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|I am newbie here and want to know more about cars suspension and brakes system. I regards you if you give me more knowledge about ladder bar adjustments and car engines. wrinkle skin treatment
Kool car JS...love that injection deal. No wonder it's violent, but that's managable. You can give me details later as far as size and power, etc.
Now I'll rant...NEVER NEVER NEVER neutral an automatic car in the lights after a run!!! Quickest way to find yourself with ATF under the tires. Most drag racers know this. The only time driveline is disconnected is by clutch or convertors that disengage themselves automatically. NEVER downshift unless you got no brakes. Overspeeds the drum, etc and can seize the guts and roll the case...NOT GOOD!
'grass1...no, not on my nerves. I tend to speak coloquially at times. Dampers, timers, or in reality, hydraulic linear decellerators. I for one wouldn't care to take a hard turn in the typical drag car. I understand your points about suspension geometry, but we were dealing with the simplest and perhaps most violent levers for drag racing. I've always liked ladder bars. The only reason I ever see to use a 4 link is packaging and excessive power levels. I know of a 2600# ladder bar car that does 8.20s. But I wouldn't turn a corner with it...
No I guess I never said what it was.
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Circle tracks are in essence, two straight tracks connected at both ends. Once you get the car turned, after apex, it's all straight to the next corner entry. I'll agree about dynamic/static weight distribution at launch because the car is already rolling but the physics don't change. Your wrong about shocks. They are not dampers per say, but timing devices. Dampers absorb energy and shocks simply slow the springs down. Not absorb the motion. All shocks that are rebuildable have replaceable pistons to control their compression and rebound characteristics. Not just double adjustables. That only means they are user adjustable. Otherwise disassembly is required. Maybe I'm missing your point, But I'm thinking you are saying the chassis works differently between the two type of cars. I'm saying, if you give me your drag car I can make it turn corners just by moving suspension points. A four link that goes straight, is the same four link under my circle track car. As far as deceleration goes I think you have to remove drive shaft torque lifting the RR because it's not doing anything after you shift to neutral. If left in gear, the engine slowing the car would put drivshaft torque back into play, that might unload the LR and cause problems. With the system freewheeling, You rely on the brakes that are connected to the axle, and remembering opposite and equal reaction, braking forces cancel out and do'nt change load at their respective wheels. Weight being shifted forward places less weight at the back, let it lift to high and it'll get to drifting around (loose). Keep it from rising at all and you'll diminish traction in the front(tight). If one wheel or set of wheel has more traction than another than I agree it can get out of control. But when both tires aren't using 100% of their available grip like at launch. A little weight here and there won't matter. Wouldn't all passenger cars a pull since non of then use a "square" corner weights? I hope I'm not getting on your nerves.
"And, don't forget the roundy-round boys preload with the springs all the time. No reason it can't be done in a straight line."
I'll try not to rant here...roundy-round cars are night and day different. They ask for a completely different dynamic action than drag cars because it's a straight line. We want launch control and firm handling down the track. Pre-loading springs for control causes ill handling at speeds and braking. The ONLY exception being shocks as they're dampers. They can be made to dampen the same in one direction and different in the other if they're double adjustables. Pre-load by virtue of the bar adds work force when needed (launch) and control when needed (down track and braking) without unwanted forces after launch.
JS...Look into the deal Dave says about lighter springs and "stored energy". Consider everything we've been discussing, and if possible have someone knowledgable watch your car launch and take notes. Remember, longer on the drivers side (lower ladder bar adjuster) adds static wt on the pass side. The opposite is also true. Don't cloud the issue with "instant centers". The instant center is the forward mount. The bars are the levers. The levers plant the tires and when right will not allow the car to sag at all on launch. in fact the top of the tire should be nearly visable on launch depending on how low the car sits. It also sounds like they're in the right position to get the lengthening force I was talking about earlier.
Billy...I don't disagree on G forces, maybe you're even a little low. And I came up with roughly 140HP in my sled example based on observed times/speeds. So we're there.
JS...lookin forward to hearin how the car's doin. You never said what it was, did you?
|Drag cars don't use the engine and it's applied torques to slow down. So the forces aren't the opposite reaction of acceleration.
|the rockers are level with the ground, the bars are maybe 2 degrees down from the rockers. Also I have a copy of Dave's book. Good book definately.
JS, yes the difference of 186lbs lft to rt on the front when sitting static. Billy has a point somewhat about the braking torques, just that at high speeds and instantanious braking it looks (like I said...on paper) as though it could pull left a bit on the initial hit of the brakes.
While I don't totally agree with Billy about his numbers, the point about reaction of the driveline remains the same. Actual TQ is multiplied through the convertor, 1st gear, rear axle ratio, then divided by 2 and multiplied by the tire radius in excess of 12inches. Putting it simply your 600lbft of TQ turns into around 4500-5000lbft at the ground. That's a lot of "work".
I do these power calculations on my snowmobiles. I disagree with track dynos that say a 160 HP combination has only 80HP on the snow. Converting HP back to TQ says different. You can't launch 750lbs of sled and rider skis up from zero to 100mph in 500ft on 80HP. Logic tells us what were doing here on both examples.
Though it's a little dated, I suggest a copy of a book by Dave Morgan titled "Doorslammers". The information is very valuable in helping sort out chassis combinations. The book is like $30. I haven't looked at mine in years, and my scanner is malfunctioned at the moment or I'd scan some sample info and pics.
Did we get off topic a bit? I still stand by my way of initiating pre-load. The bars are the levers doing the work. The shocks and springs do support and damping. IMO shocks and springs should always strive to be equal.
Last note...if the car was level at the rockers would the bars be up or down? How do they relate to the car's "level" profile?
The driveshaft torque, on any car that doesn't have an independent rear suspension, tends to unload the right rear (and, of course, load the left rear) during acceleration. For best tire performance, you want those rear tires equally loaded and static preload is one way to do it.
Suppose, just to have some numbers to work with, your car weighs 3000, the rear track is 62 inches, the axle ratio is 4.11, and the effective rear tire radius is 13.5 inches. Now, suppose you're launching at 1.5 g's. The difference in rear tire loading, due to driveshaft torque alone, would be:
(3000)(1.5)(13.5)/(4.11)(62) or 238 pounds.
In other words, the load on the left rear would be 238 pounds more than that on the right rear. But, fortunately, it isn't as bad as all that, for a portion of the reaction torque, acting through the engine and transmission mounts, shows up at the rear to cancel some of the driveshaft torque. This reaction torque is distributed, front-to-rear, in proportion to the relative roll stiffness. Suppose 60% of the total roll stiffness is at the front suspension. That means:
(0.60)(238) or 143 pounds
of imbalance remains to be "fixed" with static preload. You can tighten the coilovers at the left front and/or the right rear until the right rear weighs 143 pounds more than the left rear. Then, as the car launches, the loadings will be equal.
