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The NCSoft company is nothing about a bunch of theives. I was considering getting into GW2 but after seeing them merge all the servers in Lineage 2 and losing about 20 characters that I spent two years leveling. Only to see the game reappear. AND after now seeing that City Of Heroes is closing down nothing good is coming of this company.
I have the same feeling that they are doing the same thing here with City Of Heroes. People will do their damnest to keep the game going, the game will stay opened but will be changed. All the characters will be wiped. Personally I think this is an excuse to wipe everyone's account out and start fresh.
There are certain organizations in life that after a while become corrupt and only giggle and laugh at marketing schemes to get a person's money. These people are no good. The NCSoft organization is turning into one of them.
Personally I feel as if I have been supporting some sort of war effort knowing that the Koreans are behind it and that the US branch cares nothing about its service/product.
I am losing 10 servers full of chars, 2 level 50s, many more level 30s and a bunch of level 20s or higher. Not to mention the 20 chars that I lost in the Lineage 2 game.
Most people sort of guessed the game was over after it went free. It was pretty much for me, but I did plan to return at a later date when I had more free time.
This sort of thing will be happening over and over again with the main reason being legal. So much for leaving your characters or account in a will for your family to fight over and taking the company to court. I see nothing wrong with taking an organization like this to court anyways.
They give business organizations a bad name. It is only a matter of time before they do the same thing to Aion.
Its great when you invest 6 years of money into a paid service only to have all of the work disappear.
I hope this happens to a few companies out there that are as the saying goes, dishonest and thieves.
As for MMO gaming, if I wanted a social network I would join Facebook.
10 years from now I do not believe that an 'NCSoft' will be around. At least not with that name.
This is a perfect example of why playing with people is nothing but trouble. It is better just to play against a computer.
Originally posted by Kalay
I am losing 10 servers full of chars, 2 level 50s, many more level 30s and a bunch of level 20s or higher. Not to mention the 20 chars that I lost in the Lineage 2 game. Most people sort of guessed the game was over after it went free. It was pretty much for me, but I did plan to return at a later date when I had more free time.
So, the game closed down and you are upset that characters that YOU USED TO PLAY but "did plan to return" to will be gone by November 30. Perhaps, and just perhaps, if the people who "used to play" kept on playing and not just used the game as an MMORPG booty call, the game would still be a vibrant playground. Don't move out of the old neighborhood and then get ticked off becaue they tore it down before you could get back for a visit.
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What about Tabula Rasa?
or Dungeon Runners?
I mean lets complain about all the games NCSoft has shut down, probably because they became unprofitable.
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One of those great lines from The Secret World
Silly rant. You invest in the stock market, you play MMORPG's.
You had fun while you were there, they have no obligation to keep your characters around forever.
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Pouring on extra "Salt" for 2017
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I said this before and I'll say it again. "There should be a guarantee that you will not lose any characters".
I went through this with Lineage 2. The EULA actually states that the characters are not yours. Their support got back to me to emphasis that. I feel that is wrong. But that is the case when you play with other people, BUT it is not that way with all games. I seriously mentioned the legal aspects in it. Someone should take them to court over it.
One to mention right away is Diablo 2. I have maybe 30 characters created there. And I still have them though even after surviving the Win 98 crashes. Why? Because I have control of them.
If no one has noticed the MMO games/services have security system that supposedly no one can break into. D2 is done to play online because, as the phrase goes, it is nerfed. The game has been taken apart by people who have all the items so why still play it online? Hopefully those people have moved on and are trying to break something else. Lan the game is the answer. You can't do that to D3 which is why I consider it to be less of a game. Funny they have a new leveling system called Paragon levels.
I am actually wondering if the days of on line gaming are becoming numbered.
All of this is why your best playing partner is your computer. No intervention of outside sources, no fight over 'gang' tactics. I could get into this but that is another story.
In my opinion City Of Heroes has the best teaming online, in any game! You can relax, work as a team, and at the end come out feeling as if you had fun. I have not found another game like that in any other MMO. Am I willing to put more money up for that? Hell no. To see the game keep going downhill more and more.
All of these contracts with other parts of the industry are ruining the game. Hollywood, the music industry being involved are all adding to the deterioration of the industry. It is no wonder Half Life 2 Episode 3 has not been made.
