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Daniel Radcliffe is looking great here.
Eric Dane shirtless with his wife Rebecca Gayheart in Mexico.
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It seems that yesterday's leaks of a new PlayStation SKU weren't quite the usual case of "Sony product leaked, denied, announced six months later" we've become so used to recently, because a quick snoop on the Japanese PlayStation site confirms that same console as well as a new red-coloured PSP.
Japan will see the new PS2 on the 22nd November and, as speculated, it does indeed come sans power-brick. Weight is reduced from 850g (PS2 and power brick combined) to 710g with the new model. Black, white and silver versions are being made available, as if that really matters. The only part of yesterday's rumour that hasn't been realised is the price drop, which hasn't happened. Still, a better design for the same money isn't to be sniffed at.
The 'Deep Red' PSP hits Japan on the 17th December, just in time for Christmas and, again, will carry the same price as the current models. Two packages will be offered, the standard 'Value' pack and a second which bundles a 1-SEG tuner and stand. Seeing as the technology doesn't exist outside the Far East, we doubt the latter will ever make it to our shores.


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Florence Welch is "loved up" with a new boyfriend.
The Florence + the Machine singer is believed to have met charity boss James Nesbitt through mutual friends in east London, and the couple have recently enjoyed a romantic holiday to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to cement the new romance.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Florence and James are pretty loved up. They instantly hit it off. James was privately educated in Yorkshire and now earns his cash from helping organise events.
"They have a lot of mutual friends and like going out to the same places."
The 'Dog Days Are Over' hitmaker and Jimmy - who has previously been romantically linked to radio host Fearne Cotton - were seen holding hands and cuddling up to one another as they enjoyed a break in the South American country, and sources say they have been "inseparable" since they first hooked up.
The insider added: "They have been inseparable since they got together. There's no way they'd travel halfway around the world together if they weren't serious."
It's not the first major holiday for the couple, who have already been to Australia and New Zealand together ahead of the flame-haired beauty's world tour.
Florence, 25, split with long-term boyfriend, literary editor Stuart Hammond, in October.
Florence Welch is ''loved up'' with a new boyfriend.
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HBO Finally Reveals Profit Numbers. Take That, NetflixBy
Netflix executives often benchmark their growth and aspirations against HBO, the Time Warner-owned premium-cable pioneer of "event shows" such as The Sopranos and Game of Thrones. At this point, Netflix's unofficial motto is: We want to be HBO before they become us. Now it appears as if the cable-TV executives have heard enough about the Silicon Valley upstart's torrid subscriber growth and want to give us something else to talk about.
For the first time, Time Warner has broken out HBO's own, impressive growth figures in the company's earnings report. HBO, it turns out, boasts both stronger profitability and a vast lead in international subscribers over Netflix. The nearly 2 million U.S. subscribers HBO added last year mark the highest such increase in 17 years, according to the report, with subscription revenue up 4 percent, to $4.9 billion. Operating income jumped 8 percent in the last year, to $1.68 billion.
Netflix, meanwhile, had just under $4.4 billion in revenue, with $228 million in operating income last year. Netflix added 2.3 million domestic subscribers in the fourth quarter, giving the online-streaming service 33.4 million paid U.S. members and a similar forecast for the current quarter. In other words, the upstart has a growth story that has made its stock sizzle—soaring more than 300 percent in 2013—while the veteran is comfortably profitable and still sees ample prospects outside the U.S.
HBO has about 114 million total members—the number hits 133 million if you include subscribers to its Cinemax division—compared to 44 million at Netflix. (Time Warner executives also said today that they operate HBO and Cinemax as a single unit and consider the latter channel "an undervalued asset," given its viewership, which ranks higher than that of Starz and is comparable to that of Showtime.) HBO's international revenues increased to almost 25 percent of its total last year, and executives said today that they expect viewers abroad will continue to increase in importance for the unit's financial returns.
Netflix, too, plans a major expansion abroad this year; the company counts fewer than 10 million paid members from international markets. Most analysts expect the company to enter Germany and France. Back in October, Netflix Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings declined to predict when, or even if, his company would top HBO's overall subscriber tallies. "It'll be a long time," he said. "They've been at it since 1972—that's 40 years—and we've been at it in the streaming sense only seven years."


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Chef Ferran Adria reconstructs Spain's El Bulli
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CALA MONTJOI, Spain (Reuters) - Ground-breaking chef Ferran Adria held El Bulli's last supper this weekend, closing the doors of his three Michelin-starred Spanish restaurant for another reinvention, that of El Bulli itself.
Considered the world's best chef by several critics, Adria and El Bulli have become synonymous with a transformation of traditional dishes into funky and fun culinary adventures.
Adria is considered a genius among the gastronomic elite, but fame has come at a price.
"El Bulli has become a monster that had to be tamed and transformed," Adria told reporters, surrounded by a throng of chefs in the garden of the restaurant, on the shores of Catalonia's Costa Brava.
The restaurant will ignore a waiting list which is years long and close until 2014, reopening as "El Bulli Foundation," a center for new gastronomic inventions from the Catalan who gave us culinary foam, paella made of Kellogg's Rice Krispies and gazpacho popsicles.
On the way he is widely credited with changing restaurant dining as we once knew it and producing dozens of other prize-winning chefs along the way.
El Bulli's closing dinner was attended by four of the world's best chefs, according to Restaurant magazine, trained by Adria -- Denmark's Rene Redzepi (Noma), Catalan Joan Roca (El Celler de Can Roca), Basque Andoni Luis Aduritz (Mugaritz) and Italy's Massimo Bottura (Osteria Francescana).
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Lindsay Lohan Scores $2 Million Payday for Oprah Interview
Posted Tuesday July 16, 2013 1:30 PM GMT
It's almost time for Lindsay Lohan to walk free from rehab, and it sounds like she already has a lucrative gig lined up.
The "Georgia Rule" actress will sit down with Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network for a tell-all interview after having negotiated the deal over the past four months.
LiLo's story will unfold over an eight-part documentary series, and for the exclusive access, she'll be compensated handsomely- to the tune of two million dollars!
Lindsay is done with Cliffside Malibu Rehabilitation Center in August, and though her doctors want her to stay for an additional 30 days, she's not interested.
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MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES• Under general supervision, perform work in mechanical engineering and construction estimation for the Sustainable Facilities Division. • Perform design calculations and cost estimations for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing, pools, and building envelopes. • Prepare engineering design plans, specifications and estimates for reconstruction and energy efficient upgrades of mechanical systems and Parks structures. • Conduct inspections of mechanical systems, building envelopes, Indoor Air Quality, and all inspections required for the Agency's Preventive Maintenance program. • Set inspection schedules for three (3) engineering inspectors, as per the direction of the Director of Sustainable Facilities. • Assist the Director in training engineering inspectors. • Assist in sustainability initiatives in a technical capacity, providing engineering support for energy savings calculations and proposed equipment retrofits.
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Michael Wright ready to fight for Right 2 Dream Too
Michael Wright knows he's caught in the middle, and that he sort of asked for it.
Wright, co-owner of the property next to the Chinatown Gate on West Burnside Street, is landlord, in a sense, to the Right 2 Dream Too encampment for homeless men and women.
The city says the camp is illegal, and since January has levied fines against the group running the campsite. As of last week, the fines had reached $2,800. Not one penny has been paid.
Right 2 Dream Too isn't liable for the fines, now levied at about $1,200 a month and potentially going much higher. Wright and co-owner Dan Cossette are responsible for the fines, which are issued as liens against the property.
Right 2 Dream Too leaders say they want to challenge the city's decision to declare their encampment illegal and that money to pay the fines would come from the funds they use for food.
Wright says he wants to support the homeless, but he doesn't know how long he can let the campers stay when in the end, he and Cossette are the two who may have to pay, and may face more drastic action by the city if Right 2 Dream Too stays in place.
