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"Dear Steve, I am going thru a seperation. My only income is a ss. disability check in the amount of 788 per month. I have 37000.00 in unsecured debt. Can you help me? Can you help me find someone to settle my debts? Thank you. Angie" Dear Angie, I say this with the utmost of compassion and sincerity, what the ... Read More »
My Disabled Husband Wants to Take Money Out of Retirement to Pay Credit Cards. – Stacy
"Dear Steve, My husband is 53-1/2 years old and recently put on permanent disability because of numerous complications from diabetes. He also will be receiving a small pension from his former employer. We understand that he will not be penalized (10%) for touching his 401K since he is disabled, but will be taxed on whatever he draws. He has an ... Read More »
My Partner Just Filed for Bankruptcy to Discharge His Debt. – Norman
"Dear Steve, I read most of the questions posed to you by others and most apply to me. I have a 38K unsecured debt plus personal loans (one of which is my sister's credit card10k). My partner just filed for bankruptcy to discharge his debt but keep our mortgages (to keep the home) and car (its in both our names). ... Read More »
We Have Over $35,000 in Medical Bills and Can't Afford Them. – Bill
"Dear Steve, We have over $35,000 in medical bills and our income will not let us get ahead on the bills. I am disabled due to an injury. I am on disability and my wife works. Over two thirds of the bills are on our credit cards as we had no other way at the time to get the service. ... Read More »
I Will Be Dead Before I Pay Off My Debt. – Shirley
"Dear Steve, I am on Social Security Disability I get that, help from the state and 381.00 from a retirement persi acccount. I am 130% below poverty level. I own a nice car, and a mobile home, I have no money in accounts or savings but I do own my moblie home and car? Can they take my car or ... Read More »
My Son Has Asperger's and Student Loans. – Michele
"Dear Steve, My son graduated College in 1998 with a BS is Computer Science. His father and I paid of $40.000 in parent loans leaving our son with a $20,000 loan. He has tried for years to get a job, but unfortunalty we discovered he has Aspergus. After going the disabilty qualifications he now receives disability payments per month. Unfortunatly ... Read More »
Coping Financially With a Short-Term Disability
George is a truck driver. He experienced a seizure and went to see his doctor. Although the doctor said he is all right, state law prohibits him from driving for six months. Susan expected to go back to work six weeks after the birth of her baby, but she experienced severe depression and was unable to return to work for ... Read More »
Thu Wrote Me And Said "I'm Really Struggling, My Husband is Disabled, How Can I Get Out Of Debt?"
"Dear Steve, I'm married, my husband is disabled. I have 3 growing children and a 6 year old disabled child. My payroll checks go straight to bills. I use the credit card for foods and miscellaneous household items. I'm really struggling. I go to work in deep depression and stressful almost everyday. How do I get out of my debt? ... Read More »
My Wife is Getting Sued for Debt From Her Previous Marriage. – Matthew
"Dear Steve, When my wife divorced her last husband they had a large amount of debt. The house they lived in went to short-sale so the income that was supposed to pay off her debt didnt come in. She was making good payments up until the time she lost her job. She then went on disability and has been unable ... Read More »
I Left an Abusive Boyfriend 9 Months Ago and I'm Trying to Start Over. – Jen
Jen "Dear Steve, I'm on disability. I left an abusive boyfriend 9 months ago and I'm trying to start over again. I already have student loans I can't pay back. Which I will have to deal with as I can. I ended up leaving school due to illness. I'm worried mostly about the credit cards I got in my name ... Read More »
How Can We Pay Off Our Debt and Put Kids Through College and Save for Retirement? – Bill
"Dear Steve, I have just turned 50 and my wife will be 49 in two months. We currently have roughly $177,000 in unsecured debt, mortgage for $183.000 on our home, a Home Equity Line of Credit for $50,000 and a loan of $64,000 against some acreage. We also have two car payments that total $575 per month but these loans ... Read More »
My Life Has Been a Roller Coaster and I'm Trying to Get it Together Now. – Christi
"Dear Steve, I am permanently disabled with bipolar, adhd, severe pptsd, and am trying to get my life together. I have spent most of my life in and out of the foster care system and juvenile hall. I have pretty much lost everything I have ever loved…from my best friend who was murdered by a mutual acquaintance to the loss ... Read More »
I've Been on the Care One Debt Management Program For Two Years. I'm on Disability. – Laurel
Laurel "Dear Steve, I've been enrolled in Care One debt management program for over two years for 4 credit cards which all are over $1400.00 I am on Permanant disability and live in New York. I am getting to the point where I don't know how long I can stick out this situation as its a toss up between food, ... Read More »
I Am Mentally and Physically Disabled and Can't Pay My Student Loans or Bills. – Callie
"Dear Steve, I am currently disabled due to both mental and physical ailments. These problems have been exacerbated by chronic unemployment (and therefore poor medical treatment) over the past six years. Now, I couldn't even work if anyone did offer me a job. I receive state assistance because I am medically unable to work. I get $339 a month. I ... Read More »
I Was Medically Retired from the U.S. Navy and Can't Pay My Bills. – Floyd
"Dear Steve, I was medically retired from the U. S. Navy in November of 2007 after a crippling back injury at the age of 34 (I am 36 now). After living in Virginia Beach for 6 months, and tapping my savings account every month to make ends meet, I opted to just move overseas where I can actually afford to ... Read More »


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What to Eat and Drink at Nights and Weekends, the New Spot From the Five Leaves Folks
The restaurant-bar opened last night.
If Greenpoint's Five Leaves serves as a sort of community center for the hood, with daytime food, a coffee window, and a lively bar scene at night, the owners' new venture, Nights and Weekends, which opened last night, tells you in the name that it's different. "It's primarily a bar ... we're doing smaller bar snacks over there," explains co-owner Kathy Mecham.
Small plates by Five Leaves chef and co-owner Ken Addington range from a daily changing seafood cocktail to a "croque señora," a Cuban-sandwich riff topped with a fried egg. Five Leaves' Dan Sabo and Fidel Garcia-Reichman are behind the cocktail program, which breaks drinks down by spirit and offers plenty of summery frozen options. Big spenders (or big drinkers) might like the $17 "Millionaire's Margarita," made with top-shelf tequila and served in its shaker with a black-lava-salt rim. As you'd hope, it's several drinks in one: "It's very, very dangerous," laughs Mecham. The clean and airy look of the place, with concrete walls and weathered wood, is meant to suggest that "maybe back in the day it used to be a car or motorcycle garage," Mecham explains. The bar is open till 3 a.m. (and the kitchen till 2 a.m.), with dinner served daily and brunch on weekends.
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well the plot that we live on is five acres. the squatter lot just to the north of us is maybe two acres and the pond straddles the line to tabitha's grandmas three plus acres(which she says we can use[fence-in and make shaded pasture]). tabitha's father owns the property directly to the south of grandmas. we will develop the five acres and the very small area around the pond for our little homestead. the squatter lot will be pasture once we get the fence fixed.i left this photo large so you can zoom into it. i am standing at the edge of the pond pointing the camera toward tristan and the house. you can barely see tristan he is standing in the same place as the other photo of him in the woods(see below). i am cutting all the sapling trees from around the walk to and from the pond. our larger trees will appreciate the lack of competition for nutrients and water. this is the first step to making it shaded pasture. burning all the fallen oak leaves and under scrub will be next.
tabitha finished digging the four main holes for the milking shed only two more to go. i have cut three large cedars of the six necessary for our vertical posts. getting them to the shed (up the above path) is another story yet to be experienced.
a mule might come in handy for that or maybe a tractor. we have neither so it'll probably be me dragging all six of them across the property.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
how much land do we have?
Posted by karl o'melay at 5:38 PM
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- Danielle said...
Yeah, a mule would definetly be a handy animal that would earn it's keep. I have an idea. If you have a couple strong men you work with, you may entice them over with offering supper at the house. Kinda like the Amish do. They help eachother out and then eat a huge meal together for reward and fellowship. It's a thought. Tabitha could make some ham n' beans with cornbread and a dessert or some kinda chowder. Usually soups are fairly easy and she could even make it early in the day and then just put it on warm in a crockpot. I'm just thinking, even if you only invited one other strong guy over, it would keep you from overdoing it.
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Ubuntu is the most useful flavor of Unix available today. It has drivers for most hardware you're likely to encounter, including wireless cards and camera memory sticks. Installation is a breeze, there are tons of ports, and tutorials for anything involving a terminal and an incantation of shell commands. There's some bloat: Solitaire, instant messagers, OpenOffice, but most apps that ship with Ubuntu have their uses.
