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ATK Expands A-Series Small Satellite Bus Product Line
[Satellite TODAY 07-31-12] ATK has expanded its product line of small, agile satellite buses designed for a wide range of missions in civil, national security and commercial applications in both near-term and long-term markets, the manufacturer announced July 30.
ATK's expanded A-series product line consists of four basic configurations: the A100, A200, A500 and A700 models, with elevated platforms of A150, A250 and A550, which aim to provide broader capability and flexibility for customers. The products are designed for a range of mission requirements based on mission class, design life, propulsion, pointing accuracy, payload mass and launch compatibility.
ATK added that the A series is compatible with most launch vehicles.
"Our expanded family of space platforms will enable us to capitalize on the up-swing we expect to see in a number of our targeted market segments. Our diversified, balanced approach across multiple markets will take best advantage of the increase in microsat missions, continued demand for small, rapidly-developed spacecraft and the game-changing, on-orbit satellite servicing market," ATK Space Systems Vice President and General Manager Tom Wilson said in a statement.
The ATK A100 is ATK's small bus offering for microsats and nanosats. The ATK A200 series features ATK's Responsive Space Modular Bus (RSMB), which aims to provide considerable power, precision pointing and significant data throughput for sophisticated military and scientific payloads. The ATK A500 series offers a High End Modular Bus (HEMB) that allows for increased payload complexity and size, as well as extended life. The HEMB is the platform selected for the DARPA Phoenix mission to conduct on-orbit satellite servicing and repurposing. The ATK A700 series bus is the largest mission class and is the foundation of the ViviSat Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV).
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Vitelli & Son v. United States
Annotate this Case
- Syllabus
- Case
U.S. Supreme Court
Vitelli & Son v. United States, 250 U.S. 355 (1919)
F. Vitelli & Son v. United States
Nos. 67, 68
Argued April 24, 1919
Decided June 9, 1919
The Act of June 22, 1874, 18 Stat. 190, § 21, provides that, whenever duties have been liquidated and paid and the goods delivered, the entry and settlement shall, after one year from the time of entry, in the absence of fraud and of protest by the owner, etc., be final and conclusive upon all parties. Held that the purpose was to limit the right to reliquidate, in the interest of the citizen and the security of commercial transactions, and where the collector reliquidates on the ground of fraud, it cannot be presumed that his action was correct so as to cast the onus of disproving fraud upon the importer. P. 250 U. S. 357.
The fact that the importer, instead of awaiting suit by the United States, becomes the actor by paying under protest and appealing to the Board of General Appraisers does not require him to assume the burden of disproving the fraud. P. 250 U. S. 358.
The Court of Customs Appeals having erroneously assumed, in sustaining a reliquidation based on fraud, that the collector's action was presumptively correct, and cast the burden of disproving fraud upon the importers, held that the case must be remanded to be tried anew by the Board of General Appraisers, without inquiry by this Court into the adequacy of the evidence of fraud in the present record. P. 250 U. S. 359.
7 Cust.App.Rep. 243 reversed.
The case is stated in the opinion. For the decisions of the Board of General Appraisers, see G. A. 7418; 24 T.D. 75, and Abstracts Nos. 36340, 36544, 27 T.D. 162, 213.
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Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Cake Topper http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=30579&th=5778#msg_30579 <![CDATA[On the second try, the cake topper has been printed to my satisfaction. This model, once painted, will be placed on top of the wedding cake of a former college roommate of mine. It is intended to be a representation of the two of them in "fantasy" style. Now, all that remains is to paint it in the black/white/red/silver scheme I'm planning...

 The model is a little over 3.5 inches tall, in case you are wondering. I'm guessing it weighs about 3-4 ounces, so it shouldn't be too heavy for the cake at all.

 Regarding the pictures, I confess that I was a little lazy with these shots. I'm about *this* far from getting a new camera, as mine is a 6-year-old cheap digital one. If I jump for a better quality camera, I'll probably get a lightbox set up so I don't have to do my ghetto setup using Shapeways boxes and a few pieces of paper.

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 Your work deserve better pics !

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 Cheers

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I came here to know some suggestion on the Wireless Network Capability of the Seagate GoFlex Satellite. In addition, the question is shown as below:
- GoFlex Satellite can stream at the maximum of 10 MB/second. Will this statement is correct or not?
- I have seen in the user manual that the limit number of devices is three So is that true the GF Satellite uses peer-to-peer wireless network connections to serve data to the 3 devices. Is this true?
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Heard this from Skywatcher yesterday.
"Amazing holiday so far. Had a walk up at Chef Mickey's for dinner last night! Toy Story ride rocks!"
Great to hear from him. Thanks for passing it on Diane.
A walk up? I'm telling you that family is Magical! Very rare thing indeed to get a walk up.
Wow! A walk-up for dinner at Chef Mickey's!
Glad to hear that they got the walk up at Chef Mickey's. And I have to totally agree TSM does ROCK.
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Bazaar is a Distributed Version Control System written in Python which runs on Linux, OS X and Windows. It is used as part of the Launchpad development system.
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I am looking for a portable (as in no-install needed, can-run-from pendrive) installation for Bzr with a graphical UI, a decentralized version control system. I would like to recommend it to my ...


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GT-10B Driver Ver.1.0.0 for Windows Vista 64-bit Edition
This is the GT-10B driver for Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(R) 64-bit Edition.
System requirements
This driver has the following requirements.
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* This does not work with the 32-bit Edition of Windows Vista(R).
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A computer with a USB connector that supports USB Specification Revision 1.1 or higher
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- This driver has been tested on several computer systems, but please understand that we cannot guarantee it will operate on your particular computer.
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Family Law
Family Law Questions? Ask a Family Lawyer Online.
How do I submit evidence to the court when I am representing myself? I fired my attorney today and I have a hearing on December 23rd that I will not be representing myself for. Can I just bring my own documentation with me to argue my case, or do I have to submit it to the court as evidence beforehand? This hearing was requested by opposing counsel and has to do with holiday visitation sharing time of our minor children (that has yet to be defined by the court) and a truck camper of all ridiculous things. Also, how does a person representing themselves file a motion for anything? Also, since I fired my attorney and have signed a release for him to file with the court, does that cancel any motions or discovery notices or anything else he has filed with the court that remains unanswered or unsettled, or are they still valid? Since we are still in the 'discovery' phase, how do I file a NOTICE OF SERVICE OF DISCOVERY ON PETITIONER (him) with the court? I already know I'll have to copy his attorney by either via fax or email if I file such a notice.
