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Frankenstein's Army
- Netherlands
- 2013
- 84 mins
- English
Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival 2013
In the waning months of the Second Great War, a lost battalion of Russian soldiers finds themselves in enemy territory while shooting a Communist propaganda film. When a panicked radio signal comes in from another team, they follow the transmission into a burnt-out village — and a power-hungry madman. It turns out this loon (played with maniacal abandon by HELLBOY's brilliant Karel Roden) isn't as harmless as he seems… and by using the lost journal of his grandfather, Doctor Frankenstein, has agreed to lend a hand to the suffering Nazis by creating an army of undead super-soldiers.
Are you ready for a wartime recipe created by a madman, and baked in a Hell's kiln? FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY is one part historical epic, one part found-footage horror, sprinkled amply with steampunk and best served steaming hot, with a side helping of innards. If you're still worried that you won't be laid out by the film's finale, your sergeant should kindly note that your rations are served on an out-of-control carnival spookhouse ride, speeding and twisting your brain to an electrode-riddled pulp.
Acclaimed Dutch commercial director Richard Raaphorst has been known for years thanks to the fervent fandom surrounding his short takes on Nazi zombies — and after half a decade of rabid intensity, Rotterdam's self-proclaimed über-geek has finally delivered a big screen version… and it's something you're not gonna want to miss! Raaphorst's "zombots" are anything but the traditional shambling undead. A stunning hodgepodge of man, monster, and mechanics, these steampunk nightmares — from THE HOBBIT's practical effects team at Unreal FX — meld flesh and fuses into ghouls that will have you begging for a second viewing, just to take them all in. Screen Daily hails its old-school take on found-footage horror, noting it's a film that delivers "old-style lumbering monsters without resorting to CGI!" Your tank's waiting, so buckle up. FRANKENSTEIN'S ARMY is a surprising genre treat that barrels like a freight train toward a conclusion that your vision sensors will never see coming.
— Ted Geoghegan


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The 2013 lacrosse season was certainly an eventful one for high school programs south of Boston, with no shortage of thrills, drama, or disappointment.
Xaverian Brothers and Notre Dame of Hingham hoisted state championship plaques for the first time. A pair of two-time defending champions, the Duxbury High boys and the Westwood High girls, were denied any shot at a repeat with tourney exits a bit earlier than anyone expected.
Here are five story lines that emerged during the tournament:
Xaverian's Driscoll returns
The Hawks' lone captain, and leading goal scorer from a year ago, Liam Driscoll missed the entire regular season with a broken foot. But the senior middie suited up for the tournament and helped propel Xaverian to the Division 1 East title.
Even though he only found the back of the net once — against Westford Academy in the first round — he was mostly just happy to be back on the field, playing on the second midfield line with two of his classmates, Harry Walsh and Eric Hoffman .
"At first it felt like it wasn't even real life," Driscoll said. "To finally do it on the big stage after overcoming a lot this season and being out for so long . . . I couldn't ask for a better way to end it. It was spectacular — unbelievable."
Returning to action was hardly easy. Between nerves and the sometimes unbearable pain from the screw in his left foot, he occasionally got sick before games.
In the end, though, it was worth it. Driscoll credited his teammates with picking up the slack and silencing doubters while he was out, adding that "a win for the lacrosse team is a win for the Xaverian community."
The Holy Cross-bound Driscoll also never lost sight of one of the reasons he plays: his cousin, John Driscoll , an All-American at Virginia who starred on Team USA in the 1980s who lost his battle to brain cancer in 2002. The younger Driscoll wears No. 32 in his honor.
"You can even say the state championship was a testament to him and the family," Driscoll said.
Beaudoin boosts Cohasset
James Beaudoin arrived in Cohasset in March, just a few days before the start of the season. He was the third coach in four seasons for the Clipper seniors.
Three months later, Beaudoin had directed Cohasset to the Division 3 state final at Harvard Stadium, where his club lost to defending champion Dover-Sherborn, 12-10.
Cohasset finished a stellar 17-4 season under the guidance of Beaudoin, formerly the head coach at Proctor Academy, a vast improvement from a 7-12 mark last year.
"There was a learning curve, but lacrosse is lacrosse," Beaudoin said of the transition from private school coaching to public. "I really enjoyed becoming part of the team."
Almost immediately, Beaudoin knew he had a talented squad. All it needed was a bit of tweaking.
He shifted senior Nick Tangherlini to the midfield from attack, where he had played the previous three seasons. Junior Colin Whelan moved up to attack.
Those moves helped create a balanced offense, which, combined with a zone defense, contributed to Beaudoin's philosophy of unselfish play.
For the most part, the systems he instituted were well received.
"What a lot of the kids understood was that it was working," Beaudoin said.
"Change is tough for everybody, and especially teenage kids. But I think once they realized we were winning . . . the kids did buy into it."
Dragons' stunning defeat
Duxbury does not lose.
That is all Sam Friedman knew growing up, and playing lacrosse, in Abington. The Dragons have been the dominant force in the state.
Friedman, a sophomore midfielder at Boston College High, was 4 years old the last time the Dragons failed to advance to the Division 1 state final.
Until this season.
On May 31, Friedman struck for the winning goal in overtime as the 14th-seeded Eagles stunned Duxbury, 10-9. It ended the Dragons' run of 11 straight appearances in the last game of the season, nine of which they won.
"I thought [the Duxbury program] was amazing," said Friedman, reflecting on growing up in the area.
"I never though they'd lose, and when they did, it seemed like a mistake or fluke. Part of the reason Duxbury is so good is because people do think that about them.
"Now I have a lot of respect for them; they have a great tradition. The entire state has realized they're not as invincible as they once were. The rest of the state is catching up to them."
Cooper was sure in goal
Make no mistake, minus Hanna Cooper , coach Meredith Frank acknowledges, the Notre Dame of Hingham girls would have had a much, much harder time capturing the Division 1 title.
The sophomore goalkeeper starter registered a 6.0 goals-against average and .530 save percentage as the Cougars ran up a 24-2 record and topped Longmeadow, 13-10, to nab the first state crown in program history.
A first-year starter, Cooper played every minute of every game.
"She was absolutely fabulous," Frank said. "She made saves when we needed saves to be made."
Frank, who beat her alma mater, Westwood, coached by her mother, Leslie Frank , in the South sectional final, explained that NDA wanted to play with an aggressive defense scheme similar to that of Westwood.
Cooper was key in that transition.
"When the defense and the goalie are on the same page, you can err on the side of aggressiveness," Frank said. "When you up the pace and change the style of play a little bit, we put a lot of faith on Hanna to make some saves that might be one-on-nones. She did a great job of making the saves we knew she could make, but Hanna also came up with game-changing saves — saves where you'd say, 'Wow, where did that come from?' "
Norwood's Ryan named All-American
June 9, 2013 is a day Allison Ryan will never forget.
Aside from graduating from Norwood High, the senior midfielder also received word, via phone, from coach Caitlin Harrington that she had been named an All-American by US Lacrosse.
She is the first girls' player from Norwood to garner the honor.
"We were so excited," Harrington said. "She was through the roof."
The Mustangs (9-8-2) were eliminated in the first round of the Division 1 South tourney by Franklin, 15-4.
Ryan ended her scholastic career with 361 points (254 goals, 107 assists), by far a program record. She had 84 goals and 29 helpers as a senior.
"It's been fun to watch her play and see her grow as an athlete," said Harrington, an assistant at Norwood before taking over as head coach before last season. "I was very fortunate to have such a talented athlete.
"She obviously has a lot of skill. She's just a great leader. She has the ability to lead well by example, obviously, but she's also very confident, and she loves the sport. She eats, drinks, and sleeps lacrosse."
Ryan will play at the University of Massachusetts Amherst next year, where she will be joined by fellow All-American Hannah Murphy (Duxbury).Tim Healey can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @timbhealey.

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Vaccine Distribution in New York: Obstacles and Accomplishments
April 14, 2010
Part of a National Vaccine Delivery SystemYesterday marked one year since the first H1N1 influenza outbreak. Statistics that are now emerging about vaccine coverage around the country, such as the Morbidity and Mortality Report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine coverage by state, bring focus to the most efficient means of distributing and delivering vaccine during a pandemic situation.
