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I am sure I am not the first one facing the dilemma – plastic vs. carbon – when choosing multicopter props. Carbon fiber is twice as expensive. On the other hand, props are the key moving part and may significantly affect your rig's performance, battery life, and most of all video quality. To put the issue to rest once and for all I did my own test using an iPhone vibrometer app and two sets of 10x45 plastic and carbon fiber props, 12 vs 8 grams a piece respectively.
Both sets (hexacopter) have never been balanced before and ran at the same minimum throttle speed. Plastic props vibrated at 1.6-1.8 m/s2. They also produced more noise.
Carbon fiber props ran at healthy 0.2 - 0.3 m/s2 and sounded much better. Also, they are significantly lighter and stronger than plastic.
Cautionary note – carbon fiber props are very stiff and sharp. Carbon fiber is 100 times stronger than aluminum and can cause bodily harm at high speeds. You should handle them with extra care.
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My goal was to test the props out of the box without any adjustment. I realize that a lot depends on the manufacturer, but at the same time, I think the findings are valuable for a beginner... and certainly a major reason for less vibration is the weight...CFs are 4 grams lighter and no balancing can change this.
Hi Guys,
Check this out.
This shows what only one unbalanced prop dose to your video.
I broke a prop on my copter and replaced it with a new one out of the packet. I had no balancer at hand so I had to leave it as is.
Yesterday I balanced only that one prop that was replaced. (the other three where still balanced) The difference is huge as you can see. This is the same quad same settings same camera but of course a different location.
Props used are APC 12 X 3.8 SF
Thats exactly my point. When you are out in the field, possibly in harsh conditions, you have no time for balancing. That's why I am looking for an out of the box solutions. Balancing CF props is an added bonus.
The CF props I got on Ebay used in this test cost me only $9 per pair, weight 8 grams, and worked right out of the box. No plastic can beat that.
Which plastic props did you use? If you didn't use genuine APC's, or Graupners then you've proved nothing. All the no-name props are junk and barely suitable for a rubber-band powered airplane.
Yeah, no time to balance props in the field. That's why you balance them ahead of time if you are serious.
And Carbon Fiber absolutely is not 100 times as strong as Aluminum. Not even close. Maybe 5 times. And due to the way these things are actually made, I suspect CF props are actually not much stronger than plastic. Carbon Fiber can be a very gimmicky material, and misused in many cases.
Somewhat spiteful comment, but I stand corrected on the CF tensile strength. Here is correct data:
The modulus of carbon fiber is typically 20 msi (138 Gpa) and its ultimate tensile strength is typically 500 ksi (3.5 Gpa). High stiffness and strength carbon fiber materials are also available through specialized heat treatment processes with much higher values. Compare this with 2024-T3 Aluminum, which has a modulus of only 10 msi and ultimate tensile strength of 65 ksi, and 4130 Steel, which has a modulus of 30 msi and ultimate tensile strength of 125 ksi. from http://dragonplate.com/sections/technology.asp
You are also right that CFs can be quite brittle. The CFs are used in the test are as far no-name as they can be so mute point re Graupners which are also extremely overpriced.
Sorry, didn't really intend the tone to be harsh. Though I am starting to harbour a resentment for CF being used in applications that don't suit it... which is a lot these days. And I think the testing you showed is supposed to come across as an authoritative source which, well, it's just not. It could steer people to buy the wrong thing.
2024 is not the be-all end-all for aluminum allows. 7075 is common, and has a UTS of up to 85ksi. So my 5 to 1 not far off. Certainly nowhere near 100 times.
Further, I suspect that the properties of that Dragonplate quote are a misrepresentation of the truth. I have not gotten to the bottom of this yet, but my testing is showing that the typical CF plate available to us is actually less stiff in bending than aluminum plate of the same thickness. I think what may be happening is that the numbers quoted for CF are actually via testing straight strands pulled directly. Not from actually pulling on a woven sheet, where half of the mass of fiber is oriented in the orthogonal direction and actually does nothing for tensile strength. And you also aren't considering the "filler" that is the epoxy that has little strength. Then also when considering a sheet in bending, since you are stressing a material where the fibers are essentially in the shape of a Wave, there is quite a lot less stiffness than one would expect.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the whole world is wrong. Carbon Fiber monocoque structures are very strong (ie: 3-dimensional shapes moulded onto a foam core or similar). But carbon fiber plate may not be nearly as good of an engineering material as people think. And CF propellers would be similar.
McMaster Carr, whom I would tend to trust more than DragonPlate, actually list the strength of their Carbon Fiber plate as only 120-175ksi. In tension. In bending, they only list is as 89-174ksi, and I'd tend to believe the 89ksi is much more relevant for thin sheets, based on my experience. What I know for sure is that I was surprised when I held both aluminum and CF parts, of the exact same design and thickness in my hands. And flexed them. The aluminum was stiffer.
I'm not sure I'd agree that Graupners are overpriced. High quality engineering plastics are not cheap. Nor is the work involved in R&D to create an efficient propeller, which is saved by Chinese manufacturers who simply copy the shape.
I agree with most of what you are saying here. But it's not just about strength, other factors also come into play. For example if you take a thin aluminum plate and bent it, it will bend easily and stay at that angle. And if you straighten it out it will be severely weakened. In comparison a similar CF plate will only flex momentarily and be not worse for wear. But of course as with everything, bend it to far and it will snap. So it's kinda obvious. Select the material that fits the task.
And as you say, often CF is selected just because of the "cool" sales factor.
Absolutely agree John. I've said it before, "The nice thing about Carbon Fiber is that it's either straight, or it's broken." I've had many instances where an aircraft has taken a bump, and I don't realize that something aluminum is actually bent. Heli tail booms are a perfect example of this.
But that actually reinforces my main point here. I have CF heli tail booms I cannot use, because they are far less stiff than the aluminum booms. They are unusable. They allow massive, massive vibrations in the airframe. Took me a while to figure this out. Change back over to an aluminum boom, problem gone. So I ask WTF on the heli forums and everybody says "Oh yeah, that's how it is, CF booms suck". So why is anybody selling them? WTF indeed.
However, I now *really* have to check the straightness of the aluminum boom if I have even a minor bump, because it doesn't take much. So I'm still messing around with CF tail booms to see if I can use them. On a 450, it's hopeless. I have a noname CF boom for my 600 that *may* work. And a genuine Align boom for a 700 that does seem quite a bit stiffer.
Part of the issue here is that 6061 has a fairly low Yield Strength, and a Ultimate Tensile of 2-3 times higher. So there's a huge window where you get "bent". CF by comparison, has a UTS that is only marginally higher than the plastic limit. So it generally holds, holds, holds, then pow, it breaks.
I don't fly helicopters but I suspect the issue there is one of scale. CF should be much stiffer in general than Aluminum regardless of the alloy you choose. But the stiffness of a rod like a tailboom is as much about material choice as it is about physical geometry. I suspect that the CF tailboom was made to look like carbon fiber and have a similar size to still attach to the same fittings.
The problem with CF is that the amount of resin in your finished part robs you of the pure fiber stiffness and strength. So if you're not pressing as much of the resin out as possible then you're shooting yourself in the foot. You might as well have a plastic boom for all the good the carbon fibers in it are doing. So if someone doesn't make a high-quality CF boom with a very high fiber-to-resin ratio, then it's definitely going to have terrible stiffness qualities.
The thing is, if you can't get the stiffness you want because there's too much resin in the part, then you have to increase the diameter of the tube to get the stiffness back. But if the tube has to fit in a chassis with a preset size that option's out the window. Ideally you should use tapered CF tail booms -- stiff at the root and light at the tip.
It could also be a problem of scale. I looked at using a titanium tailboom on a competition plane to save weight a while back. But to match the stiffness of the aluminum tailbooms we had, the wall thickness had to be so thin that buckling became a concern. Titanium would have cost more (it was okay we had the money) and in the end it would have been heavier to select a boom that wouldn't buckle in-flight. Aluminum was just the better choice (fiber composites weren't allowed).
IMO CF parts on small RC fixed-wing planes (anything with a wingspan less than about 10 ft) is a marginal decision. Things like fiberglass/foam, CF spars and the like are nice, but at the end of the day they don't buy you a lot of weight savings to justify the added cost (or labor to build it unless you're explicitly set up to do it well). I like glassing foam wings a lot but I don't believe or tell others that it offers any real performance gains.
Great post. I think you're right on. I imagine that it makes a difference if you are using high-gloss CF (lots of resin) or matte finish (low resin). I think most people don't think matte looks nice, so the manufacturers only interested in appearance will use glossy material, which is actually weaker.
