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Load carrying capacity
SBD plummer block housings and THD take-up housings are designed to accommodate radial loads acting in all directions as well as axial loads acting in both directions on the locating bearing position.
For SBD housings, the permissible radial loads depend on the bearing, the housing and the attachment bolts. Loads acting perpendicularly to the support surface are limited only by the bearing. SBD housings must be supported over the entire base area.
For information about the load carrying capacity of THD take-up housings, contact SKF application engineering service.
Breaking loads and safety factors
Guideline values for the breaking loads of housings made of spheroidal graphite cast iron are provided in table 1. To obtain the permissible load for a housing, the appropriate breaking load value should be divided by a factor selected based on the safety requirements. In general engineering, a safety factor of 6 is typical (→ Load carrying capacity).
For SBD housings made of cast steel, the values obtained from table 1 should be multiplied by a factor of 1,25. For housings made of grey cast iron, the values should be multiplied by a factor of 0,63.
The load Pa is the axial breaking load of the housing. If the incorporated bearing is mounted on a sleeve, the permissible axial load for the sleeve must be checked.
Additional housing support for SBD plummer block housings
When the housing is subjected to loads acting parallel to the support surface, it may be necessary to provide a stop to counter the load.
When loads act at angles between 55° and 120°, or when the axial loads are greater than 5% of P180° (table 1), a stop should be provided to counter the load. The stop should be sufficiently strong to accommodate the loads acting parallel to the support surface.


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Costas advocates for gun control
NBC broadcaster Bob Costas used his halftime segment on "Sunday Night Football" to advocate for gun control following this weekend's murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, causing an immediate debate on social media.
In a segment about 90 seconds long, Costas paraphrased and quoted extensively from a piece by Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock.
After praising the column, Costas said: "In the coming days, Jovan Belcher's actions and their possible connection to football will be analyzed. Who knows? But here, wrote Jason Whitlock, is what I believe. If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive today."
Belcher shot and killed Perkins, the mother of his 3-month daughter, on Saturday morning, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in the parking lot of the team's practice facility.
The online reaction to Costas' segment was swift, with many people criticizing the broadcaster for expressing his personal views on a program meant for entertainment.

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Competing for the title of Miss Hampton Beach was just the beginning for some young women, proving they had a lot more going for them than just a pretty face.
Competing for the title of Miss Hampton Beach was just the beginning for some young women, proving they had a lot more going for them than just a pretty face.
Several former contestants of the annual beach pageant have gone on to star in movies or enter the world of politics.
Here is a look at some of the more notable queens that have graced the Seashell Stage during the pageant's 62-year history.
Carolyn Ann Komant was crowned Queen of the Beach in 1958, but she is better known for being one of the glamour girls of Hollywood.
Komant followed her Miss Hampton Beach reign by later winning the title of Miss Maine, which led to her becoming a semifinalist in the Miss USA finals in 1959.
While she was not named Miss USA, she did get her hands on a $135 weekly contract from Warner Brothers.
She went on to perform for a full season on the show "77 Sunset Strip." and appeared in the 1962 movie "House of Women."
She stopped acting in 1962 after marrying Michael Patrick Vliet, who was stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
She was second runner-up in the 1952 Miss Hampton Beach contest, but proved she had more than looks going for her.
Hollingworth went on to own a business at Hampton Beach and served in the N.H. House of Representatives for five terms and later on as a state senator.
She is currently serving as one of the state's five executive councilors.
While she did not take home the title of Miss Hampton Beach in 1994, she did take the title of Miss Connecticut in 1998.
Now, the New England native is making a name for herself in Hollywood.
Hughes has been in numerous films, from the small role as the naked girl in "Old School" to a staring turn in the psychological independent film "The Green River."
Over the years, she has appeared on "Boston Legal," "Days of our Lives" and "Party of Five."
Today, she continues to act and is also the co-founder of Holden Log LLC, a Los Angeles-based company that assists performers with finding auditions.
Crowned the 50th Miss Hampton Beach in 1995, she is the reason why the annual pageant is still thriving in 2008.
Lussier took over the pageant after the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce threatened to put an end to the tradition back in 1996.
"I petitioned to keep it going," Lussier said. "I got a lot from winning the pageant, and I want some other young lady to have the same experience."
Named Miss Hampton Beach in 1984, Molinari took a path less traveled, but nevertheless it brought her national fame and super stardom.
The Argentina native not only went on to win Miss New Hampshire in 1991, but also became a well-known adult entertainment performer known as Alex Taylor.
Taylor was named Penthouse Pet of the Month in 1994, and appeared in the magazine more than 30 times.
From 1998 to 2004, she worked for Vivid Entertainment as an adult actress, starring in such films as "Where the Boys Aren't 12."
She has since retired from the industry and resides in Orlando, Fla.
Shelia Ann Scott: She won the title of Miss Hampton Beach in 1964, and went on to become the first runner-up in the Miss America Pageant. Jan Angela Fiorentini: She took home the crown in 1971, and went on to compete in the Miss USA Pageant. Fiorentini would later become a successful artist. Sabrina Louise Dennison: Miss Hampton Beach 1989-90 toured the United States and Europe as part of the National Theatre for the Deaf. Dennison currently works as deaf coordinator and ASL instructor with the Portsmouth School District.


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I spent a few hours at AnimeUSA today and had a good time looking around at the art show, the dealers and the cosplayers. It runs for two more days. I've put some pictures up here and at Flickr.
Local cartoonists Jamie Noguchi, Tony Tribby and Alexa Polito have tables, as does the Snow By Night webcomic team.
Jamie Noguchi, whose new book is Erfworld vol. 1.
Tony Tribby, whose new book is 'Death is Good'.
Alexa Polito, whose selling a minicomic sketchbook, 'Rough Sex vol. 1'.
...and there are the cosplayers too...
...I'm not sure that costume is anime/manga influenced, but the next one is Lady Deadpool from Marvel Comics...
...and these are real police officers enjoying their surroundings.


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ANet just posted information about Gaming Outside the Game on their blog. Massively also has a bit to say on the subject. The posts are primarily about the many ways that access to GW2 will be made available through non-game sources, such as on iPad/Pod/Phone and Android apps. There are even some very snazzy pics of the world map on an iPad. I have to say, I have mixed feelings about all of this.
ANet is definitely exploring new marketing and gameplay territories here. No other company or game (to my knowledge) has allowed for this much content outside of the actual game. Players frequently use computer programs/applications such as TeamSpeak and Ventrillo to communicate while gaming, but these programs are not embedded within the game being played. ANet is proposing not only improving upon these programs by increasing communication opportunities, but they're allowing for communications from your phone to people currently playing the game.
Furthermore, there are numerous opportunities for you to be a part of the game while not actually playing the game. Communication is only one. You can scry on your friends as they roam around the map and learn about all of their items and even part of their personal story. You can even ping on their map to get their attention! We've even learned that you can access the Auction House outside of the game (though this wasn't mentioned specifically in this article).
My concern is raised in regards to immersion and addiction. I've owned an iPhone for about 2 years now and every time it *dings* an update (e.g., email, Facebook, sports score, etc.) I stop whatever I'm doing, pick it up, and see what's going on. I feel like one of Pavlov's dogs being pulled to my phone whenever I hear that sound.
People are already very connected to their smartphones. We take them everywhere and do just about everything with them. They connect us to our friends and just about anything we want from the internet. They are instant gratification machines.
By comparison, video game addiction is a very real thing. While it may have been passed over for inclusion in the DSM-V, it has many of the symptoms of other addictions (e.g., gambling and alcoholism) and stimulates the same areas of the brain. People play for hours and hours at a time, forego non-internet based social interactions, and constantly think about the game. Even casual players, such as myself, feel this pull.
The addition of apps and other programs that allow for people to be connected to the GW2 outside of the game represents a leap ahead in the current MMO world. Players will be able to do with GW2 something they cannot (yet) do in other MMOs: ALWAYS BE CONNECTED. In and of itself, that is kind of cool. You will always know when your friends are playing. You can organize groups and events efficiently. You can keep track of who has the best equipment and who has killed the most rats. You can monitor your auctions and plan out what you're going to do when you get back into game. It will very much broaden the causal player's gaming experience.
The danger, of course, is the other extreme. Games are meant to be cool and fun. That's what keeps us buying them. MMOs add a social component to that and amps up the ol' who has the highest score in the arcade mentality because you are actively competing with others in real time. There are a lot of reasons to keep playing a game you enjoy–especially a game you're enjoying with friends. And when you can't play, you can check up on things on your phone. At anytime, you are either playing or checking your phone. Facebook is already an example of this. We are plugged in all the time.
I am greatly looking forward to the opportunities provided by ANet through apps and programs that allow me to monitor my game status while I'm not actually playing. I'm sure a lot of people are. It is innovative, versatile, and (currently) free. Just don't be surprised when you find yourself turning the game off and going directly to your phone or iPad to see what your friends are up to.


