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Does Having a Bigger Battery Hurt Your Car?by Don Bowman
Most vehicles have limited space for batteries, so in many cases a larger size, from a physical standpoint, may not work. The problem in most cases is that the terminals will contact the hood and short out the battery or the physical dimensions just will not work. Battery physical size does not mean that the battery has more power or longevity.
Identification: Physical Size
The battery size is printed on the top of the battery as a group number. This group number defines the physical properties of the recommended battery to fit the vehicle in shape and location of the battery posts. It may be possible to install a larger diameter battery; however, a measurement should be made as to the clearance on all sides from obstructions and the battery terminal type and location. If it is a top post battery, the clearance should be measured from the hood, so as to prevent contact of the battery terminals with the hood.
Identification: Battery Power Output
On the top of the battery, there are some important numbers to know. Cold Cranking Amps (CCA): This number is important if living in a cold climate. It indicates the amount of amperage the battery is capable of delivering zero degrees Fahrenheit for 30 seconds. The higher this number is, the longer the battery will crank the engine in cold weather before it dies. Reserve Capacity (RC): This number indicates how long the battery can maintain a 25-amperage draw before dropping below an unusable 10.5 volts. This is particularly important in the event the alternator fails. It is saying it will operate the vehicle on its own without an alternator for this period of time. The higher the RC, the stronger the battery from a starting standpoint. There are small batteries that will put out over 1,000 amps with a good RC.
Identifying a Problem Battery
The battery size recommended for a vehicle is always in excess of what is actually needed. If starting problems are incurred, either the battery has a bad cell or there is another underlying problem. It is easy to check a battery for a common bad cell. As a battery wears down, usually a cell either shorts out or stops producing. A battery will put out 12-plus volts even with a bad cell. The bad cell, however, will dramatically drop the amperage, which will cause a hard start condition. Use a common voltmeter to test the battery. Raise the hood and, with the engine off, connect the leads of the voltmeter to the terminals of the battery, keeping the red lead to the positive terminal and the black to the ground (negative terminal). Have a helper start the vehicle while you watch the voltmeter. If, when the starter is engaged, the voltmeter drops to less than 10 volts the battery is bad. With the engine running the voltmeter should show 14.5 volts. This means the alternator is charging.
Determining the Life of the Battery Remaining
There is a letter followed by two numbers on the side of the battery. These indicate when the battery was produced. If the battery label says it is a 36 or 48 month battery, read the code to determine the life remaining in the battery. The first letter denotes the months. A is for January, B is February and so on. The next three numbers are the day and year.
A larger capacity battery is available for applications such as a high power stereo system or for add-on components. Larger capacity batteries operate applications that take a lot of juice safely for a longer period before charging.


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Washington– More than a year after Republican leaders assured to examine Russian disturbance in the governmental election, 2 prominent Republicans on Friday made the very first known congressional criminal recommendation in connection with the meddling– versus among individuals who looked for to expose it.
Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a senior committee member, informed the Justice Department that they had need to think that a previous British spy, Christopher Steele, lied to federal authorities about his contacts with press reporters concerning details in a file, and they prompted the department to examine. The committee is running among 3 congressional examinations into Russian election meddling, and its inquiry has pertained to concentrate on, in part, Mr. Steele's explosive file that supposed to information Russia's disturbance and the Trump project's complicity.
The choice by Mr. Grassley and Mr. Graham to single out the previous intelligence officer behind the file exasperated Democrats and raised the stakes in the growing partisan fight over the examinations into Mr. Trump, his project group, and Russia.
The Senate Judiciary Committee effort played into a far wider project waged by conservatives to call into question the Trump-Russia examinations, and rather turn the accuracy of the file and the trustworthiness of its promulgators into the main issue. At the very same time, President Trump and his allies have required that the Justice Department resume its examination of Hillary Clinton's e-mail server and the Clinton Foundation. FBI. representatives have started talking to people linked to the structure about whether any contributions were made in exchange for political favors while Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state.
Beyond the Senate Judiciary Committee, Representative Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of your home Intelligence Committee, has also been pushing to train focus of its Russia examination on the file. Today, he appeared to lastly protect access to FBI. files and witnesses that he deems essential to unwinding what the bureau made with the file. And he has strongly pursued Fusion GPS, the research company that employed Mr. Steele– the committee, for example, has provided only a single subpoena in its examination for bank records, those of Fusion GPS.
House Intelligence Panel Is Rushing to Complete Russia Probe DEC. 15, 2017. Leading Russian Official Tried to Broker 'Backdoor' Meeting Between Trump and Putin NOV. 17, 2017. Leading Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer MAY 24, 2017.
More than a year earlier, Republican leaders in Congress concurred that committees in your home and Senate would examine Russia's efforts to influence the result of the 2016 election. Mr. Graham stated in December 2016, "The very first thing we wish to develop is, 'Did the Russians hack into our political system?' You work externally from there.".
Ever since that spirit of bipartisanship has torn. At this moment, only the Senate Intelligence Committee seems to pursue an examination with bipartisan assistance. Mr. Grassley stated he did only what he had to. " I do not ignore making a recommendation for criminal examination," he stated. "But, as I would with any reliable proof of a criminal activity discovered during our examinations, I feel required to pass that details along to the Justice Department for suitable evaluation.</blockquote >
Democrats raged.
" It's plainly another effort to deflect attention from what needs to be the committee's leading concern: figuring out whether there was collusion in between the Trump project and Russia to influence the election and whether there was subsequent blockage of justice," stated Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the leading Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, who included that she had not been spoken with about the recommendation.
The criminal recommendation makes no evaluation of the accuracy of the file's contents, much which stays unverified almost a year after it ended up being public. The file has emerged as Exhibit A in Republicans' persistence that Obama-era political predisposition might have impacted the FBI's choice to open a counterintelligence examination in July 2016 into whether Mr. Trump's partners helped the Russian election disturbance.
Republicans, consisting of the 2 senators, have argued that the file amounts political opposition research, and declared that it may have been used by the FBI. to open its examination. They have also stated it may have supplied the basis for essential investigative actions, consisting of a secret court-approved wiretap of a Trump project assistant. Existing and previous American and foreign authorities with direct understanding of the examination say that the federal inquiry did not start with the file, nor did it count on it. Rather, they have stated, the file and the FBI's conversations with Mr. Steele simply included a product to what American police and spy firms were obtained from other sources.
Mr. Grassley's choice to advise a criminal examination appeared most likely to be based upon reports of Mr. Steele's conferences with the FBI., which were offered to the committee by the Justice Department in current weeks. It was unclear why, if a criminal offense appears in the FBI. reports that were examined by the Judiciary Committee, the Justice Department had stagnated to charge Mr. Steele currently. The scenarios under which Mr. Steele is declared to have lied were uncertain, as much of the recommendation was categorized.
2 Trump partners– Michael T. Flynn, the previous nationwide security consultant, and George Papadopoulos, a previous project assistant– have pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. in the examination led by the unique counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. Mr. Grassley made no reference to the 2 men on Friday, he appeared to recommend equivalence in between their criminal activities and his views of Mr. Steele's actions. "If the very same actions have different results, and those distinctions appear to represent partisan political interests, then the public will naturally presume that police choice are not on the up-and-up," he composed.
In a brief cover letter dated Thursday but sent Friday, the senators composed, "Based on the details included therein, we are respectfully referring Mr. Steele to you for examination of possible offenses of 18 USC § 1001, for declarations the Committee has a need to think Mr. Steele made concerning his circulation of details included."That area of the federal criminal code describes intentionally making incorrect or deceptive declarations to federal authorities.
Mr. Steele had duplicated contacts before and after the election with FBI. counterintelligence representatives who were examining links in between the Trump project and Russians. The details he shared was obviously important enough that the FBI. at one point even considered bringing him on as a paid source. They withdrew the idea only after the file ended up being public in January 2017 and Mr. Steele's identity ended up being extensively known, leading the bureau to conclude that he would not have the ability to operate as a source for its examination.
More just recently, Mr. Steele has touched with Mr. Mueller, who took control of the examination in 2015. Anybody can make a criminal recommendation to the Justice Department, which is not obliged to use up the matter. A suggestion from a senior senator who runs the committee that has oversight of the department comes with included weight. The Justice Department had no instant discuss the recommendation. Blend GPS defined the suggestion to charge Mr. Steele as a smear and an effort to muddier the inquiry into Russia's disturbance.
" Publicizing a criminal recommendation based upon categorized details raises severe concerns about whether this letter is absolutely nothing more than another effort to reject federal government sources, in the middle of a continuous criminal examination," stated Joshua A. Levy, the lawyer for Fusion GPS. "We need to all be doubtful in the extreme.".
Mr. Grassley is supervising a selection of questions connected to the FBI. and its examinations of both Mrs. Clinton and the Trump project. He and Mr. Graham have consistently pushed the company on its handling of the file, in specific, and combated to access to essential company witnesses and files about the matter, examining a big tranche of such product in current weeks.
Combination GPS employed Mr. Steele, a previous officer of Britain's MI6 with deep connections in Russia, throughout the spring of 2016 to research Mr. Trump's ties to Russia. His findings were eventually assembled into 35 pages of memos laying out a multi-pronged conspiracy in between the Russian federal government and the Trump project to improve his candidateship and hurt Mrs. Clinton, consisting of corrupt business transactions and salacious information declaring an encounter in between Mr. Trump and Russian woman of the streets.
The company was very first worked with by The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, in September 2015. Its work was later moneyed by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton project, which spent for Mr. Steele's work.
Today has seen Mr. Grassley participate in a heated spat with Fusion GPS over the testament of among its executives, Glenn R. Simpson. It started when Mr. Simpson and his partner, Peter Fritsch, released an op-ed post in The New York Times implicating Republicans of waging "a negative project" to attempt to reject the company and its findings and getting in touch with the appropriate congressional committees to launch records of a series of closed-door interviews with the men.
A spokesperson for Mr. Grassley, Taylor Foy, shot back, stating that Mr. Simpson had decreased to supply public testament or extra files and responses asked for after the interview.

