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We've tracked down the bug that was causing save games to appear deleted. If you haven't uninstalled the game you can get your save game back! Please wait for the next patch (which will be out soon) and we will have an option to recover the old save games.
Dark Meadow: The Pact takes advantage of Tegra 3's quad-core CPU and GeForce GPU to take the best experience in mobile gaming further, enhancing the game to deliver an unparalleled visual experience. With this power we can have more dynamic particles, more swaying foliage, and higher detail than ever before. All this content and more is available only on Tegra 3.
Nominated for Mobile Game of the Year from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
* IGN: "worth playing just to experience the game's huge amount of eccentric dialogue, and to experience the unfolding mystery.... one of the best to hit the App Store in recent memory."
* KOTAKU: "at home in the halls of BioShock's Rapture...disturbingly gorgeous experience."
* DESTRUCTOID: "a very atmospheric and engrossing game with a delicious streak of dark humor coursing through its veins.. worth picking up for anybody with an interest in iOS gaming."
* JOYSTIQ: "It's a surprisingly funny, gorgeous game that's an easy recommendation... ram home the truth that mobile games are getting surprisingly good at creating big worlds on tiny screens."
* TOUCH ARCADE: "The Dark Meadow is a standout in almost every way. From look to setting to the touch-centric gameplay, it shines, and you can tell this title was crafted with much love "
* GIZMODO.UK: "a splendid achievement. The bar has been raised, the gauntlet has been thrown down, and the hyperbole has been exhausted. We can't wait to see the next game that tries to go one better."
* MODOJO: "a cross between BioShock and Infinity Blade... a hauntingly beautiful and intriguing game everyone should play, as it offers both a compelling adventure and a glimpse into the future of smart phone gaming. "
* GAMEZEBO: "arguably the best title to come to the genre. It's gorgeous, it's creepy, and it's a blast to play. This is the perfect game to play during the Halloween season. "
A dark fairytale of intrigue and mystery, where the sins of the past must be paid for… So sets the stage for The Dark Meadow -- a visually stunning world of deep exploration, gripping story, and heart racing combat, created with the unrivaled power of the Unreal Engine 3.
You awake in a hospital uncertain of how you arrived there or why. An old man warns of a beautiful witch whose minions roam the halls seeking the living. It is only when the witch is destroyed that you will be released from this unrelenting torment.
Using fun and intuitive fully gesture-based controls, you explore the decaying ruins of Montclair Hospital, armed with your crossbow for long-range combat as well as your sword for up close and personal melee battles.
The best elements from role-playing games encourage exploration as a wide variety of items are secreted throughout the world – from hidden scraps of paper that reveal the mystery of your imprisonment, to weapons and items, to money which can be used to purchase better equipment and weapons.
- Visually stunning, photo-realistic world built with the Unreal 3 engine
- A mature plot, stylized as a dark modern fairytale with bizarre twists and turns;
- In-world storytelling and quality acting
- Gesture-based action: crossbow ranged combat with 'pull back and fire' mechanic, slashing melee combat with dodging, blocking, and combos;
- Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean , Italian, Simplified Chinese, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese languages.
What's New
The Last Door: Collector's Ed
The Last Door: Collector's Edition contains four terrifying episodes of occult and otherworldly horror inviting you to investigate Victorian England's deepest, darkest secret. Featuring new scenes and puzzles, enhanced graphics, unlockable bonuses, and remastered sound. Explore ancient manors, decaying tenements, and twisting underground warrens with little but a lamp and magnifying glass to guide you. Dare you open The Last Door: Collector's Edition?
Key Features:
Award-winning point-and-click horror adventure set in Victorian England
Features exclusive new locations, scenes, puzzles, stories, and more
Upgrades include enhanced graphics and remastered sound
Four critically-acclaimed scenarios*, one limited-edition set
Unlock new extras** and bonus content
Haunting, original musical score by Carlos Viola
Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft
Available languages:
*,** First Chapter free. The whole content can be unlocked via only one IAP
Disillusions Manga Horror Pro
• Explore in first person to proceed in the horror story.
• Featuring 2D anime manga style character art and 3D environments.
• Control two characters, DiS and Sui, see how their story connects.
• Dark, gritty surroundings and eerie audio effects for atmospheric gameplay.
• Retro indie horror, with a story to kill for.
• Sandbox multiplayer, place traps, chat and scare other players!
• Exploring, trap and chat in all 4 chapters with the multiplayer!
- DiS and Vigil are two friends who visit the haunted residence the newspapers have been covering recently. Unbeknownst to them, however, the place is not as abandoned as the press makes out...
- Be drawn into exploring the mysterious past of the psychotic murderer who once called the place home?
Visit the original crime scene with Police girl Sui, solve and see how she is involved with the story! Has she been hiding something, are DiS, Sui and Vigil connected somehow?
Version 3.3
German and Japanese translations improved (thanks Shervrar and Shinji-coo-K)
Added Multiplayer / Chapter 4 (V1.0)
Slightly longer sprint and faster recovery time
Layout aspect ratio size improvements throughout
Final form Sui only shows after completing chapter 3
Back button appears sooner
Chapters scoring adjusted
Credits updated
Grammar fixes
Skip button added to intros (chapter 1 and 4)
Touch screen pause button hides on PC version
Minor map adjustments
Version 3.32
Various Map and GUI adjustments
Player max now 64 (lobby)
Top 50 scores show instead of 100, to load faster
Thinner player collider on multiplayer
Events do not delete themselves after set time if triggered
Added backup quitting incase no network to disconnect from
Fixed buttons and added Low quality setting to multiplayer maps
Floor falling fixes in multiplayer
- Parents -
The games chat is censored and partially monitored, but this does not stop some children from trying to say bad language. Lots of players have already been banned, and it is likely more will continue to be. Please be aware of this. Thank you.
HideAndSeek[Story of Dorothy]
Dorothy, who fell asleep in the closet while playing Hide and Seek
Coming out of the closet after waking up, she couldn't remember why she was there in the first place.
In order to solve this mystery, Dorothy started to explore the house.
▼ A well-made horror game right on your smartphone!
Solve the mystery using various items and hints.
▼ A simple and easy-to-use interface
Gamers who are sick of tasking RPG games can enjoy this simple game.
▼ various puzzles of Adventure RPG types
The classic style will make you feel the nostalgia of old RPG games.
▼ Regain the memories as you progress through the floors.
Try to solve the mystery as you move up the floors of the transformed house.
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Prince of Persia Classic
Fulfill your destiny, play this game, and experience the thrills and adventures of this classic tale
Old tale, New skin
Replay the adventure of the original Prince of Persia in a complete new skin as you battle your way through the dungeon to rescue the Princess.
Perform death defying stunts as you proceed from the dark and grim dungeons to the beautiful Palace tower.
Amazing Levels
The path to rescue is never simple.
Levels are filled with fiendish traps which will require unflinching resolve to be completed and with Prison guards who can only be defeated by excellent swordplay or trickery! Unveil the dark secret which will set in stone the legacy that will follow.
Multiple Game Modes
Normal Mode: Understand the game, learn different tricks and find the quickest way without having to worry about time or death penalty.
Time Attack: Race against the sands of time as you navigate through the levels fighting the guards and find the exit on your quest to rescue the Princess. Make haste… you have only 60 minutes.
Survival: The most compelling and challenging way of rescuing the Princess is the one in which the Prince remains unbeaten. Complete the game, in 60 minutes, without dying.
