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BC: Trying to show off my just-cauterized back!
2: Tarush! | RJ: Pasan ko ang daigdig
3: Hmmm... You can tell who consumed the most alcohol in this pic...
4: Ganyan ang kuha ng lasing...right Mark?
5: The Naughty, The Bitch and the Bad... | ABA! Piyesta si Mark! | The good girls gone BAD....
6: The dimples can be located on the cheeks of the face, the butt or the chest... silang 3 merong dimples.... hanapin na lang san...
7: The other member of SWC Sistahs With CLeavage ....ONE NIGHT ONLY! ONE NIGHT ONLY! | Sunshine Prude (este) Cruz, Donut Cruz and Ginevra Cruz...
8: King and Queen of Hearts '86 (ahahahaha!!!) | The Desperate Housewives all dolled up
9: the "IT" crowd of the 80s... Come on down! | Trying to show off my just-cauterized back!
10: My BFF and my ex BF! hahaha
12: Ang mga malalaswang bakla!!! Hahaha!!! | one more time
13: My tinker-BES!!!!!!! Thanks, Bes! For our laughters, our texts (major ones!) and for always being the optimist sprinkling me with your pixie dust of hope and strength.
15: Anna, Chiqui, Lani, Dolly, Patty | Patty and Anna

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Come audition for the upcoming Spring Musical, Young Frankenstein!
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Readers' Rides - November 2013Posted in News on September 24, 2013
Running Strong
Vehicle: 1997 Dodge Ram 1500
Owner: Keith Custer, Lorain, OH
Tires & Wheels: 265/75R16 Goodyear Wrangler MTs on factory steel wheels
Suspension: 3-inch Top Gun Customz front coil spacer and rear block
Drivetrain: Stock 46RE automatic transmission, NP241 transfer case, Dana 60 front axle, Dana 70 rear axle
Performance Mods: Stock 5.2L V-8
Other Doodads: Onboard 750-watt inverter to run 1⁄3hp air compressor, LED lights
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Was a daily driver until my friends introduced me to Yankee Lake Truck Night
Does everything work the way you want?: Yes
Anything you would change?: More horsepower, aftermarket bumper and winch, rock sliders, lockers
Anything to add?: Still used as a truck for hauling and towing reliably at a moment's notice, even with 203K on the clock
Johnny Reb
Vehicle: 1978 K5 Blazer frame with '43 Ford cab
Owner: Zack Combs, Donalds, SC
Tires & Wheels: Cut 38.5x11-15LT Super Swamper Boggers on white wagon wheels
Suspension: Stock with Rancho shocks
Drivetrain: Built TH400 transmission, NP208 transfer case, 10-bolt front axle, 12-bolt rear axle
Performance Mods: Stock 350ci V-8 with Holley 650 4-barrel
Other Doodads: Custom dog-eaten interior
Does everything work the way you want?: In the mud, yes
Anything you would change?: Bigger axles, lower gearing, bigger tires
5.9 Is So Fine
Vehicle: 2002 Dodge Durango
Owner: Elias Gamez; Littleton, CO
Tires & Wheels: 32x11.5R15 BFGoodrich Mud Terrain KM2s on 15x8 black steel rims
Suspension: Custom 2-inch lift
Drivetrain: Completely stock with AWD
Performance Mods: 5.9L V-8
Other Doodads: Full underbody skidplating from the transmission to the gas tank
Does everything work the way you want?: Almost
Anything you would change?: Rear ARB Air Locker, 33-inch tires, and a snorkel
Vehicle: 1986 M1008 CUCV Camper
Owner: Marc Lesko, Jackson, NJ
Tires & Wheels: 285/75R16 BFGoodrich Rugged Trail tires on stock rims
Suspension: Stock military (rated at 11⁄4-ton)
Drivetrain: TH400 3-speed automatic, NP208 transfer case, Dana 60 front axle, Corporate 14-bolt rear axle with Detroit Locker
Performance Mods: 6.2L J Code Detroit Diesel
Other Doodads: Popup truck camper
Does everything work the way you want?: Yes, it even gets 16 mpg with the camper on the back
Anything you would change?: Install overdrive unit, front locker, add camo wrap to the camper
Anything to add?: I was inspired to build this camper because of your write-ups on the M1008 and off-road truck campers
XJ in PA
Vehicle: 1996 Jeep Cherokee XJ
Owner: Chris Iozzi, Blue Bell, PA
Tires & Wheels: 33x12.5R15 Sport Kings on black steel wheels (or MTs, depending on terrain)
Suspension: 41⁄2-inch Tomken short arm front, mixed leaf pack in rear
Drivetrain: NP231 transfer case with Tom Wood's driveshaft, Dana 30 with Yukon Spartan Locker, Chrysler 81⁄4 with Aussie Locker, 4.56 gears
Performance Mods: 4.0L with Thrush exhaust
Other Doodads: Protofab prerunner front bumper, Nate's rear bumper and tire carrier, Olympic Top Hat roof rack, well-used rock rails, diff guards, and skidplates
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Every dent tells one of those stories where "I thought I could" but didn't quite
Does everything work the way you want?: Works great on the trails of southeast Pennsylvania
Anything you would change?: The rear could use more flex
Anything to add?: I love supporting Rausch Creek and local wheeling spots
More Cowbell
Vehicle: 1954 Willys M38A1
Owner: Martin Ward, Grass Valley, CA
Tires & Wheels: 33x12.5R15 BFGoodrich All-Terrains on chrome steel wheels
Suspension: Spring-over with National YJ leaf springs in front, Rubicon Express YJ leaf springs in rear
Drivetrain: NP435 transmission, Dana 20 transfer case with Dana 18 innards and Advance Adapters 3.15:1 gears, Dana 30 front axle with disc brakes, Dana 44 rear axle with Dutchman axleshafts, ARB Air Lockers front and rear
Performance Mods: 225 Buick Oddfire V-6
Other Doodads: Driveway paint job, Warn winch, York air compressor, '76 grille to fit bigger radiator, Saginaw power steering, CB and ham radios, swinging pedal conversion
Funniest Wheeling Incident: We had just finished a night run and were airing up at about 3 a.m. My girlfriend was asleep in that passenger seat. I finished airing up, turned off the engine, and joined the group to socialize. I was distracted from the group when I heard calls of "Martin … Martin … Martin!" and saw the Jeep begin to roll down the road as the hydraulic line lock slowly released. A quick sprint and hand application of the brake prevented a major mishap, and I earned the bonehead cowbell award.