City officials admit they may have to do something to make the homeless campsite disappear.
All this falls against a complicated political backdrop that includes the Feb. 22 shooting of two homeless men sleeping beneath the east end of the Morrison Bridge.
In January, when the fines started, a Right 2 Dream Too spokesman said the nonprofit would pay at least the initial amount. But Ibrahim Mubarak, a co-founder of Right 2 Dream Too, says his organization is already paying for electricity, food and servicing of the portable toilet on site, and that is taking up most of the group's funds.
"We don't have the money to pay those fines," Mubarak says.
Mubarak hopes to rally community support so the city backs off on the fines. Among his rallying points is the recent, unsolved shooting beneath the Morrison Bridge. Mubarak says places like the Right 2 Dream Too encampment could offer a safe alternative for the homeless.
Since it opened, there have been no police calls to Right 2 Dream Too. The group strictly enforces rules against violence, drugs and alcohol use at the site.
"This is something that the public is unaware of, that is happening constantly," Mubarak says. "People are being abused, and crimes are committed against the houseless community, and nothing is being done about it."
Possible city hearing
Mubarak also says the city's Bureau of Development Services has erred in requiring Right 2 Dream Too to meet the requirements of a recreational campground. City officials insist that those requirements, usually enforced for rural sites, are the most applicable rules they can find for a situation not directly addressed in city code: a homeless campsite on property zoned for commercial use in the city.
Matt Grumm, policy manager for City Commissioner Dan Saltzman, who oversees the Bureau of Development Services, says the fines are not aimed at the homeless people living at Right 2 Dream Too.
"The property owner is being fined," Grumm says. "Right 2 Dream Too is not being fined. They're not supposed to be paying the fines."
Grumm says if the campsite remains and the fines aren't paid, the city might consider requesting a hearing at which it could ask for larger monthly fines or other action that could remove the tents.
'Fighting for them'
The pressure is on property owner Wright. He says Right 2 Dream Too leaders have told him they hope to get an injunction against the city levying fines.
"It sounds a little wistful to me," Wright says.
Wright says his contract with Right 2 Dream Too states that his property will be unencumbered from liens. In return, he is allowing Right 2 Dream Too to stay at no cost. Now, he sees a different scenario evolving.
"Eventually, it will probably be money out of my pocket," Wright says. "This has taken on a life of its own with me."
Initially, Wright had his "own agenda" when he leased his property to Right 2 Dream Too. Wright, who used to operate Cindy's Adult Bookstore at the site before the city had it closed for code violations, has battled the city for years because of his property. Last summer, he rented space to two food carts before the city declared the site illegal for food carts and began issuing fines.
But Wright says the ongoing battle with Right 2 Dream Too has morphed into something different for him.
"It kind of makes me feel good about it, and now I feel like fighting for them," he says. "It's crazy."
But even Wright is unsure how long he will sustain that fight, and how much in liens against his property he is willing to incur.
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The cape is created from a US military shelter half.
Not all military shelter halves have correct stitching! Only about 1 in 10 shelter halves is correct. The correct stitching is pictured in graphic 1A below. Be sure to specify this when you place an order with one of the companies below or BEFORE you bid on a shelter half on eBay. You can still use an incorrectly stitched shelter half but it will not be 100% accurate to the screen used prop.
The following tools will be needed:
Sharp cutting instrument (X-acto knife)
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STEP ONE ? Prepping the shelter half:
Wash and thoroughly dry shelter half. Iron out wrinkles. Lay shelter half on flat surface with snaps facing up. Each shelter half is stamped with "US" on one side. This side should be facing up as well. Using carpenter's square and marking pencil draw outline of cape on shelter half (pic 1A). Cape is 29.25" wide by 36" long. Cape extends 4" to left of wide stitches and 5.25" to right of narrow stitches (pic 1B). Using a sharp cutting instrument, cut out cape.
STEP TWO ? Folding Edges:
F old section A under on each side of cape (pic 2A) and iron flat to create sharp crease. Next fold section B under and iron flat to create sharp crease. Ensure lines are straight and even. Repeat process (pic 2B) folding sections A under first then section B. Total dimensions of cape are now 27.25" wide by 35" long.
STEP THREE ? Sewing edges:
Sew folded edges in place with heavy duty black thread. Stitching should fall .25" from edge of cloth.
STEP FOUR ? Attachment point:
Attach small grommet to lower right corner of cape. Attach to cape via outer most silver cube on left side of collar armor. Bolt from silver cube goes through grommet then through collar armor and is held in place by large washer and nut.
STEP FIVE ? Weathering:
Using combination of blunt instrument and sharp scissors cut and shred bottom of cape. After cuts have been made, wash cape with other clothing. Holes will increase and fray. Wash several times if necessary. Hang to dry. Do not dry in clothes dryer as this will make cape fuzzy. NOTE: It is important NOT to over weather! Better too little than too much.
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Small Heroine, Woven Grain Dusky Pink
Woven grain small Heroine bag trimmed with grainy patent leather; structured silhouette built on an expandable body with use of two lateral vertical zips. The Heroine features a short top-handle and cover flap. Brass tone hardware.Detachable, adjustable shoulder strap.
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text: Hunting: Recipe Recipe Posted 10-31-2009 Cooking BBQ Bear Stew with Rick Browne (Video) (Recipe) Your browser does not support iframes. Ingredients: 3 lbs. bear steak, cut in 2-inch cubes 5 pieces uncooked salt pork, or 5 pieces of thick bacon (chopped) 1 cup catsup 1/3 cup A1 sauce 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 cups onion diced 1 tablespoon orange juice 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon chili powder Steps Trim all fat from bear steak and cut into 2-inch cubes Sear meat with bacon or salt pork so it's brown on all sides in a heavy fry pan or cast iron wok. Place the meat in casserole. Add rest of ingredients to a bowl and mix well, then pour into the casserole and bring to a boil, stirring constantly, then put casserole into hot bbq grill, cover and and bake for at least 2 hours in a 325F oven, stirring occasionally until meat is tender. Serves 6-8 Tried this recipe? Share your comments below using Facebook! Share This Story Next From Recipe Unreal Stew for Gamey Meat (Recipe) Related Hunting : Posted 01-12-2010 Bear and Pork Meatloaf Recipe View Hunting : Posted 01-07-2010 Camper's Stew (Recipe) View Hunting : Posted 01-07-2010 Venison Rib Stew (Recipe) View Hunting : Posted 11-09-2009 Unreal Stew for Gamey Meat (Recipe) View Comments Categories News Stories Recipes Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Deer Season Outdoors 365 with Lynn Burkhead Everything Deer with Jeremy Flinn Short Stories by Larry Potterfield Opening Days Live Hunts Hunting Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started


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Article, 2008-2009 Season - Ohlone College Renegades Men's Basketball
[Coast Conference] Men's Basketball [Playoffs]: Ohlone 85, Merritt 63
By Matt Rempel, The Argus.
Sunday, March 1, 2009—Reprinted from Inside Bay Area.
Fremont—The Ohlone men's basketball team turned to the 3-point shot to break open a tight game in the second half on their way to a 85-63 win over Merritt College in the opening round of the California Community College playoffs.
James Hancock scored 17 of his 19 points after the break, while Kevan West nailed five 3-pointers as the Renegades used an 11-1 burst midway through the second half to turn an eight point lead into a 63-45 advantage that would not be threatened the rest of the way.
Other key contributors for Ohlone were Alpha N'Diaye with 14 points, and Ronnie Sawyer, who scored 13 points, hitting a couple of 3-point baskets that helped the Renegades pull away.
"The difference was us going to man to man on defense in the second half," Ohlone coach John Peterson said, "Our conditioning also paid off for us."
