Christmas Tree Rocketry

An anonymous reader writes "It`s after Christmas, so what do you do with your Christmas tree? Turn it into an missile of course! From the creators of 'Christmas Tree Rocketry: The Art and Science of Holiday Recycling'(video) comes a new epic, the flight of the XMS MissileToe."

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21 missing Pakistani policemen found shot dead

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ? Twenty-one tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region early Sunday, government officials said.

Officials found the bodies shortly after midnight in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar after being notified by one policeman who escaped, said Naveed Akbar Khan, a top political official in the area. Another policeman was found seriously wounded, said Khan.

The 23 policemen went missing before dawn Thursday when militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked two posts in Frontier Region Peshawar. Two policemen were also killed in the attacks.

Militants lined the policemen up on a cricket pitch late Saturday night and gunned them down, said another local official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion fell on the Pakistani Taliban, who have been waging a bloody insurgency against the government for the past few years. The tribal region is the main sanctuary for the Taliban in Pakistan.

On Saturday, an explosion ripped through a passenger bus at a terminal in the southern city of Karachi, killing six people and wounding 52 others, some of whom were in critical condition, said Seemi Jamali, a doctor at the hospital where the victims were being treated.

Police were trying to determine whether the blast, which reduced the bus to a charred skeleton, was caused by a bomb or a gas canister that exploded, said police spokesman Imran Shaukat. Many buses in Pakistan run on natural gas.

Karachi has a long history of political, ethnic and sectarian violence. It is also believed to be home to many Taliban militants who have fled U.S. drone attacks and Pakistani army operations in the country's northwest.

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Associated Press writer Adil Jawad in Karachi, Pakistan, contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/21-missing-pakistani-policemen-found-shot-dead-214325784.html

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Insurance News - Illinoins Announces Health Insurance Co-Op

CHICAGO, Dec. 24 -- The Illinois Department of Insurance issued the following news release:

The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) today announced that Land of Lincoln Health, Inc., a nonprofit Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP), has received $160 million in federal loans and will now apply for licensure as an Illinois mutual insurer to offer individuals and small business owners health insurance. Upon receiving state license approval, Land of Lincoln Health will be able to offer health coverage through the Illinois benefits health exchange.

"We continue our efforts to create a health benefits exchange under the Affordable Care Act. This move to allow health coverage through a CO-OP marks another positive step to provide the people of Illinois more choices for quality healthcare," said Governor Pat Quinn.

Land of Lincoln Health, incorporated by Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, is currently the first and only CO-OP in Illinois to receive approval by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). With an innovative, consumer-focused healthcare delivery model, Land of Lincoln Health is designed to provide Illinois communities with insurance options tailored to meet specific health and budgetary needs.

"Our Department is pleased to help Illinois residents and small business owners gain access to reliable high-quality, low-cost health insurance coverage through access to CO-OPs," said DOI Director Andrew Boron. "We are pleased that Land of Lincoln is working to make consumer protections within the healthcare insurance industry a priority."

CO-OPs are member-based and required to use any revenues, after expenses, towards improving the overall quality of healthcare coverage, including lowering insurance premiums and enhancing health benefits. Individuals and small businesses can purchase health insurance at affordable prices through CO-OPs -- both inside and outside of health care exchanges -- starting January 1, 2014.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) allows for $3.8 billion in federal funding loans to assist states in establishing CO-OPs with non-profit, member-based health insurance organizations in each state. Through its state-partnership exchange, Illinois is the 24th state to receive federal approval and funding. More information on the federal loan is available at: http://www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/2012/02/coops02212012a.html

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Canada opens U18 women?s hockey tourney with win over Hungary

The Canadian team picked up where it left off Saturday as the defending champions kicked off the 2013 IIHF under-18 women's world championship with a 4-1 win over Hungary.

Ashleigh Brykaliuk, Cassidy Carels, Karly Heffernan and Eden Murray scored for Canada and netminder Jessica Dodds made 10 saves for the victory.

?We didn?t have a lot of success early but the great thing is the girls just stuck with the game plan and they kept working at it,? said Canadian coach Jim Fetter. ?We were able to create a little bit more offence in the third.?

Brykaliuk opened the scoring late in the first period at the Vierumaki Areena but Tifani Horvath tied the game midway through the second period.

Carels responded with a short-handed goal a few minutes later. Heffernan and Murray added insurance goals early in the final period.