Does everything work the way you want?: It works very well and has done Rubicon, Fordyce, Hell Hole, Snake Lake, and more
Anything you would change?: Nope, it seems to have it all and there is nothing left to add
Built Binder
Vehicle: 1970 International Havester Travelall
Owner: Jeff & Norma Ismail, Grass Valley, CA
Tires & Wheels: 315/70R17 Goodyear Duratrac on 17x8 black steel rims
Suspension: Crawler Proven Technology custom 4-inch lift, CPT sway bars, Firestone airbags, Bilstein shocks
Drivetrain: NV4500 transmission, NP205, GM Dana 60 front axle, GM 14-bolt rear axle with posi, 4.56 gears
Performance Mods: 392ci IH V-8, 4-barrel intake, Quadrajet carb, Stan's headers, DUI distributor
Other Doodads: Original stock interior
Does everything work the way you want?: Yes, it is a great tow rig and family hauler
Never Done
Vehicle: 2007 Nissan Xterra
Owner: Chris Casey, Fredericksburg, VA
Tires & Wheels: 285/75R16 Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs on stock rims
Suspension: 6-inch lift with aftermarket Nissan Titan control arms, Sway-a-way RaceRunner 21⁄2-inch front coilovers, custom rear leaf springs, and Bilstein shocks
Drivetrain: Factory transmission and transfer case, Tom Wood's custom rear driveshaft, chromoly front half-shafts, Nissan M226 electric locker retrofit into rear axle
Performance Mods: 4.0L V-6 with stainless steel exhaust
Other Doodads: Shrockworks front bumper, Heftyfabworks skidplates and rock sliders
Does everything work the way you want?: Yes
Anything you would change?: It will never be "done." Current plans call for a winch and a rear bumper.
Boosted Taco
Vehicle: 1997 Toyota Tacoma
Owner: Berry Medley, San Antonio, TX Tires & Wheels: 33x12.5R15 Super Swamper Thornbirds on 15x10 chrome-plated wagon wheels
Suspension: 3-inch Texas Suicide spacer lift, 3-inch Performance Accessories body lift
Drivetrain: R150F manual transmission with TRD clutch, stock axles with welded rear spider gears
Performance Mods: 3.4L V-6 with TRD supercharger, Walbro fuel pump, and Split Second piggyback ECU
Other Doodads: 1994 Celica bucket seats, custom hand throttle, in-cab rollcage, custom rock sliders
Funniest Wheeling Incident: I stalled my engine while climbing a steep granite rock face, and my e-brake was poorly adjusted and would not hold. I had to have five people anchor the truck with a towstrap while I popped the clutch so I would not tumble over backwards down the grade.
Does everything work the way you want?: For now
Anything you would change?: I am already storing up parts to do a solid axle conversion with a Dana 44
1-Ton JK
Vehicle: 2008 Jeep JK Unlimited Rubicon Owner: Mike McBride, Lafayette, LA Tires & Wheels: 14/42-17LT Super Swamper Iroks on 17x9 Trailready beadlocks
Suspension: Heavily modified Rubicon Express 41⁄2-inch long-arm Drivetrain: Stock automatic transmission, NP241 Rocktrac transfer case, high-pinion Dana 60 front with spool, Yukon hubs, Reid Racing knuckles, 35-spline axleshafts, 14-bolt rear with Grizzly Locker, Ruff Stuff cover, and Ruff Stuff disc brake brackets, 5.38 gears
Performance Mods: 3.8L V-6 Other Doodads: Ruff Stuff crossover steering with 7⁄8-inch rod ends, Redneck ram hydro assist, JCR skidplates, CO2 tank, Evo Mfg. corners, T Maxx 9500 winch
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Destroying the factory Rubicon axles the first trip out
Does everything work the way you want?: Getting there
Anything to add?: Couldn't have built it without the help of Seth Menard
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Biracial Alex, 16, high school baseball star and pride of her white, adoptive father and coach, sidesteps thinking about her parentage and racial identity, lying to finesse uncomfortable issues—but hiding her adoptive status from Reggie, an attractive, black player on an opposing team, troubles her.
At dinner, her younger sister, Kit, demolishes their parents' insistence that they don't (and shouldn't) see race. Kit brings Alex a letter from her black birth father, one their parents have kept secret, feeling Alex is too young to read them. (The gentle content suggests the adoptive parents' motives for withholding them may be mixed.) Forced to confront long-suppressed questions, Alex seeks to locate, nail down, and inhabit the unitary, undivided identity expected of her, but she gradually realizes the jigsaw pieces of her identity, drawn from different puzzles, may never fit neatly in one harmonious whole. Visiting a black hair salon isn't a joyful marker of identity reclaimed ("finally someone knows what do with my hair!"); it's just another ordeal. Her hair reflects her mixed heritage and requires treatment as such. Reggie and Kit want to know Alex for who she is, but how, when she doesn't know herself? Gibney, herself transracially adopted, honors the complexities of her diverse, appealing characters. Transracial adoption is never oversimplified, airbrushed, or sentimentalized, but instead, it's portrayed with bracing honesty as the messy institution it is: rearranging families, blending cultural and biological DNA, loss and joy.
An exceptionally accomplished debut. (Fiction. 14-18)


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How to Tell Your Children About Your Marital Separation
There comes a time in some marriages when the benefits of separation out weigh the benefits of staying together. Separation is not always the best answer either, but it is often a way to step back and get a clearer picture of whether or not the marriage is worth keeping. It's nothing to be embarrassed about, as love is like a whirlwind and many loving couples often get married and have kids before they even stop to consider if they want to spend the next 40 years with the person in front of them. Separation can help to prove whether or not divorce could be a solution to matrimonial problems, or whether or not you have the determination to strengthen and resolve your marital dysfunctions.
Of course, you are probably well aware of why you are planning on a separation from your partner. The more important question, is what and how do you tell your children?
Many couples are in a state of shock and anxiety from the idea of separation in the first place. Then when you through kids into the mix, the whole thing can seem very intimidating. If you're children are very young, it can seem even more difficult, because as adults, we tend to put ourselves on intellectual pedestals. assuming that our children will not understand what's going on with their parents. Because of this, many parents often wonder if they could get away with not telling their children for a while, or if they might be able to tell them a little white lie until mom and dad have things a bit more straighten out.
I have something to tell you, that you probably won't like to hear, but you need to hear it any way::
In fact, your marriage and your relationship with your children is ten times more likely to get even more complicated if you don't tell them now before things get very weird. Children may be lacking in their life experiences because they are young, but that does not make them stupid. It does not mean they can't understand, and it doesn't mean they are going to handle it better. You can't spare them the pain by trying to hide things or lying about them, and in fact, you will hurt them more by showing them that you don't have any faith in their ability to go through this difficult time with you. On top of that, you really aren't sparing them any pain, you are simply sparing yourself some pain, but only for a while.
Your best option is not to prolong things. Yes, it will be a difficult conversation. Ranked up there somewhere with explaining sex and where babies come from, but it's just another part of life that children are often a part of. When you don't talk with them ASAP, you make it harder for them to understand. They will think they did something wrong, and because you won't want to talk with them, or tell them the truth, they won't feel they can come to you with their feelings. This will continue on as they grow, and your relationship with them will be strained for a very long time. This is the last thing you or they need.
