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German Consumer Group Not Happy With Diablo 3 Internet Requirements
from the it-needs-what? dept
Via Cinema Blend, we learn that one German consumer group has given Blizzard an ultimatum to change the Diablo 3 packaging to reflect the need for such a connection. The original report from the German site PC Games states:
Potential purchasers must know before purchase what are the requirements for the software to be used. Whether a permanent Internet connection, obligatory registration to an Internet platform including the related access to a game, or downloading additional software: all these things are essential information that the user much receive before purchase.The primary complaint is that the requirement to create and log in to Blizzard's Battle.net service in order to play is not clearly disclosed prior to purchase. Because of this requirement to be tethered to a constant internet connection, some people are having a number of issues, even when trying to play single player modes of the game. This consumer group has given Blizzard until July 27th to respond to the complaint. If Blizzard fails to respond or respond adequately, the group is prepared to pursue legal options against the company.
Unfortunately for gamers, many game companies are moving toward the use of this kind of "always-on" DRM. To those companies, it is a necessary part of the war on piracy. However, these DRM schemes are more often a nuisance for paying customers who have to deal with unexpected and even planned server outages. What makes these types of DRM more infuriating to consumers is the fact that it not only applies to the multiplayer portions, where you can understand a potential need for an internet connection, but also to single player portions that are typically done locally. There is never a reason to require that a gamer be connected to a server at all times when playing by themselves.
Hopefully as more consumer groups and consumers in general voice their dissatisfaction with such DRM schemes, more game developers will listen. We have seen many developers already making the stand that DRM is not useful or wanted. Those developers have found that treating fans with respect is a far more effective means of maximizing profits than any DRM scheme could ever be.


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The FFA will present new Finnish films and works-in-progress for visiting sales agents, buyers and trade press.
After a successful launch in 2012, the Helsinki International Film Festival will launch the second edition of the Finnish Film Affair from Sept 24-26.
The festival runs Sept 19-29.
The FFA will present new Finnish films and works-in-progress for visiting sales agents, buyers and trade press. Some of last year's projects are now screening in Cannes Marche, including 21 Ways To Ruin A Marriage [pictured] and Alcan Highway.
The line-up of projects for the 2013 edition will be announced in mid-August, and there will be a panel on Finnish-Russian co-production.
HIFF director Pekka Lanerva notes: "St. Petersburg and Moscow are just across the border, yet our film industries are only sporadically working together. By inviting Russian industry guests and discussing possibilities of future co-productions, we hope to strengthen the ties with our neighbours to the East."
Recent Finnish-Russian co-productions include Ilmar Raag's I'm Not Coming Back and Konstantin Lopushanksy's The Role of a Lifetime.
The Finnish Film Affair is an initiative of the Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy with partners such as Favex - the Finnish Film & Audiovisual Export, the Finnish Film Foundation, Media Desk Finland, the Central Organisation of Finnish Film Producers SEK, Finland Film Commission and with the support of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

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Star rashly runs away with them, leaving behind her sleazy father and two small half-siblings in the care of their uncaring mother. Finding her feet in this gang of teenagers, Star is initially seduced by the group's lifestyle of hard partying, law-bending and young love. But tensions emerge when Star falls for Jake (Shia LaBeouf), angering the crew's tough boss, Krystal (Riley Keough).
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Rutgers University professor Joseph Seneca, fresh in back-to-school form, gave the U.S. jobs report for August a C.
Seneca said today's report, showing the U.S. economy added 169,000 jobs, barely passes, as employment is growing, but at a disappointingly slow pace. Surveys generally had predicted a gain of 180,000 jobs. Unemployment dipped slightly, to 7.3 percent.
Seneca said the labor market should be expanding at a healthier rate, given otherwise encouraging reports of higher car sales and increased manufacturing activity in recent weeks.
"This report is not indicating acceleration, it's indicating the opposite," said Seneca, of the university's Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
Seneca said the federal government's downward revision of prior month job gains was particularly disappointing.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics now reports the economy added 104,000 jobs in July, down from an earlier estimate of 162,000. The bureau also lowered the June figure to 172,000 jobs, down from 188,000.
"The revision of previous months indicates a labor market pause," Seneca said. "The question will be: Will all the other headwinds — Syria, the deficit and budget battles —continue to add uncertainty?"
Most job gains in August occurred in retail, health care, professional and business services and leisure and hospitality, the BLS reported. Information jobs declined.
"We're still adding jobs — that's good," Seneca said. "But the jobs tend to be in lower- to moderate-income industries, like leisure and hospitality and public service jobs."
New Jersey's 8.6 percent jobless rate remains more than a point higher than the national average, but Seneca said the state's employers face mostly the same hesitancy to hire as employers nationwide.
Seneca said the difference in unemployment rates is partly because New Jersey has a more active labor force than the country. Higher participation rates can drive the jobless rate higher if more people are searching for jobs than opportunities are available.
The federal labor participation rate declined to 63.2 percent in August. Seneca said part of the reason the national jobless rate has fallen is because of an increase in discouraged workers, resulting in fewer people looking for work.
The BLS reports there were 4.3 million long-term unemployed, or those jobless for 27 weeks or more, in the United States last month, a figure that changed little. These individuals account for about 38 percent of the unemployed.


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Tartan Terrors at Ridgefield Playhouse
It's time to get your green on!
The Ridgefield Playhouse is kicking off the St. Patrick's Day season with a performance by the Tartan Terrors on Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m.
Opening will be the Mighty Ploughboys.
The Canadian-based Tartan Terrors are a one-of-a-kind music, comedy and dance troupe.
The group's music is powered by two bagpipers (one of them a two-time world champion), various world music instruments and vocals.
This musical prowess is combined with performances by championship-caliber highland dancers and internationally recognized comedic performers. Members of the Tartan Terrors have performed on four different continents and at some of the most prestigious festivals, Highland Games and theatres of North America. Group members have performed for former President Bill Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II, and on "Good Morning America."
Founded by brother and sister Ellen Wilkes Irmisch and Ian Wilkes Irmisch, the group's shows are packed with energy and excitement. Many of their songs feature stripped-down tribal arrangements of bagpipe tunes that emphasize the raw power of the pipes, accompanied by pulsing drum beats.
However, music is just one part of the group's shows. Dancers also whirl through the audience interacting with the crowd, and there's frequently a Monty Python-like sense of humor on display from the performers. England is often the butt of jokes and one-liners, but many aspects of Celtic culture are lambasted as well, including Scotsmen's stereotypical love of haggis.
The Ridgefield Playhouse is at 80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield. Tickets are $30. Call 203-438-5795 or visit www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
Bowfire in Ridgefield
The St. Patrick's Day party will continue at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., when Bowfire performs. Bowfire is an all-star show of violin and fiddle virtuosos, dancers and singers. The theatrically staged musical experience features songs and dancing in jazz, classical, bluegrass, Celtic, rock, gypsy, Texas swing and other genres.
Tickets are $60. Call 203-438-5795 or visit www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
Saw Doctors' `Further Adventures' continue
The Ridgefield Playhouse will keep the Irish theme going on Thursday, March 7, at 8 p.m., when Ireland's Saw Doctors take the stage. The Saw Doctors' most recent album is "The Further Adventures of The Saw Doctors." The group is one of the most successful rock bands to come out of Ireland since U2.
The band's single "I Useta Lover" topped the Irish charts for nine weeks in 1990, and remains Ireland's best-selling single of all time.
