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Hi everyone! My name is Maria Wallin and I'm so excited about sharing my very first Moda Bake Shop tutorial with you all! =)
I still cannot believe I'm actually "one of the Bake Shop girls!" Ever since I first discovered the online quilting community, these fantastic ladies have inspired me and I'm so happy to be able to share something of my own in return. Please pop over to my blog Not Only Quilts to see more of my creations revolving around, but not limited to quilts - as you might have guessed from the name ;)
This quilt is something I've had roughly sketched and dreamed about making for some time but had not found the perfect fabric for until I saw the Sunkissed by Sweetwater line. I really hope you'll like it as much as I do.
1 Charm Pack (Sunkissed by Sweetwater)
1 Jelly Roll (Sunkissed by Sweetwater)
1/2 yard of white "middle border" fabric (SKU# 9900 98 white)
1/4 yard of "border" fabric (SKU#5443 23 orange stripes)
3/4 yard of green fabric for binding and applique (SKU#5447 11 green)
3 1/2 yards of backing (SKU# 5441 26 swirls)
Thread matching the colors of your fabric for applique
Invisible thread for trapunto
Choice of your favourite applique tools/fusible web, in my case I used "Steam A Seam" fusible web
Scrap pieces of batting for trapunto
Step 1 - Cutting
* First, cut each still folded jelly roll strips from the selvage side, leaving one continuous folded piece left once you're done cutting, save that scrap for later. Cut one 5" section and one 9" section from each strip (so you'll end up with two of each piece).
* Then cut two extra "jelly roll strips" (2.5" Width Of Fabric strips, will from here on out be referred to as "WOF"), one from the green yardage and one from the backing. The jelly roll only has 40 strips and we need 42 for this project. Cut them up the same way as the others above.
* Cut 7 strips of 2 1/4" WOF strips of the green yardage for binding right away (if you're using anything but a low loft cotton batting, you might want to increase that to 2 1/2"), the rest can then safely be used for applique.
* Cut your white yardage to two 9" WOF strips, cut one in half at the fold (you'll only use one of the halves, the other is a scrap).
* Cut your orange striped yardage into 3 2.5" WOF strips. Split one of them in half at the fold like with the white fabric, but of this we'll use both halves.
Step 2 - Assemble your quilt blocks
This part is very simple. Take one of the charm squares and add two of the 5" jelly roll strips to the sides. If you have directional fabric, make sure you align them the way you want them to be aligned now and put the short stripes on the left and right side of the block.
Make 42 blocks.
Step 3 - Assembling parts of your top
Layout your quilt blocks in a pleasing pattern in a 2x6 pattern and then in a 5x6 pattern for the rest of the blocks.
Sew your rows together, then iron the seams of the rows in opposite directions so you can nest the seams when you assemble it. Join your first two rows, then don't join those with the last five but instead join the last five as their own separate section.
Step 4 - Making the "middle border"
Sew together the white fabric the one WOF piece to the half WOF piece giving you a continuous 66" long white piece. Do the same with the orange strips, sew one half orange strip to a full WOF strip, giving you 2 66" x 2.5" orange strips.
Attach the orange strips to the sides of the white one.
Press seams apart to reduce bulk here as we'll be doing applique on top of it.
Then lay it out next to your quilt and cut away the excess fabric.
Step 5 - Applique and trapunto
We haven't assembled our entire top because you would have one rather bulky piece to work with at this point, making it much more difficult.
Now you can either just choose your favourite method of applique and skip the step 5 instructions below or follow along as we make a simple trapunto applique variant here. I'm sure there are tons of better ways/more correct ways to do trapunto - I'm very much a beginner at this, this is just the method I came up with for this quilt.
Step A - Drawing and cutting your applique pieces
Trace all your applique pieces (the ones I drew and used can be downloaded in the printable version of this post) onto your choice of fusible web, leaving a little space around each so you can attach them to the fabric and cut around them.
I personally like to use Steam A Seam (have yet to try the "lite" version, I'm sure I'll love it even more) as it's double stick and therefore allows you to rearrange your pieces while they still stick to the fabric. You can move your work around with the pieces in place before you've ironed them on permanently, allowing for more precise placements. If using it for the first time, make sure you read the instructions, as it's a little different from normal fusible web.
Step B - Attach and cut your applique shapes
The pieces of jelly roll scraps should fit 5 of the big petals. Choose a print you really like for this as it will be a big focus piece:
For the center of your flower and your small flowers that you'll be putting in the intersections of the blocks, you'll probably want to double your fabric so nothing can be seen through your applique shapes. Simply add some fusible web in the rough size of your flower to your strip, fold it in half, fuse with the iron, and then add your applique shape.
Spread out the little flowers in intersections over the quilt as desired/use them to embellish the white border more or maybe you wish to just leave them out.
Step C - Adding batting for trapunto effect
Now take a big scrap piece of batting that covers your entire flower and some area around it and pin it carefully in place a little outside of your applique.
Once pinned securely in place, roughly but carefully cut around the pins on the outside to remove any excess batting and thereby avoid any "double batting mishaps" (I learned that the hard way) that can happen otherwise if you leave the unpinned batting in place once we get to the FMQ part. Please use blunt tipped scissors and go slowly to make sure you don't cut into your fabric.
Step D - Sewing your raw edge applique
Attach your FMQ foot to your machine and lower your feed dogs. Don't be afraid of this even if you're a beginner like me at FMQ; it's quite easy to get a nice result if you just go slowly. Thread your machine with a thread matching the color of the applique piece you'll be working on. Bring up your thread an inch or so outside of the applique shape.
Then move to your applique's edge and take a few short stitches close to each other to secure the thread while still holding onto your thread tails. This way you won't have to tie your threads; you can just clip them.
Carefully sew around the edge of your applique, and once you've moved away from your starting area, you can clip the top thread. You do this as we go around the applique shapes at least twice to get a nice stitch line (the thread could tangle otherwise).
Sew around all of your shapes. If you want add more layers of batting for extra effects in places, feel free. I choose to do so for the center of the big flower once I'd sewn around it's edges, I just added a second, small piece of batting in the area you want to highlight.
When all seams are done, very carefully cut away excess batting around your trapuntoed areas, taking much care to not clip into your fabric! If you don't feel comfortable clipping as close as I did, don't worry about it; it'll look great anyway. It's much more important to have a top without holes in it!