The win puts the Renegades into a second round matchup with Reedley College on March 7 in Fremont, with the winner advancing to the championships at Selland Arena in Fresno.
The Thunderbirds despite never leading the entire game, were within stiking distance most of the game, but couldn't match Ohlone's energy the final ten minutes.
Drew Pughsley led Merritt with 17 points, while Joe Powell scored 15, and Karel Mitchell 14.
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Wire service Reuters conducted an October survey where analysts opted for either the one or the other. The Monetary Council will surely see September inflation data in a good light, for it slowed to 6.4 percent from 8.3 in August. Core inflation was 4.3 percent as against August's 5.4. In addition, the forint held its own against the euro, at about 251 forints to one euro, all factors that could induce a rate cut.
However, wage data showing that increases were down from July's 11.2 percent to 10.4, only looked good if one ignored the very high base of one year ago. Wage negotiations for 2008 are still very much underway and will not conclude before the council meets, which is an incentive for leaving rates untouched.
A different survey, involving 15 Hungarian monetary experts, found 11 of them predicting a 25-base-point cut. They argue that the market has already factored in a rate cut and the move would not upset the forint on short term.
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I made a batch of chili but used a little too much cayenne pepper powder. Is there any way too remedy this?
Chili too HOT
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How hot is too hot? I like the masa idea. I often will boil corn tortillas in beer, with freshly ground anchos, until the tortillas dissolve into a thick "mush" which I then use to thicken and flavor my chili with. Never thought of using it to tone down a chili but it would work. If it isn't too, too spicy then serve it as is and offer up plenty of sour cream and wedges of lime for people to finish their chili with. Both the dairy and the acid from the lime will help take the edge off of the chili for those who don't like it too hot.


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A Cappella Version of Du Hast
Here's another example of why the internet is so damn cool. How else would we know that an a cappella version of "Du Hast" even existed? This is really well done. It's not easy to duplicate an industrial rock sound with just your voice(s), but the Viva Vox Choir certainly did.
In case your unfamiliar with this tune…"Du Hast" is a song from the German band Rammstein, and can be found on their 1998 album Sehnsucht. You'll hear us play this song occasionally in the 90's At Nine, or as a request. Rammstein really produces some unique music, with industrial sounds…some serious guitars…and very dramatic opera-like vocals.
Check out the a cappella version…and then the original. Let us know what you think.
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Worlds End State Park
Worlds End State Park is situated in a narrow S-shaped valley of the Loyalsock Creek, just south of Forksville, Sullivan County.
Surrounded by the Loyalsock State Forest, the 780-acre park offers visitors diverse recreational opportunities within a pristine environment. The rugged natural beauty coursing through the heart of the Endless Mountains landscape provides many photographic possibilities.
Hiking - Sightseeing - Picnicking - Swimming - Whitewater Boating - Fishing - Hunting - Education - Cross-country Skiing - Snowmobiling - Organized Group Tenting - Cabins - Camping
Seasons and Hours: The park is open every day of the year, sunrise to sunset. Day use areas close at dusk. The park office is open specific hours. The beach, overnight areas, and other areas are open specific seasons and hours. Contact the park office for facility seasons and hours.
Picnicking: The main picnic area is along Loyalsock Creek, just upstream of the swimming area. Tables are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Picnickers are asked to dispose of hot charcoal in the facilities provided. A food concession, playground and recycling station are found within the picnic grounds.
Picnic Pavilions: Three large picnic pavilions may be reserved up to 11 months in advance for a fee. Unreserved picnic pavilions are free on a first-come, first-served-basis. One pavilion is ADA accessible.
Swimming: A small dam on Loyalsock Creek forms a swimming area that is open from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day, sunrise to sunset. The mountain stream water is always cold and exhilarating. Swim at your own risk. Please read and follow posted rules for swimming.
Smoking is prohibited on the beach and in the swimming area. For visitors who smoke and still want to use the beach, designated areas adjacent to the beach are provided. The restriction includes cigarettes, pipes, cigars, e-cigarettes, and other handheld, lighted smoking devices.
Explore swimming for more information.
Snack Bar: A food concession operates from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day. In addition to the usual fast-food refreshments, a limited line of camping and picnicking supplies such as ice and charcoal are offered.
Sightseeing: ADA accessible Loyalsock Canyon Vista, reached via Mineral Spring and Cold Run roads, and nearby High Knob Vista, provide outstanding views of the Endless Mountains region. Scenery is particularly unforgettable during the June mountain laurel bloom and the fall foliage period in October.
Whitewater Boating: Whitewater boaters may use Loyalsock Creek at any time of the year, although the area by the swimming beach is closed during the summer. The best water is March to May. Due to rapid fluctuations in water level, kayakers should inquire about conditions before coming to the park.
The stream is NOT suitable for open canoes.
Non-powered boats that launch in a state park must display one of the following: boat registration; launching permit or mooring permit from Pennsylvania State Parks, available at most state park offices; launching permit from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission laws apply. Complete information on boating rules and regulations in Pennsylvania is available from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Web site.
Visit the Safety Code of American Whitewater for useful safety information.
Fishing: Loyalsock Creek is stocked with trout by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. The cold mountain water provides good fishing most of the year.
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission laws apply. Complete information on fishing rules and regulations in Pennsylvania is available from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Web site.
Hunting and Firearms: About half of Worlds End State Park is open to hunting, trapping and the training of dogs during established seasons. Common game species are deer, grouse, squirrel, bear and turkey.
Hunting woodchucks, also known as groundhogs, is prohibited. Dog training is only permitted from the day following Labor Day through March 31 in designated hunting areas. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Game Commission rules and regulations apply. Contact the park office for ADA accessible hunting information.
Use extreme caution with firearms at all times. Other visitors use the park during hunting seasons. Firearms and archery equipment used for hunting may be uncased and ready for use only in authorized hunting areas during hunting seasons. In areas not open to hunting or during non-hunting seasons, firearms and archery equipment shall be kept in the owner's vehicle or enclosed trailer. Exceptions include: law enforcement officers and individuals with a valid Pennsylvania License to Carry Firearms are authorized to carry a firearm concealed on their person while they are within a state park.
Complete information on hunting rules and regulations in Pennsylvania is available from the Pennsylvania Game Commission Web site.
Hiking: 20 miles of trails
Explore trails for complete trail descriptions.
Stay the Night
Camping: warm showers and flush toilets
Explore camping for more information.
Free Camping for Campground Hosts: 1 host position
Cabins: The 19 rustic cabins are available for rent year-round. Rentals are for one week periods during the summer, and two-night minimum stays in the off-season. Information is available at the park office. Cabins are equipped with a refrigerator, range, fireplace insert, table, chairs and beds. Three shower buildings are available and a recycling center is at the entrance to the cabin area. Guests should bring their own linens, dishes and sundries. Guests are responsible for their own firewood.
Explore cabins for more information.
Organized Group Tenting: This rustic area has three sites that hold 30 people each, or combine to hold 90 people. Adult and youth groups may apply. Advance reservations are required.
Explore organized group tenting for more information.
Winter Activities
Explore the Winter Report for the current snow and ice depths.
Cross-country Skiing: Several park areas are suitable for Nordic skiing. A 20-mile trail network is close by on state forest land.
Snowmobiling: Several miles of park roads are used as joint-use snowmobile trails. Additionally, many trails have been designated on nearby state forest land. A trailhead is along Worlds End Road to Eagles Mere, a short distance south of the park.
Environmental Education and Interpretation
Worlds End State Park offers a wide variety of environmental education and interpretive programs. Through guided walks, hands-on activities and evening programs, participants gain appreciation, understanding, and a sense of stewardship toward the natural and historical resources. Curriculum-based outdoor investigations and hands-on environmental activities are available to public schools, youth and community organizations and homeschool associations. Group programs must be scheduled in advance through the park office.