Tickets are $50. Call 203-438-5795 or visit www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
Who's on stage
The Who's classic album "Who's Next" will be performed live, note for note, by Classic Albums Live at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Friday, March 1, at 8 p.m. This platinum album features "Baba O'Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Behind Blue Eyes" and "My Wife."
Tickets are $45. Call 203-438-5795 or visit www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
Wishbone ash
On Friday, March 1, at 8:30 p.m., Wishbone Ash will perform at the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling, N.Y. The show will feature a performance of the group's landmark album "Argus." Formed in 1969, Wishbone Ash has more than 20 original studio recordings and several live albums to its credit. The group cut its teeth on the U.S. stadium circuit, first opening for The Who. Once they began headlining in the states, Wishbone's opening acts included Bruce Springsteen, Kiss and Aerosmith. Wishbone Ash has been cited as an influence for such classic rock bands as Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The Towne Crier Cafe is at 130 Route 22, Pawling, N.Y. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Call 845-855-1300 or visit www.townecrier.com.
Pop rock show
On Saturday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m., the Heirloom Arts Theatre will host an evening of pop rock. Fronting the bill will be the Venetia Fair. The group will be joined by Forget Paris, Parkland Ave, A Will Away and Set Sail at Sunrise.
The Heirloom Arts Theatre is at 155 Main St., Danbury, Suite 103. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Call 917-593-3508 or visit www.heirloomarts.org.
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If you've been watching their product lately, you've already seen some of the vastly improved gear the folks at Clarion have in their current product lineup. It's been a while since I got to play with a Clarion subwoofer amplifier, so when the XH7110 showed up here at the lab for testing, I was looking forward to putting it through its paces and sharing the results with our faithful readers.
The Clarion XH7110 is a bit different by design. Instead of going the commonplace Class D route, the XH7110 is a Class GH amplifier. These designs are characterized by improved power efficiency compared to a Class AB amp, and less noise than a typical Class D subwoofer amplifier. The platform has also proved to be good sounding in many full-range designs I've heard.
The first thing I noticed about the XH7110 was its size. With a power rating of 460 watts at 4 ohms and 850 watts at 2 ohms, you expect it to be a good size, but sort of like a linebacker that uses size to his advantage, the Clarion bucks the current small amp trend and almost seems to celebrate the fact that the amp is a bit over 16" long, 9" wide, and 2.625" tall. It's a good looking amp, with a gloss black Plexiglas top cover highlighted by an offset brushed aluminum panel. The edges are smooth powdercoated sheetmetal covering an internal heatsink. Blue LED lighting in the center of the top cover provides a soft glow, indicating a "power on" condition.
Injection molded ABS plastic end caps snap into place on each end of the amp and provide concealment for the connections, and trim out the amplifier nicely. These trim caps fit snugly and are also held in place by the amplifier mounting screws, so there's no chance of one falling off or rattling.
Power and ground connectors accept 4 gauge cables and the speaker connections found on the same end of the amp will handle 10 gauge cables. The XH7110 does not use on-board fusing, but an external 90A fuse is recommended.
The opposite end of the amp is all about signal control. There are RCA inputs for Main or Slave input signals as well as speaker level input connections. An RJ-45 jack is there to connect the optional remote level control, and the input gain controls have 3 separate voltage ranges to handle pretty much any type of input signal source you want to hook up.
Additional signal control and shaping features include an adjustable bass boost with up to 15dB of boost and adjustable in frequency between 30-125Hz. An adjustable subsonic filter (10-80Hz) and a 30-230Hz, -24dB/Oct always-on low pass crossover rounds out the complement of adjustments. Because this is a Class GH amp and fully capable of operating full range, I found it a bit disappointing that the low pass filter was permanently on and I could not use the amp in a full range application. Can you imagine how much fun it would be to use one of these on each channel driving some good components? Inside the Clarion XH7110 I found a nicely made, modern amplifier. The PCB is double sided, with heavy gauge copper traces. Very low tolerance surface mount parts are used extensively, and a large fan draws in cooling air from above and exhausts it out both lower ends of the amplifier. The power supply uses 27,200µF of capacitance, and the output section employs 24,000µF of capacitance to provide energy to the output devices under any condition. If you want to build a more powerful system, the XH7110 is strappable to a second one for twice the power.
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n the vein of agitation for social reform that characterizes Oliver Twist (1837-38), Dickens is critical of drunken nurses who mistreat their poor patients, but still has a touch of genial warmth for the loquacious Sairey Gamp, identified by her tag line about "Mrs. Harris" and her umbrella (in Cockney slang, a 'gamp'). Martin Chuzzlewit also reflects Dickens's disillusionment resulting from his recent trip to the United States, often referred to as his first American reading tour. The picaresque novel has three elements essentially:
- the Pecksniff-Jonas plot, focusing on the destructiveness of selfishness and hypocrisy, and involve a psychological study of a criminal and a crime-and-detection plot;
- the young Martin-Mark Tapley journey to Eden ('Don Quixote and Sancho Panza' in the Mississippi Valley of the United States), a Swiftian political satire of the young republic;
- the Sairey Gamp-and-associates plot, that is interwoven with the first.
On one level, Dickens is still the preacher of domestic sentiment and social reform, but on another he is an artist reflecting the brutality and creative energy of early Victorian society. As is the case with Paul Sweedlepipes, some of Dickens's best-remembered characters have little to do with the main plots of their respective books. His use of crime-and-detection intrigue (murderer Jonas and swindler Tigg) and suspense (the detective Nadgett), and of a long-lost heir (young Martin) is as intrinsic to his plotting here as in Oliver Twist.
The genealogy of the opening chapter seems to reflect the novelist's difficulty in beginning the story. His extensive use of pathetic fallacy in this book begins with his animation of the wind in the second chapter: part of Dickens's comedy is that, while things behave like people (personification), people behave like machines (dehumanization), a double technique seen again in Dickens's Hard Times in particular. The world of this novel is one of steep contrasts: the idyllic countryside near Salisbury contrasting with the slums near Todgers's in London and the swamp of Eden in the United States. Although this novel was written in the railway age, Dickens harkens back to the England of the Regency with its coaches and turnpike roads; nevertheless, as in the case of Tigg's personal carriage and Martin's arrival in America, there is a sense of rapid movement.
The description of the wind is characteristic of the humorous style of the early Sketches by Boz , Dickens employing a farcical note to introduce the story's butt, the sham architect Seth Pecksniff. The daughters' names, Mercy and Charity, initially suit "the moral Pecksniff," but prove to be ironic since he is "a direction-post which is always telling the way . . . , and never gets there." Pecksniff anticipates the sleek, soft, oily hypocrisy of Uriah Heep in David Copperfield.
Dickens tendentiously surrounds anything he dislikes with unpleasant connotations. Objects have value only in their positive or negative effects on the human situation. Dickens can charge a situation with either horror or amiability and exuberance. His point of view is often that of an imaginative yet frightened child in an enchanted forest of grotesque and divine shapes. For Dickens only individual acts of generosity can improve human circumstances. Dickens portrays Sairey Gamp the nurse and Seth Pecksniff the architect as frauds and hypocrites, but he gradually loses his indignation as he offers amusing details about their characters, particularly their speech and appearance. More inarticulate characters have little of the high-blown rhetoric Dickens gives these two, but rather reveal themselves through expressive actions (such as Mary Graham's giving young Martin her ring).