Step 6 - Assembling your quilt top
Assemble your quilt top by sewing the top and bottom sections onto the middle border we just finished.
Step 7 - Baste and quilt
Back and baste your quilt with you preferred method (you can use up the rest of the jellyroll scraps and make a pieced back?) and quilt your top. I choose to do a loose loop-de-loop pattern with little flowers thrown in the mix for good measure on the squares and then a meandering stipple for the white section to really make the trapunto pop.
Step 8 - Finishing up the trapunto
When your entire quilt is quilted as desired, change to invisible thread in your machine and stitch over all seams in your trapuntoed areas with invisible thread in each seam. This will really bring out the effects of the trapunto.
It will make the applique stand out all full and nice. The picture doesn't really do the effect justice, but at least you get the idea!
Step 9 - Bind and you're done! =)
One very summery, super yummy ~50" x 70" Summer Squares Quilt!
I hope you've enjoyed reading this tutorial as much as I enjoyed making it! If you end up making one of these - I'd so love to see it! Please send me an email {email@example.com} with a picture as I'd be so excited to feature it on my blog =)
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WARREN, Mich. (WJBK) -- 19-year-old Myles Ehret and his half brother, 27-year-old William Francies (pictured), left court without comment Thursday. The two are charged with killing an animal -- a four year felony.
Investigators say they shot a deer with a bow and arrow in the woods south of 14 Mile off Van Dyke around noon on Friday.
Police say the two set out food for the deer and went in for the kill, dragging the animal out of the woods on a sled and using a rented U-Haul pickup truck to hall it down to the Franics home all the way in Riverview where police tracked them down thanks to witnesses near the woods.
"Because of an 11-year-old boy who observed these two individuals carrying the deer carcass out on a sled, and apparently they had gone into the woods and they had staked out there. They had a heater. They had food they'd set out and everything to do the job," said Warren Mayor Jim Fouts.
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Hemophilia B is a hereditary bleeding disorder caused by a lack of blood clotting factor IX. Without enough factor IX, the blood cannot clot properly to control bleeding.
See also: Coagulation disorder
Christmas disease; Factor IX hemophilia
Hemophilia B is caused by an inherited X-linked recessive
trait, with the defective gene located on the X chromosome.
Females have two copies of the X chromosome. If the factor IX gene on one chromosome is defective, the gene on the other chromosome can do the job of making enough factor IX.
Males have only one X chromosome. If the factor IX gene is missing on a boy's X chromosome, he will have Hemophilia B. Most people with hemophilia B are male.
If a woman has a defective factor IX gene, she is considered a carrier. This means the defective gene can be passed down to her children. Boys born to such women have a 50% chance of having hemophilia B. Their daughters have a 50% chance of being a carrier.
All female children of men with hemophilia carry the defective gene.
Risk factors for hemophilia B include:
The severity of symptoms can vary, and the severe forms become apparent early on.
Bleeding is the main symptom. It is often first seen when the an infant is circumcised. Additional bleeding problems usually show up when the infant starts crawling and walking.
Mild cases may go unnoticed until later in life. Symptoms may first occur after surgery or injury. ur in response to surgery. Internal bleeding may occur anywhere.
Symptoms can include:
If you are the first person in the family to have a suspected bleeding disorder, your doctor will order a series of tests called a coagulation study. Once the specific defect has been identified, other people in your family will need tests to diagnose the disorder.
Blood tests results may include:
Treatment includes replacing the defective clotting factor. You will receive factor IX concentrates. How much you get depends on:
To prevent a bleeding crisis, people with hemophilia and their families can be taught to administer factor IX concentrates at home at the first signs of bleeding. People with severe forms of the disease may need ongoing, preventive infusions.
If you have severe hemophilia, you may also need to take factor IX concentrate before surgery or certain types of dental work.
You should get the Hepatitis B vaccine. People with hemophilia are more likely to get hepatitis because they may receive blood products.
With treatment, most people with hemophilia are able to lead relatively normal lives. However, death from extreme blood loss can occur.
If you have hemophilia, you should have regular check ups with a hematologist.
Complications can include :
Repeated transfusions may slightly raise the risk for HIV
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Call your health care provider if:
Genetic counseling may be recommended. Testing can identify women and girls who carry the hemophilia gene.
Testing can be done during pregancy on a baby that is in the mother's womb.
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Fans planning on attending Chipper Jones' uniform number retirement ceremony at Turner Field on Friday are encouraged to prepare for a huge turnout. If you're headed to the game, there are a few things the Braves want you to know!
Parking passes for Friday night's game have sold out and will be accessible by permit only for those who have pre-purchased tickets. The parking lots will be open at 3:00 p.m., and fans are encouraged to arrive early to avoid getting stuck in traffic.
If you have not purchased a parking ticket, don't fret! There are other ways to get to the game. The MARTA Braves bus shuttle will be on-hand to ferry fans to Turner Field. The shuttle starts running 90 minutes prior to first pitch, and fans can catch it at the Underground Atlanta/Five Points MARTA station. It'll bring fans back to the same location from Turner Field until one hour after the final out. For fans who may want to arrive at the ballpark before the MARTA Braves shuttle begins its game operation, MARTA recommends catching any one of three other available bus routes. You can take the #32, #49, and #55 bus lines from the Five Points MARTA station to points adjacent to Turner Field.
For more information about MARTA routes to the game, click here!
Seats for Friday night's game are very limited. Fans without seats can purchase standing-room only tickets for $25 each. Turner Field ticket kiosks will open at 6:30 a.m. and the ticket windows will open at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. You can also Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. A few reserved seats can also be purchased at braves.com.
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An Upshur County Commissioner and his son have been indicted by a grand jury for an October 2012 incident where they allegedly held a Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Warden hostage.
Former Commissioner Lloyd Crabtree and his son, Todd Allen Crabtree were re-arrested Friday after turning themselves in and were placed in the Upshur County Jail. They are both being held on $1.5 million bond.
The indictments are related to an Oct. 6 incident where Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden Shane Bailey was reportedly disarmed and detained by two men while the officer was making a routine check for hunting law violations on private property in Upshur County.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the game warden used his cell phone to call for help. The game warden was released when numerous law enforcement agencies converged on the property.