At the other end of the spectrum is Gentoo, which sucks. I won't sugar coat it. Starting from scratch is naturally a difficult task, but it needn't be that hard. The documentation is too general to be useful–you'll just have to guess which drivers, libraries, and flags to use. And recompiling KDE every week is a pain, if it compiles at all.
Then there's Damn Small Linux. It's small (50MB), maybe too small. While it's perfect for loading onto a thumb drive, it's missing critical apps. PowerPoint: no. Java: no. Of all things, Damn Small Linux includes a VoIP client. What the heck?
OpenSUSE is cool for one reason: SUSE Studio. The Studio allows users to make custom livecd SUSE ISOs online for free. I love X software, hate Y, and loathe Z, so that's perfect. SUSE Studio lets me create JeOS ("Just enough Operating System") livecds and gigantic app-upon-app carnivals of bloatware, if I so choose. I'd looove to make an OpenSUSE livecd with my critical apps (to be listed shortly), and nothing else, but SUSE Studio still has its bugs.
My Critical Apps
- File browser. Drag and Drop should move files, because THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS AND FOREVER WANT TO DO WHEN I DRAG AND DROP. Also, opening a directory should not open a new window. Directories are well nested.
- USB flash drive support, including reading AND writing to NTFS and HFS+ partitions.
- MS Office 2007 editors for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents.
- PDF viewer.
- Flash and Java support for the web browser.
- Image, audio, and video codecs. Failure to include JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, music CD, MP3, WMV, MP4, MPEG, and DVD support is FAIL.
- BitTorrent client, preferably Transmission.
- A sane package system such as apt. MINIX's numbered list of 80-something packages does not count.
- Terminal with bash.
- Graphical text editor. Fuck you, I like to copy, paste, drag, and drop my code.
- CLI text editor, either Vim or Nano. I also like to edit code remotely.
- Graphical WiFi manager with support for wireless B, G, and N. Should work with Apple WiFi cards, not because the API's easy, but because Macs are some of the most common wireless devices on the market.
- Whichever driver makes the volume buttons on my keyboard work.
- Programming languages. Minimum: C, Java, Perl, and Python. Strongly desired: Ruby, Haskell.
Update: So it turns out Haiku (based on BeOS) is awesome. The livecd is small (500MB in an age when livecd's are actually livedvd's). Tracker and BFS are perfect for each other: Files can be searched while they're being edited or even moved. It's got a bunch of the requirements, but some aren't installed by default (a poor decision, e.g. users must Google their hearts out to find a BitTorrent port for Haiku).


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Internap Acquires Montreal's iWeb for $145 Million
Internap Network Services Corporation today announced plans to acquire Montreal-based hosting and cloud provider iWeb in a deal valued at approximately $145 million.
Headquartered in Montreal, iWeb serves 10,000 SMB customers in more than 100 countries and has approximately 200 employees.
The combined entity creates a top five pure-play IT infrastructure services provider, with trailing twelve months revenue in excess of $320 million.
RELATED: Montreal's Cogeco Cable Acquires Vancouver's Peer 1 Network Enterprises
"iWeb fits perfectly into our strategy to deliver a comprehensive portfolio that can serve the needs of our customers at every stage of their business lifecycle, from an initial start-up wanting a single dedicated server to a scale-out Internet app provider or global enterprise requiring a hybrid solution across multiple data centers around the world," said Eric Cooney, president and chief executive officer of Internap.
"This combination represents a milestone in the transformation of Internap's business to a leading IT infrastructure services provider that can deliver on customers' complete range of IaaS demands."


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@ prof-x
If it had been Rossi who started his first V8 race in 12th, regressed through the field, came back on track to hit a wall and retire, there would be no end to the vitriol that you (and others) would spew. Since it's Stoner, however, it's all well wishes and kiwis.
As for the 2012 M1 being "built around J.Lo" is nonsense. The 2012 M1 is not much different than the 2010 M1 aside from some evolutionary upgrades and some extra cc's. Furusawa mentioned this in his interview (and he KNOWS), so why the nonsense continues to be regurgitated is beyond me. For what it's worth, the 2012 M1 is nothing more than a derivative of the M1 developed around Rossi. Rossi and J.Lo have very similar 250cc styles. To claim that Rossi needs to "ride like J.Lo" is nonsense.


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While Virgin Mobile decided to jump the gun and start selling theirs a bit early, both them and Bell are now officially offering the Samsung Galaxy S II (4G) in Canada. It's perhaps the absolute most powerful phone to hit the country to date and citizens have more than enough reasons to be excited for it. For Bell, off-contract pricing is $600, three-year contract pricing is $170 and nothing in between is worth mentioning, as usual. Virgin's offering is here, Bell's is here, and you should know where their physical stores are if you'd rather go that route.
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Giving us our best look at the the alleged Moto Z — which is likely to launch on Verizon as the Droid Turbo 3 as maybe as a new RAZR — @evleaks is supply some super clear, high-res renders of the device in all 3 colors: black, silver, and gold.
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Oldtown Bridge MD-WV facing major regulatory problems for toll hike
The Oldtown Low-Water Toll Bridge on the North Branch of the Potomac River in western Maryland faces major regulatory obstacles to raising tolls. Already one owner John F Teter has chucked it in, frustrated with what he said was the state's "endless paperwork" - from a state regulator in Baltimore called the Maryland Public Service Commission (MPSC).
But new owners Historical Oldtown Bridge Preservation LLC are again pursuing new toll rates. That involves detailing, costing out and documenting an improvement and maintenance plan, specifying in great detail all of their expenses, and forecasting revenues in order to compile a formal submission. And after a submission is accepted there are staff comments, public hearings and eventually a Yea or a Nay.
Manager and major shareholder in the new operation Lori Roberts, a businesswoman says that at present toll rates the bridge isn't making enough to pay operating expenses, repairs needed and the expenses of floods, let alone pay her anything for her time managing it, or any return on the investment.
The single lane wood decked Oldtown Bridge brings in about $100,000/year in tolls on about 200,000 tolled vehicle crossings a year (530/day average). Traffic is split about one-third regulars who pay $14 for an unlimited use monthly pass and two-thirds who pay cash per crossing: 50c for a two-axle vehicle, $2.00 for tractor-trailers, 25c/axle for trailers, 25c for motorbikes, and $1 others.
The toll booths are not very ergonomically designed and motorists can rarely make hand to hand contact with the toll collector. So standard practice is for the toll collector to extend out of the tollhouse window to the motorist a pink cup mounted on the end of a 30 inch long stick to take quarters or a bill. (see picture below)
There's usually at least one toll collector on duty in the two sided brick toll house, except in the middle of the night when the toll gates are left up and motorists get free rides.
Regulars with monthly passes don't need to be issued any sticker because "the toll collectors know them and their cars and we just wave them through."
Roberts says the toll collectors' wages are costing her about half toll revenues or $50k/year.
She says it's difficult to forecast other expenses because they are so dependent on the weather. The bridge is called a Low-Water bridge because it is designed for use when the river is low. Normally the deck is about six or seven feet above the river water level, but rains upriver regularly raise the water substantially.
Average of eight overtops a year
An average of eight times a year in the bridge's recent history, Roberts says, the bridge deck is overtopped. The bridge has to be closed. Such flood closures last anywhere from a few hours to two days. They are most common in the spring and fall when typically rainfall is highest, but they can happen any time of the year.
After each flood at a minimum there is debris to be removed and an inspection needed of the wooden 'runners' (2x6s bolted to crosspieces forming a tire track for vehicles on the 11ft wide deck). Often the flood loosens a runner and it has to be rebolted or replaced. And floods often erode the transition between the bitumen pavement of the approaches and the start of the wood deck.
The bridge proper is 340ft long by our measurement with eleven spans. 12 poured concrete columns or abutments resting on river bedrock support eleven sets of steel stringers or beams, their shape chosen to minimize flood water pressure. The bridge has no guard rails because they would tend to drag the structure downriver in a flood.
We asked Roberts if she'd thought about rebuilding the bridge above flood level?
She laughed, saying the toll revenues would never pay for that.
Higher toll rates she is proposing (passes for cars going from $14 to $18/month, and the spot toll from 50c to $1.00 for cars and tractor-trailers from $2 to $4) will at least pay for strengthening more of the abutments, she says, which is the highest priority.
She already took out a bank loan to pay for one abutment rebuild, but several more are cracked and need replacement.
$66k purchase
Roberts and her partner Fields paid the previous owner John Teter $66,000 cash for the bridge mid-2010.
