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My big Multiplayer Guide from Penny Arcade
In order to spark more interest in the game, I wrote a multiplayer guide and put it in Penny Arcade, where the game was gaining a bad reputation because of the RTS elements. I'm proud to say I got a lot of people to buy the game, and I'm do the best I can to show support to Double Fine.
For years I waited for a game like Battlezone 1 and 2, and others for a game like Sacrifice. Who would of thought it would be Double Fine to pull it off? On a console no less!
Over time, I met top players who helped write the guide. Kor of Memory in particular deserves a ton of credit for creating the HP data, and being the genuine best player of this game.
The community interest over there is slipping away (not so much that but that nobody but a close circle is keeping the thread active), so I'm putting the guide in other places as well. Enjoy!
Commanding, dare I say Controlling, YOUR ARMY
Holding the right shoulder button brings up a wheel with the different units you can build, straight out of Halo Wars. Once you have units, the D Pad will command them.
Attack - Everything in that general direction must die!
Sets an orange beacon to which allies will approach and attack enemies.
Follow - Be with me.
Puts a pink beacon on you causing unis who heard the command to move to your location no matter how far you are.
Stop/Defend - Rigor Mortis. Pretend you have it.
Sets a blue beacon on your position. Units will stop attacking or moving, and move to that position and attack anyone nearby.
Go to Beacon - Your motion pleases me
The most important command, causes units to move to the beacon you set.
The Beacon appears with the left shoulder button, and you will use it more than any other command. Hold it down and a pillar of light will appear, that you can move anywhere. From one side of the map to the other. In key structures, it will stretch out for ease of use.
If you have units that are far away, beams of light from the sky will shine on them. The color tells you what they are doing, and the colors correspond to the commands listed above.
You will be using individual commands minimally in this game.
1. You go to a unit and hold Y (If you want them to go to a beacon, make sure its set already.)
2. Your avatar will say something like "Wait!" or "Listen!" All units in the general area will stop moving.
3. The unit you are closest to will glow.
4. Issue the command. You wont hear anything from the avatar.
5. Release Y to execute. You avatar will say something like "Those are your orders!"
Some solos are not just in the single player. They are key mechanics for Stage Battles, and are common to each faction. Here they are
Fan Tribute - Do you see how they love me so?
When theres a rock stage in the area, spirits of the earth rise up in search of some ****in metal. The key to gathering resources, cast this to claim the geyser and send the spirits to your stage so they can enjoy your music and power your army. You'll see them fly to your stage and begin moshing.
*If there is just two avatars by a geyser, whoever completes Fan Tribute first claims it.
*If your opponent has units near the geyser but you don't, you will see the geyser as red and cannot cast Fan Tribute, but they can.
*If you both have units near it, you both will see it as red, and whoever wipes out the opponents units first will see it change to green.
*When a geyser is green, no enemy units are around and you can claim it.
*Avatars cannot contest the geyser. Only the presence of your units can.
Rally Army - Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY, come here right now!
If you need a moment of massive offense/defense, cast this and all units will head straight to your spot. Different from the Summon Flag.
Summon Flag - Hey, check out my flag!
This simple 3 note song sets a flag in the ground. When a unit spawns, it will automatically go there. You can pick it up with the Double Team button and set it somewhere else (I recommend this), or just keep it on you so that allies just come to you. (I do not recommend this. Your character is too fast and important for this. It's good for beginners though.)
The name varies between factions, but each character has their own car that only they can use. Cast it to throw off your opponents early ground game, as you can run over infantry with it. If its destroyed, you can cast it again to your hearts delight. Dont neglect it in your early game.
YOUR STAGE - How to check health, and use it's features.
Your stage is your base. It consumes fandom to create units, and can be upgraded. It plays music based on the Faction you are playing. Your mission is to destroy your opponent's base while defending yours.
In the event you are on the defensive, your Stage has Double Teams of it's own. Walk to the center of the stage Double Team with the microphone. You can blare the speakers on each side to blast melee opponents away with the trigger buttons. You can slow enemies down with fog, or if you have too much time on your hands, change the song playing.
When I say this game has no HUD I mean it. Your stage's health is represented by a group of orange spotlights, each one representing 10% of it's health. When taking damage, they will fall off. You can heal your stage by 10% while at the microphone. But it costs 200 fans.
If you fly high to the top of the stage, you can Double-Team with one of two spotlights to fire powerful blasts of lasers on enemies below you. Hold the attack button to make it even more powerful.
- Heavy Metal
Eddie Riggs's metal themed faction, filled with fire, engines, machinery, leather, rage, passion and energy. The Fire Beasts will incarnate. Single player revolves entirely around Eddie developing this faction.
Ironheade Car The Deuce.
"Oohoohoo, hello! <3 Looks like it's working already..."
Ironheade Solo Spells
Face Melter
Bet you wish you wore a bib, cause' now you got face all over your shirt!
Eddie's nuke solo, which causes damage over a small radios. Infantry who die get their faces melted off. Use it often!
Call of the Wild
Call of the Wiiiiiilllllld was my favorite Booooooook!
This spell summons animals found throughout the world, but what animals are dependent on your Tech level. Tier 2 summons four Raptor Elks. Tier 3 summons two Tollusks. Final Tier summons a Hextadon. Beware. The spell always has a 25% chance of summoning Ground Urchins instead.
Battle Cry
If you're heart's not palpitating now, call your doctor, cause you are DEAD!
In the story, it compels the Headbangers to join. But really, its a buff that strengthens allies around you.
Rock Block
Sorry if I messed up your batting order!
Stops troop development of the enemy stage for 20 seconds. Use it when you want some offensive momentum. WARNING - DOES NOT WORK ON TAINTED COIL HIERARCHY UNITS!
Light of Dawn
Oh, mighty sun, please burn away the creatures of the night from this land while I enjoy coffee and bacon!
This spell makes a bright sunrise stopping all enemy buffs and debuffs. The bane of Drowning Dooms existence. This spell takes long to cast.
Bring it on Home
Oh, no! The Metal Gods are still using Hydrogen!
His most powerful spell, it summons a goddamn Hydrogen-Filled Zeppelin of Lead to crash into the area directly above Eddie, causing massive damage and leaving the area on fire. Aim it carefully, its 10 notes, powerful, and has a cool down time of five minutes. Dont waste it.
Ironheade Lvl 1 Units.
Lars: But I mean...what you do with a bunch of kids who don't know how to do anything but bang their heads all day?
Eddie : *Shedding manly tears* You start a revolution, Lars.
Eddie's basic melee infantry. After years of devolution, these former slaves knew nothing in life but crushing rocks with their heads. But Eddie's music compelled them to bang their heads for better reasons.
Double Team: The headbangers that are in the area will circle Eddie and bang their heads in a formation that causes damage to enemies who get too close, or if they survive, go flying.
Razor Girls
(It's like they're born warriors!) I know! I think I'm gonna cry!
Eddie's basic long-range infantry. Rescued by Ophelia, these former slaves sport their favorite weapon: a cannon made from the guts of a Razorfire Boar, a living motorcycle.
Double Team: Eddie sits one girl on his shoulder and changes her shot into a powerful cannon. It feels like a shotgun, but it has incredible range. Super effective.
Marchin' off to war!
Eddie's healer vehicle. Lemmy Killmister of Motorhead fame leaves his lair and puts his healing abilities to use. He heals your units passively, and is not meant for fighting.
Double Team: Eddie will hitch a ride, then you can control and fire short range bursts of bass that paralyze infantry or vehicles over a small radius. Also, allies around Lemmy will heal even faster.
Ironheade Lvl 2.
Fire Barons
Is this the outfit that murdered the General? Alright then...BURN THE OTHER GUYS!
A light anti-infantry vehicle unit. A mysterious clan of pyros led by Rob Halford who ride on motorcycles and toss molotovs at enemies for a burning effect, devastating to infantry.
Double Team: Eddie rides on the motorcycle , then you hold A to start a trail of fire behind you. Complete a loop to make a powerful barrier of fire that shrinks, causing massive damage to enemies who walk through it.
A Heavy Ranged Vehicle. Reversed engineered from the enemies crossbow towers, it is now attached to a slow vehicle.
Double Team: Gives you the ability to steer and shoot, and its crossbow fires more rapidly and becomes explosive. Good for attacking vehicles, or even structures.
Lvl 3 Units
Metal Beast
Are you here for the Mating Challenge? <3
An anti-infantry who is also infantry. Rima (Lita Ford) rides a Metal Beast, which the power to breathe fire over a wide arc. It also moves very fast.