To submit anything as evidence - there needs to be a proper "foundation" laid before it will be accepted.
In law, a foundation is a sufficient preliminary evidence of the authenticity and relevance for the admission of material evidence in the form of exhibits or testimony of witnesses. Material evidence is important evidence that may serve to determine the outcome of the case. Exhibits include real evidence, illustrative evidence, demonstrative evidence, and documentary evidence. The type or preliminary evidence necessary to lay the proper foundation depends on the form and type of material evidence offered.
The lack of foundation is a valid objection that an adverse (opposing) party may raise during trail or a hearing. You can submit evidence if the other side will consent and/or concede that the documentation is evidence at the time of the trial/hearing on the matter.
So you can bring your documentation to the heart, but must lay a foundation as to its authenticity to offer it into evidence.
To file a motion - you have to draft the motion for whatever your requesting, schedule a hearing on the matter with the court, notice the other side of the hearing date and time, and send all parties a copy of the motion.
To file a request for discovery - you just need to send the request to the party your requesting discovery from. You wouldn't need to file that with the court.
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Class 3 District 9 at St. James
Boys opening round...
Steelville 51 St. James 48. The Tigers end the season with a 14-12 record... more
Chris Weinke is back in the NFL, as a coach. The one-time Heisman Trophy Winner and seven-year NFL veteran will be the Rams' quarterback coach.
The University of Missouri's wrestling team is expected to be ranked number one in the nation after knocking off top-ranked Iowa in the National Duals Finals Championship... more
Class 3 District 9 at St. James
Girls opening round...
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Eugene 51 Blair Oaks 48
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Davell Roby and Mike Crawford combined for 26 second-half points, and Saint Louis outscored La Salle 17-8 over the final 1:47 of regulation and... more
Boys Basketball...
Blake Comeau netted a pair of goals to help guide the Penugins to a 4-2 victory over the Blues at the Scottrade Center.
Damian Jones scored 16 points and led five Commodores in double figures as Vanderbilt took down Missouri 76-53 Saturday afternoon.
The KLPW Radio Athlete of the Week is Sophomore Lauren Gerlemann from New Haven High School.
Back in their days, Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft were known for trust-busting. In an era of price-fixing, crony capitalism and corruption their actions helped to create more opportunities in the marketplace by creating competition.
Our nation's founders were well versed in the lessons of the history that preceded them. They knew of power's natural tendency to escalate into greater power.
So they included the Bill of Rights, based on the notion of individual self-determination.


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Just started digging into Hybrid and building a child theme (with Skeleton). I hate the navigation though. I'd like to swap out the dropdown nav for a two-tiered horizontal menu. I have the required plugin files for the new nav in my child theme's js folder. I suppose I need to register them somewhere. What do I need to copy over from the Hybrid theme and adjust to make it work?
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I've tried various tutorials and I get a 404 error when I finally navigate to host:port/solr on my CentOS machine.
Can anyone tell me why I would get a 404?
Once I find a solution I'll make this the official tutorial on how to install Apache Solr on a CentOS 6 / Tomcat6 configuration. In the meantime, there is very little documentation out there...
Tomcat6 Configuration (Source)
yum install tomcat6 tomcat6-webapps tomcat6-admin-webapps
vi /usr/share/tomcat6/conf/tomcat6.conf
Additionally, I've added an admin and manager role user in /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml
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The Prosthaphaeretic Slide Rule: A Mechanical Multiplication Device Based on Trigonometric Identities
Sher, David B., Nataro, Dean C., Mathematics and Computer Education
The typical precalculus book contains the obscure trigonometric identities known as the product-to-sum formulas [1, p. 470]. They usually get short treatment (or none) in a precalculus course because they are so rarely used. This is unfortunate since they have an interesting history. Before the invention of logarithms they were used to perform multiplications and divisions by a process known as prosthaphaeresis. Since the slide rule is a computational device based on logarithms, the authors wondered if a similar device based on prosthaphaeresis could be constructed. It can. We call it the "prosthaphaeretic slide rule".
Formula 3 is attributed to the Arab mathematician ibn-Yunus (d. 1008). [2, p. 264]. All three formulas were known in Europe by the Sixteenth Century, [see 3, pp. 456-462 for fragments on this subject by Clavius and Pitiscus] By the end of that century they were used extensively at Tycho Brahe's observatory for astronomical calculations. The level of accuracy was great because excellent trigonometric tables of up to fifteen decimal places existed at that time. [2, p. 340]
The similarity between prosthaphaeresis and logarithms is striking. This is no coincidence. It is believed that Napier learned of prosthaphaeresis from a friend who had visited Tycho's observatory in 1590. [2, p. 342] Napier saw that exponents also have interesting product to sum properties and, thus inspired, began his great work on logarithms. Since logarithms are easier to use and more powerful (prosthaphaeresis can't handle exponentiations), prosthaphaeresis quickly became a footnote to mathematical history.
Of the many ways to prove (3), the following is the most useful in these circumstances because it suggests clearly how to make the prosthaphaeretic slide rule. It is sufficient for our purposes to consider only the case where A and B are acute angles, A > B, and A + B < 90 degrees. Figure 1, which follows, is of the unit circle in the first quadrant.
This figure shows how to construct the device:
1) Draw the first quadrant of the unit circle on a square surface. On the horizontal axis place a unit scale where O is at the origin and 1 is the radius of the unit circle. Subdivide the scale as finely as possible (tenths, hundredths, etc.)
2) Attach a rotor at the origin which has the same scale on it as the horizontal axis. The zero on this scale must be at the origin.
3) Attach to the square surface a slider that maintains a line perpendicular to the horizontal axis and can be moved left and right (much like the slider on a slide rule) always maintaining its perpendicularity.
The result is as follows:
We can now see that multiplying two numbers between 0 and 1 is easy. Let's do 0.6 × 0.5 as an example.