She hopes to have her formal application for the toll increase finalized to the satisfaction of Public Service Commission regulators this summer. But she says they keep on wanting more so she can't be sure when they'll be ready to go to formal hearings.
The Commission normally deals with gas, electric, telephone, railroad, water and sewage companies, private bus and taxi services. This is the only toll bridge they regulate and it doesn't have accountants to drum up numbers.
"I have to find time to do it myself," says Roberts. "And I have other work to do."
Does Maryland have jurisdiction?
It is an open question whether the state of Maryland really has jurisdiction. The bridge is an interstate bridge since it connects Maryland with West Virginia, and it was authorized by an act of the US Congress in the 1930s - which also prohibited any competing bridge within 5 miles. The Maryland-West Virginia border is on the southern bank of the river so all of the bridge structure is in Maryland territory. And for now the toll-house is in Maryland just far enough up the road to be above flood level.
What if she gave up on the Maryland tollhouse and collected tolls on the West Virginia side? The MPSC says it was established "to regulate public utilities and certain passenger transportation companies doing business in Maryland." What if the business was done at a new toll point on WV side? Would the paperwork people in West Virginia be easier to deal with than those in Baltimore?
Roberts laughs but says she wants to "do everything legit."
Closure thwarted
In 1995 Maryland officials tried to close the bridge citing safety issues and they actually placed concrete barriers on the approach road cutting off public access to the bridge. Unknown persons kept removing the barriers to get access to the bridge. After some months of this game officialdom gave up.
For people wanting to go Oldtown MD to Green Spring WV just across the bridge it's an hour extra trip via the WV28 bridge in Cumberland westward or about the same east over the river at Paw Paw.
Despite the officials' 'safety' concerns none of the bridge collapsed. No vehicles went in the river.
In 1999 more work was finally done to improve the bridge after toll passes were increased from $8 to the present $14/month.
Capitalizing on the scenic qualities
Meanwhile Roberts wants to attract potential customers by improving the look of 4 acres of riverbank they own at the bridge and publicizing the beauty of the river and environs for hikers, canoers, horseback riders and fishermen. The area is just off the C&O Canal National Park. The old canal inspired by George Washington is right alongside. Almost completely undeveloped tracts of Green Ridge State Forest and Warrior Mountain Wildlife Area continue the wild country 10 miles north to I-68.
Their website says:
"Camp along the 9 acres of the Potomac River's beautiful banks. Enjoy fishing, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, or just watching one of the 500 bridge crossers per day in a friendly relaxed environment. Boat ramp available."
And they are, with justification, stressing the "historic" in the naming of the toll bridge.
HISTORY: Joel Achenbach's "The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West" describes the first President's many travels through this area and his visits to an old friend who lived in Oldtown MD, Thomas Cresap. Cresap had a cabin right on the trail that served as a meeting place for travelers and a trading post for produce already flowing between the Ohio Valley and the east coast on this route. Later it was to get the C&O Canal, a major B&O railroad and most recently I-68 - since it was the best route through the Alleghenies.
Achenbach: "As (Washington) gazed at the river below (from his Mt Vernon estate) he could see it as a natural passage to the continental interior. The river he believed could become the great commercial artery to the west. A highway. A corridor. The Potomac already carried the tide hundreds of miles from the Capes of Virginia to, and he had paddled up the river, deep into the mountains, to the flank of the dividing ridge between the eastern and the western waters. From the Potomac headwaters it was just a quick jump to the headwaters of the Ohio. The Potomac was clearly The Route to the West."
By the 1930s the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad had a major yard which made railroad ties on the West Virginia side of the river at Green Spring right across the river from Oldtown MD. Green Spring was smaller then as Oldtown was located on the major road through the mountains. It had housing and stores.
The river was crossed to Green Spring WV by boats, improvised footbridges, and when the river was extremely low, by ford.
Melvin Carpenter variously described as a tie inspector, a sawmill owner, and a businessman from Maryland who worked at the B&O yard on the WV side led efforts to get a vehicular bridge built. Having no luck with legislators in WV and MD getting taxpayer money he apparently got US Congressional authority to build it himself.
It opened in 1938 and is still much the same bridge today.
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COMMENT: maybe this bridge is destined to close frequently for floods but how about a prefabricated, post tensioned concrete deck tied by internal steel cabling from shore to shore? And there has to be a better means of toll collection than the cup-on-the-stick even at such low volume bridge. But first they need to be liberated from the cost-plus pricing model of these regulators.
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At least he has witnesses for his warranty claim.
Thanks. That was some surprise. I wonder if he qualifies under warranty for a new frame?
That's just crazy. Glad the rider's okay. Who expects to hit a bear?
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There's got to be a "why did the 300 lb. bear cross the road?" joke in here somewhere, right, D.F.?
I'm thinking that his frame breaking like that probably helped him survive as relatively unscathed as he did. That, and the bear not attacking!
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So is this thread going to turn into an acrimonious "Those damn rangers should keep those bears on leads!" thread?
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Over in the commuting forum there is a thread of a similar thing that happened to a guy in Florida recently. A black bear came across the road and ran into a guy on his bicycle near his workplace, then just ran off.
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guess he was out exercising his right to harm bears
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Most of the bears I have encountered will do just what the bear in the story did; they stop and assess the situation when I come upon them. I have found that they are quicker to leave the road if I yell at them. They don't really want to interact with humans (lots of hunters with bear tags during season) and they are quicker to recognize us as human when we talk.


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Its all about riding deep pow in the alps and to get some lines on his home mountains in Switzerland.
He is shooting narrow couloirs, straight lining virgin powder fields and popping off insane backcountry freestyle tricks with his AFC.
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Greater Noida, May 21 (Agency)
An engineering girl student of the Sharda University here allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of her hostel early Monday.
Shilpi Verma, 24, a student of B.Tech third year, was found lying in a pool of blood on the ground of the girls' hostel early Monday. She was rushed to the Sharda Hospital where she was declared dead, police said.
"We have found during preliminary investigation that it is a case of suicide. Shilpi committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of the girls' hostel," Senior Superintendent of Police (Gautam Budh Nagar) Praveen Kumar Mishra said.
"The reasons for her taking the extreme step are very personal and will not be in the interest of the deceased person's public image," he said.
According to police, Shilpi along with her friends was partying in her room on the first floor. They, however, shifted the party venue around 4 a.m. to a room on the fifth floor after some students of adjoining rooms objected to their late night party. Later, Shilpi was found lying on the ground in a pool of blood.
Her father Indra Pal Verma, a resident of Yamuna Vihar in Delhi, has, however, alleged that his daughter was murdered. He said Shilpi was not of such temperament that she would commit suicide.


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Will I get that "on the road" feeling with rollers, that I don't get using the mag trainer? I know there is no wind...no change of scenery...but with both wheels spinning, does it feel more like you are on the road?
I'm already bored with my mag trainer, and it's only Feb! Looking to get a set of rollers.


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Newark, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) - Jaromir Jagr and Adam Henrique scored one
goal apiece in the New Jersey Devils' 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on
Patrik Elias added an assist and Martin Brodeur stopped 16 shots for the
Devils, winners of two straight.
Steven Stamkos scored his ninth goal of the season for Tampa Bay, which had
a three-game winning streak snapped. Ben Bishop allowed both goals on 22
shots in the setback.
Henrique's shorthanded marker 1:36 into the middle session gave the Devils a
1-0 lead. Henrique corralled a loose puck near center-ice and passed it to
Elias on a 2-on-1 break. Elias sent the puck back to Henrique, who stuffed it
Jagr then stole the puck from Tampa forward Martin St. Louis took off
uncontested before beating Bishop for his third goal of the season for a two-
goal New Jersey edge.
Stamkos made things interesting with just over 4 1/2 minutes left in the
second period. Teddy Purcell fired a shot from above the left circle and
Stamkos redirected it as he was falling to the ice to cut the deficit in half.
The Devils killed off three Lighting power plays in the final session to hold
on for the win.
Jagr's marker eventually turned into his 119th career game-winning goal,
placing him atop the NHL's all-time list in that category, one better than
Hall of Famer Phil Esposito ... The Devils last won two straight April 23-25,
2013 ... Henrique has four goals this season ... Stamkos has a point in all
but three games this season and has scored four goals in his last four games.
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The Miami Dolphins (1-3) and Cincinnati Bengals (3-1) meet Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium (1:00 p.m. ET, CBS). Here is point spread information and trends analysis from The Linemakers on Sporting News.
Weather: 57 degrees, partly cloudy
Line: Bengals -3.5, Total: 45
Line movement: The Bengals opened -6.5 in the early Sunday wagering and were quickly bet against, down to -5. By Wednesday afternoon, Dolphins money had pushed the game all the way down to -3.5. The total was bet up from 44.5 to 45.