Rob, I think you are onto something close to what I have felt for a while now about CF props in comparison to good quality plastic props. The one main dislike I have for CF props is they can fracture at the motor shaft collar while tightening the nuts and you wont be able to tell this until after it breaks off completely while in flight.
I have a theory that the rigidity of the CF props might in fact be less energy efficient. Ive yet to put this to some good testing to prove it, but since Ive switch a lot of my copters back over to plastic props, they do seem to fly more easily and I get slightly better flight times out of them.
Here is where the foundation of my theory comes from. There is a big Eagles nest in the forest just out front of my apartment building and I often watch them catch thermals out the front of the building to go of hunting for the day. They often come within 5-10 meters from my balcony.
I noticed while watching them, they have long flexible wing tip feathers that seem to act like shock absorbers as they hit uneven pockets of air as they fly in and out of the thermals.
I could imagine how much easier this would be for them to manage those sudden changes in air movement and density and it would require much less energy fighting this say than if they had very rigid wings. Sudden gusts and change in air movement would be very tiring and hard to mange much like riding in a car without shock absorbers.
I feel the flexibility of plastic props might work in the same way where they give a slightly easier forgiving ride and as such likely they don't expend quite as much energy in doing so.
When I have some more time I'm going to work out a method to put this theory to test and see if it proves me right or not. .
Interesting, while doing battery testing on my basic 450 quad - hovering in one place - i noticed I get consistently slightly less flight time with CF props than I do with plastic props - 16mins vs 18mins and it's more exaggerated in a breeze/wind.
Also interesting that airplane manufacturers interested in efficiency make wings that are disconcertingly flexible (to a nervous flyer!).


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A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ordered prosecutors to prove in a hearing next week that a former NFL star should be held without bond on charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted two women in Tempe in November.
Judge Warren Granville ordered the hearing after defendant Darren Sharper waived his right to appear in Phoenix because he remains in custody in Los Angeles.
But Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Andrea Kever immediately notified Granville that prosecutors may challenge his decision before the Arizona Court of Appeals.
California authorities are using Sharper's no-bond status in Arizona to keep him incarcerated in Los Angeles.
Brian Russo, an attorney for Sharper, said his client would be released from custody if his no-bond status was lifted in Arizona.
"He gets his day in court at a full hearing to challenge his detention status," Russo said. "These things tend to be a mini-trial."
Sharper had been released on $1 million bond on the California charges and later surrendered in Los Angeles when Louisiana isssued a warrant for his arrest. Louisiana never followed up with a formal charge, but Arizona indicted him on the Tempe case.
Granville said at a court hearing Wednesday that an Arizona judge decided to hold Sharper on no bond in the Tempe case based upon statements made by a prosecutor when Sharper was indicted. He said that decision was made while Sharper was in custody in California and that Sharper was denied an opportunity to challenge the bond because of his unique predicament.
Under Arizona law, Sharper has a due-process right to force prosecutors to prove that "the proof is evident and the presumption great" that he committed the crimes if he is held without bond, Granville said.
"I believe you have the burden of proof to (demonstrate) that the proof is evident and the presumpion is great," based upon evidence presented at the hearing and in advance of the hearing, Granville said in court.
Kever disagreed, saying that Sharper already challenged his incarceration in California and that a California judge refused to release him.
"The state's position is that this court does not have personal jurisdiction over the defendant," Kever said, noting that Sharper has yet to appear at any proceeding in Maricopa County Superior Court.
But Alfred Donau III, another attorney for Sharper, said, "the state cannot say he had an opportunity to challenge his no bond in California. That simply did not occur."
Granville scheduled the hearing for April 16 but noted his action would be moot if prosecutors file the appeal and if the Arizona Court of Appeals grants a stay. Sharper's next hearing on the Los Angeles charges is on April 15.
If the hearing occurs, Granville's options would include holding Sharper without bond or granting him a lower bond on the Tempe charges.
Sharper was a star safety in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints. He appeared on the NFL Network after his retirement.

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reverb 10, day 9 – party
December 9th: What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people, music, food, drink, clothes, shenanigans.
We were out at dinner for Leah's birthday last January. Someone's present included a set of Titanic ice cube trays, and someone else at the table made the joke "well, then you're totally set if anyone ever has a disaster-themed party."
We had a disaster party planned by the end of the night. That's just how we roll.
We waited until April, when we usually have a "thank god we survived the winter" shindig. There were costumes involved, of course. Alex was the meteor that killed the dinosaurs. Bren, Andy, and Henry were the family that survived the zombie apocalypse. Leigh was bald Britney Spears with her paparazzi-killing umbrella. Michelle was Mrs. O'Leary, of cow and fire infamy. Our definition of "disaster" was all-encompassing!
For entertainment, we watched SyFy original movies – always true disasters, really. That night, they were premiering Megapiranha, starring Tiffany. We LOVED it. Of course, most of us are old-school MST3K fans, so sitting around mocking horrible movies is a long favored pastime! And really, how can you top a movie in which a giant piranha jumps out of the water high enough to eat a helicopter? You can't, that's how.
I love my friends. I love the fact that all of them are enthusiastic enough to participate in stupid theme parties. (Hey, we got 20-someodd people to dress up in Star Trek costumes for the September babies birthday party in 2009! Including people who came in from out of town for the party!) I love that my friends enjoy sitting around and mocking bad movies just as much as I do. I love that we have the kind of energy that lets someone say "hey, why don't we …?" and get a "yeah, that's awesome, and we can …" sort of response in return. That's the sort of creative energy I need in my life. I'm blessed to have friends who provide it!
(This coming January, we already have Leah's birthday party planned – SyFy is premiering their original movie starring both Tiffany AND Debbie Gibson that weekend! There's going to be a catfight! It will be amazing!)


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Gospel for March 28, 2013, Thursday
Holy Thursday
Psalter: Proper
Ps 116:12–13, 15–16bc, 17–18
Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
1st Reading: Ex 12:1–8, 11–14
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt and said, "This month is to be the beginning of all months, the first month of your year. Speak to the community of Israel and say to them:
On the tenth day of this month let each family take a lamb, a lamb for each house. If the family is too small for a lamb, they must join with a neighbor, the nearest to the house, according to the number of persons and to what each one can eat.
You will select a perfect lamb without blemish, a male born during the present year, taken from the sheep or goats. Then you will keep it until the fourteenth day of the month.
On that evening all the people will slaughter their lambs and take some of the blood to put on the doorposts and on top of the doorframes of the houses where you eat.
That night you will eat the flesh roasted at the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
And this is how you will eat: with a belt round your waist, sandals on your feet and a staff in your hand. You shall eat hastily for it is a passover in honor of Yahweh. On that night I shall go through Egypt and strike every firstborn in Egypt, men and animals; and I will even bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt, I, Yahweh! The blood on your houses will be the sign that you are there. I will see the blood and pass over you; and you will es-cape the mortal plague when I strike Egypt.
This is a day you are to remember and celebrate in honor of Yahweh. It is to be kept as a festival day for all generations forever.
2nd Reading: 1 Cor 11:23–26
This is the tradition of the Lord that I received and that in my turn I have handed on to you; the Lord Jesus, on the night that he was delivered up, took bread and, after giving thanks, broke it, saying, "This is my body which is broken for you; do this in memory of me." In the same manner, taking the cup after the supper, he said, "This cup is the new Covenant in my blood. Whenever you drink it, do it in memory of me." So, then, whenever you eat of this bread and drink from this cup, you are proclaiming the death of the Lord until he comes.
Gospel: Jn 13:1–15
It was before the feast of the Passover. Jesus realized that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father, and as he had loved those who were his own in the world, he would love them with perfect love.
They were at supper and the devil had already put into the mind of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray. Jesus knew that the Father had entrusted all things to him, and as he had come from God, he was going to God. So he got up from table, removed his garment and taking a towel, wrapped it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing.
When he came to Simon Peter, Simon said to him, "Why, Lord, you want to wash my feet!" Jesus said, "What I am doing you cannot understand now, but afterwards you will understand it." Peter replied, "You shall never wash my feet."
Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you can have no part with me." Then Simon Peter said, "Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"
Jesus replied, "Whoever has taken a bath does not need to wash (except the feet), for he is clean all over. You are clean, though not all of you." Jesus knew who was to betray him; because of this he said, "Not all of you are clean."
When Jesus had finished washing their feet, he put on his garment again, went back to the table and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Master and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I, then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you also must wash one another's feet.
I have just given you an example that as I have done, you also may do."