Explore the Calendar of Events for a listing of upcoming events.
Explore environmental education and interpretation for more information.
Access for People with Disabilities
If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the park you plan to visit.
In an Emergency
Call 911 and contact a park employee.
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Wildlife Watching
The extensive forest cover, hemlock valleys and mountainous terrain provide ideal habitat for "big woods" wildlife. White-tailed deer, black bear and wild turkey are regularly sighted.
The patient observer may find bobcat, coyote and river otter. Over 200 species of birds have been recorded. Many breeding species that one could expect to find further north are present, including northern goshawk, yellow-bellied flycatcher and white-throated sparrow.
Do not feed wildlife. Keep food locked inside cabins or vehicles. Wildlife is best viewed by walking any of the hiking trails or slowly driving the extensive Loyalsock State Forest roads in and around the park.
Worlds End State Park is in a picturesque corner of the Allegheny High Plateau known as the Sullivan Highlands, which is part of the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. Millions of years of erosion by Loyalsock Creek created the stunning scenery and gorge.
About 350 million years ago, this part of Pennsylvania was on the coastline of a shallow sea that covered most of the interior of North America. High mountains to the east eroded, dumping vast amounts of clays, sands and gravels on the coast, building up the sediment for about 100 million years. The great pressure of the sediments squeezed the sands, clays and gravels into the shale, sandstone and conglomerate rocks found in the park today.
Collisions with Europe and Africa folded and raised the rock of the park into a large, flat highland, which probably stood far higher than it does today. Millions of years of erosion have carved the highland into the ridges and valleys of today. Where you see a ridge, you will find hard rock. The valleys once held softer rock. Loyalsock Creek has flowed through the area for an unknown length of time, creating the rugged, serpentine valley of Worlds End State Park.
A fossil is any evidence of previous life. Dinosaur bones are a well-known example of a fossil. At Worlds End State Park, there are unique fossils from before the time of dinosaurs! About 350 million years ago, this area was a series of river deltas on the coast of a warm, shallow sea. Ancestors of the modern-day lungfish inhabited the rivers. During dry periods, the lungfish burrowed tail first into the mud and hibernated until the water returned. Sometimes these burrows were filled with different sediment than the mud in which the fish burrowed, creating a rod shaped fossil composed of rock different from the surrounding rock. Nearly five inches in diameter and several feet long, the lungfish burrow fossils have been found in the red siltstones.
Rock Garden
Just upslope from Loyalsock Canyon Vista is the Rock Garden. This blocky maze of rock is composed of very hard conglomerate and sandstone that has been eroded and frost heaved to create the deep, narrow crevices, which are perfect for exploration.
Geology Brochure
For detailed information on the geology of the area, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey created the brochure Trail of Geology 12 Park Guide, Worlds End State Park.
Early settlers to the area used two horse trails to cross the rugged highland from Muncy Creek to the forks of Loyalsock Creek at the town of Forksville. This treacherous road became obsolete in 1895 with the building of PA 154. Pioneer Road Trail and Worlds End Road follow the path of the old horse trail. Worlds End Vista, at the junction of Pioneer Road Trail and Worlds End Trail, is the view that possibly inspired the name of the park.
At the turn of the 20th century, logging became big business in the area. At least one sawmill operated within the park area. The loggers cut the trees and floated them away on the creek, leaving behind hillsides covered in briars, stumps and tree refuse that were prone to forest fires and flooding. In 1929, the former Department of Forests and Waters began purchasing the devastated land to create a state forest park. In 1932, $50 was allotted to create the park facilities, which purchased little more than four picnic tables.
In 1933, to ease the rampant unemployment of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Companies of 200 young, unemployed men, or veterans, built camps as bases for performing reclamation and construction projects like planting trees, building parks, fire fighting and prevention, creating roads and trails and other conservation work.
Four CCC camps were built in Sullivan County. Camp S-95 in Laporte built many of the park facilities, like the swimming area and dam, cabins, pavilions, hiking trails and roads. Camp S-95 closed in 1941.
For more information on the CCC explore the CCC Years.
What's the Name of this Place?
The name of the park has swirled with controversy. A map from 1872 called the area Worlds End. The excerpt below is from an article from July 20, 1935, by W.S. Swingler, Assistant District Forester of Wyoming State Forest, now Loyalsock State Forest.
"There was even a dispute as to the proper name of the area. Some people called it Worlds End, others Whirl's Glen, and still others Whirls End. The first name arose from the topography of the place. Seven mountain ranges converge on the point and one does receive the sensation of being at the ultimate ends of the earth. The proponents of the second name base their claim upon the whirlpool in the Loyalsock Creek and the third name was probably a contraction of the other two. Since the whirlpool had largely disappeared, it was decided that the name Worlds End would be the most appropriate. Hence, the name Worlds End State Forest Park."
In 1936, a letter campaign caused the park name to be changed to Whirls End. Another letter campaign forced the matter to be brought to the former State Geographic Board, who supervised the official naming of places. The name was changed back to Worlds End in 1943.
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Education Programs
We love when young people ask us how to get involved!
DiscoverE has programs for young people ages 4 to 17, provided by Pennsylvania State Park educators. By combining recreation and education, we hope to motivate children to learn more and return often, leading to a lifetime of outdoor enjoyment and conservation leadership.
In Watershed Education, teachers and students assess water quality of a local stream on a quarterly basis and develop strategies to solve local water quality problems.
ECO Camp - Exploring Careers Outdoors - is a week-long residential camp for a cross-section of high school youth from across Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Participate in action-packed, hands on activities and recreational adventures in Pennsylvania's state parks and forests that expose youth to conservation, recreation and careers in natural resources. Learn how people make a living working in the outdoors.
Explore education for more information on these and other programs.
Explore the Calendar of Events to find a program near you.
Do you take conservation personally? iConservePA is a Web site managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources whose vision is to inspire citizens to value their natural resources, engage in conservation practices and experience the outdoors. Take conservation personally.
Come Work with Us
Pennsylvania State Parks and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources offer a wide range of civil service and non-civil service jobs, from foresters, to rangers, to engineers, to educators, to botanists and so much more. Learn what is currently available.
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Worlds End State Park
Nearby Attractions
Information on nearby attractions is available from:
the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau. www.endlessmountains.org
the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce. www.sullivanpachamber.com
Area attractions include the Sullivan County Fair, Pennsylvania Bow Hunters Festival, Lumberjck Festival and a toboggan slide at Eagles Mere.
Worlds End State Park is adjacent to Loyalsock State Forest, which offers hiking, hunting fishing and other outdoor recreation.
Maps and Downloadables
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Alternate versions of the text of the brochures are in rich text and text formats. Click on the files to view them. To download (.rtf) files:
Recreational Guide
Worlds End State Park Map (.pdf) (1,170 kb, 10/14)
Interactive GIS Map
The Interactive GIS Map uses Geographic Information Systems to create a map that does not need to be downloaded and features driving directions, searchable park amenities and customizable maps. Please note that the background maps are maintained by a variety of public sources and driving directions usually go to the nearest large road.
Campground Map
Worlds End Campground Map (.pdf) (771 kb, 9/16)
Cabin Map
Worlds End cabin map (.pdf) (208 kb, 12/13)
The park is along PA 154 and is easily reached from:
GPS DD: Lat. 41.4718 Long. -76.58145
Driving Directions: The Interactive GIS Map has turn-by-turn driving directions to the park office from the Park Information Window. Please note that the background maps are maintained by a variety of public sources and driving directions usually go to the nearest large road.
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Youth Offenders Warned of Curfew over St. Pat's Day Weekend
Authorities will be on the lookout for DUI and other violations at the St. Patrick's Day Weekend festivities in Five Points.