Lloyd Allen Crabtree, 51, was named in five felony indictments, including three counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer (first degree felony); one count of taking a weapon from a peace officer (third degree felony) and one count of unlawful restraint with a deadly weapon (third degree felony).
Crabtree's son, Todd A. Crabtree, 28, was indicted on three felony charges: One count of aggravated assault on a peace officer (first degree felony); one count of taking a weapon from a peace officer (third degree felony); and one count of unlawful restraint with a deadly weapon (third degree felony).
The incident last fall was investigated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Internal Affairs Unit and the Texas Rangers.
"We really appreciate the hard work on the part of our Internal Affairs officers, the Texas Rangers and Upshur County District Attorney's Office that went into this investigation," said Col. Craig Hunter, TPWD's Law Enforcement Division director. "While this case still has to make its way through the judicial process, we hope these indictments will send a strong message that incidents such as this one will not be tolerated by law-abiding Texans."
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At TreePeople, one of our hallmarks is outstanding leadership. Our passionate staff of environmental stewards provides the inspiration and hard work needed for our programs to make a difference to the future of Los Angeles.
Meet some of the staff leaders who have dedicated their careers to healing the environmental challenges of the Los Angeles region:
Founder and President
Andy Lipkis
In 1970 Andy Lipkis began planting trees in Los Angeles as a fifteen-year-old and founded TreePeople in 1973. He continues to serve as TreePeople's President. Andy is a practical visionary who has dedicated his life to healing the environment and improving the lives of individuals and communities. He has spearheaded an approach using trees and forest-inspired technologies to make cities sustainable while mitigating floods, drought, pollution, and global warming. Called "Functioning Community Forests," it is being demonstrated in L.A. as a model for cities everywhere.
Executive Director
Tom Hansen
With more than 20 years of successful executive experience in corporate operations, finance, technical processes, general management and fundraising, Tom Hansen sought to use his skills more meaningfully by bringing them to the non-profit world. He joined us as Executive Director in 2004 to lead the organization to focus on its competencies of thought leadership and community action, and work towards building a sustainable Los Angeles.
Prior to joining TreePeople, Tom served as Director of Operations for St. Anne's Home. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Business Administration and earned a J.D. from Loyola University in Chicago. Away from work, Tom is an avid hiker and enjoys cooking Saturday night dinners for his wife Maureen.
Management Team
Deborah Weinstein Bloome
Director of Policy
Growing up in Southern California, Deborah loved the ocean and the mountains but it wasn't until college that she developed a passion for protecting our natural resources for future generations. For the past two decades, Deborah's work experience has been devoted to this cause. She brings a wealth of national and international environmental policy experience from her tenure as a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. and local knowledge from her experience working for the L.A. City Council.
Deborah joined TreePeople in 2008. She is currently the Director of Policy, where she engages in strategic planning and cultivates partnerships with agencies, policymakers and the broader environmental community to promote our integrated approach to greening Los Angeles.
Deborah holds a B.A. in Business/Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.A. in Public Policy from the University of California, Los Angeles. In her leisure time, she continues to enjoy outdoor sports and time at the beach.
Caryn Bosson
Senior Manager of Strategic Communications
Caryn Bosson first took up a shovel when she volunteered in TreePeople's campaign to plant a million trees in time for the 1984 L.A. Summer Olympics. She found this experience so satisfying that she left her job in Hollywood to join the organization's young staff, becoming TreePeople's first Managing Director. After a hiatus of twenty years, Caryn returned in 2007. She now helps manage TreePeople's marketing and communications strategies.
During her more than 25 years in non-profit management Caryn founded the Ojai Valley Youth Foundation, an organization promoting youth leadership and community development, where she served as Executive Director for ten years. Caryn received a B.A. in Literature from UC Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies. Spending much of her time in LA, Caryn lives in the town of Ojai where she enjoys riding her bike to do weekend errands, and where she raised a family - and now raises a rescued racing greyhound - with her husband Charlie.
Lisa Cahill
Director of Sustainable Solutions
Lisa Cahill first began her work with TreePeople as a volunteer Citizen Forester. In 1997, as a newlywed and first-time homeowner, she wanted a tree-lined street. That simple desire led to the planting of almost 40 trees with her neighbors. In 2004, wanting to ensure that her new born daughter would have a green campus, she planted over 70 more trees near the neighborhood school. Subsequently, she was offered the position of Citizen Forestry Manager at TreePeople.
Lisa's dedication to helping make Los Angeles a greener city, led her to current position as the Senior Manager of Sustainable Solutions. Inspiring and educating others about simple steps they can take to transform their landscapes is her passion.
A graduate of the University of Texas, Lisa was a leader in the student cooperative movement and served on the local and national board of directors. There she supported several environmental causes and initiated many recycling programs.
Lisa tries to lead by example. She currently serves on the board of directors for the reDiscover Center, continues to volunteer as a Citizen Forester, has been on the Mar Vista Green Garden Tour and serves on several green committees at her church and children's schools. She most enjoys working in the garden with her husband, watching her children and vegetables grow.
Jim Hardie
Director of Park Operations
Jim Hardie was a full-time actor when he became interested in TreePeople after reading about our weekend plantings in the newspaper. While he had donated to a number of environmental organizations, Jim also had a growing desire to get out and do something tangible to make L.A. a better place. Shortly after he started volunteering, Jim took TreepPeople's first-ever Citizen Forestry training in 1986 and began leading and training our growing volunteer base.
In 1992, Jim came onboard as Marketing Director of Earth Share/Environmental Federation of California, which raised money for TreePeople through workplace donations. In 1994, he became our Director of Forestry Programs for two years. And in 2006 he rejoined our staff as Director of Park Operations. In this current role, Jim oversees the strategic planning for our park's future and the daily operations of our newly-opened Center for Community Forestry and 45 acres of trails and parkland. A TreePeople board member since 1994, Jim has also donated his time to produce our summer benefit entertainment series for the past decade.
Jim's acting and entertainment career spans 32 years and has more than 90 television and film credits. Away from work, Jim enjoys cooking, organic gardening, reading, writing and spending time at home with his wife and son.