"There is one other point which I would like to emphasize, since it significantly affects the authenticity of our communal sharing in the Eucharist. It is the impulse which the Eucharist gives to the community for a practical commitment to building a more just and fraternal society. In the Eucharist our God has shown love in the extreme, overturning all those criteria of power which too often govern human relations and radically affirming the criterion of service: "If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all" (Mc 9:35). It is not by chance that the Gospel of John contains no account of the institution of the Eucharist, but instead relates the "washing of feet" (cf.Jn 13:1-20): by bending down to wash the feet of his disciples, Jesus explains the meaning of the Eucharist unequivocally. Saint Paul vigorously reaffirms the impropriety of a Eucharistic celebration lacking charity expressed by practical sharing with the poor (cf.1Cor 11:17-22, 27-34)." (John Paul II, Mane Nobiscum Domine, §28)
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A very long ago in one village there lived an old miller with his three sons. When he felt his death coming, he left to his sons a heritage: The mill fell to the elder brother's lot, a donkey came down to the middle brother, and the youngest brother inherited a cat.
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Russian Fairytale: Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka
Once there lived an old man and his wife, and they had a daughter named Alyonushka and a son named Ivanushka.
The old man and the old woman died, and Alyonushka and Ivanushka were left all alone in the world.
"I am dying of thirst, Sister Alyonushka. May I drink out of the hoof?" Continue reading
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Tale of the Snow Queen Nesting Doll
The Snow Queen
by Hans Christian Andersen
Once upon a time a magician made a magic mirror. In this mirror, a kind face became wicked; a look of hate was reflected as a look of love. One day, however, the mirror broke, and if a sliver of glass from the mirror entered someone's eye, that person's soul became evil, if another pierced a heart, that heart grew hard and cold as ice. Continue reading
Russian Fairytale: Tale Of Tsar Saltan And Three Sisters
Tale Of Tsar Saltan And Three Sisters Nesting Doll
Tale Of Tsar Saltan And Three Sisters
by Alexander Pushkin
Long ago in a faraway kingdom, three sisters were sitting on the bench in front of their house in the courtyard talking, imagining what they would do if they were married to Tsar Saltan. One said that she would prepare a great feast for the entire world. The next said that she would weave linen for the entire world. The third said that she would give the tsar "an heir, handsome and brave beyond compare."
Russian Fairytale: The Golden Fish
Once upon a time an old man and his wife lived on the shore of the blue sea. They were poor and lived in an old mud hut. He made a living by fishing, while his wife spun cloth. One day he caught a small golden fish in his net. The fish begged him, "Let me go, old man. I will reward you for my freedom by giving you anything you desire." The fisherman was astonished and frightened because he had never before heard a fish speak. He let the fish go and said kindly to her, "God bless you, golden fish. I don't need anything from you." Continue reading
Read This Russian Fairytale Baba Yaga & The Wicked Geese
Tell this story with this Baba Yaga Russian Fairytale Nesting Doll!
Once upon a time, there lived a man and his wife. They had a daughter and a little son. One day the mother said to her daughter: "Darling, your father and I are going to work. Take care of your brother, keep an eye on him and don't leave the house. Be a good girl and we will bring you a present". Continue reading
Russian Fairytale: Kolobok, Round Bun
Once upon a time an old man and woman lived in a village.
One day the old man said to the old woman: "Grandmother, go scrape in the flour-tin and sweep in the corn bin, perhaps you will get enough flour to make a Kolobok."
The old woman went off and scraped round the flour-tin and swept the bottom of the corn-bin and she got a couple of handfuls of flour.
She mixed the floor with sour cream and shaped it into a Kolobok – a kind of little round bun. Then she ba
Russian Fairytale: Masha and the Bear
Once upon a time there lived an old man and woman who had a granddaughter named Masha. One day some friends of Masha's decided to go to the forest to gather mushrooms and berries and they came to Masha's house to ask her to go with them.
Russian Fairytale: Ruslan and Ludmila
In days long since past, Prince Vladimir of Kiev held a magnificent feast in honor of the marriage of his daughter Ludmila and the knight Ruslan. Three jealous suitors looked on – Rogday, Farlaf, and Ratmir. The festivities lasted for hours and when they were over, Ruslan led his beautiful young bride to the waiting nuptial bed. Suddenly a light flashed through the night sky and a clap of thunder shook the ground. A strange mist appeared and from somewhere inside it a strange voice spoke. Ruslan turned to embrace his bride, but she had vanished without a trace.
Russian Fairytale: Emelya and the Pike
Once upon a time there lived an old man who had three sons, two of them clever young men and the third, Emelya, a fool. The two elder brothers were always at work, while Emelya lay on the stove ledge all day long with not a care in the world.
One day the two brothers rode away to market, and their wives said: Continue reading
Russian Fairytale: The Firebird and Princess Vassilissa
In a certain kingdom, in a thrice-ten realm that lay far away, beyond the thrice-nine lands, there once lived a mighty king. The king had an archer who was as brave as he was strong, and the archer had a horse that was as strong as it was fleet of foot. One day the archer got on his horse and rode off to the forest to hunt.
Russian Fairytale: By The Pike's Wish
In one village there lived three brothers. The two elder brothers were successful merchants, but the youngest brother was a fool named Emelya who slept on the stove all day long. Once it happened that when he went to the ice-hole for water and he caught a magic pike. The pike asked him to let her go free and promised him to grant any of his wishes. "Just say these magic words: 'By the pike's wish, at my command,' and everything will be done" the pike said. Emelya agreed.
Russian Fairytale: Tale of the Golden Cockerel
Somewhere in a Thrice-Nine kingdom there lived the famous Tsar Dadon. When he was young, he was fierce and brave, so, all his neighbors were afraid of him. But when he grew old he wanted to live in peace, to have a rest from wars, but then his neighbors began to make him much trouble often invading his kingdom. To defend the kingdom borders the Tsar had to maintain a mighty army, which fought day and night, led by the glorious chiefs practically without sleeping. Tsar Dadon and his army were so tired that the Tsar decided to ask for help the wise Astrologer, old eunuch from the east.
Russian Fairytale: Tale of Baba Yaga (The Russian Witch)
Once upon a time an old man, a widower, lived alone in a hut with his daughter Natasha. Very merry the two of them were together, and they used to smile at each other over a table piled with bread and jam, and play peek-a-boo, first this side of the samovar, and then that. Everything went well, until the old man took it into his head to marry again.
Russian Fairytale: The Great Turnip
Listen, please, listen how sometimes it can be…
Once the Grandpa has planted a Turnip. The Turnip has grown to be enormously huge. The Grandpa went to pick the Turnip. He pulls and pulls it out, but could not pull it out…
Then, the Grandpa called the Grandma, his wife, to help him to pull out the Turnip.


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08/27/2013, Newport, RI
Here we are back in Newport for a quick visit overnight (ran out of Gran Marnier so had to "re-provision"!) as we slowly work our way back to the Chesapeake. The u-grib files and Chris Parker indicate that we have a good weather window with light air and minimal seas from Wed. afternoon through Sat. so we'll take advantage of it for the overnight passage from Block Island to Cape May. Although it's raining quite heavily at the moment, it should clear by noon for us to get to Block Island this afternoon.
We both have mixed feelings about heading home. While we're both looking forward to reconnecting with friends and family, we're sad to see this adventure drawing to a close. Time to start thinking about the next one...maybe next summer after Sarah and Brian's wedding. Although we originally thought about heading to the Caribbean with the Salty Dawg Rally this coming Nov., we decided to reacquaint ourselves with our skis and take a fee ski vacations this winter while our legs are still up to the challenge. Tahoe here we come!
08/25/2013, Brewer Greenwich Bay Marina South
My, how time flies when you're having fun! Sorry so much time has passed since the last entry, but updating the blog was difficult with poor internet access and low on my list of priorities. Too many fun distractions!
We finally had a decent weather window on August 16th to depart Shelburne Harbour, NS and sadly say our last goodbyes, with hopes of returning one day to one of our most favorite places in the world. We dropped the mooring line at the crack of dawn, even though, in Chris Parker's opinion (the weather guru whose services we've come to depend on for many smooth passages), waiting one more day would have been prudent. Our goal was to be in Newport, RI by Monday, August 18th, in time to meet our daughter Sarah at the airport. Fortunately, the passage was uneventful. With the expected 15 kt winds out of the SW and on the nose, the beginning of the passage with 3-5 ft seas wasn't exactly pleasant. However, as the winds calmed, so did the seas and the remainder of the passage to Provincetown, MA was rather boring...just how we like it! We arrived in Provincetown late in the day on Saturday with hopes of clearing in through Customs by phone, but, alas, no luck. So, up went the Q-flag, we picked up a mooring, and were unable to leave the boat until we cleared Customs. We later learned that Chris, Ingo's son, and the grandchildren, were in Provincetown--too bad, we just missed them by a day.