But, some of these numbers are pretty shaky, specifically the acceleration and roll stiffness percentages, so this just gives you a rough idea of the magnitude of static preload that is necessary.
And, if you do use static preload, it's important that the ladder bar adjustments be the same, side-to-side. In other words, you either do it with ladder bar adjustments or you do it with preload, but not with both at once. Which, then? Well, even with the shaky estimates used in the calculation, I'd go with the static preload.
Don't worry about the inequalities during braking. When your 250 pound mother-in-law sits directly behind you, so she can yell in your ear as you drive, the inequalities are equal or greater. So long as you don't lock up the wheels, braking torques remain equal.
Finally, there are ways to dynamically cancel driveshaft torque, so the static loads can be equal, but I don't want to go into these other ways here.
They are straight, anotherwords level with the ground. On the bottom hole, can't go any further down, just three up.
What makes you think it'll be a handful on the other end? the left front weights?
That LF wt has me scratchin my head...slicks are moot right now. A real hot burnout or VHT would be a "fix" til you sort it out. You moved the right bar...made it shorter by looks of things. I assume the wheelbase is right on the money.
Still, LF makes it look like a handful at the other end (on paper at least). Once you get the new boots on it any mis-adjustment will show up big. Sounds like a fun car. Pinion angle looks good to me.
I'm throwin in wrinkle here...Your bars, are they up, down, or level at ride ht standing still? Heres the reasoning...Look at the bar as a lever arm and picture the arc of the rear axle as it travels say 10deg up, then 10deg down from dead level (a pencil on a flat surface helps the visual here). So if the bars are level, on launch the wheelbase wants to "shorten", and this is exagerated if the bars are in the up position before launch.
If the bars are down from level at ride ht ready to launch, On launch the wheelbase wants to "lengthen" and thereby softening the hit just enough to do the work of planting the tires. How much does it lengthen? On my car, bars down 1 hole from level, raising the car (bars) to level from the ladderbar Xmember, my wheelbase extended just under 1/2".
So what? So then the car is, in a sense, moving forward before it rolls forward, while the bars are doing their job planting the tires. Vehicle reaction time improves. Launch seems less suitable for hollywood action flicks but remains consistant. Since the tire cant go "down" on launch the body comes "up" changing the level of the forward mount on the ladder bar.
Bars up=hard hit, violent launch, bar tries to shorten W.B.
Bars down=softer hit, less violence, bar wants to lengthen W.B.
Try the pencil thing. The point is your mounting bolt. The eraser the axle center. At level length "x". Up or down length "y". Launch at "y" with point down, you end up at "x". Launch at "y" point up you bind or go "shorter". Something to schmooze on in your head. Hope it helps.
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My car was pulling the back end to the right during a burn out. Launches are violent. Zero Traction. I had to peddle the car for the first 100 ft. 60 ft times vary from 1.30--1.55 1/8th mile is anywhere from 5.60- 6.05
Ride height is good, coilovers yes double adjustable. 110 lb springs.
Transbrake yes, stall @ 4500 rpm shift at 6500 rpm; Auto trans 2 speed powerglide. 3 degree pinion angle ( old slicks, 14X 32 goodyears, lots of check hole left but I think they are shot anyway ) new ones ordered.
Race ready weight..fuel and me...
After movin right rear bar 5 1/2 flats ( havent tried this setting yet )
LR 645 RR 657 R 1302 total 2843
What do you think? Oh I just stuck some wheelie bars on it too, but I weighed it with them on it.
Just wanting to get some input from someone eles who knows this stuff. I'm not a rookie by any means but it always helps to have a second "eye" on a problem.
Thanks a bunch, You've already helped. I just got these scales, before that I always had to do it like you did yours.
Well like I said I didn't use corner weights. If I had then the right rear weighed the most when done. I never weighed that car by corner just front and rear. Why did I do what I did? I was at the track shakin down the new set-up and susp. The car left a little to the right indicating that on launch it had too much weight on the left rear tire. Does that make sense? If you read back about how the rear axle behaves on launch it will. So why adjust the left bar adjuster? By making the lower link on the left longer (about 1/16th in my case) it added just enough compensation to the right side tire to allow it to leave dead straight every pass.
Ladder bars are very violent and simple suspension components. They can take a major hit and still plant tires real hard as needed. I guess I need to mention that this was used with coilovers and a diagonal link. As heavy as the car was it only needed 110# coils in the rear due to placement and spring pre-load. There's a lil science and theory to that as well but maybe another subject.
As far as input, is your car behaving in a certain manner? Is the ride hgt where you want it? Coilovers are assumed. What spring? Did you weigh the car as you would be at the line ready for launch (I.E. you sitting in the drivers seat and fueled to a similar wt)? Lots of TQ? Auto trans? What convertor stall? Using a trans brake?
I've been under way more than my share of drag cars both in the shop and in the gravel in the pits. I'll be happy to help out any way I can.
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Anyone have any experience with a KS taxidermist who does canvasbacks?
Just got back from a trip of a lifetime down on the LA Coastal Marsh. Shot both a Bull and Hen Canvasback.
Thinking I want to get a flying mount something along the lines of this:
Those are roughly in order of preference. But would prefer that first mount in a wall mount setting instead of a table mount.
Right now I'm thinking of just sending it off to Birdman Studios who actually did that first mount, but was willing to see if there was someone local who people liked?
Price isn't the most important factor, but would still like something somewhat reasonable. Also if anyone has any Can mounts or other ideas post em up!!! Thought about doing a dead mount, but since both birds ended up being in perfect condition decided to show off their wings.
BirdmanStudios, I know you're on the forum here. What would be the turnaround time typically if I were to send it out to you? Also saw there was a 90 day turnaround time for 100 dollars and would consider that.

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Put down your glass for a second and give a warm Wine.Woot welcome to our newest guest blogger, Steve De Long of De Long's Wine Info, publisher of our favorite wine charts, maps, and books. The wine experts at De Long's are masters at making it easy for the rest of us to fake it. For his debut column, Steve answers a question that's occurred to any American who reads tasting notes: what are "blackcurrant" and "cassis"?
"Everybody knows the blackcurrant bush."
-Le Nez du Vin, Jean Lenoir
Blackcurrant is the most common flavor descriptor of the most popular grape variety in the world: Cabernet Sauvignon. At least the British think so. American wine writers tend to use the term cassis, which is French for blackcurrant.