As in most of his other works, in Martin Chuzzlewit Dickens employs a picaresque journey (often, as in Oliver Twist and The Old Curiosity Shop , involving the flight of a child from danger and conveying that terrified child's point of view). Young Martin's journey is a reflection of Dickens's own, not only from social naivete and financial insecurity towards self-knowledge and affluence, but also to the United States and back again, a political Odyssey of sorts. In January, 1842, Dickens and his wife entrusted the care of their young family to their great friend, the actor-manager William Macready, and sailed for America. Initially, Dickens proclaimed himself a republican at heart, and longed to visit this classless society founded upon the egalitarian principles of the Enlightenment. His intention was to persuade Americans to honour British copyright, using the lamentable case of Sir Walter Scott to justify his position that American publishers should not be permitted to pirate the works of British authors (America joined the International Copyright Union only in 1896, after Canadians had pirated Twain and other American authors). Astonished at the gross conceit of Americans and their lofty condescension to foreigners, as well as their tendency to use violence instead of compromise to solve disputes, Dickens noted the inconsistencies between American ideals and conduct. However, while American Notes is essentially a non-fiction account of that visit based on his letters to John Forster, Martin Chuzzlewit is a Swiftian satire of human nature, without the naive persona of Gulliver (instead, Dickens uses the callow Martin as an ironic observer of the American social and political scene).
Like his eighteenth-century master, Henry Fielding, Dickens makes editorial intrusions into the action of the novel, emphasizing the theme which runs through all his works, the inhumanity to man inherent in social institutions. Dickens's extensive use of coincidence (notice, for example, that Tigg's confidential detective turns out to be the Pinches' landlord) reflects his feeling that the world is highly changeable and insecure. Despite the weaknesses of the episodic, picaresque plot, Martin Chuzzlewit is saved by its author's sense of the theatrical. Dickens uses the novel as a fantastic stage which teems with action and rings with voices of all classes and conditions. He builds from crisis to crisis in the manner of contemporary melodrama, maintaining interest by tantalizing the reader towards the end of each monthly instalment (part). Deftly he brings on new characters and settings to re- engage the reader just when interest seems to flag. For example, with the sales of the green-covered, 32-page fifth instalment falling, in the last chapter of the sixth monthly number (June 1843) Dickens adopted the radical expedient of sending his youthful protagonist not merely to London as Fielding had done in Tom Jones , but to America. The book's picaresque technique provides him with a large canvas and plenty of opportunity for farce, melodrama, and social criticism.
Martin Chuzzlewit , though highly popular throughout the nineteenth century, is today regarded as something of an artistic failure because its central character is a mere cipher overshadowed by a legion of fascinating, quirky minor characters. To the modern reader as to American novelist and critic Henry James, Martin Chuzzlewit exemplifies the "loose, baggy monster" that was the Victorian novel. Dickens's sense of character and atmosphere is strong, his dialogue is often brilliant in its individualizing the characters, but the plotting seems creaky. Both David Copperfield (1849-50) and Great Expectations (1861) are more highly regarded today because of their highly integrated plots and introspective, first-person narrative points-of-view.
A Bibliography of Suggested Readings
Philip V. Allingham's "The Names of Dickens's American Originals in Martin Chuzzlewit " in Dickens Quarterly 7, 3 (Sept., 1990): 329-337.
James J. and Patience P. Barnes' entry "Copyright," in Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia, ed. Sally Mitchell (New York: Garland, 1988): 192-3.
Joseph Brogunier's "The Dreams of Montague Tigg and Jonas Chuzzlewit," in the Dickensian , 58 (1962): 165-170.
Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-4), ed. Margaret Cardwell (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982) for excellent reproductions of Phiz's plates, "Dickens's Instructions to the Illustrator" (842-5), Dickens's 1868 postscript (855-6).
The "Forged Letter" of 3 May, 1842, and the New York Evening Tattler's response to it on 11 August, 1842.
The American newspaper Brother Jonathan's unsigned review of the novel: 29 July, 1843, reprinted in the Dickensian , vol, 10 (1914): 97-99.
Susan Eilenberg's "Mortal Pages: Wordsworth and the Reform of Copyright," ELH 56, 2 (1989): 351-374.
George H. Ford's entry on Dickens in The Dictionary of Literary Biography, Victorian Novelists Before 1885, vol. 21, ed. Ira B. Nadel and William E. Fredeman (Detroit: Gale Research, 1983): 89-124.
T. W. Hill's "Notes on Martin Chuzzlewit in the Dickensian , vol. 42 (1946):141-148, 196-203; vol. 47, 28-35; vol. 49, 167-.
Robert L. Patten's "Trouble in Eden: American Notes and Martin Chuzzlewit ," Ch. 7 in Charles Dickens and His Publishers (Oxford: Claredon, 1978): 119-138.
Ronald Pearsall's " The Figure of the Governess in Nineteenth-Century Britain" in Night's Black Angels: The Forms and Faces of Victorian Cruelty (London:1975): 45-8.
Mary Rosner's "Dickens's Use of Animals in Martin Chuzzlewit," in Dickens Studies Newsletter 10 , 2 (1979): 40-51.
Anne Summers "The Mysterious Demise of Sarah Gamp: The Domiciliary Nurse and Her Detractors, c. 1830-1860," in Victorian Studies (Spring, 1989): 365-386.
Michael Steig's "Martin Chuzzlewit's Progress by Dickens and Phiz," in Dickens Studies Annual 2 (1972): 119-149.
Kathleen Wales "The Claims of Kinship: The Opening Chapter of Martin Chuzzlewit ," in the Dickensian 83, 3 (Autumn, 1987): 167-179.
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Welcome to my blog and website all about gourds, gourd crafting, and gourd art. I invite you to visit each page and post for tips, project tutorials, and loads of inspiration. Also, learn more about me as a Michigan artist, see my past gourd art, and visit my Etsy shop where you can purchase a unique gourd creation.


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Seventeen years after the first Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade stepped off up Morris Avenue the tradition continues on Saturday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m. sharp with thousands of marchers and spectators gathering to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland.
This year's Grand Marshal, Jim Tansey, will lead the march of bagpipe and high school bands, local police and fire department units, veterans groups and many more organizations through the center of Union.
"The Parade Committee is very proud to have as fine an Irishman as Jim Tansey leading our parade," said Kelly Anne Scanlon, General Chairman of the 2013 Parade.
"We are looking forward to another brilliant parade celebrating St. Patrick and our Irish heritage."
This year's parade is dedicated to all of those who have been touched by Parkinson's disease.
Thanks to the efforts of the Parade Committee working behind the scenes year-round, the Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade has grown from drawing 10,000 spectators during its inaugural run in 1997 to more than 40,000 onlookers last year.
In keeping with a parade tradition, the Union County Emerald Society will host officials from Shannon, Ireland. This will be the 17th year the guests from Shannon will march in the Union County celebration of St. Patrick.
A Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Elizabeth at 9 a.m. to begin the day followed by a welcoming reception in the church hall. St. Patrick's Church is located at 215 Court Street in Elizabeth, NJ 07206.
The family-friendly festivities kick off at 11am. at the reviewing stand located at the corner of Morris and Stuyvesant Avenues in Union Center with a warm Irish welcome from parade officials, traditional Irish music and Irish step-dancing. The one-mile parade will begin at 1 p.m. at Commerce Street and Morris Avenue, proceeding east on Morris Avenue to Union Center and south onto Stuyvesant Avenue, ending at Roosevelt Avenue.
Again this year, the parade will feature a Kid Zone presented by the Union Special Improvement District. The Kid Zone will feature inflatable rides, walk-around entertainers and activities for the whole family. Located on Stuyvesant and Morris Avenues, the Kid Zone brings additional amusement for young visitors, as well as the young-at-heart.
