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The long-term success of any tile floor installation depends
on a number of factors: the adhesive bond that secures the
tiles, the setting bed on which the tiles are installed, the
structure that holds everything up, and a grid of flexible
movement joints that help isolate the installation from normal,
expected structural movement. Skimp on any one of these, and
the installation is likely to fail.
This article will focus on the prep work that's required
before any tile materials are installed. I will also limit the
discussion to wood-framed floors -- solid-sawn or wood I-joists
with plywood subflooring -- where problems with cracked tile
are common.
The best tile guide is the Handbook for Ceramic Tile
Installation, published and distributed by the Tile Council of
America (see "For More Information," at the end of this
article). It costs only a few dollars but contains the
practical information designers and builders need to ensure
that the tile work will be done properly. Keep in mind when you
use this guide that the details shown are minimum standards --
they represent a point below which the installation may fail.
There is always room to improve the strength and durability of
your installation.
The Marble Institute of America references the TCA Handbook as
a guide for installing stone tiles but amends it with
appropriate changes for stone tiles. As an example, the maximum
allowed deflection for ceramic tile is L/360 (see Figure 1).
This amounts to approximately 1/2-inch maximum allowable
deflection over a 15-foot span. By contrast, a particular stone
tile may require L/480, L/720, or even L/1080! The properties
of many natural stone tiles can change radically -- even within
a single tile -- and therefore they require a stiffer setting
bed. Most ceramic tiles, however, are manufactured to specific
minimum standards, resulting in consistent properties
throughout the tiles.
Figure 1.The tile industry limits the deflection
of floors receiving ceramic tile to 1/360 of the span. This
amounts to approximately 1/2 inch of allowable deflection for a
15-foot span. For stone tiles requiring an L/480 installation,
a 3/8-inch deflection is allowed. Some natural stone tiles may
require an L/720 limit, or even L/1080.
Uniform deflection is the overall distance a
floor's surface is depressed when weight is applied and is a
function of the strength of the joists (Figure 2).
Concentrated deflection is the movement that
occurs on a setting bed surface located between two neighboring
floor joists and is a function of the strength of the
subflooring and the joist spacing. It pays to shop carefully,
since some engineered floor systems that claim to meet the
L/360 criteria do so only for uniform deflection and may fail
to meet the criteria for concentrated loads.
Figure 2.Wood floor joists are normally rated for
uniform deflection (left) -- meaning the floor joist's ability
to carry an evenly distributed live load without flexing beyond
a certain limit, typically the span/360. The problem is that
applying uniform live loading to floor design does not account
for points of concentrated loading that may occur between
joists (right), which can cause cracks in tile
The tile and wood products industries are working on this
issue, and there may eventually be a concentrated load rating
on subflooring and underlayment. Until then, if you're framing
a floor for tile, limit joist spacing to 16 inches and use a
minimum 23/32-inch subflooring.
It is the structure -- the piers, beams, joists, and studs --
that support the weight of a tile floor installation, plus all
the live load it will carry. For most residential or light
commercial structures, joists should be no less than 2x10s on
maximum 16-inch centers. Reducing the 2x10 joist spacing from
16 to 12 inches or substituting 2x12s for the 2x10s is a good
idea if a wood floor is being built to support natural stone
If you have any doubt about a structure you are about to tile,
ask the tile or installation material manufacturers to write a
specification for you that includes a complete structural
detail; or consult your architect or structural engineer.
Isolation membranes. The long spans common in
today's new houses may tax the limits of conventional
installation methods and usually require crack isolation
membranes. I tend to specify a membrane system for any ceramic
tiles installed on spans greater than 12 feet, regardless of
the type of tile, its setting bed, and the structure supporting
it. Membranes also serve a waterproofing purpose (more on
membranes below).
The industry minimum for subflooring thickness is 19/32-inch
exterior-glue plywood (EGP). As you might expect, upgrading to
23/32-inch EGP provides a quieter floor with a more solid feel.
That is the minimum I would use for any tile floor. Two
screw-laminated layers of 23/32-inch are often specified for
more demanding stone installations.
For now, it is still possible to get a relatively good
selection of flat exterior-grade plywood -- but in years to
come? Tiles are now being installed over OSB subflooring, to be
sure, but with mixed results. Failures as well as successes
have been reported. The problems may actually be less OSB than
adhesive. In any case, the wood products industry is very
interested in successfully combining OSB and ceramic and stone
tiles, and in the future, some excellent composite wood panels
will probably be approved for use with tile. Until then,
though, I prefer to stick with plywood.
In the TCA Handbook, a number of approved installations use
plywood subflooring. Pay particular attention to the details
surrounding orientation of the plywood sheets, fasteners,
fastener schedules, gaps between sheets, gaps at abutting or
restraining surfaces, the need for blocking, and closure of the
T&G edge.
To gap or not to gap. Unfortunately, there is no
clear agreement among manufacturers regarding subflooring
installation details. Some manufacturers say you need to leave
a gap; others say you don't. For that reason alone, you should
follow specific directions for each product, rather than
assuming that the instructions for one brand can be applied to
In my opinion, it is essential to do two things when
installing subflooring: Leave a gap; then fill the gap with the
same thinset mix used for placing the backerboard.
The most common failures I've seen on wood subfloors (even
where it seems that everything has been done "right," or
according to manufacturer recommendation) have been cracks that
emanate from tight-fitted joints in the plywood. These cracks
run right through the backerboard if there is one and right
through the tiles. I have seen these cracks with both T&G
subflooring and square-edged, though most of the contractors I
work with avoid T&G in tile areas.
Though I can't cite research to prove it, I believe that
filling the gap with thinset may allow stresses to continue
from one plywood sheet to the next, whereas stresses will stop
(and become apparent as a crack) at a joint that is a void (a
perforation in the substrate).
Several tile backers are manufactured specifically for floor
tile installations. These products have a relatively high
compressive strength, but they add virtually nothing to the
structural strength of the installation.
Not all tile backers are alike, and it's important to make a
reasonable, conservative comparison of the available materials.
Cement backerboards are unaffected by exposure to moisture, but
they can transmit water. For that reason, on active wet-area
installations, I always specify a waterproofing membrane, so
that no moisture can pass through the cement boards and
penetrate the structure.