Prince of Persia Shadow&Flame
** SlideToPlay – 4/4 – "A gorgeous and athletic blend of platforming and exploration"
** TouchArcade – 4,5/5 – "Shadow and the Flame is a Prince of Persia game in every way that counts"
Set after the events of Prince of Persia Classic, Prince of Persia The Shadow and the Flame continues the saga of the wanderer who was born a Prince. Now he must embark on an epic journey in search of his past that will redefine his future!
* Follow the epic storyline of the original game.
* Explore 14 levels rendered in visually-stunning 3D.
* Dive into 5 state-of-the-art environments.
* Discover an exciting new combat system with multiple enemies and tactical challenges.
* Unleash devastating combos and unlock even more powerful ones as you progress.
* Acquire new weapons for increasingly thrilling fight sequences.
* Experience the highly-acclaimed Prince of Persia platforming gameplay.
* Choose between gesture-based touch controls or the classic virtual joystick.
* Perform fluid and acrobatic moves to overcome challenges, or go step-by-step with "Cautious Mode".
* Unlock achievements and ascend the leaderboards.
* Share you scores with Facebook integration.
Prince of Persia® The Shadow and the Flame is now MOGA Enhanced! Available at major retailers, carrier stores and online at http://www.MOGAanywhere.com
Game available in: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chines, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and Arabic.
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More than 20 MILLION players and counting!
5/5 - AppSmile
4/4 - Slide to Play
5/5 - AppSpy
9.2/10 - Multiplayer.it
9/10 - Destructoid
4.5/5 - TouchArcade
"BADLAND is one of the most beautiful games on Android and one of the must download games of 2013." -- Android Authority
"BADLAND is a standout game that we can't stop playing." -- AppSmile
"BADLAND's unique gameplay and atmosphere make it a must-download." -- Slide to Play
"BADLAND doesn't simply look pretty, it's an absolute treat to play" -- AppSpy
"A hallmark of excellence." -- Destructoid
WINNER of Nordic Indie Sensation Award in Nordic Game 2013
WINNER of Best Project in Game Connection Europe 2012
WINNER of SCEE Award in Game Connection Europe 2012
Selected Indie Game in PAX 10 2013
BADLAND is an award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action adventure platformer set in a gorgeous forest full of various inhabitants, trees and flowers. Although the forest appears to be right out of a beautiful fairy tale, there's something terribly wrong. The player controls one of the forest dwellers to find out what's going on, and discovers an astonishing number of imaginative traps and obstacles on the way.
BADLAND takes side-scrollers to the next level with its innovative physics-based gameplay combined with stunning, atmospheric graphics and audio.
BADLAND also features a highly original local multiplayer mode for up to four players on the same device, where the name of the game is survival of the fittest with no rules. It's totally OK to push your rivals in front of spinning circular saws to survive. Or, if that's too rough for you, you can also cooperate with your friends and play the modified single player campaign with up to four players.
- Single-player campaign with 100 truly unique levels and more coming in updates
- Multiplayer mode for up to four players on the same device in 23 levels and more content in future updates
- Cooperative mode for up to four players
* Survive the modified single player campaign with your friends
- Intuitive one-touch controls combined with innovative level design
* Also with full support for game controllers
- Highly immersive audio-visual gaming experience
- Designed for Android phones, tablets and Android TV
- Supports Cloud Save and Immersive mode
- More levels and content coming in updates
Now featured on NVIDIA TegraZone. Plays great with full controller support on NVIDIA SHIELD Portable and SHIELD Tablet, and Android TV.
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Blog - http://www.badlandgame.com
Dark Strokes
When Evil comes for the people you love, what will you do? That moment of reckoning has arrived for Ethan Black, a young man whose bride-to-be was snatched up in the blink of an eye by a terrifying menace known as the Faceless Ones. Guide Ethan as he explores a decimated city, interacts with its remaining inhabitants, searches for clues that will lead him to his beloved Clair, and peels back the layers of a chilling supernatural mystery that began with the stroke of a paint brush and will end in a dramatic confrontation near a fiery abyss.
Game features:
- 58 locations
- 16 mini-games
- 20 hidden object scenes
- Step-by-step walkthrough
3D Maze / Labyrinth
Climb to the top of tower or pyramid and look down to see the exit point. Check how fast you can reach the end.
At the last labyrinth you have to run fast as hell! You have only 10 minutes before volcano blows! When you pass the finish line, run to the boat area and escape from the island!
How to play:
● swipe up, left, right or down to move
● jump or go to the top of tower to see the end of the labyrinth
● Leaderboards
Login to Google+ by clicking on High Scores and challenge the people around the world!
If you had previous version of 3D Maze your scores will be automatically updated to Leaderboards.
● Enjoy excellent HD graphics
● Cool music and sounds
3D Maze game is also suitable for kids. They will love funny bird-looking character!
Just play and have fun!
If you like retro-pixel games, check another version -> 3D Maze Retro in my apps.
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Dungeon Nightmares
Thank you for your support :)
Old devices will take long to load the game on the black message screen. Please allow 1 to 2 minutes to load (tested on iPhone 4). Thank you.
Android Rundown review: 8.5/10
"Wrapping up, I can't really think of significant flaws in Dungeon Nightmares. Maybe the graphics could be a bit better and the dungeon rooms could have more variety with more objects of interest, and the story could be richer, but really, it's fine the way it is. I want to say that it's a great "screamer", but I really think that it would be a bit insulting, because Dungeon Nightmares is a great horror game."
148Apps review: 4/5
"Dungeon Nightmares is truly one of the most immersive and scariest experiences on iOS for some time."
AppDaily.ru review: 4/5
"So, if you are alien horror, if you do not check off their nerves on the strength, if you are not afraid Screamer and want to get a new dose of adrenaline - this game is for you. Here and dark corridors, and disturbing the heart sounds, and a large number of rooms with "surprises" await players and Screamer - anything to get the blood to the player froze."
Warning: This game contains scenes that will scare you
Dungeon Nightmares has been called the SCARIEST game on mobile by players.
Every night you go to bed, you find yourself in an endless nightmare that you must escape from.
The dungeon is littered with items for you to collect, including Candles that help light up your path. But be warned, you will not be alone in there.
You must survive each night and progress to another to find more clues about this nightmare.
What do these nightmares mean? Who is that girl? this is something for you to find out...
- Intense scary atmosphere
- Combat-less gameplay
- Difficulty scales with each night you survive
- Diverse range of "horrors" in the dungeon
- Dynamic AI for enemies that changes based on how you play
- Fully 3D level design
- Rich 3D surround sound (headphones recommended)
- Graphical special effects (fog, bokeh particles)
- Traditional dual stick controls
- Intuitive touch controls for interaction
- Powered by Unity3D
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Halls of Fear VR - Demo
This is my first demo for the Durovis Dive, Refugio 3D or other VR Headsets for smartphones. It is an early version right now, so a lot of thing will be changed and added.
Durovis Dive: http://www.durovis.com
Refugio 3D: http://www.refugio3d.net/refugio-3d/
Google Cardboard: https://cardboard.withgoogle.com/
It is a virtual reality horror game where you have to find all cubes to get to the next level. The goal is to stay alive and get to the exit.
You can use a Snakebyte iDroid controller (gamepad/keyboard mode) or an other bluetooth gamepad. (Only tested with the Snakebyte)
Some people report problems with their iDroid, not getting past the menu. I am trying to fix this, but can't promise anything.
Or you can play with autorun (Look at the green circle for 1 second).