From the earliest stages of the vaccination campaign, New York state health officials were very publicly visible in the response to H1N1, from their decisions to close schools with outbreaks to their use of vaccine. Health officials in the state delivered vaccine to public health and school-based vaccination clinics, as well as private employer clinics for major corporations.During the fall and winter of last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) distributed a designated supply of H1N1 vaccine to each state health department. Those vaccine shipments were funneled through local health departments and delivered through private and public providers including schools, local health departments, and doctors' offices. Each state had its own strategy for reaching the greatest number of priority groups, focusing on school-aged children and high-risk adults in the early stages of the vaccine campaign.
"To some extent, state and city health departments followed different philosophies," reported Mike Stobbe in a recent Associated Press article. "Indiana channeled almost all its vaccine to local health departments. New York City and some states made more use of company health clinics. Which approach worked better is not clear."
Strategy for Vaccine Delivery under ScrutinyIn November 2009, the story broke that some large employers in New York state had received shipment of H1N1 vaccine. Goldman Sachs and Citigroup in particular were singled out in reports from the media.
The media and the public reacted to the decision to use private employer vaccine clinics as points of dispensing H1N1 vaccine. Despite the amount of negative attention, the proportion of vaccine that was delivered to major private employers in New York state was very small compared to the overall supply. All in all, 36 corporate sites in New York ordered 41,400 doses and received about 22,000 during the fall of last year, according to Dr. Jane Zucker of the New York City Department of Health. As of Nov. 30, 2009, more than 1,500,000 doses of vaccine had been shipped to New York City alone, according to CDC estimates.
"Once the story broke for Goldman Sachs, a few of the corporations called and canceled their orders," said Zucker. "I think that was an unfortunate side effect of the story because there were likely people who would have gotten vaccinated who didn't have any access to it."
Now that vaccine is in ample supply and demand has waned, health officials in New York and elsewhere continue to urge people to get vaccinated wherever they can. The efforts thus far to vaccinate residents of New York state are not going unrecognized. This month, New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines traveled through the state to honor health officials and their work during the H1N1 pandemic. Outside of New York City, county health departments in the state were able to vaccinate more than 325,000 people.
Read the Story from the Field contributed by the New York City Department of Health on NACCHO''s website.
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Reta Maxine Andrus, 75
Reta Maxine Andrus, 75, passed away on May 10, 2011 at her home in Blackfoot after an extended illness.
She was born Oct. 13, 1935, to James Hyrum and Stella Killian Garrett at the family home in Lewisville.
Reta spent her youth in Lewisville. She married James Andrus in 1952; they later divorced. Most of her adult life has been spent in the Blackfoot area.
Reta worked many years at State Hospital South in the geriatric unit. While president of the local chapter of Business & Professional Women in 1982, Reta was instrumental in starting the Bingham County Crisis Center.
Reta has been able to visit much of the United States because of where her children have chosen to live. Last year her travels took her from Alaska to Delaware. Upon returning home she announced she didn't want to travel anymore.
Reta was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Janet; one sister, Barbara Holzendorf and a brother-in-law, Don Berry.
She is survived by brother Keith (Mary) Garrett of Rigby; sister Helen Berry of Las Vegas, Nev.; brother-in-law William Holzendorf of North Carolina; two sons, Raymond of Alaska, and Milo (Robin) of Blackfoot; two daughters, Joyce (James) Owens of Kennewick, Wash., and Deborah (Ron) Miller of Pocatello; 19 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Hawker Funeral Home, 132 South Shilling Avenue in Blackfoot. Family will meet with friends and relatives from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2011, and for one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Interment will follow services at the Groveland Cemetery.


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DENVER (AP) -- An attorney for state Rep. Rhonda Fields says a Colorado man accused of sending a series of racially and sexually offensive e-mails has destroyed key evidence in the case against him.
Attorney Craig Silverman says a tablet computer was run over and destroyed when Denver police sought to search it, and a laptop computer has not been found.
A judge has set a Nov. 20 trial date for Franklin Sain, who is charged with attempting to influence a public official and harassment during a gun control debate.
According to the Denver Post, Sain's attorney, Siddhartha Rathod, wrote in court documents that Sain voluntarily gave the broken tablet computer to detectives to be searched.
He says tests of several printers linked to Sain were inconclusive or showed no match.


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SEARHC hires Director of Practice Management
Juneau, January 06, 2014 - SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is pleased to announce that Eric Gettis will be joining the organization as the new Director of Practice Management beginning January 13, 2014.
As the Director of Practice Management, Mr. Gettis will be working side by side with Dr. Sheufelt, SEARHC's new Primary Care Clinics Medical Director. Together they will be managing the operations of sixteen medical practices. He will lead improvement efforts, front end office processes, appointment scheduling, registration, health information management, provider schedule optimization, customer service, and quality monitoring.
Mr. Gettis has over 20 years of healthcare leadership and has gained broad and varied experience with Lourdes Health Network during his service to the System. Since 2008, he has served as their Director of Physician Practices where he had oversight for 120 employees and 37 physicians in clinics providing Urgent Care, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, ENT, GI, General Surgery, Obstetrics, Urology, Pulmonology, and Neurology services. During his tenure with Lourdes Health Network he has managed outpatient mental health and adult ambulatory service as well as his most recent Practice Management post.
Prior to living in Washington State's "Tri-Cities," Gettis and his wife spent seven summers in Skagway and they are both looking forward to being back in Southeast Alaska.
"I am truly excited about being with SEARHC. I'm extremely impressed with the staff and physicians and look forward to having an impact on the health of the community," said Gettis. He adds, "Southeast Alaska has been an important place in my life. I think it's the most beautiful place in the World."


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Carlo Ancelotti has warned Manchester United off the signing of Gareth Bale, reports The Daily Star.
Bale, who only signed for the La Liga giants in the summer, has already been linked with a move back to England, with Premier League champions Manchester United interested.
The Welshman has struggled in his early career at the Bernabeu, but gave his finest performance yet for the club in their 7-3 victory over Sevilla last night.
Bale scored the opening two goals of the game and after the match his manager Carlo Ancelotti revealed he will have a long future at the club.
Speaking to reporters, the Real boss said: "Tonight everyone saw the real Gareth.
"He played really well, showing fantastic skills. It takes time [to adapt] but it was a necessity.
"Now he doesn't have problems physically and he is improving his confidence, so he will be very important for us in the future."
Former United player Cristiano Ronaldo also starred for the Spanish outfit as he struck a hat-trick in their La Liga win.
And, with Bale now starting to prove his worth in Spain, United may find it extremely hard to bring the Welsh wizard back to the Premier League anytime soon.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Unbridled Humor, Ruler On Ice, Tackleberry
Unbridled Humor, who finished fourth in the Matriarch (G1) at Hollywood Park last time out, will make her 2012 debut in next Saturday's $150,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park.
The Graham Motion-trained 5-year-old mare, who has won five of her eight career starts, stalked the pace in the Matriarch but lacked her usual stretch kick.
Unbridled Humor won the first four races of her career before tasting defeat for the first time in the Diana (G1), in which she faded to seventh over a "good" turf at Saratoga last summer. After rebounding with a triumph in the Noble Damsel (G3) over a firm Belmont Park course, she gave up the lead late to finish second in the Athenia (G3) on yielding turf.
"I think she prefers firm turf," Motion said.
Live Oak Plantation, which bred and owns Unbridled Humor, will also be represented on the six-race Florida Sunshine Millions card by home-bred Slews Answer in the Turf.
Slews Answer, who has won four of seven starts, breezed five furlongs, was the beaten favorite in his most recent start, the $125,000 Bonnie Heath Turf Championship, in which he made a strong move into the stretch, only to tire to fifth.
"I thought in his last start at Calder, he came up short," said Motion, whose lightly raced 5-year-old son of Ghostzapper turned in an impressive five-furlong breeze in 58.30 seconds at Palm Meadows Training Center on Thursday.


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Austria and host Kazakhstan will face each other for the first-time ever in Davis Cup play this weekend in a best- of-five opening-round tie at Astana's National Tennis Centre.
Friday's opening singles rubber will pit the hosts' Andrey Golubev against Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer, while the second bout on Day 1 will have Austrian left-hander Jurgen Melzer taking on Evgeny Korolev.
Saturday's doubles match on the indoor red clay will pit a Kazakhstani tandem of Golubev and Yuri Schukin against an Austrian pairing of Julian Knowle and Alexander Peya, while Sunday's reverse singles call for Golubev to face Melzer and Korolev to battle Haider-Maurer.