Double Team: Gives you the controls over movement and fire. Use it to slaughter infantry and take down large infantry while using speed to evade attacks the AI would normally ignore. BUT BEWARE, ITS USELESS ON VEHICLES!
I'm helping!
Your Anti-Vehicle Infantry. The former whip cracking officers of Lionwhytes army, now liberated. They are heavy infantry that are very effective against vehicles.
Double Team: Eddie lifts the Bouncer on his shoulders, and then throws him for a big shockwave that damages enemies over a big radius.
Ooh! Shreddie Eddie!
A Steath, anti-structure infantry. In this metal world, these roadies are not just unnoticeable, they become invisible. They do severe damage to buildings. One squad can level a booth in seconds. Two squads can level the stage in seconds! But if they get spotted up close by the enemy or leader, they can get killed quick.
Double Team: Eddie stands on the speaker and becomes invisible too, giving you control over movement and attacks. The speaker blast becomes more powerful, and can send an avatar flying, stopping them from protecting the geyser.
Final Unit
Who else feels like taking on the world?!
Reverse engineered from a stone roller, it is the final unit. A portable stage that can crush enemies and buffs allies around it by carrying your stage's music. It passively slings mortars at enemies, and units and structures of every type will be severely damaged by it's rolling grinders in the front.
Double Team: Eddie stands in the center of the portable stage, and can steer the vehicle over enemies and structures. You also get the most powerful Double Team attack, called the Bladehenge Assault, which traps and crushes enemies over a big circle you aim and fire. It's cooldown is very long, so keep it surrounded by now-buffed allies and hop out every now and then to attack as well.
Drowning Doom
- Death/Black Metal
Oozing depression, dark colors and sickliness, it sucks the life out of everything around it. The spiritual opposite of Ironheade. Alone, some units are weak, and DD is the only faction that does not have buffs. But it does has the most debuffs, courtesy of depressing goth and epic black metal, storm clouds, black tears and ash. It makes DD more about weakening the opponent then building up the allies.
Drowning Doom Car The Hearse
Hi Eddie! I finally got a car. It has a seat in the back just for you!
Drowning Doom Unit Data
Drowning Doom Solos
Wraps the enemy leaders head in mummy bandages, blocking all commands and guitar use. Only works at close range, so anticipate when they are coming to you.
Black Tear Infusion
He loves me, he loves me not.
Spreads Black Tear flower petals from the ground, healing allies around the casting area for a short time. Kinda sucks, but use it often.
Shadow Blast
The DD nuke solo, it causes damage to enemies close by. They also get blown away a good distance.
Encompassing Gloom
You're stage seems to be suffering from a case of On-Set Depression!
Makes the sky go dark, stopping enemy troop production. It works no matter what. Even on Tainted Coil's building units. Devastating to any faction!
Baleful Misdirection
Creates a duplicate of any unit that you can currently produce. It will appear blue and transparent. But to AI, and even the enemy player, it will look real, and take hits like a real unit. It takes up unit load, but follows your orders. Things that it attacks will send a warning to the enemy just like a real unit would, so careful choice of the unit you copy will make it more believable, diverting enemy attention. When it dies, it vanishes in a blue flame, giving away that it's a fake.
Veil of Deciet
Get under my skirt!
Spreads a fog that makes your units invisible until they attack. Use it to slip behind enemy detection, or behind a Rockcrusher...
As long as your units don't attack, they remain in visible to enemies and the avatar. Great for attacking a stage or avoiding danger.
Weeping Heavens
I have enough tears for a hundred eyes!
The final spell, it launches artillery sized eyeballs from your stage, raining Black Tears to destroy enemies. Once cast, a glowing eye will appear above your head. This is where the artillery will fall all around you. BEWARE. The attack launches from your stage to just past your position. Keep note of where your stage is, because in weird shaped maps like Bleeding Coast, the attack comes sideways.
Drowning Doom Units
Lvl 1 Units
Grave Digger
That song makes me want to kill myself, but in a good way!
DD basic infantry. Is it a zombie? No, wait! Its just some emo ****er. Or perhaps both? Weak, but they come in a group of six, the largest of all infantry. Why? Big groups help them express their individuality -_-
Double Team: Buries you underground, allowing you to move around until you gush back up, creating an explosion that blows away enemies. It's great for hiding from damage, and good at removing leeches from geysers. This is very powerful.
The Bride
Leave ME at the altar, will you?!
A debuff infantry. A glowing blue spirit of a woman in a bridal dress who never bagged a man in life, everywhere they go, storm clouds hover above that debuff enemies and slow them down, infantry or vehicle. Each time they sustain damage, they automatically shoot lightning in retaliation. You can only make three, because when all three are together, they can slow down the enemy by 75%. Always have three, and have them close, and your enemy will hardly function around them.
Double Team: You'll dance with her, and shoot bolts of lightning. 11 shots can remove a leech. Great for harassing infantry.
Let me touch that beautiful hair!
A long-range infantry. A head of a woman who washed her hair in the Black Tears, giving it supernatural beauty. In death, their heads came back to life on their own, using their hair as new legs and arms. Because they are alone, they hit harder, faster, and have more health than any other long range infantry. But that makes them big targets for the enemy avatar too.
Double Team: You can lift and throw the Frightwig at an enemy unit, forcing it to attack allies (think Headcrab). But if the unit gets hit too much, the Frightwig will die instead. Otherwise both the unit and Frightwig will die. It can steal any unit except Tainted Coil's three building units. Steal Rockcrushers. Often.
Lvl 2 Units
Lead my rats to victory!
Anti-infantry, Infantry unit. This bloated piece of Eurotrash's belly is bloated from housing dozens of plague-ridden rats. He regularly vomits them out, then they seek out and munch on infantry.
Double Team: He devours you, and then vomits you out. You turn into the cluster of rats, giving you control over the enemies you devour. This means you can hide the Ratgut from a distance while you attack infantry. Especially if you cast Veil of Deciet on the Ratgut.
Is this song making you feel a little...impotent?
Debuff Vehicle A church organ on wheels, its depressing music debuffs everyone around it. (indicated by units glowing blue.) They are cheap to build, and if you build multiple, their debuff stacks.
Double Team: You can drive, and launch the Organist's controller, who can posses any unit other than TC's three hierarchy units. Unlike Frightwigs, you get direct control over the enemy unit. If you don't want the responcebility, drive the controlled unit off a cliff!
Lightning Rod
Lets go see the Governor!
Heavy Vehicle unit. A hot rod, controlled and powered by Sparky, a dude in an electric chair. It fires bolts of lightning at enemies. But without Double Team, it doesn't shoot as fast and strong as it could during Double Team.
Double Team: Puts you in the drivers seat, and gives you aim of its lightning bolt. When fully charged, the bolt can zap multiple enemies at once, and severely damage the unit you shot it at.
Lvl 3 Units
Nobody here but us babies!
Tiny vehicle, also anti- vehicle. A tiny evil baby carriage. The tiniest vehicle in the game, it looks like infantry, but it is in fact a vehicle, making it fire resistant. It launches evil dolls that can shred apart vehicles. They are cheap and quick to make, making them important for tearing apart enemy vehicles in groups.
Double Team: Drives the Brood, and prepares a suicide attack. When you attack, it is launched forward and will self-destruct upon impact, launching multiple evil dolls everywhere that will automatically latch on to enemies.
Hey! Can you hear me though those headphones?
Fast infantry. Death himself, sporting a ghostly horse, scythe, and some kickass headphones. A fast and powerful unit, he rides around slashing enemies for huge damage and speed. But with low health and high price of 200, they're not too great.
Double Team: You ride the horse. Your presence causes enemy infantry to run away in fear. You can also slash enemies, but it's hard to aim.
Riiiiiide wiiiiith meeeeee...
Final Debuff Vehicle. A mysterious hot air balloon that spreads crematory ashes that reduce enemy defense. It works on units and structres. EVEN THE STAGE. You won't see it working but your enemy can (the screen becomes dark in it's proximity.) Practically mandatory for attacking the stage. One Dirigble, while you Double Team with a Lightning Rod, can kill the stage in a few seconds of fully changed shots. It has a very high amount of health, so Double Teaming is a great way to hide from damage.
Double Team: You take control of it as it soars high above the ground. You can then chuck urns directly underneath you. These funeral urns spread ashes that damage enemies and send them flying, and heal allies at the same time.
Final Unit
Come out! Don't be shy.