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5 Things We Learned About Ariana Grande's Brother Frankie on His 'Big Brother' Premiere
Just last week CBS revealed that pop sensation Ariana Grande will have a close relative on the 16th season of 'Big Brother' --- her big brother! Frankie is one of 16 contestants living in the 'BB' household and competing for the grand prize of $500,000. Tonight he made his TV debut on the first episode, and already we feel like we know much more about the pink-haired dancer.
Here are five things we learned about Frankie tonight:
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Frankie Grande is the "Queen of YouTube."
Frankie has quite a long resume! He introduced himself as a former Broadway performer, a YouTube personality and a dancing instructor for kids. All three are pretty impressive, but Frankie seems most fond of his YouTube rep. According to the new reality show star, he is the "Queen of YouTube."
"I'm always filming myself and then posting those videos," he explained. Then he humble-bragged that he has 1.2 million followers. (Maybe he's combining his followers across social media platforms, because as of right now, he only has about 190,000 YouTube subscribers.)
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Frankie likes short shorts!
If you've got it, flaunt it! Frankie is a dancer, after all, so it makes sense that he's got nice legs. He showed them off already, wearing a pair of royal blue shorts for his entrance into the 'Big Brother' House. He later rocked a short hot pink bathing suit — to match his hair, of course — when he competed in the first Head of Household competition.
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He is aging backwards.
Frankie introduced himself on the show and to his fellow housemates as a 28-year-old. But according to CBS, he's actually 31! Maybe it's a strategy of his that he hasn't revealed yet, or maybe he's just aging backwards. Share your secret, Frankie!
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Frankie isn't a great chess player.
Frankie and his housemate Cody — whom Frankie (and all of the ladies) are majorly crushing on — sat down for a game of chess that didn't seem all that successful. To be fair, Frankie did warn Cody that he didn't know how to play. Still, Cody looked a little shocked when Frankie couldn't tell the difference between the king and queen pieces. Noted: We won't be calling if we ever find ourselves needing a master chess player.
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But he is in great shape!
Frankie might not know how to play chess, but he's got those crunches down! Frankie led two of his male housemates in a round of vigorous crunches that the other two beefy guys had a hard time keeping up with. The 28-year-old (or 31-year-old?) proved himself once again during the first 'BB' competition, when he had to keep his balance on a huge rolling log while being doused in a spray of suntan lotion. It might look easy, but the contestants revealed that it was way harder than it looks, and they could feel the burn in their legs. Frankie beat out the other seven and became the very first Head of Household for this season!


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And the second? Well, here it is....
My compliments to the creative crafter on this project go to Ashley from Lil Blue Boo.
Lil Blue Boo completely rocked my world when she showed us all how to make these...
You think I'm joking but these bracelets make me giddy. GIDDY!!! And, I haven't even mentioned all the compliments I get when I wear them - oh yeah, they are amazing compliments. Makes a girl feel special.
Miss M finally agreed to be my model - aren't they just the coolest thing ever?
Here's the thing though, Ashley's tutorial is amazing and you'll have to go over to Lil Blue Boo to get all the details. But, after I made one her way, I did have to tweak the steps to make it easier. You know me, I'm all about easy. So, here's the steps I changed, it may or may not help you but I found it simplified the process for me.
Ashley's tutorial has you folding over the ends of the leather and the floss and tying them securely before you start the wrapping process. (If this doesn't make sense to you, it will when you read her tut.) I couldn't get mine tied tight enough and it kept falling apart which was really frustrating. To simplify, and solve the problem, I just grabbed a crimp bead. The one I used has a channel down the middle and a circle loop on top. See it centered in the photo above?
Instead of tying my ends off, I crimped them. Here's how: Place the leather and the floss in the center of the channel. Then, using needle nose pliers, carefully & tightly fold one edge over.
Then repeat with the second edge. Make sure to flatten those metal arms/edges down tightly so that it holds your floss and leather in place.
When you are done crimping it closed you'll have something that looks like the photo above. Then, using sharp scissors just cut off the excess leather and floss. (You need two crimp beads per bracelet. One when you start it, prior to wrapping, and one when you finish wrapping the bracelet. My photos show the finished bracelet)
When the extra materials are removed your metal loop will be exposed and you are ready to add on other jump rings and closure clasps.
And then you just have to make a ton of them because they are so awesome!
Ashley from Lil Blue Boo thank you, thank you, thank you for making and sharing such an awesome project! And, if you aren't familiar with Lil Blue Boo, make sure you spend some time over there - she's pretty darn amazing!
And with that, I'm off to make some more bracelets!


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Cost: FREE! That's right, FREE!
Special guests: We have several lined up, visit the site for more!
Date: Animarathon 9 is on March 26, 2011
Animarathon is NW Ohio's largest and longest running Anime con! We attract over 1,800 attendies for a day full of cosplay, art, guest speakers, panels, screenings, and more!
Cosplay is a must here! We pride ourselves in our love of cosplay! If you would like to know more about our cosplay, and even see some photos from last years Cosplay check out: http://animarathon.com/Cosplay.html - Bring your camera, and your skits!
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Facebook friends take on new meaning as hookers are said to be flocking to social networking siteBY Rich Schapiro - NY Daily News
It's a friend request with benefits - but it isn't for free.
New York hookers are flocking to Facebook to advertise their services, a Columbia University sociologist says.
After studying the habits of 290 sex workers, Sudhir Venkatesh found that 83% rely on Facebook to lure johns.
"I estimate that by the end of 2011, Facebook will be the leading online recruitment space," Venkatesh wrote in the February issue of Wired magazine.
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These days, we take antilock brakes' grinding and pounding underfoot as a fait accompli of the safety age. Just about every insurance agency offers a discount for cars equipped with ABS, though the NHTSA maintains its soft-pedal endorsement of the device, "When used properly, an antilock brake system (ABS) is a safe and effective braking system." But according to The Truth About Cars, ABS is a killer. To wit:
Researchers have compared accident and fatality rates for vehicles with and without ABS. Other studies have examined the driving records of ABS and non-ABS equipped taxi drivers in Munich and Oslo. The accident and fatality data shows that ABS exacerbates the severity of accidents in certain situations. The taxi study proved that drivers tend to take greater risks in cars equipped with ABS (although the difference in collision rates was not significant). In short, ABS may do more harm than good.
The hazards may not all be a function of driver usage, either. We're particularly keen on looking at the data regarding how steering to avoid an obstacle while under ABS could cause a two-lane shift. Read on before stomping on that left pedal again.
Killer ABS [The Truth About Cars]
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JetBlue made a toddler pee in her seat.
Rest in peace, Casey Kasem.
A bionic pancreas may offer hope to those with diabetes.
Beware the dangers of heavy hoarding.
Pope Francis forgoes the bulletproof Popemobile.
Even parrots have fathers.
James Boyd's family has suggestions for APD.
A broken water main in downtown ABQ is causing flooding and road closures.
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Valentine Craft: Heart {snow} flakes
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Wow! Those are so pretty! I love them. I love that picture of Minna looking at them too! I also think using the tissue paper made them super pretty.ReplyDelete
Great post! Love the heart shaped snowflakes.ReplyDelete
So pretty! Love your heart snowflakes, and so excited to get a sneak peek of one of the activities in the Heart Ebook!ReplyDelete
These look so pretty with the sun shining through them, they also look really pretty hanging from the ceiling. Great contribution the the ebook!ReplyDelete
Thank you Aleacia. It will be fun to see what other projects will be contributed.ReplyDelete
What lovely snowflakes. They look beautiful on your window.ReplyDelete
So lovely and I love that picture with the sunglasses on. Big smile :)ReplyDelete
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Love that glasses pic!ReplyDelete
LOVE these! THey are perfect for the Heart Project!ReplyDelete
These are beautiful!! I love that they are covering your front window. We need to do this so that our front window looks more festive! Pinning this now!ReplyDelete
How fun!! I definitely will try these when my daughter is a little older. Thank you so much for sharing them at Sharing Saturday!!ReplyDelete
I LOVE this- it turned out great and is a nice addition to the book! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday ShowcaseReplyDelete
These are so cute!! We have some regular snowflakes hanging on our window. I will have to try switching them out with these cute heart flakes. Thanks for sharing on fun frugal friday. I would love it if you linked up more of your fun posts this friday. : )ReplyDelete