Canada outshot Hungary 35-11.

In other preliminary round games, Finland edged Germany 3-2, the United States dumped Russia 7-0 and Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 3-2.

Canada will play host Finland on Sunday.

?We?re expecting the same type of challenge that we got from Hungary tonight,? Fetter said. ?They?re at home, they?re going to want to impress.?

The playoff round begins Wednesday and the medal games are set for next Saturday. Canada won last year?s tournament in the Czech Republic.

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/canada-opens-u18-womens-hockey-tourney-with-win-over-hungary/article6797065/?cmpid=rss1

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inrng : roads to ride - alpe d'huez

Alpe d'Huez

As the first part of a series to explore the famous roads of cycling, here is the Alpe d?Huez in France. The idea with this weekly series is to discover the road and its place in the world, whether its part in cycling?s folklore or to explore what it is like on a normal day without a race.

Alpe d?Huez is first as it?s one of road cycling?s most famous routes, an Alpine theatre that has become famous and even had books written about it. Next summer the Tour will climb the road twice in one day.

But for all its fame, this is a new climb that only gained in notoriety during the 1980s where began to feature almost annually on the Tour?s route.

The Route
The D211 road climbs out of Bourg d?Oisans to the ski resort of Alpe d?Huez at 1,860 metres above sea level. It is 13.2km long with an average gradient of 8.1% making it a tough climb but the road is wide, well-surfaced and a work of engineering that tames the mountain.

Alpe d'Huez

Much of the engineered sensation comes from the famous 21 hairpin bends. A typical bend in the mountains sees the inside of the road rise up so steeply that most cyclists avoid cutting the apex when climbing so as not to stall. But the road to the Alpe has many flat and wide bends to allow even the largest of vehicles to corner with ease.

Alpe d'Huez hairpins

Le zig et le zag

Everyone says the climb has 21 hairpins which is correct if you stop upon entering the ski resort of Alpe d?Huez only few stop at the sign. This means there are more bends to climb.

It?s not necessarily the most beautiful climb. The road climbs up some steep slopes where it flanked by steep concrete walls on one side which radiate heat back to the riders on a hot day, the green pastures only emerge at the end. But there are good views of the Romanche valley.

Feel
You can count the hairpins and measure the gradient but roads often have an unquantifiable feeling. This is a busy road that has been designed by civil engineers and without a race the climb feels functional. There?s none of the ersatz spiritualism of Mont Ventoux nor is it the toughest of climbs ? there are harder roads nearby.

The climb starts steep, going from flat road to a 10% grade in an instant, big ring to inner ring in a click. The best part is the middle section, with elevation a rider can gaze at the valley below but also spot the road snaking ominously above. Unlike other Alpine roads this does not meander up a valley, following the natural course of a river. Instead this is a supersize parking garage with 21 levels connected by a series of ramps.

It?s rural but there?s a mild suburban vibe with the street furniture, the concrete wall and crash barriers that line much of the road. As the top approaches the ski resort and its ugly constructions detract from the mountains around.

Scanning the photo archives, there are few scenic photos, instead the focus is on the action and also the dense crowds which part to let the leaders pass although perhaps this is because most photographers don?t have the time to compose a shot since they need to get to the finish to capture the winning moment.

History
The village of Huez sits about halfway up the climb and has long been inhabited, perching on the slopes. But higher up the open pastures were used for grazing cattle. At one time a silver mine was operated for the benefit of the local royalty and protected by the Chateau de Brandes. The fort has crumbled now the mine has gone. Instead the place earns its coin from tourism and in the 1920s winter sports became a leisure activity and the ski resort began to take shape. If others invented the ski lift by accident, for example to transport goods up the mountain by sliding sacks uphill over the snow, Alpe d?Huez claims it was the first to install a formal ski lift.

Tour de France History
The nearby Galibier pass was first included in 1911 but the Tour did not climb the Alpe until 1952 when it was used for the race?s first ever summit finish. Fausto Coppi won. It was not until 1976 that the race returned meaning the road is a relic of the modern era as it established itself as a regular summit finish in the 1980s and 1990s. This suggests the sport?s pantheon of legendary venues can be opened up to include new places with relative ease.

The Dutch left their mark with wins two stage victories each for Joop Zootemelk, Hennie Kuiper and Peter Winnen in the 1970s and 80s, along with Steven Rooks and Gert-Jan Theunisse. To this day the place is a big draw with the Dutch in summer and winter alike.