Christyne (Chris) Imhoff
Senior Director of Programs
As a college intern working at TreePeople in the late 1970s, Chris Imhoff led school groups on environmental educational tours around our park and worked as a summer camp counselor. With a staff turnover happening at that time, Chris and another intern proposed to Andy Lipkis a restructuring of the education program to engage thousands of students through on-site Eco-tours and at assemblies across the city to join in the Million Tree goal prior to the 1984 Olympics.
Chris went on to assist Andy and wore many hats during this exciting period that included the beginnings of our fruit tree program and Citizen Forestry. Chris left on a year hiatus in 1984 to get married, travel and start her family. She rejoined TreePeople first as an educational consultant and in 2001 as a full time director of our elementary education programs. Since 2004, Chris took on an expanded strategic role and became Director of Education and Program Development where she continues to develop innovative programs to inspire L.A.'s adults, schoolchildren and teens to become responsible environmental stewards.
Chris holds a B.S. in Outdoor Recreation/Environmental Education from California State University Northridge. She is an ardent supporter of the Scouts and has heavily involved her son Weston (age 21) and Kayla (age 18) in TreePeople plantings, training and community organizing since they were young. Chris' passions remain her family, travel and making an impact in her environment.
Peter Massey
Director of Grant Funding
With a live performing arts background Peter Massey has always been interested in inspiring people through his work. Leveraging his 15 years of experience running small non-profit organizations and grants management, Peter was drawn to TreePeople because he wanted to make a greater impact in his community by working with a larger organization.
As Director of Grant Funding, Peter oversees all funding requests to foundations, corporations and government agencies that generously support our programs and fund our progress toward a sustainable Los Angeles. He also plays an instrumental role in TreePeople's ongoing strategic planning efforts.
Peter graduated from the University of Missouri, Kansas City with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Fine Arts from Florida State. Pursuing his passion since childhood, Peter continues to practice the craft of playwriting and researching his family ancestry though he hasn't found any royal blood lines yet.
Julie Prejean
Director of Forestry
Originally from the Gulf Coast, living in both Louisiana and Texas, Julie moved to Southern California in 1989 and immediately fell in love with her beautiful new hometown...Los Angeles. She traded her hurricane lamps for earthquake preparedness kits and began raising her newborn daughter.
Once her daughter became a little older, Julie began volunteering in different capacities with several community organizations, and she realized she had a knack for leading groups of people. And though she wanted to continue to sing (Julie is a vocalist and has sung professionally in stage productions, film scores, rock bands and music ministries) she knew that ultimately managing volunteers was more fulfilling.
Julie joined TreePeople in 2008 after building her career over the past 17 years in the field of volunteer and community led project management. In the late 1990's, she co-developed a volunteer project leadership training which is currently used by the local Hands On Network affiliate, L.A. Works. To date, she has trained and mobilized thousands of volunteers of all ages in hundreds of community led projects on school campuses, streets and parks throughout Los Angeles County. She currently manages the work of TreePeople's Forestry Department, a vibrant group of dedicated tree planting, tree care and restoration professionals.
Jodi Toubes
Director, Human Resources & Administration
Jodi Toubes has been a long-time fan of TreePeople – first as a place to get closer to nature, then as a place to hike with her kids and more recently as a parent volunteer when TreePeople's Campus Forestry team arrived at her son's school for a tree planting event – before joining us as our Human Resources Manager in 2008.
As TreePeople works to heal the city of Los Angeles, Jodi works to make our office environment a better place for each individual. After almost ten years of experience in human resources at a large Los Angeles law firm doing personnel, and benefits administration, Jodi traded the corporate offices for the Yurts. The venue may have changed, but Jodi's goal remains the same: fostering a healthy work community for TreePeople – from those newly-arrived to the veteran employees of our close-knit team.
In addition to receiving a B.S. in Communication Arts from New York University Jodi is a former dancer and a certified Shiatsu practitioner. Married to writer Guy Toubes, with two sons, Max and Jack, her family is a constant inspiration.
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I've got this big boy on camera at least 20 times so far since July and the photos are on different days... that's a good sign that I'm set up in a great spot between his bed and the food. The camera is a 20 yard shot from my stand, so hopefully he shows himself once the bow opener rolls around in Wisconsin on 9/14.
Right now it looks like he's being a typical big buck... moving right at sundown.
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You can't teach big. You can't just grow it either. But what you can do is make sure it's always available when others don't have it. Would anyone in basketball or with any knowledge of the game disagree with that? If they do, then they know nothing about the game. Why is it that some coaches just out coach themselves because they, as their players at times, get caught up in the moment. Should, Coach Vogel have left Hibbert in the game, for everyone who is saying no, they are stupid, and I will back it up with this.
With Hibbert out there, at the very least if Lebron drives, he gets fouled because Hibbert understands that Lebron is the one guy who could hurt the Pacers and would leave Bosh and at the very least make Lebron adjust his shot or maybe even block it. Lebron does not drive to the hoop if Hibbert is there. He stops and pops, or misses. Could Lebron have dribbled, drive and kick to Bosh for a jumper in 2.8 seconds...lol…lmao…ah no. The only way that game ends the way it does is because Coach Vogel got caught up in the moment, took his seven footer out because of the three point threat. What a joke!!!
So where do we go from here? Great question to which I believe I have the answer. You don't take Hibbert out unless, he is in foul trouble, or needs a breather. That is it!!!! Hibbert will be the reason the pacers win. Why, because you can't teach height but you can have a coach who gets caught up in the moment and that's why you lose. If Coach Vogel doesn't get over the fact that he is coaching against the Heat, Coach Vogel might just be coaching in the Spanish league next year hoping to impress the Bucks.
Come on coach Vogel let us not forget that you coach against the players on the floor and not the legacy they have either created or are trying to. It's a league of greatness or not so great. It's the ones who can be in between that scale that make it a long time, well unless you are great then you can make it for as long as you want.
I will sum it up like this, as a coach you can either be Phil Jackson, Greg Popovich, Pat Riley or from back in the day, Red Auerbach or you can be P. J. Carlesimo, Scott Skiles, Byron Scott or Rick Carlisle. You pick your team and I will pick mine…mine is Jackson, Popovich, Riley and Auerbach team of coaches. I want winners and those guys didn't and don't care who they are coaching against from the sideline to the floor. Coach Vogel, which team do you want to be part of?