1) Position the slider so that it passes through 0. …


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Mike Bennett debuts in TNA
Over the past several days, TNA has been teasing a newcomer with the term, "Miracle". On the POP TV debut episode of Impact Wrestling this week, rumors about Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis joining the promotion have been confirmed, as the two former ROH star finally made their debut. Bennett informed Total Nonstop Action fans that he was there to pursue the world heavyweight championship.
January 7, 2016
Mike Bennett to TNA
If you follow international wrestling at all, you'll know that Mike Bennett and his stock are rising. He is becoming a hot commodity in the industry. Those rumors are about signing a contract with TNA in the near future are heating up once again. The promotion would provide him with a bigger platform than the one he has in ROH. Bennett also knows that working with an opponent like Kurt Angle could definitely make him even more known.
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NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
The NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms features 7,899 terms related to cancer and medicine.
Browse the dictionary by selecting a letter of the alphabet or by entering a cancer-related word or phrase in the search box.
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SKILL LEVEL: Beginner + (Level 2)
SIZE: One Size About 45 x 47 in. (114.5 x 119.5 cm)
CORRECTIONS: (applied Mar 10, 2011)
10 dc + 6 rows = 4 in. (10 cm). When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size
specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be
sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what
the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person.
If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller
size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.
Making a Gauge Swatch
1. Afghan is made from 17 unique Blocks. Blocks are worked in rows of any one of three basic crochet stitches; single crochet (sc), double crochet (dc), or triple (treble) crochet (tr).
2. Completed Blocks are arranged according to Assembly Diagram and joined with single crochet.
3. To change color, work last st of old color to last yarn over; yarn over with new color and draw through all loops on hook to complete st.
4. Label each finished Block as soon as you finish crocheting it.
5. Finished Blocks may not match exactly in size. Measure the edges that will be joined before crocheting Blocks together, then ease in any edges that are too long or gently stretch any edges that are too short.
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|Publication number
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|Application number
|PCT number
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|22 Aug 1995
|Filing date
|16 Apr 1992
|Priority date
|18 Apr 1991
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|Stefan Kubierschky
|Original Assignee
|Kubierschky; Stefan
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (10), Classifications (28), Legal Events (7)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to a sporting device steerable by weight displacement as defined in the preamble of claim 1 and to a steerable wheel assembly suitable for use in such a sporting device as defined in the preamble of claim 13.
A sporting device and a steerable wheel element of this kind is known from international application PCT/EP89/00896 published under the number WO 90/01359.
The aforementioned application describes a variety of different chassis designs having either two, three or more wheels which are generally arranged in-line in the longitudinal direction of the sporting device. With a two wheel arrangement only one wheel needs to be steerable. In the case of a rear wheel the steering axis is inclined downwardly and forwardly and extends (when projected) through the contact patch of said wheel with the ground. In the case of a front wheel the steering axis is inclined downwardly and rearwardly through the contact patch of the wheel with the ground. With a three wheel device the center wheel would typically be fixed or, according to a proposal made for the first time herein, positioned with the steering axis disposed in a generally horizontal plane above or below the axis of rotation of the center wheel. The center wheel would be typically arranged between steerable front and rear wheels. Through this arrangement the center wheel can be constructed identically to the steerable front and rear wheels, but is however placed in such a way that movement of the center wheel about the steering axis does not primarily result in steering but simply assists in improving the handling characteristics of the sporting device.
It is also possible for the center wheel to be mounted so that it can slide in a generally horizontal direction generally perpendicular to the fore and aft longitudinal direction of the roller skate, preferably against a resilient restoring force tending to align the center wheel in the fore and aft direction of the roller skate. Such a resilient restoring force could for example be generated by resilient cushions of rubber or synthetic rubber placed on one or both sides of the wheel or by some other spring means of equivalent effect. It should be noted that it is also possible to provide more than three wheels, e.g. four or five wheels, in which case all "center wheels", i.e. wheels other than the front and rear wheels can be executed as described immediately above with the possibility of horizontal sliding transverse to the longitudinal direction of the skate. It is also entirely possible to provide the center wheels with inclined steering axes in the same way as for the front and/or rear wheels.
Wheel assemblies of the kind described above with inclined steering axes are also disclosed in European patent application No. 90 120 928.8 and the present steerable wheel assemblies can also be used in chassis of that kind and indeed in a wide variety of other possible applications.
Generally speaking, the steerable wheel assemblies already proposed by the present applicant involve two roller bearings per wheel. There is however one embodiment of the aforementioned international application PCT/EP89/00896 which uses only a single bearing but then requires a bearing with a specially designed inner race to support gimbal pins which define the steering axis.
Since rolling element bearings are relatively expensive, and since it is certainly not necessary to use two bearings per wheel to carry the loads involved, there would be substantial benefit in a design which uses only a single roller element bearing per wheel and which enables a standard bearing to be used in place of a special bearing with a special inner race. It is therefore a first object of the present invention to provide such a design.
Furthermore, the existing designs, while very compact, essentially restrict the inclined steering axis to the space available within the inner race of the bearing. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a steerable wheel assembly and a sporting device incorporating such a steerable wheel assembly, where the steering axis may be optionally located within the inner race or outside of the inner race.
In order to satisfy these objects there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a sporting device of the initially named kind but with the characterising features of claim 1 and a steerable wheel assembly of the initially named kind but with the characterising features of claim 13.
The use of an arcuate guide in place of gimbal pins or a short axle member to define the steering axis enables the steering axis to be realised as a virtual axis located at the center of curvature of the arcuate guide so that the wheel can execute steering movements about this steering axis. Since this steering axis is a virtual axis it can be disposed as desired either inside the inner race of the bearing or outside of the inner race of the bearing thus granting substantial design freedom. Moreover, this axis can be realised without requiring any special layout of the inner race of the bearing, so that the bearing arrangement can be reduced to a single roller element bearing of standard design with attendant cost and weight savings. The invention could however also be used with a bearing arrangement comprising a pair of roller element bearings as previously proposed. There may be situations which make this desirable, for example for sporting devices used in competitions where higher bearing and axle loadings are to be expected.
The arcuate guide is preferably defined inside a sleeve inserted within an inner race of the bearing. The sleeve is conveniently a two-part sleeve and is held together by the inner race of the bearing.