You may be asking yourself: wait a minute - what's going on here? I don't think I've ever tasted a blackcurrant in my life, much less seen a blackcurrant bush. Am I supposed to know this? Is Bacchus once again laughing hideously at my woeful ignorance of wine? And when did American wine writers become such Francophiles that they use a French term over a perfectly good English one?...
Don't be so hard on yourself. The reason that virtually all Americans are not familiar with blackcurrant is simple: until recently it was illegal to grow them in the US. Although popular in the 19th century in America, blackcurrants were banned in the early 20th century by the US government; their bushes can carry a disease fatal to white pines that threatened the then booming timber industry. The federal ban
was finally lifted in 1966, but it took until 2003 for several states, including Connecticut, New York, Oregon and Vermont, to make it legal to grow blackcurrants in the US again. 1
OK, but what about American wine writers using French over English? That's because their exposure to blackcurrant flavor was (and probably still is) through Crème de Cassis, a liqueur made from blackcurrants, which is more commonly known simply as "cassis" in the US.
The British have a huge head start in being able to recognize blackcurrant. One of their most popular children's drinks is Ribena, which is a sweetened blackcurrant drink. Is there any accident that their favorite wine region is Bordeaux, the homeland of Cabernet Sauvignon? They even have a special name for red Bordeaux wines: claret (which is pronounced with the t since it's an English term, although derived from French).
I can remember trying to get a grip on blackcurrant when I was living in New York City. Blackcurrant jam and Crème de Cassis were available but I wanted to find a more pure, unadulterated version. The best I could find was a Belgian brand of blackcurrant juice – which must be in the top ten of brand names that do not travel well – called Looza. It never really caught on. Go figure.
In addition to Ribena, British children also enjoy blackcurrant flavored candies. This is where the attractiveness of blackcurrant gets lost on me – the candies seem to taste a little rubbery, rubber as in a Pirelli or a Goodyear. While some British children would eat only the blackcurrant candies in a pack of Maynard's Wine Gums (interesting name but they contain no wine) I could imagine American children doing just the opposite.
In this way, blackcurrant aromas can be perceived in sulfur compounds in wine that are often considered faults. These volatile sulfur compounds can be pleasant at lower levels (tropical fruit, gooseberry, blackcurrant) but awful at high levels (cat's pee, burnt rubber, rotten cabbage).2 This seems to make sense as it's not difficult to imagine the funky and gamey qualities of blackcurrant morphing into something foul. Perhaps this dark, potentially dangerous (and smelly) side is what makes blackcurrant so attractive.
We did a tasting of several Cabernet Sauvignons to see which gave us the biggest, purest sensation of blackcurrant. Five California fighting varietals vs. the popular South American, Concha y Toro Casillero del Diablo took part in the smackdown. Each wine's blackcurrant power is rated on a scale of 1(not detectable) to 10 (total blackcurrant pumptitude).
Concha y Toro Castillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon Chile 2007 $10
Blackcurrants on steroids. It's easy to spot the blackcurrants dominating some green pepper and vanilla oak notes on the nose and palate in this widely available Cab Sauv. 9/10
Bontera Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Mendocino County 2006 $16
The organic entry, this clean, pleasant and fruity wine's blackcurrant flavors are in the back seat to raspberry and blackberry. 3/10
Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2005 $27
The blackcurrants here are more nuanced and nicely integrated with oak and mint flavors. It's just too refined for pure blackcurrant pumptitude. 6/10
Sebastini Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County 2005 $16
A very attractive nose, blackcurrants and violets with a touch of oak. The fruit is very concentrated but the violets distract too much – albeit in a good way – to give it more than an eight. 8/10
Hawk Crest Cabernet Sauvignon California 2005 $14
This was the most subdued of the bunch with blackcurrant a virtual no-show. It's much more sour cherry, cedar and Dr. Pepper. 2/10
Ravenswood Cabernet Sauvignon Vintner's Blend California 2004 $10
Juicy blackcurrant with notes of black cherry and oak, the Ravenswood is a simple wine but it matches the Concha y Toro in blackcurrant intensity. 9/10
It was probably a forgone conclusion that the most inexpensive wines of the bunch would provide the simplest, most fruit-forward expression of blackcurrants. It's a funny way to taste: we weren't interested in balance, subtlety or nuance. We also kept referring back to our reference aromas: bottles of Crème de Cassis and Ribena. Still, it's nice to know that you can get a good idea of what blackcurrant tastes like without shelling out too much; or enduring the embarrassment of buying a bottle of Looza.
For more information about blackcurrants and their history see black-currant.com
2 For more information about wine faults and blackcurrant flavors see Jamie Goode's Wine Anorak and Tom Stevenson on the Wine Pages.
Wow; what an informative and enjoyable contribution. Thank you so much!
Awesome article.
I always keep a bottle of good Creme de Cassis on hand for when novice wine tasters inevitably ask "watching the films is blackcurrant/cassis?" Also, the stuff is tasty (even if considered a "chick drink").
Hi Steve,
Great informative blog. Your Wine Grape Variety poster hangs in my lab and I pass out your Wine Tasting Terms sheet to my custom crush clients as we are tasting through their wines.
Great blog post!
As a wine geek infant, I now know where to go to solidify that flavor/aroma concept for my palate! Thanks!
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the great post!
2 things, though unrelated to this post, while we have you here.
1) You actually have Syrah/Shiraz as a bigger grape than PS on the wine varietal chart? Seriously? We PSychos demand you rectify this grave insult in the next edition!
2) Coming along well on the road to doppelmembership -- I'm at about 146 or so, thanks to some Marselan last night. When is the next version of the grape chart going to come out? Is there somewhere we can submit suggestions or know what you guys are going to add? (e.g., prieto picudo). It would also be really helpful if you guys had a "grape thesaurus" online so that we could tell things, like, e.g., lladoner pelut = garnacha peluda, or that sangio grosso and sangio piccolo are both (still) considered the same grape as sangio
Awesome article. I'm going to find me some creme of cassis and probably grab that Ravenswood also because I have never had a black currant.
Luv the illustrations!
Great first blog on wine.woot Steve.
Now just a general question for you or really anyone.
Is it pronounced "curr rent" or "curr rant"? Growing up in a Mexican household I never had a reason to find out. But I can pronounce frijoles like nobody's business.
javadrinker wrote:Great first blog on wine.woot Steve.
Now just a general question for you or really anyone.
Is it pronounced "curr rent" or "curr rant"? Growing up in a Mexican household I never had a reason to find out. But I can pronounce frijoles like nobody's business.
Rent like parent, only without the 5 seconds of rolled r's :P
Thanks for all the nice comments and thanks to woot for letting me ramble on here.
Scott - that's high praise - thanks!