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by Karl Guenther
It's something I rather thought we already were doing. The National Institute for Animal Agriculture is looking at societal changes happening and about to happen, and trying to anticipate some of the requirements of American food production to feed the world. I thought we were already doing that, and doing a pretty good job of keeping up. We all have heard of and even seen pictures of "starvation." Well, it's not because food isn't available - - it's just that the food, and/or the money to ward off starvation, gets sidetracked.
Dr. Robert Fourdraine, though, has what I see as a pretty good feel for what still needs to happen, and maybe he has some good ideas as to how to achieve it. He chaired the most recent NIAA Annual conference and comments on "so many factors intertwined" which must be harmonized so values and technologies can be merged to serve a growing and hungry world. It seems clear to me, that this particular arm of world food production is in fact focused on the animal part of food production - - beef, pork, poultry, and indeed, fish. Grain producers, I suppose simply no-till more land, plant super hybrid seed, and thereby meet world demand. There's a sort of biotechnology involved there, of course. Now, with animal agriculture.
By definition, as I found on the internet, animal biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing or production of materials by animals or aquatic species to provid goods and services. As you may have guessed, it does involve genetic modification, just as is true with plants.
It's also quite clear by now that the National Institute for Animal Agriculture has its work cut out for it, as it is one of several institutions and agencies concentrating on making American agriculture even more productive than it already is. My goodness, when I was a kid on the farm, the American farmer did well to feed his family and a very few others. Now the American Farmer produces enough to feed a couple of hundred or more, with capacity to produce even more, if the world marketplace can pick up the tab.
American agriculture is expanding around the world, not only to meet world demand for food, but it one case that's in the news these days the ownership of an entire company is going overseas. You've probable seen Smithfield hams in your grocer's chiller case. Well, a central China-based meat processing company is acquiring Smithfield Foods, paying 4.7 billion U.S. Dollars. The Chinese firm is also assuming 2.4 billion dollars of Smithfield debt.
There are some regulatory procedures yet to be satisfied but the deal apparently will close by the end of the year.
There are those who worry U.S. Pork producers will be price pressured by the demand for cheaper pork products inChina. The Chinese say, quite to the contrary, that the purchase is an effort to improve the quality of life and nutrient consumption in the Chinese marketplace.
Karl Guenther is a retired Kalamazoo farm broadcaster and can be reached firstname.lastname@example.com. He is a member of Michigan Farm Bureau and an emeritus member of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting.


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I really hope they can work thru it. I feel sorry for Rob and his wife and kids. I hope she learns from this mistake and never makes it again if he does take her back. How stupid was she. She must know by now the paps follow her everywhere.
It is not uncommon in hollywood for affairs and the fact remains most relationships between celebraties only avarage of six months to five years. Kristine is a good person who just made a bad decision we all do that in life. She is still a good actress and rob is a sweet guy. I feel bad for Rob too and for Kristine but life goes on. When you are in the spot light as a star or singer, sports figures whatever you do privately or publically the press and tabloids are going to get you caught in some act that is the risk you take being celebrity. They follow you everywhere. I still love the books and movies and the actors in the movies of Twilight Saga. Let's give the privacy they need to iron out their differences and get over their problems. Let's love them!
"I'm very shock when i read that's news about kstew cheat our rob...it's so hurt..but i still can't hate kstew..i hope kristen is very sorry..i hope robsten is unbroken forever like bella and edward.. :'("
Yes. What everyone need to remember though, she is only twenty one and may have realized she may not be as ready as she thinks to be tied down yet. I hope they can work it out but from what they say Rob can not stand a cheater. Hopefully they love one another enough that they will work through this little hiccup. They say Rob was about to propose to her in the next few days too. Hopefully people can wait to pass judgement because it takes two to tango. Hopefully they can get some help to help them get pass this and if their love is meant to be it will be. Love Rob!!!!! don't know why she cheated though
They say that she publicly apologised. Has anyone seen or heard what she said to him if so please post it.
yes,I was disappointed when I heard that Kristen cheated on Rob but people do make mistake and I hope that Kristen is sorry for what she did. I just want them to get back together. Rob some times you have to forgive the one you love espeically if the love is true. Kristen is still young but she should have not cheated on you. I just hope that you can work it out with her Rob.
It is sad what happened between Kristen and Rob.I do hope they can work things out.Tracy
It hurts to hear about this! Cause i think Rob and Kris makes a really nice couple. I really really hope they will work it out and promise not to make such mistakes anymore!!
i was pretty sad to find out that kristen cheated on rob.... but on the bright side he is SINGLE now! :] well when, she said sorry 57% of the peolple said it wasnt true!
I have been reading so much now since this media storm has been unleashed. I just do not know what to believe anymore. I am truly obsessed with what is happening and my heart goes out to both of them. I know Rob was the person who was hurt the most but Kristen is going thru something too. I just cannot understand why she would do something like this and I think Rob needs anwsers more then we do. It is all up to him and whatever he decides I will support.
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Welp folks looks like the 'days since Heat fans embarrassed themselves' can be set back to 0. I mean to say this enrages me would be an understatement. This makes me Carl Winslow 3, 2, 1 1, 2, 3 angry. This makes me Andy Bernard cell phone stuck in the ceiling, punching a hole in the wall angry. I mean really Heat fans? Leaving early at an NBA FRIEKING FINALS GAME with 20 seconds left and your team down two possessions?! What is this amateur hour? Like I don't think I've ever left any Bucks game early. And we're talking, regular season, half full arena, not-even-degenerate- gamblers-hanging around situations. Unreal. I guess I can only be happy they weren't let back in. Honestly I hope they get the name of every fan that left early and bans them from the arena. Or at the very least if they're season ticket holders make them wear a giant 'H' on their gear or something to let everyone around them know that they quit on the team in a do or die Finals game with 20 seconds on the clock. Scarlett Letter style.
PS: Photo taken from a Heat beat reporter as he was heading to the tunnel to get set for post game interviews. Don't think I don't see you purple Ray Allen Bucks jersey! What is your name?! Why are you there?! I have so many questions.
Double PS: All kidding aside, that game was unreal last night. Like throwback 1990's style NBA. Clutch jumpers, comebacks, suspect fouls from fishy referees, it had it all. To the point that I played the old NBA on NBC theme song this morning. Which, as a warning, I would avoid opening in a separate Youtube window. Because the 'related video' section of old NBA on NBC intros from games in the early to mid 90's is spectacular and never ending. Rabbit hole city.