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Inside 2010, the Whitney Biennial
Thurs, Mar 11, 2010
10–11:30 pm
This five-week course offers an in-depth exploration of 2010, the Whitney Biennial. By focusing on one floor of _2010_ each week, detailed attention will be given to the artists, mediums, and themes that emerge within the Biennial. Close examination of Collecting Biennials, a related exhibition which will showcase previous Biennial artists from the Whitney's collection, will offer an historical framework for this 75th Biennial, while also allowing for consideration of the legacy that 2010 will impart. Select Biennial artists will also visit the course to discuss their work.
Instructor: Kate Nesin. Nesin is a Joan Tisch Teaching Fellow at the Whitney and a doctoral candidate at Princeton University, where she specializes in Post-War and contemporary American artists and is working on a dissertation examining the constructed objects of painter Cy Twombly. Her publications include essays on Richard Serra for the Guggenheim Bilbao, the journal Parkett, and the Gagosian Gallery; as well as essays on Twombly for Tate Papers and the Gagosian Gallery. She has lectured on Twombly at the Tate Modern in London and the Art Institute of Chicago.]
March 11, 18, April 8, 15, and 22
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The Museum building is accessible and has elevator access to all floors. Service animals are welcome. Learn more about access services and amenities.


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Neal Is Returning to Once Upon a Time
Take a deep breath, Oncers.
Fan favorite Michael Raymond-James is heading back to Storybrooke to reprise his role as Neal Cassidy, the artist formerly known as Baelfire, TV Line reports. He'll appear in Once Upon a Time's midseason premiere/100th episode celebration.
Neal last appeared in a flashback at the end of Season 3 (after dying, of course), but not much is known yet about what Neal will be up to in this return. It seems safe to assume though that Emma will encounter him in the Underworld, which the show's producers have told us is full of past characters with "unfinished business."
Can't wait for the episode to air? See what other juicy surprises Once has in store.
Once Upon a Time, Midseason premiere, Sunday, March 6, 8/7c, ABC


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Before a day of classes, professors across campus set up the rooms where they'll be teaching—arranging the desks, organizing graded assignments to hand back and struggling with the overhead projector, which inevitably doesn't work.
Bob Brame has a different to-do list. As the instructor of Duke's "Massage Therapy" course, he sets up tables for students to practice giving each other massages. He arranges sheets and blankets while making sure the massage oil is within reach.
While several classes involve professors imparting their wisdom to students via lectures and presentations, Brame's course is hands-on and helps students gain stress management techniques and learn to appreciate their bodies.
"Most of what students do is science and math and computers and IT, so people aren't [focused on] their bodies at all," Brame said. "Hopefully this class brings more focus and attention to their bodies."
Brame's interest in massage therapy began after he had two back surgeries in the '90s and began visiting a specialist in Greensboro, who explained where Brame held tension in his body and how to relieve it.
He decided to take private lessons for massage instruction and then sat for the national exam to become certified. Afterwards, he used an empty space in a family-owned office building near East Campus to teach his own classes.
"When I started massage therapy, I realized how I had created my medical problems myself because I didn't realize I was holding tension in that part of my body," he said. "Now I'm more flexible than when I was 12."
While teaching a different physical education class at Duke, Brame was encouraged by a colleague to bring his massage expertise to Duke. He wrote up a prospective syllabus for Al Buehler, chair of the physical education department at the time, and the class was born.
It's now a very popular course in the department, with 18 of the 24 spots filled up. Even the class's Friday afternoon time slot doesn't deter prospective participants. There's frequently a waitlist for the class before the semester starts, although some students drop the course later because of other commitments, Brame said.
Brame begins the course with a couple of introduction classes in which he walks students through the basics of massage therapy. Students learn to work with energy that radiates off the body.
"It's probably new to most people, but there are energies off the physical body," he said. "They are very obvious to me, so I try to educate and share that with students. When you touch somebody, you're also touching the energies off the body."
In subsequent classes, students partner up to locate body landmarks on each other and gradually begin giving head and neck massages. Brame eventually gets the massage tables out. Each week, they learn a technique to massage a new part of the body until they graduate to full-body massages.
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It sounds nice to receive a massage, but isn't this awkward for students?
Brame recognizes that some undergraduates might feel uncomfortable with the notion of touching their classmates' bodies. But he does his best to alleviate their worries.
He tries to get the students to be more comfortable with each other and explains in detail what they are going to do before they actually do it. In addition, massage partners change each class, so if you don't like who you're paired with at first, you won't have to work with them for the entire semester.
Brame said that some students are uncomfortable working with someone of the opposite sex. He noted that there are issues involving clothing and being touched on different parts of the body. However, he makes sure to teach proper sheet draping techniques to avoid embarrassing flashes.
It's a not a class for everyone, and Brame knows that. One student asked Brame if he could bring in someone to be his partner every class. When Brame said no, the student then wanted to have the same partner each week.
"I said, 'it seems to me that you're not ready for the class,'" he said. "If it's not something people are comfortable with, perhaps they need to take the class at a different time."
Some students decide they just can't handle the commitment of being in class every week. Since students learn the massage techniques progressively, missing one session puts them behind for the next and their partner ends up receiving an inferior massage.
Senior Lucila Bloem was a member of the class during the Spring semester of her sophomore year and noted that she enrolled because she wanted to learn some techniques to relax.
"I'd never had a massage before that, so I'd always wanted to learn how to give a massage," she said. "I thought it'd be a nice way to end the week."
Although some students found massaging each other to be strange, Bloem said that she learned how to be more comfortable with touch and made friends in the class.
Senior Jake Herb, who took the class last semester, said he initially signed up because he wanted to learn more about the human body and thought it would help him as a pre-med student.
"I really did enjoy the class, it's something I would recommend other people take," he said. "It can take you out of your comfort zone. Not everyone wants to get undressed in their class."
He noted that he liked changing partners each week because he got to work with different body types and people who had different taste in what kind of pressure they liked. It was fulfilling to note his progress each week and build skills to provide a service.
Plus, it's a great conversation starter.
Brame's course has attracted attention elsewhere on campus, especially for those students in need of a massage therapist.
"Some of the [residence assistants] have contacted me to see if students would come and do massages at some event that they do in the dorm," he said. "Students from the class have gone to dorms and done chair massages."
They've also participated in a stress management week at Duke and have given 15-minute chair massages to Pratt students at the school's request.
Herb said that the class helped him in his work as an EMT. Last semester, he helped someone who had collapsed and used his massage therapy knowledge to assist.
"I was able to recognize landmarks and feel more comfortable supporting his head and neck," he said. "It's a familiarity and a confidence that comes from performing an action so many times."
Brame explained that his ultimate goal is to help students find a way to relax and recognize where they hold tension in their bodies. Other benefits include learning how to appropriately touch someone else and how the body works.
"Many students tell me they have gotten a better body image of themselves," he said. "There are many positive things besides massage therapy that students get from the class."