The following organizations make up the Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee: The John Cryan Association, The Thornsticks, The Irish-American Society of Union, The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Union County, the Joseph Nugent Sr. Association, the Kenilworth Veterans Center//VFW 2230, the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Rahway, the Union County Emerald Society, the Sheridan School of Irish Dance, the Union County Irish-American Association, the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians of Elizabeth, the Garden State Ceili Club, St. Helen's R.C. Church in Westfield, St. John the Apostle in Linden, St. Columcille Pipes & Drums, Knights of Columbus Council 253 in Elizabeth, Union County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums, Knights of Columbus Council 4504 in Union, Molly Maguire's Pub, the Blackthorn Pub and the Church of the Little Flower in Berkeley Heights.
For more information about the Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade please visit www.unioncountystpatricksdayparade.com.


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MP903, New May 2008
The dense foliage of possum haw can provide summer thermal cover.
Rex Hamilton, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Branches are light to dark gray with many spurlike twigs. Leaves are rounded at the tip with a tapered base and have round or blunt teeth. Like some other plants, possum haw is dioecious, bearing male (staminate) and female (pistillate) flowers on different plants. The female plants bear the fruits, while male plants do not. Other common plants with this characteristic include persimmon, mulberry and red cedar.
©Larry Allain, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Female trees often bear abundant fruits. Intoxication can result when birds eat fermented fruits in late spring.
Clarence A. Rechenthin, USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Round red berries are about 1/4 inch across and contain about four seeds each.
USDA-NRCS Plants Database
Possum haw grows mostly as a shrub but sometimes as a tree up to 30 feet tall. The twigs are slender with short, spurlike lateral twigs. Possum haw can be dioecious, which means male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. The white flowers bloom in mid-spring either singularly or in clusters. Fruits are orange to red and globe-shaped, ripen in fall, and are persistent throughout winter. Female shrubs can be heavy fruit producers. Possum haw can occur in many habitats from glades and rocky, open woods to pond borders, swamps, and low wet woods along streams.
Many birds, including quail, consume large quantities of possum haw fruits, particularly in hard winter weather or when other food supplies become scarce. Possum haw may provide summer thermal cover and limited escape cover.
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The Anne Frank Trust UK's vision is a society safe from prejudice and discrimination. At this moment in time its message is perhaps more poignant than ever.
This newly updated exhibition, created together with the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, takes a unique look at Anne Frank's life and diary in parallel with the rise of the Nazis, then raises issues of racism, conflict and identity in Britain today. The exhibition also features a life-size replica of Anne Frank's bedroom in the secret annexe.
School groups will be given an immersive experience, including a guided tour, additional context and knowledge about the themes in the exhibition, and a chance to reflect. Thanks to the Department for Communities and Local Government the workshop is free. Visits are for groups of up to 30 pupils.
We are offering two workshop slots each day:
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Hi everyone:
We have a wonderful opportunity to get together on July 21st in Cambridge, MD. For $20 per person, we will have a buffet meal consisting of grilled chicken, carolina style pulled pork, garden salad, mashed potatoes, slaw, rolls and butter, assorted desserts, coffee, tea and soda. Cash bar.
We will meet at the Waterville Grille in the Easton Club. This will be a closed party just for the Rolling Rally gang.
Directions and specifics will be in your Rolling Rally packet at the MOA National Rally.
Here's where it is: www.eastonclub.com
Drop me an email if you'd like to join us. I don't need money. Just a head count.
And the fun continues.........


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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Veg Kickstart Kick-Off!
Every year in December, I totally let myself go. I stuff my face with every bit of chocolate, grease, and refined carbs I can get my grubby little hands on. The holidays are a time for indulgence, and I can indulge with the best of them. That's why every January, I go on some sort of cleanse or healthy eating plan to reboot. Last year, I did the ACT cleanse (raw breakfast and lunch, whole foods dinner, no alcohol, coffee, sugar, or gluten). But um, that was a bit crazy, and I failed about 22 days into my 26-day cleanse.
So this year, I'm taking it a little easier with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's 21-Day Vegan Kickstart plan. It's designed as a healthy diet for new vegans, and though I'm no spring chicken, I could use a whole foods meal plan to get me back on track. The plan has a website and a handy iPhone app with a menu plan for each day — breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and sometimes dessert. All meals are mostly free of refined sugar and processed foods. And the app provides you with easy recipes or cooking suggestions for each meal.
As for coffee and alcohol, well, I'm not quitting coffee. Never, ever again. But I am giving up beer and liquor during this cleanse. I will allow myself a few glasses of red wine each week.
I started the plan on Saturday, January 1st with this warm bowl of Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal, a hearty breakfast free of added sweeteners:
Lunch was a bowl of Carrot & Roasted Pepper Soup with made-from-scratch roasted peppers:
And a bowl of Couscous Confetti Salad — brown rice couscous, raw veggies, and dried apricots:
For the snack on Saturday, the plan suggests rye or pumpernickel toast (for its low glycemic index) topped with apple butter and banana slices. I didn't have any apple butter, so I opted for banana and coconut butter instead:
Finally, Saturday's dinner was Hoppin' John Salad and Kwik Kale:
Gotta have your black-eyed peas and greens on New Year's Day or you won't have prosperity in the new year. Even though the Kickstart plan may be started at any time, I guess they added the Hoppin' John Salad for those folks who chose to start the plan on January 1st. The Hoppin' John Salad was black-eyed peas, brown rice, raw veggies, and a tasty olive-oil-and-rice-vinegar dressing.
This morning — Sunday — the plan suggested cereal for breakfast, but it recommends a bran or high-fiber cereal for a low GI. I went with this Nature's Path Smart Bran cereal with frozen blueberries and unsweetened soymilk:
The plan recommends a veggie burger for Sunday's lunch, so I chose the least-processed burger I know of — Sunshine Burger's Southwest Patty on rye bread with avocado, tomato, spinach, and mustard. Not pictured is my side of leftover Carrot & Roasted Pepper Soup:
Dinner was Southern Beans & Greens and leftover Couscous Confetti Salad:
The beans & greens recipe was super-simple — canned beans of your choice (I chose kidney beans), fresh kale, garlic, olive oil, hot sauce, salt, and pepper. And I love how the plan makes use of leftovers since some of the recipes make quite a bit of food. I have been halving most recipes though and still having enough left for several servings.
For my snack, I was allowed Cheezy Popcorn — air-popped kernels topped with nutritional yeast:
Though I'll probably eat most of my snacks between lunch and dinner during the plan, I opted to have my popcorn at around 8 p.m. on Sunday.
Well, that's it for now. Come back tomorrow for more Vegan Kickstart. Oh, and in case you were wondering, my cookbook manuscript is almost done. Just one final edit and it will be off to the publisher. Yea!!
20 comments:
- Rick said...
fantastic start to your cleanse! im doing the Health Force Level Three Intensive Seven-Day juice feast/cleanse. i will be following!
i also posted a comment on that "offensive" post - hope you saw it before it got deleted.
- January 3, 2011 at 5:41 AM
- Tender Branson said...
I love that while it is a cleanse the foods still remain varied, beautiful and delicious. That cous cous looks awesome. How did you make your banana coconut butter?
- January 3, 2011 at 7:02 AM
- K. said...