And I have another thing to add to that you will just love. The intervention of 'killer queens'/woman gaining more and more interest in online gaming. Which is all they really seem to want to do. Why? Because they have an edge.
I will never be buying another NCSoft game and I am hoping that the quality of Blizzard picks up as well as that has recently been lacking in fun.
Socializing is not gaming. And 'gang' rule is also not gaming. Coming up with a solution to something your play, IS gaming.
I am sorry to see it go. But I am also not surprised as time moves on to see the quality of work go downhill.
With all the money they have 'stolen' from people with undue promises...well...I hope they choke on it.
As far as I am concerned it is the same as some child breaking another child's toy. Did you raise your kids to do that?
Its entertainment. Stick with your product and make it better and better and you may be surprised how that pays off in the end.
I'm not going as far as saying they are thieves, but going "free to play" and then selling various things to unlock parts of the game only to close it down a year later is awfully crappy.
They should have made at least a 3 year commitment to F2P, I think, unless they were absolutely losing money hand over fist on CoH, and even then, they could simply cease development and run the servers. I mean, we all know that server costs are not that much.
R.I.P. City of Heroes and my 17 characters there
Originally posted by Corthala
They seem to shutdown games to fast
They're the FOX of MMO companies.
Originally posted by Laughing-man
What about Tabula Rasa? or Dungeon Runners? I mean lets complain about all the games NCSoft has shut down, probably because they became unprofitable.
Even less proitable than games like Daoc or Vanguard or WAR? Even EA and SOE is not that hasty when it comes to shut down.
I wouldn't call them thieves, more like hypocrites. It got under my skin when I heard about them forging a letter claiming it was written by Richard Garriot about closing down Tabula Rasa when Garriot was out in space at the time being and he filed a lawsuit when he returned home. I think NCSoft are only interested in money churning products, and I think GW2 will be that, but honestly, if GW2 stops generating money a year from now NCSoft will no doubt attempt to close it down without hesitation and this is the 5th game for them to shut down. Aion will be next on the list, that game is slowly shrinking.
There are more and more major companies like NCSoft popping up, even existing ones turning into those (like SOE, Activision and EA). There's very little you can do about them.
Originally posted by Kalay
I went through this with Lineage 2. The EULA actually states that the characters are not yours. Their support got back to me to emphasis that. I feel that is wrong. But that is the case when you play with other people, BUT it is not that way with all games. I seriously mentioned the legal aspects in it. Someone should take them to court over it.
"Someone?" Anyone? Why not you? You seem pretty worked up over it.
And I say that in all seriousness. I'm not commenting on your particulars because, frankly, it sounds like so much whining. BUT, if you were truly harmed and feel you can prove it, then by all means, take NCSoft (or whoever) to court. There are alot of shenanigans in gaming that will not be resolved until the courts intervene. You can be a test case.
Put up or shut up.


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In the mid-19th century, the Unitarian minister, mathematician and inventor Thomas Hill envisioned an adding machine that would have a column of keys for each digit entered. Hill took out a U.S. Patent for the device, but it never became a practical product.
Almost thirty years later, Chicago machinist Dorr E. Felt (1862-1930) decided to design an improved adding machine for accountants. Like Victor Schilt, he was interested in adding machines with keys, but he wanted to add larger numbers and to add them quickly. To do this, he devised a machine with several columns of keys. In each column, the keys were numbered from 1 to 9. The column as a whole represented one digit of a number. Felt first made a crude model using a macaroni box from a local grocer, with meat skewers for key stems and rubber bands for screws. He built several prototypes of the machine, and named it the Comptometer. Felt also soon built a printing version of the machine, which he called the Comptograph. It never sold widely.
On Felt's Comptometer, pushing a key not only set up a digit, but entered it into the mechanism. Felt carefully cultivated customers, and won the financial support of Robert Tarrant as well as orders from government offices, businesses, and scientific observatories. Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company sent its products overseas as well as across the country. It built special Comptometers for adding fractions and non-decimal currency, and steadily improved, but did not radically alter, the product. Felt & Tarrant used some of its profits to acquire adding machines of historic interest.