In my opinion, the strongest underlayment for tile -- provided
it's first covered with a waterproofingcrack isolation
membrane system -- is a layer of 23/32-inch exterior-glue
plywood (Figure 3). Screw this to the subfloor with the face
plies running perpendicular to the subflooring and with a 50%
offset between joints. The screws should not penetrate the
joists, only the subflooring. This assembly will be far
stronger than a layer of tile backerboard, which is made of
sand and cement, gypsum, or foam. The only downside is that the
expansion and contraction rate of even the most stable plywood
is significantly greater than that of ceramic or stone tiles.
That problem can be easily overcome, however, with the
application of a membrane system between the tiles and the
Figure 3.The author's preferred setting bed
for thinset floor applications uses two layers of 3/4-inch
plywood and a waterproofing membrane rather than a
In the end, because of normal, expected movement in wood
construction, and because we often use tiles in areas that are
wet or damp, I specify a protective membrane system for most
installations. Sometimes, depending on the brand, the membrane
system may be the underlayment; otherwise, the membrane is
usually applied to the surface of the backerboard, plywood, or
mortar bed.
Every manufacturer of grout and mortar makes a membrane
system, and there are numerous independent brands on the
market. Some are premanufactured sheets, like NobleSeal TS,
while others are composites made of a liquid or paste bonding
agent and a separate reinforcing fabric, like Laticrete 9235.
Latex, sheet rubber, and asphalt-based membranes are also
The tile industry standard for flat, plumb, and square is
another problem. In the era when mortar bed installations were
common (and when 4 1/4- and 6-inch tiles were typical), a
flatness tolerance of 1/8 inch in 10 feet was considered
acceptable. (Flatness refers to the differences in height
between neighboring plywood subfloor panels, between
neighboring backerboard panels, and between neighboring tiles.)
If you could get the setting bed flat to within that tolerance,
aligning all the trim and field tiles was relatively simple,
because of the ability of smaller tiles to conform to a less
than perfect surface.
Unfortunately, at the last ANSI A108 standards meeting, the
tolerance was loosened to 1/4 inch in 10 feet, which will allow
the safe installation of 6-inch tiles but doesn't work for the
now popular large-format tiles -- tiles measuring 10 inches or
For that reason, anyone installing large-format tiles up to 14
inches should use, at the very least, the old 1/8-inch
tolerance. For larger tiles, a setting bed surface true to
within 1/16 inch in 10 feet or less is needed. Without the
traditional mortar bed, and its ability to flatten and true an
irregular surface, installations using thin-bed materials need
to be planned before construction begins, to ensure enough room
for a self-leveling compound to true a floor's surface. The
thickness of a typical self-leveling compound ranges from a
minimum of 1/8 inch up to about 1 inch per pour. Some
manufacturers allow for two pours.
Finally, after you've gotten all the structural and substrate
details right, it's critical to keep the surface of the setting
bed clean and dust free. This means no foot, ladder, or wheeled
cart traffic until the curing time expires for all the
materials used in the tile installation. If a worker has to get
on a floor that's going to be tiled, the work should be
protected with enough tarps to make sure that no contamination
is deposited on a surface that's supposed to receive tiles or
tile installation materials.
Michael Byrneis a technical consultant, specialty
installer, author, and contributing editor for
Tile Council of America
Anderson, S.C.
Marble Institute of America
Westlake, Ohio
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DUBLIN, Ohio, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health today announced that its board of directors has approved a 10 percent increase in the company's quarterly dividend to $0.215 per share, or $0.86 per share on an annualized basis.
The regular quarterly dividend is payable on July 15 to shareholders of record on July 1. Cardinal Health has paid a $0.195 per share quarterly dividend since July 15, 2010.
This marks the 107th consecutive regular quarterly dividend for Cardinal Health.
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Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a $99 billion health care services company that improves the cost-effectiveness of health care. As the business behind health care, Cardinal Health helps pharmacies, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and physician offices focus on patient care while reducing costs, enhancing efficiency and improving quality. Cardinal Health is an essential link in the health care supply chain, providing pharmaceuticals and medical products to more than 60,000 locations each day. The company is also a leading manufacturer of medical and surgical products, including gloves, surgical apparel and fluid management pr
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Summary: The inspiration for the award-winning movie from HBO Films and Fine Line Features AMERICAN SPLENDOR The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar Two classic comic anthologies in one volume Stories by Harvey Pekar Introduction by R. Crumb Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray The classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie American Splendor , winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival American Splendor is the world's first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them--he is himself. "Mr. Pekar has . . . proven that comics can address the ambiguities of daily living, that like the finest fiction, they can hold a mirror up to life." -- The New York Times "[Pekar] has a vision that makes daily city life--a ride on the bus, a run-in with a boss, or simply buying bread--dramatic." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Simply stated, American Splendor is the most superb literary endeavor to come off the streets of Cleveland in decades." -- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) "Mr. Pekar lets all of life flood into his panels: the humdrum and the heroic, the gritty and the grand." -- The New York Times Book Review
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We do love you Tom. We do.
Tom Hardy talks addiction, alcohol and never giving up on your dreams.
Prince's Trust Ambassador Tom Hardy catches up with one of our first Celebrate Success winners, Kenny Ross. In this revealing film, the pair discuss addiction, alcohol and never giving up on your dreams.
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Tom Hardy quoting a phone conversation he had with Charles Bronson.
❝ I want to dispel that it's all about celebrity-ism, I'm fucking bored of people looking at whose shoes are interesting and what hat is interesting. Storytelling is very important to people, it comforts them, unite us, cheers us up, we can affect change with these arts. We need to be entertained to connect.
"I worked with Tom on Tinker Tailor. I'm off to do a couple of days with him on The Wettest County and then we work together on Batman.
And then we get married. 2011 is the year of Gary and Tom."
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Too often in discussing the shift in video watching habits the assumption is made that one choice precludes another that Internet video somehow will supplant traditional television viewing and that mobile video may replace both. The birth of new services that bring Internet content to the TV is seen as the death of traditional TV.
Often, too, the assumption is that older viewers are sitting in front of the TV set, watching their regular shows and the commercials that sponsor them; slightly younger viewers are watching their regular shows on demand via digital video recorders; and the youngest of viewers are watching shows online whenever they feel like it, consuming considerable user-generated content at the same time.