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Development Announcement?
I'm told it's possible we'll see an "in development" announcement sometime in 2012 for a large megapixel DSLR from Canon. I have heard both 39mp and 46mp prototype(s) are out in the field.
In development announcements seem to be getting more popular with Canon and their high end products. As we've seen from the EOS-1D C and EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4X, it seems to allow them a lot of latitude in testing and helps with public relations. It also stops sites like this speculating on arrival of new products. :)


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Dr. Langone is a pass speaker for the Foundation for Wellness Professionals. The Foundation for Wellness Professionals™ is an association of professional healthcare and motivational keynote speakers and was originally founded as "The Doctors Speakers Bureau" in 1985 in Clearwater, Florida. This volunteer, not-for-profit association operates through independently-operated chapters across the United States and Canada. Dr Langone continues His commitment to community education through community service educational events, presented at local colleges, groups, clubs and organizations as well as business and industry interested in reducing lost time and worker comp claims as well as improve Employee satisfaction and Productivity. He also lectures extensively about chronic pain and fatigue which dovetail's With his most recent book publication "Fibromyalgia: A guide to Be Prepared, Be Heard and Get results".
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General Announcements » October Spawn Contest
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Posted Sep 09 2016, 01:21 PM | Edited 1 time, last by Fairlane57
The October map reset is upon us and time for another contest to see who can make the most epic spawn for our next map!! Use the guidelines below to layout your build.
If you'd like to enter, post either a download of the world edit schematic or the world save in this thread accompanied by some images of the spawn. The deadline for submission is 0001 (midnight) UTC, September 25th. We will hold a community vote and the build with the most votes will be our spawn for the October map. Prizes are two free lives to the winner and one free life to the runner up! (If a team of builders wins then only one of the team may redeem the life.)
- The spawn area is 400 X 400 so your spawn shouldn't be bigger than this. Most spawns don't get anywhere near this big though.
- Try and give your spawn exits in each of the 4 directions and don't give a bias to one particular direction.
- There should be a portal (or portals) somewhere within the spawn.
- Leave space for the admins to add signs with the rules in a place visible immediately from the spawn point.
- Don't use excessive redstone.
- Don't have any "cheaty" blocks like anvils or enchanting tables in your build. Crafting tables are fine.
- Build whatever you like but remember that admins reserve the right to make any changes they deem necessary to your spawn build.
- You may build in game or in single player using creative or survival. Weight is given to builds accomplished in survival. If you build in game notify an admin and we will make a copy of your build.
- If your spawn doesn't win this time you're welcome to enter it in the next map's competition. We reserve the right to use any of the spawns submitted at a future date.
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Correction: Spawn is 400 X 400 not 200 X 200.
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Tag Archives: Thanksgiving
Looking for a fun activity for the kids' table this Thanksgiving? Your tots will love making these cute little turkeys using pinecones and play dough! Give your Little Pnuts a fine motor workout with this fun and easy activity.
What You Will Need:
- Large Pinecones for the turkey "bodies"
- Miniature pinecones for turkey "heads" (large acorns, pom-poms, or just a ball of play dough would work, too)
- Play dough (any color)
- Feathers and/or pipe cleaners (cut in half)
- Google eyes
- Small triangles of construction paper or craft foam for "beaks"
Making the Turkey:
Take a large pine cone and show your Little Pnut how to poke small pieces of play dough between the scales. Next, take your feathers and/or pipe cleaners and poke them into the play dough, creating the turkey's colorful tail. Then, make a face on your turkey's "head" using small bits of play dough to stick on google eyes and a beak, and for the grand finale, use a larger ball of play dough to stick the head onto the body.
For younger Little Pnuts, you may want to make the turkey's head ahead of time and hot glue it onto the turkey's body before doing the activity. Older Little Pnuts will enjoy doing the whole activity themselves! Be creative with your materials – have your Little Pnuts help you think of other items that could be used for the turkey's feathers. Some we thought of include colorful pasta, cut-up straws, popsicle sticks, etc.
Developmental Milestones:
This activities focuses on the following Developmental Milestones for your Little Pnuts:
Fine Motor Skill Development, Hand/Eye Coordination, Focus & Concentration—Stephanie Haass, Little Pnuts Early Childhood Activities Expert & Blogger, www.two-daloo.com
Looking for a fun activity for a crisp Autumn afternoon? Need a kid-friendly idea for a Halloween or Thanksgiving celebration? Try Fishing for Pumpkins! This simple idea uses the bounty of the harvest to entertain your Little Pnuts and can be adapted for various ages and developmental levels.
What You Will Need:
- A large plastic container
- A variety of small pumpkins & gourds
- Assorted kitchen tools for scooping pumpkins (we used small mesh strainers, liquid measuring cups and large spoons)
- Water
How to Play:
Place your container on a low table or on the ground where your Little Pnuts can access it easily. Place your pumpkins and gourds in the container and add enough water to make them float. Show your Little Pnuts how to use the kitchen tools to scoop out the pumpkins. Be sure to provide language modeling by describing the pumpkins/gourds as you go – talk about the different colors and textures that you encounter, compare the different sizes and shapes of the pumpkins, etc.
Younger Little Pnuts will enjoy simply scooping out the pumpkins and exploring their colors and textures. Make the activity more exciting for older children with one or more of these adaptations:
- Make it a listening comprehension game by describing physical attributes of specific pumpkins for them to scoop (i.e. "Scoop the small bumpy gourd" or "the green and white striped pumpkin"). Adjust the complexity of the directions based on your Little Pnuts developmental level.
- Blindfold your Little Pnuts and see how many pumpkins they can scoop without using their sense of sight
- Grab a timer and see how many pumpkins each child can scoop in 30 seconds. After everyone has had a turn, the child with the most pumpkins scooped within the allotted time is the winner.
Developmental Milestones:
This activities focuses on the following Developmental Milestones for your Little Pnuts:
Fine Motor Skill Development, Hand/Eye Coordination, Focus & Concentration, Vocabulary Development, Listening Comprehension—Stephanie Haass, Little Pnuts Early Childhood Activities Expert & Blogger, www.two-daloo.com


