The Government Attic

The Government Attic provides electronic copies of hundreds of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.  Fascinating historical documents, reports on items in the news, oddities and fun stuff and government bloopers, they're all here.  Think of browsing this site as rummaging through the Government's Attic

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Interesting Times Magazine

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The Harley-Davidson Museum

The Harley-Davidson Museum is located at "The intersection of History, Art and Culture," otherwise known as 400 Canal St, Milwaukee WI 53201.

At the H-D Museum you can:

• Walk through exhibits that tell the stories of the extraordinary people, products, history and culture of Harley-Davidson.
• Peek into a portion of the Archives never before open to the public, home to over 450 motorcycles and thousands of artifacts.
• Stroll around the 20 acre Museum campus, enjoy the riverwalk or just sit back along the waterfront taking in the Milwaukee skyline.
• Check out the unique Museum-inspired gifts available at The Shop.
• Examine the industrial architecture both inside and outside the Museum's three buildings.

Tickets are $16 for adults and $10 for kids 6 to 17.  Kids five and under get in free.

If you can't get to the actual museum, the website has a Virtual Tour that is fun to take.

Memberships offer privileges not available to the general public:

ONLINE: OPEN ROAD ($40 - annual fee) is the most basic membership.

Hey, we understand that not everyone can visit us as often as they'd like. So if your "other highway" is the Internet, you can stay connected to the Museum from your own computer. Open Road is our term for the membership that lets you immerse yourself, anywhere on the globe, in the people, products, culture and history of Harley-Davidson.
The Open Road Membership includes:

• One (1) Museum Admission
• One Collectible Limited Edition Dog Tag
• Special Privileges to Museum Programs, Events & Exhibits
• Invitation to Rockin’ Events
• Members-only website content
• Member-only e-mail news
• 10% Discount at The Shop® and Online Art Shop
• 10% Discount every time you eat at Motor® Bar & Restaurant

PREMIER: HILL CLIMBER ($500 - annual fee) is the Premium membership.

Through brute strength and a ton of guts, Harley® hill climbers would battle treacherous trajectories all in an effort to be called King of the Hill. Sound like you?

The Hill Climber Membership includes:

• Unlimited visits for two (2) adults and any children or grandchildren in the household
• Optional Guest Card: You choose to name a second member or use the card to bring any guest of your choice each time you visit.
• Twelve (12) Complimentary Guest Tickets
• Bring Up To Four (4) Complimentary Guests Each Visit
• Your guests receive $4 off admission each time you visit (not applicable with other discounts)
• Two (2) Collectible Limited Edition Dog Tags
• Special Privileges to Museum Programs, Events & Exhibits
• Invitation to Rockin’ Events
• Member-only website content
• Member-only e-mail news
• 10% Discount at The Shop® and Online Art Shop
• 10% Discount every time you eat at Motor® Bar & Restaurant
• The Backroad Chronicles, a pocket-sized guide to the Museum
• Kids Museum Backpacks
• Two (2) Backroads Tour Tickets
• Limited Edition Reproduction Vintage Poster
• Your choice* of: a 3" Living The Legend™ Rivet**, One Small Meeting Room Rental***, Four (4) Serial #1 or Three (3) Wrecking Crew Gift Memberships, or Fifteen (15) Additional Guest Tickets

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Bytes back!

Byte,  the best of the old computer magazines, is coming back, this time on the net.


Authoritative, trusted and deeply technical, BYTE set the bar for tech coverage for decades. And we're proud to announce its return.

Originally launched in 1975, BYTE ushered in the personal computer revolution. It was midwife to the birth of the Mac and the PC. In its pages, readers devoured each delectable detail. No one covered tech like BYTE. Now, we're in the midst of another revolution. We call it the consumerization of IT. If you've ever tried to root a phone or snuck an iPad into work -- or tried to figure out how to handle users like that -- you're part of it. And now you've got a ringside seat.

BYTE couldn't come back at a better time.

BYTE is here to focus on the technology you care most about. The technology you love. News, reviews, how tos and commentary are as authoritative and deeply technical as they ever were, but now offered in a mix of media and include the audience in the conversation via social channels.

BYTE pulls no punches -- digs deep to make sure you know exactly what you need to know to get the most out of your tech, what's worth buying and what to avoid at all cost. Check out what the team of journalists and tech pros has to offer. Sit down and stay awhile

Best of all Jerry Pournelle is back with Byte too!


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The virtual machine Shop

The virtual machine Shop (VMS) is a web site dedicated to the perpetuation of machine tool knowledge and training. This project is designed and maintained by volunteers from industry and academia and is free to everyone. Please feel free to learn here. Please feel free to teach here. The VMS is supported by donations (a donation of as little as $2.00 helps keep this site going).