And the state Department of Corrections continues to partner with the Richland County Sheriff's Department and Columbia police to identify youthful offenders on supervised parole who violate curfew.
Authorities are warning that any anyone identified as a Corrections Department youthful offender parolee in the Five Points area after 9 p.m. will undergo a records check.
"There's a detainer on that person to take down to the Richland County detention center where they would stay until there would be an administrative hearing," says South Carolina Department of Corrections Director Bryan Stirling.
"And we as SCDC would hold that hearing with the Intensive Supervision Officer and we would decide the graduated response, which could be house arrest, and ankle tracking monitor, it could be increased supervision or drug testing, or they could be revoked and come back to prison for the rest of their sentence."
Stirling says the curfew is one more way law enforcement agencies are working together to ensure the safety and security of residents.
In November, the Corrections Department sent officers to Five Points after a college football game to help deputies identify youthful offenders who were in the vicinity after the curfew.
Stirling says officials are working to implement similar curfew restrictions in other areas around the state.


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Student-teacher in Uniontown schools begins new chapter in pupils' studies
An entire new world has opened up for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders at AJ McMullen Middle School in the Uniontown school district.
Students are enjoying 300 new books on their library shelves after a recent book drive organized by student-teacher Adrienne Day.
While accompanying her students to library class, Day said, she noticed a lack of books for boys as well as up-to-date materials for students overall and decided to do something about it.
Her love of reading moved her to not only set aside her money to purchase 100 books for the library but to reach out for help.
"I attended a conference on reading at Cal U and spoke to the EMS Education Book Club treasurer about ways to purchase discounted books through the club. Dr. Diane Nettles, the faculty adviser, emailed me about the club performing a book drive to benefit the school. From that point, I acted as a liaison between the book club and the school," Day said.
The club received books from college students and faculty members. And books were purchased from club funds and donations.
Day said she appreciates the diversity of genres.
"The students had a great interest in Civil War books and books on history in general. There were many very interactive books on history and science, which I was so pleased about. There were also many fiction books donated. These books were on different reading levels, which is important for students in middle school. The range of reading abilities is very broad during this stage of education, so having age-appropriate reading material on many ability levels is critical."
Principal Joe Galie agrees the book drive was a major success in improving the school library.
"Everyone reads, or has to read, and we as the school must do we all can to promote a love of reading. This is a monumental task and when we have the cooperation of the public involved, the students really begin to see the importance of reading. ... as long as we get them to read, we can succeed."
Librarian Melissa Woods said the 300 books will benefit students for years.
"The students are thankful and very excited to begin reading all of these wonderful new books!" Woods said.
Seeing students with the donated books in their hands and sharing that joy first-hand are satisfying for Day.
"One of the best moments I have experienced was when we were unloading the donated books onto the library counter. Several students came into the library and started exclaiming: 'I'm going to read this one!'; 'Me, too, and then I'm going to read this one!'; 'Oh, I've wanted to read this one forever!'
"I couldn't help shed a few tears of joy, witnessing this excitement in students who previously struggled to find books of interest to them," Day said.
She recently completed her 14-week student-teaching period at AJ McMullen Middle School.
Day has received her bachelor's of science degree in elementary (kindergarten through sixth) and special education for kindergarteners through seniors. She says the skills she learned as a student-teacher has prepared her for an education career.
"I try to live my life in a service-minded way. If I can find a way to make the world better — even in some small way — I feel I have lived a profitable day," Day said. "I heartily believe it is up to Fayette County to help Fayette County, and I certainly intend to continue helping in whatever ways I can."
Sonia Whalen Miller is a freelance writer.
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Senators consider change to endangered species law
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission and the Game Commission's power to designate animals as endangered could be as threatened as the species on their lists.
Two Republican-sponsored bills are proposing to strip the commissions of the final word on declaring animals endangered and streams as wild trout streams.
Under Senate Bill 1047 and its companion, House Bill 1576, which is sponsored by Rep. Jeff Pyle, R-Ford City, the commissions could still propose animals and streams be placed on the lists, but it would be up to another independent body, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission, to make the final call.
The commission, made up of five appointed members, is tasked with reviewing regulations developed by Pennsylvania agencies. It is intended to provide oversight of the executive branch and help ensure that new regulations don't impose a hidden cost on the state's economy.
At a hearing Friday morning on the Senate's version of the bill, a panel of Republican senators assembled at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and pressed the wildlife commissions' executive directors to give reasons why the review commission shouldn't have the final word.
The wildlife commissions' executive directors, John Arway, of the Fish & Boat Commission, and Carl Roe, of the Game Commission, told the senators that taking that authority away would, among other things, bog down the process by which animals are declared endangered and potentially jeopardize millions in federal funding.
But Sen. Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, who sponsored the Senate bill, said he believed the bill is a matter of good government.
"Unbridled, unchecked authority doesn't help anybody," Scarnati said. "This bill is about checks and balances. That's what it's about, simply checks and balances," he said.
"This isn't about the gas industry, soley," he added, addressing criticism that the bill is a concession to the state's shale-gas industry. "There's other entities in the commonwealth, many entities that invest tens of thousands, if not millions, of dollars in trying to move forward."
Scarnati's comments reflected the main argument that the senators had for supporting the bill. They said environmental concerns need to be balanced with business development and job creation. As it is, no one is looking over the shoulders of the two wildlife commissions, which are using scientific data no one is allowed to see to make decisions, they said.
Sen. Jake Corman, R-Centre, asked Arway and Roe whether they could envision a scenario in which a development-minded governor appoints a majority of commissioners, who then hire a like-minded executive director interested in job preservation more than conservation.
That question, along with several others, elicited scoffs from some in the audience, and one person in the audience said out loud that Pennsylvania already has that very sort of governor in office.
Scenarios aside, some of the senators pointed to real-life examples they said show the commissions to be less than helpful to business.
Sen. John Gordner, R-Columbia, spoke of the discovery of a spadefoot toad breeding ground that, in his view, unnecessarily halted expansion of an industrial park in Milton.
"Congratulations," he said. "Ten years later, thanks to the Fish & Boat commission and their biologists, there's nothing there."
And Sen. Don White, R-Indiana, who sat on the panel as the hearing's host senator, recounted a fight he had had with the Fish & Boat Commission over a mollusk and Allegheny River dredging.
He said the commission's threatened declaration and its resistance to compromise ended dredging the river for road materials, which had been an industry that provided what he called family-sustaining jobs for more than 100 years.
At the same time, no one has been able to show him the positive environmental or economic impact of protecting the mollusk, he said.
He said that although a compromise was ultimately reached, it took two years to get it, and by then the industry had collapsed and the jobs were permanently lost.
"Once we put these people on these commissions, they're not answerable to anybody as far as I'm concerned," he said. "And that incident I had over at the Allegheny River is a perfect example of it."
Both Roe and Arway told the senators they are confusing the matter.
The commissions are statutorily obligated to make determinations about declaring species threatened, but whether development somehow will encroach on those species and whether necessary environmental permits should be issued is a matter for other state agencies to decide, they said.
Additionally, both said their respective agencies have been diligent in responding to the needs of business.
"In my 33 years with the PFBC, I cannot cite one example of where we have not been able to resolve a conflict with industry on a (threatened and endangered) species issue," Arway said.
But Sen. Richard Alloway, R-Adams, asked the directors why, then, would industry be pushing for the bill's adoption when there isn't a problem.
Arway said he believes business interests are trying to find someone to provide another answer, someone to say no when the wildlife commissions say yes.
Sam Kusic is a staff writer for The Indiana Gazette.