A full version of the game sadly isn't going to be released in the near future, due to my lack of time. But I will release updates when I have the time.
Sounds are from freesfx.co.uk .
3D models are either selfmade, of the Unity Asset Store or from opengameart.org .
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B: open / close doors
Y: jump
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This edition includes downgraded graphics for a enjoyable performance on older or slow devices.
No limited Gameplay! No In-App Purchases!
Highlighted ROBLOX Mobile features:
- Play ROBLOX games
- Purchase Android-exclusive items for your character
- Customize your character appearance
- Spend Google Play Store gift cards on Builders Club and ROBUX
- Exchange messages and chat with friends
ROBLOX Mobile is free and we release updates regularly to improve graphics and gameplay.
For the uninitiated, ROBLOX is the massively multi-player gaming platform where users create elaborate online/3D games that simulate the real world, then share and play them with the community. Visit ROBLOX.com to get started on building and publishing your own games!
Ice Age Adventures
Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd are suddenly at the edge of a continent that's cracking wide open! Now they're separated from home and family while floating out to sea!
Sid's no match for this danger alone; he needs your help to explore the unknown, rescue his friends Manny and Diego, and save every animal in the herd from menacing dinosaurs and more!
• Explore the unknown with Sid, Manny & Diego as playable characters.
• Have casual fun in diverse environments like snowy islands and treacherous lush lands.
• Overcome extreme hurdles and encounters with a hungry dinosaur and other foes in order to find missing family members.
• Play a match-3 puzzle to save every animal friend.
• Sled with Sid and rescue the herd's babies.
• Recruit Precious and bring the herd together quickly.
• Return each animal to the village and complete your collection.
• Don't kid around! Scrat needs to escape an avalanche in an exciting and addictive runner mini-game.
• Each rescued animal can be used as a power-up.
• Compete against friends in daily/weekly challenges and earn big rewards.
• A unique storyline featuring the official movie voices of the three playable characters.
• Beautiful 3D graphics that create an amazing simulation of the ICE AGE world.
• Fun animations give life to all characters.
• Invite every friend you know to join the fun!
• Compete against your fellow mammals in the runner or puzzle games.
• Be social and show your animal collection off to friends and family.
For any kid, adult, or dinosaur who loves the ICE AGE movies, farm simulation, animal collection, exploration, runner games, match-3 puzzle games, and casual social games they can enjoy with friends.
Ice Age Adventures is free to download and play. You will collect virtual currencies called "Berries," "Shells" and rarer "Acorns" as you play, which you can use to care for your virtual animals or buy in-game items. There will also be waiting times associated with some actions that you can skip using virtual currency. If you don't have enough virtual currency to buy an item, skip time, or perform an action, you can choose to earn additional currency gradually over time as you play the game, or purchase additional virtual currency with real money. In-app purchases range from $1.99 to $99.99. You may control in-app purchases made within this app using the password settings explained in the Google Play help center.
Supported languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Bahasa and Traditional Chinese
An additional download of 50 to 150 MB is required to play this game. Please note that the size of this required download may change without notice.
Certain aspects of this game will require the player to connect to the Internet.
Certain aspects of this game, such as collaborating with, playing against, or sharing in-game items with other players will require the player to connect to a social network such as Facebook or Gameloft LIVE! Please note this connection is never compulsory to progress through the game.
This game may contain third-party advertisements that will redirect you to a third-party site.
Terms of use: http://www.gameloft.com/conditions/
Visit our official site at http://www.gameloft.com
Follow us on Twitter at http://glft.co/GameloftonTwitter or like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/Gameloft to get more info about all our upcoming titles.
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Gunspell - RPG & Puzzle!
Vampires and demons, heroes and monsters await you in realms of Gunspell.
It is completely free game with an option to purchase packs of in-game currency or a premium account.
• Match 3 battles with a lot of features
• Multiple strange new worlds to explore
• Hordes of enemies to fight
• Tons of different weapons, items and spells!
• No need to wait! Replenish stamina with a mini-game any time!
• Awesome graphics!
Game Awards
★ DevGAMM 2014 Award
★ MS Windows Store Stuff Pick
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Twisted Lands: Insomniac
With many gripping locations to explore, suspenseful mini-games to complete, and the best visuals to delight in Twisted Lands: Insomniac is a true must-have for hidden-object game lovers! Are you ready to trudge through all the psychological horrors concealed in Shadow Town? Then set off on the journey to sanity in Twisted Lands: Insomniac right now!
◇ Tons of creepy locations!
◇ Exhilarating mini games!
◇ Two difficulty modes!
◇ Breathtaking visuals!
Secret Files Tunguska
When Vladimir Kalenkow, a high-ranking scientist looking into the unexplained Tunguska catastrophe from 1908, goes missing, his daughter Nina and his assistant Max are drawn into a conspiracy of epic proportions. Chased across the globe by the Russian intelligence apparatus and a zealous secret society, the two adventurers solve mysteries in Germany, Russia, Cuba, China and even Antarctica. But the more light they shed on the truth, the more they put themselves in danger!
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Help Nina and Max, the adventurous protagonists of Secret Files Tunguska, to solve a variety of challenging quests and elaborate riddles as the title's fascinating plot leads you to the most remote corners of the Earth. Travel to exotic locations, explore rich sceneries, engage with interesting characters and collect useful information. Unravel a mystery that remained unsolved for more than a hundred years!
• An interactive mystery thriller for smartphones and tablets
• 12+ hours of suspense-laden playing time
• No micro transactions or in-app purchases
• 2 playable main characters
• Dozens of NPCs with individual background stories
• Lots of demanding quests, riddles and puzzles
• More than a hundred exciting locations
• High-quality graphics with amazing attention to detail
• Full voice acting by popular dubbing actors
• Fully localized into German, English, Russian, Polish, French, Spanish and Italian
• Spot-on touch controls made for mobile
Secret Files Tunguska has received dozens of honors from games reviewers and jury members alike. Among others, it got a 92 points "Gold" rating from Adventure Europe, a 89 per cent "Gold" award from Game Hunters and a 86 points "Gold" star from Gamaxx. In addition, it has also been named "Game of the Year" by the editorial departments of Gamestar and The Gamer's Base as well as "Best Adventure of the Year" by the readers of PC Games and Adventure-Treff.
• Secret Files website: http://secretfiles.deepsilver.com/en/
• Animation Arts website: http://www.animationarts.de/
• Deep Silver website: http://www.deepsilver.com/
• Deep Silver FISHLABS website: http://www.dsfishlabs.com/
• Secret Files on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secretfilesgames
Secret Files Tunguska requires Android 2.3.1 Gingerbread (or higher) and runs on all Android-powered smartphones and tablets with 512mb RAM of more. The game does not contain any in-app purchases or micro transactions. Instead, the initial purchase gives you access to the full array of content and features.
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You play as a young blacksmith's apprentice named Horn who wakes up to find your village and lands over run by large fantastic, and sometimes humorous, monsters. It is revealed these creatures are actually the people and animals from your village transformed by a curse, and you alone have the power to free them. On your incredible adventure you carry the loud-mouthed head of one such fantastic creature with you - a somewhat uncooperative and ill-tempered but grudgingly helpful sidekick. Along with this new companion you must use your sword, crossbow, trusty musical horn, and wits to explore the lands, defeat the enemies, and solve puzzles in your quest to undo the curse that engulfs your homeland.