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Fall 2011 New York Fashion Week: Rag & Bone
Rag & Bone Earn Their Stripes with Their Fall 2011 Arctic Ski-Inspired Collection
Rag & Bone Earn Their Stripes with Their Fall 2011 Arctic Ski-Inspired Collection
>> For the second Fall season in a row, the Rag & Bone boys have created a lot of want in the ten some-odd minutes it takes for their run of show. The futuristic bent that was introduced in their Spring 2011 collection stayed, but this time worked its way into a number of the Rag & Bone staples — cropped fitted jackets, kilts, knee socks, and cape coats. This was mashed together with a newfound fascination with texture: cow hides, nubby knits, neoprenes, shearlings, wools, and fringes were all represented.
As Marcus Wainwright noted backstage, "It started with Inuit people — the indigenous people of the Arctic circle — and on the other side of it, there was a French skiier called Jean-Claude Killy — so '70s ski — and it just went from there." As for the brilliant blue that was used so liberally in the second half of the show — where did that come from? "In looking at all of these pictures of the Arctic and the snow and the sky bounced against it," Wainwright explained, "that unbelievable blue — Klein Blue — that kind of blue of the sky, was just amazing against the ivory and the grey of the beginning [of the show]. It's a fun color."
The cool Rag & Bone girl was well-accounted-for as usual, both front row (Erin Wasson, Jessica Stam, and Alexa Chung), and on the catwalk (Bette <nobrand>Franke</nobrand>, making a runway return after taking a season off, Arizona Muse, Joan Smalls, Fei Fei Sun, Saskia de Brauw, and Britt Maren). Boots tended to be thigh-high and low-heeled. As for the clutches, which were strapped to the models' hands by glove-like contraptions, leaving their fingers free — would those be put into production? "It may well do if people like them," Wainwright answered. "I don't know. We just did it just for the show, we always do those things ourselves, but yeah, probably." He and Neville had both cracked open Peroni beers immediately post-show, while their children ran around backstage. So what's the plan now that the show is finished? "I have had one beer," Wainwright replied. "I'm going to have a few more. I feel pretty good about it. I was excited about the music [done by Thom Yorke], and it's good."


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A New York couple has been arrested and accused of plotting to babysit children as a cover to drug and sexually abuse them, federal prosecutors said.
Special agents with the FBI and NYPD detectives arrested Bebars Baslan, 35, and Kristen Henry, 25, Tuesday night at a hotel in Jersey City, N.J. Prosecutors say they believed they were going there to meet an acquaintance and three children, including a 1-year-old and a 3-month-old baby, that the group was planning to drug with children's Benadryl and take sexually explicit photos.
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Prosecutors say that acquaintance was actually an informant who had contacted authorities last month to report that the couple possessed child pornography and were planning to open a babysitting business to find victims to abuse.
According to the criminal complaint, the informant then began working with the FBI to record phone calls and obtain other evidence.
In one recorded conversation, Baslan allegedly told the informant about drugging children before abusing them: "Trust me, all what I'm doing, nothing is going to be, no memories, nothing."
The meeting planned for Jersey City was so that Baslan could get incriminating pictures of Henry before they began the business, the complaint said. He wanted collateral, and wanted to take pictures of her sexually abusing the baby.
When the informant said he was concerned about the effect of the abuse on the baby, Baslan allegedly told him "if it's one minute he won't even know what's going on."
The pair are charged with aggravated sexual abuse and face 30 years to life in prison. Their lawyers had no comment.