Very inspirational! I need to do something similar. Question for you - what kind of sweetener do you use in your coffee (assuming you sweeten it)? I need to get off the white stuff and I need a good alternative for coffee. Thanks, and Happy 2011!
- January 3, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Vegan Epicurean said...
I signed up for the Veg Kickstart too. If nothing else it will be good for ideas or reminders.
- January 3, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- The Kuntrageous Vegan said...
I'm giving up beer/liquor/sugar/refined flour myself.
- January 3, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Sarah S. said...
Off to a good start, Bianca! Love this. It was really fun reading along with your cleanse last year, looking forward to reading more this year. Glad to hear you aren't giving up your coffee this time ;)
- January 3, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- Melomeals: Vegan for $3.33 a Day said...
Lovely food! I totally overdid it in Dec too... oyvey..
Everything here looks so colorful and tasty
- January 3, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Vegyogini said...
Congrats on being so close to handing in your manuscript! That is so exciting!
I did 3 different all whole foods cleanses last year (the first being the entire month of January) and loved them! I didn't have an indulgent holiday season this year, so I'm not cleansing now, but I try to stick with whole foods 99% of the time anyway. Can't wait to hear how the rest of the month goes for you!
- January 3, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Jess - The Domestic Vegan said...
This sounds great!! Such yummy eats.
I am actually doing the ACT this year (today is Day 1 for me!), partly inspired by your posts about it last year. I know you say you "failed" 22 days in, but I think you did pretty damn great! And this cleanse (as detailed in Kris Carr's new book "Crazy Sexy Diet") is actually only 21 days, so hopefully I make it! :) I feel fab so far.
- January 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- C said...
@K - Not to hijack, as I'm not the author, but...I use agave when I have coffee, and a bit of unsweetened vanilla 'milk.'
That's pretty rare, though. :)
- January 3, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Sarah @ See Sarah Eat said...
Yay, congrats on the manuscript! The Veg Kickstart sounds really neat, I checked it out on Facebook. Don't know that I'll do it completely myself but definitely looking forward to meal ideas :)
- January 3, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- Bianca said...
Hey K and C....on the coffee: I also use agave and unsweetened soymilk. I started that last February after going off the ACT cleanse, and it's one of the few good habits that actually stuck. I think agave tastes better in coffee (and tea) than sugar!
- January 3, 2011 at 5:08 PM
- Jessica said...
This seems much more reasonable than your act trial. I especially like the soup - I'd be happy to have leftovers with a sunshine burger.
- January 3, 2011 at 7:29 PM
- The Vegan Snorkeler said...
Congrats on the book! So exciting!!! I have the vegan kickstart plan on my phone, but I haven't made anything from it yet. Looking forward to reading all about it on your blog! I want to do a vegan version of Clean next week. Too much sugar and white flour in December!
- January 3, 2011 at 7:36 PM
- Jennifer said...
This looks great. I've been thinking about doing some kind of vegan diet and blogging about it. This may be the one. I'll let you know for sure after I see more of yours!
- January 3, 2011 at 7:49 PM
- K. said...
Thanks, Bianca & C - I will try Agave. I didn't know if it would be sweet enough.....I am pretty hardcore with the sugar, but I think it is time to try something new!
- January 3, 2011 at 9:33 PM
- Desiree Diaz said...
I wanted to try that app too!!! now that I see this beautiful pics of what you're eating I'm going to use it too!!
- January 3, 2011 at 10:45 PM
- Cole Jones said...
Congrats on doing the Kickstart. We loved the Sunshine Burger pic and featured it on our FB page! Thanks so much!
- January 4, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Kelsey said...
I've had that app downloaded for a few weeks but I haven't done anything with it yet.
- January 4, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Eric said...
Hmm never heard of this kickstart plan, I like the idea though. I really need to go on a cleanse as well… did the master cleanse once, and would love to do it again but it can be really tough to stick to mentally :) And I just realized how far behind I am on your post! Gaaah!?
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HDN: What�are you�expecting when you coach against Hillsdale's Marc Lemerand Friday night?
Pelham: He is a call-play-at-the-line coach. They run a spread look. They have for some time now. They are well-disciplined. They know what they are supposed to do.
HDN: Has it taken some time for Jonesville to get to the point where you wanted to play Hillsdale?
Pelham: For the last ten years it has been talked about. A lot of people are calling it a rivalry. Well, can you have a rivalry when you haven't played for 43 years? Maybe it will develop. I was part of the Hudson versus Hillsdale rivalry, which can get ugly at times. But this will be settled by the two teams. It's kids playing a football game.
HDN: Which Jonesville players will be key in getting a victory against Hillsdale?
Pelham: Our offensive and defensive lines, they have to play well - Coty Barnett, Austin Howard, Johnathon Rodriguez, those kind of guys. We have to play better on both sides of the ball if we are going to do anything. We have a team mentality. When I was a junior varsity coach, I would only send in team stats. That is what this system is all about.
HDN: You cannot go see Hillsdale play, but I imagine you are watching a lot of film.
Pelham: We know what is going on. As long as Marc has been there, they have been successful. But we need to focus on things like blocking and tackling, the simple parts of the game.
HDN: You have seen a lot of improvement in your Jonesville football program. How have you made that happen?
Pelham: When we came in, Joshua Linden and I, that was about five years ago. We put in a full t program. It's a slow process. You've got to work on the younger kids. That is what Hudson has done. That's what we are trying to do. We are not trying to be Hudson. We want to have our own success. It is not an easy process.
HDN: Do you feel like you are in the midst of a special opportunity with the seniors you have?
Pelham: Yeah, but if you look at our lineup you'll see it's split down the middle. Also, look at the success of the JV. They are one of the meanest groups I have ever seen. It shows you do not have to have the most talent to win games. The sophomores we brought up to varsity have created a whole new atmosphere this week at practice.
HDN: Do you think Jonesville vs. Hillsdale is just another game? or is it something more?
Pelham: Within the community, it is obviously more than a game. As coaches, we need to concentrate on what's going on between the lines. There has been a lot of talk about what this means and who will be there. I don't even care about that. I just want to win a football game.
HDN: Which Hillsdale players will you be paying special attention to?
Pelham: The Wilcox kid, their quarterback, Petersen, he has really come on strong, the Bernard kid, and the Boardman kid. They have got some athletes. We read the paper. A lot of our kids know them. You end up already knowing who they are. Like any game, they have players we will pay special attention to.
Comet Coach Clay Pelham
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All hail the latest in cyclocross brake technology.....V brakes?
James Huang takes TRP's latest on a test ride and gives them 4 out of 5 sweaty jerseys. link
Folks, if you want V brakes, head over to eBay:
here's a set for $28 shipped link
Plus One Lap used to be all about cyclocross, now it's my dumping grounds for anything cycling.
The V brakes you linked won't work on a cyclocross bike. You need mini-V brakes to work with road lever geometry (or one of a couple of hacks to make them work). Which, by the way, are also much cheaper than the fancy TRP version.
