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March 16, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — The alleged victim continued her testimony late this afternoon in the juvenile rape case being heard at the Jefferson County Justice Center ....
SportsMomma: You sound like you are part of the reason these boys are doing what they did and it sounds like your son may have done the same but you insist on protecting him and blaming the victim. What is wrong with you? You would have been better off staying quiet and letting people think you have some integrity rather than posting and proving you actually have none and apparently your son doesn't either. Maybe we will be seeing your pic. hugging your son good-bye in the next trial.
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SportsMomma-There is more evidence than just pics and videos--Their own words in texts were admitted as evidence to their disgusting behaviors. There were a ton of tweets from juveniles referencing how they took advantage of her being drunk or impaired. Wake up! You are the problem in that town!
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SportsMomma, I believe you are referencing the April rape of 2012, the girl has not recanted her story and the investigation is ongoing.
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SportsMomma, did your son boast of rape?
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I have not commented until now because I know personally the heartache all of these parents and their children are going through. The difference for my son and his friend was the young girl recanted her story before the trial began because she was a voluntary participant of something she never throught her parents would find out about. I know that no one wants to believe it, but sometimes things are not as they seem in pictures.
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Heartfelt sadness and much admiration go out to this young girl. That's the kind of courage we need around here. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.
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All the Steubinville creeps who stand with the boys -- keep talking. Keep outing yourself as freaks and losers and victim bashers. These lawyers look like dragons and the boys with their pathetic smirks need to be brought to a place that is a lot less cumfy than a detention center.
Anyone who thinks this girl wasn't assaulted is thick as a board. The fact that this case even go this far in a football crazy town of cavemen tells you that there is something terrible that happened.
Let's hope that justice is served. Though they seem quite happy as the rapist creeps they are and that backward town of creepy losers seems happy being let in the dark ages.
Your town is a pit. You are surrounded by losers.
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This is so horrific, we hope the brave young girl is doing ok, considering. She is to be commended for her courage in speaking up and taking action to expose this ugly crime. Hopefully she knows that there are thousands of victims who are standing with her. And hopefully she knows that she is making a difference. Arrogance and the sense of entitlement shows up big time with the accused.. these guys and all who witnessed this rape need to be kick off their pedestals.
This abuse has got to stop. Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511. snapjudy@gmail****, "SNAP (The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is the world's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, teachers,orphanages, summer camps, athletic programs, Boy Scouts, etc
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Testimony shows there is a text indicating the coach, a teacher, a mandated reporter, knew there was a rape allegation. Rather than support a victim he protected his fiefdom,believing his stature not only inoculated him but also the player, an alleged sexual predator. How can the community allow him to continue to interact and be responsible for the health, safety and training of children. Are the police afraid to act? Is the superintendent so intimidated? Is the principal not complicit?Rape is an act of violence and those unwilling or unable to take the moral stand against it undermine society.
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The annual Concours d'Elegance held in Pebble Beach California is closing in and in case you're a gearhead and you have the possibility to attend, I reckon it would be a pretty excited Sunday afternoon for you. You'll get the chance to see today's latest super cars such as the brand new McLaren 12C Can Am Edition Racing Concept, but you'll also have the chance to gaze at some of the most iconic vehicles ever built, like the Cadillac Fleetwood Collection.

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how abt monopod? anyone can share their experience for using monopod with nn?
is there any monopod or add-on accessories in that market that can stop it to move out from the same spot when you turn a monopod and shoot? i saw some monopod that comes with 3 extended legs but they are still not stable enough after mounting all pano head and camera equipments.