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Fuel Filter Placement
Due to some recent difficulties (Thank God for Tow Boat US), with our fuel system, I am thinking about upgrading our primary fuel filter from the current Racor 120 series spin on to a Racor 500 series. The problem I am facing is that the current location for the fuel filter doesn't allow for the 12-plus inches required for the 500. Would there be a problem with mounting the 500 with it's inlets approximately 8-10 inches above the top of my fuel tank, roughly parallel with my injectors? The engine is a Yanmar 2gm20f. My main concern is whether the pump would have a problem pulling fuel up against gravity before it gets to the high pressure side.
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Why do you want to go bigger? The 500 is overkill for that engine, although there are definitely bragging rights involved.
I am thinking you got screwed by a clogged filter by your post?
Fit a pump to pressurise your system?
I fitted one of the Walbro 2403-1 pumps.
It's a 5 psi pump, and should work for you. Thereafter, downstream of the pump, air never can leak in again. Fuel can leak out, but then you see the leak and you can see it and fix it.
Those little on-engine fuel pumps can exert a LOT of suction. The bottom of my fuel tank is several feet below the pump and it never had problems sucking the tank dry :-)
That said the suggestion for an electrical pump between the tank and the filters has a lot of merit. It also makes bleeding the filters after changing the element very easy.
It is my understanding that the racor 500 is to be used under suction and not made to be pressurized. So put the pump between the racor and the engine.
Not filter size problem
Hi Michael,
I sympathize with your problem but agree with Jason that it is not a filter size problem. I have a Gulf 32 with a 70 gallon diesel tank and use a Racor 15S 2 micron. It is rated for something like 15 gallons an hour when my 4 cylinder Universal 5432 uses less than 1 gallon an hour at full throttle. I just happened to change my primary filter and after 150 hours it was nearly like brand new. I change mine once a year just to be extra careful. Your smaller motor uses even less fuel and so filter size is definitely not your issue.
Long story short, your problem lies elsewhere. What I love about diesels is that they are so darn easy to diagnose, especially when compared with the modern gas engine.
I also have a Walbro pump as my electric pump, and it lies between the filter and the engine. Although my Racor has a primer pump on it to fill the system at filter changes, I have used the electric pump to do my own fuel polishing, which you may want to do as well.
Anyway, just my two cents that I wouldn't think your problem is at all related to the size of your Racor. Good luck, and keep us posted. :)
What ever filter you go with. it sounds like you have crud in the tank and you should fix that first. If not a large tank you could drain, flush and fill with new. If a larger tank you may have to have some one polish the fuel. What they do is pump it out and filter it and replace the cleaned fuel.
I use the Racor 120 also with my 2gm20f on my Jeanneau. I personally can not see using a bigger filter! As others have said, I think there is another issue, ie junk in the tank, bad fuel that last fill up etc. Those are the usual reasons for clogging fuel filters with diesels, be it in my pickup, dumptruck, trackhoe, bobcat or sailboat!
The Racor filter will have a pressure rating somewhere, both burst and collapse. I looked for it but could not find it. Racor should know.
I reckon that 5 psi burst loading is not a lot for a filter housing to take, surely?
I still reckon that the pump should be upstream of the filter. Your filter is less likely to clog, as it is pressure driven. Your lift pump will not have to do work at all. In my own set-up, I can switch off the electrical charge pump and the motor still runs. The pump manufacturer very kindly has built a wee by-pass port into the pump. They are not expensive, at close to $80.
This electrical charge pump set-up is not for everyone. There is an added fire risk if you spring a leak, but fuel leaks out and not air in, and you will see it. When you stop the motor, you can leave the pump on and listen for the wee "rat-tat-tat" as the pump maintains pressure. It is a good leak test. Older motors tend to get a wee bit leaky on the fuel lines sometimes.
It certainly keeps air out of there, and the motor really cannot draw air without you seeing the fuel filter level dropping. In the past, I could draw air downstream of the filter and not see it. and not see it. I had that happen a few times in the past, and it's a heart-stopper as the motor slows, and coming into a harbour it is bloody awful. It does not happen now.
Bleeding your fuel system is much easier too with an electrical lift pump.
The fuel pump on the engine will handle this height. Install the filter where you can, but make sure you bleed the system. After all the hoses and the filter is full with fuel you will not have a problem.
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I usually wear a T-Shirt with a Neon Arrow pointing to my carry position that reads.."Hey I Have A Gun Ask Me Where"...
Seriously its up to you...in my experience...the fewer the better..and only those that need to know will know..
This is a discussion on Who to Tell within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by GentlemanJim My wife knows.If you are in a sticky situation and a friend who knows you carry is along, do you really ...
I usually wear a T-Shirt with a Neon Arrow pointing to my carry position that reads.."Hey I Have A Gun Ask Me Where"...
Seriously its up to you...in my experience...the fewer the better..and only those that need to know will know..
I'm sure I've posted this before but maybe it will be helpful.
My parents, in their 70s, dont live near me. They are gun-neutral people and were happy to hear I bought a gun and happy I got the training to use it. I told them I had guns in the house because a) when they are here, they sleep in my bed in the *safe room* and b) there are things they need to know if there is a night-time break in....there are procedures and a plan.
In WA St. you can cc into restaurants where alcohol is served but you cant go into the lounge area (anywhere 'under 21' are restricted). We travel and do lots of things and eat out alot when they are here. So I had to explain I was carrying because there would be the occasional restriction on where I went.
My father is a really good guy but he treated it like a joke. He thought it was 'cool' and would make jokes or sly comments in front of waiters in restuarants "now dont shoot the waiter" . Or while we were wating in line somewhere. He didnt mean any harm and he didnt understand the implications. I had to talk to him several times about the seriousness of his comments and the fact that if taken wrong, could get me arrested (if people freaked out or something), etc.
Around him, I know it could still pop out on occasion. I didnt really have a choice in telling my folks but again....keep in mind that as others have said...once you tell you no longer have control over that information.
My motto which is shared by several here.....Always carry, never tell
We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists. -
Patrick Henry
People who know I am armed:
The one I wake up looking at;
The ones who pay to take my class.
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"I'm set up to play a game right now. However, I doubt most people would want to get into a gun fight with me."
Rob Leatham
Mrs. Ghost Tracker never KNOWS, but always...knows.
Ya' know?
(I think it's a "woman" thing.)
There are only TWO kinds of people in this world; those who describe the world as filled with two kinds of people...and those who don't.
I am gonna differ from many respondants to this question in that I tell anyone that asks.
1. I usually OC, except at work or when it would be SOCIALLY unacceptable-thus, I answer the questions I may get concerning the "legality" of my OC with "It is perfectly legal to OC in the state of AL, no permit needed to do so, although you do need a permit to carry, Open or Concealed if in a vehicle." I then, if needed go further into the legalities of the situation.
2. When I am CC, if somone spots my carry, and comments on it (a rare occurance - the spotting that is), I will confirm that "Yes, I do have a permit for my firearm".
3. When and IF the conversation turns to firearms in my prescence, I like to show those who think that all gun owners are "gun nuts" or what have you that, infact your average Joe (or in my case Tom) is the type who owns, and carries a firearm for personal protection. We have so many "rabid" excuses for idiotic gun owners/carriers that give gun ownership a bad name, that I feel it is my duty as a citizen to put weapon ownership/carry in a positive light.
If everyone subscribed to the "C.A.N.T." school of thought, we leave the general population with only the idiots/showboaters as examples of Sheepdogs (to use a over used phrase). As long as people only see the you tuber examples of LAC's then we all will be painted in that same light.