PetiteSirah - You must have an older copy of the chart - PS was moved to the superheavyweights after howls of protest.
javadrinker - I'm glad tenuki answered that one - since I've move to the UK, my 6 year old son corrects my pronunciation of "water". Go figure.
Great article. Informative and entertaining.
Wine.woot is doing a great job with guest bloggers. Hope you come back again.
tenuki wrote:Rent like parent, only without the 5 seconds of rolled r's :P
You know what also doesn't have R's to roll? F U!!!!
stevedelong wrote:Thanks for all the nice comments and thanks to woot for letting me ramble on here.
Scott - that's high praise - thanks!
PetiteSirah - You must have an older copy of the chart - PS was moved to the superheavyweights after howls of protest.
javadrinker - I'm glad tenuki answered that one - since I've move to the UK, my 6 year old son corrects my pronunciation of "water". Go figure.
Steve -- my copy is the one that woot offered most recently. Should I complain to you or to winedavid?
javadrinker wrote:You know what also doesn't have R's to roll? F U!!!!
best word ever? FERROCARRIL!
Nice article! I really have liked all the products that you have offered on your website.
PetiteSirah wrote:Steve -- my copy is the one that woot offered most recently. Should I complain to you or to winedavid?
You should not complain to anybody, dear nephew. You should know that sometimes the things that are super cheap on w.w are blown out for a reason other than the incriminating pics WineDavid seems to inevitably have in his possession. Change it with a magic marker. It will be so kitschy that it'll be hip, I promise.
On an unrelated note to Tenuki. Dude. Why the hating on the r rolling? Many people I know consider that a plus.
nallie wrote:On an unrelated note to Tenuki. Dude. Why the hating on the r rolling? Many people I know consider that a plus.
Yeah, I know, but it's java!
And sorry I didn't mention it before but it was definitely an enjoyable post o black currant. There's a black currant cider from Fox Barrel at the pool hall that I drink sometimes, I wonder where that'd rate.
Just pull out a Sharpie and draw some arrows.
But I like Looza... At least I did when I could find it years ago.
Moondragon wrote:But I like Looza... At least I did when I could find it years ago.
Looza was a good drink - it was also a perfect match for hangovers. . .
I realize that this isn't about tasting profiles in general, but about a specific one. Nevertheless, I will press on. I read a nose/flavor profile of wine today (I think it was a viogner) and as one of the scents/tastes was cactus! Has anyone encountered this? If I have, I'm not sure I would have been able to recognize it anyway.
Steve- great first post/blog on here- hope to see many more.
I just finished having my DeLong's Wine Map of CA matted and framed and it looks great.
As an aside, I think PetiteSirah should frame his varietals poster and use dry erase markers to move PS to its rightful place.
Last night at the farm stand where I pick up their fresh made ice cream, I found a bottle of black currant juice from A Currant Affair. Had to buy it and try it after reading this. They added a lot of sugar, so I will have to see what it tastes like not first thing in the morning.
We also found a bottle of black currant wine. A dessert wine in a half-bottle. Not sure when we will open and check it out.
So Steve, you inspired me.
I actually like Looza juices though I must admit the black currant isn't among my favorites (I prefer their yellow and orange colored drinks).
R.W. Knudsen Family makes a 100% black currant juice called (naturally) Just Black Currant.
Articles like this are what make this community so awesome. Thank you Steve and WD.
Looza has 21 flavors?! I'm going to have to find some now. It looks like they may have discontinued their black currant flavor, though.
I just picked up a bottle of Mathilde blackcurrant liqueur. Very interesting stuff. It's like nothing I've had before but I could instantly see how it is found in Cabernet. It has this dark sweet aroma but with underlying green, vegetal, brambly notes and some else, almost...medicinal. It is sweet tasting but a little tart at the same time and not jammy or syrupy. Great concentration and a nice long bittersweet finish.
American, and I big fan of Blackcurrant.
I'm lucky enough to live in Los Angeles, so I can actually get Ribena or Looza at the corner store.
Great article Steve! Very informative in that it has peaked my curiosity. How close are the tastes of blackberry and black current? Does black current come through as black licorice in wine? I'm going to have to find some juice of each to find out.
As the son of a Brit living in America, I love black currant as well.
Looza is available at several stores near me, I like to dilute it with sparkling water, its delicious. I haven't done this is several months though, so I need to make sure they still have the black currant flavor!
Three other tasting options:
1. Black currant preserves. I love a PB&J with black currant preserves. It is my favorite jam to have on a PB&J.
2. This is a 'fakish' taste, but one that I grew up with. Many tea-makers make black currant flavored tea including Twinings.
3. At my local store in the bulk goods section you can get dried currants as well. I like to add them to my oatmeal.
Thanks! Very imformative!!
Blackcurrant juice is also great with Cider Beer. In England they call it a Cider & Black and it is really good! A good beer for the ladies too, since it is sweet with the berry taste
I just drank a bottle of First Blush Merlot juice and it tasted remarkably like the Looza Black Currant juice I've had in the past. I must taste some side-by-side at some point.
I should get my hands on a genetic study. It'd be interesting to see how genetically close vinifera grapes are to black currants.
Anyone here ever had black currant wine?
vquasarv wrote:As the son of a Brit living in America, I love black currant as well.
Looza is available at several stores near me, I like to dilute it with sparkling water, its delicious. I haven't done this is several months though, so I need to make sure they still have the black currant flavor!
Three other tasting options:
1. Black currant preserves. I love a PB&J with black currant preserves. It is my favorite jam to have on a PB&J.
2. This is a 'fakish' taste, but one that I grew up with. Many tea-makers make black currant flavored tea including Twinings.
3. At my local store in the bulk goods section you can get dried currants as well. I like to add them to my oatmeal.
Very entertaining post on the Black Current. Being British myself I grew up on Ribena. Black Current drink is high in vitamin C, and since oranges don't grow well in England, kids drink Ribena instead. The growing season for them is very limited, so getting fresh berries is difficult unless your in a place that grows them at the right time of year. Additionally, they are like Cranberries - you cannot eat them raw - they need to be cooked with sugar to be palatable. I was recently staying outside of Beaune, and our hostess made fresh Blackcurrent compote - I was in heaven - and will most likely stay there again JUST for the compote.
A few years back I discovered that by combining a few ingredients together, I could get a close match. They are Rhubarb and Blueberry. It's not a perfect match but close. Also - you can always find canned Black currents in an English food store.
I know, this is old news - the blog entry was almost 3 months ago - but I just got around to reading it. That was a very helpful and informative piece. I now have a much better idea what people are referring to when they talk about "black currant" - and an understanding of why the reference was so common but so obtuse to me.
