scratches that you could see in the plugs are evident in the mold. I have never wet sanded any of my molds, but I think that i'll give it a try on this one. After a little bit of wet sanding, it's time to lay up some parts!
Whadoyaknow! I was able to find the time to wetsand and polish the mold today.
I started off with 800 to sand out some of the scratches (now little ridges because this is a mold, thus a direct opposite of the plugs). This makes the scratches a little easier to sand out. I like to keep a little tuperware of water with a little dish soap in the shop for wet sanding. It does the trick nicely.
Here I'm getting my sanding on, once again. If you do this kind of work, you'll quickly find out that there's no end to the sanding.
From 800 grit, I went to 1000, 1500, and 2000 followed by rubbing compound and polish. This is the result... not as shiney as I hoped.
Like I mentioned above, I have never sanded any of my molds before, so I don't know for sure, but I think that the reason that I'm not getting as much shine out of the tooling gelcoat is due to the 404 filler. Just like paint with fleck in it, you can't polish it to a bright luster shine, I think. I think that the little bits of 404 filler in the epoxy just don't shine up much, but the mold is now very smooth and I think that it should do the trick.
Things get better. Once I started to apply the mold release wax the shine started to come back a bit. This is after 4 applications of wax, and it's not as shiney as shiney clear coat, but it's pretty shiney and very smooth.
I also sanded the flanges with 220 grit. The clay left some high spots and burrs that were a little sharp and catchy. These little points could cause a hole in a vacuum bag, and leaks are no fun, so I decided to take action now. I may try to lay up some glass in the mold tomorrow to get an idea of how it's going to work.
I decided to make the first lam with the new mold today. These parts aren't planned to go to Zoomzu, but rather I wanted to play with a couple ideas.
The mold had already been waxed, so all I had to do was apply the PVA as the last step in the mold release application process. Here the mold has had PVA applied.
I wanted to create some sort of graphical design for Mike Z's hand guards, but I wasn't clear how to get there until I read a thread a day or so back where a guy was applying some light glass fabric to the back of his carbon fabric to keep it stable. I decided what the hell, I may as well give it a shot.
What I did was cut some 2oz glass, sprayed a light mist of Super 77 adhesive on it, then layed the carbon, and carbon/kevlar highbrid fabrics onto the glass fabric like so.
This is tricky, but if you take it slow you can get the fiber glass to lay nice and smooth on the other fabrics. That Super 77 is some awesome stuff.
Next I drew a little Z on some card stock, and cut it out. This would be my template. With the template, I traced the Z onto the glass fabric that was glued on the back of my carbon and highbrid fabric.
I use the Fiskers Titanium scissors that you can buy at HD. They work well if you only use one for Kevlar and another for glass and carbon. This is how I keep track of the two.
With my Kevlar scissors, I cut the Z design out of the carbon/kevlar highbrid fabric. It worked well. The fabric didn't appear to want to fray, and the weave was super solid. I had a big smile on my face.
The blue and black Z is flashy, but I wanted to add a little more punch to the graphic.
I had stabilized some carbon fabric as well, so I traced the Z onto it, and cut about 1/4 of an inch outside of the Z all the way around. Then I glued the smaller Z ontop of the larger Z. AWESOME!!!
Now for some mold work.
I had brushed the first coat of epoxy into the mold before I started cutting the Zs out, so now it was time to lay in 1 layer of 8oz glass. The reason for the glass is there will be apparent in a moment. Next I placed both Zs in their respective molds like so.
Following the Zs, I layed the layers of carbon. The final layup looks messy, but keep in mind that this is only a proof of concept and not the final parts, unless they turn out totally awesome. They may turn out totally awesome...
Here the laminant is resting under the heat lamps.
OK, so back to that first layer of glass. The glass is the first layer because I'll probably have to sand these parts a bit to make them look good. When sanding, I don't want to sand into the kevlar/carbon highbrid fabric, hence the glass. Sanding into the glass is no problem at all.
Because these were just a test pieces, I popped them early. No harm though. The resin cures quite quickly under the heat lamps.
Here is the right deflector fresh out of the mold.
I trimmed it up with the Fein MultiMaster which was a dream of a trimming experience even with this green epoxy. The Multi Master trims contours much better than I thought it would. Can you see that flashy Z?
I held the deflector up to my bark buster and it looks like the fit is going to be very nice.
The part was dusty and I still needed to wash the PVA off, so down to the sink we went. Here it is after washing. The Z blends in more than I would have thought, but I'm betting sun light would really bring it out. The tight weave CF also adds a very intersting demension to the CF refraction illusion.
Add a little bit of camera flash or sunlight and it really pops.
So the part is strong. The Z idea is pretty cool I think, and opens the door to a lot of possibilities, but there are a lot of micro bubbles and other imperfections. This all really boils down to laminating technique which is a skill that I am still trying to master. I really want these parts to turn out perfect, so I decided that the time had come to begin to experiment with infusion.
Click here to see how I got started with resin infusion.
After spending a fair bit of time learning how to infuse composite parts, I finally decided to give it a try in the deflector mold.
Here is a quick video of the first test infusion.