Don't think that because you are older that you can get away with lying to them. Children have great lie detectors built in, and even if they aren't sure what you are lying about, they will know you are lying, and once they find out what it's about, you will pay for it. Which will only cause more strain on your marriage. This is a time when you should be focused on trying to figure out if your marriage can last, or if you should let it fall apart and move on to other options. You don't want to be fighting your kids along the way.
So how do you tell your children about your plan to separate for a time?
1. Be honest with them
Being honest doesn't mean that you have to share every little problem with them, such as a bedroom problems. Though it does mean that you need to be honest that things are not working, and that you and your partner need to separate to have some alone time to think about things.
2. Explain to them that a separation is not a divorce, but that it could lead to one
Explain to your kids that a separation is what some married couples do when they want to keep the marriage going, but that they know they need some time apart. Be honest and let them know that at the end of the separation it might mean that you two will get divorced, but at this moment that is not for sure. That is why you are trying a separation first.
3. Emphasis that it is not their fault in any way
The hardest part for kids with parents who are separated or divorcing, is that they will think they did something to cause it. Make sure that they understand that it's not because of them, and that you and your partner will do everything you can to make sure they get enough time with each of you.
4. Tell them you need them
This is a very difficult time, and unless you make your children aware of that, they might inadvertently make things more difficult for you. This will be less likely to happen if they know that you need their help.
5. It's okay to be upset
This is a very emotional time. You need to be able to openly express your emotions, just as much as they do. Trying to hide your emotions will only teach them to try and do the same thing, which will leave them lacking in important life skills. Let them know that it's okay to cry, be angry, get upset or want some alone tie. Let them know that you are upset to, and that you need some alone time as well, but that you also need lots of time with them. Cry together.


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African-Americans and Diabetes: A Population at the Center of our Biggest Health Crisis
Diabetescare.net: 10/5/2012
The statistics of diabetes as it relates to African-Americans are staggering.
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), 3.7 million African-Americans aged 20 or older have diabetes; and African-Americans are 1.8 times more likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. In terms of complications, this group is overall 50 percent as likely to develop diabetic retinopathy as compared to non-Hispanic whites; 2.6 to 5.6 times as likely to suffer from kidney disease; and African-Americans are 2.7 times as likely to suffer from lower-limb amputations, again according to ADA statistics.
Some of the big picture reasons for this population group suffering greatly from diabetes include genetics and socioeconomic disparities. And as diabetes continues to affect the African-American community, a better micro picture with a more in-depth understanding is needed to both identify why this group continues to be the highest at-risk population in the U.S., and what treatment strategies are most helpful. Read more


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The average Californian uses about 33 percent less electricity at home than the average American in the rest of the country. That shouldn't be overly surprising, given the state's mild weather.
What is surprising, though, is that California's electricity use has basically stayed flat for the past four decades, in stark contrast with the rest of the United States
Since 1960, household electricity use in the rest of the United States has more than tripled, climbing past 12,000 kWh per person on average (although it has plateaued of late). By contrast, in California, electricity use per capita doubled in the 1960s but then more or less stopped growing for the next four decades.
Why would that be? One popular theory is that California's particularly aggressive green policies should get credit. Back in the 1970s, the state began adopting stringent standards to promote energy-saving appliances and home insulation. Then, in 1982, California tweaked its utility regulations, in a policy known as "decoupling." Power companies would no longer get paid based on the number of electrons they sold. Instead, they'd have incentives to promote efficiency.
On top of that, California has some of the highest retail electricity prices in the country. That, too, blunts household demand and gives people more incentive to conserve. (The average energy bill in California is actually lower than elsewhere in the country because people use less electricity.)
In a 2010 paper (pdf), the World Bank argued that California's electricity consumption has stayed flat "thanks largely to" that big efficiency push. And the chart up top remains an oft-cited argument in favor of stricter government efficiency standards.
Not everyone agrees with this assessment, however. In a recent working paper, Georgetown economist Arik Levinson argues that a few "long-run trends" — things unrelated to energy policy — can explain as much as 88 percent of the gap in electricity use between California and the rest of the country. That is, efficiency standards might be getting too much credit.
First, there's climate — though not in the way you might think. Yes, California has lovely weather, and its residents tend to use less energy for heating and cooling. But the real story, Levinson suggests, is what's going on in the rest of the country. More and more Americans have been moving to warmer regions in the South and West and cranking the A/C as they get richer (while using less gas for heating). That explains about one-third of the disparity in electricity use.
Demographics are another underrated factor. In most of the United States, the number of people per household has been shrinking over the last 50 years. That has a big impact on electricity use: A person with his own home uses more power than a person sharing a house with others. But, oddly enough, household size has stayed roughly flat in California over this period. That fact alone accounts for 40 percent of the gap in electricity use.
Now, as Levinson clarifies in a recent VoxEU essay, he's not saying California's efficiency standards have been ineffective. It's just that their effect is tougher to disentangle than the chart above suggests. After all, both the federal government and other states later followed California in crafting their own appliance and building codes. So it's quite possible that everyone's electricity use would be higher in the absence of these standards.
That said, if we're trying to get a precise estimate of how much energy-saving policies can actually do, that much-cited chart up top isn't nearly as persuasive as it first seems.
Update: For those who wanted to dig deeper into this debate, Devra Wang of the Natural Resources Defense Council has some critiques of Levinson's research here.


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Kopeks are more than three times smaller than this
image, and three times less valuable than in 2000.
Using money can be tricky.
Sometime in my first years in Russia, a store clerk said Nyet and waved me towards the door. She didn't or wouldn't accept my my 500 ruble bill. Understandable, but I missed the patient explanation as to why, and the apology that I would likely have received back home in America.
Now with a better sales attitude, more currency in circulation, and computerized registers, stores accept ruble notes with no problem... but kopeks are another story!
Kopeks are worth less and less...
100 kopeks are equal to one ruble. You can use the dime-size 10 kopek coin or the penny-size 50 kopek coin to get to the equivalent of 100 kopeks. These copper coins are worth much less than the American penny. It would take 3,255 kopeks, the same value as 32.55 rubles, to equal one US dollar.
Older people often have difficulty grasping how quickly rubles and kopeks have lost value. A compound inflation rate of 312.11% since June of 2000 * is hard to get used to. In comparison, the US compound inflation was 31.54%. *fxtop.com Inflation Calculator. 10/06/2000 to 10/11/2013
Babuskas find kopeks and checkouts magnetic!
Babuskas love counting out kopeks from their little change purses while at the supermarket checkout. This causes aggravation and restlessness among those in line, which I find sort of endearing. Men, meanwhile, often do not use kopeks, not even taking them from the change tray.
Only little children get kopeks off the ground.
The Russian Central Bank announced recently that they will stop minting all kopek coins.Pravda.ru
My Story... true, with fuzzy details sharpened for effect...
The scene of the crime.