Thank you! I hope to see more from you.
I figured that there has got to be some other way to get a taste of a purer black currant. I googled "black currant extract" and found one made by Jarrow Formulas.
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|It depends on the organization. My friend has a bull terrier therapy dog and he is raw fed and they visit doctor's offices often
Wow. Pretty soon RAW feeding nurses who allow their dogs to sit on all the furniture won't be allowed to work because I can transfer bacteria to my patients. Get over it! I can tell you that demented patients, many who have feces under their nails, who frequently attack other patients in the nursing homes pose a larger risk than our raw fed dogs!
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My friend has a therapy dog and he explained me why. Any raw meet contains worm eggs, which could be destroyed by boiling. Long freezing destroys them as well, but vitamin structure is destroyed as well, so, there's no reason to freeze. You provide your dog with medication three times a year, but that is targeted against particularly dangerous worms if there's any, medication itself poisons your dog's liver and it is strongly advised not to do worm more often. But, your dog is reinfected only two weeks after with worms living in the guts. The majrity of worms living in guts and in the liver considered not dangerous, in fact all humans have them as well. Or, you think you don't? Then, you must be an alcoholic (LOL). We consume many products which regulate number of the worms (alcohol, garlic, many herbs, etc make worms leave our organisms through the annus) and never have any issues with our health, unless we are underweight, or seriously ill. I provide my dog weekly with 5-6 cloves of garlic forcing them into her throat and another good thing - raw pumpkin seeds, crushed in a coffee grinder and admixed into her meal. I always consume the same myself just in case, I like salads with crushed raw garlic, and pumpkin seeds are simply tasty, they are aphrodisiac, and availabe shell free. It something happens with worms in a weak organism, like they know that it is going to die, and worms take the best chances to reproduce. They start to reproduce in huge numbers. The death rate in children and puppies is high, that's why it always recommended to treat young organisms. People in hospitals are far not so healthy, many of them are very weak, and breeding worms will start to poison their organisms if many, even bring to death.
So, don't feed any kibble, just cook what you feed your dog, boil it for the length of time you would do for yourself. People of ancient times started to cook meat not for taste improvement, but exactly to prevent worm and bacteria infections.
I'm disappointed to learn this about RAW feeding and the therapy dog programs. I was thinking how nice it would be to "give back" with my dog in the future.
I understand to a point with the concern of salmonella.
However, my dogs health and well being will be first and for most. I shrug and hang my head in a bit of defeat with this news.
We have become such a "germ-a-phobe" society. I personally so believe that people get so sick from everything these days because we over sanitize everything in our daily lives. IMHO the general population has no immune system by design of today's paranoia of all germs big and small. Even those beneficial to normal healthy living.
HPP = high pressure pasteurization
It kills pathogens in food, I think it does diminish the nutrients somewhat (minimally), but is an option for dogs with immune issues, or who have had recent GI surgery etc. There is a bit of info in the link I posted.
"the types of raw food currently on the market.
There is a whole class of raw foods currently available that are sterile at the time of purchase. Just as much of the human meat supply has been treated with a sterilization technique called high pressure pasteurization (HPP), many raw commercially available pet foods have also opted for this sterilization technique to reduce potential pathogens."
Germ-Free Dogs Still Potential Disease Carriers, Study Finds | University of Guelph
That's old news now, but in case anyone's wondering...
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Vets have very limited training in nutrition, and what they have is sponsored by pet food companies, so take that with a grain of salt.
There are also HPP raw diets that are sterile, FYI.
Castlemaid, that must have been disappointing, but I'm glad you didn't let some policy stop you from doing what is best for your dogs. Hopefully people can push for change.
I do understand where they are coming from though, and patient safety is top priority, but I sincerely doubt enough research has been put in to say that feeding raw is going to make people sick.
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I guess if I were a patient in a hospital, I would want to trust that the people supervising the therapy dog program were doing everything possible to mitigate risk. I just wouldn't want to have to worry about it.
But yes...as an organization that is responsible and liable for anything happening because of the therapy animals, they should play it on the safe side.
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one tiny link to some illness and it becomes a witch hunt.
The reality is often less black and white than we wish it would be. Basically, they found that it's possible to get Salmonella if you work in a facility with a lot of animals and there's feces around. No link to raw food there, also not that surprising. They also found that it is possible for animals to become infected with Salmonella from eating raw food. Well yeah, any food that is contaminated could give you Salmonella, raw or not. So, there is a theoretical public health risk right now. There is no experimental data one way or the other proving that therapy dogs who are raw-fed pose a risk, so based on prior studies they are extrapolating and trying to play it safe.
I guess if I were a patient in a hospital, I would want to trust that the people supervising the therapy dog program were doing everything possible to mitigate risk. I just wouldn't want to have to worry about it.
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The frozen Kong idea is a HUGE help. I can now leave the house on occasion without him knowing (or caring should I say). I don't stuff it that much because I basically give him one once every other day now. I just feel so bad when he barks, knowing that I'm about to leave for work or the store. I can't wait until I can just have him hop in the car and hit the road with me.
I've really learned that taking up as much time as possible with things that he enjoys is key. I'm really hoping he will like to chew on a actual bone we got for him, but his drive to chew things so far seems to be non-existent. If its not food, he doesn't care... will that ever change?
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Thanks for the tips. Its really hard making him go into his crate even though he will happily go in barring a treat or two. He is showing signs that he really wants to play and its super hard for me to say no.
I have a few Kong type toys and have been using a little PB much to Jerry's liking. What is this Kong-sicle you are talking about? Do you just freeze it?
I am so sorry Jerry Lee and you are going through this. I foster for a rescue and I had 2 HW+ fosters in 2013. The restrictions are difficult for both dog and caregiver. I relied a great deal on frozen kong-sicles for making the crate more tolerable for the dogs. Low cal stuffing like banana or pumpkin and non-fat yogurt with just a smidge of peanut butter were a hit with my girls.
Best of luck to you both!
Nice pictures, I am so glad he is now home with you!
I suspected Jerry Lee would be pretty mellow the first few days. My dog was neutered and treated for heartworm within a week of arrival in rescue and then he came to my home (I was his foster home).
I found it actually pretty easy to keep him mellow for the first couple of weeks because he was recovering from all the procedures and adjustments in his life and was... well mellow!
After about one month, you wouldn't think he was the same dog. He really blossomed. It was great to see.
It was also a good lesson for me to apply to my observation of future foster dogs... depending on the medical procedures underwent, and the background of the dog, it is really hard to get a good read on the dog before at least 2 weeks to a month.
I look forward to more of your updates!