A huge terrifying tree monster with a massive murder of crows living in its canopy, swooping down and murdering enemies. The crows automatically munch on enemies. During Double Team, you sit in the tree while the creature carrying it rises and can now have a devastating stomping attack while the crows continue to munch on enemies. Wait until you have the Treeback where you want it to be, because it moves faster when not in Double Team. Then hop in and squish enemies, the stage, or reckless avatars who tend not to take them seriously.
Tainted Coil
- Industrial Metal
The Industrial Metal faction, led by the villain, Emperor Doviculus (Tim Curry). The units are all demonic looking, with hints of S&M that hold their squishy, skinless bodies together. This is the only faction in which units can spawn other units on the field, away from your stage. That makes these guys are the Zerg. The best opening act, they can overwhelm you by spawning enemies anywhere they want. Hands down, Doviculus has some of the worst Solos, and the least amount of Double Teams. But due to their focus on numbers, they can overwhelm other factions in a short amount of time. Also, the hierarchy allows powerful upgrades to all Lvl 1 and Lvl 2 Units.
Tainted Coil Car The Chariot A War Chariot fit for an antagonist.
Tainted Coil Data
Tainted Coil Solos
Chains of Hell
Relax! It is pointless to resist.
Chains shoot from the ground and latch on to the enemy avatar, stopping all movement.
Feeeed from my veins, children!
The basic TC Buff, it severely damages yourself to inspire your allies to fight harder AND MOVE FASTER. It's four notes, and each note causes 2.5 damage to yourself. This is a total of 10 dmg, making it very risking to perform when your opponent is watching. It's also possible to die before you complete it!
- Let your veins RUN THICK WITH MY DISEASE!
The TC Nuke Solo, it causes 4 damage immediately, then poisons enemies for 12 seconds for 6 more damage, totaling 10.
Summon Agony Boil
Mmmhmhmhm. A promising pustule.
Creates a squishy, evil proximity mine that grows over time. Use it on things you wish to defend, on spots you expect the AI
to accidentally step on.
Summon Tick Choppers
A freebie unit, like Call of the Wild, this summons four Tick Choppers you faced in the Campaign. They will appear at your stage immediately when you summon it.
Skies Afire
The skies burn with evil, and the closer your units are to your stage, the more powerful they become. It's only useful for defense. Everything looks black and white.
Launch of Death
If you created the final unit (Bleeding Death), move to an area and cast this to launch it to your position and set it loose. Anything too close to the place it lands will instantly die.
Lvl 1 Units
Battle Nun
You may call me Mother Ultra Superior, children!
The Lvl 1 Production unit. These tall, svelte demonic nuns come directly from the stage and don't do too much on their own.
Double Team - Builds the other Lvl 1 Units.
Soul Kisser
Would you like to fly?
A melee infantry. These ladies are covered in kinky leather and have hair made of meshing shears, which they use to attack.
Double Team: You pick one up and can throw it in a small but powerful suicide blast. Throwing two can remove a Leech. Throwing one can severely damage an avatar.
Punishing Party
A Ranged infantry. This unit is the most complex of all the ranged infantry. It consists of a group of dominatrices and one massive gimp, called The Pinboy. His body is covered in arrows piercing his back, which the girls yank out and throw. The Pinboy himself can melee attack. If all the girls die he commits suicide regardless if you are Double Teaming or not. The suicide blast does small damage to enemies.
Double Team: Doviculus jumps atop The Pinboy and is able to manually throw spears at a target much more rapidly than the Dominatrices. This Double Team is very potent, and enemy avatars will have great trouble trying to deal with it. The girls themselves do not have a double team.
Lvl 2 Units
You see? MINE are bigger!
Your Lvl 2 Production unit. These dark priests fight from long range by firing magic blasts from their evil book.
Double Team - Builds Lvl 2 units, or a Superior Battle Nun, which in turn builds Superior Lvl 1 units.
Skull Raker
This is the greatest moment of my life!
A Heavy Infantry. A huge monster whose head is actually a mace on a chain that it swings at enemies. It has the mind of an infant, but is incredibly powerful, and the key to defeating Baron Rushes.
Double Team, you ride it's empty neck, and can then aim and swat the mace at enemies. Also, if you move long distances, it will begin to dash for extra speed.
I was told that I was signing up for a Spa Day!
A Support Vehicle. This terrifying car has no attacks. Instead, the poor Screamin' Demon [David Cross] lies strapped in the center, and is tortured various ways. The powerful screams motivate your army with one of different buffs.
Double Team puts you at the wheel. Though it has no attacks, the front has spikes that can impale enemies as you drive, and you can cycle between the three tortures for one of three buffs. Hot oil increases defense (units glow white). Stretching increases attack (glowing red). Fire speeds up production rates for the three building units (glowing orange). Choose carefully. (It's always Oil by default)
Pain Lifter
Your pain is a beautiful gift.
An Artillery Vehicle. Coil flesh-farm specialists take a core of sharp, disease-ridden medical waste and grow a helpless creature around it, informally named the "Agony Ball". When fired, it explodes on enemies.
Double Team: lets you steer, control where attacks go, and you can roll the ball to greater distances for even greater range. Devastating to infantry.
Tick Chopper
Let the ticks fall where they may!
A tertiary vehicle. Only summon-able by guitar solo available at Lvl 2. They are a weak freebie unit that gets summoned at the stage. They fling Metal Ticks at their enemies that suck blood until they burst. They have no Double Team and are not very strong. But they have a slight healing effect around them. Use them to harass unguarded areas or cause confusion.
Lvl 3 Units
May I kneel...at your altar?
The Lvl 3 Production Unit. The Overblesser is the singular leader of the Coil's hierarchy class. He sits atop a huge four-legged alter and fires long range magical blasts like the Warfather.
Double Team: Builds Lvl 3 units. He can also make a Superior Warfather, which will make Superior Lvl 2 Units, and a Divine Battle Nun, which can make the very strongest possible Lvl 1 units.
Heart Cutter
I'm not worried! It's not MY heart.
A Ranged, Vehicular, Anti-Vehicle Unit. This car has a giant heart, that when stabbed, causes spikes to burst out of the ground, impaling infantry or vehicles. Vehicles in particular suffer severe damage.
Double Team: You can aim where the attack appears, which becomes larger and more powerful.
Hate Cage
- AHAHA! I LOVE IT up here!
A Massive Ranged Infantry. The Hate Cage is really two distinct creatures - the gigantic (if mindless) legs and the caged demon, who is nothing more than a twisted lump of pure, unfiltered hate. It passively spits liquid hate at enemies, lowering defense. This unit has a disappointingly low amount of health though.
Double Team: Doviculus rides the cage and can stomp on enemies.
Final Unit
Bleeding Death
- My child...come out and play!
Tainted Coil's Final Unit. Prior to battle, the loathsome Bleeding Death is stuffed violently into its ballistic iron maiden. When the maiden is fired by the Coil's Pain Cannon and the Bleeding Death is finally unleashed upon the battlefield, it brings with it complete destruction. Mortally perforated by its prison, the creature slowly bleeds to death, even while bringing destruction to its foes.
Double Team: There is NO Double Team and it WILL NOT obey orders. When you perform Launch of Death, you can decide where it will land and start it's rampage. It's very powerful, but can be killed easily if your opponent is guarding the stage with fog and spotlights. Martyrdom will make it even more powerful.
HP Data - Courtesy of Kor
Originally Posted by
Now, remember this is all based on one axe swing equaling 1hp worth of damage. It should be noted that the standard A, A, A, A combo also only does 4hp of damage, there is not a powerful combo in there. It should also be noted that the standard X button attack (lightning) has a tiny DoT(Damage over Time) to it. Enough that the DoT itself probably hits 1hp.
Hints from Tim Schafer
Tim Schafer says if you treat this like an RTS, you're doing it wrong. Which makes sense. The strongest unit is you!
Multiplayer Advice - Courtesy of the late Bill Hicks
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Enjoy Summer Flavor All Year
by Michele Mierwald, '11, chef/owner, Sweet Heat Gourmet.
Michelle Mierwald, a 2011 graduate of culinary arts technology, shared one of her ideas for preserving your garden's bounty.
After graduation, Mierwald, who lives in State College, started Sweet Heat Gourmet, where she produces hot sauce, barbecue sauce and a variety of other products, all using products from local farmers.
Garden Salsa (yields 6 pints or so)
6 pounds of tomatoes
Skin and seeds removed
9 chili peppers
Depending on how much heat you like. You can add jalapenos, serranos, etc.
3 cups diced red onion
Again, don't be afraid to play around with this; if you like Vidalias, use those, or white Spanish onions. You can add less or more depending on whether you like or don't like an "oniony" flavor.