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MX20 Fox Vue Goggles - Black (Mirror Black Lens)
Ken Roczen was the #1 developer on the VUE goggle. After countless hours of research, development, and testing, you can now see the track through the same lense that he does.
Design & Function:
- Designed and developed exclusively with Ken Roczen
- Wide view port provides exceptional peripheral vision
- Injected Polycarbonate lens provides optical clarity and protects against impact
- Outrigger locking system makes lens replacement quick and easy
- Dual density frame construction uses a soft TPU faceplate to conform to the face with a durable ABS/Nylon outer frame
- 360 venting optimises airflow keeping the rider cool and reduces fogging
- 45mm strap with backing silicone strips provides a comfortable fit
- Anti-fig lens treatment minimizes moisture
- Tear-offs included
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AXIWI® wireless referee communication system
In sports having 2 or more referees during a match is an increasing trend, even if the matches are non-professional. To make communication between referees more effective we introduced the wireless and handsfree AXIWI Referee communication system. And the communications system is very affordable: similar referee communication systems are 5 to 6 times as expensive. In the mean time our AXIWI system is succesfully being used in sports like handball, korfball, basketball, soccer, fieldhockey, volleyball, baseball, water polo, rugby, Ice hockey, floorball.
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With the AXIWI communication system up to 6 persons are able to simultaneously communicate hands free with each other. Just like a telephone conversation. One can choose for an open listen and talk connection or talk connection by just pushing the 'S' button. Depending on the software configuration a 7th or 8th person can break into the conversation but is also kicking out 1 person out of the communication circle. Only persons with an AXIWI units are able to listen in and other persons are not able to hear the conversation at all.
Benefits for refees using a duplex and wireless communication system
- Proactive game management tool
- Directly in contact with referees and officials
- Everyone (with an AXIWI) is live well infromed
- Referees and officials are fully involved
- Confirm critical game information
- Communicate fast and directly relevant information
- Players and coaches appreciate technology because it increases good decisions and the performance of the referee team
- By letting referee coaches and observers listen to the communication (with an AXIWI) between the referees during a game, they know exactly what the referees in the field are saying and how they react to specific situations on the field. This helps referee coach with good evaluations and develop the skills of the referee.
Top referees and officials whistle with AXIWI
The AXIWI communication system is already in use by the (top) referees from several international renowned sports federations.
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Coaching communication system for referees
The AXIWI communication system is thé tool for guiding and coaching other referees. With the communication system you are in direct contact with referees on the field. You can give directly instructions on distance by the wireless referee communication system from AXIWI. The communication system is also very good to use for communication between coaches and their assistents, during a training or a game.
Talent development
The communication system is also used to guide talented referees by referee coaches. During a game a referee coach stands next to the field, but is in direct contact with the referee by using the wireless AXIWI communication system. The referee can give direct feedback to the referee in the field about his performance. The information that the referee coach gets during the game (by listening to what the referee is saying), he can use after the game for the evaluation with the referee and increase the performance of the referee.
Referee training / course
The referee communication system is the perfect solution for coaches who are guiding starting referees. With the communication system a coach can give instructions about how to walk in the field and where to stand in certain game situations.
Technical Features
- Frequency 2,402 – 2,483 Ghz
- Dimension 65x32x22 mm
- Weight 39 gram (incl. battery)
- Reach up to +/- 250 metres
- 4 channels
- Headset connection 3,5 mm
- Recharge time 2 hours
- Battery time 8 – 10 hours
- Full duplex and hands free
- 2 – 6 pers can communicate simultaneously
- 250 people can listen to the conversation
- Open line connection, just like a telephone
- Easy setup and very user friendly
- Any unit can be set as Master / Follower
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AXIWI Referee Academy
With the AXIWI Referee Academy (link webpage) we let referees to acquainted with working with a wireless communication system in order to use it optimally and effectively in collaboration with colleagues. The acquired knowledge and experience, during the AXIWI Referee Academy, they take to the sports club and their competitions; with which not only the referee but also the sports club benefits and improves. And that is our goal with the AXIWI Referee Academy: allowing referees to test and work with our communication systems so they become best performing referees and umpires.
IberCup Cascais (Portugal) – 15 – 19 April 2019
During the IberCup Cascais the referees and observers worked with our brand new AXIWI AT-350!
Custom made AXIWI communication system
Every sport is different and is lead in a different way. At some sports you have one referee and at others you have even 2 or 3 referees. And then not to forget the other officials who may have a role in leading and supporting in a match. Also the level, on which the sport is practiced, plays a role in the level of guidance. The AXIWI system offers a perfect communication solution for the majority of sports and the communication sets can be adjusted te every needed level.
AXIWI set for top referees
The top referees of the Royal Dutch Korfball Federation and of the Dutch Handball Association guiding sportmatches whistle with a tailor-made AXIWI communication system. For example, AXIWI has developed a communicaton set in collaboration with a number of top handball referees. This communication set fits seamlessly with the needs of guiding games of competitions at the highest level.
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This hearty slow cooker black bean, quinoa and sweet potato stew can be assembled ahead and stashed in the freezer OR frozen after cooking it up. The perfect healthy and convenient weeknight dinner!
Freezer slow cooker meals have been an absolute lifesaver in this busy stage of life (aka: life with a newborn and a toddler!)
Not familiar with freezer slow cooker recipes? The concept is that you assemble all your ingredients ahead of time and freeze. When you're ready to cook? Thaw, dump in the slow cooker, push the button and walk away. No thinking required 😉
I've been adding more and more freezer slow cooker recipes to my site this year (and updating older recipes to have freezer instructions), and have found that though many recipes can be frozen ahead, the best ones are the no-cook ones…because then you can batch prep so much easier!
Today's slow cooker black bean, quinoa and sweet potato stew is a great no-cook recipe that has no weird ingredients, and more than likely uses pantry staples that you have on hand.
After spending some time stocking up on freezer slow cooker recipes, I have some useful tips for you.
#1: make sure you use good quality freezer bags. Nothing is more frustrating than having your bag leak. I use hese gallon-sized Ziplocs and they work great.
#2: add your grains and cooking liquid on cook day. Notice how I left out the quinoa? I'll be adding that in on cook day so it doesn't end up mushy, along with the chicken stock. I do add things like diced tomatoes or tomato sauce prior to freezing but often adding stock will over-fill the bag.
#3: sweet potatoes may brown. I haven't found this to alter the taste or texture, though. If it bothers you, you can mash them into this stew after they are done cooking, or simply add them fresh on the day of cooking.
#4: LABEL. LOL! Put as much information as you can on the bags as you don't know who will be doing the actual cooking. For my recipes I always include the name, date, cook temp/time and how much liquid to add on cook day.
This slow cooker black bean, quinoa and sweet potato stew is a perfect option for a longer work day, as it cooks on low for 8 hours. In fact, I'm sure it would be fine for 10 hours, because even after 8 hours, our sweet potatoes were tender but not disintegrating.
As it cooks, the quinoa thickens the stew. If you don't want an ultra-thick stew like you see above, cut back on the quinoa.
Because quinoa contains protein as well as many nutrients, this stew is deceptively filling! It sneaks up on you, so be careful 😉
Watch the video below to see exactly how I prepped this slow cooker black bean, quinoa and sweet potato stew. It's so easy! You can find more of my recipe videos on my YouTube channel, or on Facebook.
We served our slow cooker black bean, quinoa and sweet potato stew with bread (although it makes for a hearty meal without!), a dollop of yogurt, and cheese (not pictured).
This stew is one of those meals that is actually better on day 2. I think sitting in the fridge overnight helps the flavors develop even more.
Enjoy! Happy Monday, friends!
Tips for perfect slow cooker black bean, quinoa and sweet potato stew:
- I tested this recipe in both my 6 quart slow cooker (full batch) and my 2.5 quart slow cooker (for a half batch).
- You can find the baggie holders here, and the freezer bags I used here (MAKE SURE you get a good quality freezer bag, as you don't want any leakage as it thaws!)
- Leftovers can also be frozen for up to 3 months.
- Looking for more freezer slow cooker recipes? Check out this Slow Cooker Smoky Turkey Chili, this Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken, and this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chicken Curry
- Check out this round-up with 59 Vegan Meal Prep Recipes for more delicious vegan recipes
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Quinoa Stew
- 4 cups sweet potatoes cubed
- 11 oz/ 341 mL can of corn
- 19 oz/ 540mL can black beans drained and rinsed
- 19 oz/ 540mL can diced tomatoes including juices
- 1 cup red onion diced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cumin
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 4-5 cups stock
- 2/3 cup uncooked quinoa
After Cooking
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- Additional salt I added 1/4 teaspoon extra
- Place all ingredients in the base of a 5 quart slow cooker. This makes a big batch and your slow cooker will be quite full!
- Cook on low for 6 hours.
- Add the lime juice and additional salt if necessary. Serve with bread, cheese or yogurt.
- To assemble ahead & freeze
- Place all ingredients except the stock and quinoa in a gallon-sized heavy duty freezer bag. Squeeze out as much air as possible, then freeze for up to 3 months.
- Thaw completely before placing in a 5 quart slow cooker with the stock and quinoa, and cook on low for 6 hours.