Passage from Shelburne to Newport:
Sunday proved to be a lovely day to cross the Cape Cod Bay and transit the CC Canal. Luckily the Cape Cod Challenge occurred the previous day...over a hundred paddle boarders crossing the Bay from Plymouth to Wellfleet (~20 miles). Now that would have been a sight, but I'm sure that boat wake would not have been unwelcomed! Canal transit was timed perfectly with a good 4 knots of current going with us. But just our luck, the railroad bridge was in the down position, so, for a bout 10 minutes, we had to turn around into the current to wait for the bridge to go up. We were then on our way and got flushed down Buzzard's Bay, arriving in Newport in the late afternoon, with time to fuel, clear Customs (very easy place to tie up in Perrotti Park for Customs to board), get a mooring, and still have time to have a nice dinner at Moorings.
Clearing Customs:
A word or two about re-entering the US and clearing Customs. Although we had registered with US Customs and Border Protection using the Local Boaters Option, we came to find that the system in Port Canaveral where we had originally registered, didn't talk to other regional systems. Customs has since upgraded the system to standardize the individual regional processes, but our boater registration number was outdated and wouldn't let us into the new system to register a float plan. If you register a float plan, theoretically you should be able to report into the country by phone and avoid having to have a Customs official come to the boat for an inspection. So, Jeri then proceeded to spend several hours on the computer and on the phone with Customs officials in Florida (who were extremely courteous and helpful) to update our boaters registration information. Success! We're now in the system, so the next time we re-enter the US, we should be able to report in by phone if we file a float plan in advance. Hope we get a chance to try it out, i.e., have the opportunity to take Ladyhawke out of the country again. The downside is that all crew members must be entered into the system too, which involves an in-person interview at a designated Customs office. It looks like the closest one to our area is in Norfolk, VA. Sigh...so much for making the system user-friendly!!!
Tragedy at The Shack, Jamestown, RI:
The next day, Monday, we spent running errands with a rental car (Jeri's Kindle encountered an agonizing death on the passage, so we had to get a new one...Jeri went into serious withdrawal), and then on to the airport to pick up Sarah. As we crossed the bridge to Jamestown, stomachs grumbled indicating lunch time approached so we made a detour to our favorite "restaurant" for the best lobster roll in all of New England. Oh no! The Shack was still there--a little building on the waterfront in Dutch Harbor with picnic tables outside-- but new management and NO LOBSTER ROLLS! Jeri was devastated to say the least. (Coincidentally, the new owner is Tallulah's on Thames from Newport, but no relation to Tallulah's Table in Kennett.) However, all was not lost. They make the most wonderful, flavorful lobster tacos...a new twist on the lobster roll theme! We left smiling and sated!
Back to Nantucket:
Sarah's desire was to return to Nantucket for a few days, so off we went the next day, back to The Gray Lady. What a beautiful island in the sunshine, unlike the first visit early in the trip where the island lived up to it's name! We spent several lovely days together, enjoying some girl stuff like shopping in the unusual little shops. Sarah even designed/formulated her own perfume scent in the perfumery shop. Very fun! We enjoyed a 12 mi. bike ride to Madeket, several wonderful meals and, of course, the quintessential ice cream stop at the Juice Bar! It's ranks high on our list of favorite homemade ice cream shops, along with Cows from PEI.
We sadly departed Nantucket after two days in order to get Sarah back to the airport for her Sun. morning flight. Unlike the previous sail across Nantucket Sound, this one was quite rugged...20-25 Kts with 3-5 ft seas for several hours. However, we arrived safely in Hadley Harbor that afternoon and spend a peaceful night at anchor, including a great dinner, if I say so myself! Saturday took us to Greenwich, RI and a slip at the Brewer Marina South so Sarah could catch a cab to the airport the next day. We sadly said good-bye and started thinking about the return trip to the Chesapeake.
08/13/2013, Shelburne, NS
Back again in one of our favorite spots in all of Nova Scotia...Shelburne! And I just made dinner reservations at Charlotte Lane Café for this evening, our favorite restaurant. Can't wait!
So, here we are, the rain and fog are back and we're waiting for a good weather window to head first to Provincetown where we plan to get some rest after an overnight passage. Hopefully we'll be able to check in with Customs by phone from P-town, but if not, no worries since we don't plan on leaving the boat and will then head to Newport where we can definitely check in. For now, Thu through Sat appears to be the best opportunity to cross the Gulf of Maine and Cape Cod Bay. Keep your fingers crossed!
The passage from Baddeck has been thoroughly enjoyable. For the most part, good weather...sunny and in the mid-70s during the day with low humidity, 60's at night for great sleeping. The first day, after passing through St. Peter's Canal, we hoped to get to Port Howe, but turned around and spent the night back in D'Esscousse since the seas were quite lumpy and with wind on the nose. It was nice to see the harbor in sunshine this time! Since we didn't have to rush, we spent several nights in lovely anchorages along the way to Halifax, such as Horse's Head Cove in Beaver Harbour, a beautiful, snug cove surrounded by a breakwater and forested shores. In Halifax, we were able to do some chores and arrange for some canvas repair work (needed to replace a zipper in the side plastics that surround the cockpit...essential equipment to stay warm and dry when heading into the southwest winds which are on the nose, all the way back to Provincetown.) Since we had to rent a car for a day, we enjoyed a fun tour of the Alexander Keith's Brewery, followed by a lovely dinner downtown. So glad we opted to stay at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron instead of tying up downtown. We checked out the boats that did so, and saw just how rocky-rolley the floating docks were. Very uncomfortable!
Sadly, we said goodbye to Halifax and the RNSYS, left at dawn and motor-sailed to Lunenburg where we dropped the anchor for the night. Since early mornings before the winds picked up in the afternoon were the best time to move, we again hauled the anchor at dawn, and headed west, hoping to make it to Shelburne. The weather prediction was correct...light air in the morning, filling in to 15-20 knts in the afternoon out of the southwest. UGH! Although we could have bailed out, we decided to push on and endure a few not-so-pleasant hours to get to Shelburne. Glad we did, since we can now relax and rest before the next leg of the journey home.
All the best,
My, how time flies when you're having fun! Here it is August 6th already and we've begun the long trek home. We dropped the mooring lines this morning, leaving Baddeck after a lovely stay and were greeted with a beautiful double rainbow over the town as we looked off the stern. Just gorgeous! Yesterday was spent doing laundry, picking up a few provisions for the journey, returning the rental car and enjoying our last lunch in town at the Bell Buoy. Great lobster sandwiches!
Today we enjoyed a brisk sail down the Bra D'Or Lakes, and passed through the St. Peter's Canal locks, with the hope of continuing on for another 25 miles. However, the weather and seas didn't cooperate--the winds built to ~20 kts on the nose with seas predicted to be 6 feet, so we bailed out, turned around and headed back to the lovely D'Escousse (means Scotland in French) where we had anchored previously. Since it was a short day, Ingo had some time to diagnose the failed pump on the watermaker, which decided not to work earlier in the day. After a brief conversation with a technical rep from Spectra, he was able to rewire the pump and voila! It's working! My hero!
Impressions of PEI:
We would return in a heartbeat! What a beautiful island--very relaxed way of life and very friendly people. The economy centers around agriculture, fishing and the services associated with tourism, at least in the summer. (From what we heard, winters are not so great unless you love snow up second floor windows!) We stayed for five nights at a B&B called Fitzroy Hall which was built in 1872 in Charlottetown, the provincial capital and perfect location since it is centrally located. From there were we able to take several drives around the island:
Day 1 - Drove to the north coast to St. Peter's Bay where we stopped at Red Head Harbor and learned about mussel aquaculture from some friendly fishermen on the dock, and then spent the afternoon at the Greenwich National Park to see the unique parabolic sand dunes and beach. To get there, the three-mile walk took us through woodlands, across wetlands on a floating walk-way, and up the beach to view the dunes. The weather could not have been more perfect and the views phenomenal. And, to end a perfect day, we stopped for the quintessential PEI dinner, a lobster supper in New Glasgow. Lobster suppers originated as a fund-raiser put on by the ladies of the church. However, they have evolved into a more commercial operation, but retain the "church hall" feel with seating at long tables in a hall-like atmosphere. Of course, all you can eat of seafood chowder, mussels, salads and dessert, but only one lobster. By far, the best lobster on the whole trip!
Day 2 - Drove to the west coast, with a stop at Summerside, the second largest "city" on PEI to check out the Silver Fox Yacht and Curling Club. Yes, yacht and curling club--good combination of summer and winter activities! The rest of the day included a lot of driving with little reward, with the exception of a visit to the Acadian Museum in Mecouche. Very well done! It was interesting driving around the area seeing so many Acadian flags in front yards. Clearly, the Acadians are proud of their heritage and are working hard to preserve their culture. We ended the day with another dose of Acadian culture by seeing Evangeline, a musical play performed at the Confederation Center for the Arts as part of the Charlottetown Festival. Magnificent, powerful performance and portrayal of Longfellow's epic poem of the same name.