1½ cups chopped cilantro
I add less to my salsa; I'm not a huge fan of cilantro.
15 cloves of garlic
You can also roast the garlic first; the garlic will become sweeter and have a toned-down flavor. Just cut the top off the bulb, rub it in oil, tightly wrap it in foil and roast in an oven until the cloves are soft.
1 tablespoon of salt
¾ teaspoons of chili flakes
Again, add more or less depending on your heat tolerance.
¾ cup red wine vinegar
Important to keep the recipe high-acid.
Other ingredients you can add to this recipe to make it your own: lime juice, black beans, white beans, yellow or green squash – anything you have an abundance of in your garden will probably taste good in a garden salsa. Don't be afraid to play around with your ingredients!
After you have all your ingredients, put them in a pot and bring it up to a simmer. I simmer mine about 10 minutes, just until I know it is heated through all the way. If you prefer, you can simmer it longer, depending on how you want your salsa to come out.
Heat the water in your canner to a simmer, about 180 degrees. Place the empty jars in the water, to disinfect and cleanse them, for about 10 minutes.
Take them out and add the hot salsa to the hot jars. This is called "hot packing." Place a knife along the side of the jar and gently push on the salsa to release any air bubbles. Fill the jars and leave about a half-inch of head space.
Place the lids and bands in the hot water to disinfect and heat up, as well. Place the lids and bands on top of the jars.
Place the salsa-filled jars back in the hot water, making sure there is enough water to cover all the jars by at least an inch. Turn the heat up (this is important), and bring to a rolling boil. The water has to be at least 212 degrees and must process at a rolling boil for at least 15 minutes.
Remove the jars. Let them cool on the counter with at least 2 inches of space between them for 12 to 24 hours. Enjoy listening to the "popping" noise the lids make as they cool; this means they were canned properly and have sealed!
I like this recipe because you don't have to pressure-cook it. You have to pressure-cook foods that are low in acid; since the recipe is high in acid, it's done in a hot-water bath instead.
You should make sure you have the right equipment. You do need a canner for this recipe, or any canning recipe. It comes with a "shelf" that the jars sit on, so they are not directly sitting on the bottom of the pot, which could be dangerous.
And I'd tell anyone, don't be intimidated by canning! This is an easy process to learn and a great way to capture summer in a jar. With all the wonderful fruits and produce that come out in the summer, you can save money by canning these for later use, and they just taste wonderful. Nothing like eating farm-fresh corn or tomatoes on a cold and snowy day!
Eat Local, Eat Better
The motto is a perfect fit for Michelle Mierwald's Sweet Heat Gourmet, the young company she began in her home kitchen.
But to her, it's much more than a business slogan.
"It's important to me because I believe so passionately about using local foods," said Mierwald, a 2011 culinary arts technology graduate who buys ingredients for her sauces and salsas at local farmers markets, then returns to the markets to sell her products – with labels listing the farms whose ingredients are used. "Where else can you talk directly to the person you buy your food from? And all of the money goes directly to the person who brings that product to the market."
She can go on about the benefits of eating local, "I don't know one farmer who uses chemicals on their plants or uses genetically altered seeds."
How does she know? She takes her motto to heart, getting to know the producers from whom she buys.
"When you go to a farmers market, don't be afraid to ask any of the farmers questions," she said. "They are passionate about what they grow and are more than happy to talk to you about their fruit and produce."
Listing more advantages of buying local, she points out that our carbon footprint decreases when the distance our food travels is lessened.
But one of the biggest benefits of buying local is also the simplest: taste.
"Produce and fruits that have been picked that morning – you just can't beat that flavor. And the farmers do, literally, pick the produce and fruits either that morning, depending on what it is, or within a couple days before," Mierwald said. "And the freshness. Nothing added, nothing sprayed, just produce that is just what it was meant to be, grown and eaten in the way it was intended."
She pinpoints the roots of Sweet Heat Gourmet to a class project while at Penn College. As part of her Catering course, she and a pair of classmates were student managers for the class's annual "Customer Appreciation" event at the Williamsport Growers Market.
"We gathered donations from the vendors, developed recipes with the donations and returned and served the public free food," she explained. "It was a wonderful event that both the local vendors and the public enjoyed. I had a blast getting to know the vendors and learning about their products and began thinking of a way I could learn more about local foods in my own area and how I could use this in combination with my culinary degree."
Classically trained by Penn College's chef-instructors, Mierwald once dreamed of opening her own restaurant, but the overhead and capital required were just too great.
"But I also decided to do what I'm doing because of my family," explained the mother of three, who was 40 when she enrolled at Penn College. "I didn't want to spend 70 hours a week in a kitchen furthering someone else's dream. And I wanted to show my daughters that you can really do anything you put your mind to, no matter what age. Having my own line of products frees me up to spend time with my family."
Her products are sold in the State College area and on the Sweet Heat Gourmet website. But Mierwald encourages those living outside central Pennsylvania to make connections in their own back yards.
"I would encourage anyone to check out their local farmers market and meet their farmers," she said. "It's a great experience, and you just learn to eat better."
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- New details are emerging about last week's bombing that killed a young U.S. diplomat and four other Americans in Afghanistan.
A State Department official familiar with the investigation into the attack said Friday the group was walking from a military base to a school when the explosion hit. Initial reports that members of the group were in vehicles as well as reports they were lost are incorrect, the official said.
The official was not authorized to speak to news media and provided the details on condition of anonymity.
The official said on-foot travel was approved because of the short distance between the base and the school compound, and that the group tried to use an entrance to the compound that no longer provided access to the school and was moving to another entrance when the bomb detonated.
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The Popocatepetl volcano has spewed a dense cloud of ash over the central Mexico state of Puebla, with ash falling to the ground in several towns.
Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center says ash was blown about 400 yards (meters) into the air above the volcano, located east of Mexico City. Prevailing winds carried the material northeast, away from Mexico City.
The center said ash falls had been confirmed in Huejotzingo, near the city of Puebla, which is capital of the state of the same name.
The 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano periodically emits bursts of ash, vapor and sometimes glowing rock.
BEIJING (AP) -- The U.S. and China have agreed to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons in a test of whether the world powers can shelve years of rivalry and discord, and unite in fostering global stability.
Kerry and China's foreign policy chief, State Councilor Yang Jiechi (yahng jay-uh-CHUR'), say the two nations would work together to create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, effectively forcing North Korea to give up its arsenal.
Yang describes China's stance on North Korea as "clear cut" and is calling for the resumption of the six-nation talks aimed at ending the nuclear threat. He says "the issue should be handled and resolved peacefully through dialogue."
Beyond this latest attempt to restrain North Korea, the burgeoning nuclear crisis has so frustrated the U.S. and China that they are forming a new and tentative bond with the potential to carry over into areas that have vexed them for decades.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday described a "synergy" between the two countries to achieve worldwide security and economic stability.
Kerry, who is visiting Beijing, says "We have a stake in China's success. And frankly, China has a stake in the success of the United States."
BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian investigators have started working to determine what caused a new Lion Air passenger jet to miss a runway while landing on the resort island of Bali, crashing into the sea without causing any fatalities.
Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said Sunday the National Transportation Safety Committee is examining the wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 that snapped in half before coming to rest in shallow water near Bali's airport Saturday. He said aviation authorities have already removed the plane's flight data recorder and are now planning to tow the aircraft and retrieve its cockpit voice recorder located in the tail.
He added that the pilots will also undergo drug testing.
All 101 passengers and seven crew members were safely evacuated from the plane, although up to 45 people suffered injuries.
BEIJING (AP) -- The World Health Organization's chief said Sunday that it wasn't surprising that a new strain of bird flu that has sickened dozens in eastern China has spread to the capital.
Up until Saturday when Beijing officials reported the capital's first case of H7N9, all cases had been in Shanghai and other eastern China areas. On Sunday, the first two cases were reported in central Henan province, which is next to Beijing.
It's not the case that everyone confirmed infected with H7N9 was "clustered in one small area with the same source of exposure," said Michael O'Leary, head of WHO's office in China. "So we've been expecting new cases to occur."
A 7-year-old girl was Beijing's first confirmed case of H7N9, which has killed 11 people and sickened 50 others.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's governor has signed legislation to protect a swath of land along the island's northeast coast that serves as a top U.S. nesting site for the world's largest turtle.
The law ends a 15-year fight that activists and celebrities including actor Benicio Del Toro waged against developers eager to build hotels, golf courses and luxury homes in an area fringed by palm trees and turquoise waters.