The resort has made up for lost time and embraced cycling. Each hairpin bend is named after a Tour stage winner but given the race has visited so often now some corners now have two names? although the local council is set to delete Lance Armstrong. But if the hairpins are numbered this owes little to the Tour: the bends were numbered to help snow plough drivers in heavy snowfall.

Owing to its regularity in the Tour as a summit finish in recent years it has indeed proved decisive for the race although this is not always so:

  • Carlos Sastre?s attack in 2008 saw him ride away with the stage win and yellow jersey. Many expected Cadel Evans to overhaul the Spaniard in the final time trial but Sastre?s advantage was too big
  • He?s not so popular these days but Lance Armstrong?s ?look? in 2001 might be a defining image of his career, he fixed long time rival Jan Ullrich with a gaze before riding away. Both riders later downplayed the incident but it lives on as a TV moment
  • The race took a flat approach in 1997 and Marco Pantani?s Mercatone Uno team drove the pace all the way to the foot of the climb and then left their leader to finish the job on the slopes. Pantani flew up in record time of 37m35s, although this time is disputed. His memory lives on with a modest Prix Pantani usually awarded to stage winners now
  • In 1986 Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond were on the same team but fought each other during the race in a tale recounted by Richard Moore?s ?Slaying The Badger? book. Hinault and LeMond arrived at the finish line together
  • In 1984 Luis ?Lucho? Herrera won the stage on his way to taking the King of the Mountains prize, the first Colombian to win a stage in the race and marking the emergence of riders from beyond Europe

On A Normal Day
So what?s it like when the crowds are gone? Well it?s busy, at least for an Alpine road. The road is open all year as the ski resort requires easy access.

  • Right now the ski season is on and the road is open and you can ride up but the descent will be cold. But summer is closer than you think with graffiti left by cycling fans. If the road gets resurfaced the walls can retain tributes to Pantani or Virenque. The road is busy with tourist traffic as there is no ski piste down to the valley. So everyone has to go up the mountain before they can slide down. Large coaches exploit the wide hairpin bends with ease whilst many vehicles ferry food and other supplies to resort
  • There is a summer season and the road creaks with cyclists winching their way uphill. This includes keen amateurs in town for the annual Marmotte ride, the world?s first gran fondo event which started in 1982. But the climb?s reputation goes far and you will spot Dutch couples pushing their town bikes. There is bike rental in several bike shops in Bourg d?Oisans where casual visitors can try it for themselves. Less adventurous tourists just drive up, their vehicles reeking of burning clutch plates and brake pads
  • The third season is the quiet time of year, in between the Tour and the snow, between the heat and the winter. Here the road is much quieter as the ski resort gets repaired during the off-season. The road can be fixed but still cyclists will tackle the slopes including many ski instructors who work on their fitness when there?s no snow
Marmotte

The world?s first gran fondo

Overflow
The road is proving so popular with cyclists that one reason for this year?s Tour de France double ascension is to showcase the Col de Sarenne. After climbing up to Alpe d?Huez the race will tackle the Col de Sarenne which sits behind the ski resort at 1,999m before descending to the valley and riding back to Bourg d?Oisans for the final climb. If only a fraction of the visiting cyclists take this alternative descent in the summer it will ease the traffic

Travel and Access
Grenoble is the nearest city with rail connections from Paris and both Lyon and Geneva airports are not far. The only public transport is a bus to Bourg d?Oisans.

You can stay in Alpe d?Huez but like many purpose-built ski resorts, it looks better when buried under the snow and its charm melts with the snow. Down below Bourg d?Oisans makes a better base with a range of family-run hotels.

As well as ascending the main road via Huez and the back route via the Col de Sarenne there is a third route up via the village of Villard-Reculas. There are also many other cols in the area that have been used by the Tour de France, from giants like the Galibier via the Lautaret and the Glandon and Croix de Fer sisters, all of which tend to be open from May until October.

Summary
The most famous climb of the Tour de France? Perhaps but the Alps have plenty more to offer. The wide road and regular gradient make it a hard climb but it?s a steady ramp test, there are no nasty surprises. It?s more access road than mountain pass, and if it?s no Alpine highway, there can be enough traffic to ensure the mountain air has a diesel tang.