Day 3 - Drove to the east coast to visit to Souris where the ferry departs for Isle de la Madeleine and the beach at Basin Head, but did not experience the "singing sands." Apparently, if you drag your feet through the sand, it makes a squeaky "singing" sound. After exploring some of the small towns along the coast and the beautiful river views, we ended the day with a lovely dinner at the Inn at Bay Fortune.
Day 4 - Spent the day walking around Charlottetown, including a visit to Founders Hall and an historical walking tour led by a young lady in period costume from 1764, the year that the Confederation Conference took place in Charlottetown. As she explained, this was the conference where the idea of a Canadian Confederation was conceived, but birthed at a later date during another conference several years later. We ended the day by seeing another play called Dear Johnnie Deere, another well-done musical with great foot-stompin' music and excellent performances. Very fun!
Almost forgot to mention another PEI icon...COW'S ice cream! OMG, it's right up there with Ben & Jerry's, with flavors like Wowie Cowie and Gooey Mooey!
Day 5 - Drove back to Baddeck, including a trip on the Northumberland Ferry (instead of crossing the Confederation Bridge as we did to get to PEI). Long drive but nice picnic lunch in Port Hawkesbury along the Canso Straits.
What a wonderful decision to get off the boat for a while and take a land cruise! [While the scenery is lovely and people encounters delightful, Jeri thinks the best part is being able to take a long, hot shower without worrying about water limitations on the boat! ;-) ]
First, we visited the Glenora Distillery for an afternoon trip to the west coast of Cape Breton. It's the only single malt distillery in Canada, and a fine product they make! One product is a single malt aged in French oak barrels and then finished by aging for a few months in ice wine barrels from Jost Vineyard. [A few days later we visited Jost Vineyard and discovered that they have a wine called Ortega that they finish aging in single malt barrels from Glenora. How's that for a symbiotic relationship!] After the Glenora tour and a lovely lunch in their pub with live Gaelic music, we went to the Broad Cove Concert, the 57th and apparently a well-known concert with performances by everyone who is anyone known in the area for their fiddling, bag piping, step dancing and Gaelic singing. A lovely way to spend a leisurely Sunday.
Monday, we sealed up the freezer and jumped in the rental car for the first leg of our journey to Prince Edward Island. After researching the Northumberland coast, we chose the Tatmagouche area as a good stopping point, so we could visit Jost Vineyards the next day. What a pleasant surprise! We stayed overnight in a converted train car at The Train Station B&B, which consists of the renovated Tatamgouche train station and about 10 converted cars, including a dining car with a first-rate restaurant and lounge car. The owner purchased the station when he was 18 because he wanted it preserved and not destroyed. Our car had a sitting area with sofa bed and separate bedroom, divided by the elevated conductor cupola where he would sit to see train signals.
More later...off for the day exploring more of PEI...
UGH! Another day of rain, but thank goodness for a well provisioned boat, music, good books, internet, heat pump to keep things dry, good company, and a lovely home-made lunch. With any luck, the rain will pause in time for an ice cream run to shore! With internet and cell phones, we were able to make a mooring reservation at Baddeck Marine, rent a car and reserve lodging on PEI for next week. Can't wait!


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I don't do any buck grunts during bow season before the rut is hardly even thought about.
bleats is all I will do, if anything. Around the rut I would throw in a snort wheeze. Maybe even some rattling. I shot an 8 point last year with the wheeze that pulled the buck off of the path of the doe he was following. Would have been a much tougher shot had I not used the wheeze before I even saw him. And I heard him do it back at me just before I shot or saw him. He was looking for me!!!


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Terror groups have shown strong motivation as seen in 2 recent attempts to smuggle arms into Gaza Strip via Egypt; Navy commander says despite attempts to smuggle arms by sea, IDF will allow Palestinian fisherman free movement in coastline
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Published: 05.15.06, 01:09 / Israel News
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Navy commander Maj.-Gen. David Ben Ba'ashat said Sunday that it is easier for Palestinian terror groups to smuggle arms from Egypt by sea than by land.
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The Navy thwarted
an attempt to smuggle military-grade explosives into Gaza by sea on Sunday, the second such attempt in less than two weeks.
"We are here to prevent terror groups from rebuilding their infrastructure. They are highly motivated and to my regret they will continue to be so in the future. In both operations, on Independence Day and yesterday, we prevented a ton of explosives from reaching terror groups," he said.
IDF experts said the explosives were meant to be used in making Qassam rockets and roadside bombs. "It is like flour which can be used for many things, from bombs to Qassams," one expert said.
'Smugglers receive large amounts of money'
Ben Ba'ashat said in both operations humble looking Palestinian civilians asked for permission to anchor their boat in Gaza's fishing port. On both occasions the Palestinian fishermen raised suspicions among soldiers who move to inspect their boats.
According to Ben Ba'ashat, the sea remains easiest way to smuggle arms into Gaza.


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GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Josh Oglesby ran for the go-ahead 10-yard score with 7:30 left, helping No. 11 Virginia Tech beat East Carolina 17-10 on Saturday to give coach Frank Beamer his 200th win at the school.
David Wilson ran for 138 yards to lead the Hokies (2-0) and quarterback Logan Thomas struggled in his second career start while the Hokies also committed 12 penalties and committed two turnovers, but their defense completely shut down the Pirates' high-powered passing attack and held East Carolina (0-2) to 112 total yards.
That included minus-15 yards rushing, second fewest in ECU history.
Michael Dobson ran for a 2-yard touchdown for the Pirates. But in an unusual twist, it was their defense -- among the nation's worst last year -- that kept East Carolina in it until late.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP)-- East Carolina follows its opening loss to South Carolina by hosting No. 11 Virginia Tech on Saturday. It's part of yet another tough non-conference schedule for the Pirates.
The Pirates (0-1) upset the Hokies (1-0) three years ago in Charlotte. The teams are meeting for the fifth straight season.
The game will attract a rowdy home crowd for the Pirates, though coach Ruffin McNeill wants his players focused on "doing their jobs" and not trying to do too much.
The Hokies have the chance to give coach Frank Beamer his 200th victory in 25 years at the school. They're coming off an easy win against Championship Subdivision power Appalachian State, marking a successful debut for Logan Thomas as starting quarterback.


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The finalists compete for a $1,000 prize.
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All you guys are inspiration, thank you all, and keep riding . . .
All you guys are inspiration, thank you all, and keep riding . . .
hey from tn newbie ive lost weight before cycling when i was younger but i always kill the bikes in my price range so hopefully ill get a good one soon and get back on track currently weigh 250ish havnt ridden much in a while borrowed a friends bike the other day and realized im alot happier when im riding not to mention healthier i hope to get back down to 175 180 ive gotten down to 180 before with running and weight training and within a year or so i poped right back to 250lbs very important to have exercise thats fun enough to stick with it also tom ... you look alot like a guy i transported to a bariactric center in ohio on a big rv with a lift gate was last summer so i doubt it was you but you remind me of him he could stand up outta his wheel chair and walk about 2 steps and had to sit down he weighed an estimated 800 lbs but hard to weigh someone that big without goin thru a truckstop lol theres alot of people that get dangerously close to the end by means of weight problems i hope that guy is better now and am glad to see all these people reaching theyre goals and will post pics if and when i reach my goal weight ... bike pending lol
Inspiration is all I see here! Great job everyone!
Just wanna thank all posters in this thread. It inspired me last October to start biking for a bit of fitness & to try lose some weight. Well I've now lost 43 pounds without really trying to change my diet, but still have 18 lbs to go to hit my target of 170 pounds.
Thanks again to all & never stop climbing on that bike everyday!!
Way to go, Eder! Woo Hoo! Keep it up, man!
Craig in Indy
Congrats to you all - I love viewing this thread
Welcome Eder - looking forward to seeing your transformation
Awsome Awsome Awsome
You folks are just freakin AWSOME!
Jay B
2010 Merceir Galaxy/2011 Bianchi Via Nirone 7
I'm not sure how much you'll be able to tell from the "after" picture because it's kind of a head shot, but there's about 35 lbs difference here. That's me on the far left about a year ago, and then me by myself after 6 weeks of a vegan diet and a lot of exercise bike, treadmill and elliptical. The actual bike riding has come since and has helped a lot too.
I just bought my bike yesterday and even though I haven't read this entire thread yet I'd like to say thank you to all of you who have posted your before/after pics and told your stories...it is truly inspiring.
I am a 42 yr old male who has always been overweight...I made the change from a mfg plant to a desk job 9 years ago and I've gained a lot of weight, my knees pop easily, I get winded with just a few stairs and I find it difficult to get up and down.