The area is called the Northeast Ecological Corridor and covers more than 1,200 hectares (2,900 acres) of lush vegetation and pristine beaches that are a nesting site for the federally endangered leatherback turtle. It is also the site of a popular bioluminescent bay, featuring microorganisms that glow in the dark when agitated.
Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed the bill on Saturday.
CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) -- A giant statue of the late Pope John Paul II billed as the world's tallest has been unveiled in southern Poland.
Archbishop Waclaw Depo unveiled the statue of the Polish pontiff Saturday in the southern city of Czestochowa, the home of this predominantly Catholic nation's most famous pilgrimage site, the Jasna Gora monastery.
The white fiberglass figure rises about five stories, or nearly 14 meters (more than 45 feet), on a hill overlooking the city.
It was funded by a businessman, Leszek Lyson, in gratitude for what he believes was an intervention by the late pontiff in saving his drowning son.
John Paul, who led the Roman Catholic church for 27 years before dying in 2005, remains a respected figure in his homeland.


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What the memorials mean
Today is the 11th anniversary of 9/11. In three months, we will mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The two worst attacks on American soil each resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths and led the nation to war. Still, given the passage of time, Dec. 7 will be noted with minimal, if any, reverence by most Americans, and, despite little more than a decade having lapsed since 9/11, already some memories are fading too fast.
How else to explain a New York Post story last week detailing how some visitors are treating the National September 11 Memorial in Manhattan as a "playground"? The Post reported "tourists balance coffee cups and soda bottles on the parapets bearing the names of the dead. Parents hoist their children to sit on the bronze plaques, while other visitors splash water from the two waterfalls onto their faces to cool themselves on a hot summer day. On the plaza, tourists break out lunch foods and lie on their backs."
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I'm trying to dual boot my new laptop, downloaded the latest version of Ubuntu 64 bit, burnt it to a DVD, it boots as it's supposed to on my brother's laptop, not on mine, I did everything I could, modified the boot configuration using easyBCD, still doesn't boot into Ubuntu, from the boot menu I only see windows 7, when I installed Linux mint 2 days ago it booted correctly, had to remove it because I faced installation errors and switched to Ubuntu to try it, it just doesn't boot no matter what. how can U fix this? U don't see no errors and I have pressed all the f? buttons, I just see windows.
I looked online, and found that key is either F2 or F6.
Here is the source of where I got that information, and also how to change the boot order.
Hope this solves it. Have fun with the install!
I am assuming you are stating the install dvd is not booting on your system. Im also assuming that you have done a hcl compatibility verification and your pc should normally boot that distro. also when booting hit the key for the boot menu esc f11 and f12 are common ones. Then select boot from cd/dvd
Did you verify the write of the disk when you made it. Did you make the disk on your pc or another pc. It is not unusual to see a disk burned on a desktop not read properly on a laptop drive. Different drives don't always read home made disks properly especially laptop drives. You may want to burn another copy on the pc your trying to install to and possibly tell it not to use the fastes write speed, also make sure you have good media and do a verify of the media after burning.
I found the solution for this problem. first download the ISO. image from the awesome Ubuntu site or any other Linux version. then download a software called magiciso. which works on windows, then it'll hep you open the ISO. file then in the file contents you'll find a installation folder.install it then it'll ask for reboot. after reboot you'll find some more installation process which is a little lengthy. your Linux version is installed.


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(CNN) -- Bob Woodward's new book, "The Price of Politics," unveils new details of last summer's debt ceiling battle between the White House and Congress with a behind-the-scenes look at an intense showdown.
The book describes the president in repeated negotiations with congressional leaders, as he considered vetoing a bill that would have prevented the government from defaulting on its loans.
CNN obtained a copy of the book prior to its release on Tuesday.
In July 2011, House Speaker John Boehner led Republicans to pass a proposal that would have raised the debt ceiling in two votes - the first occurring in 2011, the second occurring in the middle of the 2012 presidential race.
Hoping to avoid another high-stakes political fight in the midst if an election year, the president opposed the plan and expressed his concern with congressional leaders *and White House aides* in their private meetings, according to the longtime Washington Post reporter and editor.
"Adopting his law professor manner," Woodward writes, Obama asked "Could I actually veto it?...What would happen on the day of the veto? The day after?"
On the one hand, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner warned of an economic disaster.
"You can't veto," Geithner told the president, according to the book. "You cannot be responsible for default."
Then, Woodward writes, "Anything had to be done to prevent it. Anything to preserve the global economy."
On the other hand, Obama was faced with appearing politically weak and bowing down to Republican demands in one of Washington's most high-profile stalemates.
According to the book, David Plouffe, Obama's senior political adviser, said, "If he caves, it will have long-lasting political repercussions that we may never get out of. If we draw a line in the sand on something this important and cross it, we may never be able to come back."
The book also details Obama's frustration as he tried to convince congressional leaders to change the plan, one that even Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was behind. Woodward reports that the president called Boehner one night to urge him to back down from the agreement.
Woodward writes that Obama was "furious" and told Boehner he was not going to sign a bill that required him to deal with the debt ceiling a second time before the election.
Boehner described to Woodward that Obama was "moaning and groaning and whining and demanding" during the call, an account Obama disagreed with in his own interview with Woodward.
"Listen, anybody who knows me knows I don't moan, I don't groan, I don't whine." Obama told Woodward. "I'm not desperate. I was very angry about how he had behaved."
Ultimately, the president did not have to make a decision on whether to veto that version of the bill. Republicans dropped the two-vote measure as part of the deal that Congress reached on July 31, two days before default deadline.
For the book, Woodward said he talked to more than 100 people in hundreds of hours of recorded interviews. He also compiled thousands of pages of transcripts from the meetings for his research.
In his conclusion, Woodward gives both Boehner and Obama tough marks over how they handled the situation, essentially kicking the can down the road when it came to making the tough decisions to put the country on a better fiscal path.
The deal struck to raise the debt ceiling triggers massive spending cuts that start in January 2013, unless Congress can come up with a new agreement on how to reduce the deficit.
"You cannot help but conclude that neither President Obama nor Speaker Boehner handled it particularly well. Despite their evolving personal relationship, neither was able to transcend their fixed partisan convictions and dogmas. Rather than fixing the problem, they postponed it," Woodward writes.


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This is version 2 of a question about the ultimate limits of Tennenbaum's Theorem. The attempt to find these limits by moving up the induction heirarchy, as in Wilmer's Theorem, seems somehow indecisive. I suggested that maybe there is a Theory $T$ extending open induction such that
1) $T$ has a recursively presentable nonstandard model.
2) If the sentence $\phi$ is not provable from $T$, then $T+\phi$ has no recursively presentable nonstandard model.
François G. Dorais immediately replied that this just amounts to $T$ being complete.
So... What about asking for the maximum $n$ such that the theory of all true (in the integers) all-2 sentences with n existential quantifiers has a recursive nonstandard model? What is known about this? Is it known that $n<2$?


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Listen everybody. We've had a great time with The Sims 3, and after years of amazing support from The Sims Studio die-hard fans would have collected an immense amount of extra activities and items to enrich their game and virtual lives.
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The 6 Most Strangely Convincing Real-Life Curses
#3. The Cursed Wedding
Getting married is pretty much one of the hugest deals in most people's lives, and women worry themselves sick over every little thing until it's over. But they can take comfort in knowing that no matter how bad the ceremony goes, the cursed wedding of Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, 6th Princess della Cisterna was far, far worse.
When Prince Amedeo of Savoy announced that he was going to marry Maria, King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy was completely against the marriage. For one, he thought his dapper son could have done better than a mere "Duchess consort." Secondly, his son's chosen bride was not of royal birth. Basically, King Victor was a man of very high standards.
The man's cape came with a cape.
Nevertheless, Prince Amedeo I married Princess Maria on May 30, 1867 in an event that can safely be described as the single most god-damned wedding in recorded history.
The wedding day kicked off with the bridal party discovering that the woman responsible for laying out the Princess' wedding dress had "hanged herself instead of the bridal gown." A superstitious Maria insisted on being married in a different gown (and honestly, most of us probably would too).
Then, as the bridal party made their way from the palace to the church, the colonel leading the procession fell off his horse and died of sunstroke. After they found a replacement for him, the party was stopped again at the palace gates, which for some reason refused to open. The gatekeeper was sent for, which is when they found him laying dead in a pool of blood.