"Is there really a demand for machinists? Yes — even in a recession. One rough calculation found that about a million high-skilled jobs remain unfilled. This is why a fresh approach to job-making, one that focuses on mastery of skills instead of simple button-pushing, matters. "If we go back to the old ways," says sociologist Richard Sennett, who has probably studied the quality of American working life as thoroughly as any other scholar in the past few decades, "we just go back to a very unsustainable path."
Joshua Cooper Ramo


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Nepal Khukuri house

Nepal Khukuri hHouse is THE site for Khukris and information thereon. Their history, manufacture, maintenance and handling are all covered in depth. They manufacture the knives as well as sell used, antique and custom khukris and, as stated below, are the official suppliers of khukris to the Nepalese government..

English was not the mother tongue of the webmaster, but the contents are quite readable. The paragraphs below, errors and all, are taken from the site.

Ex-gurkha khukuri house has a wide range of varieties (More than 200 items) based on Traditional, Army, Decorative, Souvenir, working blades etc. The company is the official suplier of the khukuris to the British Gurkha Unit, Marine Corps, Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Indian Gurkas. In course of time we have also supplied khukuries to the Pakistan, USA, German Embassies, Travel companies, Manpower Companies, Group 4 Security, UNMIN, The carter center and Banks as well.

The spelling of the kukri has been in dispute for some time. It has documented as khookree, khukri, khukuri, kukery, kukoori and kukri. There are mostly from early British accounts.tha spoken word is actually 3 syallable . Today’s accepted spelling are kukri or Khukri .The kukri is the national weapon and icon of Nepal . It was and still is the basic and traditional utility knife of Nepalese , a formidable and very effective weapon of gurkhas regiment throughout the world and an exquisite piece of local craftsmanship that symbolic pride and valor. It is wickedly curved in shape. it is basically carried in leather case, mostly having walnut wooden grip with two small knives .It is part of many traditional ritual among different ethnic group of Nepal, including one where the groom has to wear it during the weeding ceremony. The khukuri gained fame in the anglo-nepali war fpr its effectiveness and its continued use right through to and including both world war Iand world war II, enhanced its reputation among both allied troops and enemy force. The oldest known khukari are in national museum(Kathmandu in Nepal, and belonged to Drabya shah circa 1559.

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SmallParts.com

SmallParts was formed to meet the needs of organizations that required small quantities of special parts to produce sample items or prototypes. the source that companies and hobbyists have come to rely on for their R&D and production needs. With over 100,000 products, SmallParts.com has a part for any need.

Some of the features you’ll find on SmallParts.com include:

No minimum orders
Technical support
Ability to group your small part needs by project

You can also order from Small Parts by:

Phone – Order toll-free by calling 800-220-4242 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET.
Fax – Order toll-free at 800-423-9009 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Lab & Scientific

• Autoclave Equipment
• Balances
• Centrifuges
• Lab Filters
• Lab Shakers & Accessories
• Labware
• Meters
• Microscope Equipment
• Pipettes
• Stirrers
• Shop All

Tubing, Pipes & Hoses

• Aluminum Tubing
• Brass Tubing
• Heat-shrink Tubing
• Hoses
• Nylon Tubing
• Polyethylene Tubing
• Polyurethane Tubing
• Stainless Steel Tubing
• Steel Tubing
• Tygon Tubing
• Shop All

Fittings & Valves

• Barbed Fittings
• Compression Fittings
• Hose Clamps
• Luer Fittings
• Pipe Fittings
• Push-to-connect Fittings
• Quick-connect Fittings
• Threaded Tube Fittings
• Threaded-to-barbed Fittings
• Shop All

Health & Safety

• Coveralls
• Eye Wash Units
• Fall Protection Hardware
• Gloves
• Hazardous Storage
• Lab Coats & Jackets
• Lab Matting
• Lockout & Tagout Products
• Spill Control Supplies
• Warning Signs
• Shop All

Measurement & Inspection

• Calipers
• Gauge Blocks
• Height Gauges
• Micrometers
• Optical Inspection Apparatus
• Precision Measurement Rules
• Ring Gauges
• Test Indicators
• Thickness Gauges
• Thread Gauges
• Shop All

Materials

• Aluminum
• Brass
• Bronze
• Ceramics
• Copper
• Plastics
• Rubber
• Shims & Shim Stock
• Stainless Steel
• Steel
• Shop All

Cutting Tools

• Annular Cutters
• Band Saw Blades
• Countersinks
• Cutting Burs
• Drill Bits
• End Mills
• Indexable Inserts
• Reamers
• Threading Dies
• Threading Taps
• Shop All

Abrasives & Finishing

• Abrasive Belts
• Abrasive Brushes
• Abrasive Discs
• Abrasive Mounted Points
• Abrasive Rolls
• Abrasive Wheels
• Hand Files
• Laps & Hones
• Sandpaper & Abrasive Cloth
• Sharpening Stones
• Shop All