As the recent Accenture Global Broadcast Consumer Survey 2009 makes clear, however, what we have here is a very fragmented digital video viewing market that cant even be divided along predictable age lines. As the study notes in its opening pages, a rising tide of demand is lifting consumption everywhere, across all platforms, and that includes traditional TV viewing, which is up in all age ranges.
As the study also notes, however, this fragmentation poses considerable business case challenges for anyone who expects video and/or video advertising to be a major source of revenue in the coming years. The current revenue model mass-market advertising and mass-market subscriptions to paid-TV services such as cable, satellite and IPTV is under pressure when so much video viewing is being done online or through other sources.
This is the crux of the issue for broadband service providers because they face a two-fold challenge: First, most of them are trying to bundle video services into their consumer offerings, so finding consumers less willing to pay for video subscriptions is a definite challenge; and second, as more video is delivered over the broadband pipe, that pipe will need to be bigger, and getting consumers to pay for a bigger pipe remains a challenge.
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Earth Chakras: The 7 Key Energy Vortices of Mother Earth
Christina Sarich, Staff
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Just as the physical body has seven (or more) identifiable energy centers, or swirling vortices of subtle energy, so does the planet have chakra centers that govern her health and act as a reflection of her energetic evolution. Dr. Hiroshimi Motoyama developed a way to measure the chakras of the human body – to give them a scientific basis, when they were considered purely metaphysical for centuries, though saints, sages, monks and yogis knew of their existence long before they were recognized by scientific instruments.
There are many cultures that conceive of an energetic system which runs the body, but the Yogic Chakra System is said to be 4000-5000 years old. Chakra translates loosely to mean 'wheel' from Sanskrit, but it more accurately describes a vortex of rotating energy. Some chakra systems contain twelve primary chakras, others fewer, but they refer to a map of the energy circulating through the body, primarily through the spinal column. Each chakra is situated near an endocrine gland that is responsible for regulating hormonal reactions in the body. The chakras also act as translators of energy. They assimilate energy from surrounding influences, including your own emotions and thoughts and the chakras of others. In the yogic conceptualization of the chakra system there are seven primary energy chakras." (Yogaforums.com)
Each chakra has its own bandwidth of energy, and it governs the perspective of each person at that vibration. The earth's chakras are very similar. They are reflective of the root all the way to the crown. The Chinese/Japanese conceptualization of the chakras or meridians, is slightly different than the Indian conceptualization as is the Kabbalistic, but they weave into a very cohesive understanding of the energy body.
Such is also the case with the earth's energetic vortices or chakras. "The Earth is a living being, with its own creative, evolutionary will, and with its own methods for enacting that purpose. If we look at nature, we discover that design and innovation – the architect and the inventor – are at work. What is the goal of this effort? Alone, among the planets in the solar system, Earth is the matrix for life. What are the maximum potentialities for life? It is the true will of the Earth to find the answers to this question, and to communicate these results to other laboratories of life throughout the universe." (earthchakras.org)
The same way that kundalini energy weaves its way up the spine from the root of the spinal chord in a human being, in a DNA-like fashion, energy also rotates throughout the planet.
Here are the most commonly accepted geographic locations of the planet's chakra system and what they represent spiritually. (It is thought that the chakras can shift locations based on planetary cycles):
|1st Chakra – Corresponds to the Root or Mooladhara Chakra
|Mt. Shasta in California is considered the root chakra of the planet. (Some also say this is the 5th chakra of the planet.)
|This energy center is considered primal and 'base.' Here is where the universal life force is considered to gather before it becomes life – and is representative of the geysers which rush to the surface with energy the same way that kundalini energy is thought to rush to the crown or pineal gland was awakened from the root chakra.
|2nd Chakra – Corresponds to the Sexual Chakra or Swadhistana
|Lake Titicaca Peru/Bolivia is considered the 2nd chakra of the planet.
|The Plumed Serpent – found in many South American myths is representative of the kundalini energy rising to the sexual chakra of the planet. Also called the rainbow serpent, this center has some of the most ley crossroads or ley lines on the planet, second only to Bali. It is where our primal energy starts to 'birth' itself, quite literally into form. Some say that it is through this chakra that the earth overcomes entropy.
|3rd Chakra – Corresponds to Manipura or the Solar Plexus Chakra
|Uluru, otherwise known as Ayers rock in Australia along with Kata Tjuta are the home of the earth's 3rd chakra.
|This huge, monolithic rock is in the Northern Territory of Australia. This is where dreamtime legends arise from the Aboriginal people's. Anangu life revolves around the Tjukurpa (sometimes wrongly referred to as the Dreamtime). To the Aboriginal people, this is the ancestral period of when the world was being formed. Kata Tjuta is considered Uluru's sister rock formation. In us, the solar plexus is where we digest emotion – on the planet, it is where we will one day realize a legend told by the Aborigines from the 'umbilical chord' of the planet.
|4th Chakra – the Heart Chakra, called Anahata in Indian traditions
|Glastonbury, Somerset and Shaftesbury, Dorset comprise the center of the world's heart chakra.
|This is the home of the holy grail. It is perhaps, also our greatest contribution to the ourselves, and our fellow sentient beings on this planet - to open our hearts to heal the earth and allow her to embody her rightful place as a peaceful, loving satellite in space. Interestingly, this is an area known for high levels of crop-circle sightings that exhibit magnetic abnormalities.
|5th Chakra – the Throat or Vissuddha Chakra
|The throat or voice of the planet is the located near the Great Pyramids near Mt. Sanai and Mt. Olives in the Middle East.
|This is the one chakra that does not exist at a ley line. It is the exact center of the earth's land mass as it currently is configured. Modern day turmoil in the Middle East is considered to be 'the cries of the mother' or the voice of the planet calling for help.
|6th Chakra – The Pineal Glnd or Third Eye Chakra
|This chakra can shift – it is called the Aeon activation Center. Now it is considered to be in Western Europe but will likely move over the next several thousand years.
|This chakra is the one that opens portals and allows extra-dimensional energy to enter this world. Just like our pineal gland allows us to recognize other dimensions and realities, so does the 6th chakra of the earth.
|7th Chakra – the Crown Chakra or Sahasrara, the Thousand Petaled Lotus, the Highest Energy Center
|Mt. Kailas in the Himalayas in Tibet is considered the 'roof of the world' and also our earth's crown chakra.
|The highly develop consciousness of Tibetan people, as evidenced through the Dalai Lama's teachings is indicative of the energy that resides at the crown chakra of the planet. Just as our own crown connects our will with Divine will, so does Mt. Kailas connect the planet with her spiritual destiny.