Recent meetings:
— 10/31/10 Dolphins 22-10 (-1) at Cincinnati
Series trends:
— Dolphins are 9-2 SU in last 11 meetings against Bengals.
— Bengals are 1-6 ATS in last seven home games against Dolphins.
— Under is 5-2 in last seven meetings in Cincinnati.
Dolphins outlook: Little was expected of Miami, which has played better than its record indicates after a Week 1 beating at Houston. The Dolphins crushed Oakland and took the New York Jets and undefeated Arizona Cardinals to overtime the last two weeks. Leading rusher Reggie Bush hurt his knee against the Jets and admitted it was killing him against Arizona, but he said he's feeling much improved this week. Rookie QB Ryan Tannehill threw for 431 yards and connected with wideout Brian Hartline on an 80-yard TD. Hartline had a franchise-record 253 yards on 12 catches. Miami's defense has been spectacular against the run, holding opponents to a league-low 56.8 yards per game.
Dolphins trends:
— Dolphins are 8-0 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
— Dolphins are 7-2 ATS in their last nine vs. AFC.
— Dolphins are 11-3 ATS in their last 14 games overall.
— Under is 13-5 in Dolphins last 18 road games.
Dolphins' key injuries:
— RB Reggie Bush (hip) questionable
— DT Tony McDaniel (knee) questionable
— CB Richard Marshall (back) questionable
— WR Marlon Moore (hamstring) questionable
— LB Austin Spitler (groin) questionable
Bengals outlook: Cincinnati quietly ripped off three straight wins after getting smoked at Baltimore, 44-13, in the season opener. The Bengals have averaged 33 points during the winning streak. A.J. Green is emerging into the top-flight wide receiver befitting a No. 4 overall pick a year ago. He is among the league leaders in receptions (27), yards (428) and touchdowns (three), having scored in three consecutive games. Second-year quarterback Andy Dalton is completing 67.5 percent of his passes and RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis has been workmanlike with three games of at least 75 yards. An injury-riddled defense, which leads the NFL with 17 sacks, could be getting reinforcements back at cornerback.
Bengals trends:
— Bengals are 1-4-1 ATS in their last six home games.
— Bengals are 5-15 ATS in their last 20 games against AFC East.
— Bengals are 6-1-2 ATS vs. a team with a losing record.
— Bengals are 1-7-2 ATS in their last 10 vs. AFC.
Bengals' key injuries:
— CB Dre Kirkpatrick (knee) probable
— CB Jason Allen (thigh) questionable
— CB Leon Hall (calf) questionable
— CB Nate Clements (calf) questionable
— RB Bernard Scott (ankle) questionable
What The Linemakers are saying: We like the Bengals in this spot. They've got a nice three-game winning streak that no one seems to be talking about and have shown to be quite efficient offensively. The Dolphins will have a tough time keeping up.


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There is currently a very strong cyclone striking Minnesota. At about 0730 this morning the barometric pressure hit 28.56 in northern Minnesota. The all time record low in the Twin Cities is 28.55. The center of the cyclone is heading southeast toward the Twin Cities. They are predicting sustained winds of around 30mph and gusts in the 50-60 mph range.
The Gophers are doomed. Remember Jack Trice!!!
"There are five real good recruits in the state. We got three of them. One couldnt get into school, and the other went to (the University of) Iowa...which is about the same thing." - Coach Johnny Orr
If they recall our story against Colorado couple of years ago, I believe they'll want to schedule a game this afternoon so they can get another "W" in their record
That's pretty cool, but it doesn't compete with this:
1996 Lake Huron cyclone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Between 1200 UTC September 14 and 0000 UTC September 15, visible satellite imagery of the vortex revealed a resemblance to a tropical cyclone, with an eye-like feature about 19 miles (30 km) wide.[1] In addition to the eye, convective clouds had also formed, creating the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.[2] Furthermore, feeder bands of convective showers continued extending westward to about 310 miles (500 km). Soon after the cyclone passed buoy 45008, winds turned to the east-northeast and rapidly increased. In contrast to earlier in the storm's life, which had more energy in the high levels, now it was near the surface. Surface analysis indicated that a weaker cyclonic circulation perisisted over the eastern shore of Lake Huron with another center north of Lake Ontario.[1] During this 12-hour period, the cyclone diminished rapidly, mainly in the lower troposphere. Twelve-hour height rises also occurred ranging from 66 – 197 feet (20 – 60 m). The cyclone decayed and left Lake Huron September 15.[1]
In essence, Lake Huron had a subtropical/extratropical storm. That's just pretty sweet.
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It would be a bad day to be on the big lake they call Gitchigoomie.
Would love to be in Grand Marais today waves could be awesome
I live up in Northwest MN...looking out my window right now and the grass is already covered in snow. I live in a wooded area and have heard a few what sound to be farily large tree limbs snapping.
Heard on the radio earlier today that some of the pressure readings around MN were what you would see with a cat 3 hurricane.
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I live up in Northwest MN...looking out my window right now and the grass is already covered in snow. I live in a wooded area and have heard a few what sound to be farily large tree limbs snapping.
Heard on the radio earlier today that some of the pressure readings around MN were what you would see with a cat 3 hurricane.
I heard by two different sources low barometric pressures of 28.20 and 28.21 up there for you guys which meteorologists believe would be all time lows for the contiguous 48 states when a tropical storm is not present. You are lucky your head didn't explode.
Barometric pressure record?
(MPR was reporting the 28.20 this morning)
Wasn't there a movie about this? Barometric pressure dropped, the US became a total sheet of ice, wolves tried to eat people, and the Mexicans wouldn't let us cross the border.
Grand Forks has 7in. snow.
Saw some snow flakes flying here in northern Iowa this afternoon.
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We all know that live wallpapers can impact performance and cause your battery to drain quicker. Even though I do not use them often, I think they are cool once in a while.
Ever since the debut of live wallpapers, I always thought it would be cool if you could turn any video into a live wallpaper. Well C.C.P. Cre@tions had the same idea and I am surprised how well Video Live Wallpaper works. You can take videos from a variety of formats, but the best formats are mpg-1, mpg-2, and avi. With Video Live Wallpaper your live wallpapers are pretty much limitless. You can have a video of your child, memories from your vacation, a big touchdown or home run involving your favorite team, or something cool you saw on YouTube.
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Governor's Energy Office
The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) was created in 1977 with the purpose of promoting energy conservation in Colorado under the original name "Office of Energy Management and Conservation". It was renamed as the GEO by Governor Bill Ritter on April 16 2007. In January 2011, Governor Hickenlooper took over the responsibility of the GEO and its charter. His goal is to continue to shape it into an organization that will effectively, efficiently and elegantly advance energy efficiency and renewable clean energy resources, while also focusing on increasing business and job creation in Colorado.
The Governor's Energy Office has been a frequent supporter of the Alliance's projects; including a number of our Sustainability Roundtables.


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Tech at Night: Obama's FCC transparency failure, video regulatory failure, Google censorship
Instead of the transparent Obama administration we were promised, from the Obama FCC, what we have here is failure to communicate. We need to continue to cut the FCC out of the loop, the old regulations are harmful when it comes to retransmission consent and the whole cable company/local broadcaster nexus. Clear it out, deregulate, restore the free market, and the public will benefit.


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You're afraid to dive into the plasma pool, aren't you? You're afraid to be destroyed and recreated, aren't you? I'll bet you think that you woke me up about the flesh, don't you? But you only know society's straight line about the flesh. You can't penetrate beyond society's sick, gray fear of the flesh. Drink deep or taste not the plasma spring! Y'see what I'm saying? And I'm not just talking about sex and penetration, I'm talking about penetration beyond the veil of the flesh! A deep penetrating dive into the plasma pool!
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While the BJP leaders revelled in Narendra Modis projection as the partys prime ministerial candidate on September 13, party president Rajnath Singh began his own project, starting to do state-wise spadework for electoral preparations. In fact, in less than a months time he held a series of core group meetings with all states (except the five poll-bound states, and Bihar which is preparing for Modis rally). However, Singh has been forced to put his project on hold for a couple of days due to food poisoning. Not just that, he also had to cancel his meeting in Hyderabad and is likely to remain indisposed for some a couple of days in Delhi itself. But its not exactly complete rest for him. The continuing jostling for partys chief ministerial candidate in Delhi is keeping him busy.