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Growing up, my sister and I could never get a dog or a cat because our mom has severe allergies. It didn't really bother me (I'd prefer that my mom breathe comfortably in her own home), but it always puzzled me how my friends with pets could call their dog, cat, iguana, guinea pig their best friend. Enter this post. I would like to introduce to you all the apple of my eye: Jacey Cooper (pictured above and throughout the post). While I got to borrow Jacey from Tucker's family for a year, I have never come to love another being so quickly. If you are curious about owning a dog and have the means to do so, I highly urge you to do so. Here are all of the benefits I've seen in just a short year of having a dog.
A Calming Presence. As you can tell from the photos, Jacey is a little doggie, which means he has tons of energy. Despite his sudden bursts of energy, I found something very calming about being around him. After the worst day or getting a bad grade or realizing we don't have milk (on some days, that can be a very big deal), I could forget all of my problems and play catch with Jacey and occasionally rub his teeny belly. After 15 or 20 minutes of doing this and receiving Jacey kisses, I would feel much calmer and like I could move on from whatever was making me feel upset.
A Travel Buddy. As seen in the first picture in this post, Jacey loves being in the car and boy, do I love having him in the car. Most days, he wants to peek his head through the window and smell all of the worldly smells, but almost just as often, he is completely content taking a nap on my lap. I find it especially funny to see him react to other drivers or, better yet, other dogs.
A Snuggle Buddy. This is perhaps my second favorite part about having Jacey with me this last year. Whether I'm spending time on the couch doing homework or getting ready in the morning, having Jacey sit by my feet or snuggle into my legs made me so happy. I can only imagine how hot big dogs get because for as teeny as Jacey is, he sure kicks off a lot of heat once he snuggles up to you. Comforting, sweet and all-round adorable, Jacey snuggles and naps melted my heart a little bit more each day.
Now, my absolute favorite part of my precious year with my Jacey Cooper, the feeling of being constantly needed. Let me preface this by saying that of course, Tucker and I need each other, but we are both adults and can (usually) take care of ourself for the most part. Jacey on the other hand needed me for food, to go outside, to play with him – I loved it. Maybe it's the mama within me, but there was nothing I wanted to do more than to help him however he needed me. My favorite situation was when we would be playing and his toy would get stuck on the cabinet or end up in the garbage can, somewhere he couldn't reach, and he would scurry back over to me, sit down and tilt his head in a way that just screamed, "Mom, I need help."
I miss my Jacey Cooper immensely every day and it's been very hard to not have him this last week – I can't imagine how the next year will go. If you have a dog or have ever had a dog, I would love to hear your stories, see pictures – anything.
What's your favorite part about having a pet?


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There was a recent study of the 50 states that determined that the five freest were North and South Dakota, Tennessee, New Hampshire and Oklahoma; the least free were Rhode Island, Hawaii, New Jersey, California and New York. The results shouldn't be too surprising. The freest, after all, tend to… CONTINUE
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In recent months, there were two presidential elections of historical importance. In Egypt, they had their first ever democratic election for president. It was won by Mohammed Morsi over Ahmed Shafiq. Here in the United States, we had our 55th presidential election, and re-elected a man who had inherited a… CONTINUE


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The other day our Smartest Dog In the World diagnosed Taylor with strep throat. I finally feel justified naming her Dr. Harley Medicine Dog, now if I can just get her a TV show. Aaaannnd, there it goes.
Stream of consciousness slows to a trickle
Desire to write down my thoughts becomes fickle
The bats in my head
Began stirring and bred
And none of this rhymes with Nantucket.
Really? A limerick!? I don't write a column in forever and that's what comes out? Hrumph. At least it's bats and not flies in my head. I pick up dog poop so I know what's on flies' feet.
I have two VLD's (Very Large Dogs, make and model: English Mastiff Slobberpottomus and Great Dane Goofball) and their poops are the size of fallen redwoods so they're easy to spot. You gotta be vigilant, though, or they'll overtake the yard. I once waited five days to do doo doo duty and when I went out back there was a National Fly and Dung Beetle Convention going on. You may remember it as The Great El Paso Fly Invasion of 2015. Wouldn't 'The Dung Beatles' be a great name for a really lousy Beatles cover band? Anyways, I became the Luke Freakin' Skywalker of flyswatters that summer, probably single-handedly preventing a fly in the ointment. Everywhere. I'm still waiting on my hero's parade.
The real unsung heroes are people who pick up after their dog when they're on a walk. For 'is dog's tail sagged, An' a plastic poopy bag, Was all the field equipment 'e could find, When the smelly poop-train lay, An pickin' it up through the day, 'Cause 'e ain't leavin' 'is arfers poop be'ind.
And people who keep their dogs on a leash. These seem to be a pair of tasks WAY too difficult for most people who walk their dogs around Fierro Park, even though there are two conveniently located mutt mitt stations always loaded and ready for action. If I left my dogs' deposits unclaimed at the park, in a matter of days logging companies would be setting up camp in the playground and dung beetles would rent every available house and apartment in the area. You know, that might be good for our economy. I wonder if I can get one of those ubiquitous property tax breaks for bringing in outside investors? Or I could walk my pups around Duranguito and the cranes and bulldozers would be so busy removing giant poops that they would never get around to demolishing buildings. Unlike City Council, I'll leave it up to you, the citizens, to tell me what to do.
In the meantime, I'll thank Bela Lugosi that it's bats and not flies in my head because, think about it, flies spend half their life standing on something that's dead, rotten or came out of a critter's butt. I DO NOT want them flying in my head and landing on my brain with their poopy feet. But if they ever do and it makes me sick, at least I have Dr. Harley Medicine Dog to diagnose me.
But no licking, I know where dogs' tongues have been, too.