After the parts cured for 24 hours under the heat lamps, I pulled the vacuum bag off to expose a very brittle, crips package.
After tugging, pulling, and yanking the peelply and infusion mesh out of the mold, I was finally able to pop the parts out. They turned out perfect. No bubbles or imperfections. This is what resin infusion is all about, folks.
I used 3M Super 77 spray adhesive to hold the dry fabrics in place in the mold, so the mold needing a bit of tending before I did any work on the parts. I gently scrubbed the mold with a scrubby pad and soap and water. No big deal.
After the mold cleaning chores were out of the way, I got to trimming the parts. Here they are fresh out of the mold with the flanges trimmed off. You'll notice a flat finish on the carbon. This is more of that Super 77 spray adhesive. Unfortunantly the spray is necessary to hold the dry fabric in place while the infusion package is put together, so it's kind of a necessary evil. There are spray adhesives that are made just for this pourpose, but I have yet to be able to get ahold of any.
I cleaned the 3M spray adhesive off with acetone and a lot of elbow grease. Then I scuffed the surface of the deflectors in preperation for clear coat. I placed the parts under the heat lamps to warm them up a bit.
Shortly after spraying, Mike (Zoomzu) showed up to lend a hand in making his deflectors. Here he is gearing up for some action.
Mike's KLR has a blue kevlar/carbon highbrid fabric covering his fering, so we wanted to include some of that fabric into his deflectors. We decided on a tear drop shape.
With the first (sandable) layer of fiberglass down, I placed the highbrid accent fabric into the mold.
Next we added the rest of the fabric and infusion material, bagged the whole thing, and pulled the vacuum. Mike made the vacuum bag this time, and the vacuum was perfect. Nice work, Mike!
We mixed up some more of the 2712 infusion resin, degassed it, and infused. I decided not to use infusion mesh on the parts this time so see how the resin would infuse with just peelply over the parts. It seemed to infuse fine, but it took 55 minutes. That's 44 minutes longer than it took with infusion mesh.
Here's a little video of the infusion.
We're getting close to the end of this project, so hang out, relax, grab a beer or a nice hot coffee, and I'll post back soon.
Back at it! No rest for the weary here I tell ya.
I pulled the mold out of the bag this morning. It's an interesting experience pulling the vacuum bag off a mold. In one hand, you are really excited at the prospect of seeing a perfect part come out of the mold. On the other hand, you know that you have a lot of tugging, and yanking of peelply, mesh, and other stuff that doesn't want to come off the mold and the parts. Not to mention, while you have your hands in there trying to grip these things, the little shards, and blades of cured resin are cutting and poking you. It is an interesting experience.
At any rate, I made it through. Again. And I'll have to say that I'm excited, and motivated by what I see. The parts are fantastic.
The above picture is the last one that I'm going to show of Mike's deflectors until I deliver them, but hang tight. I'll post lots of pics of the finishing process, and them mounted.
In the mean time we can mess around with the test deflectors that I made earlier.
Here they are finished and ready for mounting.
Nice solid fiber. No bubbles or blemishes.
I mounted them to be bark busters like so. Those smudges on the inside of the deflector are polish residue.
I wasted no time mounting them up. The following pictures show off the new deflectors.
The new deflectors all mounted up. Look how shiney and pretty they are. I'm sure that they won't stay that way for long though.
I'll have to say that I am very happy with the finished product. Of course this is not the end of this build. First we need to deliver a perfect product to fellow inmate Zoomzu. Once that's done, this project will be finished. No worries though. The next project is going to knock your sox off.
Click here to go to part 3 of this project.
Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
My Virgin ADV Trip, Rocks Flyin', Me Cryin', and God Looking On - A WABDR Adventure, Fun With Carbon Fiber
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Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
My Virgin ADV Trip, Rocks Flyin', Me Cryin', and God Looking On - A WABDR Adventure, Fun With Carbon Fiber
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Damn nice work rivermonster!
I may have to try US Composites epoxy/hardener as it's a lot cheaper than the West Systems 105 + hardener I'm used to using. Old habits die hard I guess.
What's up with US composites website? No pictures of any products and when I clicked on the link for the Kleen Klay I got a blank page. The FEIN websites "find a dealer" link comes up as a blank page too.
Keep up the good work!
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I have heard that the West Systems epoxy is good stuff, but I've never used it myself. I like the 635 epoxy from US Composites quite a bit. It's fairly affordable as far as epoxy goes, it's easy to work with, you can purchase the pumps from USC which makes dispensing very easy, and it's strong with a good TG. Try some out.
I just visited the US Composites website and the kleen klay link worked for me. Their site is somewhat quirky and not layed out anything like I would like it to be, but they have good prices, a fair selection of products, and good service, so what are you gonna do.
I just tried to get onto the Fein website and it was working really quirky, so maybe something techy is wrong with the site right now.
Anyhow, I'll keep plugging away. What kind of projects have you been working on?
BTW, if any of you out there reading this thread are working on any composites projects yourself, please feel free to post some pics and details of what you are doing. I would love to read about it, and I'm sure that others could learn a lot as well.
Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
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