The race for the post of special secretary (internal security) has narrowed down, with names of two senior IPS officers being now considered for the post. A woman IPS officer from Union Territory cadre of 1977 batch, Kanwaljit Deol, is being considered while the other contender is Jayanto N Choudhury, a 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre. While Deol is DG (Investigation), National Humar Rights Commission, Choudhury is the DG of Assam. The post of special secretary (internal security), considered a coveted job, is vacant since last month after the retirement of S Jayaraman. If Deol lands the job, she could be the first woman to occupy the post. Will another male bastion fall?
While a US visa for Narendra Modi remains a contentious issue, his supporters have decided to pay homage to the anti-US Vietnam War General Vo Ngyuen Giap on behalf of the BJP prime ministerial candidate. A day after Defence Minister A K Antony visited Vietnamese embassy to pay his homage, former Delhi MLA Vijay Jolly on Wednesday visited the embassy and issued a statement claiming that he has paid the homage on behalf of Modi as well. Incidentally, Modi, who spoke to Antony the other day, in his tweets has not deemed it fit to pay homage to the departed anti-US war hero. Jolly appears to be trying to compensate for that.
It pays to be the director of the countrys premier investigating agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Former CBI director A P Singh, who is currently a member of Union Public Service Commission, has been provided


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07/26/2010, Marion, MA
Monday we sailed from Cuttyhunk to Marion, on the northwest side of Buzzards Bay. We picked up a mooring at the Beverly Yacht Club. Marion is one of those typical New England sailing towns, with several yacht clubs; hundreds of boats large and small on moorings and club launches zipping around picking people up and bringing them to their boats, or back ashore. No space left to anchor. Tom's nephew and his wife Lissa live in Marion and Tom went ashore shortly after we arrived to meet them. Sylvia, Tom's wife, was driving up from Pennsylvania to meet him there. Later that afternoon I took the club launch ashore and we all had a great dinner at a Tuscan restaurant in Plymouth. .The car-ride took a little longer than we had anticipated, so when we got back to the club a little after 2200, the launch had stopped running. Tom and Sylvia were staying with his family, but I had to get back to CURLEW. Fortunately, Lissa had a couple of kayaks at the club, so I picked the one that looked most stable (not being an experienced kayaker), and I headed into the moonlit harbor to get back onboard. It actually was a fun ride; there was hardly any wind and the harbor, with all its boats, looked very pretty in the moonlight. Once I got to CURLEW, I had to get back onboard. CURLEW's freeboard is low by modern standards, but still, you just don't stand upright in a kayak, let alone give yourself a push to climb up on deck. The swimming ladder was not deployed, so I had to find another way to get onboard. A second problem was that I had to tie the kayak to CURLEW before I stepped out, or it would float away. There were several lines hanging on the lifelines that I could use temporarily, but all the knots that held them up were just out of reach. Plan B: The rudder of the Hydrovane windvane steering has a safety lanyard. I could just reach were it was tied to the shaft. Now if I only could find an attachment point on the kayak. There was one all the way at the bow, but that was out of my reach, without tipping the kayak (who designs these things?). However, inside the cockpit (is that an appropriate term for a kayak anyway?) was a plastic bracket, I suppose to store a paddle, but it provided a temporary point to tie the Hydrovane safety lanyard. The Hydrovane also gave me a way to climb back on board, as its lower stay tube is only a few inches above the water level. Once I was safely on deck I secured the kayak in a more seamanlike fashion, and that was that.
The next day I did all kinds of boat projects. Cleaned one of the Racor filters, that had accumulated gunk in the bowl, did some general engine maintenance, inflated the dinghy, and fixed the outboard that did not want to run at idle. Then I dinghied to the fuel dock at the other end of the harbor to fill two jugs with diesel and looked at the wide variety of sailboats (few powerboats) in the harbor. And I fixed the sticky galley drawer that had been bothering me for years. All in all, it was a productive day. Later that day I was invited to have dinner at Lissa's house, and this time I was smart enough to take the dinghy ashore and not the launch. We had drinks inside before we sat down to dinner on the porch. Well, Tom and Lissa sat down. My rustic chair completely disintegrated from under me. No injuries were sustained, and another chair was provided. A great dinner, after all; chicken on the grill, pork loin, tomato pie and corn on the cob.
After dinner Tom and I went back onboard CURLEW to get ready for an early start the next day to Boothbay, Maine.
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07/25/2010, Marion, MA
Food, a subject that surely will get the Taraborelli family's attention
What did we eat on our trip north? Mary had prepared and frozen two containers of her wonderful jambalaya. This makes an easy meal at sea, as it only has to be defrosted and reheated.
Barry had brought on board two cans of hearty soup (Anybody for split pea soup on a hot day? They are still deep in a locker somewhere, waiting for the next snowy winter day.), several packages of oriental food (he took them back unopened when he left us on Saturday), and a large box of Tastycakes. Now I am not a native Philadelphian. This is a delicacy that you have to be raised on to be able to enjoy (same as with soft pretzels, cheese-steak sandwiches and processed cheese). When I first came to Philadelphia in the 1980s I saw them in the stores and immediately decided that I would never eat one. I have stuck with that resolution ever since, and now that I had some time to study the "ingredients" listed on the box (what else do you do at sea when you are not on deck doing sail changes?). I did recognize a few words, such as "hydrogenated", "modified", "soy", "corn" and "peach flavor", but the rest came right out of a chemistry handbook. But his wife Barbara had made a wonderful pork loin, which made great lunch meat. Due to events that will be described later, little of it was consumed while at sea. So even today (Sunday) I enjoyed a few slices for lunch.
I had told Tom that he only needed to bring something that he really wanted. I confirmed that there was no peanut butter on board, so that's what he brought. A sensible approach.
The first dinner underway was in the southern Delaware Bay, and everybody enjoyed Mary's jambalaya with a beer or a glass of wine. Once we had rounded Cape May and came into the open Atlantic, Barry started to wonder if he should have brought Dramamine after all. When I gave him two tablets of Stugeron (a very effective anti-seasickness medication, not available in the US), he took one, and went immediately to bed. I don't remember how many hours he slept, but it was definitely past his watch time. The next morning he felt somewhat better, but kept a bucket nearby, just in case (it was not needed). I forgot how he described it, but he did not like the side effects. Mary had the same complaints when she took one on one of our trips).
Next morning, when I asked what to do for next evening's dinner, it was agreed that we would eat Mary's second container of jambalaya, which I duly took out of the freezer. Nobody felt like spending time cooking in the galley.
During the day the wind had increased a bit. It came from the southwest, and with wind waves from the southwest and a swell from the southeast CURLEW happily cork-screwed herself towards her destination. The crew did not take too well to this motion and even Tom took one Stugeron. Did he expect the same effect it had on Barry and allow him to sleep past his watch hour? I don't know, but he said it had made him feel better, without the side effects that Barry experienced.
When dinner time approached the crew firmly decided that they would rather have dry pretzels for dinner, instead of jambalaya. I heated up a portion for myself, put it in a doggy bowl, added a teaspoon of Szechuan sauce to spice it up, and washed it down with a glass or two of red wine. No hot dinner better than one at sea.
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07/25/2010, Cuttyhunk, MA
On Saturday Barry left us to return to Philadelphia. The launch picked him up around 0830. He was going to take the 1000 ferry to Point Judith and from there by taxi to the Kingston Amtrak station to catch the train back to Philadelphia. He tried to film us from the launch with his newly acquired movie camera, but, as was to be expected, it had run out of battery power.
Tom and I left the anchorage around 0900 and rounded the north tip of Block Island around 1015. In the distance we saw the Block Island ferry approaching, with, we presume, Barry on board. But while the side decks of the ferry were lined with people admiring CURLEW close by, we did not see Barry. (He did not answer his cell phone.)
We motored all the way to Cuttyhunk, the southern-most island of the Elizabeth Islands group. Normally it is a quiet place, but on this weekend it seemed as if all of New England had descended on Cuttyhunk, either by sailboat or ferry. We took a quick peek inside the mooring basin, but saw that all moorings were occupied; some even rafted two boats to a mooring. We dropped anchor outside, where other boats were anchored or on a private mooring.
Two thunderstorms came through, one at 2000, with caused at least two boats to drag. The second one was at 0330, with at least one boat dragging. This led to a lot of shouting between the husband on the foredeck and the wife at the helm before they finally re-anchored, after a few failed attempts.