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There is one big fallacy in social Darwinism not pointed out though and it is simply this, NONE of us live forever. Dick Cheney might be on his eighth heart but sooner or later one will fail or he'll die of a stroke or cancer or some other disease.
The Golden rule, the people with the gold make the rules, well that's true here on Earth but our stay here is exceedingly temporary.
And so much is done in the name of safety as if safety could allow us to live forever or even significantly extend our lives. Yet, all of these things prevent us from really living what short lives we have.
There is a reason I have come to think more highly of animals that are not people, than animals that are people. The former are honest, most of the latter are liars. I do cherish greatly those few who are capable of honesty. The former have the guts to live life on life's terms, the latter mostly shelter themselves in cubicles. The former have no interest in control, the latter are obsessed with it.
For being supposedly the most intelligent species on Earth, we humans do a lot of stupid shit. We obsess over safety, we try to dictate the behavior of others, men try to amass wealth in the interest of reproductive rights. But if one copy of you doesn't get it, what makes you think 50 are any more likely to figure it out? It is as King David often pointed out, all is vanity.
Sometimes I wonder if there is any point to writing. Is there anyone out there still capable of an independent thought or has every independent thought out there already died from loneliness?


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Every House Is Haunted
Other Editions of This Title:
Hardcover (11/5/2019)
"There are haunted places in the world, all existing in reality and every bit as tangible and accessible as the house next door. Sometimes it is the house next door." In this brilliant debut collection, Ian Rogers explores the border-places between our world and the dark reaches of the supernatural. The landscape of death becomes the new frontier for scientific exploration. A honeymoon cabin with an unspeakable appetite finally meets its match. A suburban home is transformed into the hunting ground for a new breed of spider. A nightmarish jazz club at the crossroads of reality plays host to those who can break a deal with the devil . . . for a price. With remarkable deftness, Rogers draws together the disturbing and the diverting in twenty-two showcase stories that will guide you through terrain at once familiar and startlingly fresh.
Chizine Publications, 9781927469163, 296pp.
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Fairest is published by DC Comics under the Vertigo imprint. Current price per issue is $2.99.
Publication DatesEdit
Last IssueEdit
- Fairest #32: 03 Dec 2014
Current IssueEdit
- Fairest #33: 07 Jan 2015
Next IssueEdit
- none
Monthly on-going series. Spin-off of Fables. Final issue is #33.
Main CharactersEdit
- Sleeping Beauty
- Rapunzel
- Cinderella
- The Snow Queen
- Thumbelina
- Snow White
- Rose Red
Minor CharactersEdit
Other Characters/Places/ThingsEdit
- Fabletown
- The Farm
- The Homelands
Recent StorylinesEdit
Fairest #33Edit
This is the current issue, and therefore no story information will be posted about this issue. Please check your local comic shop for copies of this issue.
Fairest #32Edit
Past StorylinesEdit
Trade PaperbacksEdit
- Fairest, vol. 1 - Collects #1-7. "Sleeping Beauty has been awakened again by true love's kiss. But the thief Ali Baba doesn't seem a likely candidate for knowing true love from a day-old cruller. So how did this kiss work?" - WorldCat - ISBN 1401235506
- Fairest, vol. 2: The Hidden Kingdom - Collects #8-14. "Rapunzel lives one of the most regimented lives in Fabletown, forced to maintain her rapidly growing hair lest her storybook origins be revealed. But when word of her long-lost children surfaces, she travels to Japan to find them—and a former lover." - WorldCat - ISBN 1401240216
- Fairest, vol. 3: Return of the Maharaja - Collects #15-20. "When young Nalayani seeks the help of the Maharaja to save her humble village, she uncovers a secret that could change the Fables Universe forever: the still alive but thought long dead Prince Charming!" - WorldCat - ISBN 1401245935
- Fairest, vol. 4: Cinderella—Of Men and Mice - Collects #21-26. "After an assassination attempt on Snow White, Cind is called back into service to unravel an age-old conspiracy that dates back to that fateful midnight ball! Can Cind uncover the plot and prevent a massacre in Fabletown?" - WorldCat - ISBN 140125005X
- Fairest, vol. 5: The Clamour for Glamour - Collects #27-33. "Refugees from Fabletown have returned to New York's Castle Dark, and Reynard travels the mundane world to regale the animals with tales of his exploits, rubbing the other Fables' noses in his good fortune." - WorldCat - ISBN 9781401254261
- Fairest, vol. 1: Wide Awake - Collects #1-7. - comiXology - Kindle
- Fairest, vol. 2: The Hidden Kingdom - Collects #8-14. - Kindle
- Fairest, vol. 3: Return of the Maharaja - Collects #15-20. - comiXology - Kindle
- Fairest, vol. 4: Cinderella—Of Men and Mice - Collects #21-27. - comiXology
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Writer (#1-6, 14)/Creator: Bill Willingham. Writer (#7): Matt Sturges. Writer (#8-13): Lauren Beukes.
Artist (#1-6): Phil Jimenez. Artist (#8-13): Inaki Miranda. Artist (#14): Barry Kitson.
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First published in 2012.
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- 16 Oct 2013 - Fairest Writer Takes Super-Spy Cinderella To the Ball
- 15 Apr 2013 - Maharaja Debuts in "Can't Miss" Fairest Arc
- 22 Aug 2012 - Lauren Beukes Explores Rapunzel And The Far East In Fairest
- 20 Aug 2012 - Sturges Goes Hollywood With Fairest
- 07 Mar 2012 - Bill Willingham's 10 Fairest Fables of Them All
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Calipatria riots need to cease and unity needs to spread
Men at Calipatria on general population yards A, B and C can show the same courage as the hunger strikers, who are honored around the world, by pledging to respect the Agreement to End Hostilities and stop all fighting and riots between racial groups. The Agreement must continue to hold within all California prisons and unity needs to spread across the state. Only then can justice be won.