Horn features:
∗ Accessible controls that anyone can use- walking, jumping, crawling, even grapple hook, are all performed with intuitive gestures
∗ Freely navigable console-quality detailed world- go wherever you want; not confined to limited path or rail
∗ A rich and unique fantasy world
∗ Touch-friendly melee combat and crossbow style weapons
∗ 3 unique and beautiful lands to discover
∗ Endlessly escalating challenge modes
∗ Hidden side content to discover
∗ Score written by award winning Austin Wintory and performed with full live orchestra
Optimized for Tegra2 and Tegra3 devices.
Horn Press:
**AOL- "Horn is a testament to what is possible on mobile"**
**GAMEZEBO-" A mobile masterpiece"**
**METACRITIC 94 out of 100**
**IGN - 9 out of 10-Editor's Choice**
**SLIDE TO PLAY - 4 out of 4**
**GAMEZEBO - 5 out of 5**
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The Inside Joke Interviews the New Girl at Work [VIDEO]
Bobby G from our sister-station, 103GBF, and I team up again for another edition of the 'The Inside Joke', and this time, we dragged the new girl into it.
Bobby G from our sister-station, 103GBF, and I team up again for another edition of the 'The Inside Joke', and this time, we dragged the new girl into it.
Mariah Carey is promoting her new single 'You're Mine (Eternal)' and she was asked how she feels about Ariana Grande, the big-voiced diva primed to step into her Louboutins, in an interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1.
This weekend sees the release 'That Awkward Moment,' an outrageous R-rated comedy starring Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan and Imogen Poots.
Newburgh, Indiana native Michael Rosenbaum has been a busy man lately promoting his movie Back in the Day which he not only stars in, but wrote, directed, and produced with his brother through their Rose And Bomb Productions company. I was able to catch up with him on the phone has he was on his way home to Los Angeles after wrapping up another interview for the film in San Francisco.
Khloe Kardashian had a pretty rough 2013, what with her husband's DUI arrest, cheating rumors and their eventual divorce filing. But if she has her way, 2014 will be a brand new start for the youngest Kardashian sister, who revealed a shocking suggestion her momager Kris Jenner once made.
"As soon as (an album) comes out I'm figuring out what the next one will be," Taylor Swift gushed to Billboard. "It's gotten to the point where each one is a reinvention, which is what I like best. I like it when it sounds new and people don't know where you're going to go next."
She may not reveal where she's going, but one thing Swift did spill: She's bringing company with her.
Phil Robertson, the patriarch of the family of Louisiana hunters on A&E's massive hit show 'Duck Dynasty,' recently gave an interview to GQ in which he made some controversial remarks on topics such as homosexuality, world religions and race relations in his home state.
Britney Spears revealed quite a bit to Ellen DeGeneres on her namesake show while promoting 'Britney Jean.' Of course the host grilled the pop diva for some intel on the men in her life, like Ryan Gosling and David Lucado.
Adam Levine visited the 'TODAY' show this morning (Nov. 15), looking quite dapper in a suit. He was certainly a sharp-dressed man, as he talked the friendly rivalries and faux feuds that power 'The Voice.' He also remained firmly tight-lipped about that rumored Sexiest Man Alive nod from PEOPLE.
In case you've been living in a cave over the last few weeks, you more than likely know that the original host of National Geographic's Dog Whisperer series, and Leader of the Pack on NatGeo Wild, Cesar Millan, is bringing his live show to The Centre in downtown Evansville on Saturday, November 23rd. I had the chance to chat with Cesar over the phone on Tuesday to get an idea of what we can expect when he comes to town.
Selena Gomez is featured in the December issue of Flaunt, looking gorgeous in a chin-length bob with heavy bangs. Of course it's a wig, but she appears mysterious and as though she were a French girl, flitting around at Parisian cafes. In the feature, she revealed why she keeps certain

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Minmei Lynn
Lynn Minmei is one of the primary characters of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. Her singing is instrumental in turning Space War I in Earth's favor.
Rick Hunter
Rick Hunter is the protagonist for the Macross Saga of Robotech. He begins as a young civilian stunt pilot that later enlists then rises quickly through the Robotech Defense Force Ranks. He is later promoted to Admiral of the Robotech Expeditionary Forces.
Roy Focker
Roy Focker was one of the original variable fighter pilots for the UN Spacey. He is the mentor for Hikaru Ichijyo in SDF Macross.
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Raikkonen says "someone should punch" Perez
May 27, 2013, 12:10 PM EDT
Kimi Raikkonen hit back at Sergio Perez's criticism of his driving in the Monaco Grand Prix by suggesting "someone should punch him in the face".
The pair collided at the chicane when Perez tried to pass Raikkonen on the inside of the corner. The McLaren driver said Raikkonen "did not give me any room at all. I touched the wall on the entry to the corner and I had no room for that".
Raikkonen laid the blame for the collision entirely at Perez's feet: "Because of one stupid move from Sergio we've lost a lot of points to Sebastian [Vettel] in the championship and you can't afford to lose ground like that," he said.
"He hit me from behind and that's about all there is to it. If he thinks it's my fault that he came into the corner too fast then he obviously has no idea what he's talking about."
Asked if Perez would be spoken to by the drivers about his racecraft Raikkonen replied: "That won't help. Maybe someone should punch him in the face."
Raikkonen had already called Perez an "idiot" on the team radio earlier in the race after another attempted pass at the chicane by the McLaren driver.
Raikkonen and Perez have come together once before this year in the Chinese Grand Prix. This also provoked complaints from Raikkonen about Perez, but as in Monaco the stewards found nothing wrong with his driving.
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How long do they live?
Generally speaking, I am trying to determine about how long do various types of fruit trees live. Say apple, plum, pears, peaches, cherries? Averages are fine; you do not have to be exact. Thanks in advance, Luis
Peaches tend to be short lived with roughly 8-12 years of fruiting life before needing to be replaced. Pears are often short lived also because they are susceptible to fire blight. I think the rest tend to live for along time barring some pest or untreated disease.
It depends on type of fruit, rootstock, variety, and certainly management.
The hundred year old apple trees you see are standards.
For standards:
Pears can live as long as apples if they have some fireblight resistance.
In unkempt home orchards there are generally the two types of trees you see, apples and pears, because all the others have died out.
European plums and tart cherries are probably the next longest lived. Maybe the upwards of 50 years if taken care of.
Peaches and Asian hybrids can live 25 years, if managed. TIM is correct that the productive life in commercial orchards is about 12 years, but they have a little different goal than homeowners.
Sweet cherries are unusual. In a climate where they are not suited (most climates) they are the shortest lived of all and can die before they ever fruit. However in the perfect climate, they can be long lived and get very large.
Peach, plum, cherry are susceptible to borers which kill the trees if they girdle them. These can be very short-lived if you don't treat the trunks with appropriate chemicals. How long they can live is an interesting question. Probably 25+ years with decent care. I've seen apricot trees 30' tall with 16" trunks, well over 40 years old.
Several considerations about apples and pears- which variety, which rootstock, disease resistance, soil? There are lots of Keiffer pear trees on homesteads where the house hass fallen down, more than 50 years old. And standard apple trees can get much older than that.
Speaking of long-lived trees, the pecan trees at Monticello were planted there by Thomas Jefferson.
Oldest Living Fruit Tree in North America, Endicott Pear tree is 380 years old.
Here is a link that might be useful: Endicott Pear tree
There is a cherry tree on our city block, perhaps a vestige of the original c. 1880s Woodstock Farm that bordered just a block away, although the tree is probably some decades younger. 45 feet tall and somewhat wider.