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Marvel Assembles an Official Title for Third "Avengers" Movie
Comic Books, Film
Given that folklore was my minor in college, I'm always pleased when a creative discussion touches upon a work that finds its roots in folk or fairy tales. With that in mind I recently jumped at the chance to interview J.D. Arnold & Rich Koslowski regarding their new book from Top Shelf, BB Wolf and the 3 LPs (released in June). As described by Top Shelf: "A farmer and family man by day, blues musician by night, and a drinker of fine spirits at any hour, BB's life seemed simple. But this fragile peace comes crashing down when the LPs decide to take his land by any means possible. When all is lost, BB lashes out, setting into motion acts of revenge only a Big Bad Wolf could unleash." In addition to discussing this tale of blues and racism, the creators detail a musical project connected to the book that will be available at San Diego. Top Shelf offers a seven-page preview of the 96-page book here.
Tim O'Shea: Rich, as the guy behind Three Geeks and Three Fingers, are you un-nerved or reassured at how the number three seems to track you down, even when you're not writing the story?
Rich Koslowski: Well, it was all part of a "grand master plan" I had in mind with the magical number 3. Seriously. It kind of got derailed, though, when I did The King with Top Shelf. Couldn't pass up the opportunity to get that book out there.
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Ayurvedic Health & Cooking
Join Cooks with Books in April when Ayurvedic Health Practitioner (Intern), Carly Boeaudin will be with us twice. On April 7th she will be doing a cooking demo at Natural Grocers preparing an ancient cleansing food called Kitchari ( no need to sign up for this event). On April 15th test your new skills by sharing an Ayurvedic dish (cookbooks available at the front desk of the library), bring the dish to share, and then ask questions of our Guest Chef, Carly Beaudin.
About Cooks With Books
Cooks with Books is for people who enjoy researching, creating and sharing food. This book discussion group meets once a month and is facilitated by Bud Werner Library's Circulation Services Manager, Michelle Dover. Participants prepare a dish based on the month's theme and share it with the group. The group is open to anyone interested in participating, but is limited to 15 participants per meeting.
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I am currently in my field internship as an Ayurvedic Health
Practitioner. I completed my first two levels of classroom study at
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to join my family's alternative healing practice. Ayurveda, the
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systems of health care. My path into this ancient knowledge began
years ago after finishing my BA in communications at Fort Lewis
College. I stayed in Durango to strengthen my yoga practice and dance
in the mountains. Once I heard the word "Ayurveda," my heart was on
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medicine" into the lives of everyone I meet. Here in the west, the art
of spicing for digestion as well as taste has been lost. Eating is a
sacred act and I strive to empower individuals to become their own
practitioner through conscious choice and observation of their eating
habits. I have also been trained in Ayurvedic body therapies and
facials, Ayurvedic herbalism, marma point therapy, and pancha karma
therapy. I offer Ayurvedic consultation, which utilizes diet and
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Violence Spreads in Turkey as Rifts Widen
Prime Minister's Supporters Stage Rally
ISTANBUL—Violence between protesters and police erupted and spread for a second consecutive day in Istanbul on Sunday, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sought to regain the political agenda by staging a massive rally, after ejecting protesters from their park encampment the previous day.
Photos: Istanbul Protests Rage
From the Archives
Meanwhile, there was renewed fighting in Ankara and five unions called a general strike for Monday. There was also some violence between supporters and opponents of the government.
The second straight day of clashes flared through pockets of Istanbul as the government widened a crackdown it launched against protesters late Saturday, when it cleared a protester encampment from Gezi Park, the symbolic heart of demonstrations entering their 18th day.
A short distance away, Mr. Erdogan on Sunday took the stage to address a rally estimated at under 300,000 supporters of the governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, and declared victory over the protests in the biggest show of political force since the protests began. The premier chided the protesters for rejecting an offer he had made to mollify them.
Five people have been left dead from 18 days of protests and more than 5,000 injured.
While the park initially was just the venue of an environmental sit-in to save it from development, authorities' efforts to disperse protesters with tear-gas and water cannons unleashed a broad-based coalition pouring out to protest what they see as Mr. Erdogan's increasingly encroachment into their lives.
On Sunday, protesters built barricades and faced off against police, who the day before were for the first time joined at key intersections by military police. Police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters seeking to march toward the park.
More than 200 protesters were detained, according to Amnesty International. The Turkish Medical Association said a number of medical staff volunteering to treat injured protesters had been arrested, but Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu, insisted no doctors were detained.
Mounting a verbal assault on the demonstrations, which he said were organized by fringe groups and the main opposition Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Mr. Erdogan told his rally that by occupying the park, protesters attacked the broader society's freedoms.
But Mr. Erdogan's decision to strike a more definitive blow against protesters this weekend appeared to have partially backfired on Sunday as demonstrations continued and five of Turkey's largest trade unions and associations—with a combined membership of 860,000 workers, doctors, dentists, engineers and architects—called a general strike for Monday, in solidarity with the protesters.
Clashes continued in Ankara, where police fired tear gas and water cannons to stop a march on central Kizilay Square that was to commemorate the death of a demonstrator who died from a bullet to his head during clashes with police last week.
And in another development, there were reports of street clashes between supporters and detractors of the government, an ominous sign that the unrest is pulling in factions of the civilian population, adding stress to Turkey's tense societal fault lines.
"The crack Erdogan has created in Turkey is very interesting because this educated middle class is clashing with the government for the first time. If these tensions continue, the uncertainty will negatively impact the political system and the economy," said Hakan Yilmaz, a political scientist at Bogazici University in Istanbul.
In the city of Konya, where Mr. Erdogan's party enjoys overwhelming support, a small group of demonstrators was attacked by a group of people.
In Istanbul, a small group of people attacked a local chapter of the main opposition party, CHP, trapping lawmakers inside, eyewitnesses said. Television footage also showed dozens of men wielding sticks and chanting "Recep Tayyip Erdogan" on the city's main pedestrian thoroughfare.
And antigovernment demonstrators crossing the Bosporus from the Asian side to the European shore of Istanbul to march to Taksim Square engaged in shouting matches and cross-faction chants with other boats ferrying Mr. Erdogan's supporters to the prime minister's rally, eyewitnesses said.
The fresh violence came after almost a week of relative calm in Istanbul. A nonviolent solution briefly appeared possible Friday when Mr. Erdogan offered to put his plan to develop the park up to a public vote in Istanbul if the government prevails against legal challenges to halt the project.
But Taksim Solidarity, an umbrella group of protest organizers, rejected the deal on Saturday because, it said, Mr. Erdogan refused to recognize broader democratic grievances and demands including the release of everyone detained in connection with the demonstrations.
And as anger raged among protesters on Sunday night, there was little sign the demonstrations would end. "This isn't just about the Gezi Park. We've opened our eyes," said Tugce Demir, a 24-year-old who works in advertising and has been at the antigovernment protests since they started May 31. "This is our reaction to a decade of this government's policies."
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Hasselbeck to reportedly leave some television show she was apparently on
posted at 9:31 am on March 9, 2013 by Jazz Shaw
In a news flash which will, beyond a doubt, profoundly and disturbingly affect a majority of Hot Air readers, various media outlets are now reporting that Elisabeth Hasselbeck will be leaving her current television employment situation next season. She is currently one of the hosts of a show called, "The View," which I believe is some sort of travel photography collection.
The future of "The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselback is up in the air. According to two sources familiar with the matter, Hasselbeck will not be returning to the daytime program next season.
In a statement, a spokesperson for "The View" tells TVNewser, "Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a valued member of 'The View' and has a long term contract."…
Hasselbeck has been a panelist on "The View" since 2003. She has served as a game foil to her co-hosts, representing not only a younger generation of women, but also serving as the show's resident Republican. Given that the program routinely features discussions about politics, and interviews with newsmakers, she often made her political opinions known.
I kid of course… at least in part. The fact is that I've never actually seen The View so much as once in my life. Probably because I have a job and a lot of things to do. But I've seen numerous clips from the more infamous episodes of the show where Hasselbeck is chastised for daring to espouse some at least marginally conservative points of view while surrounded by a den of nanny state crones. (While committing the additional sin of being young and attractive.)
So why might she be exiting Stage Right? Could it be because her "views were to extreme" for The View?
"The viewers they polled all said she was too extreme and right wing," the insider tells Us. "People did not watch the show because of Elisabeth. So they told her yesterday her contract would not be renewed."
Hasselbeck was first introduced to me more than a decade ago because I've been a long time fan of the reality show Survivor. She was on the Australia outing of the show and made it to the final four before getting tossed by a better organized group. She's always struck me as being somewhat reserved and possibly too polite for her own good in the world of media warfare. Her ability to stand up as a representative of young Republican women, though, has been consistently impressive. Hopefully her rumored departure will lead to a better, more productive forum to showcase her talents.
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Poll: Social Butterfly or Relaxing Recluse?
How has your social life been while pregnant?
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|Nonexistent. All I want to do is stay home with my feet up.
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I have been doing Google searches for examples or teleplays to download that may offer insight for sketch comedy writing. Is there a specific format that those in the industry follow or is simply the same teleplay/screenplay format used by the rest of the industry?
From what I can tell from some brief research, it is the same format as when writing a script for radio, or television. For example, from this article regarding Comedy Sketch Writing (written by Richard Herring, David Mitchell and Robert Webb):
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I recommend having a look at the BBC Script Archive for examples of sketch comedy scripts for TV and radio.