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Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology "Geologic Time" Helps students develop a sense of the vast amounts of time over which logic processes have been at work.G
3:00 pm
Human Condition "Haley Or Matthew's Story" The episode shows the link between healthy, risk-reducing behaviors prior to pregnancy and the well-being of a newborn child. It follows an expectant mother and her husband through the last stages of pregnancy, examining the prenatal environment in which the fetus exists.G
3:30 pm
Human Condition "Growing Years" The program identifies major health risks during infancy, early childhood, childhood, and adolescence and discusses preventive strategies that are proving successful in decreasing the likelihood of debilitating illness or injury among children.G
4:00 pm
Saddle Club "Over The Bit" The Saddle Club girls find Red's cousin, Liam, hiding in the hayloft. His tall tales, misbehavior and revelation that he is a runaway get him banished from Pine Hollow.G
4:30 pm
Biz Kid$ "Financial Institutions - All The Same?" You can have a savings account in one place, a checking account in another, and you can even bank online. Learn about the services offered by different institutions, including investment houses, stock exchanges, payday loan companies, and more. Visit New York City to see how fashion and finance mix. D
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Growing a Greener World "Living Homegrown Fresh - Raising Food & Livestock in Urban Backyards" Los Angeles, CA. - In today's world, we can eat out-of-season fruit and vegetables on any given day of the year. But there is a price to be paid for such luxuries. D
5:30 pm
Hands On Crafts for Kids "Crafting for Your Friends" Why keep all of your crafting to yourself? It's fun to make things for your friends and family. This episode features four craft ideas that make great gifts - but you might just want to keep them for yourself! First is a stylish belt from recycled materials. Then, make a pin cushion for your favorite sewer - maybe mom? Next, it's a coffee cozy for hot beverages - maybe for dad? And finally, a handmade tree vase for just about anyone who loves the outdoors. D
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Cuisine Culture "Daniel Boulud, New York" Daniel Boulud takes us to his butcher in New York's Meat Packing District to choose the cut for his famed Seared Rib Eye and Red Wine Braised Short Ribs, teamed with a Tomato in a Light Choron Sauce stuffed with Marmalade, Spinach Fondue, Diced Buffalo Mozzarella Salad and a heavenly serving of Pommes Dauphines. We recreate coveted dishes from the acclaimed restaurant Boulud: Peekytoe Crab Salad in a mold of Persian Cucumber-Black Sesame Coulis, draped with Early Mesclun and Radishes. Dessert is arguably the best molten lava cake in the world: a Warm Guanaja Chocolate Coulant filled with oozing Liquid Caramel and paired with a Creamy Milk Sorbet. D
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Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless "Tijuana Taco Crawl" People are passionate about their tacos in Tijuana. Ask any local and they'll tell you their favorite - complete with mouthwatering details. Three local Tijuana foodies take Rick on a taco "crawl" starting with arrachera (skirt steak) tacos at El Yaqui. D
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Globe Trekker "Tunisia & Libya" Ian Wright begins his trek in Tunis where he explores the lively markets.G
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The Victory Garden "Dark" Host Jamie Durie visits the San Francisco Botanical Garden to see how they have worked dark plants into their collections. For dark shade, investigate a moss garden.G
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The Woodwright's Shop "Continuous Arm Rocking Chair - Part 1" Chairmaker Elia Bizzarri joins us to make this elegant and comfortable rocking chair. We'll turn the legs and frame the seat in part one of this American classic. D
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Woodsmith Shop "3-In-1 Bookcase" Join the editors from Woodsmith magazine as they show you how to build a beautiful heirloom-quality bookcase. It all starts with a basic plywood case. Plus, you'll learn quick and easy ways to change the look of the bookcase to fit your style. D
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Growing Bolder "Small Actions: Big Impact" NULL
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Scheewe Art Workshop "Sweetness of Stargazer Lilies" Enchanting blooms of the Stargazer Lily unfurl with their sweet fragrance and permeate the air. It is a fun task to pick a favorite color among the allure of opaque white, pink, yellow, and deep magenta. The Lily's beauty with a variety of colors provides a wonderful subject. D
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Best of the Joy of Painting "Fisherman's Trail" Hike into the wilderness with Bob Ross and discover a pathway leading into a favorite fishing spot. D
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Essential Pepin "Easy and Elegant Seafood" Lobster In Artichoke Hearts; Shrimp Pane On Watercress; Escoffier Quenelles; Monkfish Roulade. D
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Standing Rules: Volleyball
SR X: Volleyball Tournament Host Club
|Section 1
|At the Annual Board meeting, any member club of this Association shall deposit with the Secretary-Treasurer of this Association a cashier's check, club check or money order in the amount (See Appendix B2) for its hostship fee. The authorized delegates bidding must show written consent from their clubs, using their club's stationary and letterheads; they must have confirmations in writing as to hotel headquarters, gym with at least four (4) courts, dance hall and meeting rooms for the Board of Directors meetings of this Association. In the event the host member club withdraws its hostship prior to such tournament, the hostship fee (See Appendix B2) shall be forfeited. This Association allows two (2) years waiting period instead of three (3) years to get gymnasium confirmation. It still requires the three (3) years confirmation for hotel and letter from club to secure a tournament bid.
|Section 2
|The host member club shall be held responsible for the rental of gym(s), provide seating for all fans attending the volleyball games, make proper arrangements for teams, games, provide new official volleyballs, certified volleyball officials, provide suitable lodging of officers. The CAAD and the host member club will cover both the transportation and lodging expenses of four (4) officers on the fifty-fifty (5r0-50) basis.
|Section 3
|The Host Club shall secure a building under which all and women volleyball games can be played simultaneously.
|Section 4
|An individual registration fee (See Appendix B14) shall apply to all the players, coaches, managers, and members of the Board of Directors, local tournament committee members, fans, visitors and guest.
|Section 5
|Maps to the volleyball gym must be available to those who register.
|Section 6
|Teams that do not fulfill their obligations as line judges during the volleyball matches shall lose their forfeit fees.
SR XI: Volleyball Tournament Rules and Regulations
|Section 1
|This Association shall hold annually a Regional Volleyball tournament during the month of June and July except the third (3rd) week of June.
|Section 2
|A volleyball team from any club outside of this CAAD regional area is allowed to participate in this regional volleyball tournament.
|Section 3
|Each member club's volleyball entry form(s) with every player's uniform number provided must be sent to the Sports Commissioner of this Association along with its entry fee(s) (See Appendix B10) per team and its forfeit fee(s) (See Appendix B10) PER TEAM. Each club may sponsor no more than three (3) and three (3) women teams. The deadline for returning forms and fees shall be May 15th. Eight (8) names must be on the registration form.
|Section 4
|Competing volleyball teams shall be limited to a total of ten (10) players on the roster (six (6) starters and four (4) alternates). Only ten (10) players per team shall be permitted to participate in each game. When for any reason a team is reduced to less than six (6) players, the game shall be forfeited. The remaining games of the match also be forfeited, unless the forfeiting team indicates it expects to have six (6) players for the next game, whereupon, such team shall be allowed fifteen (15) minutes between the declaration of the first forfeit and the commencement of its next game of the match.
|Section 5
|All volleyball players' uniforms must be complete and alike with six (6) inches high jersey numbers on the back and two (2) to four (4) inches high jersey numbers on the front.
|Section 6
|All volleyball tournament game regulations of this Association shall be patterned after the United States Volleyball Association (USVA).
|Section 7
|There will be no prize money awards for any member club teams in any regional tournaments of this Association. Only transportation expenses will be given to the regional tournament entries with the reimbursement the forfeit fee (See Appendix A16) and a donation ranging from the lowest rate to the highest rate (See Appendix A15) cents per mile travel between the site of the tournament and site of competing member club's city limits. The donation shall come out of the treasury of this Association.
|Section 8
|The Sports Commissioner of this Association and the Host Club shall work out the assignments of line judge for each team and mail to each club with tournament pairings and information packet.
|Section 9
|Kill, Set, Serve, and Block count for the All Star Selections shall be handled by official scorers.
|Section 10
|The tournament format shall be a Round Robin Pools and Single Elimination Tournament as follows:
|Section 11
|A tiebreaker as follows shall be determined for the team placements in the tourney.