Anchoring is always a hot topic of discussion between sailors, with strong opinions pro and con certain types of anchor, or anchoring techniques. I have them too, but will leave them for a future occasion (perhaps). Suffice to say that we still see too many boaters (sailors included) that seem to believe that you just drop your anchor on the seabed, veer out a rode with a few feet of chain), belay and go below. And then they are surprised that the anchor does not hold when the first wind gust arrives. Must be the fault of the anchor manufacturer! I try to avoid these crowded anchorages, but sometimes you just find yourself surrounded by latecomers and you hope for the best. I woke up with the first raindrops and wind gusts, went on deck, and made sure that no boat was dragging into CURLEW. Instruments on, engine at the ready, sit back and enjoy the show. It lasted about 45 minutes and a little after 0400 I went back to sleep. CURLEW's 60lbs CQR anchor plus plenty of chain held as usual.
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07/23/2010, Block Island, RI
Tuesday July 20 to Thursday July 22
In the morning I moved CURLEW to the fuel dock to top up the diesel tank. Tom and Barry, the crew for the first part of the trip to Block Island, came on board and we left at 1015, at high tide to benefit from the south bound current down the Delaware River. The Delaware (River and Bay) must be one of the most boring stretches of water you can imagine. It is completely featureless (except, perhaps, for the Salem Nuclear Power Plant) and is very shallow outside of the channel. It almost always involves lots of motoring, and this time it was no different. We motored all the way down the Bay and around Cape May and did not get any wind until 0545 on Wednesday morning when a gentle breeze (10/12k from the SW) sprung up.
We set sail and turned off the engine. During the morning and early afternoon the wind shifted around a bit and dropped below 10 k for a while before it increased again and settled at SW 15/18 k in the late afternoon. That resulted in quite a few sail changes. First: main to SB on a preventer, and jib to port on the telescoping whisker pole. The whisker pole has its own fore and after guys, an extension control line and a topping lift, so including the jib sheets and the jib furling line there are 7 lines that control this set up. After the wind had shifted and we had sailed with the wind over the SB quarter for a while I decided to jibe. This goes as follows: Change course to port to bring the wind on the port quarter, release the boom preventer, winch in the main sheet, do a controlled jibe, reset the boom preventer, furl the jib, take the whisker pole down and move it to SB, reset all the lines and jib sheet and unfurl the jib.
This involves quite a lot of work on deck, so while you do all this juggling you wear a safety harness that allows you to move around while being attached to the boat with a tether. I admit that a safety harness and tether is important, but it also restricts your movements. It often just comes up short or ends up wrapped around some piece of deck hardware, or it somehow wraps itself around one leg and you have to untangle yourself before you can finish the job at hand.
After an hour or two the wind had become so light that I decided to furl the jib and hoist the big drifter (aka "Code Zero") to SB. This is set on its own halyard and has a removable furler with a continuous furling line. Of course it has its own set of sheets, so we just added 4 more control lines to the mix. Within an hour the wind started to shift and after a while I decided to jibe again and set the drifter on the whisker pole to port.
Around 1700 on Wednesday the wind started to increase and we furled and lowered the drifter and put the jib back up. The wind continued to increase and at 1950 we put in a reef. On the radio we had heard of severe thunderstorms in the New York and Long Island area, and after nightfall we could see cloud cover building from the west. They hit us around 2300 but seemed to have lost most of their punch. We got some gusts and sudden wind shifts besides rain, but I don't believe the gusts were over 35k. We had already furled the jib, and out of precaution I lowered the mainsail, but it was all over in 30 minutes. We were left with no wind and a confused sea. We turned on the engine and set the main (with one reef) to stabilize the boat a bit.
At 0215 on Thursday the wind had picked up from the northwest. We turned of the engine and set the jib. The weather forecast was for wind increasing to 15 to 20k, with gusts to 25, so I left the reef in the main. At 0420 the wind had increased to 18/21k and gusty, and we furled the jib and set the smaller staysail instead. At 0820 we were able to set the jib again and at 1045 I decided to take out the reef. Two hours later the wind picked up again to 19/22k and we put the reef back in. On 1445 on Thursday we entered the Great Salt Pond at Block Island and dropped anchor after 53 hours underway.
It was a very successful trip with some great sailing. Most of Thursday was broad reaching under jib and main with one reef; it does not get much better than that.
Despite some quirks the AIS box was informative (although it lost its GPS signals twice for no apparent reason) but we did not have to hail any other vessel on the VHF.
We saw dolphins, 2 pilot whales (briefly), shearwaters and stormy petrels.
Today (Friday) we are are spending a lazy day at anchor in BI (it's raining anyway).
|Maine 2010
07/20/2010, Philadelphia
July 14 to July 20
Our week in Philadelphia was easily filled with small projects (such as installing an N.A.S.A-AIS radar device, and changing engine oil and filters) and provisioning. Finally CURLEW is ready for her trip to Maine. To celebrate we had a small party on board, which almost emptied CURLEW's wine lockers, and the next day we had to do more shopping to fill them again. But it was lots of fun. On Monday I topped up the water tanks and the only thing left was to wait for the crew to arrive the next morning.
|Maine 2010
07/13/2010, Philadelphia
CURLEW is finally on the move again. This summer we are going back to Maine. The last few weeks I've worked on a variety of projects to get ready for the trip. Last weekend I put two coats of Cetol Gloss on the caprail and on Monday and Tuesday Mary and I took her from Baltimore to Philadelphia. Dodging thunderstorms and heavy rain we anchored in the Bohemia river for the night and on Tuesday afternoon we arrived at the Philadelphia Marine Center. Barb, the marina manager, was surprised to see us. They had torrential downpours and flooding in the morning, but we did not see any rain of substance on the trip up the river (Delaware).
In Philadelphia I have a week to finish a few more projects and when we're done provisioning we will leave next Tuesday. Mary will not be on board for the trip north, but she will join me later in Maine. For the first half of the trip two friends will crew, at least to Block Island. One crewmember possibly all the way to Maine.
I can see the tip of the mast from our living room window. The last time we had CURLEW in the PMC our building was still under construction.
|Maine 2010
02/18/2010, Baltimore, MD
Last summer the WEMA holding tank gauge and sensor stopped working. It is not a comfortable feeling not to know how much space is left in the holding tank, especially when you have guests on board. But there are few boat jobs that are worse than opening a holding tank in the summer heat. So this project was postponed until the winter.
Now that the temperature is in the low 30s (20s at night) I thought it would be a good time to tackle this project. When I was on board in January I tried to disassemble the old sensor unit. I removed the flush-hose and the six machine screws that attach the sensor to the top of the tank. Then I pulled up the sensor unit. The entire assembly is made of plastic, and although the float assembly was easy to extract, the tube in which the float moves up and down stayed stuck inside the tank. It also appeared that the tube had a thread and that the sensor float was screwed down into the tube. I assume the intention was that the float unit could be removed for cleaning without having to remove the tube. You would still have to remove the six machine screws before you could remove it, though. Anyhow, the thread and the top of the tube appeared to be cracked.
With the assembly outside the tank I checked the movement of the float and although dirty (what else do you expect!) it appeared to move freely up and down. But no reading on the gauge, until the float was in its uppermost position. So the fault was in the float, and not in the gauge. I measured the length of the float; it was about 12". A quick check on the internet showed that WEMA no longer manufactures this particular type of sensor. The current model ("SHS") is made of stainless steel, but has the same dimensions, and should be an easy drop-in replacement. I ordered a unit from Sailboatowners.com (the only outlet that seems to carry these units). I put the old sender back to plug the hole in the tank and went home.
When I came back on board a few days ago I tackled the project of replacing the sensor. I am not an optimist by nature, and having some experience with boat projects, I did not believe that this was going to be easy. But, to my surprise, it was not too bad. (The smell was not too bad either. The tank was "empty", but there is always some liquid left over. When in use I use Odorless holding tank additive, perhaps that stuff really works!)
After removing the old float assembly again, I tried to pull the plastic tube out of the tank. Of course it was stuck, but after some wiggling it started to move. When I got about 4 inches of it out, something broke, and the bottom of the tube fell in the tank. It appeared that the plastic tube was made of segments and threaded together. As the wall thickness was very thin, and the outside of the tube probably full of crud, the wiggling must have pulled the tube segments apart. I decided that I could live with this piece of plastic settling on the bottom of the tank, as the alternative would have been to open at least some of the inspection plates (there are four) and digging around the bottom of the tank to get it out.
The new mounting ring and the position of the machine screws were identical to the old unit. Next I connected the wires to the gauge and checked that everything worked. Finally I wrapped teflon tape around the thread and screwed the float assembly in place. Done!
The old sensor had a flush port that was connected to the fresh water system (separated from it by a ball valve and a check valve), the intention being that you could flush the crud off the float to prevent it from sticking, without having to remove it from the tank. How effective this was remains an open question. I flushed it a few times a year, and the float was fairly clean when I pulled it. The new assembly does not have this option. Instead you can easily unscrew and remove the float assembly and tube without removing the mounting ring. Anyhow, this new model is made of better materials and is easier to remove. How stainless steel will hold up in this hostile environment remains to be seen.