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I think it's about time to sit down and talk with you realistically about the ignorance of those advocating for bans on so-called "assault weapons" (AW) and so-called "high-capacity" magazines.
First and foremost, I object to the use of both terms. They are nothing more than scare tactics designed by opponents to create fear of inanimate objects. They are used to assume there is safety in less capacity and less menacing characterics. However, I use the terms merely to sync my words with the common media vernacular to avoid confusion.
To be honest, I'm not even sure what constitutes an AW. I know that ARs and AKs fit into that category, but the using the 90's AW ban as a guideline, the possibilities of defining a rifle as an AW are virtually limitless. Take the Ruger Mini-14, for example.
I think everyone, including the gun control nazis, that this is a perfectly acceptable gun that we can trust the general population to own. It looks likes a perfectly fine weapon for hunting (understanding that the 2nd Amendment has NOTHING to do with hunting, as I've previously explained), right?
There is no extendable stock. It doesn't have an evil pistol grip. It's got a wooden frame instead of a black one. The magazine cannot hold 30 or more rounds. None of those murder-prone picatinny rails. It's just a down-to-earth, typical American rifle one would expect to see in the back window of a pickup truck. But, it does shoot the standard .223 or 5.56mm rounds that most ARs shoot.
What's great about Ruger's Mini 14 is that is highly customizable. There is an endless number of changes that can be made to it to suit the owner's likes and needs. Consider the following progression.
Uh oh. This is the same rifle, but it's beginning to look scary with that collapsible stock and a pistol grip. However, since it's still got a wooden frame and a small magazine it should still be ok.
Ok, now you've gone too far, CJ. This is simply unacceptable. It's black and the magazine is much too large. We need to ban this weapon. Never mind that this one is the EXACT SAME weapon in terms of mechanics, lethality, accuracy, and cycling as the first one above. The problem is that this is the same weapon as the first one above. But, just for giggles, let's take it one more step then I'll get into some other aspects of these AW bans.
Now, THAT is how you kit out a Ruger Mini 14!!
But, let's get serious for a moment, shall we? I live on my family farm here in Texas. The farm has been in our family for 4 generations. I live right across the street from the first plot of land my grandfather ever purchased. We now farm over 6,500 acres, much of it leased. We have hundreds of head of cattle. We are also dealers for Pioneer seed as well as fertilizer that farmers use to make the same acre of land fertile for growing crops year after year. One of the chemicals we use is called anhydrous ammonia.
Anhydrous ammonia is gas you can't see, but can suffocate you with a sharp, pungent odor. Think about the worst smell of ammonia you've ever smelled and then multiply that probably 10 times. It is a chemical made up of one part nitrogen and three parts hydrogen and compressed into liquid form to fertilize fields. As you know, plants take nutrients out of the earth in order to grow. Using the same land to grow crops year after year or season after season depletes the soil of those much-needed nutrients, especially nitrogen.
Using anhydrous ammonia in fields replenishes that lost nitrogen into the soil. It's very easy to apply and readily available to farmers. As it is released into the soil it expands into a gas where it rapidly combines with soil moisture.
Sounds harmless enough, right? Wrong.
Anhydrous ammonia is also an ingredient used to make methamphetamines. Most meth manufacturers reside in rural areas to avoid easy detection by police and neighbors, and use the resources that are readily available to them. These "resources" often include anhydrous ammonia.
Over the years, we have experienced several incidents where we had meth producers try to steal our anhydrous. One such instance that occurred the first year I moved back home resulted in a major chase between the thieves and my cousins. Seeing that we were all well-armed with different AW-type weapons, the thieves thought twice about sticking around. The mere sight of those guns was enough to scare them off and keep them away. We chased them out of the county.
Another aspect of living out in rural America that may necessitate the use of high capacity magazines is defending a herd or flock from coyotes. Coyotes hunt in both packs and individually. They are fast, moving targets. While many farmers employ the use of asses to defend their livestock, they aren't always affective. Yes, there are lazy asses on farms too. In some places, farmers also have to contend with mountain lions and cougars as well. Why should we be relegated to just using hunting rifles when we just want to kill the threat to our livelihood?
However, there won't always be a time when the thieves are going to be so easily spooked. I have no doubt that a desperate druggie may think he can shoot his way out. In such potential cases, only being able to own a 10-round clip isn't going to help.
A criminal won't care about capacity bans. If we were to obey the law and only own these smaller capacity clips, we would be at a major disadvantage.
There is a reason that Soldiers don't use 10-round clips and haven't since Vietnam. In the heat of the moment when adrenaline is high and nerves are tense, it's often difficult to focus complete attention on the fundamentals of marksmanship, which include steady position, aim, breathing, and trigger squeeze. It's hard to control breathing when you're repelling an ambush or rushing through an urban environment. Not every round is going to hit your target and, let's face it, the purpose behind using weapons is to remove the threat. Ten rounds weren't cutting it on the battlefields of war, so you know they wouldn't cut it in the criminal battlefields of America.
There are techniques to speed loading that many troops and police officers train on. One just need do a YouTube search for "speed loading rifle" to see that a trained shooter doesn't need much time to reload a magazine. Even the untrained person wouldn't have to take as much time to reload a magazine, providing he had more than one at his disposal.
The truth is that your average farmer or ranch owner isn't going to carry around combat load of seven magazines. Most only even keep one magazine for each weapon they own unless it came with additional ones. A 10-round magazine simply won't cut it when the need arises. And even if that person had several 10-round magazines loaded, he probably won't remember to grab them when the threat materializes.
Even though I've give some reasons why "high capacity" magazines shouldn't be banned, really my whole argument is a moot point. The type of magazine used isn't what is contributing to the mass murders in this country. The fact is that any object in the hands of a criminal is a weapon. People are killed with bare fists, bats, pipes, trophies, scissors, knives, 2-hole punches, arrows, saws, screwdrivers, hammers, nail guns, golf clubs, rocks, rope, water, razors, electricity, bricks, broomsticks, totem poles, cars, tire irons, pillows, drugs, explosives, fire, tree branches, poison, ice picks, shovels, machetes, swords, candlesticks, etc. But, we aren't banning those devices, are we?
Besides all the reasons I mentioned above, the simple fact is that an AW ban still won't work. Just yesterday there was a story about a kid who planned his killing for a year. The shooter didn't use an AW to target his classmates. He used a shotgun. If not for the brave actions of completely unarmed faculty, the results still could have been deadly. The shooter had 20 more rounds in his pocket and it doesn't take long to load a shotgun either.
Keep these things in mind the next time someone poses the ignorant question, "why do regular citizens need an AW anyway?" Then also remind them about what happened during the LA riots. I more shop owners wish they had one then.


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Gov. Martin O'Malley signed Maryland's first gas tax increase in 20 years into law on Thursday and announced $1.2 billion in highway and transit projects.
The new law levies a sales tax on gasoline on top of the state's 23.5-cents per gallon tax. The sales tax, which will take effect in July, will add about 4 cents to a gallon of gas. It will jump another 8 cents by July 2015. The tax would rise another 8 cents by July 2016, unless Congress approves an Internet sales tax measure that would provide another revenue source for transportation.
The law also includes a mechanism to automatically raise the tax in the future based on inflation by linking it to changes in the Consumer Price Index. Supporters say the gas tax increase is long overdue in a state where traffic congestion can be smothering in the suburbs of the nation's capital and the suburbs of Baltimore.
At its current pace, the state was scheduled to run out of money for new transportation projects after 2017.
Supporters also note that jobs will be created in the construction industry.
``We worked hard to balance the impact on the consumer with the urgent need to address the state's aging infrastructure and relieve road congestion,'' said House Speaker Michael Busch, D-Anne Arundel.
The O'Malley administration said the state will continue to review project needs and make investment decisions over the summer. The law is estimated to invest an average of $800 million a year at full implementation and a total of $4.4 billion over the next six years, the administration said.
The projects include:
_$82 million for construction on the U.S. 15/Monocacy Boulevard interchange in Frederick County.
_$125 million for construction on the I-270/Watkins Mill Road Interchange in Montgomery County.
_$100 million for construction on Maryland 210 at Kerby Hill Road/Livingston Road Interchange in Prince George's County.
_$20 million for design of a new Thomas Johnson Bridge in Calvert and St. Mary's counties.
_$100 million for MARC enhancements in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., regions.
_$60 million for construction on Leeds Avenue Interchange reconstruction and bridge replacement in Baltimore County.
_$49 million for Aberdeen Proving Ground BRAC Intersection improvement in Harford County.
_$44 million for construction on U.S. 301/Maryland 304 Interchange in Queen Anne's County.
_ Transit funding for final design, including $170 million for the Red Line, $280 million for the Purple Line, and $100 million for the Corridor Cities Transitway.
The Red Line is an east-west public transit line in Baltimore. The Purple Line is a 16-mile light rail line with 21 stations between Bethesda and New Carrollton. The Corridor Cities Transitway would provide transit from the Shady Grove Metro station to the Metropolitan Grove MARC station in Montgomery County.
Governor Martin O'Malley Signs Gas Tax, Announces Projects
Gov. Martin O'Malley signed Maryland's first gas tax increase in 20 years into law on Thursday and announced $1.2 billion in highway and transit projects.