This is the only picture I have of it in full bloom, you can only see the upper half, the tree is a very long ways away. It dwarfs everything on the block except a lone Douglas fir. The cherry tree has not gotten noticeably larger in the last 20 years, it is just holding its own. Actual fruit production is small.
If you expand the original question to 'how long can fruit trees live and be productive?' you'd get somewhat different answers. Harvestman is the rejuvenator here, bringing old trees back into production is his vocation.
I believe that 100 year old orchards are pretty rare, as newer varieties and cultural practices lead to new plantings. There may well be genes that program lifespan in trees as in animals, but I wonder how many fruit trees get cut down or bulldozed before they die of old age? Once the profits decline or the market changes.
What I've seen in north Lousisiana:
100+ years for pears. (unless of course it dies from blight as mentioned above) Have 2 trees left that are 90+ yrs old.
35-50 yrs. for apples.
15-25 yrs. for peaches. (Have seen some trees rejuvenated by pruning and extend fruiting life by a few years)
Wild plums(more bush than tree)- probably 15-20 yrs. But it could be that the forest simply took over and smoothered it with shade(I forget).


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The Phenomenon of the Positive LibertarianSubmitted by phantasm on Tue, 02/11/2014 - 00:25
Alex Jones punched me right in the jaw. I deserved it. I was angry, I was sad, I was pessimistic, and I was miserable. I was a negative libertarian. My motivations were distrust and fear. My motto was "distrust everyone". I saw the truth as best I could within my limited capacity. I saw the truth from a pit. The details mattered. A dark man in a dark world can only rearrange the darkness. It is Law.
Dr. Paul handed me a rose. I did not deserve it. Today I'm joyful, happy, optimistic, and content. I am a positive libertarian. My motivations are trust and love. My motto is "trust yourself and your brothers and sisters". I see the truth as best I can within my limited capacity. I see the truth from a cloud. The details matter less and less. A bright man in a dark world dissipates the darkness. It is Law.
The truth never changed. My vantage point changed.
Some have arrived before me. Some have arrived with me. May the rest of us arrive until the light is blinding.
An Olde Irish Blessing to all:
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May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
May God be with you and bless you:
May you see your children's children.
May you be poor in misfortune,
Rich in blessings.
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward.
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home
And may the hand of a friend always be near.
May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
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A great post I'll have to revisit regularly to boost my moral up
A great post I'll have to revisit regularly to boost my moral up.
Thank you for this.
"Cyril" pronounced "see real". I code stuff.
"To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous." -- Confucius
The Lioness
The Lioness
A controversy prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserved the most credit for producing the greatest number of whelps at a birth.
They rushed clamorously into the presence of the Lioness and demanded of her the settlement of the dispute.
"And you," they said, "how many sons have you at a birth?"
The Lioness laughed at them, and said: "Why! I have only one; but that one is altogether a thoroughbred Lion."
The value is in the worth, not in the number.
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"Cyril" pronounced "see real". I code stuff.
"To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous." -- Confucius
Excellent, Jimbo! ...Ailliliú! :)
Thank you John,
digging the song :)
Would you be so kind as to educate me a bit on Ailliliú?
I AM is all that is. Everything else is malleable.
I've seen that prayer printed in Gaelic.
I'm not fluent in Gaelic, but I could translate it on the spot as I had already been familiar from saying it in English form at NA meetings. I'd been to a small extent speaking Gaelic for decades without having any clue as to what it meant. This is one of many songs I've sung along with since the late 1970s. It's chorus is something I found myself singing alone sometimes on long walks...
That's when and where I found web pages like this posted by the good people who wanted me to know...
We got nothing here
We got nothing here
We got nothing here
Except noises of the hand lines...
Can't say I couldn't wait for that translation. :D
That's Olde Irish for Hallelujah.
Go raibh maith agat! -[Thank you!]
That is beautiful
Can we get a soundtrack to go with this one, too?
Michael, a sincere thanks from me to you
for the kind words here and on my last post. The next time inspiration strikes I'll put it together with some music. I'm digging the Van Morrison posted by John for this post. Thank you again brother.
I AM is all that is. Everything else is malleable.
of course ;D
Upon first reading this post a couple hours ago I was immediately inspired to post my fave song for such moments, but before I could post it I was infected with the notions of posting two others that seem to match the post as well. I've been slow as I'm often too neurotic to choose in oh so such important matters as this so impulsively. :D Well, truth is I've been spamming these three songs around here for years. I finally posted all three in one comment though, recently. In this comment they are posted in the reverse order from which I considered them here.


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Sprouting broccoli
What are the good and bad of this one?
And why are the seeds so expensive at Johnny's?
Have you checked elsewhere? Sometimes Johnny's have a special variety and other times they just price higher. You are looking at the 'commercial' catalog from Johnnys, right? If not, ask for the commercial catalog, prices are much cheaper and the quantities are not that much bigger.
I just 'binged' sprouting broccoli and found that I planted sprouting broccoli, calabrese. I got the seeds, 5 packets for $1 at the local farm store. More than enough for me. Also Just checked Jordan's, found Gr.sprounting calabrese (OP) for $1.40 for 1 oz.
Are you talking about the purple kind?
We trialed overwintering the 'normal' purple sprouting broccoli but we are a bit cold for it's zone and I know one survived but I am not sure if any of the others did. The reason I bothered trying was to have early season broccoli without a hoop house. From what I read last year they should be ready in May.
I bought seeds on e-bay from the UK. It is more popular over there. They were inexpensive.
Yep the purple kind, I should have said that.I haven't seen green sprouting broccoli. They call the green versions other things, where I have seen it.
It might be too late now here. Even my last planting of regular broccoli from transplants in early Feb. bolted. There is pretty much not a time where bolting risk is really low here, so I am hoping I can extend the broccoli like offerings with this or some similar things.
we grew (still growing) Santee in a hoophouse over winter. planted in the fall sometime. it has sold extremely well. the seed, like all things purchased from Johnnys is very expensive. note that maturity is 80-100 days so this is a long term crop. we've been cutting it for several market days.
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- One concern I have with SBC and AT&T (and please note that I am not
necessarily opposed to the "concept" of the seven "former baby Bells"
and "big Maw Bell"/AT&T and Lucent, etc. all ultimately coming back
togather again), is what happened when only a "medium-sized" competitive
IXC merged with or took over, one of the baby Bells back around 2000.
And that is when Qwest and US-West merged.
One of the regulatory requirements was that LCI/Qwest Long Distance
withdraw from the market in all 14 US-West states. Of course, the legacy
(if Qwest could be considered to have had any legacy) LCI/Qwest-LD
switching/routing/transmission network continued to exist in those 14
states, afterall, they had to complete calls originated elsewhere by
Qwest-LD customers destined for those 14 states or between locations on
opposite sides of those 14 states (i.e., CA/NV, with everything east of
US-West), but ALL CUSTOMERS of LCI-Qwest-LD were "spun off" to some
other entity. And if you had special deals or service plans offered by
Qwest-LD as a Qwest-LD customer, you would most likely LOSE those plans
if you lived in one of the 14 US-West states.
And this applied whether you had (residential) dialtone from a US-West
ratecenter/central office, or a non-Bell ratecenter/wirecenter (i.e.,
GTE/VZ, Sprint-Centel/United, Alltel, CenturyTel, or any other
"mid-size" independent or even small rural/co-op/Indian-reservation
independent telcos. I don't know if one could have Qwest-LD as their
primary carrier on a CLEC, but if that is possible elsewhere, I would
assume that Qwest-LD would have had to spin-off that customer base to
the "other entity".