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11 Mar 2012 7:27 AM #11
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/js/lib/sencha-touch-2.0.0-gpl/resources/css-debug/sencha-touch.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/js/lib/sencha-touch-2.0.0-gpl/src/ux/touch/grid/resources/css/Ext.ux.grid.View.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/dashboard.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/js/lib/sencha-touch-2.0.0-gpl/resources/css/touch-charts.css" type="text/css"> <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../resources/css/energy-demo.css" type="text/css">--> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/lib/sencha-touch-2.0.0-gpl/sencha-touch-debug.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/lib/sencha-touch-2.0.0-gpl/touch-charts-debug.js"></script> <!-- Application Registration --> <script type="text/javascript" src="/js/app.js"></script>
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'Series' of undefined
series.each(function (series) { if (!(series instanceof Ext.chart.series.Series)) { series.chart = me; collection.add(series = Ext.create('Ext.chart.series.' + me.capitalize(series.type), series)); }
Ext.define('APP.view.links.PageAuthority', { extend: 'Ext.chart.Chart', xtype : 'linksPageAuthority', config: { title : 'Page Authority', iconCls : 'area', cls : 'chartpanel', theme : 'Energy', interactions: ['reset',{ type: 'panzoom' },{ type: 'iteminfo', gesture: 'tap', listeners: { show: function (interaction, item, panel) { EnergyApp.popup(item, panel); } } }], animate: false, store: 'PABacklinks', axes: [{ type: 'Numeric', position: 'right', minimum: 0, label: { renderer: APP.commify }, adjustMinimumByMajorUnit: 0, fields: ['count1', 'count2', 'count3', 'count4', 'count5'], title: '# of Links' },{ type: 'Category', position: 'bottom', fields: ['pa'], title: 'Page Authority (PA)', label: { rotate: { degrees: 45 } } }], legend: { position: Ext.os.is.Phone ? 'left' : 'top' }, series: [{ type: 'area', highlight: false, title: [], axis: 'right', xField: 'pa', yField: ['count1', 'count2', 'count3', 'count4', 'count5'] }], listeners: { afterrender: function (me) { me.on('beforerefresh', function () { if (me.ownerCt.getActiveItem().id !== me.id) { return false; } }, me); } } } });
requires: [ 'Ext.chart.series.Series' ],Code:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'create' of undefined
if (!(interaction instanceof Ext.chart.interactions.Abstract)) { interaction.chart = me; collection.add(interaction = Ext.chart.interactions.Manager.create(interaction)); Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method 'create' of undefined }
THEN Going one step further, I made my required property for the class look like this, then got a new error:
requires: [ 'Ext.chart.series.Series', 'Ext.chart.interactions.Manager' ],Code:
"The 'reset' type has not been registered with this manager"
requires: [ 'Ext.chart.series.Series', 'Ext.chart.interactions.Reset', 'Ext.chart.interactions.PanZoom', 'Ext.chart.interactions.ItemInfo', 'Ext.chart.interactions.Manager' ],
11 Mar 2012 1:21 PM #12
fwiw, I am attempting to add charts to my app as well.
1) its not quite clear how much of the contents of the resources folder in touch-charts-2.0.0-beta need to be included in a new app .. These bundled examples are great for showing off the library features but they are harder for a newbie to correlate to a stand alone app, because the infrastructure for the collection of examples is overly complicated compared to a smaller app. For example, it seems that the examples resources dir contains things which are specific to the example project. So its not clear what a new project would start with.
It would be nice to see a minimal stand alone version of a touch 2.0 app with chart example, or just a clear "getting started" that says "copy these files from the charts 2.0 distro into your existing ST 2.0 project"
2) I see the same error as hallikpapa -Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'pseudos' of undefined
In the example Area, I notice they have requires: ['Ext.chart.Panel',
But I don't even see Ext.chart.Panel in the library doc. I see Ext.chart.Chart but not Ext.chart.Panel . Is that a change from charts 1 to 2 that is not correctly adjusted in the example?
think i will study the EnergyApp rather than the Area, as the EnergyApp is MVC based, maybe that will clear some things up.
11 Mar 2012 8:41 PM #13
fyi. I found out the hard way , if the store that is passed into the chart config is not a valid reference, then you may encounter an infinite loop in the Ext.chart.axis.Category deduceLabels function. So make sure you have a valid store.
12 Mar 2012 1:54 AM #14
Thanks for all the details. I have found dynamic loading with charts to be buggy and attached my minor patches to a previous post. This is probably why the bundled sencha-touch-debug.js is full build with dynamic loading disabled by default.
12 Mar 2012 9:06 AM #15
Good to know, thanks.
I have a request, not sure if I should post it here or wait until there is a forum for ST2 Charts. But something I am coming across a lot is wanting to make the legend titles dynamic. When using a chart, I want to be able to change the "sources" that are plotted on a chart.
For instance, in the EnergyApp charts, there are fuel consumption sources like Coal, Nuclear, etc...
In my app I have buttons where I can change the data points, like unchecking Coal, and checking Water, Uncheck Nuclear, check Wind. There is no easy way to change the labels to show there are new data sources loaded in the store. I hacked together a sloppy way to do it this morning, but figured I am not going to be the only person who wants to do this. Curious if there is any plans to make legend titles easier to change in the future?
In my data store, I have data1, data2, etc...And I am using the labels like domain1, domain2, etc...
/** * When we show the page auth chart, we need to populate the legend * with the correct domain names */ onLinkTabsShow: function(el, value, oldValue, eOpts) { var activeChart = this.getLinkTabs().getActiveItem(), store = Ext.getStore('PABacklinks'); this.rec = store.getAt(0); Ext.each(activeChart._series.items, function(name, index, array) { var lbl = 'domain'; y = index + 1; lbl = lbl + y; var x = this.rec.get(lbl); name._title = x; }, this); }
13 Mar 2012 1:49 AM #16
Are there any plans to implement event handling on Sprites soon? e.g. so the example listener code in the draw guide works?
This is a really big hole. I know that interactions work on charts - but they don't work on primitive shapes or paths created with the draw tools.
13 Mar 2012 2:04 AM #17
Canvas based Surface does not support any primitive event through dom, therefore all the event you can ever get should be calculated using javascript code. This will dramatically drag down the performance.
What I will suggest is to manually calculate this for several certain sprites. We will give you a simple graphical editor example in the next release (not touch charts 2.0.0).
15 Mar 2012 6:53 AM #18
Charts in carousel ?
We're trying to setup a carousel to display several charts. We see the dots at the bottom for the carousel but the charts are not displayed. We are able to change to next or previous cards but nothing appears.
Any ideas how to do this ?
Is it a bug ?
15 Mar 2012 9:43 AM #19
sencha-touch.css has problem, possible a bug?
Could not make my app work with Charts 2.0 Beta without even using touch-charts.js unless I copy sencha-touch.css from sencha-touch-2.0.0-commercial/resource.
My App works fine at sencha-touch-2.0.0.
3 Apr 2012 5:33 AM #20
Cannot read property 'pseudos' of undefined
I still could not understand the reason for this error
Cannot read property 'pseudos' of undefined
Help needed urgently...!!!!
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Sources: Android Police, The Droid Guy
quote: The nerve of these app store companies, requiring you to have an ID and login so you can make purchases.
quote: If you want to participate normally in the Android world, you have to set up that Gmail account.
quote: As I noted above already, sure, you can sideload apps. Or maybe sideload some 3rd-part app store thing. But then you're out in the cold for the normal methods of developers getting their apps to you...you can't necessarily count on any given app being available from said 3rd party app store.
quote: What Platform exists that you do not have to create an account to load apps?
quote: It HAS to have an account with your info so it knows what apps you bought
quote: No-one has to use it, but an account needs to exist to operate.
quote: There is no way around that on any platform.
quote: There's no possible need for a Gmail account if you already have existing email accounts from other services. Just let consumers plug in their existing email address. Done.
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To the editor:
Columnist Thomas Sowell, in his own words about immigration reform, wrote "Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them. One of the big problems that those who are pushing 'comprehensive immigration reform' want solved is how to help people who came here illegally and are now living in the 'shadows' as a result."
What is it the conservative pundits and conservative party don't understand about illegal?
Who welcomed with open arms and hired the Hispanics to walk right across the border and do the jobs Americans don't want and work underpaid for the last 170 years? Was it OK? No - it was illegal then and now.
A blind eye was turned for 170 years. Now comes the time for reparation. It is time to make amends for a wrong we have done, and 11 million or more illegals will come. We don't have a wall high enough to stop the Hispanics from coming across the border.
Let's free them from their bondage, and then jail anyone who hires any illegal thereafter. It's the simplest and safest way to secure our borders.
Steve Kopa


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I'm starting to get lots of gear with sockets and gems to insert into said sockets. I know you can remove the gems but how much does it cost? I assume it's based on something like the cost of the gear and gem, but I'd rather know roughly how much it'll run me before I go and blow all my money playing musical gems in my low level gear.
I've tested the removal of each different kind of gem from weapons, chest armor, and amulets. As far as I can tell, what you're removing the gem from doesn't matter at all. Additionally, removing multiple gems from a single item is just the sum of the cost of removing each gem individually. Thus, all that you really need is the cost of removing each quality of gem, which are as follows:
It's not even close to linear - see this attempt at a linear regression. I suspect the prices will continue to grow at an alarming rate - removing a Radiant Star from something might be more expensive than just scrapping whatever it is in and buying another socketed item!
As others have mentioned, if you take apart an item for salvage, any gems within it are returned to you for free.
If you don't actually need the item again you can salvage it to return the gem to you as well as give you materials.
Judging by the costs that Ian posted it may actually be worthwhile when you are dealing with Radiant Stars.
I believe it is based on the level of the item. It starts out around 100 gold when you first get access to him. I currently have level 25-30 gear with flawless gems in them. Unsocketting costs about 300-400 gold. That's quite cheap relative to the other craftsmen costs.


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This is weird because I did not know how to ask this question. Let's say I want to remix a song. I have pre-record of the drums I want to use and I loop them... they are fixed of course of BPM (This is not a Midi track is a already wav file looped). And I also have the voice I want to remix with this drum.
The problem is that they are in a distict "BPM" or speed so I would like them to match... how can be this done without say affecting say the pitch of the voice or the sound of the recorded drums?.
Basically want I want to do is something similar to what you use software like Traktor that you can loop a song and move the BPM to match the one in another deck.
I am using Reaper right now. It has the option of detecting/setting the BPM but of the overall song... not of a particular track.
Any help or suggestion would be appreciated (I want to learn how to properly remix songs).