Then again, I am of the opinion that if a BG knows you are armed, he's not gonna target you, he is gonna move on to easier prey. For the most part they are cowards and lazy, they want the easy score or else they would get a job, and not be robbing folks. Oh, the occasional "Mass Murderer/Killing Spree/shoot up a mall" type won't be deterred, but they are abberations even among criminals to the point that you are more likely to be struck by lightening TWICE than run across one of them. (IMHO)
Lot's of good point to consider, my MO is don't tell, nobody has ever noticed if and when I'm packing, had to get through some issues with my Girlfriend at first, now that we have gone shooting together and she's thinking she's good because she actually hit the x once with my .357, and hit dirt most of the other shots, we are good to go. She said something special to me recently, when I mentioned our shooting time at the local range, she said you were so relaxed and looked to be enjoying your shooting. Hmmm. She's a keeper.
Now to get her shooting the targets instead of the dirt around the targets lol. I'm loading her with light target .38's for now, oneday I'll give her a load of some average .357 and watch the fireworks once she quits shooting the dirt under the target stands.
I don't bother telling anyone. The less I really emphasize it and consider it just a part of my wardrobe, the less anyone really could care less. Although I live in a resort town in a rural area, nowhere near a metropolis of any kind.
My neighbors know I have guns. It would be kind of hard to miss because of all the gunfire! So I have casual conversations with them about firearms in general.
However, I never, ever, ever talk about my CC gun with anyone unless someone sees it in my hand at the range.
Lessons learned very hard way dont ask dont tell
No reason to tell anyone actually!!!
"Do not fear those who disagree with you; fear those that do and are too cowardly to admit it" - Napoleon


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Dubai, Mar 6: India have lost their second position in ICC Test Rankings to Australia after the Michael Clarke-led team won the three-match series against South Africa 2-1 on Wednesday (March 5).
Australia's 245-runs victory in the third and final Test in Cape Town has also allowed them to finish in second position on the ICC Test Team Rankings table at the 1 April cut-off date.
The victory in Cape Town also means Australia, which had entered the series in third position on 111 ratings points, has gained four ratings points to finish on 115 - three ratings points ahead of India.
This, in turn, means Australia have won a cash award of US$370,000 while India will have to settle with US$265,000. England will receive US$160,000 for finishing fourth.
South Africa, thanks to its commanding lead at the top of the table, retains the mace in spite of dropping to 127 ratings points and will also get richer by the top prize of US$475,000.
At the January 2012 meeting, the ICC Board had approved a proposal to substantially increase incentives in the form of prize money to promote Test cricket.
In 2015, the total prize money will be increased to US$1.34 million, which will be distributed to the teams that finish in the top four at the 1 April 2015 cut-off date. The number-one ranked side will receive US$500,000, followed by US$390,000, US$280,000 and US$170,000 to the sides that will finish second, third and fourth, respectively.
The Cape Town Test was the final Test before the 1 April cut-off date as focus will now shift to the shortest format of the game with England-West Indies and South Africa-Australia playing a total of six T20Is between them from 9 to 14 March.
These matches will serve as final preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, which will take place from 16 March to 6 April. The West Indies men's and Australia women's sides will defend the titles in the event that will take place in Chittagong, Mirpur and Sylhet.
The first confirmed Test series after the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 is between England and Sri Lanka in England. The two-Test series will start on 12 June.
ICC Test Team Rankings table (as on 5 March, after South Africa v Australia series)
Rank (+/-) Team Rating (+/-)
1 (-) South Africa 127 (-6)
2 (+1) Australia 115 (+4)
3 (-1) India 112
4 England 107
5 Pakistan 100
6 Sri Lanka 89
7 New Zealand 87
8 West Indies 87
9 Zimbabwe 34
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O'Reilly, you missed two
I don't want to take anything away from the winners of the O'Reilly Open Source Awards for 2012, given out at the big corporate FOSS Kumbaya in Portland known as OSCON this past week. All are very deserving of O'Reilly's accolades — especially Elizabeth Krumbach, whose work I see on an almost regular basis — and I won't go into listing the winners or their accomplishments here because O'Reilly has seen to that already.
But there are two — at least two — that were nominated and that O'Reilly missed. The misfortune that these two have been omitted arguably borders on tragic, too, because each of the following folks mentioned below have made significant contributions to FOSS in ways that equal, if not eclipse, those made by some of the this year's recipients.
Here are two you missed, O'Reilly. Maybe next year you can rectify this.
The first O'Reilly oversight is Bill Kendrick. If you have children, you have probably happened upon Bill's software opus Tux Paint somewhere along the line. If you don't, then you may have seen it anyway. In its 10th year, Tux Paint is an award-winning art program for K-6 kids that not only teaches art, but also computer literacy. A long list of schools use it. It's been open source ever since its inception, and is made for a variety of platforms — the usual suspects of Linux, Mac and Windows. Tux Paint alone should garner Bill the award, with an oak-leaf cluster, but he is even more deserving of the award for developing other educational software like TuxTyping — helping kids learn to type — not to mention Tux, of Math Command — which "lets kids hone their arithmetic skills while they defend penguins from incoming comets," according to the website. Or, in other words, think of the '80s arcade game Missile Command, only with math problems instead of incoming nuclear missiles.
[Blogger's note: Bill Kendrick straightens out the personnel lineup for the aforementioned projects here, and a full list of authors and contributors can be found here and here.]
The second oversight is Ken Starks. As those of you who regularly read this blog know, Ken and I go back a ways, back to the days when Ken successfully — miraculously — raised enough money to get Tux on the nose of an Indy car at the Indianapolis 500 back in 2007. The car crashed early in the race — irony of ironies for Linux — and finished last. As long as I've known him, Ken has been the most tireless advocate for Linux and FOSS for years. With the HeliOS Project — now REGLUE, an acronym for Recycled Electronics and Gnu/Linux Used for Education — Ken and his merry band of fossketeers get refurbished Linux-based computers into the hands of underprivileged kids in the Austin, Texas, area. Ken was also one of the co-founders of the Lindependence Project, which brought Linux to a small town back in 2008. Currently, Ken's battle with larynx cancer is limiting his activity, but he is still doing what he can with the hand he's dealt.
So, how about it, Tim?
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
Back to the drawing board, kids
OSCON is going on now, and while I'm not there this year, you can give them my regards 😦
Larry the Free Software Guy, cashing in another grammatical chip in order to refer to himself in the third person, has a choice: He can wallow in self-pity for not being at OSCON this week (it's not the same without May Munji there at the helm, anyway) or he can talk about one of the best contests of the year, assuming you're a kid (or you have one) and you want to win an OLPC or other cool prizes.
We'll definitely go with the latter today.
Wordlabel.com is sponsoring the Tux Paint Kids Summer Drawing Contest, which is open to all children from ages 3 to 12 who live anywhere on the planet Earth.
The contest allows kids a chance to show off their talent "using a great drawing program made especially for kids," according to the Wordlabel.com site — an understatement if there was one. Over the years, I've raved about what a great program Tux Paint is, and my daughter Mimi was essentially raised on it; arguably the artistic talent she now possesses as a teenager was honed using Tux Paint in her younger years.
But officially and for promotional purposes, Tux Paint is an award-winning drawing program that was recently awarded SourceForge.net Project of the Month. It runs on all versions of Linux, Windows (including Tablet PC), Mac OS X 10.4 and up, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
And, of course, it's free.
Here's what you get, kids: Prizes will be given to 10 winners, with first prize being an OLPC notepad computer, Sugar-on-a-stick loaded with Tux Paint, a Tux Paint T-shirt and button. Second and third prize winners get an OLPC computer, Sugar-on-a-stick and a T-shirt. The remaining seven that round out the top 10 will receive a Sugar-on-a-stick and a Tux Paint t-shirt.
So how do you, as a 3- to 12-year-old, enter?
Here's how you do it, kids:
All artwork must be the contestant's original work created on Tux Paint, and only one entry per child. Entries must be received by midnight USA Eastern time on 12 September 2011 to be eligible (that's 0500 GMT 13 September 2011, for those of you keeping score at home).