The first few days home JL was pretty reserved and just seemed very calm. I can see now he is still a shepherd and he has really perked up. He's definitely taking interest of his territory and his vocabulary of groans is expanding, haha.
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They usually would not allow an adopter care for the dog but because he is so calm and knew I wasn't completely clueless and had done research. I spoke to them for a long time and I think they really felt comfortable with the match. They brought it up when I had assumed I'd have to wait at least until the second 30 days. I accepted without hesitation.
There can be many signs but no I didn't post them. Its kind of second nature to notice them I feel. Coughing excessively is a biggie but there can be a lot of things like fatigue, loss of appetite, diarrhea, noticeable depression etc... Anything out of the ordinary at this point is on my radar and Jerry has shown none of it. He seems totally normal after the injection site soreness lessened.
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Right - that's what I'm saying - a light load can still be deadly because all it takes is one clot. So I did the same thing with 3 fosters in terms of keeping them quiet, and 1 of 3 almost had a full on embolism. It is inevitable that it will happen - no one is meant to have that kind of stuff breaking off in to their systems - but we can improve the chances that it won't "blow up" my keeping them quiet.
I will also say that because I had a baseline of no activity, I was able to evaluate that there were problems immediately, because I didn't have to adjust for anything.
I am always surprised when a rescue has a new owner do the treatment.
What are the signs of problems - do you have them printed and posted anywhere? I do that so I don't miss anything.
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Notable FactsThere are 13 allowed varieties in Chateauneuf du Pape (14 if you count Grenache Blanc separately from Grenache Noir). Grenache is the primary variety, followed by Syrah and Mourvedre as well as Cinsault. About 97% of the wines here are red, although many chateaux are producing whites ranging from quaffable to decadent and ageworthy. Reds from the best estates emit wonderful flavors of gamey spice, blackberries and currant, as well as the herbs and spices that are known to grow in the region.
Note on the soil: The grapes grow on soils covered in rounded, smooth stones called galets (gah-lay). The stones naturally cover most of the soils throughout Chateauneuf du Pape and are two fold in their duties. First, they are able to reflect and absorb the heat, to quicken the ripening of the grapes. They also help to hold in moisture so that the soils are not dried out by the hot Southern French sun.
About France - Other regionsWhen it comes to wine, France is a classic. Classic blends, grapes and styles began in the country and they still remain. Think about it - people ask for a Burgundian style Pinot Noir, they refer to wines as Bordeaux or Rhone blends - Champagne even had to pass a law to stop international wineries from putting their region on the label of all sparkling wine.
The top regions of France are: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Rhone. And these regions are so diverse! It makes sense that wine regions throughout the world try to emulate their style. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah are no longer French varieties, but international varieties. They may not be the leader of cutting edge technology or value-priced wines, but there is no doubt that they are still producing wines of great quality and diversity.


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Hi everybody,
I'm looking to start a MA TESOL program in the spring and I'm hoping some people will share their experiences getting a TEFL-related higher diploma. Where did you go? Would you recommend the school/teachers/program? What would you do differently? Do you have any advice for prospective graduate students like me?
I've decided to get this degree because I want to make a career out of TEFL for myself. I need further qualifications if I want to teach in the education sector here in Switzerland and besides that, I really want to be a great teacher. I don't really want to leave Switzerland at the moment, so I'm going to take a distance learning program. My first choice was the New School in NYC, but they have been really aggressively marketing me since I expressed interest and that's not really a good sign. Other schools I'm considering are the Open University and Reading University.
Can anyone recommend some other schools I should check out? I'm also having a difficult time finding independent reviews of the schools, does anyone know where I can find some?


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Maximo Spatial Asset Management
New Video Demonstrations
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You can view demonstrations to quickly learn about navigating and adjusting maps, and finding features on maps in Maximo Spatial Asset Management version 7.5. The demonstrations are available on IBM Education Assistant.
New Maximo Spatial tool to simplify configuration process
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To simplify the configuration steps a new tool is available in the Maximo Spatial 22.214.171.124 fix pack. This tool bypasses all the manual configuration done in the Database Configuration application and is specially useful for configuring development and test environments when feature classes need to be frequently reconfigured.
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Maximo Spatial 220.127.116.11 fixpack was released.
It requires Maximo Asset Management 22.214.171.124.
Both are available on Fix Central: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
These are some of the enhancements added to Maximo Spatial 22.214.171.124:
More details about these items will be added to Maximo Spatial wiki soon.
New wiki page about Maximo Spatial common problems and solutions
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A new wiki page was added with information about the most commons problems faced during a Maximo Spatial install and configuration.
Fix packs and hot fixes (interim fix) can be found at: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
For Maximo Spatial 22.214.171.124 contact IBM support to request the latest hotfix. Many important issues were fixed since the 22.214.171.124 release.
Maximo Spatial version compatibility matrix: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/maximo/Maximo+Spatial+version+matrix
1- Error displayed when editing a map feature: "The action SAVE is not allowed on object GISOBJECT...".
2- Maximo records that are linked to GIS shows up as non-linked on map results dialog.
3- Can not execute the Maximo Spatial cron task. No asset or location records are created in the Maximo database.
4- Layers are not displayed on Maximo maps after configuring it on Map manager.
5- Storage partition error when trying to update a GIS object on Database Configuration application.
Alternate way to configure the ArcGIS Javascript local API on Maximo Spatial 184.108.40.206
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The existing configuration process remains for Maximo Spatial 7.5, but on the next patch we will have changes to it too.
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Welcome to Maximo Spatial blog!
We will publish here updates about Maximo Spatial Asset Management product, guides, tips, updates about new releases and patchs, and also interesting topics related to GIS technology and asset management.
If you work currently with Maximo Spatial be sure to also watch for the Maximo Spatial wiki, that is where we will be adding more detailed information about Maximo Spatial architecture, customization, code samples and any other interesting data.


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|Road Racing & Rally The place to discuss information about road/rally racing stats, tips and events. Track sanctioned events only.
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OK - to "go racing" you will need alot more safety equipment than to just get out on a road race circuit for an HPDE (high performance driving experience) or TT (Time Trial).
Racing, HPDE, an TT all offer a variety of classes to run in, some of which are very economical, the current issue of SCCA's Sport Car magazine documents how they put a 2004 Sentra Spec R into a Showroom Stock class for wheel to wheel racing, for only $3000, plus the cost of the vehicle.
HPDE's and TT's often only require stock seats/belts and a qualifed Snell rated helmet for safety gear, plus the vehicle needs to meet a basic mechanical safety inspection. Racing classes and rules vary from club to club, but are more involved and require some specific items which all add up the $$$.
Check out these links for NASA and SCCA.