Felt died in 1930. After considerable debate, descendents of Felt and Tarrant decided to take the firm public in 1946, taking the name Comptometer Corporation. The postwar years proved difficult, especially for foreign sales. In 1961, the firm merged with the Victor Adding Machine Company of Chicago to form Victor Comptometer Corporation. The products of this company looked quite different from those of Felt & Tarrant, as they were ten-key, printing machines. Not long thereafter, Victor Comptometer donated Felt's collection of historically important machines to the Smithsonian.
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Hill Arithmometer
- Description
- This U.S. Patent Office model for an early key-driven adding machine has a wooden case with two columns of keys. Each collumn has six wooden keys. At the back are two wooden discs. Around the edge of each disc is a paper slip with the digits from 0 to 9 printed. These digits repeat seven times on each disc. To the right of each digit is, in smaller type, its nines complement, which is used in subtraction and division. Each wheel of the machine has attached to its side a ratchet that rotates according to the motion of a pawl. The base of the pawl is attached to the end of a lever that extends forward the length of the machine and is pivoted near the front. Above each lever, on the outside of the machine, is a column of keys, numbered from 1 at the top to 6 at the bottom.
- To enter a number, the user depressed a key, which depressed the lever and moved the pawl, rotating the ratchet and wheel forward. Each wheel also had a toothed disc attached to it. After the wheel rotated forward past a "9" position, a tooth on the disc encountered a metal arm which drove a pawl on the adjacent wheel forward one position, causing a carry.
- Thomas Hill, who took out a patent on this machine, was a Unitarian minister and, for a time, president of Harvard University. This patent did not result in a product.
- References:
- Thomas Hill, "Improved Arithmometer," U.S. Patent 18692, November 24, 1857.
- Thomas Hill, "On a New Form of Arithmetical Complements," Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1857, 11:82;
- J. A. V. Turck, Origin of Modern Calculating Machines, Chicago: The Western Society of Engineers, 1921, pp. 22-29, 61-62.
- P. A. Kidwell, "Thomas Hill: Minister, Intellectual and Inventor," Rittenhouse, 12 (October 1998): pp. 111-119.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1857
- patentee
- Hill, Thomas
- maker
- Hill, Thomas
- ID Number
- catalog number
- 252686
- accession number
- 49064
- patent number
- 18,692
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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Since low carbohydrate diets became popular, the phrase "net carbs" has become a fairly regular fixture on the labels of food products. But, if you are not familiar with the term you may be wondering what in the world it means!
There are three types of carbohydrates: starches, sugars and fiber. All three types of carbs are added up and listed as Total Carbohydrates on the Nutrition Facts Label of a food product.
The concept of net carbs is based on the fact that, although it is considered a carbohydrate, dietary fiber is not digested the same way the other two types of carbohydrates (starches and sugars) are. While starches and sugars are broken down into glucose (blood sugar), fiber isn't treated the same way. The fiber you eat passes through the body undigested and helps add bulk to your stool (among other benefits). The indigestibility of fiber is where the idea of "net carbs" comes in. In fact, sometimes, net carbs are sometimes referred to as "digestible carbs.''
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Open Debate of the Security Council on "Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".
NEW YORK, 7 May 2014
STATEMENT BY H.E. Karel J.G. van Oosterom Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations. Open Debate of the Security Council on "Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".
Thank you Mr. President for convening this meeting and marking this historic moment on the 10th anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1540. And we pay tribute to the work of the Republic of Korea in chairing the 1540 committee. We fully align ourselves with the statement made by the EU.
The adoption of resolution 1540 ten years ago was historic; it was a crucial step in preventing terrorist groups from gaining access to weapons of mass destruction. To realize that important goal, we all have to work together. Even today, the risk that non-state actors acquire or develop nuclear, chemical or biological weapons is real. Effective multilateralism, strong bilateral partnerships and robust national implementation are key to achieving our common aim to prevent this from happening.
(Robust national implementation)
The Netherlands has taken robust measures to ensure compliance with UNSCR 1540. These include effective controls to prevent non State actors from developing, acquiring or transferring weapons of mass destruction. We continue to review our policies. A good example is the current review of our biosecurity regime. We are working on a control mechanism in cooperation with science institutions and hospitals in the Netherlands that work with these materials. We will present this new biosecurity regime at the upcoming Meeting of Experts of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
We furthermore take innovative measures to improve chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear safety. Rotterdam for example, one of the largest ports in the world, scans all containers on nuclear and radiological materials. And we share best practices like these with other countries.