The following video features moving imagery from these 7 sacred sites:
About the Author
Christina Sarich is a musician, yogi, humanitarian and freelance writer who channels many hours of studying Lao Tzu, Paramahansa Yogananda, Rob Brezny, Miles Davis, and Tom Robbins into interesting tidbits to help you Wake up Your Sleepy Little Head, and See the Big Picture. Her blog is Yoga for the New World. Her latest book is Pharma Sutra: Healing the Body And Mind Through the Art of Yoga.
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Interesting article Christina. on a practical mystical level ( not an oxymoron) does it mean that if I go to the sixth chakra area in Western Europe will my intuition be enhanced, for example? thanks & peace.
Drunvalo Melchizedek speaks of the Planetary Kundalini (from the core to the surface) moves regarding it's position relative to the center of the galaxy.
He stated that just recently, it has migrated from the Himalayas to Andes located in South America and this information resonates with me.
Veiled women is not what it became a controlling men's patriarchal world, since matriarchal world ended as evolutionary means in our planet due 2 Atlantis civilization that fucked this world as we are doing it 4 the sake of power and greed with no regards 4 the environment that make us all be alive, in ancient times veiled women used the veil 4 very concrete fact 2 protect themselves from natural sun radiation due 2 the fact that first civilizations on Earth were MATRIARCHAL, therefore, women were the first conscious being that made it straight 2 enlightenment or consciousness but as individuals and not as a collective civilization, this was the beginning of Mu continent or Lemuria, at this time all continents were Pangaea and were together, this civilization are the blueprints 4 humans on earth after came Atlantis that became a Patriarchal civilization and fucked US (USA, Russia, Britain, Germany and white people are reincarnations of ignorant Atlantis and that is why they contaminated all other countries having nowadays a 95% ignorant civilization that almost exterminated themselves along with life not only here on earth but our galaxy, therefore, this won't be allow anymore).
All civilization left a legacy either shit or real knowledge that became corrupted by human behavior as well as other ignorant fucking humanoids in space or ET's as you call, I am an ET because I came from the stars, so in the macrocosms or microcosm are the same factors, either consciousness or ignorance in form of intelligent thinking that is not yet total consciousness or light in movement, this light created by what dominates universal principal which is darkness/sound/thought energy in movement responsible 4 the creation of light in form of Fire where all matter and antimatter light forms come from, because CONSCIOUSNESS IS AN INDIVIDUAL QUEST 4 FULFILLMENT AND UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF WHAT WE ARE, we can't live this fact as a collective mind, why? Because we all will destroy matter in a second with the RADIATION WE WILL RADIATE, therefore, we had 2 live evolution or lunar ignition instead of solar ignition (which I live and still live at my physical body level and have 2 wear black and be sometimes veiled as muslin women, I don't believe in anything but life itself and 4 me saying that I believe in a religion or any concept is an insult 2 my intelligence, I am all that is life and tap on all belief systems 2 eradicate them from existence so people wake up 2 the real). The most advanced cultures on earth nowadays 4 good or evil are the fucking developed countries that are slowly contaminated all really advanced knowledge on earth by cultures as Tibet, American Natives, Mayans, Ancient Inca cultures as Mu or Lemuria and Brazil ancient Atlantis culture where were found the respective ruins 4 the Amazon matriarchal society, this is the very mother land 4 Atlantis that spread 2 the Mediterranean where they became a super fake civilization that fucked their world.
In any civilization there is always 1% 2 5% that come 2 consciousness, these very people made it 2 real enlightenment or consciousness and left us their legacy in form of pyramids and great achievements and not the crab learned in books or as a results of implants and brain washed minds that become our ignorant leaders 2 fuck us all 2 extinction if we real knowledge allow it? "No way that you bastards stinky assholes will win this battle 4 life and consciousness, you are sent 2 hell by fire radiation, so be it, so it is"
Veiled women or sickish real knowledge or Buddhist and cultures in Egypt, Dagon, etc, knew the facts of transmutation and sun radiation and just as a natural precaution used the veil or hats or turbans 2 protect themselves from natural radiation, being the hair the transmitter of sun energy and radiation, Tibetans and Buddhist monks are very intelligent and following a path that leads 2 real consciousness and freedom, they shave their hair by tradition but they don't know that they are doing it 2 concentrate more 2 achieve real enlightenment without harming their bodies, it happened 2 me and because I am more than a monk, now I use a black turban or black hot when outdoors with no sun, if there is sun light now I can't expose myself outdoors, http://dammebleustartgate2freedom.blogspot.com, female and male separation is a fact only at the time of Atlantis in Mu we were hermaphrodite beings on earth but extraterrestrial ignorant beings in Egypt time separated hermaphrodites in what became duality gods and all that fabricated human ignorance that we call knowledge in form of control and fear 2 better fuck the world 4 the sake of money and shit, this same female and males that had female and male organs 2 reproduce themselves, were issued primary by creative female hermaphrodite energy that rules creation and dominates almost the whole cosmos became what is called now sun energy intelligence 4 purposes of creating matter and form have their source on blueprints and ultra violet thought/sound/love forms acting as ONE NO DIVIDABLE ENTITY, in constant movement 2 perfect life forms either is matter or antimatter.
From these intelligence all that it is with not beginning and nor end were created by themselves what we call suns or BLACK HOLES, ARE IN FACT UNIVERSES IN EXPANSION, STEVE HOPKINS AND THE THEORY OF BLACK HOLES IS GOOD 4 BLACK ASSHOLES FULL OF SHIT (THIS IS A JOKE), all theories just scratch the surface of real science but at least all these scientists bring some light 2 the darkness in which lives humankind.
People nowadays that 4 religious purposes or habit cover their hair or muslin women all covered , do it conscious or unconsciously with the purpose of protection from lethal sun radiation, hairless monks of Tibet, hairless pharaohs, and veiled people in the desert or like me that had to be veiled 4 years and months and when I met a muslin looked at me as if I was one of them or smile 2 me, I have no religion and I don't want that crab but I respect people that have nothing but real fate to continue living.