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Team Ranking/Trials/Results.
We are often asked about the process to initially grade teams and then regrading.
We recognise the process is not perfect but here is how we do it.
Unlike winter competitions, we do not rank players but we do rank teams so they can be placed against the right opponents.
Initial Ranking and Trials
1 Any team from last year is given a score out of 100 depending on how they finish. If there were 50 teams playing then the top team was given 100, the 25th team 50 etc
2 Players are awarded their team score.
3 New teams are given an initial score based on the average score of their players (if known)
4 Trial games are played pitting known teams against unknown as well as known vs known.
5 Ideally each team plays two trial games
6 Rankings are adjusted based on results. On average it works out that every 2 points in ranking will result in 1 point goal difference.
7 Teams are ranked showing ranking (new teams that missed trials we make a guess) and average age .
8 Teams are then placed in a division based on
-their score,
-the average age of teams in a given division is not more than 18 months apart (we extend the 18 months on occasion with girls teams, eg U12 girls can play with U10 boys)
-sometimes special circumstances eg not all players turned up.
Regrading Based on Results
We always regrade after everyone has played each other once. In a competition where most divisions have 4 teams this is after 3 rounds, with 6 teams it is 5 rounds.
We never re-grade after one round, one result does not tell us which team is misplaced, you need at least 2. We will rarely re-grade after 2 rounds but it will depend on circumstances.
What we Expect When We Look At Results.
We check overall results to identify issues. We have come up with a relatively simple formula using goal difference.
Goal difference of 0-4 is normal for the majority of games
Goal difference of 5-8 is what you might expect when a top team plays a bottom team in a division (20% of games).
Goal difference of 9+ ideally should never occur and we will work to remove these situations.
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- 1 Who are you?
- 2 What is on this page?
- 3 Just my personnal memos and todo list
- 4 Bookmarks: (Auto)-Moderators I sometimes understand enough to vote on their mods :p
- 5 Bookmarks: Things I should watch on a regular basis and I don't
- 6 Stuff that need to be addressed / answered
- 7 Composition titles variants that were either the object of a consensus, or a flame war
- 8 Ideas for reports / scripts / crazy development
- 9 Holy crap!!!!
- 10 Extremely politically incorrect thoughts
- 11 Spoken languages
Who are you?
A moderator known either as "dmppanda" or "Mangled". You may find me on IRC or drop me a mail.
I'm supposed to operate mostly in the jazz sections of the database. Most of my usurpated glory comes from the fact most people thought my understanding and feeling of the genre was indeed encyclopedic knowledge of it :p
I was formerly known as The Creature of Dr teleSTEIN, and/or as The Crazy Annotations Master - a somewhat overrated title I owned by... annotating...
I'm a native french speaker, willing to help these who desperately need to fix french titles but can't (as long as they don't plan to call on Artist Intent). Note that if they do plan to, they don't need any expertise, they can mess the titles all by themselves ;) .
I used to edit quite a lot (and I'll again), although these days much of my free time is consumed by the Jazz Labels project.
What is on this page?
While I still understand nothing about all that wiki-moin-plus-moin stuff, just my personnal memos and todo list, plus my bookmarks.
Just my personnal memos and todo list
- Urgent tasks
- get rid of the VA mess on jazz:
- seek and document a maximum of these compilations
- seek, retrieve, complete and harmonize all these collections with horribly hard to dig titles, like The Jazz Masters (mostly done)
- squeeze down every possibility to obtain data, including pinging original add-moderators
- destroy / fix what doesn't exist / is improperly entered
- get rid of the VA mess on jazz:
- push Jazz Labels into a decent (eg: usable) state
- Medium term todo (specific tasks only)
- Blue Note 50th Anniversary
- JAZZIZ collection
- "De Morgen" collection
- Mosaic Select collection (1/2)
- Jazz Moods collection
- Jazz Profile collection
- Planet Jazz collection
- Compact Jazz collection
- Don Pullen
- Django Reinhardt
- Charles Mingus
- Eric Dolphy
- Thelonious Monk
- Columbia Jazz Masters
- Time-warped term goals
- get enough MB code-juice in my brainz to begin contributing front-end patchs
- help rewrite/complete the AMZ documentation, given AMZ made me suffer a lot and I feel the documentation is a mess and there is mostly no consensus at all and a huge lack of information on how AMZ handles data
- help rewrite the welcome documentation, given I opened that can of worms, and said it was inadequate
- re-open the can of worms: capitalization style for abreviated words like 'Round
- open a huge can of worms: getting rid of bogus jazz artists, which involves getting people drop the inaccurate belief that the "release cover says all"
- push hard in order to have track annotations, label/cat entries, label annotations (catnapping if necessary :p)
- mercilessly control the input flow in the jazz genre
- form the MB Jazz Strike Force with other jazz moderators, an informal group of moderators sharing/debating opinions (eg: on topics like track title variant chosen for harmonization), and coordinating tidying efforts, ensuring both that Jazz doesn't derive from MB style, and still doesn't loose its specificity - right now, the strike-force/thingie/stuff resumes to Yllona and myself communicating by throwing at each other rare jazz track titles, mood-driven and freely-word-associated, which is actually very fun
- continue to help teleGUISE in his release documentation crusade, and try to put it to another level by using label catalogs for cross-consistency checks and labels completeness
Bookmarks: (Auto)-Moderators I sometimes understand enough to vote on their mods :p
This of course doesn't mean I don't know/like the others - it just means I need bookmarks for moderations, while I don't need them for friends ;)
- teleSTEIN suspicious activities :D
- Beth aka Nyght open list
- mo cat's grooves
- Zout open mods
- Shepard Shepherding occupations
- Yllona Richardson The Jazz Ruler
- Joan Whittaker The Apostrophe Queen
- drsaunde
- tetedechou
Moderators who never answer:
Moderators who don't like styleguides:
Moderators I'm sometimes watching for some other reason:
Bookmarks: Things I should watch on a regular basis and I don't
Stuff that need to be addressed / answered
- AR for "wrote the liner notes" ()
- instruments "tap dancing" (Who used to dance) and "pocket trumpet" (Don Cherry)
- ticket 2090
- need to be able to return more than 100 results on track search (all compositions...)
- GuessCase strange behavior on "Sittin' and Rockin'"
Composition titles variants that were either the object of a consensus, or a flame war
Moved to Jazz/Compositions.
Ideas for reports / scripts / crazy development
- Have a report of all (supposed) homebrew discid
- release date: mom' lil' helper (ongoing)
- A XUL interface to the web service and/or the web site
Holy crap!!!!
- http://musicbrainz.org/showalbum.html?albumid=210961
- http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=count+basie&type=artist&limit=50
Extremely politically incorrect thoughts
Disclaimer: whoever you are, don't you ever mention me as a reference if you think the same. These thoughts are the shame of the community, counter-productive, dangerous, and I'll deny I ever thought them if somebody asks me.
That being said...
- "Preserving (album version) into titles just sucks"
- "Using sentence mode for french capitalization is the laziest and most stupid move done by the french editors in MB *ever*. Nice going guys."
Spoken languages
(like Shepard, but worse: it's (a bit) more than "some" but it's (very) far from fluent ;) , which obviously is my favorite excuse to ignore things when I don't want to hear them) Template:lang fr-native Template:lang en-some