Team Austria is captained by Clemens Trimmel, while the Kazakhstans are led by Dias Doskarayev.
The winner in Astana will move on to face either the Czech Republic or Switzerland in the quarterfinals.


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The WIC program at the Henderson County Health Department will resume issuing food benefit vouchers to all categories of participants.
The WIC program at the Henderson County Health Department will resume issuing food benefit vouchers to all categories of participants, according to a health department news release.
Applicants who were placed on the waiting list will be mailed vouchers today (Friday, Oct. 11). Clients should keep their appointments and continue using vouchers, the release states.
The WIC program provides supplemental food, health care referrals and nutrition education for almost 264,000 women, infants and young children in North Carolina, according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
DHHS notified local WIC directors Thursday evening that the agency had secured additional funds to continue the WIC program through October.
In a news release issued today, DHHS officials said they could assure the stability of the WIC program through the end of October by using lapsing funds from the previous fiscal year, additional contingency funds from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and product rebates from WIC formula manufacturer Nestle Foods.
"By securing sufficient funds, we are able to continue supporting the women and children who depend on WIC," Secretary Aldona Wos state in the release. "Our state is one of the highest volume states for the WIC program so we take the impact of the shutdown very seriously."
In response to the federal government shutdown, the issuance of WIC vouchers was suspended on Tuesday because DHHS did not have sufficient funds to issue new vouchers.
"Because of the uncertainty of the federal shutdown, we know this may only be a temporary solution," Wos said. "But we are committed to meeting the needs of the people of North Carolina."
The WIC Program has an annual budget of $205 million. WIC also impacts more than 2,000 local grocery stores and other food businesses around the state.
The Henderson County Department of Public Health will announce changes if they become necessary. Updates will be posted on the department's website: www.hendersoncountync.org/health.


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A state grant has allowed the Morris Area Public Library to add more than 350 Spanish-language books to its collection.
The addition, as well as added bilingual books and language resources, helps the library fill a "gap" it says existed in service.
"It's helped us expand our mission to those who aren't native speakers," said Library Director Kyla Waltermire.
The library received $5,000 to beef up its collection as part of Libros para Todos (Books for All), a state grant project awarded by Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White.
More than $1 million in grants were awarded to 230 libraries in the state, according to the Morris Library.
The $5,000 Morris recently received helped purchase Spanish-language materials — including fiction, nonfiction and job/educational resources — and language learning resources.
The items arrived on the library's shelves last week.
"I think it really fills a gap that provides services to those who primarily speak Spanish, as well as those looking to learn Spanish," said Debbie Griggs, assistant director of Morris Area Public Library.
The Morris Library already had some Spanish-language materials before the grant, but library officials admit the selection was small.
According to Griggs, the library previously had only four young adult novels in Spanish.
"We did have a collection, but it was pretty thin," Griggs said. "We needed to bolster that area."
Griggs said there had been demand for Spanish-language materials and that many residents had previously had to order such books from other libraries.
Griggs and Waltermire said the new additions — which include books for adults, young adults and children — help make the library stronger.
"It's a way to reach all age groups and more people," Griggs said.
According to Waltermire, the library would eventually like to offer Spanish-language and bilingual programs.
The grant is funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
It had been distributed annually in the past, but had been suspended due to the economy, Griggs said.
"This is the first time in several years it's been awarded," Griggs said.


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This week, in anticipation of The Game, they asked the MZone to answer a few questions about the greatest rivalry in sport in their Across the Web series. So, in a nod to bipartisanship, we reluctantly agreed. Below is the transcript.
Do you ever feel dirty rooting for the Maize and Blue? Do you ever get one of those shudders like pure evil has settled into your soul?
Never dirty, just horribly dazed watching what passed for our beloved Wolverines the last three years. And if you've been following the Maize and Blue this season, as you know, the only evil emanating out of A2 is of the Pop Evil variety. While, as the world knows, the evil that spews forth from Columbus is more of a Mordor strain.
|Sweet, sweet memories.
Actually, at the top of my fave list has to be '97 when #1 Michigan faced off against #4 OSU with everything on the line. The Game initially looked to be a Wolverine rout with Charles Woodson returning a punt for a TD (you seen that replay once or twice, right?). But when OSU cut U-M's 20-0 lead to 20-14, you could hear a
It was the stakes of '97 and what a victory meant that made it so meaningful and memorable. Conversely, that's precisely why 2006 still gives me nightmares. For the first time in history, Michigan and Ohio State were #1 and #2 at the time of The Game. OSU had the big lead at halftime but Michigan fought back. With 6:49 left, Michigan had cut the lead to 35-31. OSU had the ball on the Michigan 38 yard line, 3rd and 15. Troy Smith rolled out and threw an incomplete pass. Michigan was gonna get the ball back with a chance to drive down for the winning score. But...
Michigan LB Shawn Crable was flagged for a late hit on Smith. OSU got the first down and scored the clinching TD three plays later. So that play/game is still what sends a chill down my spine whenever I think about it. Now if you'll excuse me whilst I clean up the vomit from my keyboard after having to actually write about that &%$# game/play. (Memo to self: never do one of these Q&As with a Buckeye blog again. Ever.)
|I think this is Ohio State
Look, I can't stand the very sight of your scarlet and gray/grey uniforms and your little pot-leaf-infested helmets. I get the same feeling seeing them that that a bull must get when he sees the color red (obviously bulls hate OSU, too). Which is exactly why, when Michigan plays Ohio State I want, to see them! That's part of the rivalry -- the bile that rises when I see your godforsaken uniforms. I want to see two teams in the 'Shoe or The Big House that look like Michigan and Ohio State, not Nike or Adidas ads.
I guess the only positive is, the last two years when you guys wore whatever it is the hell you wore for The Game, at least in some small way it didn't feel like we were losing to Ohio State because you didn't look like Ohio State (then again, we didn't look like Michigan. Unfortunately, that had nothing to do with our uniforms).
Hey, been meaning to ask -- what's with the lack of "i's" when spelling Michigan? I assume it's because folks in Columbus are really big Wheel of Fortune fans. But again, I digress...
For years to be known as a defensive-minded school and then to not simply slip but completely implode was disgraceful and painful to watch. Worst of all was watching Michigan actually get worse as the season progressed the previous three years. Even in the year we lost to Appy State then got smoked by Oregon, by the time we got to the Ohio State game, we were playing for the Big 10 title and a trip to the Rose Bowl.
So here in 2011, to go from where we were just last year to where we are now is nothing short of miraculous. Last year we were the 110th ranked defense! How bad is that? Before this season, I think any U-M fan -- myself included -- would have been thrilled with something out on the field that wasn't a YouTube Yakety Sax clip waiting to happen. It's mind boggling to now be not only good, but statistically one of the best defenses in the country.
As for who makes that happen, Rich Rod inadvertently answered that during his presser this week when he was introduced as the new Arizona head coach. He said that it was hard watching Michigan play this year because "those are all my guys."
Exactly. Which means you have to give all the credit in the world to Brady Hoke and Greg Mattison for coaching them up to the level they've attained this season.
Put it this way, I don't seem to recall Buckeye fans exactly overjoyed with The Vest's hiring. He wasn't the first choice. But he loved Ohio State and understood the rivalry
Hoke loves Michigan, obviously gets the rivalry and is a damn good coach. You don't do what he did at Ball State -- BALL F'ING STATE! -- and SDSU and not have some coaching chops. And he's only confirmed that with what he's done this season at Michigan.
Gee, how do you pick one? I think you have to merge them and go Assbag or Douchehole. Or, as he was named by the blogosphere after the CowherdItSomewhereElseFirst incident with us, Schrutebag. The guy's a clown. I don't think he has insight as much as he's successful at trying to call attention to himself by being a jackhat.
(Finally, something I think UM and OSU fans can actually agree on. )
Say what you will about our lack of success against OSU the last couple of years, I think your very question proves that U-M is a school that will give a kid a chance to escape the heinous stigma of having to attend that school in Ohio. Sure, it may help our football team but on a larger human scale, it's more of an act of mercy and kindness.