I forget exactly who that "other entity" was....
But in addition to being FORCED off Qwest-LD without the customer's
consent, along with various rate-plans/etc. that might not continue to
be offered, it also caused confusion and changes to customers when using
their Qwest-LD card when travelling. They were now customers of this
"other entity".
BTW, this "other entity" who took over the Qwest-LD customer base, from
what I understand, *DID* re-sell service from the "legacy" LCI-Qwest-LD
However, there were also complications for inward-800 customers in the
14-state area. I forget the exact technical complications, but because
of the "CIC" code returned from the 800-translations database and the
change of "carrier of record" from Qwest-LD to this "other entity", in
many cases the originating local central office of the calling party
trying to call that toll-free 8YY-nxx-xxxx number, did NOT have that
"carrier identification code" (CIC) in its translations, and thus
callers from any deliquent central offices in the 14-states couldn't get
thru to their desired called 800/888/877 number if the called-800
customer had chosen Qwest (and still had Qwest if THEY were located
outside the 14-state area), or the called-800 number had originally
chosen Qwest but were now forced over to the "other entity" because they
were physically located within the 14-state area.
NOW... I know that many people have "jumped ship" when it comes to AT&T.
This has been going on with 1984, and if you consider ENFIA/fg.A and B
access, it even was happening pre-divestiture.
I know that there are cellular plans out there that give "virtually"
unlimited calling throughout the US (and even Canada).
And there are the VoIP entites.
Many LECs including "baby Bells" (BOCs) now have some form of inter-LATA
network or at least are re-selling some "major" IXC for their LD
And anyone can have accounts with numerous service providers and
carriers, and service offerings (Cellular, VoIP, prepaid card,
traditional post-paid card, as well as 1+ landline toll) although you
can only have "one (inter-LATA) PIC" per-line.
Anyhow.... in addition to the other services out there, and I have
accounts and services with SEVERAL providers, there are still some of us
out there who ARE and WILL CONTINUE TO BE (OR DESIRE TO BE) ....
DEDICATED LIFELONG CUSTOMERS of *AT&T*.
I do have a prepaid MCI card, and I have card-only accounts with other
service providers. I can easily get cellular toll plans with a cellular
provider.... and I can easily get a VoIP if I wanted to.
But I still want my inter-LATA PIC on my main resi-line to have the CIC
of 0288, AT&T. I am on some of AT&T's best discount plans offered, as
long as they continue to offer them.
And AT&T's basic LD network is FAR more developed and entrenched (legacy)
than is MCI or Sprint's or anyone else's. Although if you combine the
number of tandems in MCI and Sprint (and GC/Frontier and Qwest-LD) you
probably have twice as many switches as AT&T-LD has -- it still is true
(AFAIK), that AT&T carries probably just over half of the LD traffic in
the US. A good deal of this is because they re-sell to other entites,
but still, if I want to KEEP AT&T as long as they still "exist", I
should NOT be forced off of it because the government "sez-so".
And as for the negative aspects of LCI-Qwest-LD customers "anywhere"
in the 14-state area (even if they lived-in / got dialtone-from a
non-US-West wirecenter/ratecenter), it was 4-5 years ago -- I forget the
exact drawbacks and consequences. I will have to check with "our blind
friend" in the Twin Cities (MN) which is a NWBell/USWest/Qwest-LEC
ratecenter. (Some of you know who I'm referring to), as he told me about
these negatives when Qwest and US-West "merged" back in 2000.
I do NOT want to see anything like that happen to AT&T customers
regardless of where they live, just because they might live in a SBC
state !!! :(
And because both SBC and BellSouth jointly own Cingular, and also
because Cingular recently took over (most of) AT&T-Wireless even though
AT&T-W was more or less "spun out" of the real AT&T a few years ago,
I have some concerns about a repeat of the Qwest/US-West drawbacks,
because I LIVE in a BellSouth state!
Mark J. Cuccia
New Orleans LA CSA
- On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:08:24 -0600 (CST), Mark J Cuccia
<mcuccia@...> wrote:
>Mark, I was one such customer until last year when I had some billing
> Anyhow.... in addition to the other services out there, and I have
> accounts and services with SEVERAL providers, there are still some of us
> out there who ARE and WILL CONTINUE TO BE (OR DESIRE TO BE) ....
> DEDICATED LIFELONG CUSTOMERS of *AT&T*.
issues to straighten out with them. It was pure hell dealing with
AT&T. I had been a happy customer my entire adult life and it seemed
they did everything they could to drive me away. After the third or
fourth 30-minute phone call for a reltively minor issue, enough was
enough and I switched my long distance to SBC.
I still view the old Ma Bell with tremendous awe in what they built
and accomplished. However, after the aforementioned dealings, it was
painfully clear to me that the AT&T of today was a radically different
company than the one that most of us remanisce about. And after I
thought about it a bit, I felt that SBC, while also still a different
company, held a much closer resemblance to The Telephone Company (in
BSP-parlance :-) than AT&T.
IMHO, if anything, SBC will save AT&T from themselves.
- Lets hope so, their main sin was they never got out of the monopoly mindset
after the breakup, and like you said, drove customers away in droves.
>IMHO, if anything, SBC will save AT&T from themselves.
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United States Patent SLURRY EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION CONTAINING NITROGEN-BASE SALT AND TNT, SMOKELESS POWDER OR COMPOSITION B 17 Claims, No Drawings U.S. Cl 149/50, 149/56, 149/57, 149/64, 149/65, 149/69, 149/92, 149/96, 149/98, 149/100, 149/105 Int. Cl C06b l/04 [50] Field of Search 149/38, 39, 41,49, 50, 56,57, 63, 64, 65, 69, 98, 100, 92,105, 88, 96
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,401,067 9/1968 Fee et a1. 149/92 X 3,409,484 11/1968 Minnick 149/92 X 3,431,155 3/1969 Dunglinson et al. 149/92 X 3,471,346 10/1969 Lyerly 149/92 X Primary Examiner-Carl D. Quarforth Assistant Examiner-Stephen J. Lechert, .lr. AtI0rneyJames .l. Flynn ABSTRACT: A thickened water-bearing explosive comprising inorganic oxidizing salt, fuel, TNT, smokeless powder or Composition B and nitrogen-base salt.
SLURRY EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION CONTAINING NITROGEN-BASE SALT AND TNT, SMOKELESS POWDER OR COMPOSITION B BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to blasting agents and, more particularly, to water-bearing explosive compositions having excellent low-temperature properties and a high velocity of detonation.