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Batteries allow us to store our renewable energy (RE) for times when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. They are often called the "weakest link" in renewable electricity systems, but battery problems nearly always are the result of bad equipment choices, installation errors, and lack of attention—the human factor!
In my 27 years as a system supplier, I have seen serious battery-related mistakes made repeatedly, by amateurs and professionals alike (and I've made a few myself). The results can be expensive, hazardous, and damaging to the reputation of renewable energy. That's why I am presenting these classic blunders, and their ready solutions. High-quality batteries can last ten to twenty years, but they can die in one or two years if abused.
Nearly all battery-based RE systems use lead-acid batteries. So this article applies only to them (not to other battery chemistries). It applies to batteries charged by PVs, wind, microhydro, and engine generators, the utility grid, or any combination of sources. It applies to off-grid independent systems and also to grid-tied systems with battery backup.
Batteries are built with a variety of structures and materials, according to the application. If you choose the wrong type, you will get poor longevity.
RE applications require batteries to discharge to below 50 percent of their storage capacity, repeatedly. This is called "deep cycling." A full-time, off-grid home system will typically experience 50 to 100 cycles per year at 30 to 80 percent depth-of-discharge. Always use high quality, deep-cycle batteries in RE applications. Engine-starting (car or truck) batteries are designed for quick, high-power bursts, and will survive only a few deep cycles.
The batteries used in grid-tied, emergency backup (standby) systems will only be deep cycled occasionally when there is a utility outage. Periodically, flooded, deep-cycle batteries need to be actively charged to mix the electrolyte. This prevents stratification of the solution. Because battery cycling/active charging may be very infrequent in standby applications, it's best to use batteries that are specifically designed for emergency standby or float service. They might not be good for hundreds of cycles, but they will stay in working order through years of light usage.
Another distinction is between "sealed" (maintenance-free) and "flooded" (liquid-filled) batteries. Most deep-cycle batteries are flooded. They require occasional watering, but tend to last the longest. Emergency standby batteries are often sealed, and they require no regular maintenance. Deep-cycle, sealed batteries are sometimes chosen because they eliminate need for a ventilated space and for easy access. Sealed absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries are designed for float applications, and are a great choice for grid-tied PV systems that include battery backup. They typically cost up to twice as much as flooded batteries, and require more careful recharging regimens, but are the best battery type for standby applications.
To design a stand-alone renewable energy system, you first establish an "energy budget"—the number of watt-hours you will consume per day. Next, you need to determine how many days of stored energy (autonomy) is required. This variable can range between three and six days (or more) depending on your average daily electrical consumption, the output of the RE charging sources and their seasonal availability, and your willingness to use a backup engine generator.
Most home systems grow larger over time. Loads are added, a PV array is enlarged, but a battery bank cannot be readily expanded. Batteries like to work as a matched set. After about a year, it is unwise to add new batteries to an established bank. If you foresee growth in your system, it is best to start with a battery set that is larger than you need. But be sure you have sufficient charging capability, or the battery bank will be chronically undercharged, which will lead to sulfation and premature failure.


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Panthers spike Cougars 3-1
THOMAS — Hard to believe but the Snake River volleyball squad dropped a game on Thursday evening. Of course, that hiccup was offset by their normal dominating selves in the other three games in which they won as they emerged victorious with a 25-16, 25-19, 17-25, 25-12 non-conference win over South Fremont.
"It's homecoming week and we just weren't as focused as we normally are," Snake River head coach Shelli VanOrden said.
Playing in their main gym for the first time this season, Snake River came out smoking in the first two games with relatively easy wins. In game three South Fremont battled back however, taking advantage of some rare serving miscues by the Panthers and a lengthy delay when there was an issue at the scorers table.
All of that added up to a disjointed and somewhat distracted loss by the Panthers.
Any hopes of an upset was quickly dashed in the fourth game however as the Panthers gritted their teeth and then pounded their way home for the 25-12 victory.
"What a great way to come back in that last game," Coach VanOrden said. "They keep finding a way to get it done so I was happy with the way that they responded."
Macy Martin was very effective in the last game from the service line, as she represented 8 service point winners in large part to a trio of block kills by Scout Baldwin.
Jocelyn Harper pounded home 14 kills on the night and Brylie Bair added 6 for the Panthers.
Kenzie taylor dished out 24 assists as the Panthers home winning streak continued.
The Panthers will be off this weekend and will return to the home court on Wednesday evening when they host American Falls for a conference match up on the hard wood.


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West Australian Liberal MP Ken Wyatt says Tony Abbott's description of him as an "urban Aboriginal" is unhelpful but won't damage his relationship with the federal opposition leader.
Mr Abbott on Tuesday said it would be terrific to have an "authentic" indigenous representative of central Australia in Canberra, in response to a question about the possibility of Northern Territory minister Alison Anderson switching to federal politics.
That comment angered some, with accusations Mr Abbott was suggesting Mr Wyatt was somehow not authentic.
Speaking on Perth radio on Wednesday, the first indigenous Australian MP in the federal lower house said the debate around Aboriginal authenticity was not helpful.
"The set of comments don't help," Mr Wyatt told radio 6PR.
"In my case all I want to do is get on with my job and be a good member of the reps and reflect the views of my constituents.
"It is unfortunate that we have got this whole debate going around authentic Aboriginals because all Aboriginal people, no matter where they live, are authentic.
"All of us are proud of our heritage. It does not matter where we live."
Mr Abbott told reporters in Queensland the reporting on the issue had been misleading.
"I am very proud to have Ken in my team," he said.
He said he was "absolutely determined" to do more to get more Aboriginal people into parliament.
Mr Wyatt agreed, saying public life should be a career option for any Aboriginal person, no matter where they lived.
"We want to increase the number of Aboriginal representatives, and it does not matter where they come from, because the intent is to show the diversity of skill and capabilities," Mr Wyatt said.
"I would encourage any Aboriginal across this nation, whether they are in an urban or rural context, to contemplate a career in the Australian parliaments."
Fellow backbencher Alex Hawke on Wednesday denied Mr Abbott was suggesting Mr Wyatt was not an authentic Aboriginal person.
"While the language may have been a tiny bit clunky, Ken Wyatt's nephew is a member of the Labor Party, and what Tony Abbott is clearly saying here is that he wants more indigenous Australians in our federal parliament," Mr Hawke told Sky News.
"I don't believe anybody can find fault with that."
Mr Hawke said the opposition leader was simply saying local people from the Northern Territory would best represent the culture of the territory "where a lot of indigenous Australians are located".
But Labor backbencher Ed Husic wasn't buying that explanation.
"Tony Abbott is gone as the opposition leader," he told Sky News on Wednesday.
"He has displayed, over the last few weeks, gaffe after gaffe after gaffe."
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she wouldn't engage in the things that had been said about indigenous people in recent days.
"(Those comments are) trying to divide indigenous Australians up into neat little columns of descriptors," Ms Gillard said.
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Ava E. (King) Gilbert, of St. Louis, MO, formerly of Rolla, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012 at the age of 87.
She was born on November 30, 1924 in Phelps County, MO to the late James Patrick King and Helen (Kilgore) King. Ava married Charles E. Gilbert who preceded her in death on December 10, 1995. In 1996, she moved to St. Louis from California.
In addition to her parents and husband, Ava was also preceded in death by two sisters, Lois Gleason and Faye Stambaugh.