One day some years ago Larissa rushed off to the local shopping mall. Soon I got a call from her asking that I grab a bus and come quickly. On getting off the phone I realized I had no bills and insufficient change for the 12 ruble bus fare. I grabbed a small plastic bag in which we kept kopeks so as to not clog up our pockets, and hurried to catch any of the three buses that went to where Larissa was waiting.
Breathless, I climbed on an autobus, sat, and counted my few ruble coins up to six rubles, planning to pay the balance with kopeks. Before I was ready, a tall thin conductress weaved towards me, with a tired exasperated grimace. I explained in my broken Russian that I needed to pay part of my fare in kopeks.
I gave her a few rubles which added to half the fare, and then showed her my handful of kopeks which I was counting to get to the 12 ruble fare. The poor woman was in a hurry, took my handful of kopeks, and started counting them while she lurched to the front of the bus to another passenger. Some people watching shook their heads in commiseration with this hard working woman.
She lunged back, red in the face, and exploded! 'You not only gave me a head ache with all this counting, but you're short 20 kopeks. I'll have you arrested. Get off the bus!'
I told her I would give her the 20 kopeks the next time I saw her, but being kopeks she took that as a further insult. Fortunately the bus arrived at my stop.
A few days later Larissa asked me why I didn't want to take the 172 autobus, preferring to wait for another. I confessed my trepidation that there would be an angry woman looking to kill me, all because of Russian kopeks!
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Every day we wake up smelling this heavenly smell. Can you guess were that aroma was coming from? Well it was coming from the lovely fresh bread Mr Coope makes every morning. It is delicious! Most of the kids from team Bentzon ended up going for seconds just for the bread!
The lunches we fantastic. We had burgers and Hot dogs with sides of chips. That's the only thing's I remember any way. Just reading over this makes me crave for hot dogs yum!
Don't get me started on dinner, it was the best! I went up for seconds one night. I was so full after that like a jar over flowing( I'm the jar). No offense mum but I love Mr Coope's Meals! There delicious.


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Saturday, October 29, 2016
Panic attack
averted.....thankfully :)
I had decided that this weekend would be spend cutting out fabric and getting my Christmas sewing ready for the long Thanksgiving weekend. I do pillow cases for family and friends. I've been doing them for about 6 or 7 years now. Two years ago I just didn't get to them, there was so much going on in my personal life that I just didn't have the energy. I figured people would probably be happy that they didn't get yet another pillowcase from me. I can't tell you how many people were disappointed that they didn't a pillowcase!! I was overwhelmed with the number of people who expressed how much they loved them. Mostly family, so I'm sure they didn't want to hurt my feelings LOL
So last year I got back on the horse and made more, and will do the same this year. Only this year I'm going to supplement them with micro-wave pot holders and hopefully some place mats.
So what was my panic attack? Well I decided that because I can't stand for long periods of time, that in-between cutting session I would try doing a little beading on my August Peridot fairy. She has been lingering for such a long time with no loving at all.
So when I went into our guest/craft room and the beads were missing!! I have all the thread and beads in little baggies that are on an O ring that I keep on the knob of the floor stand....well it wasn't there!! OMG to be so close and to lose my beads...my heart skipped a beat or 5. Until I realized I had put them on the book shelve because the cat kept knocking them down.
So panic attack averted!! She is really so close to being done, I really need to get work on her and just get it done.
Happy stitching
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Some years ago I promised myself I would never again buy unfinished Burgundy after disappointments over the years having barrel tasted wines, and later after bottling, had found the wines to be not what the cask sample had promised. Nevertheless here I was on my way to, what is for a week in January in London, "Burgundy madness" with an army of growers converging on the capital, some almost magically appearing at least to me, to be in more than one place at once. Many of the wines were just bottled, some cask samples, some suffering bottle shock and some just plain going through an awkward period, but such was the interest in the vintage and more importantly such was the low yield that it appeared the only way not to miss out on procuring some of what I believed to be some of the purest expressions of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the many villages in the Cote D 'Or I have tasted for some time, was to sign up, drop in and taste out the many offerings on hand.
After numerous years dealing with Burgundy business in the US, there is nothing quite like the London En Primeur tastings Stateside with which to compare, so it was about time for me to delve into what was a truly British experience as some of the tastings were in some of the most iconic buildings in the capital.
So what of overall impressions, well no doubt it was an ideal opportunity to taste so many wines together in such a short period of time at some impressive venues. The sample wines themselves were sometimes a mixed bag and I will certainly withhold final judgment on some and give benefit of the doubt to some others purely based on the unfinished sample at hand, and will taste again possibly at Les Grand's Jours de Bourgogne in Burgundy this March or sometime further down the road. It was overall though a very impressive account of a classic Burgundy vintage filled with wines that carry "a sense of place" giving the villages themselves identity that can be sometimes lost in the name of bigger and bolder is better, and will be long lived with a certain purity and elegance rarely seen at so many address. What first struck me was the sometimes ugly ducklings Pommard and Beaune, in particular Saving Les Beaune really stood out with an elegance that is not always associated with these villages. Nuits St Georges could also fall into this category and for me Gevrey Chambertin was also a stand out. Not that there were not great wines from usual suspects in Vosne Romanee, Chambolle Musigny etc. but the masculine side of the Pinot Noir wines were a lot more appealing and more refined than usual and most certainly a different animal than the highly touted previous vintage in 2009, which saw a rich ripe character in many wines. The 2010 whites were also what I would again call more classic in style than their 2009 counterparts with good acid structure and plenty of verve. The 2010 reds have a certain weightless appeal in so much as they were often deceptively light in appearance but big on flavour and long on the finish. The producers that will be making their way into my cellar in no particular order are Fourrier from Gevrey, the villages VV bottling I had to re taste just to confirm to myself this was just, well, a village wine, and I must also add a very affordable Bourgogne Blanc. From Nuits St Georges Gouges offerings again at the lower end of the scale very impressive for what they were and all the way up to the Les St Georges, Morey St Denis Clos des Lambrays also hit a home run in 2010, Pommards from de Montille Pezerolles and d'Angerville Combe-Dessus stood out with Savigny Les Beaune wines for Bize, Chandon des Briailles amongst others from this village that really showed Burgundy can still be affordable and in a vintage such as this, dare I say a bargain. What of other affordable Burgundy, I would suggest you could do a lot worse than go with the Aubert Villaine Mercurey Les Montots if you can find it and also from Chablis the wines of Vincent Dampt, someone I had met some years ago when he was just starting out at his father Daniel's Domaine who I had represented in California for some years, like father like son as his wines had a perfect saline freshness and precision I would always find in Daniels wines. Puligny Montrachet's Jean Marc Boillot wines on show at, at least, two venues were a special effort worth taking time to search out and the whites as special as ever from Hubert Lamy in St Aubin. Speaking with Sylvian Cathiard from Vosne Romanee, a Domaine I first visited in the mid nineties when I represented an importer from San Francisco, he confirmed that this would be his last vintage at the helm and his son Sebastien would be taking over and as always his wines were amongst the best from the village. So what's not to like, well yields were down and in some instances 40% down from 2009, so if you think getting a hold of some of the more sought after wines was difficult in the past it will be near impossible in many instances as volumes are small and prices will be higher to reflect this as growers need to balance costs with a lot less wine than normal. Securing even small amounts of certain wines will be a challenge but well worth your time searching out even at the prices as this really is a year for the purists and if you like your Burgundy as I do to be as such then it will all be well worth the effort.