Blasting agents of the type known as water-bearing or slurry explosives have gained considerable commercial acceptance in recent years. These water gels generally comprise an inorganic oxidizing salt, predominantly ammonium nitrate, a thickening agent for the liquid, a fuel and sensitizer. In order to have blasting agents sensitive enough to propagate detonation throughout the mass in confined columns, it usually has been necessary to incorporate therein substantial quantities of high explosive. The use of major amounts of high explosives in water-bearing explosives is disadvantageous because, amount other things, it adds considerably to the cost of the blasting agent. Furthermore, water-bearing slurry explosives are difficult to load in a borehole at low temperatures often encountered in mining areas. This difficulty arises because the explosive compositions thicken to such an extent at low temperatures that the gels become so viscous that they cannot be satisfactorily pumped or the water gels, if pumpable, tend to plug the borehole by bridging, which causes voids or interstices in the shot. Accordingly, there is a need for waterbearing slurry explosive compositions that have good low-temperature properties, e.g. easily pumpable, that are reliably sensitive and exhibit high velocities of detonation at low temperatures.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention is directed to water-bearing explosives comprising an inorganic oxidizing salt component, a fuel component and a continuous thickened or gelled aqueous phase, the improvement which comprises including in said explosive sensitizer component consisting essentially of:
I. about from to 30 percent by weight of at least one of the group consisting of TNT, smokeless powder, Composition B and mixtures thereof, and at least 5 percent based on the total composition of at least one nitrogen-base salt of an inorganic oxidizing acid and a base selected from the group consisting of (a) acyclic nitrogen bases having no more than two hydrogen atoms bonded to the basic nitrogen and up to three carbon atoms per basic nitrogen, and (b) phenyl amines, said nitrogen-base salt having an oxygen balance more positive than about l50 percent, the weight percent of sensitizer l exceeding that of sensitizer 2, said composition having an unconfined relative velocity ratio at 40 F. of greater than l.l.
Quite surprisingly, the slurry explosive compositions of this invention have improved velocity of detonation with lower levels of TNT, smokeless powder or Composition B and nitrogen-base salt, said nitrogen-base salt increasing the sensitivity of the TNT, smokeless powder or Composition B. The blasting agents of this invention may be readily pumped to a borehole even at low temperatures and, due to the fluidity of the composition, they do not plug the borehole when loaded therein and they are reliably sensitive to conventional detonators or primers. The velocity of detonation of the water-bearing explosive can be expressed for comparative purposes as relative velocity. By relative velocity is meant the velocity of the present explosive composition over the velocity of the composition without a nitrogen-base salt, both velocities being determined at 40 F., unconfined, and at or about the critical diameter of the less sensitive composition utilizing the same type booster composition. The improvements in relative velocity, sensitivity and fluidity, brought about by the combination of TNT, smokeless powder or Composition B and nitrogen-base salt in the water-bearing blasting agent are particularly noticeable in blasting adverse conditions of low temperatures.
Oxidizing" and "fuel" components are used herein their conventional sense to refer to materials in the explosives which have positive and negative oxygen balances, respectively. Oxygen balances" as used herein refers to the percent excess or deficiency of oxygen required for complete combustion and is calculated as the molecular weight of oxygen required or given off in complete combustion divided by the molecular weight of the material in question. "Sensitizer" as employed herein refers to a material which when removed from an explosive in small, e.g., a few percent, incremental amounts substantially reduces the sensitivity of the explosive at its critical diameter at a given temperature of test.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The nitrogen-base salts employed in this invention can be derived from inorganic bases such as hydrazine but preferably are derived from aliphatic amines and phenyl amines. Phen ylamines as used herein refers to compounds having one carbocyclic aromatic ring to which is bonded at least one, and preferably one or two, primary amino groups. Salts of primary, secondary and tertiary amines meeting the aforementioned requirements can be used. Although the base moiety can bear substituents other than carbon, hydrogen and the base nitrogen inert with the system, those consisting of carbon, hydrogen and the aforementioned basic nitrogen are preferred. Because of availability, low cost, ease of handling and manufacture and excellent explosive properties of the products of this invention made therefrom, salts of saturated aliphatic amines having up to three carbon atoms are preferred. The oxidizing acid moiety can be that of any of the strong inorganic oxidizing acids, preferably mineral acids, such as salts of nitric, nitrous, chloric and perchloric acids. Those acids having an oxygen balance of at least about +l0 percent are preferred. Nitrates are particularly preferred because of their ready availability and excellent sensitizing effect.
Representative salts which can be used in the sensitizing component include inorganic salts such as hydrazine nitrate, dinitrate and perchlorate; salts of aliphatic amines such as monomethylamine nitrate, nitrite, chlorate and perchlorate, ethylenediamine dinitrate and diperchlorate, dimethylamine nitrate, trimethylamine nitrate, ethylamine nitrate, propylamine nitrate, ethanolamine nitrate, guanidine nitrate and urea nitrate and salts of phenyl amines such as aniline nitrate, chlorate and perchlorate, p-chloroaniline nitrate and phenylenediamine dinitrate. The nitrogen-base salts particularly preferred are monomethylamine nitrate, trimethylamine nitrate, ethanolamine nitrate and ethylenediamine dinitrate because of their case of formulation of explosives therewith and the outstanding explosive properties including velocity, fluidity, sensitivity and strength of the resulting products. Mixtures of the aforementioned salts can be used as well as mixtures of one or more of such salts with other similar salts having an oxygen balance more negative than percent, for example, cyclohexylamine nitrate and diethylamine dinitrate. Normally, in such salt mixtures, the overall oxygen balance of the salt should be more positive than l50 percent.
The nitrogen-base salts can be incorporated in the explosive composition in substantially pure form or as a crude reaction mixture of the base substantially neutralized with the oxidizing acid, either formed separately in aqueous medium then blended with the remainder of the constituents of the explosive or formed in situ in the presence of one or more of such constituents. ln any event, at least 5 percent, and not more than about 50 percent, based on the total composition of nitrogen-base salt is incorporated in the blasting agent, preferably 5 to 20 percent.
It has further been found that the water-bearing explosive must contain about from l0 to- 30 percent, and preferably 8 to 25 percent, by weight of certain explosives, namely,
trinitrotoluene, smokeless powder, Composition B or mixtures thereof in order to obtain the overall beneficial effects mentioned herein. The TNT or Composition 8 can be incorporated in the slurry composition in any conventional form such as flake, pelleted or granular, and smokeless powder can be incorporated in the explosive composition alone or mixed with Composition B or TNT. In all cases, the weight percent of TNT, smokeless powder, Composition B or mixtures thereof used in a particular formulation exceeds that of the nitrogenbase salt.
The thickened water-bearing blasting agents of the present invention contain sufficient water to dissolve all or a portion of the inorganic oxidizing salt used in the composition to form a continuous aqueous phase. Generally, the amount of water employed in the composition is from about to 50 percent, preferably at least about to 25 percent. Any inorganic oxidizing salt conventionally used in thickened water-bearing slurry explosives can be employed in the present composition. Representative inorganic oxidizing salts include the nitrates, perchlorates and chlorates of ammonia, the alkali metals and the alkaline earth metals. The amount of oxidizing salt present can be from 10 to 90 percent, and is usually used in amounts of about from 40 to 90 percent, preferably less than about 75 percent. In general, for economic reasons, ease of handling and optimum explosive properties, compositions containing an oxidizing salt component of at least 65 percent by weight ammonium nitrate are preferred. Examples of other inorganic salts that can be used in the thickened slurry explosive composition of this invention are sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate, potassium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, sodium perchlorate, potassium perchlorate, ammonium perchlorate and magnesium perchlorate. The preferred auxiliary salt is sodium nitrate, used in lesser proportions with ammonium nitrate, preferably in amounts up to 25 percent of the oxidizing salt component.
The slurry explosives of the present invention contain any fuel conventionally used with water-bearing blasting agents. Preferably, carbonaceous or sulfurous, fuels are used in the blasting agent such as sulfur, coal and other forms of finely divided carbon, solid carbonaceous vegetable products such as sugar, corn starch, wood and paper pulp, various meals such as ivory nut meal, solid and liquid organic hydrocarbons such as fuel oils and powdered paraffin waxes, as well as mixtures of two or more of these fuels. Generally, the explosive composition contains up to about 20 percent, and usually about 2 to 10 percent, by weight of the total composition of a suitable fuel.