This is a picture of the old sensor. You can see the flush port with the clear hose going to the check valve.
The old sensor removed, with the section of the tube that I was able to get out of the tank.
Here you can see the thread and the crack in the top of the tube.
The hole in the tank with the sensor removed.
The new mounting ring in place.
The new float assembly.
We have a reading!
The entire assembly ready to go.
Installation complete.
02/15/2010, Baltimore, MD
I finally got to the Anchorage Marina in Baltimore today, to shovel 2 ft of snow (at least) off Curlew's deck. (Note to self: next time bring a set of keys to the dock box where you keep your snow shovel. Or, better still, move south again next winter !). Here is a picture of Curlew in the snow.
Is there a dinghy somewhere under here?
Finally a path cleared to the steps.
Next step: Clearing the deck.
Here you get a good idea of how deep the snow was.
Except for the foredeck, I got most of the snow off. Tomorrow I'll clear the foredeck, and do some general cleanup. Now if only tonight's snow fall doesn't add to the accumulation!
Mary spent a long weekend with two girlfriends and her daughter in Denver, for a few days of pampered luxury. I was happy not to be invited and took Curlew for a blustery sail down to Annapolis and spent a few days at anchor in Weems Creek. I had heard from friends that the Annapolis Boat show seemed to be busier than last year the first few days, but when I went on Sunday afternoon and Monday I thought attendance was light.
Not many interesting new boats this year. The prize for the ugliest boat goes, hands down, to the Shannon 52. I don't know what the designer, or the buyer, had in mind when they "designed" this boat. It looks like an enlarged version of their Shoal-Sailer, with several trawler-style levels stacked on top. I can't believe that it will go to windward, and it must be scary to be at that high wheel station with a real sea running. (It had a sign indicating that this was NOT Bob Bitchin's new boat!)
I liked the new Morris 29 day-sailer and was pleased to see that it has a tiller. Did not ask the price. But what really intrigued me was the Italian Sensei. I saw her sailing when I left the Severn River on Tuesday and she looked really pretty. Not retro, but a well proportioned contemporary design. Sorry I did not look at her in more detail at the show.
It was good to see that Cabo Rico had a presence at the show, with Joe Batista's Cabo Rico 56. Too big for my taste (and wallet), but what a beautiful Chuck Paine design. Sometimes I think that in the future it would make sense to go smaller than Curlew's 42 ft. Not too many appealing boats in the 34-37 ft size. I still like the Pacific Seacraft 34, designed by the recently deceased Bill Crealock, and it seems that built quality has improved since the new owners moved the factory to the east coast. Needs a tiller, though. The wheel takes up too much cockpit space. The Tartan 37, although pretty, did not make the cut: Not one good sea berth in this boat. I like at least one (but preferably two) straight bunks parallel to the center line. As a day-sailer the Alerion 28 is still my favorite.
Do I need to vent more opinions? Too many boats that are great as entertainment centers in a marina, and too few that are designed for cruising, with good anchor gear, plenty of handholds below and above decks, and good sailing characteristics. I especially dislike the deck-saloon style boats with their sunroofs at mast level; slippery as hell, and not a handrail in sight. I would hate to work at the mast on one of those dark nights when things always seem to go wrong. Why do you need 10 ft headroom below deck? And why do you need these huge windows? To keep the shutter manufacturers busy?
It was my plan to watch the start of the Schooner Race from the Bay Bridge to Norfolk on Thursday, but the weather forecast was for winds from the north in the 25/30 range, with heavy rain, and temperature around 45. No fun. So on Wednesday I went back to my slip, and watched the schooner parade in Baltimore's harbor from the docks at the Anchorage Marina.
To conclude the trip, I went to West Marine to buy a new space heater. It feels like winter already.
|Summer 2009
09/07/2009, Corsica River, Queenstown and Bodkin Creek
We are in our fourth and final anchorage before we return to Baltimore tomorrow. We have been extremely fortunate to have had three beautiful sailing days, and five days of great weather, relaxation, good food, good friends and much laughter.
When we left Baltimore we sailed to the eastern shore of the Chesapeake to Swan Creek, near Rock Hall. On Friday we had a nice sail up the Chester River, to the Corsica River, to anchor in a relatively quiet anchorage. We rafted up with our friends Lisa and Kirk. Thierry had brought along the sailing dinghy, and it didn't take him long to get her into the water and take her for a sail. On Saturday we left the anchorage and motored down the Chester to an anchorage near Queenstown. I understand there really isn't much of a town in Queenstown, but there is a nice anchorage. There we met up with two other couples and we all rafted together. It was great fun - to see folks we haven't seen in a while and to just talk and laugh. We celebrated Kirk's birthday with a wonderful carrot cake made by Lisa.
One of our party left on Sunday and three of us remained. Kirk donned a wet suit and tank and went into the water and checked the bottom of all of our boats - cleaning off barnacles that had attached themselves to our prop. Thierry noticed a big difference today when we left the Chester River to head back to the eastern shore. By evening, our somewhat quiet anchorage became quite crowded with both sailors and power-boaters. I think we made enough noise to drown out whatever sounds were coming from the others around us.
We are currently at an anchorage about two hours from Baltimore (our home port), after a great sail across the Bay - we were sailing at a speed over 7 knots. On our trip down the Chester River and out to the Bay we joined what looked like hundreds of sailboats on their way to (I assume) their respective home ports. It was quite a site.
We picked up some crabs from a couple of fellows selling steamed crabs from their skiff last night. We'll eat them tonight along with left over pasta. Although it is cloudy outside and there is a threat of rain, it is still comfortable and we are savoring our last evening aboard.
Since we've come south, I finished one book, read two (albeit somewhat short) and am almost finished a third. The one I finished, "Casa Rossa" by Francesca Marciano was a story about three generations of women who spent a portion of their life at a farmhouse (Casa Rossa) in Puglia, and the events (men) that shaped their lives. I really enjoyed this book. There are frequent references to food, with many of the key ingredients (not recipes per se) in Italian. So, I'll have to take the book home and ask Dad what they are talking about. The book makes me want to go to Italy - and to try some new pasta dishes! Because of the book I bought a magazine, Cucina Italiana, that I have never seen before hoping to get inspired... it was only okay.
Lisa loaned me a book, "The Madonnas of Leningrad", which was wonderful. This book took you from past to present, in the memories of a woman who suffers from Alzheimer's. Her past memories take her back to Leningrad in the winter of 1941, when the city was under siege by the Germans. Some 2000 people lived in the basement of the Hermitage during that winter, where our main character resided. She had worked as a docent in the museum before the war, and during her stay, she memorized the original placement of the artwork that was removed to protect it from damage or theft.
I also read Iain Pears' "The Bernini Bust," a detective story that brings an art dealer to Los Angeles where two murders occur relating to some stolen artwork from Italy, which required the assistance of a female detective from Rome who solves the case along with her art dealer boyfriend. An okay, easy read. I am now almost finished reading "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett. I believe this was one of the books selected by our reading group when we were away. This is about a group of people, including a famous opera singer, who are held captive by a group of South American militants. I a,m enjoying the book so far, being about 2/3 the way through.
So, as you can tell, we've been getting lots of R&R. Water, sun, friends, wind, music, laughter, a good book, and an amazing Skipper; what more could one ask for! It's been a great couple of days!
(This post was taken from Mary's blog "A Day in Mary's Life").
|Summer 2009
We did it! Arrived in Baltimore around 12:30, just the right time to go to Mama's on the Half Shell for lunch. Curlew looks beautiful, albeit a bit dirty on the outside from the weather and sitting in the slip. Thierry has a spring in his step that I haven't seen in a while. Even the moon will be full for us when we take Curlew out for a few days on the Bay. We picked up wine and beer, will get food on board tomorrow (you see we have our priorities straight), and hope to head out by noon. We'll join friends in Swan Creek (Rock Hall area) that evening then see where the wind takes us. During the weekend, we hope to raft up with two other boats - it should be a fun time.
This morning I went for another Neupogen shot (to build the white blood cells). It was a good thing I telephoned the oncologist office yesterday to ask if a) they got the results of my blood work and b) if I needed to come in. When I later spoke with the PA she did confirm that running a fever is a side effect of the drug. So, I have been popping Tylenol all day - so far (at 9:55 p.m.) I am still feeling pretty good, and report a normal temperature. I also learned that three shots of Neupogen is a standard regimen.