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Taste of Country Festival Survival Tips
The most popular country music festivals — like the upcoming Taste of Country Music Festival — last up to five days and include dozens of artists. It's a big commitment to try to take it all in, and you'll want to do so in a way that allows you to be presentable at work on Monday morning.
By following this list of 10 Taste of Country Music Festival Survival Tips, you're certain to make the most of the experience. Read through our suggestions and then share your own in the comment section. The 2015 Taste of Country Music Festival takes place June 12-14 in Hunter, N.Y., just two hours from New York City.
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Leave Sexy at HomePack sensible clothing.
Country stars admit they like the short shorts they see in festival crowds, but the line is drawn there, for your safety. When it comes to footwear, don't bring anything you don't want getting muddy or that you can't get around in. Your six-inch stiletto heels may look like they provide good traction, but a more sensible pair of outdoor sandals will probably serve you better. The extra benefit to a waterproof shoe is that you'll be able to wear them in the community showers, should one of those be on your weekend itinerary. Bring an extra pair of sneakers to wear at night when the temperature dips low.
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Lather Up!Bring the sunblock.
Unless you're going to audition for the role of the Kool-Aid man in a community play, use SPF30 or higher when you hit Hunter Mountain this summer. Bring a bottle of something that smells decent and offer it to all of your new friends. Should one guy ask another guy to spread some on his back, it's cool ... as long as the first is buying the second a round at the awesome ToC Fest concession stands.
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Plug It UpBring earplugs.
Are you planning on camping at Taste of Country Music Festival? A pair of earplugs might serve you well if you're cranky without eight hours of sleep. Just because the music ends by 1AM on most nights doesn't mean the party stops. The tents and campers are packed tight like teenagers in a taxi, meaning you'll hear every shout, laugh and belch within two square miles. But isn't that why you're there? Party on!
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UnplugLeave technology at home.
If you find yourself packing multiple cameras, computers, bluetooth headsets and a tripod for your video camera, you're doing it wrong. Chances are you'll never revisit that footage. In fact, you may be glad none exists after a weekend of cold beer and country music.
Let us handle the coverage of the event. Pack light. Bring your fully-charged phone and maybe a small speaker dock for an iPod. Or, bring an acoustic guitar and create your own soundtrack after the official music has stopped each night.
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Pack a PonchoPlan for wet weather.
It's been known to shower at Taste of Country Music Festival (it is on a mountain, after all), but you can buy an inexpensive poncho and keep it in your tent or backpack to keep dry if needed. It won't take up much room, and should the sky open up with lightning, hail and frogs, you'll be glad you planned ahead while your friends search for shelter. We don't suggest offering to share your poncho with the country cutie in the next tent, but if he or she is willing ... we won't judge your transparent intentions.
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There's an App for ThatWe have a smartphone app.
More and more music festivals are developing apps for fans to keep track of schedules and other important happenings across the long, music-filled weekend. ToC Fest brings an app for iPhones and Android phones. No more pulling a sweaty paper map out of your back pocket every time you need to find the water tent!
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Side StageEnjoy the Bud Light Stage!
The headliners will steal the show, but there are great discoveries to be made at our Bud Light Stage, including lesser-known talents like Katie Armiger. It's here you'll find a real gem to talk about until next year's festival, when he or she is on the big stage. Some of the best music happens during these more intimate shows.
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Know the OpenerDon't just focus on headliners.
You paid a pretty sum for tickets and camping, so make it worth your time and money by checking out the opening acts. Often the lesser-known stars sign autographs after their sets. You may even find one or two walking around to shake hands with campers. You'll make a better impression if you know their music.
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Be RespectfulLove the people, the land and the music.
Don't be a jerk, pick up all of your garbage before you leave and be kind to our festival staff — it's just good karma! Even if security does seem to be heavy-handed and the beer vendor says you've had too much, they've got over 100,000 people to worry about and don't need your hijinks.
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Sleep!The party will be there when you wake up.
Find a few hours of rest each night (and maybe a few more early in the afternoon). Unless you have Monday off to recover, you'll need a little more than two hours for four days straight. It's one thing to show up with mud still stuck in your hair, but quite another to fall asleep on your keyboard. Make sure you take a break throughout the festival weekend.


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A Diverse and Socially Inclusive America Needs to Share Its Story
Tara D. Sonenshine serves as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
Diversity is our strength, and everyone, including persons with disabilities, has important contributions to make.
That was one of the overarching messages at the 10th Special Olympics 2013 World Winter Games in South Korea this month, where athletes Tae Hemsath and Henry Meece -- born in South Korea with developmental disabilities -- returned to their birth country as Special Olympics athletes. Tae competed as a snowshoe racer, Henry as a snowboarder.
That same message resonated today throughout a public forum, where participants at Gallaudet University came to learn about opportunities in international exchange for persons with disabilities, and for members of the deaf community.
The audience was moved by the words and experiences of speakers, including U.S. Representative Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a former Army helicopter pilot who lost her legs in Iraq; T. Alan Hurwitz, President of Gallaudet and recipient of the DeafNation Inspiration Award for Higher Education in 2012; and Dr. Christie L. Gilson, a Fulbright alumna who is the first blind member of the Fulbright Board.
The event, underscored the State Department's longtime commitment to the human rights, dignity and inclusion of U.S. citizens and citizens abroad with disabilities.
Working through our Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), we offer a wide array of programs that support diversity and social inclusion. And those efforts are supported by the overall messages of inclusion shared by our Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) and our embassies.
In September 2012, our Professional Fellows program launched its Empower Program, with four grants totaling $1.8 million to promote the rights of persons with disabilities in more than 20 countries. And IIP has dedicated the month of February to an exploration of human rights and social inclusion through disability rights, working with our Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
We also work in close collaboration with Judith Heumann, State's Special Advisor for International Disability Rights, who served as a member of the U.S. Presidential delegation at the Special Olympics Games in South Korea.
Working with Special Advisor Heumann, for example, our embassy in Kathmandu invited 70 NGO activists to engage with American disability advocate Helena Berger. Speaking from Washington, she suggested ways they could urge their political representatives to create legislation to address the needs of persons with disabilities.
ECA's Office of Citizen Exchanges regularly includes sports-related activities in its work. For example, SportsUnited has included the theme of Sport and Disability in its Open Competition, with exchanges scheduled this year for Brazil and Mexico. Over the coming year, our Sports Envoys and Visitors programs will take place through embassies in all the regions.
With our arts exchanges, too, we work to raise awareness and enrich our programs. In October, for example, actors and teachers from Maryland-based Quest: Arts For Everyone traveled to Mexico, where they led workshops on visual theater and professional development, and raised awareness of challenges faced by the deaf performing arts community. And Jim Bingham's film For Once in My Life, a documentary about singers and musicians with disabilities was featured in our headliner film and filmmaker exchange program, the American Film Showcase. Jim shared his film with a variety of communities in Belarus and China.
These and many other programs build on a longstanding commitment that extends back to the mid-1990s, when ECA created a grant that established the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange. We continue to work with the Clearinghouse to promote opportunities for persons with disabilities in the United States and abroad. And we support the Department's global network of EducationUSA advising centers to better serve students with disabilities looking to study in the United States.
Our message of disability inclusion is central to telling America's story, because we believe that no story can be complete -- and no challenges fully addressed -- without everyone's full involvement. Inclusion isn't just the right thing to do. It's the smart thing to do.
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My good friend Dustin, a longtime comic book aficionado and fellow sojourner on numerous historical road trips, leveled this challenge in a comment to my last post: "Extra Credit: combine Dr. Manhattan and William Howard Taft. Show your work."
Fusing America's 27th President with Watchmen's blue-skinned, nuclear-powered superhero is a tall order indeed. A tall order, that is, for a lesser historical blogger than myself. All I need is a picture of Taft and Microsoft's Paint program, and then consider it done…
Washington, D.C. 1912. During a top-secret experiment in a laboratory hidden beneath the Smithsonian, mild-mannered commander-in-chief William Howard Taft accidentally leaves his Twinkie behind in an atomic test chamber. Rushing to retrieve it, he finds himself locked inside as the dreadful mechanisms switch on. . .
His body transformed in the ensuing firestorm, Taft is granted powers far beyond those of mortal heads of state. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's. . .
Tell the folks at HNN they can just go ahead and give me that Cliopatria Award now.
(Pre-lab accident Taft portrait from Wikimedia Commons)