Immediately after the wedding, the best man toasted the couple by shooting himself in the head. The party promptly hauled ass to a nearby rail station, we're guessing to take the first train out of town. But even this hit a wall as well, once the man who drafted the marriage contract fell into "an apoplectic fit", which is old timey speak for massive internal bleeding -- usually in the brain -- that almost immediately results in death. It's amazing that they even had a phrase for that. Anyways, after that, a stationmaster got pulled beneath the bridal carriage, bringing the body count for the day to five.
At this point King Victor Emmanuel II realized that this wedding was going to cost him a fortune in funeral expenses, and insisted that nobody was to board the train and instead tiptoe as quietly as possible back to the palace before the gods realized there was someone else they forgot to kill. The retreat went splendidly until a certain Count of Castiglione also got pulled under the wedding carriage, "crushing his new Order of the Annonciade into his chest and wounding him beyond hope", a phrase which here means "he was stabbed in the heart by his medallion."
The Count was the last one to die, but the wedding jinx of Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo and Prince Amadeo I didn't officially end until ten years later when Princess Maria died after complications from childbirth at age 29.
#2. The Cursed Song
No matter how irritating the drunk girl in crocs and a tube top screeching into the microphone on karaoke night might be, we all manage to resist the urge to punch her in the face with a knife. But such a girl might not be so lucky in the Philippines, where the wrong song can get you killed.
"Seriously. Please stop."
And we mean specifically the song "My Way," by Frank Sinatra. At least six people have been killed while singing it at karaoke there over the last ten years. Click that link -- that's the New York Times, kids. This is real.
Now, it would be pretty weird if each of the victims had died in some supernatural way, say if they were shot by the ghost of Sinatra. But they weren't. They were merely murdered. Why? Does the song contain some subliminal message of violence detectable only by Filipino ears?
Who knows? In one case, a 29 year-old was shot dead by a security guard because he thought the guy was off-key. In another story, the friend of one singer overheard the people at the next table commenting on how shitty he was, so the friend (an off duty cop) stood up and drew his gun on them, chasing them the hell out of the bar and forever convincing the man's family to not play "My Way" at family gatherings.
Philippine Idol must be, like, 8000 times more awesome than the American version.
Interestingly, this seems to be a purely Philippines-specific problem. Apparently, karaoke bars in the Philippines are comparable to the Tarasco bar in Desperado.
Pictured: a spirited rendition of "Don't Stop Believin'".
Theories about the ability of "My Way" to trigger incandescent rage range from the song's ability to "evoke feelings of pride and arrogance in the singer" to "It covers up you failures", both of which karaoke fans of the far east view as reasons to level a murderous ass-kicking. So, as explanations go, "supernatural curse" would be quite a bit less weird.
#1. The Cursed Phone Number
A cell phone can seemed cursed for any number of reasons, from endless spam text messages to ringing in the middle of a diamond heist. But at least they can't kill you.
That is, unless your number is 0888-888-888.
"Holy shit! 10,000$ in debt settlement!"
The number was originally issued in Bulgaria back in the early 2000s and has passed through a few hands since then. Everyone who's had it is dead. Every. Last. One.
The number belongs to Mobitel, a Bulgarian mobile phone company, and to date it has claimed 3 lives. In 2001, the original owner and Mobitel CEO Vladimir Grashnov died of cancer. The number was then given to a mafia boss named Konstantin Dimitrov, who got shot to death while out having dinner with a model in 2003. Finally it wound up in the hands of a businessman named Konstantin Dishliev who caught some bullets outside an Indian restaurant in Bulgaria's capital in 2005.
Both Konstantins were crooked as hell (the first one was a mob boss and the second a corrupt businessman at the head of a drug empire) and were likely killed by Russians who didn't like the competition, but there is something inherently creepy about two guys with the same name in similar lines of business both dying the same way at similar locations while carrying cell phones with the exact same number.
Sometimes curses look like this.
Since then Mobiltel has suspended the number indefinitely. When questioned about the chain of events, a Mobiltel representative was quoted as saying "We have no comment to make. We won't discuss individual numbers."
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STEUBENVILLE — The trial of two 16-year-olds charged with raping an underage girl after end-of-summer parties five months ago will be held in open court, visiting Juvenile Judge Thomas Lipps decided......
Per WTOV9..."Aside from the continuance, the only other motion that was granted was Madison's request for the court to pay for a private investigator to look into the matter further on behalf of Madison's client." WHAT the heck? why? I think the adults involved have the money to pay for this.*****they went to California, who paid for his way there? Just keep milking steubenville for all it is worth.. If his birth parents can't cover it, I do know the other two responsible for him can. Teachers salary, school board member and banker. hummmmm
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As per the open court and intimidation by the "Entity" AKA Anomoymous. This "entity" has compromised the computer's of Stubenville, and the Jefferson County law enforcement,going as far as releasing "Jane Doe" identity. Upon becoming involved with this case,crucial non disclosed evidence has now become public domain. The "entity" released personal information on Officer's, only to boast how "they" ordered 30 pizza's, from the identification.Is this an act of intimidation or needless public harassment ? Why should a business owner carry the burden of expense on behalf of this "entity" when he/she has absolutely nothing to do with this or our town ! This same "entity" boasts hacking government, private and commercial sites, but ultimately who pays the price, taxpayers ! Stop and think for a second, why would a "group" of legal abiding citizens, hide behind a mask out of fear of recognition ! Leave our town a
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Oh god, my deepest sympathy to Jane Doe. I can't imagine how awful this will be for her.
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This is good that the trial will be open to the public, then the full truth can be exposed.
To the young victim: We hope you can stay strong. you know your truth and we hope you know that thousands who have been raped and molested are standing with you in spirit.
It is time that victims, of sex crimes, voice's are heard.
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. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 12,000 members. Despite the word priest in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, teachers, Protestant ministers and increasingly, victims who were assaulted in a wide range of institutional settings like orphanages, summer camps, athletic programs, Boy Scouts, etc."
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Now the victim will get an open, fair trial. No more coverups. These scumbag athletes will now get what is coming to them and everyone will know what they did to this poor girl. Rape is rape.
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This is really crappy reporting. They don't even tell us why the judge ruled as he did. Luckily I get my news elsewhere. Also....the trial was continued until MARCH dumb ass.
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Teachers salary, are you kidding? And, the scum bag athelete comment was uncalled for as well. Obviously you have jockenvy but let us remember that we are dealing with innocent children here and whether or not they are atheletes(as is jane doe) is not relevent.
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automan: as an aside, teacher's salaries not bad at all, comparatively speaking, in our now impoverished valley(post steel era) good benefits, weekends, seasonal vacations plus summer off. Great gig if you can get it.
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Yup teachers salary. I know some that make 59,000 a year. You going to tell me that's pennies? wow... maybe you should do some investigating on the net. Steubenville city schools teachers salaries are posted.
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- Recommended User: 6 years and up
About Mongoose
In 1974, BMX Products, Inc., later to be known as Mongoose Bicycles, launched from a humble garage. The first of its kind, the BMX bicycle was named after bicycle motocross and was designed to fit the needs of the rough-and-tumble dirt-racing pastime that took its toll on wheels and bicycles. The heavy-duty, one-piece cast-aluminum Mongoose Motomag wheel was soon born, and it was the first competition-ready BMX bicycle available. Skip Hess, while in Australia pursuing his motor sports passion, came into contact with a strange and unusual cat-size animal--the mongoose. Known for its passive nature while unprovoked, yet vicious and aggressive enough to kill a threatening Cobra twice its size, the Mongoose impressed Hess, who quickly registered the Mongoose trademark for his new bicycle racing frame.
The Expert BMX bicycle model, which is still a cornerstone of the Mongoose BMX line today, was introduced in 1980. Shortly after, Mongoose captured the first ever ABA National #1 Cruiser Title. Previously known for the 20-inch bicycle, this title signaled the re-direction of Mongoose bicycles to larger-wheeled, adult-sized models. Several years later, Mongoose continues to dominate the cruiser racing circuit with six National No. 1 Cruiser titles, leading to the introduction of adult-sized Mongoose all-terrain bicycles (ATBs).
In 1992, Mongoose pioneered the full-suspension market with the introduction of the Amplifier. This design is still the most-copied suspension design in the market. Several year later, Mongoose launched the Newman adult bicycle frame, which is proven to be 15% stronger than any other bike frame in the market. The design, while functionally sound, also raised eyebrows because of its distinctive look.