Preferred further developments of the invention are set forth in the subordinate claims. The invention will now be described in further detail by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a horizontal cross-section through a steerable wheel assembly in accordance with the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a side view of a sporting device in two-wheel form showing the use of a wheel assembly in accordance with FIG. 1 in such a device,
FIG. 3 is a side view of the wheel assembly of FIG. 1, but with the rim, tyre and circlip omitted for clarity,
FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross-section through an alternative embodiment of the axle and guide sleeve of the wheel assembly of FIG. 1, and
FIG. 5 is a further horizontal section through an axle and guide sleeve assembly of a further modification of the steerable wheel assembly of FIG. 1.
FIG. 6 is a cross-section through a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention as seen on the plane VI--VI of FIG. 7, the drawing being to the scale 1:1,
FIG. 7 is a partly sectioned side view of an axle with integral mounting lug as seen in the direction of the arrow VII of FIG. 6,
FIG. 8 is a plan view of the one half of the sleeve used in the wheel assembly of FIG. 6 but to an enlarged scale of 2:1,
FIG. 9 is a section on the plane XI--XI of FIG. 8,
FIG. 10 shows a plan view of the axle incorporated in the wheel assembly of FIG. 8 to an enlarged scale (2:1), and prior to welding on of the lugs,
FIG. 11 shows the axle of FIG. 10 in side view in the direction of the arrow XI of FIG. 10,
FIG. 12 shows a modified version of the sleeve of FIG. 8 for use with a non-steered center wheel and also shows the axle arrangement used therewith,
FIG. 13 shows a view of the mounting lug integral with the axle of FIG. 12 as seen in the direction of the arrow XIII of FIG. 12.
FIG. 14 shows a plan view of an alternative axle design,
FIG. 15 shows a cross-section through the axle of FIG. 14 on the plane XV--XV, and
FIGS. 16 and 17 show the preferred way of mounting an axle approximately in accordance with FIG. 10 in a chassis with FIG. 16 being a schematic cross-section through the claims perpendicular to its longitudinal axis and FIG. 17 being a side view of FIG. 16 in the direction of arrow XVII.
Turning first to FIGS. 1 and 3 there can be seen a wheel 10 comprising a tyre 12, preferably of polyurethane, adhesively mounted and/or mounted in form-locked manner on a wheel rim 14. The wheel rim 14 has a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical central ring surface 16 defined between an annular shoulder 18 and a circlip groove 20. The outer race of a single row rolling element ball bearing 22 is pressed into said cylindrical surface 16 against said shoulder 18 and is secured by a circlip 24 inserted in said circlip groove 20.
Within the inner race 25 of said bearing there is disposed a plastic sleeve 26 having two parts 26A and 26B of identical design as can be seen from FIG. 3. The two generally semi-cylindrical sleeve parts 26A and 26B meet at a parting surface which is in fact the surface 28 which can be seen in FIG. 1. The two parts of the sleeve 26 define an annular shoulder 30 and are provided with a circlip groove 32 in similar manner to the wheel rim 14. As can be seen from FIG. 1 the inner race 25 of said bearing 22 is pressed against said annular shoulder 30 and is secured by a circlip 36 introduced into said circlip groove 32.
In distinction to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 the two circlips 24 and 36 can be extended radially to act as seals for the rolling element bearing. The inner race 25 of the bearing 22 also holds the two halves of the sleeve 26 together. Dowel and socket features may be provided in the two halves 26A, 26B to facilitate alignment and locking of these two pieces.
Within the sleeve there is a passage 37 of generally rectangular cross-section with flat upper and lower sides and this passage merges into two short arcuate branches 40 and 42 which are of square cross-section in this embodiment. The two arcuate branches or guide passages 42 and 40 have a common center of curvature 44 which in this embodiment lies in the rim 14 outside of the outer race of the bearing.
Within the passage 37 there is located the wheel axle 46 which is in this case rigidly mounted at its ends 48 and 50 to the chassis 52 of a roller skate as seen in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 3 this chassis may be integral with the sole of a skating boot or it may be a separate component fixed to the sole 54. In the specific embodiment shown here the axle is supported at its ends in posts 56 and 58 which are rigidly attached to said chassis 52. These posts could be replaced by pivoted arms in the manner of a leading or trailing arm suspension, which could also be a single leading or trailing link at only one side of the wheel, precisely as explained in the aforementioned PCT application PCT/EP89/00896.
At its ends the axle 46 has reduced diameter portions which have a generally circular cross-section but with two flattened sides and these flats locate on correspondingly provided flat sides of slots 55 in the bottom ends of said posts 56, 58 thus placing the wheel assembly in the chassis in the desired orientation. I.e. for the front wheel 12A in FIG. 2 such that the inclined axis 44 points rearwardly and downwardly through the ground contact patch portion 64. For the rear wheel 12B the wheel assembly is reversed so that the inclined steering axis 44 points downwardly and forwardly through the ground contact patch.
Bolts 68 extend into threaded recesses 70 in the ends of the axle and serve to secure the axle within the posts 56, 58. Suitable locking means are provided for the bolts, for example in the form of a split ring.
Formed on the axle 46 and integral therewith are two arcuate spigots 72 and 74 which project into the arcuate guide tracks 40 and 42 and are of the same cross-sectional shape thereas, but fractionally smaller, so that the arcuate spigots 74, 72 can slide in the respective arcuate tracks 40 and 42, whereby the axle as a whole can pivot relative to the remainder of the wheel assembly about the steering axis 44. It is noted that the arcuate tracks 40, 42 and the arcuate spigots 72, 74 locate the axle 46 relative to the sleeve in the fore and aft directions.
At the ends of the arcuate guide tracks 40, 42 there are provided resilient elastomeric cushions 76 and 78 which are retained by grub screws 80. The grub screws are of adjustable position and permit the degree of compression and thus resilience of the cushions to be adjusted in use. By differential adjustment of the grub screws, i.e. of the resilience of the cushions, it is also possible to pivot the wheel slightly about the steering axis 44 relative to the wheel axle 46 and this produces the same effect as the canting arrangements disclosed in German patent application P 40 13 018.5. Thus this design also permits adjustable canting with attendant benefits.