From everything I've heard and read, Rich Rodriguez was a good guy. And his success pre-A2 points to a fine football coach. However, I think the fit was a bad one from the get go. He came in and talked like -- as well as backed up said words with his actions -- as if he was taking over at Buffalo State, not the winningest program in the history of football. Instead of "updating" our offense, he proceeded to tear everything to the ground. He threw not only the baby out with the bathwater, I think he also pitched the entire tub (or maybe it just got overrun by the sink while employing his 3-3-5 defense during the bath itself).
Rodriguez's attitude -- both stated and implied -- that "we had more work to do here than I thought" was both a) entirely incorrect and b) a mindset that leads (and led) to mediocrity (and worse). Contrast that with Hoke who said if we don't win the B1G our first season, we'll have let the kids down because that's what we always strive for at Michigan. Put it this way, I'll excuse his "failure" this year.
As for how he'll do in Arizona, I actually think he'll succeed there. While I don't think he'll compete with the powers in the Pac-12 year in and out (which is a UA issue, not RR issue), I think he'll put together a solid, winning program. And I wish him well. Again, sounds like a great guy, but wasn't the right man for the Michigan job.
Boy, I don't know. I guess my two part answer to that is: a) anybody but Notre Dame. The B1G has been wooing them and kissing their ass for so long -- plus helping them schedule by having UM, MSU and Purdue play them each year -- that I say screw 'em. Not only do I not want them, I wish U-M would drop them from the schedule so we could play an interesting home-home against a variety of high-quality opponents like OSU is doing with Texas, Miami, etc.
And b) if we do expand, no matter who joins, the biggest thing we need to do is put Michigan and Ohio State back in the same division. I still believe that it was a colossal mistake to separate Michigan and Ohio State. There should never be a chance that the result of The Game will be a mulligan; a do-over in the conference championship game. N-E-V-E-R. Winner take all. That's part of what makes it special.
As for dropping someone, I wouldn't. I love the general stability of the conference. Although, just to be a dick I'd tell Brett Bulimia we were dropping Wisconsin only to watch his head explode. Not a fan of his. I bet he listens to Colin Cowherd.
I never want to say I'm confident going into The Game (certainly not after losing so many in a row, some of them even with Ohio State using eligible players). But while this could come back to bite me in the ass, I really like Michigan's chances. Looking at it as objectively as I possibly can, Michigan should win. Period. This year U-M is the better team. I think even OSU fans would admit that (internally, not out loud). Furthermore, unlike The Dark Period, Michigan is -- and I have to get used to this again -- actually improving as the season has gone on. Just as importantly, from what I've seen this year, OSU isn't close to a complete or good team. Miller is going to be a great QB...but not this year. Not yet. He's too young and doesn't have enough help around him. Plus, with The Game being played in The Big House, it really does feel like the odds and rivalry gods are in our favor.
As for the keys (to the game, not the famed Big House cheer variety), I actually believe the biggest is the mental aspect for Michigan. Sure, players can say they weren't around when The Streak started and they're a different group of guys. But in the back of their minds, they have to be feeling the pressure. Plus, with Fickell apparently gone, he and his team have nothing to lose.
So first and foremost, Michigan has to do their best to concentrate on just this Michigan/Ohio game, not the larger albatross that is The Streak. After that, the key is to make Braxton Miller beat you with his arm. I don't think he can do that yet, especially with what Mattison will be throwing at him from a scheme standpoint (at least that's my hope). If you see Braxton Miller with a lot of third and long situations, I think Michigan could potentially have a big day.
Offensively for Michigan, I think RB Fitz Toussaint is the key. I believe it actually starts with him more than Denard. As Fitz goes, so will go Denard. If he can establish himself early, forcing OSU to focus on both his and Denard's legs, the Bucks could be in for a long afternoon. So if I'm Fickell, I actually concentrate on stopping Fitz and once again try to turn Michigan into the one Denard man show of last season.
In closing, thanks for having me, gentlemen. I appreciate the opportunity to show that, while we both give each other a ton of crap online, there is a ton of respect for The Game and both participants (I almost said respect for that school in Ohio but my keyboard wouldn't even allow it to be typed).
Now, here is where I guess I'm probably supposed to wish you luck this Saturday. But it would be a complete and total lie. Thus, I wish you the opposite of luck.
Go Blue!


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B&N Nook Tablet vs. Amazon Kindle Fire 138
DeviceGuru writes with this excerpt: "Barnes & Noble is expected to announce a 7-inch color tablet on November 7th, positioning it head-to-head with Amazon's recently announced Kindle Fire. B&N's Nook Tablet is rumored to have a slightly faster processor, twice the RAM and flash, and a $50 price premium relative to Amazon's tablet, among other differences. The quick-reference table in this article compares key features and specs of the two 7-inch Android tablets, based on a combination of leaked data published at Engadget.com plus some additional data from B&N's existing Nook Color specs, which seems to have much in common with this new, higher-end Nook model."


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I have noted a number of articles about senior citizens having issues in the present economic climate. While our elected officials and government employees are scratching their heads, they do not seem to get the fact that they are the cause of the problems for tax-paying seniors.
This year our household was given a $25 per month increase in Social Security. The government then took $16.66 back for Medicare. This left $8.34 per month, which is subject to a federal tax of about $1.25, so I am now left with $7.09 per month or $1.67 per week.
The $25 would have helped me pay for increased fuel and heating costs, which have doubled during this administration. It would also have helped me pay for the increased cost of goods and services due to inflation under the same administration.
Then reality set in when the city announced an increase in property taxes which will cost me about $2.61 a week! So this is another year when seniors who pay property taxes have lost ground.
We now have to find things to cut to keep afloat, because at the city, state and federal level, a "cut" just means they still spend more than the prior year. Keep up the good work — and seniors, hang on to your wallets.
Art Sears
NASA's new missions boost economy at home
Scott Plummer's letter of exasperation over what he regards as wasteful spending by NASA ("Washington's priorities lost in space," April 11) misses the point. He characterized a $105 million mission to an asteroid as just another government boondoggle.
Like many others' first reactions, Mr. Plummer fails to realize that every one of those dollars is spent on Earth, in the United States, supporting scientific research, paying salaries and wages of everyone from those who design and build the spacecraft, to the myriad support personnel in launch and mission logistics and communications, to the scientists who analyze the data, to the good folks who maintain the buildings from which all this science is performed.
So many of life's modern conveniences, such as cellphones and advances in medical technologies, are the results of spin-offs from the space program of earlier decades.
Scientific research satisfies an innate human imperative to explore, it inspires young minds to choose science careers and it imbues us with a justifiable national pride from our government actually doing something extremely well that expands our knowledge and can fill us with awe.
At a time when our government seems to invoke nothing but disdain, I find myself very proud of the achievements of a branch of our government. We need NASA and the advances it brings now more than ever.
Robert A. Burgess
Let those who benefit pay for lobster promotions
As a lobsterman, I am opposed to L.D. 486, which forces lobstermen to pay for advertising and promotions for restaurants and seafood dealers' sales. The lobsterman loses his license if he doesn't pay.
If restaurant owners and seafood dealers want advertising and promotions for their markets and their direct benefit, then let them pay for it. The lobstermen should not be billed (for life) for someone else's business promotions.
You don't go after the farmer for the supermarket's sales. The same applies here. Reject this bill.
Doug Dickinson
Don't cut a department that makes beautiful music
The University of Southern Maine's School of Music has been and continues to be the strongest music program in the state of Maine, and its graduates have gone on to some of the nation's top graduate music schools.
Alumni play with some of the world's most renowned musicians; land roles in top-notch opera companies; win coveted full-time tenure-track positions at good universities; and maintain excellence in music education throughout Maine.
Our ability to stand out in the music world outside of USM has only been possible because of one thing: its outstanding faculty, who are active in their field internationally.
If positions continue to be cut and full-time positions replaced by part-time ones, the quality of the program will be handicapped beyond recognition. Excellence in music requires more individual instruction than almost any other field.
I earned an undergraduate degree from USM, and graduate degrees from Indiana University. I won prizes in international competitions, concertized around the world, and was a full-time tenure-track piano professor at another well-respected, strong state school music program.
I collaborate with some of the best musicians in the world and trained students who go on to be prize-winners and teachers. None of this would have been possible without being able to get a truly great music background that was also affordable.
USM and the community should take pride in the fact that its School of Music is the only place in the state to get a competitive, comprehensive music education. The School of Music should be recognized and protected as one of the strongest programs in the university, and a crucial part of greater Portland.