As I've said ad nauseum over the years, Tux Paint has been one of my all-time favorite programs. I've used it at home, and Mimi and I have had years of fun with it while she was growing up. I've used it in a classroom environment as well. Bill Kendrick and the team that produced this program are nothing short of wizards, and my hat has always been off to them. It's good to see they're getting some wider recognition through this contest.
And, of course, I would be remiss if I didn't end this blog about Tux Paint without saying, "Nah-nuh-NAAAAA!"
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)
Back to the future
Registration is now open for SCALE 9X — register now by clicking on the winking penguin.
More times than not, Ken Starks — who pens the Blog of Helios — nails it, and his most recent item is quite possibly Exhibit A to that rule. In his latest submission, Ken responds adequately to a critic who "said that [the HeliOS Project] had wasted a computer on kids that were far too young to either appreciate the technology or use it efficiently."
Ken's blog takes the argument and slices and dices it in such a way that, if it were a Ronco product, you'd find it being advertised on late-night television.
But wait, there's more. I'll let Ken tell the story, from his blog. Ken writes:
"Skip Guenter and I do week-long computer labs during summer vacation. The kids range from 4th to 6th grade. When I first intro the class. I walk among the seated children and then I point to one of them and I say:
" 'You are going to be the first person to walk on Mars.'
"I point to another and state:
" 'You are going to discover an herbal compound that cures diabetes.'
"And to a third child I point and say:
" 'You are going to invent the nano technology that reverses blindness.'
"Then I make sure that they understand one thing. Unless they embrace and learn about the machines in front of them, none of that is likely to happen."
Amen to that, Ken.
Also, on the issue of age, there is my own experience. I started with GNU/Linux and FOSS very late — 48 to be exact, five years ago, and I've told that story here ad nauseum. However, thanks to the miracle of being my offspring (it's a miracle to me, anyway, that she's my girl), my daughter Mimi has grown up with FOSS for pretty much her entire life.
Her introduction to computers and their use, then, has always involved a high degree of FOSS exposure, and with this exposure comes a better understanding of how software works and a clearer knowledge of how software should be available to the public. It has been interesting to watch her grow along with the Free Software and Open Source philosophies; not to mention the snapshots along the way, like learning about how to install Debian at 8 under her Dad's watchful eye, or her enthusiasm today for GIMP and other programs that allow her to develop and expand her passion for drawing.
With her understanding of how the digital world works and inheriting her Dad's affinity for implementing Free Software and the Open Source paradigm, Mimi can usually be found with me at various Linux expos and shows. Not only this, she can also be found with her friends — Malakai and Saskia Wade — giving talks at expos like SCALE and the Utah Open Source Conference about "Girls in FOSS."
[As an aside: Mimi is now an Ubuntu user, in what her Fedora-using Dad hopes will be just a passing rebellious phase. Or not. But rather than rend my garment and wail skyward, "I have no daughter!" I would prefer to be proud of her beyond words for trying a variety of distros and settling on one that works for her. That's my girl.]
Back to the art, though: Mimi has developed an artesian depth of artistic talent, and my eternal gratitude goes to Bill Kendrick and the developers of Tux Paint for planting the seed of artistic abilities with that consistently outstanding program. Tux Paint and this household, digitally speaking, go way back, and Kendrick's and his team's efforts on all the software they write make a huge impact on the lives of those who use it.
This same "huge impact" can be claimed by a wide range of FOSS programs as well — substitute $FOSS_PROGRAM for "Tux Paint" and there are a wide variety of FOSS programs that have made their mark on the computer-using world, all for the better.
Which brings us back to Ken and Skip and the summer computer labs: One kid in that room may be the one who first steps on Mars. One may be the one who develops the technology to allow the blind to see. But also, they may not be the ones accomplishing those feats, and that's OK. At the very least — at the absolute least — kids learning about and using FOSS will grow up to be average adults with a better understanding of how hardware and software work and a clearer picture of how hardware and software should be made available to the public.
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs Redwood Digital Research in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)


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500, 472, 425, 368 Discussion, Supercharger on a 500? in Cadillac Engine Discussion; Just want to say hi. I 'm glad to have found this site. I've never owned a Cad engine yet ...
- 08-31-06 09:58 PM #1Cadillac Owners Member
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Supercharger on a 500?
Just want to say hi. I 'm glad to have found this site. I've never owned a Cad engine yet but they have certainly peaked my interest. Finally an engine that you can change out spark plugs easily without contorting your hands I have a Weiand supercharger ( the small one ) that use to be on a 400 Chev small block that ran on 92 octane. Obviously a stout rotating assembly is needed for any huffed engine but has anyone here have any experience with putting a baby blower on the 500? If you have any supercharged recipes please share. Thanks again for a great website and any help you could provide.
Re: Supercharger on a 500?
I have no experiance buy a guy by the name of caddycarlo has some mini blower on a stock bottom end, made some ungodly amount of power, 800hp or something like that.
That reminds me I got an email from him out of the blue a couple days ago I forgot to return.
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Re: Supercharger on a 500?
There is a company called BDS that makes them. Potter is a vendor for them I think.
Re: Supercharger on a 500?
I know that most blown Chevys wont last long with a stock bottom end. I understand the Cad blocks to be very very durable but I was not aware the stock rotating assembly was also as stout to allow it to withstand mild supercharging. But if thats the case thats great news for sure. Just to clarify, I already have a blower ( Weiand 177 ). Just wanted to hear some experiences from anyone thats running them on a 500.
Re: Supercharger on a 500?
I doubt a small blower like a 177 would be of much use on a 500ci motor unless it's a show car. As you probably know, those blowers don't make much boost on a 383 or 400ci smallblock. By the time you overdrive the blower enough to boost a Caddy, you'll just be blowing hot air. Unfortunately, you're probably looking at a hole in the hood for a blower on a Caddy, unless you use a centrifugal blower or maybe a twin screw type.
As for the bottom end, I'd bet the crank and rods (with good rod bolts) would hold up on a mildly boosted engine as long as you keep the RPM range stock (under 4000) but get forged pistons for sure and keep out of detonation. First thing I'd upgrade after the pistons is the stock cast (not forged) rods, and finally the crank (look at the size of the journals, that thing is a beast).
There are also main studs and main girdles available for these engines so you can take the power waaaaay up there.
Re: Supercharger on a 500?
You will not need to upgrade the crank unless you're making four digit power, and even then you can just throw in a stock nodular crank (actually all the 500/472 cranks might be nodulars, but the ones with the N are for sure.) If you want to make north of 1500 then maybe think about an aftermarket piece (and if you go that route you will pay out your nose.)
Re: Supercharger on a 500?
I'm closing in on a carbed 500 out of a '75 Deville. If they can handle a 150 shot of the bottle, I'm planning on running more than moderate boost then. Hard to believe no one here has done a small blower set-up. Have boost will travel
Re: Supercharger on a 500?
Potter Automotive - News
They make a intake called the Boogie-Man Pro Type Intake uses a variety of tops for most induction methods. So they might have a top to work with your Blower setup.
- 10-23-06 11:45 AM #10Cadillac Owners Member
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Re: Supercharger on a 500?
I wish someone had said something to me about this post I would have been here sooner........
the 177 blower will work just fine I got 8 lbs of boost with the blower at max rpm on a stock lower end and ran nos on top of that ..... mounting the blower will be the hardest part as i used a b-m adaptor that would bolt to the carb flange since this is no longer made you will have to make your own intake adaptor ...... the easyest way to do this would be with potters intake and a flat plate .... you will also need the long drive snout and I would run the 7 inch lower pulley .......
also not only have I run this blower on a caddy but so has a guy in cal. his was just a driver street rod and like 5 lbs of boost .....
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When i took my block to the machinist he didnt have a box big enough to ship the crank to the balancer... he was like "that thing is a monster!"


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