Power & Hand Tools

• Drills
• Nailers & Staplers
• Pliers
• Punches
• Sanders & Grinders
• Screwdrivers
• Sockets & Socket Sets
• Soldering, Brazing & Welding
• Workholding
• Wrenches
• Shop All

Power Transmission

• Bearings
• Belts
• Flexible Couplings
• Gears
• Linear Motion
• Lubricants and Oils
• Pulleys
• Roller Chain Sprockets
• Shaft Collars
• Springs
• Shop All

Fasteners

• Bolts
• Nuts
• Pins
• Retaining Rings
• Rivets
• Screws
• Spacers & Standoffs
• Threaded Inserts
• Threaded Rods & Studs
• Washers
• Shop All

Material Handling

• Cable & Wire Rope
• Casters
• Coil Chains
• Hand Trucks
• Hoist Rings
• Manual Hoists
• Power Hoists
• Rigging Blocks
• Trolleys
• Shop All

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Container Homes

Container Homes have the advantage of being cheap and extremely durable, but there are a lot of things a potential owner/builder needs to know. This site seems to have that information in their tutorials.

ContainerHome.info is all about helping people interested in How to Plan, Design and Build your own House out of Shipping Cargo Containers

We have a huge range of resources for our Site Members including: Specially developed 3D Shipping Container Home Design Software 15 x How to Build a Shipping Container Home Multimedia Tutorials Shipping Container House Plans Interview with the Experts and more.

We cover a range of topics from Design Ideas to Construction Methods and top all that off with our Shipping Container Home Design Software.

The first 90 minutes of our video content is free for anyone that is interested - after that if you want to find out more, you can become a member of our site here.

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Hunter-Trader-Trapper

Hunter-Trader-Trapper: Time-tested wisdom for the modern outdoorsman. Categories

• • Ammunition
  • Around the Campfire
  • Dangerous Game
  • Firearms
  • Fishing
  • Furbearers
  • Gardening
  • Gear Reviews
  • Hunting
  • Invasive Species
  • Livestock
  • News
  • Old Time Wisdom
  • Predators
  • Reading Room
  • Trapping
  • Treasure Hunting
  • Uncategorized

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Paracord King

Paracord King is brought to you by JHL Supply. JHL Supply was started in Upstate New York in 1957. They sell real military, 7 strand, type III U.S. made paracord at the best prices around!

Paracord is extremely popular simply because of it's vast amount of uses, and can come in handy in both day to day living as well as emergency survival situations. Whether it is using it for an unexpected sewing job, or for building a shelter while lost in the wilderness, you never know just when you may need it.

People are always surprised the many ways and innumerable amount of times it proves to be a practical part of one's survival kit! If your color preference is a classic black, or you want to be seen with wild neon orange, there is something to fit everyone's tastes. It's an item that for sure nobody should go without!

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CookIt Historically!

History Cookbook is a branch of the CookIt site. Recipes & methods from the Paleolithic to the modern are listed here.

This project looks at the food of the past and how this influenced the health of the people living in each time period. You can also try some of the recipes for yourself. We have a wide range of historical recipes from Brown Bread Ice Cream to Gruel (Why not see if you would be asking for more - just like Oliver Twist).

The recipes are arranged by era:
Prehistoric (15000BC - 42)
Romano-British (43 - 409)
Saxons & Vikings (410 - 1065)
Normans / Medieval (1066 - 1484)
Tudors (1485 - 1602)
Stuarts (1603 - 1713)
Georgians / Regency (1714 - 1836)
Victorians (1837 - 1901)
Edwardians and WW1 (1901 - 1918)
Interwar Years (1918 - 1939)
World War 2 (1939 - 1945)
Postwar / Modern (1945 - 1985)

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Shelf Reliance

SHELF RELIANCE is a company that specializes in food storage, storage rotation, and emergency preparedness products. Their goal is to help families prepare for whatever tomorrow may bring, allowing them to feel confident if disaster strikes and educating them on how to become self-reliant.



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Camera-Catalog: The Place to Start

Camera-Catalog: Where you'll find all the latest information about new Compact & DSLR Digital Cameras, Lenses and Flashes, users' reviews of the popular Digital Cameras, side-by-side comparisons, and a huge database of digital camera and lenses features and specifications.

This is a good place for the camera shopper to find what he needs or wants. Or dreams about, for that matter.

View cameras by Manufacturer, by Megapixels, by Optical Zoom, DSLR cameras.

DSLR Camera Comparisons | Digital Camera Comparisons | Lens Comparisons | Flash Comparisons

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The Smithsonian

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Shelf Awareness publishes two newsletters, one for general readers and one for people in the book business.

Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers, our new newsletter, appears Tuesdays and Fridays and helps readers discover the 25 best books of the week, as chosen by our industry experts. We also have news about books and authors, author interviews and more.

Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, which we've been publishing since June 2005, provides booksellers and librarians the information they need to sell and lend books. It appears every business day and is read by people throughout the book industry.

Both newsletters are free. Sign up here.

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