Go Racing (SCCA)
Cars / Rules (SCCA)
NASA Racing
Also check out - "Go Ahead, Take The Wheel."
This book is a great resource for just learning what is really involved with club racing as a hobby. The advice is very honest and practical, from a typical club racer.
BTW- the cover pic on this book is from a race at Lime Rock, and the Red RX7 at the top of the hill belongs to my friend.
It is also the very same vehicle I took my race school event in, and technically is the very first car I ever drove in a race. (Yes, really, that's a true fact! LOL)
One benefit that SCCA offers over NASA is the club supplied medical liability insurance that will help cover a portion of any medical bills associated with injuries sustained during an event.
MAny other clubs do track events, but for racing SCCA & NASA are your biggest clubs for this, and then you have specialty clubs that hold race events like Porsche and BMW clubs, or Vintage race clubs for older cars etc. etc.
The Supra is going to have to be in good mechaincal condition, no major fluid leaks, good brakes/tires/suspension etc just for starters, then the safety gear like roll cage, fire extinguisher, battery cut-off switch, etc, including your personal stuff. You'll need an approved driver's suit, helmet, gloves, shoes, and some form of head/neck protection.
IF purchased new, all this personal gear alone can outweigh the price of some cars. ($4000 or more for high end stuff, bargain priced items can be had for about $2000-$2500.) But if you have a burning desire to race with low budget, then start looking for used gear for sale, if you know what you need you can always find good deals if you search for them.
Hope this helps answer your question.
I would just spend the $16 and purchase the book mentioned above, it really lays things out for you on many levels. A great resource.
|I want to road race how do you get started and I wish I had a focus to do it in. But I have a mkiii supra what all do I need to do to my mkiii race?
My brake ducts are 3 ducting hose you can get from Jegs or places like that, Attached to a set or Brake cooling blades from the Porsche 993. We welded brackets to the control arms and bolted the blades direct ally to that, I get a little wheel rub on the ducts at full lock but thats not an issue on the track.
Koni's are definitely good especially since they can be rebuilt the only drawback I have seen with them is they can bend at the steering knuckle. I would think youd be in the ballpark with the spring rate your looking at I think Leo had 800s in the rear on his speedvision challenge car, Im sure you can shoot him a PM and hed let you know. I went with 450s F and 550s R, My car is built as a HDPE/weekend driver so I had to compromise for a little drivability and I didnt want to max out the KWs.
I DO NOT recommend taking a completely healthy 4 year old options loaded vehicle and turning into a race car! But I'm a mechinic and old school hot rodder and I have this thing about building what I drive and vice versa. So buying someone else's turn-key ride was not on my list of options. (Maybe the next time when I move to a different type of racer in a few years.)
With the exception of the roll cage, the entire project was completed with my own labor and skills. This way, win or lose, as both the "driver" and "crew chief", I get the credit regardless.
As for the wheels/tires.....
It's just some enkei 15X6.5's with 225/50/15 Nitto NT01's.
I'm still just running the H&R race springs, but when I make the change to coil overs, I'll bump up the spring rates significantly.
But this may not happen until the winter break, I have spent far too much money on the project this year already.
I've got plenty of driver skills to work on, so most of my $$ for the rest of this year will probably be spent on event fees to get as much "seat time" as possible.
|Dude, looks impressive to say the least. What are you doing as far as wheels and rubber to keep this thing planted around the corners? Those spring rates are insane!
I just know that most front drive cars handle best when they sit flat like a go cart, but if you like to tag the curbing on the corners you still need to keep the suspension a little soft. The H&R springs are in the 300 - 375 lb range, so I'm probably going to just double those numbers to start with.
The one thing I know for certain is that my car has more body roll than 99% of the cars I see preped for racing only. And since I already have the largest anti-roll bars made......
Chances are I'll get the spring rates up and soften the anti-roll bars to balance out the package so the transitional and steady state roll rates are closer to one another.
Unless I can get the spring rates/roll rates improved, I will have to compromise the camber settings. Too much negative camber to ovecome excessive body roll means that straight line braking and stability suffers.
managing body roll is so important.
|the thing is about 1000 lbs springs is that if your going to run that high of a rating, your better of welding in some pipe in it's place.
I am a subborn b*st*rd and probably will not budge on the Koni's, they just have such a long term racing history, and excellent rep that I doubt I will consider anything else.
Spring rates however.....
The H&R Race springs are "barely" racing parts. They were almost streetable, and on the track they are way too soft. I'm thinking that I want to nearly double the spring rates to the 600-700 range, but I need to crunch some numbers now that I know my weight, and F/R splits.
From what I hear, some of these ITA Hondas and other front drivers are running 1000lbs springs!
I have 2 ideas for brake ducts:
One requires a custom fabbed duct that runs over the top of the steering knuckle/spindle to blow air into the top hat using the knuckle as part of the duct.
The other simply attaches to the lower control arm and just aims the airflow at the top hat just between the caliper and the ball joint. But this design would use a flexible all silicone rubber tip for the final 6" of the duct so the brake caliper can temporarily "crush" the flexible duct tip on turns.
What brake duct solution are you using?
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An exercise about meaningful numbers: examples from celestial "attribution studies"
Is the number 2.14159 (here rounded off to 5 decimal points) a fundamentally meaningful one? Add one, and you get
π = 3.14159 = 2.14159 + 1.
Of course, π is a fundamentally meaningful number, but you can split up this number in infinite ways, as in the example above, and most of the different terms have no fundamental meaning. They are just numbers.
But what does this have to do with climate? My interpretation of Daniel Bedford's paper in Journal of Geography, is that such demonstrations may provide a useful teaching tool for climate science. He uses the phrase 'agnotology', which is "the study of how and why we do not know things".
Furthermore, many descriptions of our climate are presented in terms of series of numbers (referred to as 'time series'), and when shown graphically, they are known as curves. It is possible to split curves into pieces in an analogous way to how π may be split into random numbers.
All curves (finite time series) can be represented as a sum of sine and cosine curves (sinusoids), describing cycles with different frequency. This is demonstrated in the figure below (source code for the figure):
The random time series, here represented as the bold curve on the top, may be physically meaningful, but the components made up of cosine and sine may not all have a physical interpretation (especially if the time series is from a chaotic or complex system).
However, cosine and sine curves represent only one special case, and there may be other curves that equally well can make up a time series. A technique called 'singular spectrum analysis' (SSA), for instance, is designed to find curves with other shapes than sinusoids.
The process of representing a series of numbers as a sum of sinusoids (cycles) with different frequencies (or wave lengths) is known as a Fourier transform (FT). It is also possible to go the other way, from the information about the frequencies, and reconstruct the original curve – this is known as the inverse Fourier transform.