2009 Barrel tasting in the new cellar at Jadot in Beaune.
First up was Savigny Les Beaune Aux Guettes Premier Cru, a little sauvage with bright Pinot red fruit nuances, medium weight and fresh bright finish, but not the way to start off as Dominique pointed out.
Next up, Savigny Les Beaune La Dominode Premier Cru,
Much more approachable and more indicative of the 09 vintage with a rich full entry leading to medium weight in the middle palate and finishing with a long dark fruit character.
Santenay Clos de Malte
More spices and pepper here with a fine integrated bright tannin content, nice Pinot character, an altogether more classic style of Burgundy.
Pernand Vergellesses Clos de la Croix de Pierre,
Just above Ile des Vergelesses, another classic style young vine Pinot with enough muscle and structure to carry it thru a bright red cherry finish.
Pommard Grand Epenots
Rich full entry and rather unpommard like in style but nevertheless plenty dark fruit nuances with some integrated noticeable oak.
Beaune Boucherottes
Beautifully balanced medium weight Beaune wine, lots of ripe red fruit character with an impeccable finesse and showing really well, could be the pick of the day so far.
Beaune Clos des Couchereaux
Another very well balanced Beaune wine with more structure than above but has bright red berry fruit aromas and medium finish.
Beaune Clos des Ursules Premier Cru
As always the Ursules has that appealing rich full flavor, very well delineated fruit and spices with a long finish right up there with the Boucherottes.
Nuits St Georges Les Boudots Premier Cru
Situated on what is sometimes called the right side of the village as it is very close to Vosne Romanee, good rich dark fruit flavour with some well integrated tannin, a combination of the 09 vintage concentration and the more feminine side of Nuits, hitting some high points today.
Volnay Clos des Chenes Premier Cru
Back to Cote Beaune, my fault, as Dominique generously asked me if I wanted to taste anything specific.
Very much a forward medium bodied style of Chenes with some deep dark fruit, nuances of spices and very drinkable today.
Volnay Clos de la Barre
A different animal here being a more structured style of Pinot, some excellent fruit character with some unresolved tannin, but plenty to like here.
Chambolle Musigny Les Fuees Premier Cru
Immediately appealing, the finesse of Chambolle shines thru, impeccably balanced with excellent precision of weight and power, definitely has that wow factor.
Chambolle Musigny Les Baudes Premier Cru
More spices than above and with more subtle masculine nuances and very bright cherry like finish.
Gevrey Chambertin Estournelles Premier Cru
Bold Pinot fruit flavours with some nicely balanced tannin content, medium weight with some dark fruit aromas.
Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques Premier Cru
Excellent integrated fresh fruit flavours and tannin, really has loads of Gevrey character and excels with a well rounded structure and very long finish.
Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses Premier Cru
Excellent, subtle, rich and exotic at the same time, weightless and loaded with multi faceted aromas and flavours, in a word fantastic.
Musigny Grand Cru
Extraordinary complexity and character, loaded with bags of rich red and dark fruit nuances, and as deeply satisfying as a red Burgundy can get with a finish that reverberates around your palate long after you have finished it.
Daniel Barraud tasting at the Domaine in Vergisson ,October 14 /2010.
A quiet Thursday in Vergisson, with numerous tractors rolling around the village roads and the buzz of a new harvest in the air, I stopped in to Domaine Daniel Barraud to taste with his son Julien as Daniel was busy elsewhere.
2009 Julien Barraud Macon-Chaintre "Les Pierres Folies"
Made by Julien and labeled under his name,
Good round rich peach flavours, nicely balanced in harmony with mineral notes, and a fresh fruit finish.
2009 Julien Barraud St Veran "En Creches"
Made by Julien and labeled under his name.
Julien tells me these grapes are from the neighbouring village of Davaye.
White apple blossom aromas and fresh fruit flavours with limestone and citrus notes that have a surprisingly good freshness for the vintage.
Made in 300 litre barrels with 15% new oak.
2008 Domaine Daniel Barraud Pouilly Fuisse "En France"
Mostly clay with some limestone in vineyards from around the village church.
A step up in flavour intensity and structure lead to a medium bodied wine with mineral, lime aromas and quite a long fruit finish. An excellent example of villages Pouilly Fuisse.
2008 Domaine Daniel Barraud Pouilly-Fuisse "La Verchere Vieilles Vignes"
From 55yr old vines in Vergisson.
Fresh rich citrus aromas and flavours, well balanced with minerality lead to an intense mid palate mouth feel with a long lasting finish.
2008 Domaine Daniel Barraud Pouilly-Fuisse "Les Crays"
30% new oak.
Excellent structure and depth of lemony fruit with citric nuances lead to an intense concentrated wine of power and elegance that makes you feel you are in the presence of true greatness in the Macon appellation.
2008 Domaine Daniel Barraud Pouilly Fuisse "En Bulland Vieilles Vignes"
76 year old vines under Solutre.
Big but balanced with harmonious citrus fruit flavours and mid palate intensity that is seamless and a finish that goes on forever. A truly exceptional wine of class and elegance.
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Genetic Roulette DVD - The Dangers of GMO's
When the US government ignored repeated warnings by its own scientists and allowed untested genetically modified (GM) crops into our environment and food supply, it was a gamble of unprecedented proportions. The health of all living things and all future generations were put at risk by an infant technology.
After two decades, physicians and scientists have uncovered a grave trend. The same serious health problems found in lab animals, livestock, and pets that have been fed GM foods are now on the rise in the US population. And when people and animals stop eating genetically modified organisms (GMOs), their health improves.
Directed by outspoken GMO critic Jeffrey M. Smith, the film is an unsettling tour through a myriad of serious health conditions implicated with genetically altered crops, from allergies and intestinal disorders to diabetes and autism. Many explanations are offered for how these ailments could potentially arise.
Genetic Roulette provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, but also offers a recipe for protecting ourselves and our future.
The documentary features commentary from a wide range of eminent physicians, scientists, policy makers and activists.
"In exposing the bullying and deceit of of the biotech industry, Jeffrey Smith's mesmerizing film shines a bright light of hope that we can reclaim our health and our food systems. Meticulously documented, thoroughly comprehensive, and rivetingly presented, this is more than an adventure story with intense drama and high stakes. It is in fact one of the most important stories ever told. Watch it and be galvanized, inspired, and engaged. Then tell everyone you know."