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Episode 8: Zach sits down with Ben Stiller, star of the 'Meet the Fockers' series as well as the new movie, Greenberg.
Published March 16, 2010
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The video opens with the following text – BETWEEN TWO FERNS with Zach
Galifianakis. The text fades out to show Zach Galifianakis and Ben
Stiller seated between two ferns.
Zach Galifianakis: Hello, my name is Zach Galifianakis and this is
another edition of Between Two Ferns. My guest today is Ben Stickler,
Stiffler, uh, Stiller. Ben Stiller?
The shot cuts to Ben Stiller and the text – Ben Stiller Actor, "Duplex" -
appears beneath him.
Ben Stiller: Yeah, Stiller.
Zach Galifianakis: It'd be cool if you like changed your last name to
Ben Stiller: Yeah. Yeah right.
Zach Galifianakis: You get it?
Ben Stiller: I do get it. Yeah. It'd be, if I was from the South. You're
from the south, right?
Zach Galifianakis: No.
Ben Stiller: Then it would be better, because it'd be like been there,
Zach Galifianakis: Are you making fun of the South?
Ben Stiller: Not at all.
Zach Galifianakis: Because people down there, they wouldn't like that.
Ben Stiller: No, no, no.
Zach Galifianakis: And they're stupid enough to go to your fucking
movies. (sighs) Bad Start.
Ben Stiller remains completely silent.
Zach Galifianakis: What are the things that get on your nerves, like
when people ask you to do things at interviews?
Ben Stiller tries to answer several times and is cut off by Zach
Zach Galifianakis: Because I thought it'd be cool, because you've
probably never been asked this before, is to do the Blue Steel look from
Ben Stiller: From what?
Zach Galifianakis: From Jewlander. The Blue Steel look. Do you do that a
Ben Stiller: Oh, do you mean Jew Steel?
Zach Galifianakis: Is it Jew Steel? Oh, they told me Blue Steel. I
haven't seen the movie. Jew Steel. Do the Jew Steel look from
Bluelander. You ever been on the internet before?
Ben Stiller: I've looked up a few things.
Zach Galifianakis: Not like looked online, but have you ever been on it?
Like acted on a show?
Ben Stiller: Oh, like been a show?
Zach Galifianakis: Yeah.
Ben Stiller: No. It just feels to me, a lot of the time that there's
people who are doing so much, putting so much effort into producing a
series or a show or something that hardly anybody is going to see.
Zach Galifianakis looks more and more distressed as Ben Stiller delivers
this position.
Ben Stiller: You know? You know what I mean?
Zach Galifianakis: What are you plugging? I don't even know what you're
hear talking about. You're hear talking about Jewla...
Ben Stiller: No, no, no. I'm here talking about Greenberg.
Zach Galifianakis: Two, two years ago.
Ben Stiller: Five years ago. Greenberg is coming out now.
Zach Galifianakis: Well, what's Greenberg?
Ben Stiller: Greenberg...
Zach Galifianakis: Oh, Greenberg. So, here is a clip from Greenberg.
Ben Stiller: Great. Okay, good.
The "clip" begins and there is only audio. Ben Stiller's voice can be
heard speaking to unidentified third parties.
Unidentified Woman (from clip): Hey Greenberg, what are you doing these
Ben Stiller (from clip): You know, I've been in New York, but right now,
I'm really trying to do nothing for a while.
Unidentified Woman (from clip): That's brave at our age.
Ben Stiller (to Zach Galifianakis): Where's the uh...
Zach Galifianakis: Keep your fucking mouth shut.
Ben Stiller (from clip): I don't understand what happened to me.
Unidentified Man (from clip): It's huge, to finally embrace the life you
never planned on.
The "clip" ends with the sound of door closing.
Zach Galifianakis: That looks good. That looks really good.
Ben Stiller: Maybe you could get a video clip to show too, just because
it might make more sense.
Zach Galifianakis: I thought about that.
Ben Stiller: Mmm-hmmm, and then what?
Zach Galifianakis: It's too much trouble. Was that somebody opening a
door? What was that sound?
Ben Stiller: It sounded like a car door.
Zach Galifianakis: There's a car in the movie?
Ben Stiller: There is a car in the movie.
Zach Galifianakis: Cool.
Ben Stiller: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Zach Galifianakis: What kind of car is it?
Ben Stiller: I, you know, whatever.
Zach Galifianakis: Oh cool. What movie in your career, if you don't mind
me asking, and then I'll do mine, have you been in that you're not that
crazy about, that you've done.
Ben Stiller: Um, it's a movie called Highway to Hell.
Zach Galifianakis: Mine's Night at the Museum 2.
Ben Stiller: Mmm-hmmm. I thought you were referring to movies that we
were actually in.
Zach Galifianakis: No, the movies that you've been in.
Ben Stiller: Oh. Okay. It's too bad, because Night at the Museum 3,
they're casting that one now, and there's this role, this little
lighthouse attendant, he's about four foot one, grumpy.
Zach Galifianakis: Can I be in it?
Ben Stiller: You can definitely read for it.
Zach Galifianakis: Do you want my email address?
Ben Stiller: Um, I'll have them get in touch with you.
Zach Galifianakis: Don't be off-put by this email address. This was from
before I knew you.
Ben Stiller: Okay.
Zach Galifianakis: Just email me here and when does it shoot?
Ben Stiller: Your email, this is your email address?
Zach Galifianakis: Yeah, this is, I didn't even uh...
Ben Stiller: Your email address is email@example.com?
Zach Galifianakis: Yep. firstname.lastname@example.com was already taken,
so I had to add 69 at the end.
Ben Stiller: Okay, good.
Zach Galifianakis: So you're a healthy eater. I'm a big, I like to eat
healthy these days.
Ben Stiller: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
Zach Galifianakis: For breakfast I had, guess what I had for breakfast?
Ben Stiller: Um...egg yellows. No?
Zach Galifianakis: I had two waffles and a pancake.
Ben Stiller: Two waffles and a pancake.
Zach Galifianakis: Do you wish that you had ever followed your parents
into comedy?
Ben Stiller stares at Zach Galifianakis for moment and says nothing.
Zach Galifianakis: Taken that route? Comedy route?