In the next few years, Mongoose increased its marketing focus to dominate the bicycle industry, and more important, extend beyond it. The Mongoose brand marketing initiative makes more than 100 million impressions. Mongooses brand awareness increased by over 130% in 1999 and solidifies the No. 2 market share position in units and dollars. Mongoose was acquired by Pacific Cycle, LLC, and continues to grow and prosper with more than 40 models of BMX, mountain, trail, freestyle, jumping, comfort, road, and cyclocross bikes.


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Silverlight TV 65: 3D Graphics
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Do 3D and graphics get you going? The folks at Archetype created an amazing 3D application that we first showed in the keynote at the Silverlight Firestarter in December, 2010. In this episode, Danny Riddell, CEO of Archetype, joins John to discuss their recent work with Silverlight 5, 3D, and graphics. Watch as Danny dives into how they built the 3D medical application and takes John through a detailed tour of the application.
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Great points were brought up. My question is, is there any visual tool to create the model and the layers. If there isn't any 3D tool yet, what would it take to do any 3D modeling in Blend? Or does it all have to be done in code?
John, thanks for this interview.
Some questions that I'd like answered whenever it is appropriate (but hopefully sooner than later):
1) What sort of polygon counts can you push with SL5? Is it dependent on the specific video card on the user's machine or is it more of a guaranteed range because of virtualization?
2) What are the minimum video card requirements to enable hardware acceleration for 3D in Silverlight 5? Will DirectX 8 cards be able to run SL5 3D content?
3) What happens when a user's video card does not meet minimum requirements? Does SL5 attempt to fall back to software rendering or simply tell the user their computer is not capable of running the app? If it is the latter, I'm concerned that the number of people who can actually take advantage of the best parts of Silverlight is shrinking, rather than growing.
4) Now that Live Labs is closed and Deep Zoom is maintained completely by the Silverlight team, will there be any attempt to bring back features from the original Seadragon demos such as zooming to a huge wall of text (using the typical deep zoom image as a thumbnail, of sorts, but then switching to rendering actual vector fonts as you reach a particular distance? I'm also thinking of the vector map demos which continuously update, rather than only using discrete levels of imagery as Bing Maps currently does. There is also the example of the dynamically computed Mandelbrot set, providing an example of live computation, rather than only applying zooming to preformatted images. I'd also love to see Deep Zoom Video come to pass. It seems to me that if Smooth Streaming already necessitates multiple resolutions of a video (or at least multiple bit rates), then why not also go the extra mile of tiling these different resolutions, so that they can be zoomed on and only load the currently visible portion of the currently visible resolution? I've gotten the impression from people inside of Microsoft before that you all expect that now that you've provided Deep Zoom, you expect developers to do the work of actually expanding the ways in which it is used for themselves. Just from looking around, I'd say that the community is either not being creative enough or are simply waiting for simple authoring tools from the Silverlight team which will enable them to create massive zoomable walls of text, etc. - something as simple to use as Deep Zoom Composer.
5) Will the hardware acceleration in SL5 allow for large numbers of particles/vertices? I ask because I am a big Photosynth fan and the point cloud rendering really took a terrible performance hit when being shifted to CPU only in Silverlight (vs. using Direct3D before that). I'd love to know whether Silverlight 5 will enable the full point clouds to be rendered in realtime again (or hopefully even stepped up to dense reconstructions as seen here).
6) Will Silverlight 5 still disable most of the keyboard in fullscreen? This is one of my biggest irritations about Silverlight. I understand the reasons why you do it, but I just want to use all the normal shortcut keys in the Photosynth viewer in fullscreen, as I have in the original Direct3D viewer.
I am very curious to find out the difference between this and WPF 3D. Is this going to be just a port or is it going to be more friendly to work with?
Studio is great but too much shadows in the eyes, check your scope makesure you are at 100IREs
1) Performance of the API is only limited by the power of the machine and GPU. You should expect full fill rates comparable to a desktop 3D application.
2) A Direct3D 9 compatible HW video driver is required.
3) If compatible HW is not available, the application can detect this and provide its own fallback experience.
5) Yes, you can render up to 65k primitives per draw call, and of course you can perform multiple draws. Real-time point clouds are possible.
WPF 3D is a retained mode API that largely uses declarative XAML to describe the scene. This is very useful for some scenarios, but other scenarios have different requirements.
Silverlight 3D is an immediate mode API which gives full control over the graphics device and the rendering of primitives (triangles). This means full performance and control because there is no retained system or high-level API in between the application and the device. This gives developers the ability to create their own high-level retained APIs, scene managers, and visualization engines on top.
im disappointed that there was no new information here.. you could just have reposted the pdc demo gimmie something i can use man.. give me APIs
anyhow what really puzzles me is the strategy of releasing this for sl and not full .net.... silverlight is supposed to be a subset, yet features like this make it into silverlight first, at best several months before .net
even if its not included in the framework proper, this api should be released as an out of band release for .net as well..
I understand your desires regarding the API. We're anxious to share additional details as well. Look forward to announcements regarding this at MIX11.
I found the following which might be the answer to #6.
Silverlight offers a new class of trusted applications that brings desktop capabilities to the browser for the first time. These features, when enabled via a group policy registry key and an application certificate, mean users won't need to leave the browser to perform complex tasks:
•Enjoy full keyboard support in full screen, which enables richer kiosk and media viewing applications.
Will 3D be available at free online tv? I will be looking forward to that!!!
Would love to see some of the code for this. As others asked how is the model generated? What are the specs on that laptop (for performance)?
@Aaron Oneal: Thanks for taking the time to answer!
One thing that I would like to clarify is exactly where Silverlight 5's 3D will work. I've heard it said multiple times that in IE9, SL5 will take advantage of IE9's hardware acceleration. My question is whether SL5 3D will also work in Firefox 4, Chrome X, Safari 5, and Opera 11 on Windows.
Also, will Silverlight 5's 3D work in supported browsers on Intel Macs, using OpenGL under the hood in that case, or is Silverlight 5 3D only available for computers with DirectX9 or above?
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Thanks for flling my request and for doing a very enjoyable show Clark!
I was surprised by the Elton John selection; it doesn't soud like his work at all. It's a bit too dramatic for my taste but still interesting. David Byrne's work on THe Last Emperor is recognizable thanks to the percussion and the beginning of the violin melody which sounds very ''Byrnian''. IMO Johnny Greenwood's music is the one that benefits the most from being divorced from the film - great stuff! The second part of Danny Elfman's selection is certainly more intersting than the beginning which is similar to a lot of his work. I think starting with Reznor's work was a bold move but it got me pumped! Ending with music from The Last Temptation Of Christ was perfect. One of the few soundtracks I own, beautiful music!
The fact that you featured music from a member of YES reminded me that Keith Emerson wrote the music for Dario Argento's Inferno. A side note on a musician you didn't feature : I was surprised to see how many scores Stewart Copeland had written, I only knew about Rumble Fish and Wall Street.
Thanks again, keep up the good work!


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7 Iconic Characters They Saved from The Cutting Room Floor
It's easy to take iconic characters for granted. We just assume that the moment a Batman or a Rambo were dreamed up, the writer knew he had a world-changing icon on his hands.
Not so. It turns out a lot of the most legendary characters in pop culture came damned close to getting axed early in the game. Characters like...
#7. The Joker
Every superhero franchise is kind of in a Catch-22. You need a great, memorable archenemy, or even better, more than one. And you need to be able to bring him back again and again and again. But if a villain like, say, the Joker, has been out killing people for 70 years, doesn't that make Batman look a little incompetent? What kind of superhero lets somebody like the Joker keep slipping away?
This kind.
How We Almost Lost Him:
That was what writer Bill Finger was wondering. Finger, who wrote the first Batman stories, thought that if Batman's foes kept coming back, it would make him a pretty lousy crime fighter. Take a guess what happened to the Joker in his first appearance in Batman #1.
He uses playing cards. We get it.
He got stabbed right in the damned heart.
Who Saved Him?
Whitney Ellsworth.
Ellsworth was the editor of National Publications (later DC Comics) in the 1940s, and by all accounts had one of the sissiest names in history. He didn't want Finger to kill off interesting villains (like he had done with Braless Woman and Sluterella in the past), so this time he told Finger to save the Joker. A new panel was quickly added.
Do all doctors react this way when they figure out a patient isn't dead?
If you want to know just how hard it is to think up good comic book villains, remember that scene played out in 1940. Hundreds of issues, a TV show and a bunch of movies later, he's still the best they could come up with.
#6. Jack Shephard from Lost
Jack was the unquestionable leader of the plane crash survivors for the first couple dozen episodes of Lost and without question is the character we would most like to punch in the face.