(Bilateral partnerships and effective multilateralism)
We truly believe in the power of sharing information and providing assistance to other countries. Therefore, we support other countries in strengthening their legal and regulatory infrastructure, both on a national basis as through the EU. We invest in global cooperation in countering nuclear, chemical and biological threats. The Netherlands is a strong supporter of effective multilateral export control regimes and assist other countries with their implementation. The Netherlands is furthermore actively lobbying for the universalization of multilateral treaties to which it is a party. And of course, the Netherlands hosted the recent Nuclear Security Summit. We welcome the reference to the NSS in the presidential statement adopted today.
(Nuclear Security Summit)
The Nuclear Security Summit of 24-25 March 2014 contributed to higher awareness and better implementation of nuclear security worldwide and pushed as such the 1540 agenda. For my country, it is crucial that the results of the NSS are not limited to its participants. Therefore we actively share the outcomes; this afternoon for example, our sherpa presented the achievements here at the UN to all member states.
The Summit resulted in "The Hague Communiqué", agreed upon by the leaders of 53 participating countries and 4 international organizations. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was one of them. The participants welcomed the significant contribution made by the UN to strengthening nuclear security. Particularly in promoting the ratification and effective implementation of international conventions and protocols against terrorism. This includes nuclear terrorism - as well as the work undertaken by the UN Security Council Committee 1540. On the basis of resolution 1540 all member states are involved in the strengthening of nuclear security.
NSS participants urged states "to fully implement resolution 1540 and subsequent resolutions, and to continue to report such efforts on a regular basis". By doing so, the NSS community expressed even a stronger commitment than in the Summits preceding to The Hague.
The Netherlands is proud to be one of the 33 countries, that signed up to the joint statement, a so called 'gift basket' on 1540. This group, led by Canada and the Republic of Korea, committed to fully implement the UNSC Resolution 1540. The main purpose of this gift basket is better implementation, reporting and providing assistance within the framework of 1540. The signatories also undertake to rapidly submit National Action Plans, as recommended in the resolution. For this reason the Netherlands recently committed itself to submit our first national action plan.
To strengthen the NSS-process, we also hosted summits for industry and the scientific community. Especially the Nuclear Industry Summit was of great importance, because implementation of nuclear security and control measures very often has to be done by industry.
(Concluding remarks)
Inspired by the spirit of the NSS, the Netherlands would like to set the bar high for the next ten years. The focus of our work should further shift from awareness raising to effective implementation. Only together we can achieve the important objectives of UNSCR 1540. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will continue to be an effective partner for both the UN and other member-states to realize these goals.
Thank you.


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Woman Arrested for Allegedly Providing Alcohol to Minors
A Hermiston woman was arrested for allegedly supplying alcohol to a number of underage children, including many who are involved in sports at Umatilla High School.
Police say they interviewed numerous people since an October 5th party, and believe 38 year old Crystal Wright provided the drinks to the children who ranged in age from 14 to 18.
She was arrested and lodged at the Umatilla County Jail on seven counts of furnishing alcohol to minors.
The school district says they're disciplining the students.


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Lots of inspections this week.
Plus, it looks like we have a new restaurant opening in the former Flowerdale Marketplace. It's called Sweet Tea & Biscuits, according to the health department records.
The state Department of Health regularly inspects restaurants and food facilities.
The facilities are graded from A to C. "A" is the best. "C" is the equivalent of failing, but the inspection isn't bad enough to merit the closure of the restaurant.
The following Lee County facilities were inspected between Augut. 23 and Thursday.
The facilities are listed as they are in the MSDH system, even if there are typos.
Arby's (South Gloster)
Wendy's (West Main)
Knight's Drive Inn (McCullough)
Old Venice
Itawamba Community College Culinary Arts Kitchen
Sweet Tea & Biscuits (2025 McCullough Boulevard) Carlie note: New restaurant? We think so. This is the address for Flowerdale Marketplace, which moved in June to Industrial Road.