Ben Stiller removes his microphone from his shirt.
Ben Stiller: Okay, I'm done.
Zach Galifianakis: Going to the bathroom?
Ben Stiller: No, no, no. I'm leaving.
Ben Stiller struggles with the microphone wire briefly before dropping
it onto a table between the chairs.
Ben Stiller: Thank you.
Zach Galifianakis: You're welcome.
Ben Stiller gets up and walks off camera. Zach Galifianakis picks up the
microphone Ben Stiller was using and begins speaking into it.
Zach Galifianakis: What? Are you going to go tint your limousine windows
with diamond encrusted tint.
Fake laughter is heard in the background before the material behind Zach
Galifianakis is struck repeatedly. Zach Galifianakis jumps up out of
his chair.
Zach Galifianakis: Okay, okay.
Zach Galifianakis sits back down and is hit in the head as the material
is struck one last time. The shot cuts to the BETWEEN TWO FERNS with
Zach Galifianakis text and then the video fades to black.
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Well, first, I ask, is anyone going to welcome me back? Paul? My first post on returning is probably my longest ever!
Trip Notes Part 1: Bordeaux 2005 with Jean-Marc Quarin
I thought some of you might be interested in the details of my trip to Bordeaux this season to taste the new vintage. This serves a dual purpose for me, as I am treating this as my journal of sorts. It's hard for me to tell these stories and not sound like I'm name-dropping, bragging, or otherwise showing off how lucky I am to have been invited by Jean-Marc to live out this once-in-a-lifetime dream. For those more deeply rooted in the wine trade and for others not nearly as fascinated by the wines of Bordeaux as I am, these stories may seem quite dull. For me, it was anything but – and I hope some of you find at least parts of this interesting.
For obvious reasons – not the least of which is my comparative inexperience tasting Bordeaux from barrel – I will not be providing any detailed tasting notes in this trip commentary. You'll glean what I personally liked and didn't like – but, I suggest you look to others with more experience than me for detailed accounts. Once all of the information is released, I do have detailed notes and I look forward to entering the invariable debates with my admittedly limited capabilities. Until that point, I hope you find this a useful supplement to the reviews offered by Jean-Marc.
Why me?
Some of you may be wondering how Jim Dove was invited in the first place. Jean-Marc and I have traded emails for some time now – since the 2002 campaign – so in some respects, we knew each other via the web. And, I think he came to respect some of the notes I've posted over the years on Mark's board and elsewhere. Additionally, Jean-Marc is very interested in sharing his knowledge about Bordeaux with others – especially with those of us in America – and, I think in the future he is going to be more aggressively looking for opportunities to come here and share his experience. This seemed to be an opportunity for a two-way exchange of information about what I know and what he knows… so, we both benefited.
On Saturday, March 25th I checked into the Marojailla (formerly the chateau for Dufort-Vivens) as it's only guest – without my luggage – thank you KLM. While the chateau was being renovated, Jean-Marc arranged for me to stay in one of the suites, looking out on one of Rausan-Segla's plots of seemingly ancient vines. The hotel is affiliated, at least for the moment, with the very-charming and ideally located Pavillon de Margaux some 200 meters away. The room was huge (probably about 15 meters square), with a large and newly renovated bath, 42" flat-panel TV, and internet service that refused to work – perhaps the only negative of the whole trip. I mention the details here simply to recommend both Marojailla and Pavillon de Margaux to anyone planning a trip to the area. Very nice people and exceptionally comfortable and reasonably priced accommodations.
First lessons: Forget what you think you know – it's all about the tannins
On Sunday, Jean-Marc and I tasted together for the first time. Before us were about fifty different Mèdoc and Haut Mèdoc crus. All tastings were conducted non-blind – and, generally the wines were organized from the lesser estates to the more highly regarded ones. Often, wines were arranged by winemaker or proprietor within a given geography. As we began to taste, Jean-Marc would ask me lots of questions – 'which do you like and why?' seemed a common line of questioning. He wanted to see what he had gotten himself into, I think. Fortunately, I think I passed these early tests and we got along terrifically. He found someone who was eager to learn and as crazy about Bordeaux and as he is.
As we tasted, it quickly became apparent to Jean-Marc that I had a bias toward aromatic wines, and that I was easily seduced by the 'pulpy' entry and rich mid-palates so many of the wines possessed – even the lesser Mèdocs from 2005. He noted that I often failed to pay adequate attention to the finish – an observation that in retrospect seems completely accurate and, something that I think I improved greatly on over the course of my tastings with him. Jean-Marc was hyper-focused on the impression tannins made on the palate. Were they coarse? Where did you feel them in your mouth? Were they well integrated? Did they serve to provide energy to the finish – or were they so intense that they closed the wine off? Were they green – or ripe and refreshing? Admittedly, I was a bit confused and even skeptical of all of this focus on tannins at first. But, as time passed, and as superior wines were introduced into the mix over the course of the next several days – the importance of tannins in these young wines became very clear to me.
The battle of aromas and palate impact
Another early discussion I remember was around the 'battle' Jean-Marc described on one hand between freshness and aromatics – often accompanied in the extreme by unripe, raspy tannins that overwhelm the mouth and the completeness that comes on the palate with the very-ripe wines. Ripeness, I soon learned, was often achieved at the expense of freshness and aromatic interest – and similarly, the less ripe wines often displayed more interesting aromas but at the expense of completeness in the mouth and maturity of tannins. Jean-Marc is a fan of ripe tannins above all else – but, he looks for a level of ripeness that still supports aromatic interest, freshness and energy on the palate. Interestingly, the ripeness of the 2005s, along with the fresh levels of acidity were very much to both of our preferences in this vintage here in the Mèdoc.
I found the decisions winemakers made along this paradigm of ripeness in 2005 to be of great interest. As a rule, it seemed that most made decisions that supported a balance between freshness and ripeness. Perhaps it is more accurate to say that the weather conditions were such that complete ripeness generally came in the Mèdoc without compromising acidity or the feeling of freshness in the wines.