"Pretty much everyone on board is dead. But my tie... my tie is alright."
How we almost lost him:
Like the Joker, he was supposed to die in the first episode. Oh, and he was to be played by Michael Keaton.
In typical "everything must have a twist" J.J. Abrams style, the idea was to cast a well-known actor and build him up as the main character... then whiplash the audience by killing him off in the pilot. Not a bad idea, it lets the audience know that pretty much anything can happen, which seems to be 90 percent of the Lost concept.
Who Saved Him?
The producers.
Because this was still network television and challenging the audience usually means giving them a very quick glimpse of side boob, they figured the whole "killing Michael Keaton" thing (which we hope involved suddenly sucking him into the jet engine) might cross the line into pissing people off.
That's another similarity to the Joker situation. If the audience likes him, they'll hate you for killing him. If the audience hates him (again, we're talking Michael Keaton here) then the whole impact of the stunt is gone.
Then again, this is Lost we're talking about here. Does anybody stay dead?
Also, next season the Harlem Globetrotters show up.
#5. Rambo
If you're young enough that you just know Rambo as a character played by an aging, mumbling Sylvester Stallone desperately trying to grab some box office before he retires, you missed out. From about a decade after 1985, Rambo had a status shared only by Top Gun as a movie that added a word to the language.
And sweet headbands.
During those years, every time you saw a tough guy you'd say, "Look at Rambo over here" and everybody knew what you were talking about (and any guy who was great at anything was called the "Top Gun" on magazine covers and such). He was a damned icon of badass.
How We Almost Lost Him:
Did you know the Rambo franchise was based on a novel? It was. Have any of you actually read the novel First Blood, which was the prequel to Rambo? To save you a trip to Wikipedia, here is a massive spoiler: Rambo dies at the end. The movie originally planned to follow suit:
When you think about it, that ending is actually way more appropriate, especially considering the entire point of the story is how Vietnam vets were abandoned after the war. In that context, his crazy rampage over the city suddenly makes more sense: He was looking for a way to die like a soldier. Also, he was crazy and he wanted to drop Brian Dennehy through a skylight.
"There's no way I'm getting dropped through this skylight."
Who Saved Him?
Sly apparently felt that this disenfranchised killing machine had the potential to become a massive action hero franchise, so he was opposed to killing him off. This caused a lot of tension on set, especially with Kirk Douglas (the first choice for Colonel Trautman) who demanded the death of Rambo for artistic reasons.
Pictured: Kirk Douglas on the set of First Blood.
Finally, the producers decided to go with Stallone's idea after test audiences reacted negatively to Rambo's death. They also complained about the lack of rainbows, but hey, you have to draw the line somewhere.
"Also, can Rambo have wings? Like Pegasus?"
#4. Spock
There are certain characters that are just impossible to imagine as anything other than what they are. Like Darth Vader; if somebody shows you early concept art that portrays Vader as a huge lizard man or as having flames painted on his helmet, you'd call bullshit. Characters like that just appear in pop culture fully formed, and you'll be damned if anyone says otherwise. Spock is one of those characters. You just can't picture Gene Roddenberry toying with the idea of making this "Spock" character a saucy Latina.
How We Almost Lost Him:
When Star Trek was first pitched to NBC, the station felt that the character of Spock looked like the devil. Which is ridicul- actually we can kind of see where they're coming from. And now we can't unsee it.
Live sinful and burn in hell.
Who Saved Him?
Gene Roddenberry, the show's creator, convinced NBC to let him keep Spock on the show as long as he stayed in the background. But Spock's stoic badassery and alien sex appeal unexpectedly attracted lots of female viewers and the show's ratings skyrocketed.
When you get down to it, Spock really is the perfect man: tall, mysterious, brilliant, a bit of an outcast... he's like James Dean and an art history professor all rolled into one pointy-eared package.
You won't be able to unsee this, either


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Girls basketball: Ansonia hands first loss to Wolcott
The Ansonia High girls basketball team trailed after one period, 14-9, but only allowed 13 points the rest of the way while handing Wolcott its first loss of the season, 36-27, Thursday night at home.
Mellissa Tirella had a game-high 14 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, along with two rebounds, two assists and two steals for Ansonia (3-2). Tierney Lawlor scored 13 points while grabbing seven rebounds and making three assists.
Quanisha Finney had a team-high nine rebounds.
Amber Gianni and Madison Hanlon both scored eight points to lead Wolcott (5-1).
Holy Cross 62, Crosby 51: Kiera O'Donnell scored a game-high 23 points for the Crusaders in Waterbury, and Amy Stafford added 15 points for Holy Cross (4-1).
Ndidi Nolisa scored a team-high 19 points for Crosby (1-2) and Zanayia Love added 13. Rashana Siders chipped in with 11.
Sacred Heart 41, Wilby 28: Nicole Jolly netted 15 points to lead Sacred Heart over Wilby at the Reggie O'Brien Gymnasium in Waterbury.
Dionne Parker added 12 points for the Hearts (3-3).
Rashida Trawick led the Wildcats (1-4) with 10 points.
Torrington 59, Seymour 25: The Red Raiders' Olivia Morrison scored 13 points to go with 10 rebounds and a blocked shot at Connie Donahue Gymnasium.
Nicole Kozlak added 11 points and Paige Middleton 10 for the Raiders (4-1).
Angela Tacinelli scored a team-high six points for Seymour (2-4).
Woodland 63, Derby 37: Nicole Fowler netted 16 points and also distributed seven assists to lead the Hawks in Beacon Falls.
Andrea Piccolo contributed 14 points and 10 rebounds for Woodland (2-3), while Shelby Mendillo hit for 16 points and Rebecca Adanti had nine for Derby (0-4).
Kennedy 54, Naugatuck 43: Shontia Punter scored 15 points to lead Kennedy over Naugatuck on the road.
Lynadia Whiting added 14 points for the Eagles (5-1), while D.J. Alberto had 11.
Amy Dietz scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Greyhounds (2-5), and Angelina Piccirillo chipped in with 12 points.
Thomaston 85, SMSA 43: Abby Hurlbert scored 19 points to go with 11 rebounds and seven assists for undefeated Thomaston.
Maggie Eberhardt added 16 points and Morgan Sanson chipped in with 13 for Thomaston (5-0). Gabby Hurlbert also had 11.
Housatonic 53, Wamogo 25: Amelia Zucco scored a team-high 11 points for the Mountaineers in Litchfield. Heather Kearns and Lindsay Olownia each had eight points for Housatonic (3-1).
Hannah LaBonne scored seven points and had three rebounds and three steals for Wamogo (2-3). Jenna Lopardo snatched eight rebounds and Jessica Binkowski had five rebounds and two steals.
Cheshire 38, Shelton 31: After trailing by two at halftime, 19-17, Lauren Como hit a go-ahead trey in the fourth quarter for Cheshire as it grabbed the lead for good. The Rams (3-2) hit seven free throws to ice the game in the final period.
Como totaled 14 points to lead Cheshire, and Missy Bailey added nine points.
Alyssa Eannotti had a game-high 17 points for the Gaels (1-4).
Granby 54, Lewis Mills 25: Emily Stone netted 19 points to lead all scorers for Granby as it topped Lewis Mills in an out-of-league game at home.
Krista Iwanicki had 16 points for the Bears (5-0).
Ruta Martisauskaite and Teagan Dunn had eight points apiece for the Spartans (4-1).
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I'm not sure I have a favorite yet, I need to try some more tires first. Certainly going through rear tires fast enough.
Specifically I want to try the Hans D at least as a front - to see how it compares to the Rampage at least - and I'm still hoping for a more burly 2.2 to 2.3 rear tire.
If I were serious about racing I'd definitely have two wheelsets though, one setup with 2.2" tires for racing (like the Ikon) and one setup with mo-sturdy-phat tires for daily driving.
Best rear tire so far has to go to the Ikon 3c/eXc/EXO though - commensurate endurance with everything else I have used but a ton lighter and rolls super fast. Only thing is I didn't get to check it out under wet conditions, and it gives up a "little" to big-rock work because of lower volume.
If I was riding strictly dry conditions (like Austin) I'd seriously be thinking about the Ardent 2.4 on both ends, great volume, solid sidewall, relatively fast tire. For me up here in the great wetter NE I'm not sure it's the right choice. I may try "the ardent" thing next spring after the area dries out though.
but like I said, too many more tries to try. Schwalbe, Specialized, Hutchinson (is there a Python 2.3 29er - if it has a good sidewall it could be a great tire?), etc.
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