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Peter Schmuck's final grades for the 2012 Orioles
Baltimore Sun columnist Peter Schmuck offers his final grades for the Orioles' 2012 season. Schmuck's grades are based on each player's performance in relation to his role on the team, his total playing time and his talent level. So, a utilityman who gets a "B" after playing a limited number of games is being graded essentially against himself, not against his teammates or in relation to similar players on other teams.
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Can anyone tell me the quickest way to delete a large number of documents from a site library if you are an administrator for the site? Any powershell commands?
Here is a PowerShell script to delete all the files and folders from a document library:
I can't take full credit for this code; it was heavily adapted from Vedran Rasol's answer to this question.
I always end up using "Open in Windows Explorer", as that's quicker for me than trying to script something.
If speed of deletion is critical for you (you have really large amount of data), use batch operations. This post could be helpful for you, you can easily adopt it to the PowerShell Script. Batch operations are more fast, I think few times faster.
Use the list function ProcessBatchData(). Basically you create an XML with all the items to delete and pass this XML to this function. It's faster than iterating over all the items and delete them one by one


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I'm already using a few applications for hierarchical note taking. I like the graphical implementation as in the worklowy and gqueues.
Workflowy has nice organization of information but it lacks the feature of moving branches to other levels in the hierarchy. This feature is possible in Gqueues but lacks the nice features of Workflowy of structuring information.
EDIT: Finally, I have found out that
Workflowy provides this feature via
tags. So, this is the answer and this question could be deleted, but maybe it's
still useful. If it should be deleted, downvote it.


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Do you know how Data Scientists use Python and if it requires data, where I can get sample data to practice with? I'm currently learning the language and plan on applying for Data Scientists jobs, so it would be helpful if I knew if there were specific types of tasks where I'd use python. If it's relevant, I use C# regularly.
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Any type of data parsing is going to be of two types. Ascii or binary.
I would practice and learn how to 'get' data from multiply sources. This could be from files, from network connections, from stdout of subprocesses, serial port... Etc...
for ascii data, you would must probably be using strings methods for splitting and storing the data.
Binary data is where you'd really want to practice. You have to worry about the endianess of the data, worry about the specific bit lengths of different datatypes on different platforms, following specifications for the format of the data, actually parsing the raw data (get familiar with 'struct' and packing and unpacking data).
as for examples, search for tutorials on each piece I've mentioned. Most items you can create a temp generator of data to create the other side of a process (such as a tcp server, a subprocess spitting out stdout, something to generate files).
Good luck
I'm not the most experienced in that field but I use Python for data mining and experimental data analysis and modification.
Why Python for that ?
I wrote an article in french on "Why Python ?" if you can read it.
If you want some data you can found some on sites like UCI Machine Learning Repository :
I'd recommend this book.
Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective
It uses data sets from the UCI Machine Learning Repository. Even if you don't precisely want to do machine learning, but are more interested in statistics there are a bunch of data sets here that might interest you.
The main library for doing science with Python is Numpy. Enthought has a great Python distribution which includes Numpy, matplotlib, and many other libraries to get you started.
Also check out: Numpy 1.5 Beginners Guide. It's a great introduction and will get you up and running doing simple things quickly. The author's blog also has some good introductory material.
Hope that helps. An aside (noting you're a c# programmer as well). I still haven't been able to get Numpy to work successfully in IronPython. I have to use normal CPython. If you happen to get that figured out please let me know! Having Numpy within .NET would be really nice.


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The Charlotte 49ers men's tennis team begins their 2013 Fall Tournament season at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships at the University of Georgia this weekend, September 13-16. The Southern Intercollegiate Championships features some of the top collegiate tennis players from the South.
The 49ers return nine letterwinners from last season's A-10 Tournament semifinal's team led by All-Atlantic 10 selections juniors Jack Williams, Paul Cisti, Alex Calott and Kamil Khalil and sophomore Jordi Massalle Ferrer. This summer, junior Forrest Edwards won an ITA Summer Circuit Event at Middle Tennessee.
This weekend, Williams, Cisti, Calott, Edwards and Massalle Ferrer will be competing in singles and doubles at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships.


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Getting Up To Speed With…Nick Trenchard
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of RaceImages.net)
One of the young rising stars in the IMCA Modified world is coming out of the Klamath Basin. Second-generation driver Nick Trenchard had a sensational 2013 season and after traveling to different tracks over the last few years has really started to hone his skills as a race car driver.
Trenchard, a former Southern Oregon Speedway Modified Rookie of the Year Award winner, hopes to see the Cottage Grove Speedway a lot more this coming season if funding allows. Already he has picked up three new sponsors (including Lithia Dodge-Toyota of Klamath Falls, JDM Racing Solution, and Gilbertson Trucking) and will pilot a new Larry Shaw Race Car chassis as well for car owners Rich and Nicky Biehn. The Klamath Falls native hopes to make an even bigger splash in 2014 as he looks to build off of last year. Now let's get up to speed with Nick Trenchard.
Driver: Nick Trenchard
Hometown: Klamath Falls, Oregon
Occupation: Quality Control at Masami Foods
Age: 23
Years Racing: 6
Classification: IMCA Modified
Team: Biehn Racing
Car: 54N
Chassis: Larry Shaw Race Cars
Sponsors: Biehn Racing, Air Gas, Natures Images, Lithia Dodge-Toyota of Klamath Falls, Gilberston Trucking, FMD Graphics, JDM Racing Solution, Fisher Sisters Racing
Special Thanks: Rich and Nicky Biehn, Jon Trenchard (Father), Cindy Neel (Mother), Ally Wilkinson (Fiancée), Friends and Family
BD: How did your whole racing adventure start?
NT: My dad raced Modifieds and when I was real young he put me in a Kage Kart but we didn't have funding to race all the time. When I turned sixteen he threw me into a Modified at a test and tune and I was scared to death. It took me a year or two to get comfortable and then I quit going to test and tunes and ended up going to actual races.
BD: Well Nick last year seemed to be a really breakout year with some very impressive performances?
NT: That was for sure a good year for us. We definitely learned a lot. In previous years we just raced around Medford and just ran with the same guys. We tried different stuff and ran different tracks. It really showed results at the end of the year.
I won a $1,000 to win race at Yreka and lead thirty-five laps of the Mod Nationals in Elma. We ended up going too many laps under caution at Elma and I started running out of fuel and got passed for the lead and ended up light at the scales.
After that we stayed in the Medford area and got three wins. I led the Lon Skinner Memorial too but got spun around which was a heartbreaker. But overall I'm happy with last year's accomplishments.
BD: After the Northwest Modified Nationals in Elma you guys sold the car and then bought a new one, right?
NT: Actually no I used an older car for the rest of the year. After the Mod Nationals we weren't planning on selling the car but I talked to my car owner Saturday morning to put a for sale sign on the car. It sold that night after it ran so well in the main event. We had my dad's car sitting around so I ran that for the rest of the year.
BD: The Biehn family seem to be real big supporters of you and you're racing efforts?
NT: They are just an old retired couple. Nicky is an artist and also into jewelry while Rich just takes care of the business. They're huge supporters of mine there is no way I would be able to do it without them.
My dad owned a body shop and they wrecked there truck. They brought my dad their truck and noticed we had race cars. They were fans of the old Klamath Speedway and started giving us a little money. It eventually turned into them buying me some race cars.
BD: Your number I've always seen you run is #54. Is that a special number?
NT: Yes it's my dad's uncle Larry Schlee from the bay area who won a bunch of races in the 1970's. He ran that number. It's just a number that has stuck with the family.
The Cottage Grove Speedway is set to host a test and tune play day on Saturday April 5th while the first race of the year is planned for the following Saturday on the 12th. Log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com for news stories and articles related to the upcoming 2014 campaign.
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A common idiom in Haskell, difference lists, is to represent a list
xs as the value
(xs ++). Then
(.) becomes "
(++)" and
id becomes "
[]" (in fact this works for any monoid or category). Since we can compose functions in constant time, this gives us a nice way to efficiently build up lists by appending.
Unfortunately the type
[a] -> [a] is way bigger than the type of functions of the form
(xs ++) -- most functions on lists do something other than prepend to their argument.
One approach around this (as used in
dlist) is to make a special
DList type with a smart constructor. Another approach (as used in
ShowS) is to not enforce the constraint anywhere and hope for the best. But is there a nice way of keeping all the desired properties of difference lists while using a type that's exactly the right size?