It is not essential for the resilient cushions for the resetting of the axle to be provided in the position shown. The resetting arrangement could readily be the same with this embodiment as with the steerable wheel assemblies shown in PCT application PCT/EP89/00896, i.e. could take the form of rubber cushions mounted in recesses in the sleeve with the rubber cushions cooperating with a pin extending through the center of the axle, for example as indicated at 82 in FIG. 1.
It will be noted from FIG. 3 that the flat upper and lower surfaces of the axle 46 slide on the flat upper and lower surfaces of the generally rectangular cross-section of the passage 37 within the sleeve, so that the axle which may e.g. be made of cast steel is largely relieved of bending stresses.
FIG. 4 shows an alternative embodiment in which the axle 46 has a center section with two arcuate sides 45, 47 having a common center of curvature 44 which again defines the steering axis. A corresponding arcuately-shaped recess 38 is provided within the two part sleeve 26 so that the axle 46 is a sliding fit within the sleeve 26. Again the upper and lower sides of the axle 46 bear on the upper and lower surfaces of the passages in the sleeve. However in this embodiment the surfaces need not be flat. For example, the arcuate section of the axle could be of round or elliptical cross-section as well as of rectangular, square or polygonal cross-section. The resetting force is generated here by the pin arrangement 82 discussed above.
As an option it should also be possible to incorporate balls or cylinders into pockets in the surface of one of both of the axle and guide track if desired. Such balls are shown in broken lines at 84 (in the axle) and at 85 (in the guide track).
In other respects the sleeve and axle are placed within the inner race of a bearing in a manner similar to that shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 shows another alternative embodiment in which the arcuate guide track is formed with a toothed track 87 at at least one surface with the teeth of the toothed track lying on a pitch circle having a center of curvature at 44. Mounted within the axle is a gearwheel 86 which is rotatable about a pin 88 with the teeth of the gearwheel 86 meshing with the teeth of the arcuate guide track. In this example the rear surface of the axle is again arcuate with a center of curvature at 44 and cooperates with a corresponding arcuate surface of the sleeve. The pin 88 can, if desired, be extended above and below the axle so that it also satisfies the function of the pin 82.
Although the tyres 12 of the wheel assembly of FIG. 1 are shown with a rounded ground contact surface they can have a flat surface or a grooved surface, or indeed even a concave surface as desired.
Turning now to FIGS. 6 to 11 there can be seen the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Parts having counter-parts in the previously described embodiments, or executing the same functions as the counter-parts in the previously described embodiments, have been characterised by the same reference numerals, so that a detailed description of these parts is not necessary.
It will be seen from FIG. 6 that the chassis has generally an inverted U-shaped cross-section with a horizontal base portion 89 and two vertically downwardly directed side rails 90, 91. In a particularly preferred embodiment this chassis is formed as an extrusion and indeed comprises two such U-shaped rails one of which telescopes within the other. The telescope joint is provided essentially at the center between the front and rear wheels. This telescoped arrangement of the chassis is so contrived that different degrees of telescoping can be provided. In this way the chassis can be adapted to a variety of boot sizes, so that only one chassis need be made for a range of different boot sizes. This makes the chassis particularly economical to manufacture.
A further feature of a chassis in this design is the fact that the side rails can be provided at either their inside or outside surfaces, preferably at the inside surfaces, with serrations in the form of longitudinally extending teeth 92. These serrations can cooperate with corresponding serrations 94 provided on the outsides of the lugs 56 and 58 which are used to connect the axle 46 to the chassis. The inside of one of these lugs is shown in FIG. 7 and it can be seen that the lugs have two holes which accommodate fasteners used to fasten the lugs or posts 56, 58 to the side rails of the chassis. These fasteners can comprise threaded bolts, nuts and bolts, rivets or any other convenient fastener. The serrations 94 and 92 may be so contrived that the lugs 56, 58 can only be connected to the chassis in one specific position, they may alternatively be constructed in such a way that the lugs can be connected to the side rails of the chassis in a plurality of different vertical positions thus permitting a slight inclination of the axle 46 relative to the horizontal direction, i.e. so that the axle 46 is no longer parallel to the horizontal direction or to the top rail of the chassis 52. This arrangement represents another way of achieving the canting effect described in the international patent application PCT/EP91/00781.
Another special feature of the embodiment of FIGS. 6 to 11 is the fact that the lugs or posts 56, 58 are formed integrally with the axle shaft 46. In the present embodiment this is done by welding the metallic lugs 56, 58 to the ends of the axle shaft 46. For this purpose the axle shaft may conveniently be made of steel or of titanium. The axle shaft itself is of square cross-section as can be readily seen from the cross-section of FIG. 7. The lugs or posts 56, 58 need not necessarily be welded to the ends of the axle shaft 46, they could alternatively be formed integrally therewith, that is to say the axle plus lugs could be formed as a casting or as a forging or by any other appropriate techniques. Irrespective of how the lugs 56, 58 are integrally formed with the ends of the axle shaft 46 the arrangement is dimensioned in such a way that the preformed axle can be assembled with the sleeve portions 26A, 26B and the remainder of the wheel assembly.
This arrangement of the integral lugs 56, 58 at the ends of the axle shaft is particularly preferred since it avoids all the difficulties which can arise in securing the axle shaft at its ends to the support members of the chassis and can indeed be executed in such a way that the strength of the axle shaft is improved.
Another very important feature of the design of FIGS. 6 to 11 is the improved layout of the arcuate guide for the axle 46.
As can be seen in particular from FIG. 8 the arcuate guide takes the form of two arcuate slots 42, 40 which are machined into each half of the two-part sleeve 26A, 26B. Only the part 26A is shown in the drawing, the part 26B is however identical thereto. At their inner ends these two arcuate slots 42, 40 merge into a cylindrical recess 98 which serves to accommodate a resilient cylindrical cushion in similar manner to the cylindrical cushion described in the above-mentioned international application No. PCT/EP89/00896.