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Is Sarah Burton new Christopher Bailey?Posted: June 23, 2011 Filed under: fashion, fashion week, review | Tags: fashion, fashion weeks, reviews 1 Comment
Burberry was just fine before Christopher Bailey, but when he became a Chief Creative Officer of Burberry in 2009, the brand just exploded. He oversaw the design and development of both London and New York Headquarters. He helped rebranding it by putting pressure on young British celebrities – like Emma Watson who was the face of Burberry for FW 2009 and SS 2010 campaigns. He also promotes British music by Burberry Acoustic project. Alongside Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts, he set up the project The Burberry Foundation to help young people realise their potential by art and creativity. Not to mention that he's a very talented designer. So basically he was the one who, in recent years, led Burberry to its full glory.
When in 2010 Alexander McQueen committed a suicide everyone wondered who would take care of the brand and what would happen. The whole 2010 and first four months of 2011 were quite silent and nothing extraordinary came from the brand. But it was April 29th, that began the new life of the McQueen house. On April 29th, the whole world was watching and learned that it was Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander McQueen, who designed the wedding gown for Kate Middleton for her royal wedding to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (and also Kate's evening dress as well as maid of honour's).
But only by the recent SS 2012 menswaer collection (and her third for the brand) she's strenghtened her position as independent designer (but is it what we wanted and expected from her? Or did we wish she only carries McQueen ideas and duplicate them each season?). Quoting Vogue UK she "brought back English rock on the catwalk". We saw some black, white, coral and crimson mixed in variety of stripes and versality of styles (back from 60s and 70s). The whole collection looks bright and fresh (and not well put together), giving the true London rock'n'roll vibe at the same time. It's all so Burton but so not McQueen (it certainly lacks his edge, provocation and unique vision). Definiately not something I would expect from this brand, but either way – I like (seems like next summer should be all about fun)!
Some of my favourite pieces (via tfs):
It's no risk to say that the Alexander McQueen is striking back with full (and new) force. So what's next for Sarah and McQueen brand? Will she become what Bailey is for Burberry?


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Drink-driving killer Puneet Puneet continues to fight extradition to Australia
Delhi The extradition case against runaway Indian driver Puneet Puneet continues to crawl along with yet another inconclusive hearing in Patiala Court in the Indian capital.
The hearing concluded Justice Gurmohini Kaur deciding to examine the claim Puneet is suffering from schizophrenia, kidney and liver problems and multiple other ailments at the next hearing on November 24.
Puneet was a 19-year-old learner driver when he hit and killed Queensland student Dean Hofstee, 19, and seriously injured Clancy Coker, 20, in Southbank on October 1, 2008. Police estimated Puneet was driving at 148km/h - more than double the legal limit in the area. He also tested positive for alcohol.
Puneet had been on bail and was awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to culpable driving over the incident when he fled Australia using a friend's passport in 2009. He was arrested four years later in India, on his wedding day.
Justice Kaur, who replaced an earlier judge hearing the case, said she was anxious to deliver a verdict on whether Puneet, 27, should be extradited to Australia to serve out his sentence, but needed time to read the 2000 page file.
Puneet's laywer, Kanhaiya Kumar Singhal, said he would provide medical records and summon doctors to demonstrate in court that Puneet was gravely ill.
Puneet had claimed in earlier hearings that he was being treated by doctors in Delhi for a range of ailments and appears in court wearing a surgical mask and in a wheelchair. This time, he limped into court, assisted by a relative, in a navy blue track suit and oily hair, but remained slumped in his seat, gazing blankly into space.
In his attempt to fight extradition, Puneet has claimed that racism in Australia means that he will not receive fair treatment. A friend of his, Pankaj Monga, was in court as a witness to the "racism" of Australians, but since Monga had no ID proof, his testimony was postponed until the next hearing.
Outside the court, Monga told Fairfax that his "dream" of going to Australia had turned into a "nightmare" and he was lucky to escape before anything happened to him. He said he first went to Adelaide in 2008, but when he failed to settle down emotionally, he went to stay with Puneet in Melbourne.
"It was no better in Melbourne. I begged Puneet to book my ticket back to India. You could be walking the streets taking pictures of buildings and suddenly someone would attack you. Even now my friends in Adelaide say the situation is much better than then but they still don't go out alone at night," Monga said.
He pointed to Puneet, slumped in his chair, and said: "He's almost finished. He might die before the case is decided. He's in such terrible shape. He's just a shell, he's half the young man he used to be. It's almost over for him."
The thrust of Singhal's arguments in court has been that Puneet cannot be extradited because of the "racism" he will face. Like many lawyers in India, Singhal has been using the time-honoured technique of asking for adjournments to delay the case. This is the main reason why the Indian courts can take years – up to a decade or more – to resolve cases.
An earlier judge rebuked Singhal for asking for adjournment after adjournment, but he continued in the same fashion on Monday, asking the judge for permission to produce diplomats from the Australian High Commission in Delhi to testify whether Puneet had been convicted or not. Later, he backtracked and asked merely for the relevant conviction documents to be produced in court.
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Saturday, May 26, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
graphic designer badasses
see this website about him. it is really good. he is for sure a favorite graphic designer/artist of mine.
and below is a logo by Lester Beall
These images are from the book Nine Pioneers in American Graphic Design
(all men of course. boo.)
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
leaves and organic bras
made this big leaf for a scale project for my design class a while back. thought i was getting it back today, but no. so i took some photos of it. it was fun to make something with wire inside. hadn't tried that before.
have i mentioned i'm not buying any new fabric this year? (i have to keep telling myself this. and now telling you.) i figure there's enough great fabric already in the world. man it's tough though when there are fabrics like that flowery one in the leaf (bought last year at bolt in portland).
this year i am not buying clothes at big stores (or much at all) either. i think i've only bought one shirt this year. (but where does one buy organic bras i ask you?) a lot of my clothes are falling apart though. yeah, i'm on a year of no chain stores for fabric or clothing. i wish there was a place that made organic clothing that was tailored really well. i would pay a lot if i knew something would last a long time and fit well and was produced sustainably and fairly. it seems reasonable to me to spend some extra cash on sturdy staple clothes. and then when feeling like it, spruce them up with handmade and thrifted items. it's easier to not buy anything when you have no money to buy anything with too. ;-) (although i guess a lot of credit-loving americans don't feel this way.) well i'm rambling here.
it is late and it's already been an exhausting week.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
made a wee book today
inspired by lovelydesign and five and a half. see five and a half's tutorial here
Friday, May 18, 2007
sharing dinners
our first meals were, by erica, a ratatouille (which you almost want to make just so you can say ratatouille) and by me, an asparagus tart (eaten about 15 minutes ago and now making me very tired).
this weekend is the last homework weekend of the semester! after this weekend i plan to cook more, start riding my bicycle, blog more (including blogging on sew green!), dance more, go to more movies, make cards again, make a skirt (this has been on my to do list for far too long), screenprint again and start swimming again.
now i think i'll take a nap. ;-)
Monday, May 14, 2007
some time ago
this morning as i was stepping out of the shower, alone at home, the doorbell rang. now our doorbell is normally one that makes everyone around, including the cat, jump straight up in the air and then want to run for cover. seriously loud. but it's even more unnerving first thing in the morning when you're alone, and naked, and soaked. needless to say, i did not rush to see who was there. but later when i left the house, there was this gleaming package of goodies on the stoop! it washed away all the doorbell jitters. ;-)
gwen's purses are, as many of you know, little works of design heaven. look at that super tubey handle, the body of the purse's shape! and her packaging. so thoughtful and good. a big thank you gwen!
find some of gwen's goodies here. and i'm wondering if they'll soon be here as well....