The arts are a valuable part of the university and the city, and it will be a sad day when Greater Portland has no such program.
Anastasia Antonacos
I'm writing to call attention to the serious results the wide cuts to the music department at USM will have on the community.
Student musicians and those studying music as part of a liberal arts academic program suffer; as important to the community, the number of individuals and groups prepared to participate in performances throughout the Portland area will be diminished, as will performances at USM itself.
Solo recitals, choral and instrumental group offerings and the music department's participation in USM theater productions are all at risk.
I shudder to think of the precedent being set if these cuts go through. It will basically paint a target on the proverbial back of music at USM. It really could all disappear. Which would be tragic.
I recognize major cuts have been dictated and that all departments need to share in those cuts.
But, it would appear that the cuts to the music department are not only disproportional but would affect some of the most vital areas of that department.
I would hope the powers that be would carefully reconsider how they go about balancing the budget.
Noelle Neuwirth


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When it came to his plans for structuring a coaching staff, Chiefs head coach Romeo Crennel was clear from the start.
"They have to let (the head coach) hire his own coaches to give him the best chance to be successful," Crennel said last December in his first press conference as interim head coach.
Once Crennel was promoted and the interim tag removed, he was given complete authority to construct his coaching staff the way he saw fit. On Tuesday morning, Crennel announced his first coaching staff in Kansas City.
The final results include five new hires, one promotion and 10 retentions.
Crennel kept the entire defensive staff status quo, including his role as the team's defensive coordinator. That's a change from his first head coaching job in Cleveland when he hired Todd Grantham to coordinate the Browns defense.
While the defensive structure stayed the same as last season, Crennel overhauled the special teams staff and turned over half his offensive staff including the addition of a new offensive coordinator.
Jim Zorn has decided to stay with the team as quarterbacks coach despite interviewing for the offensive coordinator job several weeks ago.
Brian Daboll was introduced as the team's new offensive coordinator last week. A week prior, Crennel announced the addition of special teams coach Tom McMahon.
That left three new additions for Crennel to reveal Tuesday morning, along with an in-house promotion.
Rounding out the Chiefs 2012 coaching staff is offensive line coach Jack Bicknell, Jr. (previously with the New York Giants), wide receivers coach Nick Sirianni (promoted internally), offensive quality control coach Jim Bob Cooter (previously with the Indianapolis Colts) and special teams quality control coach Derius Swinton (previously with the St. Louis Rams).
Here's a little more on each of the Chiefs new assistants…
Offensive Line Coach Jack Bicknell, Jr
In many ways, it's likely that Crennel's search for an offensive line coach was his most challenging.
For starters, he began the search late. It was just two weeks ago that longtime offensive line guru Bill Muir informed Crennel he'd decided to retire. Though Muir wasn't going to serve as Kansas City's offensive coordinator in 2012, Crennel had planned to retain Muir's services as offensive line coach.
In addition, the Chiefs offensive line is one of the team's biggest question marks heading into the 2012 off-season.
The team is sure to make changes to the front five, putting a priority on improving the position for next season. Returning players will be adjusting to new teammates and a new coach simultaneously.
The Chiefs are also counting on the development promising draft picks to play primary roles on the line next season.
In its current state of transition, coaching the Chiefs offensive line is a big job. But Crennel found what appears to be a worthy candidate in Jack Bicknell, Jr.
Bicknell, the son of Jack Bicknell, Sr. and brother of former Chiefs assistant Bob Bicknell, certainly has the coaching bloodline. His father had a successful 40-year coaching run that included head coaching stops and Boston College, Maine and with the Barcelona Dragons, Scottish Claymores and Hamburg Sea Devils in the now defunct NFL Europe.
Bicknell also has world championship experience, winning a Super Bowl XLVI ring with the Giants eight days ago.
But most of all, Bicknell has head coaching experience.
He was the head man at Louisiana Tech for eight seasons (1999-2006), upending BCS powers Alabama, Michigan State and Oklahoma State in the process. Bicknell won WAC Coach of the Year honors and a league title in 2001, leading the Bulldogs to their first bowl game in more than a decade. He also led Louisiana Tech to its first-ever AP Top-25 ranking.
Personally, I'm a big fan of adding assistants with previous head coaching experience and I'm even more impressed when the assistant has headed up a college program.
From dealing with boosters, to student-athletes, to the parents of recruits and university academia, college head coaches often possess personality traits that translate well into positional jobs at the NFL level.
That theory has proven true recently with two of the Chiefs most productive position groups having been headed by coaches with previous head coaching experience in the college ranks - Charlie Weis' quarterbacks in 2010 and Gary Gibbs' linebackers the past two seasons.
Wide Receivers Coach Nick Sirianni
Once it was announced Siranni had been retained, he became the logical choice to fill the vacant wide receivers job. It's rare that an assistant remains in a quality control capacity at the same location for more than three years.
A former wide receiver at NCAA Division III powerhouse Mount Union, Sirianni coached wide receivers at Indiana University (PA) prior to joining the Chiefs staff as offensive quality control coach in 2009. Though he's spent time working with the Chiefs quarterbacks the past three seasons, Sirianni was able to give the receivers more attention last season thanks to the hiring of Jim Zorn as quarterbacks coach.
Prior to Zorn's arrival, Chiefs quarterbacks coaches had held offensive coordinator duties in addition to their position responsibilities. The workload caused offensive coordinators Charlie Weis and Todd Haley
to lean heavily on Siranni's aid in 2009 and 2010.
Paying his dues as a young coach in the league, Sirianni is deserving of the promotion.
Offensive Quality Control Coach Jim Bob Cooter
The name definitely draws a reaction, doesn't it?
Cooter takes over Sirianni's old job and has the necessary coaching and playing background to perform many of Sirianni's previous duties.
A former college quarterback at Tennessee, Cooter worked with Peyton Manning in Indianapolis (which has already caused natural speculation from some fans) while assisting Colts offensive coordinators Tom Moore and Clyde Christensen.
Special Teams Quality Control Coach Derius Swinton
Swinton fills a new position on the Chiefs coaching staff, with Crennel opting for an additional special teams coach instead of an assistant offensive line coach. Swinton once coached alongside Cooter at the University of Tennessee from 2007-08, serving as the Vols defensive graduate assistant while Cooter worked as a GA on the offensive staff.
While at Tennessee, Swinton worked with Chiefs Pro Bowl safety
There's plenty of familiarity between Swinton and new Chiefs special teams coach Tom McMahon. Swinton worked under McMahon in the same capacity for three years with the Rams.


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That was my thought as well, although someone claimed they were able to print out a receiver for an AR-15 and fire a few hundred rounds without noticeable wear. Since the receiver is the "gun" part according to US law, that is all you need to circumvent any regulations. The rest of the parts can, I believe, be acquired with no or very little licensing. I don't think making the entire thing of plastic is very practical, and might not even be possible for most gun designs (anything that requires a spring, for example, won't work).
OTOH if you could, it would give you a weapon undetectable by normal metal detectors. The bullet and casing would be metal still, but you could probably get around that.
That's the lower receiver on an AR which is legally the gun. The lower doesn't have the chamber (the upper receiver does), so it doesn't have to be particularly strong.
IIRC my understanding is that what was printed was the LOWER receiver.
The upper receiver - which is also "the gun" legally AFAIK - is the part that has the chamber, etc that's going to be the critical part to the function of a gun.
So no, at least with my understanding of the plastics available for 3d printing, nobody's actually going to making a "gun" with a 3d printer. The MINIMUM breach pressure (.22 rimfire handgun cartridge, barely more than a bb gun) is 21000 psi or about 1500 bar. Real guns start at 40-50,000 psi or 3000-3500 bar (most sporting handgun/rifle cartridges).
OK yes, it would be possible to build a "gun" with a thick enough barrel that it might withstand the pressures, but it would be more akin to a wooden cannon, and I wouldn't want to be near it for the 2nd or 3rd firings...
Anyone know more about the plastics in the printers?
But then "someone printed parts that could be attached to a gun" isn't a very exciting headline, I understand.