I also found it interesting to see the very general correlation between what seemed to be surmaturité and the use of high-toast barrels. This is a purely unscientific finding and a point I would not argue with any confidence today – but, I wonder if there is not some degree of correlation here. The two seem to feed off each other, with the toast further serving to steal away the crunchiness that comes from less adulterated fruit. At the same time, the intense ripeness and oak lend an undeniable sexiness to these wines – so, in the end, this becomes a matter of preference. I would think wine-buyers would want to understand the stylistic differences that result from these choices so that they can either find or avoid such wines – according to their taste. Interestingly – and a surprise for me – was that the super-ripe 'n toasty style seems to be the exception to the rule. There will be no complaints from me on this point.
Monday, March 27th – An introduction to some great growths
Jean-Marc picked me up early this morning for our 9 a.m. meeting at Chateau Palmer – an appointment I would later regret was our first of the week. We were met by Technical Director Philippe Delfaut and Bernard de Laage, Director of Development. I was stiff and a little uncomfortable as we exchanged greetings but once the wine started to flow – I began to feel like I was in my element. The language for these tastings was always wine, which made me less conscious of my less-than-conversational tourist French.
Here, the wines were served cool – arguably to mute the affects of the higher-than-usual alcohol levels to the taster. Both Alter Ego – a lush, sexy wine and the more floral and powerful Palmer were poured. While neither were especially complex – both had great palate presence.
At the end of each of these tastings, Jean-Marc would have several questions to ask – usually focused on alcohol levels, pH, harvest dates, selection, and the wines' component pieces. This was almost invariably followed by an often-lengthy philosophical discussion addressing some issue that resulted from the questioning (often the questioning really amounted to an interrogation, Anthony Barton might argue). At Palmer, it was a rather esoteric conversation around the high percent of Merlot in the blend and whether, with a higher percent of Cabernet Sauvignon, Palmer might be improved in a vintage like 2005. Usually, the winemakers and directors were stimulated by the ideas – engaging in protracted and often very exhaustive consideration of all possibilities. Other times, they were simply annoyed by Jean-Marc's sometimes blunt and occasionally untraditional thinking. At Palmer, I sensed a bit of both. But the respect for Jean-Marc was always palpable.
After Palmer, we left to visit Chateau Margaux, just up the street. An energized and thoroughly charming Paul Pontellier greeted us in front of the iron gates. He was happy to give me the history of the construction of the property as we walked over to the tasting room. He poured us the Pavillon Rouge, followed by the grand vin Margaux, then the Anjou pear-like Pavillon Blanc, which, not surprisingly is always served last. The Pavillon Rouge was a big, sexy beast of a wine. My notes indicate that the wine was broader across the palate than either the Alter Ego or Palmer – perhaps in part due to serving temperature, but also due to the high alcohol that was evident on the nose.
Paul seemed shocked at the level of alcohol several of the Merlot plots managed to achieve in 2005 – and he felt strongly that had they been added to the grand vin, the blend would have suffered. Margaux was, as I'm sure you have by now heard, simply stunning. It was easily among the best of the many great wines I would taste this week. After the tasting, we found ourselves running a bit ahead of schedule for our next appointment, so Paul offered a tour of the chais. He shared with us the creative solution for temperature control in the two-story cellar – air conditioning the attic. Paul says it works like a charm.
Later that morning, Jean-Marc and I drove up to St. Estephe for a tasting at Calon Segur hosted by Madame Capbern-Gasqueton herself. This offered an interesting contrast between the warm and sexy Margaux style in 2005 and the slightly cooler-version Cabernet Sauvignon profile of the St. Estephes. The Calon was chunky and very full this year. It's quite a powerful taste. Jean-Marc sampled very quickly here – a fact that seemed to either annoy or concern our host. The questions here came with less precise answers, it seemed.
Following the visit to Calon Segur Monday, we took what I would later realize was one of the longest breaks from tastings for the entire week. I had a chance to eat one of the few formal meals of the trip at the Restaurant St. Julien. I was reminded of how easy it is to beat the best St. Louis has to offer with respect to fine French dining.
We met back at Jean-Marc's office a few hours later for a 6:00 p.m. tasting at Chateau Haut Brion with owner Prince Robert of Luxembourg and winemaker Jean Philippe Delmas. The weather was beautiful that afternoon, which, in retrospect makes me wonder if that wasn't a factor in the relative disappointment of some of the wines for me. We tasted the full line-up – the second wines Chapelle la Mission, Bahans Haut Brion, then La Tour Haut Brion, La Mission, and Haut Brion.
I think the most remarkable thing for me in this tasting was the complete absence of any Graves signature in all but the Bahans. This is not at all to say that these wines will not ultimately develop a classic Graves signature. I have no doubt this will come in full force in time. The lesson for me was that the expected smoke and tobacco seem to come not at birth but with some age. I enjoyed the experience and company of our gracious hosts here – and the whites were both spectacular. But somehow, with both la Mission and Haut Brion, I was left wanting a little more. Without being an apologist for the wines – I do feel my impression is borne out of inexperience and not some inadequacy in these wines. They didn't miss anything but the beguiling complexity that I now realize only comes with some time here. I suspect I will like these more when I have an opportunity to taste them again. In the end, however, they were, given their stature, comparatively less interesting at this stage – for me.
I fumbled around in the vineyard for a moment to grab a stone from one of my favorite vineyards, then we made our way to Haut Bailly in Pessac for a tasting of the cru classé wines of Pessac Leognan. This chateau is beautifully situated – all things considered, for me it is arguably among the most aesthetically appealing of the left bank estates.
Lined up on the table were ten top Pessacs ranging from Domaine de Chevalier to Pape Clement. The ranges in style here were interesting – with the supremely fresh, refined, and sophisticated Domaine de Chevalier on one extreme and the whorish toast-goddess Smith Haut Lafitte on the other. There was appeal to be found in all of the wines and in the end you could not come away with any conclusion other than that 2005 was exceptionally generous with the wines of Graves – both red and white.
The bright and sunny weather we had earlier in the evening turned to a passing shower for the drive home to Jean-Marc's office. I was hungry – Jean-Marc has this annoying habit of forgetting to eat. He's consumed by the thrill of the new wines. Before having a bite, we tasted a few 2005 Barsacs blind, including an amazing Doisy-Daene l'Extravagant. After one of the most amazing days of my life -- I was off to Marojailla for some much needed rest. Tomorrow's schedule included many of my personal favorites -- Latour, Montrose, Mouton, Lafite, Pichon Lalande, and Leoville Las Cases. It proved hard to sleep…
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