This is a road brought to life by racing and in fact it is a relatively recent edition to the sport. It is worth trying on a visit to the Alps but nearby roads offer a more typical Alpine experience of high altitude, green pastures and open space.

I?m sometimes asked by email about where to ride in France and Italy. With this series hopefully there are some answers. Next week the climb from Bellagio to the Madonna dello Ghisallo Chapel

Source: http://inrng.com/2012/12/roads-to-ride-alpe-d-huez/

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5 Stocks Being Accumulated By Hedge Funds - Seeking Alpha

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. (More...)

One of the best ways for investors to get a feel for solid investments is to look at what hedge funds and institutional firms are buying. These funds typically spend a great deal of time analyzing industries, corporate financials, and executive competency. If an investor feels strongly about a stock, seeing that a hedge fund added a position can serve as an added confirmation. Investors can track these purchases through the 13F quarterly report.

The 13F is a quarterly report containing details regarding large stock holdings held by institutions with at least $100 million in assets under management. These large institutions are required to file these reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 13F is incredibly useful for investors and traders, as it allows the small retail person to follow what the large professional is investing in. It is one way to help balance out the uneven flow of information.

The list below includes five stocks in which funds have increased their holdings by at least 5 million shares (as of the November filing) and have an average equity trading volume of at least 1.5 million shares each day. The liquidity is important as it allows investors to enter and exit their positions easily.

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF)

In the latest filing, Citadel Advisors purchased over 5,000,000 shares. Its current holdings of ANF stands at just over 5.2 million shares. Citadel owns 6.3% of the company.

The company has had a fantastic performance over the past three months, which coincided with the most recent filing indicating large hedge fund purchases. The company has rallied mostly on the back of a strong earnings report in mid November. The stock jumped by more than 30% after the earnings announcement.

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With a strong chart, a fantastic earnings report, and added institutional buying, I would look to get long on any weakness over the next few weeks.

Star Scientific (STSI)

In the latest filing, net institutional purchases totaled approximately 13 million shares. This represents roughly 9.3% of the company's current float of 140 million shares.

The stock has fallen during the previous three months of trading but has seen a significant rise since November. This coincides with the 13F filing and once again indicates that funds know the right time to make an investment.

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Although the stock has seen a swell of institutional buying and a sharp rise in share price, the stock appears to have reached a tipping point with the stock selling off over the past week. The company's future depends on its ability to win lawsuits against the major tobacco companies for product infringement. It is unclear how long the company can last. Future secondary offerings are a possibility. Because of the uncertainty regarding the company's business model, I would advise to stay on the sidelines for now.

General Electric (GE)

In the latest filing, Bright Light Capital purchased just over six million shares to bring its total holdings of General Electric to 9.2 million shares.

The stock has fallen off over the past three months, although it has risen slightly since November.

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As the chart indicates, the stock has fallen since its earnings report in Mid October. What is also interesting to note are the rising volatility levels indicating that traders feel the shares may be in for some larger than usual price swings over the next 30 to 60 days.

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With escalating volatility and a stock price that has underperformed over the past few months, I would advise investors to stand on the sidelines until a better opportunity for entry presents itself.

Yahoo (YHOO)

During the most recent quarter, Greenlight Capital initiated a new position in the company of 5.1 million shares. Also, Third Point Capital added to its position as well. Interesting to note that Third Point was responsible for the ousting of the previous CEO and replacing the CEO with Marissa Mayer, formerly of Google Inc. (GOOG).

Over the past three months, Yahoo's stock performance has been one of the leaders across the market. This has been mostly fueled by the company's stellar earnings report on October 22, 2012. This caused an almost 6% increase in the underlying price and the stock hasn't looked back since. Currently, the company is trading at just 16 cents under its 52-week high.

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With a new but well trained CEO leading the charge, a fantastic set of technicals, and David Einhorn backing the company, investors should consider getting long.

Facebook (FB)

During the most recent quarter, Tiger Global increased its Facebook holdings by 9,000,000 shares. The fund now owns 11 million shares of the social networking company. Additionally, fellow hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones II, also purchased 100,000 shares of FB.

Over the past three months, Facebook's share price has been on a tear. It has traded back up to the mid 20s, which wasn't seen since the stock continued to descend in price after its initial public offering.