Oops, missed the "lower" bit when I was skimming TFA. However, according to wikipedia only the "serialized" receiver (lower for the AR-15) is the "gun" in US law for guns that have multi-part receivers, so you would still get around the legal difficulty of purchasing an AR-15 (not that they are terribly difficult to find, in any case). But I agree, you won't have people printing complete plastic guns anytime soon: even if plastic could be strong enough, the kind you use in a RepRap certainly isn't. It tends
Since the receiver is the "gun" part according to US law, that is all you need to circumvent any regulations. The rest of the parts can, I believe, be acquired with no or very little licensing.
First, you aren't circumventing any regulations; you are allowed to build a firearm for yourself with no licensing. Second, correct, no other part of a firearm is regulated.
That's entirely the point: designing ways to compensate for the weakness of plastic.
That's entirely the point: designing ways to compensate for the weakness of plastic.
This story is huge. We all know that home 3d printers are just a matter of time, but this is probably the 'magic app' that causes the tech to go mainstream. Think about it, we are going from tech geeks and designers wanting these, to gun fans, which there are a lot of. Also, the venn diagram of the two groups isn't close to overlapping, so the tech is going to spread, and fast.
Moreover, Corry Doctrow has written articles about the 'coming war on war on general purpose computing', describing how corporate entities want to control how you use your computers. This story could mark the beginning of the government wanting to try to control how you use them too. While contemporary printers cannot make plastic guns that fire thousands of rounds, mass adoption will lead to increases in quality, tolerances, and material strength of printed materials, while lowering costs. If you can print a one shot
Obviously, you cannot control who gets their hands on files to print guns. They have been trying to stop digital child porn since the early days of the net, and that is a clearly winnable war. Unlike something like child porn, guns are not reviled by a good 99% of the population so good luck in regulating gun blueprints. Everybody will have access to them, for better or worse. I am not too concerned about criminals getting (more) guns, but I am worried about your average slob with poor judgement being empowered like this, since there are far more of them with plenty of good intentions. Get ready to see school shooting fatalities go up, as the kids in the trench coats upgrade from 9mm handguns to uzis.
I for better or worse, we are turning a corner.
This could also be the magic app that leads to the govt to start trying to control access to replicators.
Agreed. If the plastic firing pin can trigger the primer, the overpressure doesn't blow the chamber and the breech apart, and the rifling doesn't transition to smoothbore after the first round, it might be worth it. But you need stronger plastics for that, and that may be past the printer's ability to liquefy and print.
Might as well just throw the bullet at the target at that point....
Yell BANG!
If the aim is to shoot, we can stick to rubber bands. I think the aim here is to have a workable gun: accurate within reasonable limits (say, 75-100 meters), and lethal, or the very least, damaging. A tumbling bullet is not accurate, and likely slows down enough to be non-lethal even.
If these criteria are not met, I see absolutely no point in a printable gun. If they are, they can be a great tool for national defense militias: a network of such printers could churn out these low-grade weapons quickly and ch
It's also a legal requirement for any sort of handgun. If it's not rifled, it's legally classed as a short-barreled shotgun, which is much more difficult (in some jurisdictions, outright impossible) to own legally. An SBS is any smoothbore device with a barrel length (measured from the face of the closed bolt to the muzzle) less than 18", or a total overall length less than 26."
The plastic could be reinforced with an additive, like perhaps glass fibers. What's also important is that plastic mix may be designed to ablate instead of melting. Ablation takes more heat away per unit volume than melting. It'd wear out as it's heated up, instead of just melting away. Sure thermal management becomes very important on such a design, and you do need to do some finite element thermal and mechanical modeling before anything gets manufactured. To mechanically withstand the stresses, all it takes it to throw enough plastic at the problem, as long as said plastic doesn't deform "too much". It'll be probably necessary to have a statically underbored design, with smallest bore diameter closest to the shell. If you measure it, the bullet "won't" pass through the bore. But in presence of the hot gas, it'll stretch to correct geometry. The gas pressure will be highest at the rear of the barrel, thus you'll want it most underbored right there. This is a similar approach to modeling the machining stresses and passing a deformed shape to the CNC mill such that it will acquire correct shape when machined under presence of hold-down and cutter stresses.
You could probably do something funny with hot gas scavenging, perhaps trading off some of the bullet's kinetic energy to suck some cool air into the barrel to cool it off.
I would think the limiting factor would be stupidity of the user.
I forsee many shot-out eyes...
Keep in mind that in some cases you can use the 3d printer to make the tools needed to make the parts, rather than directly making the parts themselves. For instance barrels need to be made out of metal, yet a 3d printer could still make a jig, essentially a purpose built machining tool, that would give you the ability to make the barrel without purchasing a lot of expensive equipment. Even simple stuff like cutting templates can be a huge time-saver compared to machining parts manually.
Looks like the Government is tired of this 3D printing business, so they got some yahoos to start printing guns.
Interestingly, this is EXACTLY how 3D printing was shut down in the Cory Doctorow book "Makers".
Life imitates art!
Ironically, I would trust a stranger with a gun over anyone sanctioned by government (especially cops). Rationale? The stranger is merely an unknown, but government has proven over and over again that they are willing to use deadly force as a means to achieve their agenda (both inside and outside the border) -- regardless of whether that agenda is moral and just.
It amazes me that so many people want to forcefully remove firearms from those who handle them responsibly, yet at the same time, they NEVER question the fact that government wields deadly force as a matter of daily business.
You have successfully captured the paranoia of the stereotypical American gun nut. Nicely done.
Its only "paranoia" if the fear is irrational and unjustified.
Unfortunately recent history is full of examples of abuse of governmental power and the "civilized" ways for the governed (courts, elections) to obtain justice for which have been rendered largely useless for a large portion of the victims.
The court system is not only guaranteed to bankrupt one being persecuted (not to mention that when facing a group of thuggish government officials on a power trip the first step is usually freezing/confiscation of all assets of the victim) but the courts themsevles have proven to be easily manipulated by the government bureaucrats and officials and are consistently siding with various three letter agencies. Even if they are not, their rulings are ignored (such as the recent TSA rulings), until such time when a new, more favourable ruling can be managed or in more extreme cases where the "law" can be reworked post-facto to the power-holder's advantage (such as the "legality" of torture and indefinite detention without trial of Guantanamo detainees).
Similarly, elections are largely meaningless since the US (and increasingly all the other "Western democracies") feature gigantic 2-way, gaudy sporting matches where the spectacle of personality cults and insane exaggerations of minutia differences between two or three facets of the ruling elite are meant to hide the fact that no real (in practical terms) differences exist between the team "red" and team "blue" and they are all working with/for the same elite and its ideology. You are just supposed to paint your face one of these colours and go screeching - spittle flying - at the supporters of the other team, a model successfully borrowed from the Football (or Soccer) scene. Just make sure you do not actually pause to think what you are doing and who benefits from this madness.
Now top it with the obvious trend of the governments expanding their power by leaps and bounds (TSA, extra-judiciary powers of the President to drone-assassinate American citizens he deems "enemies", etc and so on) and instead of making the poster you are replying to look like a paranoiac, you are making yourself look to be - at best - an uncurious, inattentive, "it can't happen here", "I can't hear anything lalalalalala", individual so desperate to believe that everything is "all right" that he is willing to ignore every second news item for a decade or so, or - at worst - an autocratic shill who actually likes the idea of "putting the malcontents in their place" and who worships naked, raw power and believes those who wield it deserve it and therefore can do no wrong.
Incidentally, 3D printed guns are not even a factor in the equations of power and constitute a negligeable "threat", but never the less will be dealt with harshly using hugely overreaching, draconian powers because even a tiny "threat" to the power-holders has to be neutralized immediately or else in can blossom into a much larger one and an unthinkable situation of a significant untraceable group of citizenry capable of physically resisting their government (to however a small degree) would possibly result. And thus the rulers would have to start actually be wary of the ruled, instead of just the other way around. And so "at 3am came balaclava-clad ATF knocking, with battering rams and bags to put on our heads, one for me, one for my wife and two wee ones for our kids, for I was guilty of an Unlicensed Possession of a 3D Printing Device and Printing an Unapproved Object".
You don't want to give a gun to a government employee because they have done bad things. Rather, you are willing to give a gun to a complete non-government stranger because complete non-government strangers have never done anything illegal, or the achieve his agenda. *blank stare*
The OP stated he would trust 'A' OVER 'B'
"I would trust a stranger with a gun over anyone sanctioned by government"
The difference is that it is illegal for your average (non-government) stranger to use force except in defense against an imminent threat. Government employees by contrast are legally sanctioned to use violent force in any number of situations.