The water-bearing compositions of this invention usually contain 0.1 to 5 percent, and preferably from 0.] to 2 percent, thickener. Representative thickening agents that are used in the composition are those conventionally used in water-bearing explosives such as gum arabic, ghatti, karaya; seaweed colloid such as agar-agar, lrish moss, and the alginates; seed ex- 5 or more of the above thickening agents. Galactomannans such as guar gum and locust bean gum are preferred thickeners for the present slurry explosive compositions. The thickening agents, such as the galactomannans, can be a self-complexing or noncomplexing guar gum. For example, a self-complexing guar gum, e.g., EX-FC-SO and EX-FC-DP supplied by Stein- Hall Company, or a noncomplexing guar gum such as Stein- HalI-l-s Jaguar 100 in which no cross-linking agent is incorporated are especially and equally suitable. However, when a noncomplexing thickening agent is used such as a galactomannan small portions. e.g., about 2 to 8 percent by weight of the total thickening agent, of cross-linking agent such as borax or other cross-linking agents known in the art can be used. The cross-linking, or complexing, of the thickening agent markeclly strengthens the gel. The carbonaceous thickening agents serve the dual function of thickener and fuel for the explosive composition and can comprise all or part ofthe soluble fuel used and are included in the calculation of the requisite fuel values.
Other additives that can be, and preferably are, added to the water-bearing explosive composition to improve sensitivity, especially when used under low-temperature conditions, are gas-entrapping materials and crystal habit modifiers. Any gasentrapping material can be used in the explosive composition such as microballoons or bagasse. However, microballoons made of urea-formaldehyde or phenolformaldehyde are quite satisfactory for this purpose and especially glass microballoons. The amount of gas-entrapping material incorporated in the composition is usually about from 0.1 to 5 percent, and generally at least about 0.25 percent. Crystal habit modifiers that are surfactants of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,397,097 can also be incorporated in the compositions of the present invention. Surfactants, especially anionic surfactants, particularly higher alcohol sulfonic esters containing about eight to 18 carbon atoms are quite suitable, for example, sodium lauryl sulfate (Duponol") and sodium stearyl sulfate; aliphatic alcohol phosphates, e.g. sodium alkyl phosphates; aliphatic amide sulfonates, e.g. sodium stearyl amide methylethyl sulfonate; alkyl-aryl sulfonates, e.g., sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate. The amount of crystal habit modifier, or surfactant, added to the explosive compositions usually is in the range of about 0.1 to 3 percent.
For a clearer understanding of the invention, the following specific examples are given. These examples are intended to be merely illustrative of the invention and are not to be considered limitations thereof. Parts and percentages are by weight unless otherwise indicated.
tracts such as locust bean, guar and quince seed gums; Mo et y amme fi r I l l d 8 A Table I Detonation results at 40 F.
Comp. Diameter Velocity EDAN DAN TAN EAN TNT SP B AN SN H 0 Coal Sulfur (inches) (IL/sec.)
1 Control. 2 No deton. i
ethylenediamine dinitrate as EDAN, trimethylamine nitrate as TAN, ethanolamine nitrate as EAN, dimethylamine nitrate as DAN, ammonium sulfate as AN, sodium nitrate as SN, trinitrotoluene as TNT, smokeless powder as SP and Composition B, Le. 50 percent TNT and 50 percent RDX, as Comp. B.
Water-bearing explosives of the composition shown in table 1 are prepared in a mixer from the materials listed by the following sequence of steps:
1. An aqueous solution of amine nitrate of 70-86 percent concentration, ammonium nitrate and water are combined, the mixture heated to 150 to 170 F., and the heated mixture transferred to a suitable mixing vessel. 2. Sodium lauryl sulfate, glass microballoons, coal, sulfur, TNT, smokeless powder or Composition B are then added to the mixer and the composition mixed to blend the ingredients.
3. A premixed combination of sodium nitrate and guar gum is added to the mixer and the composition mixed for about 4 to 8 minutes until thickening is observed.
4. Cross-linking agents are added (borax or potassium antimony tartrate); the composition is mixed until the cross-linking agents are uniformly incorporated, and the material packaged in polyethylene tubing.
In addition to the ingredients listed, the compositions also contain, per hundred pound weight, 0.7-0.9 lb. of guar gum. Examples 7 and 8-210 contained 0.3 percent microballoons; examples 3 to 6, 8, 12 and 17-19 contained 0.3 percent sodium lauryl sulfate, and examples 7, 13-16 and 20 contained 1 percent sodium lauryl sulfate.
The samples of the explosive composition packaged in polyethylene tubing were initiated with a high-density cast primer which in turn was initiated with Primacord. The relative velocities of the composition were ascertained by determining the velocity of the composition with and without amine nitrate, unconfined, at 40 F. at or about the critical diameter of the less sensitive composition. In all instances, the relative velocity ratio of the composition was greater than 1.1. The densities of the compositions were between about 1.3-1.4 g./cc.
1. 1n water-bearing explosives comprising inorganic oxidizing salt component, fuel component and a continuous thickened or gelled aqueous phase, the improvement which comprises including in said explosive a sensitizer component consisting essentially of:
1. about from to 30 percent by weight of at least one of the group consisting of trinitrotoluene, smokeless powder, and a mixture of about 50 percent trinitrotoluene and about 50 percent cyclotrimethylene trinitramine. and 2. at least 5 percent based on the total composition of at least one nitrogen-base salt of an inorganic oxidizing acid and a base selected from the group consisting of (a) acyclic nitrogen bases having no more than two hydrogen atoms bonded to the basic nitrogen and up to three carbon atoms per basic nitrogen, and (b) phenyl amines, said nitrogen-base salt having an oxygen balance more positive than about percent. the weight percent of sensitizer l exceeding that of sensitizer 2, said compositions having a relative velocity ratio at 40 F. of greater than about 1.1.
2. The product of claim 1 wherein sensitizer component 1 is trinitrotoluene.
3. The product of claim 2 wherein sensitizer component 2 is ethylenediamine dinitrate.
4. The product of claim 3 containing 8 to 25 percent trinitrotolunene, 5 to 20 percent ethylenediamine dinitrate and at least 10 percent water.
5. The product of claim 2 wherein sensitizer component 2 is monomethylamine nitrate.
6. The product of claim 5 containing 8 to 25 percent trinitrotoluene, 5 to 20 percent monomethylamine nitrate and at least 10 percent water,
. The product of claim 6 wherein the inorganic oxidizing salt is ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate or mixtures thereof.
8. The product of claim 7 containing air-entrapping materia1.
9. The product of claim 7 containing a crystal habit modifier, said modifier being a surfactant.
10. The product of claim 2 wherein sensitizer component 2 is ethanolamine nitrate.
11. The product of claim 10 containing 8 to 25 percent trinitrotoluene, 5 to 20 percent ethanolamlne nitrate and at least 10 percent water.
12. The product of claim 1 wherein sensitizer component 2 is monomethylamine nitrate.
13. The product of claim 1 wherein sensitizer component 2 is dimethylamine nitrate.
14. The product of claim 1 wherein sensitizer component 2 is ethylenediamine dinitrate.
15. The product of claim 1 wherein sensitizer component 2 is ethanolamine nitrate.
16. The product of claim 1 wherein sensitizer component 1 is a mixture of about 50 percent trinitrotoluene and about 50 percent cyclotrimethylene trinitramine.
17. The product of claim 1 wherein sensitizer component 1 is smokeless powder.
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