I can say I have been living hell since 2003 and it is not finished yet, I can't be outdoors when sun heat is present and became "the woman in black or veiled in black lady" wearing black natural fivers, saved my life along with natural medication when my body was burnt without taking any sun since already 30 years, my body was burnt 75% in 2009 at Pentitcton, BC, due 2 extreme heat and sun UV radiation, I am a healer so I acted right away with the natural knowledge I inherited from Egypt in another life I pass there. Don't confuse radiation with heat (4 heat use white 4 radiation wear black), radiation UV cause Nausea and Cancer, Gama and X rays can kill you right away, this is the reason why THE FUCKING TRIP 2 THE MOON WAS A PURE FAKE SCENE PERPETRATED BY USA GOVERNMENT 2 LET KNOW THE WORLD THEY WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE IN THE MOON, I WAS MAYBE 16 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY SHOWED THIS AND EVEN IF I HAD NOT YET THE CONCRETE PROOF AS I HAVE IT NOW BECAUSE I LIVED RADIATION HERE ON EARTH, THIS MADE UP TRIP 2 THE MOON WAS 4 THE SAKE OF WINING THE COLD WAR BUT THE REAL WINNERS ARE AS 5% OF HUMANKIND CONSCIOUS PEOPLE ON EARTH, AND WE WILL SENT YOU ALL FUCKERS AND EVIL ASSHOLES SO YOU ARE WIPED OUT FROM EXISTENCE DUE 2 THE HIGH LEVELS OF RADIATIONS THERE, SO BE IT SO IT IS, just Google fake trip 2 the moon and find all scientific evidence of all evil governments lies and shit starting with USA, Canada, Britain, Russia and Germany just to name the big shots asses leading our mother earth 4 genocide, 2 finish with the evil government of China and Arab countries that polluted and over exploited our resources 4 murder extermination of life in form of pollution supported by the American and Russian way of life that fucked all cultures 2 almost extinction, now fuckers you all will pay 4 that with your lives, "sobeitsoitis"
Itzamandammebleu "Acts and Arts 4 Life, sobeitsoitis"


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After years of battling a wind power project near their property, a Vermont couple is selling out to the wind farm owners.Don and Shirley Nelson own nearly 600 acres in the shadow of Lowell Mountain. The Nelsons opposed the Kingdom Community Wind project before and during construction, and their property became a hot-spot for protesters who tried to stop the towers.
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he Texas Flying Legends Museum is dedicated to honoring past generations and inspiring the leaders of tomorrow through active display of WWII warbirds. Highlighting the drivers behind America's success, our programs serve to remind us of the values and freedoms that make our country great and to challenge visitors to give back to their local communities. We are proud to do our part to ensure that America remains the "land of the free and the home of the brave".
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Warbird lovers and history buffs united with their warbirds in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture 2014, and then Wiscasset, Maine for Wings Over Wiscasset and we can't wait for next year!
The Texas Flying Legends Museum returned to EAA AirVenture for the famous week-long air show with two aircraft: The Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero "Last Samurai" and our FG-1D Corsair "Whistling Death." The Texas Flying Legends Museum was proud to honor Paul Poberezny, the founder of EAA AirVenture. We were proud to be a part of the legacy he left.
Over 500,000+ people attended EAA AirVenture 2014, and the stories abound on facebook and the like. Check out this article, and the first aircraft in this slideshow is our very own FG-1D Corsair "Whistling Death!"
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The second annual Wings Over Wiscasset event brought over 7,500 people to the Wiscasset Municipal Airport for the weekend (August 8,9 2014), according to Executive Producer Dennis St. Pierre via The Lincoln County News. In fact, The Wiscasset Newspaper let us know that last year's Wings debut was on a Tuesday and drew a crowd of about 5,000 for that one-day-only airshow. St. Pierre is reported here to have said, "I feel very honored and proud to have worked with the many teams of people who made the event possible."
The event raised more than $10,000. Half of the proceeds will fund next year's Wings Over Wiscasset. The other half will be shared between five beneficiaries: Wiscasset Recreation and Parks Department, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion Post 54, Maine Aeronautics Association, and Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce."
"Although day two of Wings Over Wiscasset was all about high-flying stunts, the day remained grounded, as well. Saturday, August 9 featured the war bird airshow featuring the Texas Flying Legends, but the afternoon didn't start until the veterans in attendance were recognized. When it came time to honor the veterans, Bristol's own Captain William Bradbury with the 1st of the 224th Aviation out of Bangor was on hand to present the awards. Bradbury said that while the years change, the morals never do; they are instead passed down from one generation of veterans to the next." Read more by clicking on this link.
The Wiscasset Newspaper also tells us about the WWII camp that was set-up at Wiscasset Municipal Airport by Tulsa (Okla.) Living History Association and Northeast Living History Association. An ongoing show-and-tell for WOW event-goers brought everyone back to see and understand duties, clothing and equipment, some replica, but much of it real. Those items and the groups' reenactments take history from being something read in a book, to being 3D, Jeremy Harmon said. He and other reenactors helped event-goers experience history closeup.
A Swingin' party started the weekend on the right foot! "The Swing Dance capped an eventful first day of Wings over Wiscasset, albeit the only the thing taking flight were dance moves," according to The Wiscasset Newspaper.
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The band has been touring in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. Recently they played at The Revel, Strangebrew and at the Louisiana State Fair.
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Wow, this meal had a lot of unique flavors. Delicious, though. I found garam masala at a specialty grocery store. Couldn't find it at Kroger. The figs were a nice touch. I will probably make this sometime again. (To use up that garam masala!) Step-by-step photos on my blog: http://me-myself-and-pie.blogspot.com/2009/10/chicken-with-pancetta-and-figs.html
Chicken with Pancetta and Figs
Photography: Randy Mayor; Styling: Melanie J. Clarke
Pancetta--Italian unsmoked bacon found in the deli of many supermarkets--adds saltiness to this dish. If you can't find it, substitute lean cooked bacon. If fresh figs are available, stir them in just before serving, omitting the dried figs. Serve over basmati rice in rimmed soup bowls.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 thighs and about 2/3 cup sauce)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 392
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fat: 11.5g
- Saturated fat: 3.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 4.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.3g
- Protein: 32.3g
- Carbohydrate: 42.3g
- Fiber: 8g
- Cholesterol: 125mg
- Iron: 3.5mg
- Sodium: 594mg
- Calcium: 125mg
- 3/4 teaspoon olive oil
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup vertically sliced onion
- 1 ounce pancetta, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons garam masala
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 8 chicken thighs (about 2 1/4 pounds), skinned
- 1/4 cup tawny port
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
- 12 dried Calimyrna figs, quartered
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- Fresh thyme sprigs (optional)
- Heat the oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add onion and pancetta; sauté 3 minutes. Remove from pan.