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"This book is a must-have for lovers of good, old-fashioned flavoursome food. Each recipe has been trialled and honed to perfection by Chef Adrian, who has recreated some of the nation's favourite takeaway specials". - Mummypages.ie
Everyone loves a takeaway, but we have never been more aware of their impact on our health and our wallet. Adrian Martin has made it his mission to prove that you can enjoy your favourite treats with much less work than you might expect and for a fraction of the price. Using tips and tricks he has picked up from working in some of the top restaurants in Ireland and from many late nights of trial and error, Adrian's recipes let you recreate your favourite fast foods using easily accessible and healthy ingredients. From Chinese crispy duck to fish and chips, curries to burgers, pizzas to chicken wings and some sweet treats too – a night in has never looked so good! Adrian's cheeky grin and infectious enthusiasm have made him many fans during his appearances on TV3's 'The Six O'Clock Show' and his slots on RTÉ with 'Fakeaway' and 'Chef Adrian Eats Ireland'.
Adrian Martin is a chef, author and television presenter. At the heart of his talent is a passion for good food and an eye for perfection. His love of food and showing how anyone can create a meal that belongs in fine-dining restaurant provide the inspiration for Create Beautiful Food at Home.
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Archive: August 2013
{free printable} Alphabet Banner for All Occasions
To help you celebrate all of life's important moments in a fun and stylish way, here's a great Free Printable Alphabet Banner. It's extremely easy to customize to any and all events, and making it will take you no time at all. Read more
Three Winter Wedding Trends + New Wedding Collections and Favors
Presenting three exciting wedding trends and mini inspiration boards. You're going to love Rustic Chalkboard, Art Deco Glamour and Intricate Indian Motifs - plus the launch of new wedding favors and collections! Read more
{free printable} Bride and Groom Chair Signs + Cute Coordinating Wedding Extras
After your ceremony, what better way to show off your new status than by adding these Free Printable Bride and Groom Signs to your head table. They'll be an adorable decorative addition, as well as make for great photo opportunities. *As seen on Everything Etsy. Read more
{case study} Malibu Canyon Sustainable Learning Center
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{inspiration board} Color Crush - Falling for Autumn
More than just a crush, we are smitten with the latest Color Crush - Falling for Autumn. It features magnificent rich sangria and caramel tones that contrast brilliantly with a more subdued cool French blue and moss green. Check out how amazing these colors lend themselves to ... Read more
{free printable} 2014 Monthly Calendar
This Free Printable 2014 Monthly Calendar is fun and vibrant and super easy to assemble. It has a great geometric design and includes all major US and Canadian holidays. Download and print today to get a jump start on exciting plans and events for the new year. Read more
Get a Head Start on the Holidays While You Have Time Now and Save Big!
Order now and save! The new Personalized Holiday Cards are 30% off for a limited time. Place your order now while you have some extra time and save big. There are 11 eco-friendly and stylish designs to choose from and each one can be planted to grow flowers. Read more
{free printable} Picnic Party Collection
Picnics are a blast and so is this Free Printable Picnic Party Collection. These printables are easy to assemble and will make your next picnic unforgettable. There's even a step-by-step tutorial to show you how to easily make fun party pinwheels with the kids. Read more
Plantable Milestone Greeting Card Collection Featured in SHARE Magazine
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The objective of this course is to provide students with a thorough grounding in the basic doctrine, legal rules, statutory framework, historical background, Constitutional basis, and public policy issues underlying United States patent law. A technical background is not required for this course, but a willingness to intellectually engage with basic inventions is a must. The course does not dwell on the technicalities of patent prosecution or Patent Office procedures, and is not geared to teaching students how to prepare for the Patent Office registration exam, but will help prepare students interested in taking the registration exam by providing the legal framework for patent practice.
Grading Details
Subject to a potential one-half letter grade increase for outstanding class participants, course grades will be based on a short in-class midterm examination and a take-home final examination.


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RPCV/W Logo Redesign Contest: Voting!
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Ongoing Event
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This is just to notify us so that we can stick together. You still have to buy tickets at http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/annual-gathering/
RPCV/W Logo Redesign Contest
Vote Now!
Open: May 29 - June 14
Voting: June 18 - 21
Results to be announced at
Summer BBQ
In April we held a survey to see how people feel about our current logo and website design, and the
indicated that change is in the air. Since the
Partnership for Peace
elections are coming up, we thought it would be appropriate to source a new logo and put it up for a vote.
This is a contest, the winner will receive a $100 AMC Gift Card and the honor of designing the emblem of the world's largest RPCV regional group.
The goal of the contest is to create a design that is distinctly Washingtonian. It should complement but not copy the Peace Corps logo, work in black and white, and look good online (particularly on Facebook and Twitter), on apparel, and on letterhead.
is also a factor, the final product should look good at any size, from a 16px favicon to a 20ft banner.
You don't need to be a graphic designer to participate. You can create an image in any medium. Just give a compelling reason and vision for your design in the description. Keep in mind that we live in a jungle of stately insignia, so creativity is key.
Initial entries must be emailed as a JPG to Chris Robinson at
no later than June 14 at 5 PM.
Along with the image, include a brief explanation of your design.
Logo must contain "RPCV/W" or the words "Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Washington, DC"
Only Active RPCV/W members will be considered.
Limit 3 entries per individual.
Additional Details
Members of the Board of Directors will select their 5 favorite designs and these will be placed on the Board ballot, which will be posted as a Google form on June 18 and accessed via the
Member's Only
section. Members may then vote for the winner.
Note that the winning design will be reworked by a professional, so you may choose to include in your description additional details of your vision that you were not able to render. The language you provide may be included on the ballot if your design is one of the 5 chosen by the Board.
Understand that RPCV/W retains the right to change or alter these rules at any time. The winning design will be subject to a final vote by the Board of Directors to become the official corporate seal of RPCV/W. By making a submission, you indicate that you have fully reviewed and are willing to abide by these conditions.
Current Submissions
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I've attached three entries for the logo redesign contest. They all take design cues from the D.C. flag's two stripes and three stars, similarities between D.C.'s flag and the U.S. flag, as well as the iconic Peace Corps star morphing into a dove. It should be noted that the curve of the flag is based on the curve of the Potomac as it borders D.C.
The first and third entry also pay homage to what will be the old logo's dove, which I see as breaking out of the circle, a little tip of the hat to the third goal in my opinion. The third design also seeks to emulate (to a very limited extent) dog tags, since sometimes people forget that there are many ways to serve your country, service is service.
Beyond some of the common themes, my biggest stylistic guideline was simplicity. These are logos that will be recognizable at any size, and have clean lines that can be polished by a professional and scalable. The colors are just ideas as the designs are meant to work in grayscale.
John Dwyer,
Mongolia '09-'11
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On the battlefield, every second counts, especially for medics treating the wounded. Treating wounds and stopping bleeding usually comes down to packing the wound with gauze, which isn't always effective. In fact, if bleeding continues, a medic has to pull out the gauze he's already put in it and start packing the wound again.
However, a group of veteran medics and scientists have teamed up to create something better: a syringe filled with tiny sponges that can not only stop the bleeding in such wounds, but do it quickly and more effectively than any other modern method.
The company, RevMedx, found inspiration in Fix-A-Flat foam, used for tire repair. They wanted something similar for wounds: something that could be applied to the wound, would expand and soak up all the bleeding, as well as prevent further bleeding.
Foam, however, wouldn't work: gushing blood would just push it back out of the wound. The answer for the right material was obvious: sponges. RevMedx's experiments began with regular sponges that they cut into small pieces and then tested on animals. Their results were so impressive that the U.S. Army gave them $5 million to create their new product.
Unfortunately, the team knew that they couldn't use regular non-sterile sponges in the human body. Instead, they created their own with wood pulp and shrimp shells. They also marked each small piece of sponge so that if one got accidentally left inside a body, it would turn up on an x-ray. These new sponges were just as effective as their initial experiment and succeeded in stopping bleeding from an animal's wound in just 15 seconds.
Only one question remained: how do you deliver the sponges into the body? The idea is to pack a wound as close to an artery as possible. The research team settled on a syringe that injects the small pieces of sponge directly into the wound. Even better, the syringe is lightweight and less bulky than the many rolls of gauze that medics carry in their bags.
FDA approval is forthcoming for this new method (interestingly enough, gauze itself was never approved for use inside the human body, but medics do what they have to do when it comes to stopping a nasty wound from bleeding). Its applications, however, aren't just limited to the battlefield. This sponge syringe could also stop internal bleeding from victims of other accidents and could even be used by E.M.Ts when called to emergency situations.
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