Sunday, May 13, 2007
inspiration station
lately i've also been appreciating elizabeth catlett's work.
the below images are from the book something all our own.
cartas (apparently inspired by the color purple)
woman's torso
fluted head
a lot of her work focuses on representing women, and particularly women of color. i find so many of her pieces very beautiful and moving.
and finally, some flickr inspiration:
skull kid's viewfinder pics
for mothers day
which it really is all year round
Friday, May 04, 2007
cd + cover art exchange
for my quark class i'm designing a 2 cd mix cover + insert. thought it would be fun to put it to use and exchange it!
*i am hoping 10-12 people will participate, so you'd be sending 2 cds to up to 12 people and receiving up to 24 cds in return
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For much of last week, and into this week, America fought World War II again.
The Pearl Harbor naval yard was set ablaze under a deadly rain of Japanese bombs. Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy through withering German gunfire. The hell of Iwo Jima, Saipan and Okinawa was relived.
On the home front, folks rationed everything from food to rubber, cultivated victory gardens, and awaited news of their brothers, sons, husbands and boyfriends from distant points on the globe. Everyone knew someone in uniform, and dreaded the telegram that began with the ominous introduction: "We regret to inform you …"
Mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended it all, and ushered in the nuclear age. Ken Burns' seven-part PBS documentary, "The War," brought millions of viewers back to that time when the U.S. and Allied forces pushed back against Hitler and the Axis powers to preserve a world in danger of being crushed beneath a handful of tyrants. Over the course of 15 hours, the film described the events that battered the planet by focusing on the experiences of people from four American towns and cities, both the men who went over and the families they left behind.
Among those watching were World War II veterans from the Wachusett area, some who saw duty in the most notorious battle sites during the war. All were appreciative of Burns' efforts to cram four years' worth of material into digestible segments; some were mildly disappointed that certain episodes of the war were given short shrift.
Edward McCarthy of Holden had no plans to watch "The War." He'd already seen it first-hand, through tours in Kwajalein, Saipan, where he nearly lost a foot, and Iwo Jima, where he crawled along a cratered beach in the shadow of Mt. Suribachi - so why subject himself to a rerun? But his wife insisted he join her in front of the television for the series.
Overall, the film did a good job of capturing the history and feel of events, he said. But in a compressed amount of time, the focus was necessarily on the battles, which left gaps when it came to depicting the grunt's experience.
"You get no sense of the lulls," McCarthy said. "Between these intense battles there was so much down time when you were waiting for something to happen. There's a shot in the film of a guy sitting and reading a paperback, and that was one of the great things about the war - the Defense Department was generating books in paperback. I figure that in three operations I traveled 27,000 miles, and I read constantly.
"['The War'] did confirm my opinion that I wanted no part of the Italian campaign," he said. "I've been in Italy 10 times, and I've seen the terrain that those men had to deal with in battle. Thank God I was in the Pacific."
Steve Nowak of Holden was serving aboard the U.S.S. Franklin when it was attacked by Japanese planes on March 19, 1945. The ship was rocked with explosions and set ablaze, killing nearly 1,000 men. In terms of human loss, it was the worst sea disaster in U.S. military history.
Nowak watched the series in pieces, and said the footage of Hitler's military rallies remains chilling.
"My god, that's frightening to look at. It looked like his army covered four square miles," he said.
While he thought the program has been slow moving at times (a common complaint), it did capture the frenzy surrounding the declaration of war after Pearl Harbor. Nowak recalls that "any man older than the age of 20 disappeared from town within weeks after war was declared. I tried to sign up for the Navy when I was 16, but I was turned down. At 17, I joined the Marine Corps."
Ed Duane viewed "The War" with two sets of eyes: those of a veteran and an historian. The local expert on Paxton history who served in a support unit on D-Day, saw parts of the series he found "very interesting, very good," yet was hoping for more thorough coverage of the D-Day invasion. Duane notes that the 101st Airborne and the 1st Division weren't mentioned, yet took "an awful beating" in the battle.
"[Burns] did a good job, especially since he had a lot of ground to cover," Duane said. He believes the film can open the eyes of younger generations about how World War II affected the entire nation at that time - scarcely a family was untouched in some way - and he laments the lack of education about the war that kids are receiving in the classroom.
"It's important to realize how fortunate we are that, besides Pearl Harbor, the war wasn't fought here," he said. "I wonder how people here would have reacted if they endured what the British did."
Fellow Paxtonite Howard Moore returned a reporter's call after returning from lunch with a group of friends who call themselves Retired Old Men Eating Out, or ROMEO for short. The men, who dine together every two weeks, are all WWII generation, most are veterans, and all had been watching "The War" faithfully.
"That's all we talked about the entire lunch," Moore said last Thursday, after three episodes had been aired. "The consensus is, he's doing a very good job."
The native Virginian was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked, and few short years later the young seaman was aboard a ship nicknamed "Gizmo" at the siege of Okinawa. His two brothers, one a Marine who stormed the beach and the other a Navy personnel aboard an aircraft carrier, also were there. All escaped without a scratch.
Moore likes the way Burns captured the effect of the war on regular citizens. He recently returned to his alma mater, Thomas Jefferson High School, and was stunned to see the roll call of those who had been killed in action from his class of 1941.
"These weren't football players, athletes. They were plain old guys; a real cross-section of the class," he said. "Everyone was hurt by that war."
His own brothers made it home - the Marine surviving five invasions and several injuries - but they both recently died, two of the estimated 1,000 WWII veterans who die each day.
When he spoke to a reporter last week, Jim Pratt of Sterling was still waiting to see how Burns dealt with the development and dropping of the atom bomb. As a member of the construction battalion known as the Seabees, Pratt helped turn the island of Tinian into an airfield where the Enola Gay would take off with her nuclear payload bound for Hiroshima, and, later, the Bocks Car, with the Nagasaki bomb.
He'd seen parts of "The War" - the Anzio beachhead and Guadalcanal segments - and proclaimed them "fantastic."
"I've seen other documentaries before, but the film footage he's uncovered is incredible," Pratt said.
Ed McCarthy respects the fact that Burns chose to view the war "from the ground up" rather than through the eyes of those who planned the invasions.
"It's a formidable task," he said.
"I like that he included some of the mistakes that were made that cost so many lives. Those were part of the war, too," he added, noting the devastation at the battle for Pelalu.