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Tickets are $5 and $7 at the door.
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STEUBENVILLE?- Advance tickets for Steubenville Catholic Central's Division IV 8 p.m. sectional basketball game Wednesday at New Philadelphia High School against Strasburg will be on sale today and Tuesday.
Tickets will be $5 and will be available from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Crusaders' gym.
Tickets are $7 at the door.
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WINTERSVILLE - The Indian Creek Athletic Department is selling advance tickets to Tuesday's boys 8 p.m. sectional basketball game at OUE against Harrison Central and to Thursday's girls 6 p.m. district basketball game at Zanesville against West Holmes.
Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the gate.
Big Red boosters to meet
STEUBENVILLE?- The Big Red Boosters Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the high school conference room. Memberships are available.


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There were seats drawn on the blue print for the tower. Today there are no seats. Were they fitted and then taken out or were they never installed at all?
There were seats drawn on the blue print for the tower. Today there are no seats. Were they fitted and then taken out or were they never installed at all?
It is unfortunately far easier to prove the presence of seats than their absence. The newspapers worldwide covered the Eiffel Tower in great detail and I decided to check what they wrote about the elevators (which where obviously a particular point of interest). The National Library of New Zealand puts historical newspapers online and makes them searchable, that's what I looked at. One typical description comes from the Otago Daily Times, 14 December 1889:
Note how it mentions seats on the platform but not in the elevator. From Te Aroha News, 28 September 1889:
Numbers in these articles have to be taken with a grain of salt of course, I've seen articles published before the tower was opened talking about estimated numbers of 5000 people transported per hour which is clearly very far off. But seating 170 people would make an awfully large lift. And finally, Otago Witness, 24 October 1889:
Again, seats would be a good candidate to be mentioned, not only the wind-protectors. But this article doesn't talk about them.
Having decided from this indirect evidence that seats on the original elevators were unlikely I found the 2010 book Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 (that's apparently the book where your illustration comes from). And judging from this book, your graphic refers to the elevator with the smallest capacity (in terms of persons transported), by Otis:
Oops! About the French elevators by Roux the book says:
And the two stage elevator mentioned in Te Aroha News was built by Edoux and had a capacity of 60 persons. The book doesn't tell whether people were seated in this elevator and the illustration sadly doesn't help because it shows the passengers while they are changing elevators midways.
However, the official guide of the Eiffel Tower (printed in 1893) says the following about this elevator:
Automated translation:
And in fact, in this photo of this elevator you can clearly see that the women on the right are sitting. So to answer your question: yes, originally most people indeed took a seat in the Eiffel Tower elevators.


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I need some help to create a script.
Imagine that I'm using 3 shapes: 1 point and 2 polygons. When I create a new point I want it to assume some attributes of the polygons in which that point is inserted.
Any idea?
I need some help to create a script.
Imagine that I'm using 3 shapes: 1 point and 2 polygons. When I create a new point I want it to assume some attributes of the polygons in which that point is inserted.
Any idea?
Loop through your points (search cursor), then loop though you polygons (search cursor). Once you find the point is in the polygon (polygon.contains(point), then as you are already in the record of the polygon and point, just update by setting the attribute in the point, equal to the attribute you require from the polygon. simply then update the row in the point table, exit the polygon loop, then load the next point, etc.
If you can wait until monday, I can write some arcpy for you; it's very, very easy and I think I did the very same thing last week.
Or there, or there abouts!
What you're trying to do is called a "point in polygon" search.
I'm guessing you're trying to script it using python given your tag.
A google search for
Spatial Database
Alternately you can offload the processing to a spatial database, i.e. spatialLite. You store your polygons in there and then when a new point is created you use some SQL to get the attributes for whichever polygons its within. https://code.google.com/p/xenia/wiki/SpatialLite - has a little more information
Python Libaries There are also some python GIS libraries out there which could allow you to offload it to them rather than roll your own. Unfortunately I don't know any of their names. :-S
I'm not sure that that is possible, or the best way to approach the problem. I would imagine a better way is to create all the points first, or load them into your GIS somehow, and then update the desired fields in the points shape based on which polygon they are in, which is very possible in most GIS software, including open-source.
State the software you intend to you use if you need more pointers.
How about:
In ArcGIS you can simply use Spatial Join or Identity (ArcInfo only) to join attributes from one layer to another. Both tools will create new point layer.
If you don't want create new layer and have greater control on selection method, here's the script similar to @Hairy's script but uses Feature Layers and Select By Location:


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5 B.S. Political Arguments You Hear Every Election Season
#2. "Alcohol prohibition failed, so it only makes sense to legalize drugs!"
People think of America's Prohibition in the '20s as one hilarious, bloody failure. Pop-culture images of rumrunners and speakeasies depict an America that not only gave zero fucks about the outlawing of alcohol, but also handed power and wealth to murderous gangsters like Al Capone.
So if outlawing alcohol was one great big violent mistake, then it isn't a stretch to argue that the same thing goes for drug prohibition. And since lifting Prohibition fixed most of the problems that alcohol had caused, we should lift the ban on all the other drugs too. You know, just like they recently did in Portugal where, as any stoner on the Internet will tell you, decriminalization has been a huge success.
"Right after I look up how to make a bong like Bane's mask."
But Actually ...
We're not going to argue about whether Prohibition was right or wrong. But that's different from asking whether or not it succeeded. And, as far as anyone can tell, Prohibition pretty much did exactly what it was designed to do.
After all, you would expect that the measure of Prohibition's "success" would be the significant decrease of alcohol consumption during that time. And it did -- by 30 to 50 percent. Despite the fact that it didn't eliminate alcoholism altogether, Prohibition did sharply curb the number of deaths and arrests related to alcohol, which is what they wanted in the first place.
"It also sharply curbed the amount of blood in my urine."
But what about all the organized crime that suddenly appeared along with Prohibition? Well actually, it didn't. Organized crime existed at pretty much the same level as before, during and after Prohibition. Scarface may have started selling whiskey as well as cocaine, but the gangster employment rate didn't exactly skyrocket. Nor can it be said to have been a more violent time -- the murder rate actually leveled off during Prohibition.
When people talk about what an embarrassing mistake Prohibition was, they usually cite the fact that it's the only time in American history that a constitutional amendment has been repealed, like we just sort of awkwardly swept it under the living room rug and asked everyone not to stare at the bulge. But really, the repeal had little to do with any perception that Prohibition had failed. It had much more to do with the fact that we simply changed our mind. You know, like in a democracy.
Nice job, Founding Fathers.
But even if we concede that Prohibition worked the way it was expected to, we still have Portugal to look up to, right? In 2001, they decriminalized all drugs, and the Portuguese people have responded like rational adults to this new Valhalla of illicit substances.
Sorry again. "Decriminalization" of drugs isn't the same as legalizing them. So before you buy a one-way plane ticket, understand that making, selling or having more than a few days' supply of drugs on you can still get you a prison sentence. The only real difference is that if you get caught doing drugs, they won't send you to jail; but you'll still have to face a panel of psychologists, social workers and legal advisers. Presumably your mother will be there too, and she'll be very disappointed in you.
"I'm just glad your real father's not here to see this."
"Yeah! Wait, what?"
So, Portugal's drug abuse rates didn't go down because drugs are as readily available as liquor, but because addicts are referred to a treatment facility. Such policies may work in America, but don't expect the full-frontal-nudity version of drug legalization to hit here any time soon. The best you can hope for is Cinemax After Dark.
#1. "We need voter ID laws, or else voter fraud will run rampant!"
Every single party that loses a close election claims it was all due to fraud. After all, it's just not possible that most people disagree with you or something. So when Election Day comes up in the U.S., the argument emerges that we should have some kind of voter ID system in place to make sure that our elections aren't fraught with illegal aliens, felons and multiple-voters stealing our democracy straight from under us.
Besides, they say, we already need a photo ID if we want to buy alcohol or cigarettes or goddamned Sudafed. It's certainly not too much to ask people to prove who they are before they choose the next president.
"Don't be silly, of course I'm really Brenda Fong."
But Actually ...
First of all, even though it seems like something you couldn't live without, 11 percent of Americans don't have any form of photo ID. Presumably they need to wear a fake moustache to buy beer. For most of us, our ID is our driver's license, and it's easy to forget that lots of people don't drive because they're elderly, disabled, too poor or just don't feel like it. But hey, 11 percent isn't that bad -- that's only about 21 million potential voters. Surely there's enough fraud in this country to warrant excluding them on Election Day, right?
Believe it or not, despite what many political commentators assume, voter fraud is virtually non-existent. And it's not because those who think the world will end if their candidate loses simply haven't considered trying it. Think about the risk versus the reward for someone who decides to cast an extra vote. The risk? A fine of up to $500 and possible jail time. For an illegal alien, deportation. And the reward? A single extra vote. Who in their right mind is going to take up those odds? It would be like stealing a single piece of candy, knowing that the punishment was watching nothing but C-SPAN for the rest of your life. It's the same for a party trying to organize wide-spread fraud to steal an election; think about the consequences of getting caught versus just spending the time and money on legit "get out the vote" efforts.
"But I'm sooooo lazy."
That's why nobody in their right mind does it -- a Justice Department review committee found virtually no evidence of any effort to skew federal elections. In reality, in only 1 out of every 15 million prospective voters can you find a case of such fraud. With 146 million registered voters in the United States, that's a whopping 10 cases in which voter ID laws would have stopped a crime. Not 10,000; just 10. That's probably not enough to swing the election for high school class president.
Compare that to 21 million potential voters who are disenfranchised by the same laws. For those of you playing at home, 21 million is a bit higher than 10. So it comes down to giving in to paranoia about a non-existent issue, or letting a significant portion of the population vote. Well this is America, land of the free, so we're obviously going to -- Aw fuck, turns out we're mostly going with paranoia.
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The 8 Most Bizarre Patron Saints
#4. Saint Polycarp of Smyrna: Patron Saint Against Dysentery and Earaches
How'd He Become a Saint?
Polycarp was a revered Christian leader who hobnobbed with John the Apostle and Ignatius of Antioch. When he was 86 he was sentenced to death, because his pursuers were opposed to just waiting. Polycarp was sentenced to be burned alive, but after being burned at the stake the flames did not harm him, which is truly miraculous. So they decided to stab him to death with daggers and then burn him. Which didn't go so miraculously.
So Why Against Dysentery?
Polycarp may be asking the same question, since the whole not burning could have led to something cool like Patron Saint of Stunt Men. Then again it's better than being for dysentery. Historically, Polycarp was known as a teacher and practical leader, not so much a vessel for supernatural Pepto Bismol. But much of his work was done in areas where people became afflicted with the disorder, and someone's got to take it. He's also against earache, so send some preemptive prayers Polycarp's way before you need help with either, or worse, both.
Possible Prayers:
"Listen bro, I haven't made it to mass while I was down here in Cancun on spring break, but like, I've got some of Montezuma's Revenge going on and I could use a little help."
"Oh, no! Help me Polycarp! I just bought these pants!"
#3. Saint Fiacre: Patron Saint of People with STDs
How'd He Become a Saint?
Fiacre's path to sainthood began with the lofty goal of living alone in the woods. The legend goes that he went to France and found some woods owned by the Bishop Faro, who offered him as much land as he could clear in one day. Fiacre agreed and used his magic spade to topple trees and uproot bushes. A local woman claimed witchcraft, but Bishop Faro declared it a miracle instead.
Fiacre got his woods but failed miserably at being alone. He built a hospice and used his miraculous healing touch to cure anyone in need. Unless you were a woman. He banned all women from his sacred place of hermitage.
So Why STDs?
As a sacred healer he could cure blindness, leprosy, tumors and more, all by touch. "More" also includes venereal disease. His patronage was assigned to the ailments he healed which means a lot of happy endings for 7th century dongs. He is also the Patron Saint of gardeners and cab drivers and we think that means you can bang gardeners and cab drivers condom free. It's cool. Just tell them good old St. Fiacre has your back. And your front. Basically wherever you catch sex grime.
Possible Prayers:
"Hey Fiacre, does whiskey and Cheetos make pee burn this bad or should I see a doctor?"
"I know you hate women and all, but can you make this a clean one? I'm out of rubbers and I will not use a sandwich bag again."
#2. Saint Cyprian of Antioch: Patron Saint of Occultists
How'd He Become a Saint?
Like all great stories of redemption Cyprian's starts with an attempted rape using demon minions.
As a pagan sorcerer who dealt with the devil, Cyprian wasn't great with the ladies and when he fell in love with a Christian woman named Justina he thought it best to use the black arts. Justina, who warded off dozens of hell spawned sexual assaults in her time, made the sign of the cross and repelled the evil spirits. Cyprian was freed from his own dark spells and became a priest and bishop, while his nonsexual friendship with Justina grew.
Then, you guessed it, both were ordered to be tortured and beheaded by Emperor Diocletian, the same guy who executed the patron saint of comedians up there. That dude was a Saint making machine.
So Why Occultists?
Well, other than the fact that he was basically Lord freaking Voldemort before his conversion, Cyprian also wrote a book of powerful spells. Spells that are as powerful as praying or invoking Saints. The book spread, being published in several languages and making Cyprian the patron saint of witches, sorcerers, and spiritual workers, good and evil, but more commonly ineffective and annoying.
Possible Prayers:
"As wiccan high priestess I invoke the name of Saint Cyprian to guide my level 3 charm spell on Zac Efron!"
"Cyprian, keep my magic dark, my powers strong and don't allow the jocks to throw piss balloons at me while I cry in the cemetery."
#1. Saint Jesus Malverde: Patron Saint of Drug Dealers
How'd He Become a Saint?
In all honesty, Jesus Malverde is not an officially recognized saint by the Vatican. But don't tell that to the countless believers who flock to his shrine and offer prayers. And doesn't that make him a lot like another Jesus we've all heard about? The answer is a definite why-the-hell-not.
Malverde is a folklore hero in Mexico and legend says he was a bandit killed by law enforcement on May 3rd 1909. His manner of demise often changes, from hanging to epic shootout, making his life a veritable choose-your-own-adventure of turn of the century Mexican violence. Some tales even say he was betrayed by a friend for a reward, while others claim he once turned water into black tar heroin.
So Why Drug Dealers?
In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Malverde has been turned into a Robin Hood figure, robbing from the rich and selling drugs for profit. This outlaw image made him popular amongst the poor and the drug trafficking business adopted him as their Patron Saint. He has a shrine in Culiacan where thousands travel to ask for miracles. Not being picked up by DEA while praying there is one such miracle.
Possible Prayers:
"May my sneakers be tied tight and the pigs fat and slow."
"Oh blessed Jesus Malverde, please don't let the K-9 unit sniff out the kilo of coke I have hidden in your hollow statue."
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I can't imagine it would be a problem.
Hashem blessed Avraham "והיה ברכה", which Rashi explains as "Blessings are given into your hand". That implies that we have the power (and responsibility) to disburse brochos. We also have a responsibility to educate the nations of the world about Hashem's existence, and this may be one way to do so.
Yaakov blessed Pharaoh when he came down to Egypt- and from that moment on the Nile rose to Pharaoh's feet whenever he approached it. I assume that your neighbor is a nicer guy than Phraoh ;)
You'll also see that various great rabbis throughout history blessed the gentiles that they encountered.
Assuming that you're not Jewish (from the tags) then it would be fine and probably appreciated.
Jews try to avoid saying G-d's name in conversation, but according to some halachic opinions, saying it in English isn't problematic.
I don't know if this a proof, but I thought that I'd share a related incident: When I went to get a blessing for a Jew from one of the most renowned English-speaking rabbis of our generation in Jerusalem, he asked for the person's name. I gave the name, and he said that the name wasn't Jewish, and that he wouldn't give a blessing to a non-Jew.