I have a beautiful 4 yr old daughter who I desperately want to be able to "keep up with" and that has led me to cycling as a means to get fit.
I went to a local shop who had a good used KHS comfort bike but it just didnt seem "right" to me...too stiff...based on my opinions of that bike, they steered me toward a mountain bike and I placed my order.
I picked up my KHS Alite 100 yesterday and rode it around in front of the house for a a while last night while my daughter rode her Barbie car(running me off the road a couple times in the process!). I can only pedal about 10 times before I have to coast but I did that off/on for about an hour last night and I woke up 5 lbs lighter this morning!
Yesterday morning - 367
Today - 362
I know that may not be a real indicator but anyway, I am totally excited about riding this bike!
5 lbs is exciting to loose.
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Set F1re To The Ra1n ( NY Night Rain Ride)
Ya gotta start somewhere, and 5 pounds is more exciting than none!
Craig in Indy
Just starting back after 16 years not riding, and went from 180lbs to 328lbs at 5'5" driving a truck. I know I can do it looking at all you guys and gals success stories. Started riding and watch what I am eating went from 328lbs to 303 in 1 month and love it. Pics to come.
I'm new! Down to 270 from 350. Sporadic dieting along with some weight lifting, jogging, yoga and a ton of cycling. I'm sure if be closer to my goal weight if I kept my eating in check. Time to get with the program
Checking in again. Down to 215. I think I was at 220 at the time of my last post. I was 257.8 at my highest....at 5'4". Still have a ways to go but am riding somewhere between 125 and 150 miles a week and have started putting miles in running as well. I'm REALLY excited to see where I'll be come the beginning of the triathlon season next year. Sky's the limit!
love checking into this thread! last time I ckd in I was at 204 down from my largest 254 on 3/22/10. I am now at 191 and love riding as much as when I started the first week of april.
still eating lots of apples and staying under 2k calories a day.
I have been riding 15 miles a day through my hilly town since may, I am at 1720 miles so far with a goal of 2k by fall. already thinking about next yr riding season goal of 2500 miles.. hopefully this time next yr Ill be 170/175...
Instead of "Before and After", let's call it "Near the Start and Now".
September 2009 -- had just started riding; was in my first organized big-group ride.
September 2010 -- along the C&O trail.
See all that gear in the 2nd picture -- the tent, the sleeping bag, the front and rear panniers? In a year, I lost that much weight and more.
- Jeneralist
Not to quibble, jeneralist, but that's Meyersdale train station, and it's on the GAP, not the C & O.
Brava! Brava for your loss!
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Hi all, this thread is sooo inspiring. As to my story...I bought a bike last year during yet another attempt to loose weight. I rode pretty regularly for about a month then let excuses derail me. Then in December, I weighted 272, I set out to loose weight again. I canged my diet and added in exercise with a personal trainer. This got me off to a great start and I currently weight 232. I recently stopped going to the personal trainer for financial reasons and want to continue getting fit...that brings me here. I would love to be able to be one of these sucess stories!
still keeping at it.. feeling lots better. down 119.
My Blog about my cycling, diet and races. check it out!
My Bikes
2009 Trek Madone Pro 5.2 - FSA/Dura Ace
2007 Specialized S-works Tarmac Dura Ace
2009 Trek 7.3FX - My first bike that got me into the sport.
BTW, how do you like your Z5? One of our local dealers has a 2010 Z5 in my size on clearance for $1700, and a 2010 Z6 for $1370. They're very tempting, especially since I promised myself a new road bike when I get under 200 lbs. Not that they'll still be around by then (November, +/-), but I can always talk myself into buying it sooner.
Craig in Indy
Below is the old orginal before and after from 2 years ago.
This is a last year vs this year, same kit, same race, even same straightaway. About 240 last year, between 225 and 230 this year, and weighed in tonight at 218.
Started July of '07 at 285.
I said three years ago I would consider a full carbon bike when the weight I could take off the bike was greater than the weight I could take off the rider. Saving my pennies now.
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2007 Trek 1500 rigged as a TT bike
2007 Trek 2100, stock.
1993 Giant Yukon (aka 30 lbs of fat burning cromo that I don't mind riding on heavily sanded Maine roads in the winter) (It's getting drops and becoming a CX bike shortly).
I may always be a Clyde, but I don't have to be overweight to be one. Down to 218 from 285.
People have started telling me not to lose any more weight. I'm beginning to agree.
u r a TOTAL STUD, Mr. Tom
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July 2007 Issue
User Assistance Walkthroughs: Helping Best Practices Emerge
Published: July 23, 2007
In my previous job as a UX designer, I learned the value of collaborative design walkthroughs. During walkthroughs, the UX designer would step through a user scenario—using the wireframes or mid-fidelity prototypes—with a cross-disciplinary team comprising product management, other UX designers, business analysts, developers, product testers, and technical communicators. The motivation for doing these walkthroughs was to reduce the amount of churn around product requirements that was occurring during coding and testing. No matter how well-written a requirement or use case was, it wasn't until stakeholders could interact with a design within a tangible context that the full implications of a requirement or its lack of sufficient specificity became evident.
Beyond the benefit of clarifying requirements and gaining agreement among the team that a design met the requirements, I have found that walkthroughs have a deeper, even more valuable impact as a social mechanism for creating and distributing organizational knowledge. Read more
Topic: Columns | Communicating Design | User Assistance
Your Design Is Infringing On My Patent: The Case Against User Interface and Interaction Model Patents and Intellectual Property
Published: July 10, 2007
Imagine, if you will, that you're working for a small Web-application startup. For the sake of argument, let's say the company wants to build a Web-based application to help product marketers and brand managers—the primary user group—manage and maintain the digital assets for their company's products and services.
Further assume the application would also allow users to publish updated digital collateral to the distribution channel—that is, resellers such as retail stores and ecommerce sites who sell a company's products.
The startup has asked you to create a user interface for this Web application, and you've struggled for weeks to come up with an elegant, efficient way for users to quickly and efficiently upload, manage, and publish a wide variety of digital collateral, including product box shots, spec sheets, warranties, coupons, rebates, and so on. Read more
Topic: Business of UX | Columns
What Puts the Design in Interaction Design
Published: July 10, 2007
"Most design jargon deals with how to design rather than what to design and why."—John Arnott
"I prefer design by experts—people who know what they are doing."—Donald Norman
Interaction design is a blended endeavor of process, methodology, and attitude. Discussions of process and methodology are pervasive in the interaction design milieu and often revolve around a perceived tension between process and methodology and the role of design within this discipline. To be clear, process is the overarching design framework—for example, an iterative, or spiral, process or a sequential, or waterfall, process. Conversely, a methodology is a prescribed design approach such as user-centered design or genius design. Read more
Topic: Interaction Design
From Reluctance to Enjoyment: My Journey Through CHI 2007
Published: July 10, 2007
On Sunday, April 29, 2007, when flying from Montréal to San Jose to attend my first CHI conference, I worried I might have made the wrong decision by choosing CHI as my conference for this year. When reviewing the program a few days before, I had found myself thinking "I really don't think these academic-centric and very specific papers will interest me and help me in my practice. Oh! I shouldn't have chosen this conference!" I even thought of changing my return ticket to go back to Montréal earlier, so I could get back to work on my mental model project, which I'd been enjoying so much. My first morning at CHI seemed to confirm my feelings and even made me feel worse. I wasn't really turned on by the opening plenary, and listening to the day's program during CHI Madness—a great concept other conference organizers should use—confirmed my impressions. To give you a bit of context, I'm a practitioner who thrives on user research and on learning new insights and methods from others in a practical, didactic, and clear way, including many concrete examples I can relate to and learn from.
Surprisingly, just four days later, after the Silicon Valley tour I'd signed up for, my mood was exactly the opposite: I just didn't want to leave San Jose and my fellow CHI attendees, with whom I'd had so much fun. I was ecstatic about my CHI experience. Read more
Topic: Conference Reviews | User Research
Conference Review: CHI 2007
Published: July 10, 2007
This year, SIGCHI celebrated its 25th annual Computer/Human Interaction (CHI) conference. CHI 2007 took place at the Convention Center in San Jose, California, USA, on April 28 through May 3, 2007. Its theme: Reach Beyond. The organizers asked us to "reach beyond …our comfortable methods and praxis; beyond our exciting and innovative technology; beyond our established scientific frameworks and reputations; beyond the common ground of professional and national cultures; and beyond our far-flung social networks." To what?
Opening the conference, Mary Beth Rosson, Conference Chair, said, "HCI folks are in the middle of everything now, and we've earned that."