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Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013, 6:44 pm
Bad Science Reporting: The Birth-Control-Will-Make-You-Go-Blind Scare
By now, you may have heard that women who took birth control pills for at least three years were twice as likely to develop glaucoma later in life. The germ of this story was a press release by the American Academy of Ophthalmology touting a paper that was presented this week at the Academy's annual meeting in New Orleans. The study made headlines on ABC News, TIME, CNN and other major outlets. Mainstream outlets ran with headlines like, "Long-Term Pill Use May Double Glaucoma Risk." The headlines got more sensational as the news diffused outwards to less prestigious outlets. The SheKnows blog ran with the headline, "Could Birth Control Make You Go Blind?"
As Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux explains in The American Prospect, the significance of this study has been wildly overblown. No single study ever settles a scientific question. You always have to look at how a study fits with the evidence as a whole. So far, other studies have not found a a strong link between birth control pills and glaucoma.
Remember that a press release represents the puffery of the salesperson, even when the source is a respected medical society. The AAO wants to make this research sound as newsworthy as possible, so the press release stresses the doubling of the risk, and the burden of glaucoma (60 million sufferers worldwide, a major cause of blindness). It's the reporter's responsibility to ask the tough questions that might make the study seem less newsworthy. Unfortunately, in this case, the media set aside the tough questions and played along.
The researchers looked data from the CDC's NHANES survey and found that women over 40 who took hormonal birth control for at least 3 years were twice as likely to develop glaucoma. The researchers examined the records of over 3,400 women from around the country.
This paper does not appear to have published yet. I couldn't find it on PubMed. A lot of papers get presented at conferences and cause a media stir, but never make it into peer-reviewed journals. Peer-review is the quality control of science. It's easy to make provocative claims at a conference, it's much harder to sell your scientific peers on those claims prior to publication. You can be more confident in a study if it has survived peer review at a well-regarded journal.
When you mine huge data sets like NHANES, you can come up with a lot of interesting correlations, but most of them will be flukes or epiphenomena. That's one reason epidemiologists don't usually entertain cause-and-effect hypotheses for correlations like these unless a proposed risk factor is associated with at least a three-fold increase in risk.
In typical bad science writing fashion, neither the press release nor the write-ups specified how many cases of glaucoma there were in the pill group and the non-pill group. All we're told is that one group had twice as much glaucoma as the other. That's a warning sign that the experimenters (or their PR people) are spinning their results for maximum impact. If glaucoma is rare in both groups, a doubling of relative risk may not make any difference.
As ABC News noted, the prevalence of glaucoma is about 1-2 percent of middle-aged women. That's a illuminating statistic, but it doesn't tell us what the glaucoma rates were in the birth control and non-birth control groups of the study. Most media reports didn't even bother to note the prevalence of glaucoma in the general population.
"Birth Control Pills May Double Your Risk of Glaucoma" sounds a lot scarier than, "The Pill May Increase Your Odds of Getting Glaucoma from 1 Percent to 2 Percent," (or whatever the study found).
"May" is a key word here. The link between oral contraceptives and eye disease is far from proven. This was a retrospective correlational study, which means it can't establish cause and effect. Only a randomized controlled trial can do that. Correlation doesn't necessarily imply causation: Maybe birth control pills cause glaucoma, or maybe there's some other factor that predisposes women to long-term pill usage and glaucoma later in life. To their credit, most media accounts picked up on this limitation of the experimental design. However, neither the press release nor the media accounts explain what, if anything, the researchers did to control for possible confounding variables like income, race, number of pregnancies, etc.
None of this means that the glaucoma/birth control study is bad research. It might be very good research but there's no way to tell because the data haven't been published and the details of the study have not been properly reported.
Lindsay Beyerstein
Lindsay Beyerstein is an award-winning investigative journalist and In These Times staff writer who writes the blog Duly Noted. Her stories have appeared in Newsweek, Salon, Slate, The Nation, Ms. Magazine, and other publications. Her photographs have been published in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times' City Room. She also blogs at The Hillman Blog (http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillmanblog), a publication of the Sidney Hillman Foundation, a non-profit that honors journalism in the public interest.


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1961 International AA110 Pickup Truck - Readers' Trucks
Hot Rod Trucks In ParadiseRichard Ryll from Penrose, Auckland, in New Zealand wrote a letter telling us he has been a subscriber to CCT for about five or six years now, and used to buy it off the newsstand before then. Richard went on to say that he has never seen an International pickup in CCT like the one he owns. "My pickup is a 1961 International AA110. The AA designation, I believe, means it was built in Australia and shipped here to New Zealand. Do you have any history of this model of truck? Any information would be appreciated." OK, Richard we'll take a shot at it. It looks like the AA series is the same basic truck introduced in the U.S. in 1959 as the B and ran until 1960 when the C series was introduced in the U.S. in 1961. Since yours is a '61 we'd guess the series continued in Australia for who knows how long because we couldn't find the information in a book or on the Internet. As far as the bed on your truck is concerned we've never seen anything like that in our lives. Your bed has to have been something that was specially manufactured in Australia. Enough about the stock stuff. Richard's right-hand-drive International is packing a "350/350 combo fitted with 9-inch diff and Ford disc brakes up front."
Richard included photos of his daily driver, an '81 Holden Kingswood WB Ute with 308-inch V-8 with a Trimatic automatic transmission. Richard said gasoline was up to $8.00 a gallon U.S. and then dropped back down to $6.00. If anyone reading this knows more about Richard's '61 International AA110 we'd be glad to hear from you.
Editor's Note: Getting your truck into Readers' Trucks is a snap, of the camera, that is. All it takes is a stack of good-quality photos of your ride that are in focus and well lit. Due to the volume of mail we receive, we regret that we cannot return photographs. Send photos of your truck (no Polaroids or printouts) to: CCT, Readers' Trucks, 774 S. Placentia Ave., Placentia, CA 92870. It is important that you include a detailed description of the modifications you have made to your truck, including any interesting stories behind it.


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Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie.
Next week is National Library Week and that is something to celebrate, in my opinion. If you think about it, libraries are perhaps one of the most unique and amazing concepts ever conceived. You can go to a place with the potential for limitless information, and borrow pieces of it--for free. If I really stopped to think about it, it would probably blow my mind. (And I will let you in on a little secret. At the end of National Treasure when they found scrolls from the lost library of Alexandria, I shed tears. Literal tears. Yes, you may call me a baby. But knowledge is that important to me that the thought of having that kind of information again made me cry). So in honor of libraries everywhere, here are two videos with them as the focal point. By the way, LeVar Burton's song on libraries for Reading Rainbow? Best. 80's song. Ever. :) Have a great weekend everyone!
Feature Fun Friday - National Library Week
Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie.
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Hi! I followed you from a link on Shannon Messenger's blog -- congrats on winning one of her contest prizes!
I love your blog background and think about uploading it myself every time I see it. I look forward to reading more from you:)
Yay for National Library Week!!
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Nicole - Well hello! And thank you (I was completely shocked I won. And I actually found out through you with your comment!) This background is definitely one I love. I would recommend it. I look forward to seeing more of you too. :)
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This is the state of our culture. That we can see, but not say. That we can recognize, but not explain. That we innately know, and yet pretend to be lost.
Watch most professional sporting events and you'll see it. Flip to MTV (if you dare) and you'll see it. Spend even a small amount of time in a music store and you'll hear it. Hell, even NASCAR isn't immune to it. Baggy jeans, backwards hats, degrading women, glorifying drugs…..that is the state of popular black America. Bill Cosby has been seeing it for too long. And even a honky like me can see it.
So why is the fact that media darling Barack Obama isn't currying favor with "black America" newsworthy? What an utter shock that the modern black popular culture, which abhors education, scoffs at academics achievement and utterly despises those who dare to rise above the streets by means other than rap music or professional sports, would fail to "identify" with the likes of Mr. Obama.
For you see, the feigned outrage by such ilk as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton over Obama's (and everyone else's, mind you) failure to work for "an urban agenda" is exactly the same feigned outrage over misguided white kids acting up on MLK day. And I for one am sick and tired of having to pretend that the former is not blatant extortion and that the latter is all that surprising.


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With writer/director Spencer Susser's Hesher getting released next week, earlier today I got to sit down with the cast and Susserb to talk about the film. Before going any further, if you haven't seen the trailer, I suggest checking it out here. While the summer is filled with huge explosions and movies that cost hundreds of millions of dollars, I promise you…none of them feature a main character as crazy as Hesher. Playing the lead is Joseph Gordon-Levitt and he again demonstrates why many consider him to be one of the best actors in Hollywood. Trust me, Hesher is worth seeing just to watch Gordon-Levitt's performance.
During my interview with Gordon-Levitt earlier today, we discussed how he got involved in Hesher and how he prepared for the role, will he return as Cobra Commander in the sequel to G.I. Joe (he won't), he talks about Rian Johnson's Looper, how can he top his amazing monologue on Saturday Night Live, what's his karaoke song, and he provides an interesting comparison/contrast between Christopher Nolan and Hesher's writer/director Spencer Susser.
And for all of you wondering why he didn't talk about The Dark Knight Rises, as you watch the interview you'll hear me ask him about it…but he turned the question around. All the journalists I spoke with told me that he wouldn't answer any Dark Knight questions. Nolan has taught him well.
For those excited about Johnson's Looper, here's what he said about it. Otherwise the full interview is below. Hesher gets released May 13.
GORDON-LEVITT: I'm beyond excited about Looper as well. We just finished shooting it a few weeks ago. I truly think it's very special. I've never done a job like that movie before. It's something really unique in my life and work. It's written and directed by Rian Johnson who made Brick and The Brothers Bloom. I got to play opposite Bruce Willis who's someone I've always admired whether it's Die Hard or Pulp Fiction. Emily Blunt is also really awesome in it. Yeah, man, it's going to be a really good movie. You have good reason to be excited.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- 0:30 – Explains why doesn't like to discuss his personal take on the ending to Inception
- 1:20 – Talks about preparing for his role in Hesher
- 2:25 – Discusses the rehearsal process for the film
- 3:00 – Talks about how excited he is for Rian Johnson's Looper
- 3:55 – Will he be back as Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe 2?
- 4:05 – Provides an interesting comparison/contrast between Christopher Nolan and Hesher writer/director Spencer Susser