The human cost on both sides became evident to the soldiers on the battlefield. McCarthy remembers coming upon a hastily evacuated Japanese encampment at Saipan.
"We found snapshots and photo albums of families," he said. "It was the first indication that these weren't animals we were fighting, but people with families. It was a little unsettling."
As he watched a retrospective of one war, McCarthy has been monitoring the U.S. military's present day struggles against an elusive enemy in the Middle East.
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06-10-2016 #11
06-10-2016 #12
That doesn't mean correctly built and spec'd machine using steppers won't reach 16,000mm/min. most of the routers I build range between 600x400 and 1250 x 700 region and just about every one will reach those speeds. While testing/setup I push them to the extreme limit to find the saturation point where they stall and 20-24mtr/min is not uncommon.
Yes they don't get run at those speeds and I'll whind them back to between 10-15mtr/min rapids. All will happily cut at 10mtr/min if the tooling and material allow for it.
Servos are ok but as you know they also come there fair share of issues and requirements. Servo's while being stronger are not always better and in DIY enviroment mostly not required or recommended. KISS is the key at DIY level and steppers tick all the boxs. Servo's can quickly crush the boxs and frustrate the hell out of people. Also the cost doesn't just stop at the Servo's because again as you know suitable controller and all the correct cabling are required. (before you reply with "use chinese controller" not everyone want's to take this route)
Noise is big concern for most DIY users and can't be avoided because it mostly comes from the cutter not the spindle but it's simply case of enclosing the machine. Just make sure it's well ventilated.
Boyan the movement of your machine was nice to see but the trochoidal toolpath was IMO the wrong choice for this type of Job/material. It would have been quicker roughing in conventional manner then finish pass and much less stressful on the machine.
06-10-2016 #13
the way i see it :
long 3d toolpaths with serious material removal rate requirement → more spindle power needed hence 2.2 and even better 3kw /for home use/ → heavier and stronger Z with long travel /remember deep bowls/ → stronger gantry → heavier build → at least 70kg gantry with all mounted
Dean, i agree, The trochoidal path was only to test vacuum fixture, machine and board capabilities. I wanted to see what happens when cutter is routing full depth. Now i use again HSM technique, instead i changed depths with width and dont use trochoidal path, except for profiling the piece and also its only 3mm deep as deeper leads to chipping of edge. If that makes sense.
06-10-2016 #14
Smaller machine well designed can still cut deep bowls with good MRR and doesn't need to be weight of small tank.
3D work by it's nature doesn't have large step over so the cutting forces are low when doing the finishing. The bulk is removed by roughing so finish isn't important only tool life becomes a factor. So again well designed machine can handle this with good tool life but without being massively built.
Mass only really comes into play when cutting deep and requiring respectable finish without using finish pass. For any decent work that requires quality finish then machine weighing 20ton will still need light finish passes, infact several semi finish passes for some work.
The Massive weight is then wasted and infact acts like stone around it's neck. To move this stone is costing money.
So what I'm saying is while Mass is good sometimes it's not always benifical or required for certain types of work. IMO 3D being one of them.
You want fast moving machine that can take light cuts which doesn't require heavy machine and all the extra expense that goes with it.!
Strong doesn't have to mean heavy or like you seem to think and preach must be STEEL.!! Good design and Aluminium will work just as well.
I'll make this point Clear by refereing to 5 Axis JOBS Machine (costing £250,000 20yrs ago) which I nearly bought few years ago which originaly came from Mclaren F1 and used for machining the Steel moulds for there Composite parts. The WHOLE Z Axis which was over 1Mtr long was made from ALUMINIUM.!!!
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07-10-2016 #15
So, it seems that building a machine is the way to go here?
I'm wondering what the sort of costs would be for my needs - At least 500mm x 200+mm x 120mm, capable of +-0.1mm on wood and aluminium. And then some sort of enclosure, and dust extraction?
07-10-2016 #16
http://wrbl.tumblr.com/mill-build he is going to upgrade it with linear rails but have a look through his log and you will see the fine detailed work he has done with it...Clive
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07-10-2016 #17
Don't forget that when you turn a big block of wood in to a bowl, you'll have about 20x (if not more) the volume you removed in the form of dust and chips.
Routers can make a huge mess, that can be difficult to contain at times.Gerry
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07-10-2016 #18
The cheapist way is to build frame using steel box section but this requires you are equiped with welder etc. Knowing how to weld also helps but believe it or not isn't exactly vital.? if your prepared to have a go then quite easy to learn with just few days practise.
There are some key areas on machine, like Z aixs that are quite difficult to make without some machining work so you will probably have to pay someone to do this if not equiped with machines to help.
Like Gerry says Extraction is Very important on router and even more important if enclosed. You'll need serious vacuum system if enclosing, little Henry type Vac won't cut it if removing large amounts of chips.
For Good machine with reliable quality components (not including Vacuum system) then you realisticly need to budget for Minimum of £2K with £2.5k being probably closer to the mark.
If your well equiped and can use your tools then along with some savy buying you can get this down.
What you MUST NOT do is Rush the build or be tempted to Buy Cheap Electronic kits you see on Ebay Etc. This is sure fire way to waste money and at best end up with under performing machine. Worst case you end up with Night mare basket case of machine which will deflate and turn you off CNC for life.!!
Doens't need to be this way and if you have patience along with the good sense to ask and listen then you'll build machine that will fill you with pride and put huge smile on your face.
Suggest you start looking around the Forum at differant machine style etc and read the Build threads front to back. Then start thread of your own outlining what you have in mind regards style and Components. Then when we will come along rubbish all your suggestions, kick it about bit, flip it, then Bing bang before you know it you'll have Cunning plan and away you go.!
The secret to SUCCESS is NO BUYING, NO RUSHING and most of all NO SHERKIN.? By this I mean do the research, learn whats needed and don't try to take short cuts. Design the machine Make Plan then Start building.
Don't be afraid to ask any question no matter how stupid it may seem. We ALL will have asked it at some time.
No one here will Mock or berate you for Stupid question but we will take the Piss out of you if don't ask it and get it wrong. .
Go for it don't be afraid. BUT be HONEST WITH YOUR SELF, Ask self if sure you have the skills and mind set to do this. . . . If not you will Fail.!
11-10-2016 #19Routers can make a huge mess, that can be difficult to contain at times
Nearly impossible to answer accurately because don't know your skill level and how well equiped you are
My worry is that a) it may take me too long figuring out how to make a machine when I want to get on with using it, and b) when I do make it, as its my first attempt, I may make mistakes, resulting in loss of accuracy.
I think I'm going to ask someone to make a decent machine for me!
11-10-2016 #20
There is a wealth of information on the forum in the build logs, and the guys will help out with any problems but in your situation it could be prudent to have one designed and built by one of our forum members (if not snowed under) Just place a request in the FREELANCE JOBS AND REQUESTS section and someone might be a able to help.
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