- Combine garam masala, sugar, salt, and pepper; sprinkle evenly over chicken. Add chicken to pan; cook over medium-high heat 4 minutes on each side or until browned. Add port and vinegar; cook 30 seconds, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Add onion mixture and broth; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes. Add figs; cover and simmer 8 minutes or until chicken is done. Stir in parsley and chopped thyme. Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.
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The Blight of Return
by Roger Cohen, The New York Times, January 17, 2013
Pursuit of all of the land, with its accompanying "right of return," is a form of perennial victimhood, one that has spawned some 4.7 million Palestinian refugees, several times the number who were driven from their homes in the war of 1948. The right of return would be better named the blight of return. It is a damaging illusion that distracts from an achievable peace in the name of Palestinian children and grandchildren nursed on hope. There is the possibility of compensation, but there is in history no right of return. Ask the Greeks of Asia Minor, the Turks of Greece, the Germans of Danzig and Breslau (today Gdansk and Wroclaw) — and the Jews of the Arab world.
Shimon Peres talks to The New York Times
Shimon Peres, the President of Israel and de-facto leader of the dovish wing of Israeli society (arguably), recently gave an extensive interview to Ronen Bergman of The New York Times. It ranged in subject from his disagreements with Benjamin Netanyahu, to Middle East peace and the Arab Spring, his relationship with Yasser Arafat ("Peres does a fairly convincing imitation of Arafat saying 'no' in Arabic", Bergman writes), and to personal topics like his marriage, his legacy, and death. Here are extracts from that interview.
On the importance of the relationship with the United States:
We must not lose the support of the United States. What gives Israel bargaining power in the international arena is the support of the United States. Even if the Americans do not take part in the negotiations, they are present at them. If Israel were to stand alone, its enemies would swallow it up. Without U.S. support, it would be very difficult for us. We would be like a lone tree in the desert.
On whether the settlement enterprise is an obstacle to peace:
The settlers have not eliminated the chance for the establishment of a Palestinian state. The settlements today cover 2 percent of the entire area. The Palestinians have already accepted the Clinton parameters, which include leaving three blocs of Jewish settlements and exchanging other territory for them. In my opinion, many of the rest will leave of their own free will.
On the civil war in Syria and the threat of chemical weapons:
Assad knows that using chemical weapons will immediately invite an attack by outside elements. The whole world would mobilize against him. It would be a suicidal act. On the other hand, it's obvious that his days are numbered. A situation in which, let's say, his palace comes under fire, could put him in an irrational state and lead him to act out of despair. If the Syrians dare to touch their chemical weapons and aim them at us or at innocent civilians, I have no doubt that the world as well as Israel will take decisive and immediate action. No less important, Assad is liable to transfer the chemical weapons to Hezbollah, which from our point of view will constitute crossing a red line. It is incumbent upon Israel to prevent such a thing from happening, and it will take firm military action to do so.
On whether it is possible for Israel to negotiate with Hamas:
If Hamas accepts international demands, forsakes terror, stops firing missiles at us and recognizes the existence of the State of Israel, it will be possible to open negotiations.
On his legacy:
My record is the only way to judge me honestly. I do not think there are many people in the world who can say they managed to bring down a 600 percent inflation rate, create a nuclear option in a small country, oversee the Entebbe operation, set up an aerospace industry and an arms-development authority, form deep diplomatic relations with France, launch a Sinai campaign to open the Straits of Tiran and put an end to terror from Gaza. I do not, perish the thought, claim to have done all this alone. I just think that perhaps without me it would not have happened. Yitzhak Shamir was prime minister for seven years. So what? I don't think my record is inferior to his.
…If I have another 10 years to live, I am sure that I will have the privilege of seeing peace come even to this dismal and wonderful and amazing part of the world.
Morsi's Moment
by Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times, November 24, 2012
Israel left all of Gaza in 2005, and Hamas had a choice: It could recognize Israel, have an open border and import computers, or it could continue to deny Israel's existence, keep the border sealed, and smuggle in rockets. It chose rockets over computers. With each rocket that lands near Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, another Israeli says, "How can we possibly let go of the West Bank and risk our airport being shut down?" That is just what Hamas and Iran want — a permanent, grinding, democracy-eroding, legitimacy-destroying, globally isolating Israeli occupation of the West Bank — and they are very happy to use the Palestinian people as a human sacrifice for that goal.
The best way for Israel to undercut Hamas is by empowering the secular Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank to gain greater independence and build a thriving economy, so every Palestinian can compare which strategy works best: working with Israel or against Israel. This Israeli government has failed to do that. It is so shortsighted. But Hamas makes it easy for Israel to get away with that by ignoring what we know from history: that whoever makes the Israeli silent majority feel morally insecure about occupation, but strategically secure in Israel, wins. After Sadat flew to Jerusalem, Israelis knew there was no way morally that they could hold onto the Sinai and strategically they no longer felt the need. When King Hussein of Jordan and Yasir Arafat did the same, they each got land back. Today, nothing makes Israelis feel more strategically insecure and morally secure with occupation than Hamas's stupid rocket attacks, even after Israel has withdrawn.
So, as you can see, the unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the future of Egyptian democracy and the U.S.-Israel-Arab struggle with Iran and Syria are now all intertwined. Smart, courageous leadership today could defuse the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, advance Egyptian democracy and isolate the Iranian, Syrian and Hamas regimes. Weak or reckless leadership will empower all three. This is a big moment.
Goodbye, Frustration: Pen Put Aside, Roth Talks
by Charles McGrath, The New York Times, November 17, 2012
As far as he knows, Mr. Roth said, the only other writer to retire when he still had something on his fastball, so to speak, was E. M. Forster, who stopped writing in his 40s. But Forster stopped largely because he felt that he couldn't publish books on the theme that most interested him: homosexual love. Mr. Roth stopped because he feels he has said what he has to say.