My wonderful neighbors, Barbara and Doris, both brought over care packages on Monday. Barbara makes the most incredible chicken soup which will feed us for a couple of days. Doris made egg parm (one of my favorites) and included some fresh veggies. All this after my sister and our friend Joan brought dinner (and my parents) over on Sunday. The Sunday dinner at mom's came to our house. Lauren and Mike pitched in - it was great to have everyone around.
Well, Thierry is hoping that the boat isn't too fouled with barnacles and the prop isn't too clogged up so we can get the boat out of the slip tomorrow. I'm off to get a good night's rest and am looking forward to a great couple of days. I hope you all enjoy as well.
(This post was taken from Mary's blog "A Day in Mary's Life".)
|Summer 2009
06/17/2009, Baltimore, MD
CURLEW and her equipment needed some TLC after our trip to the Bahamas. I went back to Baltimore on Monday, with a long list of things to do. It so happened that Wilbert Quesada, who used to work for the Cabo Rico factory in Costa Rica, was in the US, and I "invited" him to spend some time on CURLEW to take care of the woodwork below decks, and some gel coat crazing on deck. Here is a picture of Wilbert at work.
Tuesday I prepared the caprail to touch-up some minor scratches that we incurred since I "cetoled" the caprail in Beaufort, SC.
Next I put a new tire on my folding bike,
and put another patch on the air floor of the Avon dinghy. We'll see how long this lasts. This dinghy has given me more grief than any of the Avons I've owned before. I firmly believe that the quality has suffered since Avon was bought by Zodiac.
I also was going to end-for-end the anchor chain. One section starts to rust, and I was going to treat this section with Ospho, to remove or bind the rust, and then reverse the chain. Unfortunately it is raining today, and this project has to be postponed to a later date.
|Summer 2009


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Game 102: BlueClaws (62-39) at Delmarva (47-54)
Lakewood goes for four out of five tonight in Salisbury, MD against Delmarva. Last night, they swept a double-header from the Shorebirds, 4-3 in 10 innings in game one and 5-0 behind Julio Rodriguez in game two.
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LAK: RHP Trevor May (2-1, 4.09)
DEL: RHP Kenny Moreland (6-3, 2.97)
The Keoni De Renne Eastern Tour…IF Keoni De Renne has rejoined the BlueClaws, his third stint with the team this year…He began the season with the BlueClaws before going to Reading for two weeks (where he was the only R-Phil to get a hit off Stephen Strasburg)…He then went to Clearwater, was sent to extended spring training, then was re- activated by Clearwater…In early June, he was sent to Lakewood again, where he finished the half…On June 21st, it was back to Clearwater…In early July, he was sent to Reading and then Lehigh Valley, before re-joining the BlueClaws…Overall he is 24-78 (.308) and has played with four Phillies affiliates this year.
Long Time Coming…Sebastian Valle's home run on Monday at Delmarva was his first since June 17th, a span of 33 games…He had hit eight in the previous 18 games and now has 10 on the season.
Good Friends and a Strong Bullpen…In this series with Delmarva, the BlueClaws bullpen has thrown a total of 24 innings in the four games (and allowed eight earned runs, five in the ninth inning on Saturday, the game that ended up going 18 innings)…Overall this year, the BlueClaws bullpen is 26-10 with a 2.88 ERA.
He's Back…After his 24-game hitting streak ended last week, Jiwan James went 5-28, including 0-9 in the 18-inning game on Saturday…Since, he is 6-12 with two hits in each of the last three games and five RBIs in the double-header Monday (he drove in five of Lakewood's nine runs)…He is batting .350 (35-100) in July after hitting .306 (24-98) in June.
7:32: Give Valle credit. He's been throwing great in the last month (really since Carlos Ruiz's visit). Guns down another to end the second.
7:48: That's 7 strikeouts for Trevor May through three shutout innings. 0-0 to the 4th.
8:00: Batts gets an RBI single on an 0-2 pitch…1-0 Lakewood.
8:23: Two more in the 5th for the BlueClaws, who now lead Delmarva 4-0. Leandro Castro is 2-3 / RBI in 1st game off DL. The other two scored on an E7 by TJ Baxter, losing a Singleton liner in the lights (he picked it up late and the ball ticked off his glove).
8:39: Barnes hits his second HR (first since April 11th). 5-0.
9:00: Four more in the 8th including a 2 run triple from Batts an RBI double from Barnes.
9:17: Trevor May fans 14(!) through 7 innings, tying a franchise record. Also, BlueClaws starters have not allowed an ER since Thursday (31 IP).
9:49: Final was 9-0. Lakewood now 24-games over .500 for the first time this year.


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31 Oct 2007 2:06 PM #1
Dockable/floatable panels in ExtJS?
We are currently using ExtJS beta 2.0 and are supremely impressed! I have a question about docking/undocking panels. We have a single web application using ExtJS. This application has a number of panels, the pimary panel being a document viewer where most of the interaction and interesting behaviors take place. We also have a use case to support multiple monitors. Is it possible with the current release of ExtJS to undock a panel from the application and drag it outside the parent browser window? We would love to be able to do this with the document viewer panel. Of course if we can do that, we will need to re-dock the panel.
Is this possible? Is this too much for the web right now?
31 Oct 2007 2:23 PM #2
I don't think you can do what you're attempting with any framework. An EXT panel is nothing more than html and doesn't exist outside its parent frame (be that a frame, iframe or the browser proper.)
1 Nov 2007 7:27 PM #3
Jake is right. With frameworks like Ext and all the rest, you're not creating an actual window as far as the OS is concerned. All you're doing is creating a HTML snippet that's styled to look like a window, and has some actions that may (or may not) be like a window. Because of this, you can't move this outside it's display area.
Thats the same for pretty much every application though. Using Photoshop as an example, there's a set area for the program, and no panels or windows from that program can exist outside that area. It's exactly the same principle here.
So, you can float and dock panels, but only in the area of the browser window, not outside of it.'Once again, fortune vomits on my eiderdown'
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If you just want top see a bit more info within your page, you can easily "undock" Panels from TabPanels (or any Container if you just write the code to remove the Panel, and add it to something else).
This bit makes a child Panel of a TabPanel undockable into a Window by double clicking on its selector:
Ext.override(Ext.Panel, { makeDockable: function() { var o = this.ownerCt; if (!o || !(o instanceof Ext.TabPanel)) { return; } Ext.fly(o.getTabEl(this)).on("dblclick", this.undock, this); }, undock: function() { var h = this.getEl().getHeight(); var w = this.getEl().getWidth(); var o = this.ownerCt; o.remove(this); var win; win = new Ext.Window({ renderTo: Ext.getBody(), title: this.title, constrain: true, items: this, tools: [{ id: 'pin', qtip: 'Redock to original parent', handler: function() { win.remove(this); o.add(this); o.setActiveTab(this); o.doLayout(); win.destroy(); this.makeDockable(); // The tab selector is new. }, scope: this }] }); win.setHeight(h); win.setWidth(w); o.doLayout(); win.show(); } });
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7 Feb 2009 1:01 PM #6
I think you may do much more at web, than in desktop applications.
We must to see web Browser as a VM, a place where , using JS ( as language and accessing DOM ), CSS (styling perfectlly the apps.), all is possible.
I´ve seen here, at forum, a lot of extensions, witch in a desktop environment it would be hard to implement.
Thanks Jack!
Congrats Animal.
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7 Feb 2009 4:53 PM #7
Then I think you may have the complete result she is thinking of.
The URL associated with the new window would need to contain the reference to the required libraries but otherwise . . .
Now to bring it back in, the window would have reference to the parent . . . hummm
8 Feb 2009 6:09 AM #8
Animals solution puts the contents in a new Ext.Window, but I think the OP is looking for an entirely new browser window. That would be interesting. It sounds like it's possible, just requires some ninja skill.
27 Mar 2011 5:54 PM #9
I must be missing something...
Great idea, however I couldn't get it to work. When double-click the tab's Selector nothing happens. Here's my tabPanel. What am I missing?
PHP Code:
var itTabPanel = new Ext.TabPanel({
id: 'itTabPanel',
activeTab: 0,
border : false,
layoutOnTabChange: true,
enableTabScroll: true,
defaults : {
workspace : this,
autoScroll: true,
split: true,
enableTabScroll: true,
items: [
title: 'Tab 1',
id: 'panel1',
html: 'This is the first panel'
} ]
31 Dec 2013 10:59 AM #10
how about this override for extjs 4? can make it workWemerson Januario
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jb comment is so funny
but what is funnier is that stupid advert jb is doing at the moment. lewis must be lol...