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Margaret Sedilko Ruman
Beloved mother and grandmother
Margaret was born on Oct. 1, 1933 in Dilltown, Pa., daughter of the late John and Helen (Simchock) Sedilko. She was raised in the coal mining towns of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, where her father and brothers worked in the mines.
She is survived by her son John and his wife Gale, of Canton, Mich., and her daughter Rachel Margaret Baird, as well as three grandchildren, Cliff Baird, Shawn Ruman and Kyle Ruman, and 16 nieces and nephews.
Margaret was predeceased by all of her nine brothers and sisters, Nick, Helen, Lizzie, Chip, Aggie, John, Eva, Andy and Polly, and a niece Patricia Bock.
Margaret graduated from Johnstown (Pa.) High School in 1952 and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. After serving four years in the USAF at Mather AFB, Calif. and Andrews AFB, Md., she settled into civilian life, worked, and earned her B.S. in business administration at the University of Baltimore at the age of 41 while raising her two children.
She was a secretary at a grade school for deaf children, owned and managed a small, neighborhood post office and worked for a Baltimore County school board before obtaining a position as a civilian employee for the U.S. Army at Fort Meade, Md.
During this period Margaret enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves. She retired from the military as a master sergeant (E8) after 20 years of service in 1993 and from her civilian government position in 1996.
One of her proudest achievements as a mother was her son's graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. She loved the Thayer Hotel at West Point and enjoyed watching her son in all the ceremonies that took place during his years at West Point, especially the annual Army-Navy football game.
In 1996 Margaret moved to Connecticut, where she and her daughter lived together in Litchfield until her passing on June 9, 2014. Along the way in Maryland and Connecticut, she cared for, spoke to and pampered six dogs, Brandi (1984-1995), Tasha (1995-2007), Sparky (1995-2013), Chloe (1999-2010), Charlie and Daisy. Charlie and Daisy miss Margaret deeply.
Even though retired in Connecticut, Margaret worked at a variety of jobs including a box factory, travel agency, and temple in West Hartford and Wisdom House in Litchfield. She also volunteered at The Litchfield Historical Society. She enjoyed lunches at the Sullivan Senior Center and went on trips through the center.
Margaret was an avid reader and movie fan. Her favorite actors were John Wayne and Paul Newman and her favorite author was Ken Follet. She adored Neil Diamond. The last book she read was "Until Tuesday" by former Capt. Luis Carlos Montalvan about the relationship between a therapy dog and an Iraqi war veteran.
Her strong Catholic faith during the past months provided strength for her family and an unforgettable lesson in life about duty, dignity and grace.
Margaret's life will be celebrated at a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 16, 2014 at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 49 South St., Litchfield. Burial will follow in St. Anthony Cemetery, Litchfield. Calling hours are from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 15, 2014 at Rowe Funeral Home, 283 Torrington Road (Route 202), Litchfield.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Smilow Cancer Center Hospital at Yale-New Haven of Torrington, 200 Kennedy Drive, Torrington, CT 06790 or a cancer research organization of choice.
Kindly visit www.rowefuneralhome.net to send the family an online condolence.
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CALGARY -- Two pipeline spills in northwest Canada are
ratcheting up scrutiny of North America's pipeline network,
amid several large, recent spills in the US and a boom in
crude production across the continent.
The Trans Mountain pipeline owned by Kinder Morgan Energy
Partners released a "small" amount of crude oil, equivalent to
about 12 bbl, in southwestern British Columbia near the town of
Kingsvale, the company said Thursday.
The spill followed Apache's
disclosure Wednesday of a pipeline spill in northern Alberta
earlier this month that released 2.5 million gallons of
contaminated water, affecting an area of about 104 acres.
The cause of both spills is under investigation by Canada's
chief federal energy regulator, the National Energy Board,
which said no injuries have been reported. These and other
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The issue is acute in Alberta, which depends on US
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to take Canadian crude to markets, executives and officials
have championed proposals for major pipeline expansions, including the Trans
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expected to issue a decision on later this year.
Kinder Morgan said in a statement that "a small amount of
light crude oil" was found on the surface of its right-of-way
as part of routine maintenance on the 300,000-bpd
pipeline, which connects the oil sands of Alberta to the
Pacific coast in Vancouver. Operating since 1953, it is the
only North American pipeline that carries both crude oil and
refined products to the Pacific coast.
The incident could complicate its plans to apply for a NEB
permit later this year to more than double the pipeline's
capacity to 890,000 bpd by 2017. It could also set back efforts
by Enbridge to build a brand new line, called Northern Gateway,
from Alberta to British Columbia's northern Pacific Coast. It
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opposition to their projects. The British Columbia
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Apache first reported its spill of so-called produced water
to the NEB on June 1, but didn't report the size of the
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|Length Overall
|27' 6''
8.38 m
|Dry Weight
5,500 lbs.
2,495 kg.
8' 6''
2.59 m
|Tested Weight
.99 m
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
50 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
10 gal.
|21 deg.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
4' 11''
1.50 m W/O Bimini
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|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
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1 x 320-hp Volvo Penta 5.7 GXiC DP
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The 26 SD is Cobalt's sole deckboat model and it's first since 2000.
Captain's Report by Dan Armitage
The Mission
The new 26 SD has been designed and built from the ground up to be the premier deckboat on the market. Cobalt has worked hard to build a genuine hybrid, a runabout with all the room and openness of a deckboat, the performance of a sportboat, and with plenty of power for skiing and wakeboarding. Let's see how it did…
The most significant "fun" feature aboard the 26 SD is found at the transom.
Distinguishing Features
Overall styling, execution and design. We think that Cobalt has accomplished what it set out to do with the 26 SD -- she is certainly distinctive and virtually everything on the boat is executed with top-level quality. For example the helm seat is extra large and robust. The bow is sculptured and avoids the pickle-fork look even though it has two, wide split chines. Most things that you will need such as a tow pylon come standard.
Submersible swim platform. First introduced last year on another model, Cobalt has a patent on it and it is popular.
High freeboard. The first generation of deckboats had low freeboard and were designed for small lakes. Now, 20 years later freeboards have been getting higher as consumers want to use this type of boat on bigger water and stay dry. The freeboard on the Cobalt 26 SD is about as high as we've seen in this size deckboat.
Hull color at no extra charge. Regular readers know that we like colored hulls and think they are worth the extra money most builders charge. On the 26 SD, Cobalt offers your choice of 10 colors other than white at no extra charge.
Cobalt's 26 SD has wide split chines that carry the wide beam forward but she does not have the pickle-fork deck layout that more new generation deckboats seem to have. We'd like to see the bow cleats closer to the bow so they can be used for the anchor rode as well as for mooring.
Entertainment center or bench seat option. Few companies offer consumers the option of a wet bar in the cockpit or a bench seat, your choice at no extra charge. We like this option.
Bow seating is different. Cobalt has departed from conventional wisdom and converted the starboard lounge platform/seat to a forward facing seat with the foot well extended in front. We like this and think they should do it on the port side as well.