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There are several reasons for the recent increase in share price. The company released a strong earnings report in late October that caused investors to get back in. Additionally, the company has shed light on its plan to generate future revenue. A few of these opportunities include charging users for access to music and charging third parties for integration. Additionally, the company may eventually get into other segments of the market like online dating. With 1 billion unique visitors during the last quarter, a dating site could stand to be a profitable venture.

Investors who don't already own shares of Facebook, may want to consider adding a starter position and then monitor the share price over the next few months.

Conclusion

These institutional holdings are very interesting to analyze as they indicate what types of companies the largest money managers in the world are looking at. These 13F reports should be used as an additional tool for everyone's investing methodology. If you're going to follow these investments and also build a position, it's important to look at future 13F filings to determine if these same money managers reduced or sold out of their holdings.

Source: http://seekingalpha.com/article/1085651-5-stocks-being-accumulated-by-hedge-funds?source=feed

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Auto sales look good for '13, but for the 'cliff'

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It?s been a disappointing holiday season for many?retailers, but U.S. car dealers have been busily ringing up sales?as the year wraps up.

If preliminary numbers for December hold up, 2012 could prove to be the industry?s best year since the long recession and painfully weak recovery began. And 2013 is?shaping up to be even better ? unless auto sales fall off the fiscal cliff. ?

?I clearly hope we get some bipartisan effort to avoid the fiscal cliff,? said Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Ford Jr. ?It?s vitally important for the economy that we work this out.?

That's true for the auto industry, in particular. After nearly half a decade of struggles, carmakers are ending 2012 on a positive note. November saw demand for new cars, trucks and crossovers surge at a double-digit pace. In fact, a number of makers including Audi, BMW, Honda, Nissan and Porsche are setting all-time sales records for the month. By the end of November, Hyundai had already beaten its previous full-year record set in 2011.

December, meanwhile, is expected to see another gain of around 15 percent, year-over-year, according to a forecast by LMC Automotive. The consulting firm has now upped its final forecast for all of 2012 to 14.5 million and conservatively anticipates another comfortable jump next year.

?The U.S. light-vehicle sales market continues to be a bright spot in the tremulous global environment,? said Jeff Schuster, LMC?s senior vice president of forecasting.? ?The only major roadblock ahead for the U.S. market is the fiscal cliff. Assuming that hurdle is cleared, 2013 is one step closer to a stable and sustainable growth rate for autos, with volume above the 15 million unit mark.?

Barring that setback, analysts anticipate a steady shift in the sort of vehicles Americans have been buying.?

The upcoming North American International Auto Show will feature an assortment of new products, and the debut of the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette and Chevy?s next-generation Silverado pickup are likely to be two of the star attractions. But the floor of Detroit?s Cobo Center will be covered with a variety of downsized models, including Honda?s pint-sized Urban SUV Concept and the new Lincoln MKC compact luxury crossover.

Ford's?B- and C-segment models ? subcompacts like the updated 2013 Fiesta and compacts???have jumped from 13 percent?of the overall U.S. market to 24 percent since 2004, according to Mark Fields,?Ford?s chief operating officer.?And the trend is expected to continue at an even faster pace going forward.

If anything, Americans are downsizing powertrains at an even more rapid rate, trading in V-6s for inline-fours and even abandoning traditional V-8s for high-tech turbo V-6s. Six-cylinder engines now account for more than half of the demand in Ford?s big F-Series pickups, Fields said.

While demand for smaller models is soaring, sales of some traditional American vehicles have remained strong ? pickups in particular. Credit the strong upturn in the housing market in recent months, said Mark Reuss, president of North American operations at General Motors.?

While the so-called ?personal use? segment has largely dried up, there?s significant pent-up demand among contractors and other professional for pickups and other full-size trucks, something Detroit?s Big Three hope to use to their advantage as they continue to hold off import competitors like Nissan and Toyota.

Pent-up demand is likely to float all boats, says analyst Joe Phillippi, from the largest to the smallest market segments. It helps, he adds, that automotive interest rates are at or near historic lows.

On the downside, makers have been cutting back incentives as demand outstrips supply, especially of more popular models like the Hyundai Elantra and the new Honda Accord. There are still bargains to be had on slower-selling models, but research by TrueCar.com reveals that incentives have slipped to their lowest levels in several years even as transaction prices ? the price customers actually pay ? have risen to near-record levels.