"I sat around for a month or two trying to think of something else and I thought, 'Maybe it's over, maybe it's over,' " he said. "I gave myself a dose of fictional juice by rereading writers I hadn't read in 50 years and who had meant quite a lot when I read them. I read Dostoevsky, I read Conrad — two or three books by each. I read Turgenev, two of the greatest short stories ever written, 'First Love' and 'The Torrents of Spring.' " He also reread Faulkner and Hemingway.
"And then I decided to reread my own books," Mr. Roth went on, "and I began from the last book forward, casting a cold eye. And I thought, 'You did all right.' But when I got to 'Portnoy' " — "Portnoy's Complaint," published in 1969 — "I had lost interest, and I didn't read the first four books."
"So I read all that great stuff," he added, "and then I read my own and I knew I wasn't going to get another good idea, or if I did, I'd have to slave over it."
The European Left and Its Trouble With Jews
by Colin Shindler, The New York Times, October 27, 2012
Such Israelophobia, enunciated by sections of the European left, dovetailed neatly with the rise of Islamism among Palestinians and throughout the Arab world. The Islamist obfuscation of "the Jew" mirrored the blindness of many a European Marxist. Despite the well-intentioned efforts of many Jews and Muslims to put aside their differing perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the offensive imagery of "the Jew" has persisted in many immigrant communities in Western Europe. Islamists were willing to share platforms with socialists and atheists, but not with Zionists.
The New Left's profound opposition to American power, and the convergence of reactionary Islamists and unquestioning leftists was reflected in the million-strong London protest against the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It was organized by the Muslim Association of Britain, the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party and the Stalinist Communist Party of Britain. When some Muslims voiced apprehension about participating in the protest with non-Muslims, the M.A.B. leadership decreed that it was religiously permissible if halal food was provided and men and women were given separate areas. Such displays of "reactionary clericalism," as the early Bolsheviks would have called it, were happily glossed over.
Can Europe Survive the Rise of the Rest?
by Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Times, September 1, 2012
While we Europeans should redouble our efforts to ensure that our continent does not forget its troubled past, the need for scale is the key to our shared future. The 21st-century world will be one of giants: weary old ones, like the United States and Russia, and hungry new ones, like China, India, Brazil and South Africa. You do not need to accept the most apocalyptic forecasts of European decline to acknowledge that Europe is unlikely to remain the world's largest economy for long. In such a world, even Germany will be a small- to medium-size power.
IF Europeans are to preserve the remarkable combination of prosperity, peace, relative social security and quality of life that they have achieved over the last 60 years, they need the scale that only the European Union can provide.
In a world of giants, you had better be a giant yourself: A trade negotiation between China and the European Union is a conversation between equals; one between China and France is an unequal affair.
Gore Vidal: From the Obituaries
Novelist, essayist, and political commentator, Gore Vidal passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, the cause of death believed to be complications from pneumonia. He was someone who meant and continues to mean a great deal to me because of his contribution to American letters as well as the novelistic form through Julian, Myra Breckinridge, and Lincoln, yet from whom I was frequently forced to distance myself from politically during his final years which were not kind to him.
There were few subjects for which he could not muster a bon mot, memorably dismissive phrase or cutting aside. Chat show hosts knew they could rely on him to be entertaining about almost anything – history, politics, art, journalism, theatre, sex, morals or celebrity. And for every problem, once diagnosed, Vidal had a simple remedy: "I am at heart a propagandist, a tremendous hater, a tiresome nag, complacently positive that there is no human problem which cannot be solved if people would simply do as I advise."
The breadth of his learning was impressive. Though he never attended university, his wide reading in Greek and Roman history showed in the allusions to the ancient world that peppered his novels on Washington, and in the parallels he liked to draw between political life in Classical times and in modern America. Indeed, Vidal combined the two worlds in his own life, spending much of his adult life in Italy, surveying the Aventine Hill from his flat in Rome, while writing about America.
Perhaps without intending it, Mr. Vidal had set a pattern. In the years to come his greatest successes came with historical novels, especially what became known as his American Chronicles sextet: "Washington, D.C.," "Burr" (1973), "1876" (1976), "Lincoln" (1984), "Hollywood" (1990) and "The Golden Age" (2000). He turned out to have a particular gift for this kind of writing. These novels were learned and scrupulously based on fact, but also witty and contemporary-feeling, full of gossip and shrewd asides. Harold Bloom wrote that Mr. Vidal's imagination of American politics "is so powerful as to compel awe." Writing in The Times, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt said, "Mr. Vidal gives us an interpretation of our early history that says in effect that all the old verities were never much to begin with."
Yitzhak Shamir, former Israeli PM, dies aged 96
Yitzhak Shamir, who emerged from the militant wing of a Jewish militia and served as's prime minister longer than anyone but David Ben-Gurion, promoting a muscular Zionism and expansive settlement in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, died Saturday. He was 96 and had been living in a nursing home in Tel Aviv.
Mr. Shamir had had Alzheimer's disease for at least the last six years, an associate said. His death was announced by the prime minister's office.
…In a statement on Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Yitzhak Shamir belonged to the generation of giants who founded the state of Israel and fought for the freedom of the Jewish people. As prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir took action to fortify Israel's security and ensure its future."
Read the full report and obituary crafted by The New York Times, here. Meanwhile, writing in Ha'aretz, David Landau says the following:
His long years in power did enormous damage. His shooting down of Shimon Peres' 'London Agreement' with King Hussein of Jordan was arguably the most disastrous decision an Israeli leader ever took.
And yet, on another plane, Yitzhak Shamir was a man whom Israelis can feel proud of having had as their prime minister. An upright man, a man untouched by corruption. A liar? Yes, but an honest liar.
Two great U.S. secretaries of state, George Shultz and James Baker, write with fond appreciation of Shamir's honesty. A stone-waller; endlessly frustrating. But at the end of the day a straight-shooter, a man of his word. In this, he brought honor to the Jewish state and the Jewish people, much more so than his predecessor, Menachem Begin, who double-talked an American president.
"For Eretz Yisrael it is permissible to lie," Shamir coined his own criteria of honesty. At the end of his term, whether by incaution or by design, he gave an honest accounting to the nation and to history. He had negotiated endlessly about negotiating, he said, and had intended the peace negotiations to go on endlessly, while he meanwhile went on building the settlements that made peace impossible.