Fourier transforms are closely related to spectral analysis, but these concepts are not exactly the same. The reason is that all measurements hold a finite number of observations, and provide just a taste – a sample – of the process. The FT makes the assumption that the curve that is analysed repeats itself exactly for infinity, something which clearly is not the case for real noisy or chaotic data.
One of the gravest mistakes in the attribution of cycles is trying to fit sinusoids with long time scales to short time series. We will see some examples of this below.
In the meanwhile, it may be useful to note that spectral analysis tries to account for mathematical artifacts, such as 'spectral leakage', probabilities that some frequencies are spurious, and the significance of the results. Anyway, there is a number of different spectral analysis techniques, and some are more suitable for certain types of data. Sometimes, one can also use regression to find the best-fit combination of sinusoids for a time series.
A recent paper by Loehle & Scafetta (L&S2011) in a journal known as the 'Bentham Open Atmospheric Science Journal' (also discussed at Skeptical Science) presents some analysis using regression to describe cycles in the global mean temperature, showing us many strange tricks one can do with curves and sinusoids, in something they call "empirical decomposition" (whatever that means).
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pretty people do bad things too..
Considering his crimes aren't particularly heinous I could see a model agency contacting him after (if) he gets out.
yeah i can see me beeing all over this bad boy if i were a woman lol
my favorite videogame death :P
Hes ugly. Jaydude is way more sexy. And jaydude would win the most sexy contest.
Im not crazy you are crazy! Any ways you show me love i will show you love. Cant we just get along and some peace for once
He -could- be considered attractive. If he didn't have the hideous thug overtone.
It's kinda like seeing a -cute- puppy eat a kitten.
If he becomes rich/famous from a mug shot, I quit America.
that's just the british in him.
i guess if yr into people who look like the bro-est bros ever
Blue eyes can be ok, but they look creepy to me sometimes. This is one of those times.
He's probably a handsome dude, I'll give him that but the blue eyes are too much here. Too intense. Maybe its just his white prison shirt but I find it more...I can't think of a better word than "creepy". Too intense.
Like that famous lady on the national geographic cover with intense eyes. Too much yo.
i actually really like that national geographic picture
Soz my little spunk buckets.
lol. suddenly not so hot anymore. gold teeth look so disgusting
my favorite videogame death :P
My fiance got angry cause i kept looking at his picture , now hes on the floor laughing ...
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Light blue/green eyes look so amazing with dark eyeshadow. Amy Lee, for example.
She can pull it off. Maybe its her pale skin that makes it different.
you guys are actually surprised about the teeth? ok then
On one hand, I don't find the matter very funny or admire him. He is attractive, but he is a criminal. I do assume that most of the comments weren't serious and were out of comedic boredom. Lots of people are susceptible to bandwagoning stupid shit on the internet (and IRL). It's happened here, for example.
On the other hand, maybe a modeling job would keep him focused on a positive path and out of trouble.


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It's the first day of the Easter weekend and with Bank Holiday Monday too, there are four full days off from work. If you were out and about last evening, you will have felt the excitement and relief in the air, as everyone is finishing their last minute errands and looking forward to some R & R at home or, frantically packing to go away on an Easter break.
Easter is great time of year; spring is here in most of country (sorry to the parts of the UK experiencing a cold snap). If the weather is mild enough to go out and about, there is plenty to do up and down Britain. If you want to indulge in some egg hunting, there are lots of Easter egg hunts taking place. One for the adults takes place on the Saturday 7th April at 11 am. The Bath Comedy Festival is hosting Arthur Smith's Great Easter Egg Hunt (strictly no under 14s).
For the kids …if you live near, or are on holiday in Newquay, Cornwall, on Sunday 8th at 1pm there is a free Easter egg trail on the shore, which is followed by a sandcastle building competition. The National Trust have organised 280 egg hunts all over the country, check out www.eastereggtrails.com for one nearest to you. If you are at home over the Easter Break, and the weather is on your side, a spot of gardening could be good, and great exercise for this time of year. However, if it's too cold to go out, why not turn your hand to a bit of baking? Hot cross buns, cupcakes or something chocolaty. There are some fantastic recipes on the Internet, try searching for 'Hummingbird chocolate cupcake recipe' to get you started. You could even decorate the top of your cupcake with a few coloured mini eggs. If you don't fancy any of this and it sounds like too much like hard work, just kick back, do nothing, relax and enjoy the only time of year when you can eat chocolate without anyone making you feel guilty!
And if you want the perfect accompaniment to that chocolate egg and cuppa, why not visit Bravissimo.com and browse some of our brand new lingerie styles that are just in; like the Lucy Bra by Cleo. This bra, although it looks delicate, still offers super support and great shape; it is available in this zesty lime colour, with fuchsia bows, fresh and utterly gorgeous for spring.
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It's with a deep sadness I take my leave from managing these forums and website after my three years at the position. The long hours were taking a toll on my life and with the recent departure of Duby a week before the annual celebration of Duby Day, I no longer have the endurance to waste any more years of my life here.
With my objection no longer present from the board of advisors, Matlock saw it as the most profitable course of action to transition full management of the website to the fine team at mmorpg.com. I'll be spending the next two weeks offering advice on how to edit the software and monetize the site before fully leaving the admin team.
Lefos has been appointed the acting administrator in my coming absence due to his many years with the website and deep trust with the community. I believe he has removed ********** from the admin roster. His official statement being "Get that trash off my website."
Jin-Roh and Jermatoo will be upgraded to moderators as a new form of checks and balance of power to keep the forums neutral as possible.
The main changes going forward include stricter moderation, less warnings on bans, and a complete removal of any political or special interest affiliation of the site. Except for oversexualized gaming of course. Hatred of titles like Blade & Soul and Scarlet Blade are fully encouraged to back our new editor's opinion of how MMORPG titles should behave.
Forums will be renamed based on monthly advertising rates and SEO benefits to capitalize on the decent sized community currently established. Funding to remove other titles from discussion is also being considered with Bethesda taking the first step and removing all mention of ******** from rotation. Our ESO and SMITE events will continue as planned, though I'm not longer in a position to confirm that for any duration into the future.
******* and Content Creation:
The acquisition also includes *******, which will now transition into an indie gaming channel as MMORPG has concluded that Jamesbl0nde is awful at MOBAs and not to represent their brand in any meaningful way moving forward. A sample of his new content should be going live shortly so please subscribe and don't miss out on the details behind Battle Disks, a Hazben Games production.
Anyway I'm going to sign out of here before I get emotional and lose my last weeks of pay saying something I shouldn't. It's been fun community and I wish you best of luck in the dark days ahead.


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