While Design Community Co-Chairs John Kolko and Bill Lucas brought us Bill Moggridge's remarkable opening plenary, "Reaching for the Intuitive," and the exceptional interactive session "Who Killed Design?" I still found the overall amount of design content at CHI 2007 lacking. This was particularly disappointing, because the conference convened in the heart of Silicon Valley—world center of the technology industry and home to many UX professionals. If ever there were a CHI that should have been centered more on practice than academia, this was it. Read more
Topic: Conference Reviews
Comparing UXD Business Models
Published: July 10, 2007
When leaders of UX organizations get together, we always seem to talk about how our UX groups are structured and why. Just as designers solve user interface design problems, their leaders solve organizational design problems. It's what we do. At CHI 2005, Kartik Mithal, Director of User Experience at Sun Microsystems, and Jim Nieters, Senior Leader of User Experience at Cisco, spent hours sharing insights about how to best structure their groups for future success. Kartik and Jim agreed that the opportunity to learn from one another was one of the more valuable reasons for leaders of UX groups to attend CHI.
This manifest need for UX leaders to learn—and share—best practices was the rationale for the authors, Jim Nieters and Garett Dworman, to write and present a CHI 2007 Experience Report on the organizational structure that Jim Nieters created for his UX group at Cisco [1]. It also motivated us to follow up that presentation with a CHI 2007 Management Special Interest Group (SIG), "Comparing UXD Business Models," in which participants compared different models of UX organizational design [2]. Our intent was to share experiences and systematically explore them in the hope that this information will aid companies in structuring their internal UX functions. To this end, we generated SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analyses of four UX business models. Read more
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Firefighters are mopping up a wildfire that broke out just southeast of Missoula.
The Department of Natural Resources says at its height, 30 crew members including the Lolo Hotshots worked to knock down the blaze.
The fire spread across two to three acres on a hillside above the 36 hundred block of Patty Canyon.
It started Saturday afternoon.
No storms or lightning struck the area, so an investigator is looking to see if humans caused the fire.
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7:30 PM Start
195 Changebridge Road, Montville Municipal Building
No New Business to be Conducted Past 10:00PM
Mr. Maggio – present Mr.
Karkowski - present
Mr. Sandham – present Ms. Nielson – entrance noted
Mr. Lipari – present Mr.
Lewis – present
Mr. Hines – entrance noted Mr. Canning –
Mr. Visco – present Mr.
Speciale (alt #1) – present
Tobias (alt #2) – absent
Board Professionals
Board Attorney Michael
Carroll, Esq. - absent
Board Engineer Stanley
Omland, Esq - present
Board Planner Joseph Burgis, PP - present
**Note: Mr. Hines and Ms.
Nielson entered
I. Master
Plan Land
Use Element & Goals and Objectives - Public Hearing
Presentation by Joseph
Burgis, Burgis Associates
Required pursuant to the
Municipal Land Use Law N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10.
Mr. Burgis presented the Goals
and Objectives and Land Use element of the Master Plan. The document sets forth policies and sets the
parameters for community growth.
Optional requirements and obligatory items such as a housing plan were
also discussed. The master plan is
reexamined every six years, as required by statute. To compile the Master Plan, background
information needs to be gathered. Environmental issues such as streams,
wetlands, steep slopes and utility services information is provided. The general goals of the master plan where
discussed including, the goals to protect the character of our residential
neighborhoods, to preserve environmental features, to enhance open space and
protect historic sites, and to accommodate commercial and retail uses in
appropriate locations.
Mr. Burgis discussed some
specific areas addressed by the current and prior master plan documents.
Other key discussion areas
included areas proposed for re-zoning, design improvements or lot size
requirements. For example, the Route
202/Changebridge Road area a bypass road is proposed to help the flow of
traffic access Changebridge Road
and to evaluate ways to make Bloomfield
Avenue more pedestrian friendly.
Other areas to be addressed
by the ordinance include:
1. Update sign regulations
2. Adopt standards for
3. Evaluate parking
4. Encourage "green" building
and sustainable design
Philip Mylot, Esq. -
representing WB Developers (William & Brian O'Dowd) owners of a property
located in Area 1. Quick Chek submitted
an application for a convenience store and gas station at this location. Mr. Mylot would like the board to discuss a
conditional use at this location. Mr.
Burgis states that a gas station component was discussed but the board is in
agreement that they will not reconsider.
Mr. Mylot handed out Exhibit A, a December 1, 2010 Professional Planning
report completed by John Madden.
William O'Dowd - 55 Foremost Mountain Rd
- Mr. O'Dowd states that he did attend a public meeting and was not told to
bring his professionals. He states that
he was told that the concern is that he will drive out the competing gas
Swearing of Professionals – Mr. Burgis & Mr.
Mr. Burgis states that a gas
station/convenience store component is not an allowable use currently. He states that his office did prepare a
document for the Board of Adjustment but did not testify before the application
was withdrawn.
Michele Caron - 2 Brook Lane,
Towaco - Ms. Caron's concern is on Page 30 -Part 1- the plans show a building
on wetlands property. Mr. Karkowski
states that a builder would still have to go for all permits before being
allowed to build. Mr. Burgis reports
that the property is not as constricted as initially thought. The survey supersedes
any plan that is in the master plan. Mr.
Omland states that any denials are between the developer and DEP, so the
taxpayers will not incur any fee.
Audrey Barnish - 93 Taylortown Road
& Phyllis Fogelson - 69
Taylortown Road
Ms. Barnish and Ms. Fogelson own Block 59 Lot
15 - property is located at the corner of Route 202 and Route 287 South. The
zoning is currently residential and they would like the board to consider
rezoning the property. Ms. Fogelson states there are wetlands on the
property. Mr. Omland and Mr. Burgis both
state that they have looked at this property. Single family homes are allowed
and buffering can be done. The board
will discuss this.
Ed Blickstein - 2 Hixon Court, Montville
Mr. Blickstein is concerned
about a gas station located on the other side of Route 202. He is concerned
that additional traffic would be entering the township.
Break 9:10pm
Call back to order 9:20pm
Kathleen Walter - 18 Forest Place,
Ms. Walter is concerned that
there will be building too close to the aquifer and this is a danger to the
Towaco area.
Anthony Angolini - 38 Virginia Road, Montville
Mr. Angolini's concerns are
the sustainable energy incentives. He
states the following should be considered in the master plan: micro turbines,
biofuels, electric cars, rooftop farming, fish farming. He also had a couple of mapping issues which
Mr. Burgis will check into.
Rusi Ghandi - 56 Ridge Drive, Montville
Mr. Ghandi questioned what
the proposed use for the tire company property on Route 46 is. The property has been vacant for 6 years. Mr.
Burgis reports that this property has been rezoned from industrial to office/retail/restaurant.
Michael Edwards - 80 Ridge Drive, Montville
Mr. Edwards thanked the board
for their hard work.
Richard Chongeshian
Mr. Chongeshian is concerned
that the board may reconsider the gas station as a permitted use on Route 202
and requests that the master plan stays the same.
A motion was made by Mr.
Sandham to close the public session, seconded by Mr. Hines. Roll call: Mr. Maggio, Mr. Karkowski, Mr.
Sandham, Ms. Nielson, Mr. Lipari, Mr.
Lewis, Mr. Hines, Mr. Canning, Mr. Visco and Mr. Speciale (alt #1)
Mr. Burgis's responses to the
public comments:
Re: Mr. O'Dowd - Mr. Burgis
states there is already one gas station.
With the access road Mr. O'Dowd is allowed other conditional uses in
addition to those already allowable uses.
Mr. Lewis stated that there are many other uses for this location that
the property owner can consider.
Re: Mrs. Caron - Mr. Burgis
states that permits are still required by the developer. Ms. Nielson reiterates Mr. Burgis's comments
that permits still need to be applied for and approved. The plan in the master
plan is conceptual and merely demonstrates one possible building scenario
should all approvals be granted from the board and the outside agencies.
Re: Ms. Barnish & Ms.
Fogelson - Mr. Burgis states this lot is
buildable but the board would like to discuss further. Mr. Maggio questions what the constraints
are. Mr. Burgis states there are
wetlands. Mr. Sandham questions why
certain properties are not being rezoned.
Mr. Lewis states that the property should be reexamined by the board.
Re: Ms. Walker - Mr. Omland
states that Vincent Uhl, hydrogeologist, will provide advice for any property
abutting the aquifer.
Re: Mr. Angolini - Mr. Burgis
will provide details and report back to the board.
On a motion made by Mr.
Lewis to adopt the Master plan, with the exception of B: 59 L:15, which will be
reexamined by Mr. Burgis for sight specific uses. Seconded by Mr. Lipari. Roll
Call: Mr. Maggio, Mr. Karkowski, Mr. Sandham, Ms. Nielson, Mr. Lipari, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Hines, Mr. Canning, Mr.