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There is no evidence to support the claim that mercury from dental
fillings can make MS symptoms worse. Any reduction of MS
symptoms after removal of mercury amalgam fillings is most likely a coincidence.
It likely occurs because the person has entered a period of remission unrelated to
the dental treatment. The
placebo response in people who have MS may be as high
as 70%. This makes it very hard to know that treatment is responsible for an
improvement in symptoms.
Some alternative medicine practitioners maintain that vapor escaping
from the mercury in dental fillings can lead to changes in blood composition,
possibly contributing to
multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. They claim that
removing the fillings can benefit people who have MS.
Treatment involves removing mercury amalgam fillings, testing for the
optimum replacement filling material before substituting it for the mercury
fillings, and detoxification therapy. This may include nutritional support to
balance body chemistry, use of compounds to remove mercury from the body
(chelating agents), vitamin C supplements, and psychological counseling.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) has warned against the
removal of amalgam fillings from people who have MS. NMSS considers this an unethical
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On May 7, 2012, I did a post on a rumor that the Obama administration is preparing for civil war.
Interviewed on a radio program, a private investigator claims that his contact in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told him that the Obama administration expects and is preparing for civil war in America.
If true, maybe now we know why:
- DHS ordered 450 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition;
- A new law is expandings free speech restricted zones;
- Congress passed and Obama signed a new law, NDAA, that authorizes the U.S. military to arrest and detain U.S. citizens without charge or trial;
- Big Brother is watching us via social media;
- There are 63 Active Drone Sites in USA;
- The National Guard is conducting "training exercises" in suburban America's residential streets;
- Obama's FBI director declared he's not sure if Americans can be assassinated on U.S. soil;
- and why Obama issued an Executive Order of effective Martial Law.
Now comes news that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is adding high-powered battle rifles to its arsenal. The manufacturer's suggested retail price for each Colt LE901 rifle is more than $2,000.
Kurl Nimmo reports for Infowars.com, July 13, 2012, that on July 5, DHS announced on the FedBizOpps.gov website that it plans to buy thirty-six Colt LE901 rifle systems. The latest DHS purchase follows a solicitation issued on July 13 for the purchase of .223 Caliber Remington Enhanced Performance Ammunition in excess of $500,000. The Colt assault weapons are designed to accept the .223 ammunition.
"The 901 is much more than your typical assault rifle," notes the Prepper Podcast Radio Network website. The weapon will allow "the DHS/FEMA foot soldier to go from an assault rifle to picking off 'terrorists' at a distance by only changing the upper receiver."
This how Outdoor Life describes the Colt LE901 rifle:
"Colt Defense LLC offers the LE901-16S, a modular, multi-caliber rifle, built with both the modern hunter and the tactical professional in mind. It's modular, in that the rifle can be easily changed from a .308 Winchester (7.62×51 NATO) to a .223 Remington (5.56×45 NATO) by switching out the upper assemblies and buffer systems … In the classic .308 Winchester, the LE901-16S is a great choice for the big-game hunter. Change over to the .223 upper assembly and you have a fine caliber for mid-sized game and varmints, as well as the top choice for a law enforcement officer's tactical rifle … It weighs 9.4 pounds and measures 37.5 inches with the stock extended. It has an effective range of 700 meters in .308. Exceptional accuracy comes by way of the free floated, 16-inch, chrome-lined barrel and one-piece monolithic upper receiver … All operating controls on the LE901-16S are ambidextrous, including the magazine release, bolt catch and fire control selector … Currently offered in black, though other finishes are planned for later this year. MSRP: $2,129"
In June, FedBizOpps.gov listed a "Personal Defense Weapons Solicitation" issued by DHS calling for 5.56x45mm NATO select-fire firearms "suitable for personal defense." The due date for the solicitation is mid-October of 2012.
The American Dream blog had this comment about DHS's purchase of ammunition: "I could understand if the U.S. military was ordering ammunition in this quantity. When you fight wars you can go through ammunition very rapidly. But the Department of Homeland Security is only supposed to be shooting at people very rarely."
Also in April, Paul Joseph Watson reported on the DHS purchasing bullet resistant guard booths. "The purpose behind the bullet proof booths is unknown, but the DHS has publicly announced that it plans to increase the number of unannounced checkpoints manned by TSA VIPR teams and other federal agents beyond the 9300 that were set up last year alone," Watson wrote at the time.
Kurt Nimmo concludes with this unsettling observation:
"It looks like DHS and the feds are gearing up for something big. A growing chorus of urgent voices are warning that the economy will finally implode this year and the result will be social chaos."