I agree with the OP entirely. I'm much more wary of armed government employees (cops) than armed citizens.
Here's an interactive map maintained by the LA Times showing homicides in the greater LA area.
http://projects.latimes.com/homicide/map/?year=All+years [latimes.com]
The large concentration of deaths is Compton/Watts where there is a lot of illegal activity (gangs) and lots of illegal weapons. Random people get shot there all the time. It doesn't even make the headlines, unless it's a child.
Your are a privileged right wing arrogant asshole. You h
How exactly are they planning to 3D print a barrel that can withstand real ammunition? How are they planning to rifle it?
Also, God help us if this ever became a reality.
3D print the rifling. The barrel isn't so much an issue as the firing point at the base of the barrel. If the projectile is moving straight, the barrel is just a guide with that takes on some friction (especially with rifling).
Right, because "real" guns are oh so hard to come by.
How exactly are they planning to 3D print a barrel that can withstand real ammunition? How are they planning to rifle it?
Also, God help us if this ever became a reality.
Why? The reality TODAY is that anyone can get a gun
Also, God help us if this ever became a reality.
Because no criminals have guns now. And just buying one on the black market will never be easier than learning on to make one yourself...
Also, God help us if this ever became a reality.
Actually, I'm tinking of donating. If we can get the lunatics to make plastic guns and blow their hands off, then much fewer innocent people will get shot.
Admittedly a bit messier than gun control laws, but it may also be more effective.
Notice how often some ideas will get instantly censored and others won't?
Post plans to make a gun and get yourself instantly frozen out. Classified military secrets go straight to the NYT and the leaker is called a hero.
Question politically correct orthodoxy in the pages of the Chronicle of Higher Edication and be fired almost instantly.
Say outrageous, at LEAST borderline if not outright, racist things for years and if you are Joe Biden your career doesn't end; no that is just Crazy Joe. Need it even be p
When do we get to call you guys intolerant, bigots, etc.?
Who is this "we" and "you guys" you are talking about? The "you guys" that are very vocal about thier stance on a particular issue is rarely the same "you guys" that are just as vocal the next month, when another hot topic issue comes up. You gave two specific examples in your post, but neither one has much to do with the viewpoint of a random person on slashdot.
The mainstream media ignores Joe Biden's retardation but jumps on Akin? Um, yeah . . that's the mainstream media and anyone who has been paying the least bit of attention knows to take the new yellow journalism with a grain of salt. Go vent your frustration at CNN or FoxNews forums if you want. You're preaching to the choir here.
A political party sees an issue as more than just black and white and so might have differing views when specific issues are addressed? Say it ain't so! Even if you completely missed the last century of government and you don't know that political parties have been throwing around hypocrasies and double standards for quite a while now, you should be able to realize a simple truth. Printing your own gun and copying someone's music CD is not quite the same thing.
If printing your own gun becomes legal, or stays legal, what have you, and then the Pirate Party says it is against people using a particular gun design because it has a copyright, then that would be a double standard. If the Pirate Party says it should be illegal to print your own gun, then no, that is not a double standard. That is two standards for two different things. Either way, if you have issues with political parties, take it up with them. Refer to my earlier statement about preaching to the choir.
Just to be clear, I'm not against you speaking your mind. But from the quoted bit from your post, you don't seem to be distinguishing your audience (us) from the people you have issues with (msm and political parties).
By 'instantly censored' and 'frozen out' you mean "Indiegogo.com decided to drop them, they switched to using paypal, nobody else has done more than chatter"...
It might come, er, something of a surprise to people like http://www.cncguns.com/ [cncguns.com] (operational since 2004, if their site stats are accurate) that some ideas are "instantly censored"...
I realize that being a persecuted speaker of truth amidst the world's hypocritical sheep is ennobling and all; but please try to keep it empirically grounded.
"Me, I want more of this. I want plans to 3D print a fully automatic weapon. Just to watch the heads explode at the realization that the genie is out of the bottle and ain't going back."
Yeah, won't it just be fucking fantastic when billions of people around the world can 3D-print gas centrifuges and the equipment necessary to extract uranium from seawater. Won't that be fun to watch.
As for this idea, it is a veritable certainty it will be denounced by exactly the same people who support all other information being free. Pirate Party Yea! But not this. Double standard.
As a supporter of information freedom and (from the average American perspective) a radical leftist, I would like to say that I support this project in the strongest terms possible. These people are exercising their freedom of speech and should be able to do so without interference from the government. I want you to have those plans to 3D print a fully automatic weapon, just to watch your head explode at the realization that I'm OK with that.
Go ahead, 3d print whatever you want. It's all just shapes until you shoot someone.
People need to stop using PayPal and other sites that allow them to freeze your funds because they are feeling contrary. Start using wire funds transfers to offshore accounts, or mailing in checks, etc. I know it may not be as convenient but these companies are happy to eat your money and give you nothing in return. And while that money is frozen, you're not getting interest on those funds either -- they are. It's in their best interests to search for reasons to freeze your funding, and people will keep throwing money at them because it's convenient to do so.
Stop supporting these companies, and for that matter, stop doing business with companies in the United States -- that includes Visa and Mastercard. Most organizations worldwide are moving off the dollar and away from US-based businesses for financial support and advice because they've become a militant government that commits acts of economic terrorism.
Give me an alternative that works a) world-wide, b) takes credit cards and c) no setup-fees and I will move off PayPal.
Until then, my less-tinfoil-hat alternative is to never keep any substantial amounts of money in there. Whenever my account has accumulated a few hundred bucks, I transfer it to my bank account.
So far, works like charm. If they ever do freeze my account for whatever crazy reason of the day, I've lost an amount that sucks, but doesn't endanger me.
They are taking donations via PayPal. It's IndieAGoGo (I think that's the name), a kickstarter-like clone that locked them out.
People need to stop using PayPal
As if people need yet another reason to stop using PayPall. Although, I guess they do!
No, no, and no. Not with current plastics. And rifling a barrel is NOT an easy thing to do without highly specialized and expensive machinery.
So, all this angst about 'OMG, plastic guns!' is totally wasted. Amusing, though.
...if there's one thing the world needs more of, it's guns.
I didn't realize anyone would consider the Lord of War quote regarding the other 11 a call-to-action.
Why spend the money/time printing one? Some people just make them for $7 out tubing.
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You can have my gun.... When you pry my 3-D printer from the table over there. Seriously, it's just in the other room, you can have it. I don't want any trouble.
I was gonna do this.
Fundraising via Paypal ending with Paypal freezing all proceeds in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1..
It's not hard to make a firearm. It's hard to make an accurate, reliable firearm with useful ergonomic features like multi-shot magazines.
Kids have been making "zip guns" in shop for years. The simplest single shot designs use a nail driven by a rubber band to strike a cartridge held in a metal tube. For a
If you want to ensur
Nerds need to take more shop classes. Everybody on Slashdot thinks that 3-d printing represents the dawn of a new paradigm, where we can actually *make physical objects ourselves* rather than buying them at a store. Guess what? Making your own things is not some brilliant new hack, people have been doing it for centuries.
Give me a block of steel, a drill press and a
Hacking the physical world isn't something computer nerds just invented. It just seems new to you because you chose to take web design as a high school elective rather than metal shop.
First let me flash my credentials. I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. I have a LOT more mechanical engineering experience and have worked in design and machine shops for 20 years and have been using commercial 3D printers for about 10 years.
3D printing is a new paradigm just like CNC controls were a new paradigm 30-40 years ago. It allowed much greater flexibility, speed, and accuracy in manufacturing. Things that could only be done by expert mold and tool makers could be built by p
What a kind and noble goal, what the world really needs is more cheap and widely available weapons!
Several posters have rightly pointed out the problems with 'printing' a whole gun, namely the need for hardened and high-pressure-resistant parts.
However, if you put that requirement in the ammo instead and make the gun essentially a rocket launcher, like the Gyrojet [wikipedia.org] weapons developed in the 1960s, you probably could print the whole thing (except maybe for some springs).
Problem is that since nobody (AFAIK) makes Gyrojet ammo any more, the rounds -- which were never cheap compared to conventional ammo -- now cost in the range of $100 a piece.
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As promised, here's the early arrival of this year's final chapter! Credit goes to Redon and Kaze1028 from AP for providing them, and Aohige for translation:
-Chapter title is "The most dangerous man". The ministory involves Caribou stealing jewelry from the old lady who saved him (geez....).