Ava will be sadly missed by her surviving family which includes a host of nieces and nephews.
A graveside service for Ava E. Gilbert will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Rolla City Cemetery. Rev. Cecil King will officiate. A visitation for family and friends will be held prior to the service beginning at 12 noon at the Null and Son Funeral Home.
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Hooray, the U.S. News and World Report college rankings are out! No, they aren't perfect – Creighton probably isn't slightly better than Butler, or Berkeley than UVA – but the relative standings of schools is but one piece of information U.S. News provides to help both consumers and the publication's bottom line. You know, a win-win. Indeed, most of the information that President Obama thinks Washington needs to publish, at least according to the "fact sheet" to go with his recent college tour, is already provided by U.S. News. You will have to pay $30 for access to all of it, but that's a microscopic investment compared to the six-figure choice many prospective students will be making.
Let's run the presidential rating-items list:
- "Percentage of students receiving Pell grants": Check!
- "Average tuition": Check!
- "Scholarships": Check and check!
- "Loan debt": Roger that!
- "Graduation…rates": Better believe those are checks!
- "Transfer rates": Not exactly check, but close.
- "Graduate earnings": OK, not in U.S. News, but readily available right here!
- "Advanced degrees of college graduates": Here's the only clear non-check for easy data availability. U.S. News' "graduation and retention" sections for each college have many advanced study categories, but most don't give data.
Other than specifics about transfer rates, advanced studies pursued by a school's graduates, and graduates' earnings, everything the White House wants to use for ratings is on the U.S. News site. And of those missing items, U.S. News offers a decent approximation for one and PayScale gives you the other. Oh, and U.S. News furnishes tons of additional information the fact sheet doesn't mention, including rankings of undergraduate business and engineering programs; schools with the most emphasis on teaching; student body ethnic diversity; student housing; and much more.
Of course, again, U.S. News isn't perfect. Which is why it is so great that it has lots of competitors, including Forbes, The Princeton Review, Washington Monthly, and more. In other words, the market provides, and we don't need more government "help." Indeed, what we need from government is much, much less.


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We kept making eye contact the entire night and you asked my cousin about me in the bathroom. I was the Mexican with the red pants. You had the most beautiful eyes I've seen. Thank you for helping us out when we were trying to take a picture. It was so brave of you to come back and talk to us when you forgot your leftovers. I only wish I would of been as brave, not shy in front of my family, and gone after you to give you my number. I hope we run into each other again.
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This panorama was taken in the Fine Arts Building (FAB) on the North Campus of the University of Alberta. This image shows the abstract (wood) area of the studio that is mostly used by 300 level abstract sculpture students. This studio also has areas designated for the creation of metal, plaster, and clay sculptures.
FAB is also home to a number of other studios including: Printmaking, Painting, and Visual Communication Design. This building also contains FAB Gallery, Art History Lecture Theatres, the Department of Art & Design, the Department of Drama, and the Department of Music.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore."It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, VancouverText by Steve Smith.


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Release Date: 1985 |
oh yes, and...
This album was rereleased in 1989 with new cover art and two more tracks (which I don't have, I have the old version)
And then there were none, and
A lesson in violence.
they are both live as well.
Very Good Review :thumb:
I am still wating for the bloody store i ordered BbB from to deliver it :angry:
But if it sounds very good, and im gettin the re-release if thats the one with the too babies joined together lol
I was just about to review this! Ah well, you done a good job. I love baloff's vocals. I love 'em to death. They are awesome. Oh, and I don't see why you like metal command! I think it's pretty boring! A lesson in Violence or Strike of the Beast are my favs. 4/5 also. :thumb:
[QUOTE=LordDargon]I was just about to review this![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=LordDargon]Ah well, you done a good job[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=DimebagDarrell]Very Good Review[/QUOTE]
metal command is NOT boring!! its much better than strike of the beast.
I finally got this about a week ago now and i am impressed with it my fav tracks at the moment are And then there were none and deliver us to evil
Great CD, great review.
(my review can also be found at this site http://betrayer.suddenlaunch3.com/index.cgi?board=Fartist&action=display&num=1090956656)
paul baloff-vocals
gary holt-lead guitar
rick hunolt-lead guitar
rob mckillop-bass
tom huntng-drums
bonded by blood
first comes silence, then the sound a fighter plane roaring louder and louder until BAM! We're launched straight into a thrash-tastic riff before paul baloff pelts out life affirming lyrics with the enthusiasm of a berzerker whos just had his pint spilled. Fantastic stuff
another fast paced song with paul's violent lyrics screamed like a man who really does plunder your town, kick in your face and rape and murder your wife. This furious thrasher brings the song to a choatic end with a defeaning "exdous attack!"
and then there were none
a personal favourite of mine with a crunching riff and a chorus to die for, a real high point on the album and though slightly slower than previous tracks it still rocks like a beast. Three quarters of the way through just as you think its stopped, we're grabbed by the throat and swung around by a fast and chunky riff
a lesson in violence
the title of the song says it all. Paul's trademark violent lyrics makes this a treat, a great one to bellow along with. Features some fantastic leads from Mr.Holt and Hunolt and not to forget a line that will always stick in my head "if you got something to say then come my way/i'm gaurded by satan i'm riding a baphomet"
metal command
another high point on the album, with more fast 'n furious riffing courtesy of Rick Hunolt Gary Holt. This is a classic song showcasing a pure love of metal in the lyrics, and when Paul screams "obey our metal command!" You will know fully well Paul was serious and he loved his metal. RIP paul
from this point on this is where paul really starts screaming and sounds very much like a man possessed. The songs also take on a more evil sound and the lyrics more satanic, however people may find paul's screaming ruin's the music. I find it brings a nice touch to these more twisted songs. A good song but doesnt match the power of previous songs
no love
aha now here go, a twisted song that matches up to the might of other tracks. A nice little acoustic melody at the start before paul tells a tale of sacrafice. The screaming vocals make a very big difference to the cartoon thuggery of the lyrics. Qaulity riffs as ever and thundering drums. A fantastic chorus
deliver us to evil
we are treated again to yet more twisted, evil agression. This pretty much defines 'raw power' in terms of music, again more satanic lyrics and violence which is what makes this song so great. Trade-off solos and pounding drums add to this songs greatness.
strike of the beast
kind of disapointing in the way piranha was, not the best way to close an album(I would have preferred deliver us to evil as the closing song) but still worthy of a listen. It just kind of seems to lack what the other songs have. But still a good song though.
all in all 5/5
my current favourite thrash album and must have for any metal fan!
good review :thumb:
Thread merged.
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[QUOTE=Bartender]Thread merged.
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cheers! :thumb:
No problem.
[QUOTE=DisposableHeroes]good review :thumb:[/QUOTE]
You too, dude :thumb:
Album Rating: 5.0This one of the best thrash albums of all time a real classic best songs imo are Bonded by Blood, Metal Command and Strike of The Beast
Album Rating: 2.5Never heard this album, I maybe look for it after reading this review!
Album Rating: 2.5Got ¨Bonded By Blood¨ and I thought it sounded like early metallica.
Album Rating: 4.5Classic
I haven't heard this album but it sounds like it'll be amazing.
Album Rating: 4.5It is.
The only Thrash album I rate higher than this is Rust In Peace.
Album Rating: 4.0Personally,
i dont like this album mostly because of the bad sound production & bad vocals.
but i must confesse, they have great riff on it
-Deliver us to Evil & No Love .... are not bad for my taste
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