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The Big Blean Walk
The Big Blean Walk is a 25 mile circular walk through one of the largest and most distinctive areas of ancient woodland in England. The Walk, combined with 18 new interpretive panels is part funded by Heritage Lottery and the Kent Wildlife Trust and has been developed by the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership as a member of the Blean Initiative.
The symbol for the Walk is the Heath Fritillary butterfly, one of Britain's rarest and perhaps The Blean's greatest conservation success story. Close to extinction in the late 1980s, the Heath Fritillary colonies in The Blean are now some of the country's largest.
A free colourful (printer friendly version) walk guide with a map and information about the history and nature of The Blean can be be downloaded here. It can also be obtained from the Canterbury Visitor Information Centre on Stour Street; Faversham Tourist Information Centre; the Horsebridge Community Centre in Whitstable and Macari's Information Point in Herne Bay.
The walk can be done either starting from the west end – Selling Railway Station or the east end – East Blean Wood National Nature Reserve Car Park on Hicks Forstall Road near Hoath. Starting from Selling Railway Station the route goes through orchards to South Blean Woods, owned by Kent Wildlife Trust, where the route splits North and South. The South Route joins the North Downs Way and passes through No Man's Orchard and touches Bigbury Camp before heading over the A2 to Willows Wood and the RSPB managed Blean Woods National Nature Reserve. It then follows the Sarre Penn stream, locally known as the Fishbourne stream, before heading through Tyler Hill and Great Hall Wood to Cole Wood and then to KWT's West Blean Wood and eventually to East Blean Wood.
The North Route goes from Court Wood to Forester's Lodge Farm before heading over the A2 to Dunkirk. The Walk passes through the RSPB National Nature Reserve and up to the Woodland Trust's recently planted Victory Wood with fantastic views over the Swale Estuary. It then follows Denstroude Brook to the Forestry Commission Clowes Wood. After Clowes it goes through West Blean and Thornden Woods, owned by KWT, and finally KWT's East Blean Wood National Nature Reserve.
Blean Heritage and Community Group Walks
The Blean Heritage and Community Group have published four circular walks taking in the very best of the local woodlands and landscape:
o Herne & West Blean Wood – 5.5km – Circular Walk No. 1 (pdf 547kb)
Circular from Herne Common through woodland and countryside with views across Swale estuary. Starting point is Anemone Way, off the A291 at the Old Herne Hospital site, almost opposite the 'First and Last' public house. There are many points of interest along the way including panoramic views over Knockhimdown Hill and the escarpment, that was Stubbs Wood, to Sheppey and Essex beyond.
o Tyler Hill & The Sarre Penn Valley – 5.5km – Circular Walk No. 2 (pdf 766 kb)
Walking time about a 2 hour ramble. The Starting Point is the Ivy House Pub. Walk starts and finishes through oak and chestnut woods and in between it crosses the Sarre Penn stream, providing good opportunities for seeing many types of bird.
o Dunkirk & Denstroude – 7km – Circular Walk No 3 (pdf 1.5mb)
Passes through ancient woodlands including Bossenden Wood, the scene of the last armed uprising on English soil. The woods are now part of Blean Woods National Nature Reserve managed by the RSPB.
o Herne, Tyler Hill & Broad Oak – 14km – Circular Walk 4 (pdf 2.7mb)
A three in one walk – follows the route of old droveways through ancient woodland before returning through open fields and historic farmsteads of the Sarre Penn Valley. Kent Wildlife Trust now own and manage much of the woodland. This long walk can be divided into three shorter walks and can start at any of the three villages.
• The 7.5 mile Crab and Winkle Way links the cathedral city of Canterbury with the harbour in Whitstable. The path follows the route of the Crab and Winkle Line which was the first regular steam passenger railway in the world, opened on third May 1830. Overview route information can be downloaded from the Explore Kent website and more detailed guidance and a full leaflet can be found at the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership website.
• The North Downs Way, cuts across the Southern Part of the Blean on its way into Canterbury via Chartham Hatch and Bigbury Camp.
• The Stour Valley Walk , which follows the route of the River Stour from its source at Lenham, , to the historic city of Canterbury and down to the Straits of Dover near Pegwell Bay, also touches the Southern edge of the Blean and is a great route into and out of Canterbury due to the New Great Stour Way footpath.
• The Saxon Shoreway , a 160 mile long distance walking route is named after the line of historic fortifications that defended the Kent coast at the end of the Roman era. The route crosses the Blean at its Northern reaches where the woodlands meet the coast.
• Walk Awhile is a Kent based family run tour operator organising pre-planned, self-led or guided walking holidays with luggage transfers available throughout the year for walker of all abilities. Walk Awhile offers several guided walks including the Pilgrims way which crosses the Blean on its way to Canterbury. Walk Awhile has achieved a Green Tourism Business Scheme Silver award and is featured on www.responsibletravel.com.
• Walks in East Kent – Chartham is a two and a half hour walk starting from the village green and historic houses of Chartham and then following the Stour Valley Walk and back along part of the North Downs Way via Chartham Hatch and Bigbury Camp. Information on the walk can be found at Explore Kent.
• The Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership has published a Canterbury pack of "Train Rides to Ramble" which features 3 walks in the Blean from Chartham and Sturry stations. Contact the office on 01233 813307 to purchase copies.
• The North Downs Way have published a series of Lost Landscapes Heritage Trails, circular routes off the North Downs way exploring the history of the landscape. The Chartham booklet, contains two routes, the second of which explores Chartham Hatch and its surroundings.
• Explore Kent have also published an Easy Access Trail in Clowes Wood. The route is a level walk of 3.2 miles/5.1km through the Wood and open farmland. The route description can be downloaded from the Explore Kent website.
• Faversham Enterprise Partnership have produced a series of walk detailing the history and landscape of the area. One of which – The Peasants Last Revolt, details the area of Boughton, Hernehill, Dargate and the Blean as it tells the story of the Battle of Bossenden and explores the landscape of the area.
• The Faversham website also features several walks which take in the Blean and its villages. In particular there is a 7 mile walk Boughton and a 3 mile route around Blean Woods NNR.
• The Orchard and Blossom Trail is one of two short circular walks around the Parish of Harbledown, taking in Orchards and hop gardens. The guides are available from Harbledown Parish Council


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You've been told.
By The Fonz.
On December 31, 2013 the Company received a proposal from these noteholders and Sandstorm Gold Limited ("Sandstorm") which, if implemented would offer the Company the ability to carry on business activities past December 31, 2013 with a view to its potential sale or future recapitalization. However, existing holders of common shares would experience massive dilution to the point where they would, in aggregate, hold approximately 1.7% of the outstanding common shares after giving effect to the terms of the proposal.
"...to effect a recapitalization and financing transaction (the "Recapitalization"). The Company expects further support of the Recapitalization from additional holders of Convertible Notes.Jaguar's Board of Directors has determined that the Recapitalization offers substantial benefits to the Company and is in the best interests of the Company and its stakeholders. Among other things, the Recapitalization results in a significant reduction of the Company's debt, increased liquidity for Jaguar's operations and allows the Company to make certain necessary capital investments and accelerate operational improvements.
An extensive review process has shown that the Recapitalization is the best available alternative for the Company."
Yup, tough market. This from Anconia Resources (ANA.v) on December 20th:
Anconia Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ARA) ("Anconia" or the "Company") announces that it proposes to complete a non-brokered private placement offering (the "Offering") of units ("Units") and flow-through units ("Flow-Through Units"), at a subscription price of $0.10 per Unit and $0.12 per Flow-Through Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $2,100,000. continues hereAnd this from Anconia Resources (ANA.v) post-close Dec 31st:
Anconia Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ARA) ("Anconia" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the first tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement offering (the "Offering") (see the Company's news release dated December 20, 2013) issuing 416,665 flow-through units ("Flow-Through Units") at $0.12 per Flow-Through Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $50,000. continues hereNuff said
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov 25, 2013) - Cadillac Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CDC) (CADIF) ("Cadillac" or the "Company") announces that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement offering of units ("Units") at Cdn$0.05 per Unit and flow-through units ("FT Units") at Cdn$0.06 per FT Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to Cdn$1.5 million (the "Offering"). continues hereAnd here's Cadillac Ventures (CDC.v) six weeks later today, post-close Dec 31st:
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec 31, 2013) - Cadillac Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CDC) (CADIF) ("Cadillac" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the first tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement offering of units ("Units") at Cdn$0.05 per Unit and flow-through units ("FT Units") at Cdn$0.06 per FT Unit, issuing 200,000 Units and 2,090,666 FT Units for aggregate gross proceeds of $135,440 (the "Offering"). continues hereNuff nuff said.
Found on Twitter this morning, this is something to behold.
1) The hack hasn't thought through the piece to the extent where true conclusions can be drawn2) The hack doesn't have the guts to make a statement and invite pushback from their target3) The hack is making shit up in the guise of real news and is using the device as a way of avoiding a libel case.
It's when they just run out of BS. Here's Colossus (CSI.to) this afternoon:
December 30, 2013
Colossus Minerals Announces Director Resignations
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 30, 2013) - Colossus Minerals Inc. (TSX:CSI) (OTCQX:COLUF) (the "Company") announced today that Messrs. Douglas Reeson and Greg Hall have resigned from the board of directors. At this time, no replacement candidates have been identified.
Messrs. John Frostiak and Alberto Arias remain directors of the Company.
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Florida-based fractional Avantair employs about 500 people, is the target of a class-action lawsuit, and Wednesday said that it is furloughing pilots and workers while seeking financing to keep its aircraft and continue operations. Last summer, a company Piaggio Avanti turboprop lost its left elevator during flight and landed safely with passengers on board. And the company has grounded its entire fleet twice in the past eight months to conduct safety reviews. As the company was filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Wednesday, employees learned through a company letter that they would not be paid for their work since June 8.
In a statement to the Tampa Bay Times, the company said it was addressing liquidity issues and pursuing alternative financing arrangements. But the class action suit may complicate matters even further. The suit alleges that since October, when the company furloughed workers and conducted safety inspections following the elevator incident, Avantair failed to adequately service its customers. Avantair is being sued separately by an individual businessman who filed papers earlier this month alleging that the company failed to provide service.


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Here's Guillen:
"I'd rather go with Freddy, that's my first choice. Freddy has to be healthy and I think he will be. Make sure I monitor him during the off-season, if I can find him. I think Freddy knows his career. I'm not going to say it's over, right now it's getting tougher every year when you get older. I think Freddy's taking care of himself a lot better now, he's a better pitcher. If you had to pick somebody right now, it would have to be Freddy."
Remember, Garcia's contract with Sox has a $1 million option for next year. That option includes $2 million in incentives based on the innings pitched next year.