Kevlar in the keel. A few builders are putting a layer of puncture-resistant Kevlar in the hull at the keel but not many. The 26 SD has Kevlar protection (and it also saves some weight.)
Warranty is one of the best. Cobalt has a 10-year limited warranty on its hull, deck and stringers, a five-year warranty on most items of equipment inside the boat including the engine and lower unit, and three-year warrantees on things like upholstery, canvas and components that Cobalt manufacturers. There is a three-year warranty against blistering. All of the warrantees are transferable.
The Swim Step simply folds out and down off the swim platform.
Patented Submersible Swim Platform
Cobalt designers realize that maximizing available fun on the water often involves getting into it as well. And out. To make that transition from boat to water to back on boat as easy and painless as possible, Cobalt developed the Swim Step. The integrated step panel folds down from the surface of the platform into the water to offer a step that is both broad and wide to provide a comfortable "leg-up" for passengers -- and even their water-loving canine friends.
When fully deployed it offers a welcome step into – and out of – the water off the Cobalt's transom. (Pictured here on a Cobalt 242 model.)
A "Sof-Trac Positive Traction Mat Kit" for the swim platform and step is optional.
Broad Bow Area
In a deckboat it is all about the bow. In order to create more room in the bow cockpit the boat's 8'6" (2.59 m) beam must be taken forward. That creates the room in the bow cockpit needed to create a true deckboat. Cobalt has approached this concept in a new way and created an unusual solution.
Let's start with those stainless steel eyebrows. The standard equipment brows at the bow shield a battery of ten LED docking lights. The in-your-face view also shows the exaggerated deep reverse chine and the blunt end to them without the typical pickle-fork bow. Note the sharp deadrise at the bow that should keep this boat from pounding.
Those bright-eyed brows flank an equally stainless boarding ladder that combines creative telescoping and folding features to allow it to extend three steps deep to easily reach the beach. An anchor locker is located under the hatch that also hides the ladder.
The 26 SD's beam-wide, deckboat-style bow design is the most creative and multi-functional we have seen in class. Most deckboats and bowriders simply have bench seats port and starboard. The Cobalt 26 SD can be configured in the conventional way with an insert on the starboard side -- or, as shown here with a lounger to port and a seat to starboard.
The bow seating area features flip-down armrests on angled seatbacks to port and starboard that are standard. A hinged seat panel folds under the starboard seat to convert it from a lounge to offer better access from the bow when docking the boat and to eliminate foot traffic on the upholstery when boarding from the bow. Optional inserts can create a fully padded sun deck.
Open Cockpit
Since deckboats are used for all sorts of activities Cobalt has had to make its aft cockpit as versatile as possible. It has done that in a number of ways. First, it has employed a movable seat back for both the companion seat to port, and the bench seat forward of the engine box. In that way the companion can face forward and be the navigator, or reverse the seat back, sit in the lounger and keep an eye on the end of the tow rope.
By installing a large entertainment console to starboard the 26 SD is designed for those who like to party hard. If the owner will be more pre-occupied with other water sports and wants to sit as many people as possible, then the console comes out and a bench seat goes it -- at no extra charge.
The Cobalt's console and cockpit areas offer a decent amount of leg and lounging room with extra-wide helm and passenger seats. The passenger seat backrest reclines fore or aft to create lounge seating. Underfoot is 40-ounce, snap-in marine carpeting with neoprene backing as standard equipment. Sea Grass Sisal carpeting is an option.
The wheel is wrapped in leather. On the instrument panel Cobalt uses Nautalex vinyl trim which looks like leather. It is custom stitched to surround and shade standard Medallion multi-function gauges with digital readouts for water depth, surface temperature, and compass. Below the gauges are illuminated push-button accessory controls.
Spacious Headroom
The 26 footer's passenger console hides a huge head compartment for a deckboat in this class, complete with sink and roomy enough to serve as a changing room. The Porta-Potti is standard but there are permanent facilities on the option list. Optional Sea Grass Sisal carpet is shown. Note that the door faces aft but wraps around to the side of the passageway to the bow. This makes it far easier for everyone to easily get in and out of the head.
The cockpit entertainment center, to starboard, is shown here with the optional refrigerator. Note the stitched bolster pad that surrounds the unit and the contoured shape that leads to Cobalt's walk-through transom.
Convertible Transom Seating
The flip-flop backrest for the cockpit bench seat allows for aft-facing lounging on a double-wide sunpad. The swim deck with standard Swim Step is shown in the deployed position.
Cobalt's Three Position Aft Lounge coverts to create various seating options and is standard on the 26 SD.
Runabout Performance
The Kevlar-reinforced hull is designed to provide a comfortable ride in waters that would keep many deckboats at bay.
The 26 SD's progressive deadrise hull features large reverse chines to reduce spray and an extended running surface. The bottom has a 21-degree deadrise at the transom. The hull is constructed using what Cobalt refers to as a "Hydro-Lam" process that alternates eight layers of hand-laid fiberglass mat and woven roving. A Z-thane barrier coat is added between the glass and the gelcoat to reduce the chance of blistering. (All Cobalt boats are warranted against blistering for three years.)
The deckboat's 26'7" (8.07 m) hull is rated to 430-hp. Powered by an optional 8.2 L sterndrive, Cobalt reports a top speed for the 26 SD of 51 mph at 4800 rpm. Cobalt says best cruising speed was 30 mph turning 3000 rpm. At that pace the boat burned 11.2 gph and got 2.7 mpg. We have not tested the boat so cannot independently confirm this data or give more specifics.
Power options available with the new Cobalt range from 320- to 430-hp. The 26 SD comes standard with a 320-hp Volvo Penta 5.7 L GXiC DP sterndrive with a base MSRP of $99,727. At the high end of the horsepower range is the MerCruiser 8.2 MAG HO ECT BIII 430-hp engine. With that engine the boat has a base price of $117,347.
Cobalt's new deckboat downright beckons passengers with broad, deeply padded seats, armrests, bench seats with adjustable backrests and easy access to and from the water at the bow and the stern.
The last year or so deckboats have accounted for about 15% of the sterndrive market. Cobalt's re-entry into the deckboat business is notable because now virtually every major sportboat builder in the U.S. has a relatively new large deckboat in its line up. That must mean that this type boat is growing in popularity.
Cobalt positions its boats at the very top level of sportboats and generally we heartily agree with that assessment. Historically its fit-and-finish, equipment, and aftermarket service have all been exceptional and we would expect all of those elements to be firmly in place with the new 26 SD as well. However, as a caveat, we have not tested this boat so we are only going on past experience with Cobalt.
Cobalt has also had a reputation for being one of the most expensive brands on the market. Yet the last year or so we have noticed that its new boats have been priced more competitively than before. Obviously Cobalt wanted to be able to offer this new 26 SD for an MSRP price under $100,000 and it has done that with a well-equipped and robustly-powered boat.
When we look at the options list and add up what we think also should be on the boat, we come up with a total figure of $106,795 which is not far above the 26's base MSRP price. The options we would put aboard are: Bimini top ($2,090), mooring cover ($1,290), bow and transom shower ($690), flagpole with flag ($621), dinette table with bow and cockpit receptacle ($923), air compressor with holder ($191), trim tabs ($1,263), plus some electronics, of course.
|Marine Electronics
|Battery Charger/Converter
|Head: Portable
|Head: Fixed
|Trim Tabs
|Exterior Features
|Carpet: Cockpit
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Wet bar
|Bimini Top
|Cockpit Cover
= Standard = Optional
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|Pricing Range
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