As can be seen from FIG. 10 three pins 72, 82 and 74 extend through the center of the axle shaft 46 perpendicular thereto and project at both ends above and below the axle shaft, as can be seen from the pin 72 in FIG. 11. The central pin 82, which was previously described in relation to the embodiment of FIG. 1, and which can also be seen in FIG. 6, extends into the cylindrical recess 98, into a resilient cushion interposed in the cylindrical recess 98, and serves to center the wheel in the longitudinal fore and aft direction of the skate. The two other pins 72 and 74 project at each of their ends into the arcuate guides 40 and 42 in the two halves 26A and 26B of the sleeve, they are a sliding fit in these arcuate guides and ensure that the axle rotates about the center of curvature of the arcuate guide slots, which have a common center of curvature 44, i.e. which lie on a common arc.
At this juncture it should be explained that FIG. 6 is not a true vertical section through the wheel, instead the wheel and center portion of the axle have been turned clockwise through 115� relative to FIG. 7 so that the details of the assembly are easily seen. The correct alignment of the center of the axle and the sleeve assembly can be readily seen from FIG. 7 which shows the alignment of the center pin 82.
It should also be pointed out that the axle ends shown in FIG. 10 have been shown as if they were for use with the chassis of FIG. 2 and can also be thought of as having the form used prior to welding on of the lugs. In fact it is not necessary to provide such a detailed shape of the axle ends prior to welding on of the lugs, thus saving substantial machine work.
It can be seen from FIG. 6 and also from FIG. 8, that the two halves 26A, 26B of the sleeve have a recess therein which is generally of hour glass shape in plan view. It can be thought of as being formed by two narrow isoceles triangles the apices of which merge into one another. The purpose of this shape is to provide sufficient freedom of movement between the sleeve and the axle 46 during steering of the wheel. As can be seen from FIG. 8 the extent of this movement amounts to 9� to either side, i.e. to a total of 18� of steering movement.
At this stage it should also be pointed out that it is particularly beneficial for the arcuate slots 40 and 42 to merge fully into the cylindrical recess for the resilient cushion. In this way, during extreme steering movement, the respective pin 72, 74 nearest to the resilient cushion can exert a further compressive force on the cushion thus modifying the effect thereof.
It will be noted, in particular from FIG. 9, that the base of the recess in each of the two halves 26A, 26B of the sleeves is flat and these flat surfaces cooperate with the essentially flat corresponding surfaces of the axle 46, so that there is a good bearing area. The surfaces of the axle 46 and of the pin 72, 74 can if necessary be coated with a friction reducing coating, for example of PTFE.
It will be noted that with the single bearing arrangement the two ends of the split sleeve 26A, 26B project at the left and right sides beyond the inner race of the bearing. In order to prevent any tendency for the two halves of the sleeve to separate outside of the bearing two retaining collars 110, 112 are provided which are pushed onto the two ends of the sleeve. The retaining collars may be provided with an internal thread so that they can be screwed onto the sleeve and indeed the arrangement can be such that the retaining collars cut their own thread in the sleeve. The retaining collars can be extended radially as shown in FIG. 6 to provide the effect of a hub cap and to better seal the space containing the bearing. The bores in the retaining collars could also be tapered and mate with tapered ends of the sleeve. Such tapered ends can facilitate entry of the sleeve through the inner race of the bearing if dimensional constraints are tight.
The sleeve is preferably made in a technical plastic such as Delrin, Arnite or Hostaform (registered trade marks). The axle can be made in steel or titanium (for example) and the retaining collars are preferably made in a lightweight material such as magnesium or aluminium.
FIGS. 12 and 13 show an axle arrangement for a non-steered center wheel. Here the axle 46.1 is mounted via two integral lugs or posts 56, 58 to the chassis in the same way as previously described. The serrations 94 on the lug 56 can be readily seen from FIG. 13. Moreover it will be noted from FIG. 13 that in this embodiment the square section of the axle shaft 46.1 is horizontally aligned.
On the square section of the axle shaft 46.1 there is again mounted a two-part sleeve 26A', 26B' which in this case also comprises two identical halves but with a throughgoing central axial aperture of constant square cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the square portion of the axle 46.1. Thus the two sleeve portions 26A' and 26B' are free to slide in the axial direction along the square section portion of the axle shaft 46.1. It will be understood that the wheel is mounted on the sleeve 26A', 26B' in the same way as the wheel 12 is mounted on the sleeve 26A, 26B of the FIGS. 1 and 6 embodiments.
Interposed between the sleeve and the posts are two preshaped resilient rubber cushions 102 and 104 which permit axial sliding of the wheel and sleeve along the square section portion of the axle shaft 46.1 but also produce a self-centering movement of the latter.
FIGS. 14 and 15 show a variant of the embodiment of FIGS. 6 to 11. In this embodiment the two pins 72 and 74 are replaced by a segment of a cylinder which projects at both ends beyond the upper and lower surfaces of the square section axle 46. As shown in FIG. 15 the cylindrical segment is in this embodiment an actual segment of a cylinder, e.g. of a steel tube, which is inserted into an arcuate slot in the axle 46 and may for example be fixed in place by brazing or by cross-pinning (not shown). It is however entirely possible to manufacture the axle from a solid by machining, or indeed to shape it by a forging or casting process. It will be understood that the cylindrical segment projection 72, 74 of the FIG. 14 and 15 embodiment provides a greater bearing surface in the arcuate slots than the cylindrical pins 72 and 74 and this may be of advantage if the arcuate slots should tend to wear too rapidly.
Although not shown in this embodiment a central pin 82 could again be used with resilient cushions to provide resetting of the wheel to the straightahead position, alternatively a different embodiment could be used, for example with resilient cushions provided at the ends of the sleeve to achieve self-centering.
It should be noted that with an embodiment in which the wheel assemblies are mounted on leading or trailing links (not shown) the lugs 56, 58 can take the form of the respective links and can again be formed integral with the axle shaft 46.