Why a Haggadah?
by Jonathan Safran Foer, The New York Times, March 31, 2012
Our grandparents were immigrants to America, but natives to Judaism. We are the opposite: fluent in "American Idol," but unschooled in Jewish heroes. And so we act like immigrants around Judaism: cautious, rejecting, self-conscious, and feigning (or achieving) indifference. In the foreign country of our faith, our need for a good guidebook is urgent.
Though it means "the telling," the Haggadah does not merely tell a story: it is our book of living memory. It is not enough to retell the story: we must make the most radical leap of empathy into it. "In every generation a person is obligated to view himself as if he were the one who went out of Egypt," the Haggadah tells us. This leap has always been a daunting challenge, but is fraught for my generation in a way that it wasn't for the desperate assimilators of earlier generations — for now, in addition to a lack of education and knowledge of Jewish learning, there is the also the taint of collective complacency.
The integration of Jews and Jewish themes into our pop culture is so prevalent that we have become intoxicated by the ersatz images of ourselves. I, too, love "Seinfeld," but is there not a problem when the show is cited as a referent for one's Jewish identity? For many of us, being Jewish has become, above all things, funny. All that's left in the void of fluency and profundity is laughter.


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Retired cop shoots dead moviegoer over texting inside theater
Tampa, FL, United States (4E) – A retired police captain is to be arraigned Tuesday for shooting dead a moviegoer following their argument and altercation over cellphone texting inside a theater in Pasco County, Florida.
Curtis Reeves Jr., 71, is facing second-degree murder charges for killing Chad Oulson, 43, inside the Cobb Grove 16 theater in Wesley Chapel on Monday afternoon. Reeves also wounded Oulson's wife, Nicole, who shielded her husband with her hand when the retired policeman fired his .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol.
Oulson, who was pronounced dead at a hospital from a gunshot wound in the chest, and Reeves reportedly argued over texting before the showing of the "Lone Survivor," the Pasco County Sheriff's office said citing an arrest affidavit. Reeves, annoyed with the texting, asked Oulson several times to stop texting but the latter, who was communicating with his 3-year-old daughter, continued prompting the former to leave his seat to complain to the theater staff.
When Reeves returned, Oulson confronted him for complaining. An argument ensued that turned into an altercation when Oulson threw his popcorn at Reeves. Reeves then pulled his gun and shot him.
An off-duty Sumter County Sheriff's deputy, Cpl. Alan Hamilton, was in the theater with his wife, when the shooting happened. Hamilton took Reeves' weapon and detained him until police arrived, said Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco.
Two nurses, who were among the moviegoers, tried to revive Oulson but to no avail.
Reeves' affidavit said he felt threatened with harm from an object Oulson allegedly used to hit him in the face so he shot him.
Reeves retired from the Tampa Police Department in 1993 and was a director of security at Busch Gardens until 2005.
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Chicago Bears defensive end Shea McClellin (99) hits Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) during in the second quarter of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Roethlisberger escaped the tackle. The Steelers lost 40-23. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Article Date: 15-May-2012
Tattersalls Ireland today announced the restructuring of the November Breeders' Flat Sale to what will now be known as the November Yearling Sale. The sale will take place on the weekend of November 17th and 18th 2012 and has previously been the source of notable winners including Group 1 winners Paco Boy and Snow Fairy along with Stakes winners Bible Black, Bob Le Beau and Berg Bahn.
Roger Casey, General Manager at Tattersalls Ireland, commented: "With the continued overseas demand to purchase yearlings at Tattersalls Ireland November Breeder's Flat Sale, we felt that concentrating on a yearling based catalogue would fill this demand thus reformatting the sale to the November Yearling Sale."
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State police net more than 2,000 violators in Operation Air, Land & Speed
The following press release is from the Virginia State Police:
RICHMOND - The highly successful Operation Air, Land and Speed completed its first enforcement phase of 2009 after focusing its efforts on the major interstates within Hampton Roads and the entire length of Interstate 64. The increased presence of Virginia State Police troopers along the four interstates produced 2,341 violations on March 12, 2008. No fatalities were reported on any of the targeted interstates during the operation.
Originally scheduled for a two day enforcement blitz, the traffic safety initiative was shortened to one day after hazardous weather conditions moved across the Commonwealth.
"When it comes to aggressive traffic enforcement, the specialized operation still had the impact it was intended for with just one day on the road," says Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent. "By increasing the presence of troopers, we hope to continue to encourage drivers to make responsible decisions when they are behind the wheel by reducing their speed, buckling up, avoiding distractions and changing their overall behavior on the road."
Operation Air, Land & Speed results for Thursday, March 12, 2008 included 904 speeders being stopped, 147 reckless drivers being cited, 3 impaired drivers being arrested and 162 safety belt violations issued by state police. In addition, the enforcement project resulted in 17 drug and/or felony arrests.
Since the traffic safety program's inception in 2006, this is second time Operation Air, Land & Speed has targeted I-264, I-464 & I-664 in the Hampton Roads region. With the inclusion of Interstate 64, the campaign focused on the same four interstates in July of 2008.
The previous Operation Air, Land and Speed initiative took place Dec. 5-6, 2008, on Interstates 64 and 66. This has been the seventeenth Operation Air, Land and Speed to be conducted on Virginia interstates and brings total summonses and arrests to 88,830.
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All-America linebacker Shane Conlan elected to College Football Hall of Fame
Former Penn State All-America linebacker Shane Conlan, the leader of the Nittany Lions' tenacious 1985-86 defenses, has been elected to the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame. Conlan is the 18th Penn State player to receive college football's ultimate honor.
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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Two commercial divers with expertise in deep diving have been hired to recover the body of a pilot whose small plane crashed into Lake Superior.
St. Louis County Rescue Squad Capt. Tom Crossmon said Monday the commercial divers along with those from the Superior-Douglas County, Wisconsin dive team will also work to recover the single-engine plane which crashed shortly after taking off from the Duluth International Airport Saturday.
St. Louis County first responders used sonar equipment to locate the plane's wreckage about 140 feet below the water's surface over the weekend. Searchers in boats found a log book in debris about a mile offshore.


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