And that is likely to translate into record industry earnings, at least in North America. Ironically, the market is running counter to trends in much of the rest of the world. European car sales have been in freefall all year, and without a clear resolution of the Continent?s economic crisis, few see any short-term solution.? Even China, which has seen annual growth rates approaching 100 percent over the past decade, has started to stumble.

So, makers from around the world are once again looking to the U.S. to carry the load. The good news is that ?the forecast ahead looks even better,? Toyota?s top U.S. executive, Jim Lentz, recently said, adding that ?analysts expect we will reach 16 million in just a few short years.?

That?s still well short of the U.S. all-time record of 17.5 million vehicles sold in 2005, but it?s still a welcome turnaround from the disastrous slump the industry has only just left behind.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/auto-sales-look-good-2013-unless-we-drive-cliff-1C7755874

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Possible legal troubles for makers of "Blue Brees" - WAFB 9 News ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -

A spokesman for Drew Brees says the Saints quarterback had no idea his photo is being used to market a possible synthetic drug sold in Baton Rouge. While he would not elaborate, he says Brees will take "appropriate action".

Mary Hughes says her 16-year-old son had a bad reaction from after he smoked something called "Blue Brees". She says he could barely stand up and his speech was slurred.

The Baton Rouge store that sells it, called Zombieland, has signs posted saying products like this are not for human consumption. But Assistant District Attorney John Russell says the signs are almost pointless when packaging implies something else.

"It's kind of tongue-in-cheek little humor involved to let them know, 'Hey this is not really aromatherapy, it's not incense, it's not bath salts....it's exactly what you're looking for,'" said Russell.

The tongue-in-cheek image on the product Hughes's son smoked is of a zombie-like picture of Saints quarterback Drew Brees. That in itself could land the maker in legal trouble.

"The key is that they used the name in association with the number 9 jersey. Normally, leaving NFL or any other reference off is enough. But they didn't do that here," said John Church, LSU law professor. "They added the name 'Brees', so it seems as if that's what creates the connection in the minds of the consuming public. And I think it probably is a violation."

Prosecutors say says distributors of "Blue Brees" might be violating drug laws too. While the store owner insists they sell this product to use in oil burners and not for smoking, Russell says the way Louisiana's synthetic drug laws is written could be the difference.

"They've identified large groups of the organic molecules involved. So that by outlawing one group of organic molecules, you can effectively outlaw every substance that would fall within that group which could literally be hundreds of different variations," said Russell.

One of Zombieland's owners called 9News after Wednesday's and Thursday's stories aired. He tells us:

"We would like to apologize. There was no disrespect intended by using Drew Brees. We?re fans. It wasn't meant to be a representation of him or the Saints. It was a play on words. As soon as we saw the negative feedback on the WAFB website, we took it off the shelf and will not replace it. Zombieland is an aromatherapy store. We do not condone the consumption of any kind of synthetic drugs (ex. bath salts or cannabinoids)."

Copyright 2012 WAFB. All rights reserved.

Source: http://www.wafb.com/story/20436631/possible-legal-troubles-for-makers-of-blue-brees

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The Goebellesque/McTernin trick for 2013 - Menzies House

Considering modern technology, McTernan seeks to control ALP propaganda via Google and Wikipedia. When the ordinary person does a web search for "facts" about Australian political affairs, page after page will be propaganda from the Goebellesque McTernan. Step 6 of the 10 steps decreed in the Communist Manifesto as carried out in the US.?GC. Ed.

6.??????????????????Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands on the State.?Part of the [New Deal] by?Franklin Delano Roosevelt?theCommunications Act of 1934?established the [Federal Communications Commission (FCC)], it is charged with regulating all non-federal government use of the radio spectrum (including radio and television broadcasting), and all interstate telecommunications (wire, satellite, and cable) as well as all international communications that originate or terminate in the United States.

McTernan says:

''Adopting an open-data framework to increase transparency, accountability and collaboration would allow the digitally literate public to design innovative ways to use government data,'' he said in his thinker's report, which has been made public.

''Everybody in Australia has got two personal researchers - Google and Wikipedia,'' he said. ''So, in the end you need to be clear: this is the problem, these are the facts, this is the way we're going to analyse it, and this is what we're going to do.''

Read more:?http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/pms-adviser-encourages-a-more-cooperative-approach-20121227-2bxut.html#ixzz2GHlDMdMq

Source: http://www.menzieshouse.com.au/2012/12/the-goebellesquemcternin-trick-for-2013.html

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