FIGS. 16 and 17 show the preferred way of mounting a wheel and axle assembly in accordance with the present invention in a chassis. Again the chassis has a horizontal base portion 89 and two vertically downwardly directed side rails 90 and 91, the lower portions of which are offset inwardly towards the central longitudinal axis of the skate by a small amount. The notable feature of this axle mounting arrangement is the elongate rounded slot-like openings 100 which are present in both of the inwardly offset portions of the side rail 90 and 91. The axle 46 of this embodiment, which closely resembles the axle 46 of the FIG. 10 and 11 embodiment is mounted at its two ends in inserts 102, 104 which are inserted into the elongate slot-like apertures 100 in the side rails. The inserts can for example be formed in a metal or a technical plastic. It will be noted that they each have a head portion 106 which sits against the outer surface of the respective side rail and a spigot portion 108 which fits into the respective opening 100 in the side rail. At their inner sides the inserts 102, 104 each have a generally squared recess which accommodates the respective square section end of the axle 46. In this way the orientation of the axis 46 is accurately determined so that the notional steering axis has the desired angular position as recited earlier in this specification. If desired the inserts can also be provided with lugs 110, 112 at the two sides which fit into neighbouring ones of the equally spaced apertures 100 to further locate the inserts 102, 104. The axle is retained in the chassis and in the inserts via counter-sunk screws 114 which fit through the insert into screw threads provided in the ends of the axle 46. The counter-sunk heads of the screws 114 are received in respective counter-sunk recesses 116 of the inserts.
The corners 118 of the axle shown in hatched lines in FIG. 17 are preferably removed to permit the axle to extend through the openings 100 in the side rails of the chassis into the inserts. The flat surfaces which result provide additional location.
The above described arrangement has several benefits. First of all the inserts can be made so that the recess for the axle end and the screw are slightly asymmetrically positioned as indicated by the distance 120 and so that they are reversible in the vertical direction, i.e. can be fitted either one way up or the other way up. In this way it is possible to achieve the canting effect described earlier in the specification. Moreover, different cantings can be achieved with different inserts and it is in each case only necessary to produce one design of insert which can be used as desired on either side of the chassis. Secondly the ability to use a square section bar as the axle greatly simplifies the design of the axle and its manufacturing cost. Adequate space is available for the insertion of the wheel and axle assembly into the chassis because the inserts are fitted after the axle has been roughly positioned in a pair of opposing slots 100 on opposite sides of the chassis. Furthermore, the ability to offset the bottom ends of the side rails inwardly means effectively that the chassis is broader at the top end and this allows for a greater angle of deflection of the wheel (25� not shown in FIG. 16). Moreover, by producing a chassis with a whole row of equispaced holes 100 the wheels can be positioned at any desired position along the chassis and indeed combinations of two, three or more wheels can be used in a particular chassis as desired.
Two further possible embodiments should be mentioned here.
Although it is preferred to use one ball bearing per wheel for cost reasons the design of the present application could nevertheless be realised using two ball bearings as previously. That is to say the design concept here would be fully consistent with a two ball bearing per wheel skate which could possibly be of advantage for example with a very heavy skater or, if it is desired, to build in a certain degree of speed restriction for the skates. It has namely been found that two ball bearings per wheel cause a certain degree of frictional braking.
The other embodiment which is of particular interest to racers is the ability to shorten the arcuate guide for the axle or indeed to make this guide asymmetric to one side. This would then mean that the steering angle in one direction would be smaller than in the other. It could for example be achieved by shortening one of the arcuate guides 40, 42 of FIG. 8 at the outside end to restrict the steering angle. A similar modification could be made in the example of FIG. 1. A shortening of the arcuate tracks of this kind, which could also be achieved by inserts, would have a special advantage for racers who race around closed tracks and predominantly run in one direction thus needing greater steering in one direction than in the other.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|7 Feb 1968
|17 Mar 1970
|Toone Dean W
|Roller skate construction
|28 Jun 1976
|2 Jan 1979
|Duoroll A.G.
|Multi-wheel in-line roller skates
|22 Jan 1981
|13 Sep 1983
|Gray Robert C
|Roller skate axle suspension
|3 Mar 1992
|6 Apr 1993
|Lai Kuo J
|Steerable wheel assembly for a roller skate
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|4 Sep 1997
|7 Nov 2000
|Pawlowski; Christoph
|Wheel for roller skates of the inline skate type
|6 Nov 1998
|5 Jun 2001
|Crosskate, Llc
|Steerable wheel assembly with damping and centering force mechanism for an in-line skate or roller ski
|30 Aug 2000
|8 Jan 2002
|Kenneth R. Orr
|Embedded single bearing wheel
|13 Dec 1999
|6 Aug 2002
|Yoshi Namiki
|Inline skateboard
|18 Sep 2002
|9 Mar 2004
|Ridg-U-Rak, Inc.
|Bolted axle wheel assembly
|20 Feb 2002
|20 Jul 2004
|Mearthane Products Corporation
|Shoes for walking and rolling
|17 May 2004
|28 Oct 2004
|Mearthane Products Corporation, A Rhode Island Corporation
|Shoes for walking and rolling
|20 Nov 2003
|26 May 2005
|Chuan-Fu Kao
|Structure of turning control on a wheel
|6 Jun 1996
|19 Dec 1996
|Mayer Bruce A Ii
|Roller skate with brake
|20 Feb 2003
|28 Aug 2003
|Mearthane Products Corporation
|Shoes for walking and rolling
|U.S. Classification
|280/11.223, 301/5.7, 280/11.28, 280/11.233
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|26 Jan 1999
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|12 Mar 2003
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|21 Aug 2003
|Surcharge for late payment
Year of fee payment: 7
|21 Aug 2003
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 8
|7 Mar 2007
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|22 Aug 2007
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|9 Oct 2007
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
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Russell Investments released results of its fourth-quarter surveyof high-level money managers Monday. Here are the five key takeaways from its report.
1. Two-thirds of money managers are most bullish on emerging market stocks. That's in stark contrast to this time last year when only 16% of managers were bullish on emerging markets. About half of managers is bullish on foreign developed markets for 2013, while only a third was bullish on the category last year.
"Managers' increased bullishness for both emerging markets and non-U.S. developed markets equities probably reflects increased confidence in the situation in the eurozone and in China's policies regarding economic growth," Russell's report said. "This turnaround in bullishness may be reflective of managers' increasing comfort with the European crisis, if not from a perspective of resolution at least from a perspective of the situation being already priced into global markets.
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IShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA), tracking developed foreign markets, has returned 15.93% year to date after losing 12.25% in 2011.
IShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) gained 15.76% year to date, following an 18.82% dive the year before.
By comparison, the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) added 14.92% year to date, following a 1.89% uptick last year.
2. A majority, 61%, of managers is bullish on real estate. It marks a dramatic improvement from the year-ago period when only 14% were bullish on real estate.
"Increased bullishness for real estate may reflect manager reaction to more positive news about real estate in general and the fact that the asset class continues to look attractive to managers in their search for yield," the report stated. "After extended periods of high vacancy rates, existing real estate is benefiting from increased demand due to exceptionally low levels of new construction.
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Vanguard REIT Index ETF (VNQ), the largest real estate ETF by assets, has climbed 14.19% year to date. It returned 8.62% in 2011.
3. A little more than half of managers, 57%, is bullish on technology. Managers were more bullish on tech in the September survey. But they were mostly bearish on the sector last December.
Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) is ahead 14.00% year to date after rising only 2.61% last year.
4. More than half of managers were most bullish on technology, health care and energy.
"Technology has a long history in the top spot on the bullish sentiment list, as managers are attracted to the strong balance sheets and cash-flow generation of many technology companies," Russell's report said. "The health care sector may be the beneficiary of more clarity of direction based on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
"As for the energy sector, some managers see growing demand and others may want to hedge themselves against Middle East unrest. Additionally, some managers are seeing attractive opportunities in the natural gas and shale opportunities within the sector."
Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) has popped 18.58% year to date vs. a 12.39% gain in 2011.
Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) lagged the market this year with a 4.14% gain, following a paltry 2.84% return in 2011.
5. Only 7% of managers are bullish on U.S. Treasuries for 2013. That's a dramatic reversal from this time last year, when three-fourths were bullish on government bonds.
IShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT), the largest ETF of its kind, is up 4.45% year to date after rallying an eye-popping 33.96% in 2011.
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Skip to comments.Radical Islam? What's That?
Posted on 05/14/2010 4:26:03 AM PDT by moneyrunner
Could radical Islam be responsible for recent terrorist attacks inside the U.S.? That question doesn't seem like too much of a poser, but it was too much for Attorney General Eric Holder when he testified before the House Judiciary Committee today. Rep. Lamar Smith tries to get Holder to acknowledge that radical Islam could have played a role in one or more of the recent attacks, but Holder apparently views it as a trick question:
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Radical Islam is a redundant term.
Holder's a weak little weasel who is merely echoing his boss's love for Islam. You will never hear this President condemn radical Islam. That is the "religion" of his upbringing, after all.
Nothing short of AMAZING! Holder is out of his mind.
If Holder was truthful (impossible) he would have to admit
radical Islam is in the White House - systematically
destroying America with his help.
Holder twists himself into a pretzel to avoid making a simple factual statement about radical islam.
He actually appears to be rather insane! He will consider any motive for the attempted terror attack but the truth!
He says he doesn't want to put down a religion. I bet he wouldn't hestitate if it were Christianity. Heck, they call Christians radical for much less than putting a bomb in Times Square.
It is a trick question for sure. It is a real trick to get these folks to speak even the most obvious truth. They are tortured by direct questions. If you waterboarded them you might be more successful in getting the truth out of them.
They're not morons...they're enemy sympathizers!
What Holder is doing, plain and simple, is discounting (whitewashing) the crime by confusing the motive.
When he says that there were a variety of motives for the crime, he exonerates the real criminal, Islam!
No doubt they are incompetent, in way over their heads, and more interested in running their domestic agenda but...
...no one is this dumb. Really. I mean, the PC blinders can only filter out so much. I think Holder knows it is just a matter of time before the terrorists do something else to further embarrass and prove that obama and his cohorts in crime don't know WTF they are doing.
The good thing about these ongoing terrorist incidents is that they provide object lessons to the US Citizens that obama and crew are incompetent socialist idiots. The bad thing about these incidents is that these lessons come at the expense and risk to American lives, including yours, mine, our families' and friends'.
They play BOTH sides for the Obama Caliphate.
Fact: Army Major (Hasan) was on the Presidential Transition Team
and Hasan served on the Homeland Security Policy Institutes
presidential transition task force
Fact: The Obama Caliphate (U.S.S.R. Government Pays $23,000 a Month
to Mosque of Ft. Hood Shooting Supporter Al-Awlaki.
Fact: The Obama Caliphate and Holders DOJ have systematically helped
every Enemy of America, every terrorist taken,
as Obama ditched every American ally.
While I believe many in the administration (and Libs in general) are sympathetic to the enemy, I believe Obama himself is an enemy combatant!
As regards Holder, I haven't quite figured him out yet.
He is certainly grossly sympathetic to and tireless in serving the cause of islam, but I don't know enough about his background and experience to know if he is, in fact, a muslim.
Radical Islam is any act or belief in Allah as the Supreme Deity and Muhammad as his Messenger - based upon the book Muhammad wrote. Any faith that maintains as central tenets that non-believers must either be converted, enslaved or murdered - with no other options - is, at its' most fundamental core - a radical faith.
They got a black-muslim Marxist elected President. They brilliantly engineered a huge new round of socialism on America, in little more than a year, despite widespread opposition. That is not moronic, it is very clever.
Never underestimate your enemy, & never confuse evil with stupid. Either attitude will hurt you.
Holder simply didn't want to admit that islamists have anything to do with terrorism, because he sympathizes with them. Holder needs to go! He is neither fair, nor impartial. Not the best person to decide what is prosecuted & what is not.
"Radical Islam" sounds a lot like "extra medium".
"attorney general" now equals "attorney fool" or "attorney appeaser"
Thanks for posting this video — I'd seen references to the exchange but hadn't actually witnessed it. I find interesting how insistent Holder was on explaining that the actual teachings of Islam are different from what these bad radical people are saying and doing. How does the know that?
IMO, the Liberal philosophy is so illogical & irrational that it can never be clearly explained w/o being laughed out of the room. This is why they can't explain their policies w/o lying, babbling, and/or just refusing to answer, as Holder has been doing since day one. He wouldn't make any sense if he actually told the truth. He is trying hard not to get laughed at.
Mainstream Islam wants you converted, enslaved or dead- your choice. Radical Islam simply skips the first two.
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