-The fight between Franky and Baby-5 continues. However, none of B5's attacks have any effect on Franky in his shogun mode (he even sings about how invincible he is!). Meanwhile, Caesar prepares to destroy the heart in his hands.....
-Back at the lab, Doflamingo chats with Vergo. It seems that it's confirmed that Vergo has the most seniority out of all the warlord's crewmembers. Meanwhile, Luffy and co. are busy escaping the lab, which is close to collapsing on all of them due to the SAD room's explosion. Monet notices the explosion from her position, and gets ready to press the lab's self-destruct switch herself. Just as she gives a silent farewell to her master (in which she voices her wish for him to become Pirate King), she collapses, coughing blood. It turns out that Caesar did have her heart instead of Smoker's after all. In fact, HE STABBED HER HEART WITH AN ICICLE....!!!!!
-Law reveals to Smoker that he NEVER gave his heart to Caesar to begin with. He just handed him Monet's, which the scientist mistook for the vice-admiral's. Back at Dressrosa, Dofla's crew realizes that the master himself is gone. He's seen flying across the sea by himself, ordering B5 and Buffalo to take out Franky. He then says that he'll arrive at Punk Hazard himself momentarily.....
And here's the pic that confirms the spoiler's legitimacy:
WELP. Unless there's some way to survive from getting your freaking heart stabbed, I guess this is the end of Monet. And I believe a bunch of people had already guessed that Dofla would go to PH himself, so I guess that's no big surprise there. But somehow, I still can't see him being the final boss here since he left behind most of his crew at Dressrosa. Either way, this is one hell of a chapter to end 2012 with, if I do say so myself.
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As far as the flight goes, my guess is that he's using something similar to Geppou/Sky Walk. Either that, or his DF lets him swing across the ocean Spider-Man style (though that wouldn't explain what exactly he attaches his strings to).....
Also, I think this twist also pretty much clarified what Oda meant with that "dangerous man on the move" comment from the Jump Fiesta.
BTW, I also gotta mention that Franky is mighty impressive this chapter. It's awesome to know that he can hold his own against those two enemies, though I can't help but feel that he'll be screwed if Dofla decides to involve himself in that fight.....
Edit: Aohige pointed out that Baby-5 can reform her body in a very logia-like fashion, though her power is most likely still a paramecia type. Interesting.....
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BTW, you guys better savor this chapter for as long as you can.... because this is gonna be the last one we'll have for a good while. Since both the double issues leaked so early, we won't be seeing 695 until about mid-January. Actually, I had meant to include that info right in the thread title, but I kinda forgot to in my rush to make the thread, heh. But I suppose James or another mod can take care of that later.....
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Now this is the way to end off 2012. Good stuff, Oda. Doflamingo is finally going to get himself directly involved, which is something all of us have been greatly anticipating. If he does run into Franky, the latter is most likely going to be made an example out of. Franky's done very well for himself to hold off two of the birdman's subordinates, but the warlord will prove to be too much for him. Monet getting screwed over we all saw coming a mile away. No surprise there.
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With Monet's death, I guess Vergo is saved too. I think Doflamingo's defeat is a long way off, but it'll be interesting to see what the state of PH is when he arrives.
At this rate, I think Law and Luffy will end up reclaiming Ceasar after all, and Baby 5 and Buffalo will be evaded during the escape, leaving Doflamingo at a total loss when he finally arrives.
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Doflamingo may be too late to run into those that are thwarting his plans. Quite frankly, he doesn't seem to be the type of bad guy to spare anyone, so perhaps Oda is saving this inevitable confrontation for when the strawhats get to Dressrosa. This arc is at its end (presumably), after all.
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LOL, those panda guys sure didn't waste any time!
Anyway, I'm really starting to like B5's power. Aohige was right, too.... the way her body reformed WAS pretty similar to a logia's. But it's still unclear whether or not she can make herself impervious to enemy attacks like the elementals can. Sure, haki would make that defense obsolete anyway, but I'm still curious.
And I'm still wondering how Oda would have Monet survive a freaking literal stab to her heart. Even for OP, that kind of graphic assault doesn't seem like one that can be easily recovered from (if at all). But hey, even if she does miraculously survive, at least this kinda proves that Oda isn't a complete pansy when it comes to violence against (pretty) females.
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holy crap! we'll have to wait a few more weeks after this?!
franky is suuuuuperrrr in this chapter! and law making that switch is just pure sneaky, but i like it!
doffy seems like he values vergo as a comrade. i wonder if they were friends before they started working together. they seem to have a long history together.
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If Monet and Vergo are still alive by the time Doflamingo gets there, do you guys think they'll get the Bellamy treatment for failing or will he just leave them there to perish? Unlike Bellamy, these subordinates are worthy of much more respect and admiration. But then again, Doflamingo is the "wild card" being the "Joker" and all.
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about how he was able to "fly/float" on the water I bet it was similar concept with how Sani (from Toriko) capable to do the same using his hair
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I don't think so. According to Aohige, Dofla's chats with his crew demonstrated some genuine mutual respect/concern for each other in the original Japanese. That being said, I'd figure that Dofla would be pissed as hell if he found out what Caesar did to Monet....
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Y'know Monet is a logia user, and a snow one at that. Caesar stabbed her heart with an icicle. Even though it may be a stretch, I wouldn't be surprised if it's solely because of her devil fruit that she survives that fatal blow. Considering Oda's track record of character deaths it's hard to say just what her fate will be.
Pretty crafty of Law to make that precaution in the first place though, visually you can't really tell the difference between two human hearts except for maybe their size.
And wow, I wasn't expecting Doflamingo to head for Punk Hazard himself. Perhaps he'll just collect whatever subordinates of his he can and then retreat back to Dressrosa with the Strawhats on his tail.
Though, really one has to imagine just how Doflamingo is managing to "fly" over the ocean like that. Coupled with his forceful manipulation and simplicity of severing limbs from others, it's a very mysterious ability with a number possibilities. Who knows if it's even a devil fruit?
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On the other hand i think Doflo is flying using threads to attach himself to the clouds. Or he's attached to a pretty fast fish swimming under the sea. His wings are acting like a parachute.
Increasingly looks like Dressrosa is gonna be the next island. How close could it be to Punk Hazard? Luffy's motivation to go there right away will also be interesting to see.
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- Artisan Lifestyle said...
"Can a stone float on water?"... The answer is yes. I learned the answer in fifth grade science.
"Volcanic rocks often have a vesicular texture caused by voids left by volatiles escaping from the molten lava. Pumice is an example of explosive volcanic eruption. It is so vesicular that it floats in water."
Their test is fundementally flawed and should be thrown out.... Sheesh! Am I the only fact checker in the room?
- January 21, 2012 at 11:34 PM
- Jo-Ann said...
Great response Ms Artisan Lifestyle but coming back to the original question: what does a floating stone have to do with delirium? Perchance you, Ms Good Typist, was the only sane person there. Next they will be giving out IQ tests as if they mean something.
Anyhow, you may, as you say have a big, sloppy mess of a writing thing going on but you sure make a pretty blogsite!
- January 23, 2012 at 3:24 PM
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Great comments, Artisan and Jo-Ann! The question is supposed to be one in series to help assess a patient's level of awareness and cognition....there is also a thing where you have them draw a clock face. That one also confused me. That's ok, though. I will just comfort myself with the thought that it's everyone else who is crazy.:)
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I think it was the opposite. You had already left by then. It was after we went to the Trafford Center I believe. The four of us had a few games of pool and darts.
I remember someone hitting Runic in the finger with a dart actually. :P It was K@ that did that wasn't it?
Matthew K.:
LOL Nice, K@
It was Bryan that did the fulcrum and it was Pauline who threw the offending dart, coz I remember her shrieking and Paul pissing himself! :)
Well. Laughs were had by all. :P
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I hate to bump threads, but it seems in the what, 4 months or so that I never even was able to step foot in this forum, so much went by. I didn't know either of them in real life, and I didn't really know of them very much on this community, but I still feel at a loss. I hate when people die, whether of natural, forced, or self-imposed causes. I only hope he knew Jesus Christ as his Saviour. Then the sorrow could turn into joy.
Regardless of all of that, my deepest sympathies go out to the family. It seems like they both were really good people. :(
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