Visco and Mr. Speciale (alt #1)
II. Wireless Telecommunications Ordinance (Proposed) - Referred
by Township Committee - Planning
Board will discuss at their next scheduled meeting in January 2011.
III. Minor Lot
Grading Ordinance (Proposed) - Referred by Township Committee
Mr. Anthony Barile, Township
Engineer, was sworn. He states that any
grading changes require a grading plan and grading permit. They are proposing having a minor lot grading
permit which would cost a homeowner less money than a grading plan that is
prepared by a professional, which is currently the requirement. Mr. Omland
agrees that the intent is to make it easier on the taxpayers. Mr. Barile states
that with this ordinance the homeowner can prepare their own drawings for their
proposed project. The current fee for a
grading plan is $275.00. The cost for
the minor grading plan is $175.00. Mr.
Sandham states that this is supposed to streamline the process for the
homeowner. The Board questioned if the
minimum 5000 sf should be raised. Mr.
Omland said it's the number that the soil conservation uses.
Vote: All in favor, no abstentions and none
a) Board of
Adjustment – Gary Lewis reports that Holiday at Montville
and Lake Valhalla have been heard and are being
carried to the next meeting.
b) Board of
Health – Lawrence Tobias absent, no report
c) Environmental
Commission – Victor Canning gave no report.
d) Water &
Sewer – Arthur Maggio gave no report
e) HPRC – John
Visco gave no report.
f) DRC – Deb Nielson gave no report.
g) Site
Plan/Subdivision Committee – Russ Lipari Chair, Ladis Karkowski, Deborah
Nielson & John Visco (alt) gave no report
h) Economic
Development Committee – Jim Sandham and Tony Speciale - no report
i) Open Space
Committee – Ladis Karkowski, Russ Lipari, Deb Nielson
& Jim Sandham gave no report
j) Master
Plan/COAH 3rd Round – Ladis Karkowski, Russ Lipari, Deb Nielson & Jim
Sandham gave no report.
k) Cross
Acceptance Committee – Ladis Karkowski & Russ Lipari gave no report.
l) Highlands
Legislation Review Committee – Gary Lewis gave no report.
m) Appointment
to Fire Department Districts – Russ Lipari – Towaco, Tony Speciale – Pine Brook
and Art Maggio – Montville
STEAKHOUSE – 8 & 10 Whitehall Road –
Approved on a motion made
by Mr. Hines, seconded by Mr. Hines.
Roll Call: Mr. Karkowski, Mr.
Canning, Mr. Visco, Mr. Lewis, Mr, Maggio, Mr. Lipari, Mr. Sandham, Mr.
Hines, Mr. Speciale, Mr. Tobias
PMN/C10-09 Brown, Joanne -35 & 43 Stonybrook Road - B:21.01 l: 19 &
Approved on a motion made
by Mr. Visco, seconded by Mr. Lewis.
Roll Call: Mr. Karkowski, Ms. Nielson, Mr. Visco, Mr. Lewis, Mr.
Speciale, Mr. Tobias
PMS10-11 - Level One
Construction - 289 Changebridge Road
Approved on a motion made
by Mr. Hines, seconded by Mr. Canning.
Roll Call: Mr. Karkowski, Mr.
Canning, Mr. Visco, Mr. Sandham, Mr. Hines, Ms. Nielson, Mr. Speciale,
Mr. Tobias
Changebridge Road, B: 135 l: 5- letter dated
November 11, 2010 requesting extension from existing deadline for completion of
construction of July 2011.
Board discussion reiterated
importance of access drive, expressed by board engineer and as indicated as a condition
of approval.
Mr. Canning made a motion
to deny request for extension. Seconded
by Mr. Lipari. All in favor by roll
call: Mr. Maggio, Mr. Karkowski, Mr. Sandham,
Ms. Nielson, Mr. Lipari,Mr. Hines, Mr. Canning & Mr. Visco. Mr. Speciale
(alt #1) and Mr. Lewis abstained.
SCHOOL - Mr.
Lewis states the BOE is required to present their project to the Planning
Board. Ms. Hunscher will contact the
Business Administrator for the school district to request his attendance at the
next meeting of the Planning Board.
On a motion made by Mr.
Canning, the minutes of November 22, 2010 were approved. Seconded by Mr. Lewis.
All in favor by voice vote, none abstained none opposed.
Michael Carroll, Esq – Trust
for $337.50, $33.75
Omland Engineering – Trust
for $776.25, $405, $405, $360, $236.25
Johnson, Murphy – Trust for
Motion made by Mr. Sandham to
approve, seconded by Ms. Nielson, all in favor by voice vote, none abstained
none opposed.
LOI/DEP NOTIFICATIONS (none)
I. 10:42pm - Motion made by Mr. Canning and seconded by Mr.
Sandham for the Board to enter closed session to discuss personnel matters
including board recording secretary.
11:20pm - Closed session
II. Discussion regarding Master Plan Proposal from Burgis
Associates. - Mr. Lewis would like to
finish the unfinished elements, community facilities & open space.
On a motion made by Mr.
Lewis, the plans will be completed.
Seconded by Mr. Lipari. All in
favor by roll call: Mr. Maggio, Mr.
Karkowski, Mr. Sandham, Ms. Nielson, Mr. Lipari, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Hines, Mr. Canning, Mr. Visco and Mr. Speciale
(alt #1)
III. Appointment of Liz Johansen as recording
secretary for the Planning Board for remainder of 2010.
Mr. Sandham made a motion
to accept Liz Johansen as the
recording secretary, for $200 per meeting.
Seconded by Mr. Visco Roll Call: Mr. Maggio, Mr. Karkowski, Mr. Sandham,
Ms. Nielson, Mr. Lipari, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Hines, Mr. Canning, Mr. Visco and Mr.
Speciale (alt #1)
There being no further
business to discuss, on a motion made by Mr. Hines, seconded by Mr. Lipari, the
meeting was adjourned at 11:32 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Johansen, Secretary


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Construction of the Davidson Public Art Commission's long-awaited Book Garden project is moving forward once again and should open this fall, thanks to donations from Wells Fargo and Davidson residents David and Betsey Stewart.
The project, located on Main Street between the library side porch and CVS, will honor Davidson's literary and academic history, provide a sheltered spot for reading and realize an artist's creative vision.
In November 2009, the Davidson Public Art Commission chose J'Nell Bryson, a landscape architect, as the designer for the downtown Book Garden. Bryson designed a sculptural seating area for reading and relaxing under the large existing water oak and incorporated several works by sculptor Lydia Musco in the design.
In 2010, despite donations from David and Betsey Stewart, a $15,000 grant from Wells Fargo and financial support from the Arts and Science Council,officals delayed work on the Book Garden when several hoped-for grants didn't materialize due to federal and state budget cuts.
This spring, Wells Fargo donated an additional $50,000 to complete of the project. The bank also is donating financial resources to the Ada Jenkins after-school program.
Jay Everette, Wells Fargo community affairs manager and a Davidson resident, said, "Wells Fargo is pleased to provide funding for this public book garden in Davidson. We support many learning and literacy programs. Providing funding for this unique public space beside the library where people can relax and read is one way we can give back to the community."
Find more information on the progress of the Book Garden, at the website www.ci.davidson.nc.us/bookgarden.
Book Garden construction begins
by Staff Writer


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Arthur (Art) Heber Maidment
Passed on: November 9th, 2012
Died peacefully at the Hoyles Home on November 9, 2012 at the age of 77. Predeceased by his wife Elizabeth, parents Richard and Marion. Leaving to mourn are his son John; sisters: Faith Engels, Edith (William) Noel; three nieces and three nephews; special friends Bob and Helen Symonds and Diana Compton, along with a large circle of family and friends. Cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers contributions may be given in his memory to The Trinity Historical Society, Box 8, Trinity, Newfoundland, A0C 2S0. Please visit www.barretts.ca to sign the on line guest book.


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Surrogate Fish Could Save Endangered Brethren
When Japanese scientists found a way to make one species of fish lay the eggs of another, some dismissed the work as a genetic parlor trick. But scientists who work with rare and highly-prized fish see a potential breakthrough. The new technique could save critically endangered fish
Last week, a team of scientists used the technique to inject cells from an endangered species of salmon into trout. If all goes well, the trout should produce salmon.
The Japanese researcher who developed technique sees it as a way to not only save endangered fish species, but to beef up the stocks of the heavily fished blue fin tuna.
Some researchers are skeptical of the technique and worry that the money being spent on the program could be better used trying to protect the fish and the environment they live in.
And an expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says fish raised in hatcheries, as the scientists' fish would be, can develop numerous problems that limit their chances of surviving in the wild.
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