Saltillo High School
Saltillo Elementary School
Design Your Way (caterer in Shannon)
Gurley's (Guntown)
Chef's (2447 Eason Boulevard)
Hazel's Pizza Pitt (Guntown)
Back Yard Burgers
Sanctuary Hospice House
Williams Barbecue BQ (2959 Willie Moore Road)
Romie's Barbeque
Borrowed Thyme (825 Jefferson St.)
Tea for T'Arts at His-Hers (downtown Tupelo)
Barnes & Noble
A Gold Star – 8/23/12 – in compliance on all items but can't make higher than a B after scoring a C.
Express Shop #34 – 8/29/12 – in compliance on all items but can't make higher than a B after scoring a C.
Express Shop #34 (108 Turner Park in Saltillo) – 8/24/12- not in compliance: hands clean and properly washed; hot & cold water available with adequate pressure
Read the full reports by clicking here.
To check facilities in other counties, go to msdh.ms.gov/food/defaultDates.aspx.


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Thursday, August 05, 2010
moustache mugs
27 comments:
These pictures are so funny! Especially since she's a girl.ReplyDelete
i love these mugs! they're oh so cute!ReplyDelete
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you have just made my addiction to moustaches riseeee. i'm addicted to anything moustache-y. :D
Those are cute! I saw some like those in Urban Outfitters. Very funny.ReplyDelete
hahahha I just laughed out loud. Too cute for words! Gotta have one!ReplyDelete
these are FANTASTIC! I seriously want them : )ReplyDelete
too cute! ^^ReplyDelete
those are brilliant, I have to get me one of those! xReplyDelete
ok. genius idea. i'm totally going to copy this on my clay pots.ReplyDelete
These are too funny!ReplyDelete
Fireflies etc.
oh that's so cool!!ReplyDelete
Adorable. As a true coffee addict, I could use these - the entire set.ReplyDelete
Thank-you soooooo much for sharing this one. My friend's birthday is coming up soon and she absolutely loves anything to do with moustaches. I think I have just found her present.ReplyDelete
Oh wow, what a fantastic idea! Definitely a site to bookmark (:ReplyDelete
I saw these before! I want the one with the curly moustache, heheReplyDelete
cute design! i've saw the animals face cuo before, but this are soo cool!ReplyDelete
Haha cute. There's these paper party cups that have different noses on it, so clever!!ReplyDelete
TOO CUTE, i want one!!ReplyDelete
love love love these!ReplyDelete
I've been seeing these mugs everywhere, and I want one so badly!ReplyDelete
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I love these! I saw them on another blog! I love a good tacheReplyDelete
They are so funny! Would love to have one as well!ReplyDelete
- maisiemoofaceMarch 30, 2012 at 11:34 PM
They are totally amazing! I want some! Hm, all I need is a sharpie and some nail varnish...ReplyDelete


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The crew journeys into Fry's dreams to seek the meaning of a mysterious alien melody.
There it is again.
It's driving mecrazy.
Why am I theonly one whining?
All personnel,report to the laboratory.
I've discoveredthe source of the music.
Hologram off.
As you can see,
I've picked upan alien ship
on the long-range scanner.
It seems tobe emitting
musical tones in an effortto communicate.
Why don't they justuse a thoughtspike
like normal people?
(with echo):I don't know, Amy.
But what are those alienstrying to ask us?
What do the tones mean?
Isn't it obvious?
Uh, no.
Drat, I was hoping it was.
Well, whatever it is,we'd better figure it out soon
because that shipwill reach Earth in two weeks.
(all gasping)
That's a hellof a slow ship.
I know I've heardthat melody before.
I-I just can't remember where.
Perhaps we can narrow it down
by seeing what partof Fry's brain
becomes active when he hears it.
(tones playing)
I can isolatethose tones to a memory
Fry formed onDecember 31, 1999.
That's the day I fellin the freezer tube.
I, too, wason Earth that day,
on my mission to ensure
Fry's successful transportto the future.
But I recall no such music.
I always forgetthat he can talk.
Well, that must bewhen I heard it.
But I guess the memoryis gone forever.
Like Kaboom cereal.
And my family.
Oh, fuff.
The memorystill exists
somewhere inyour subconscious mind.
We've got to get Fryback into that dream
so he can rememberwhere he heard those tones.
I'd really rather not relivemy last day in the past.
It was awful.
Hanging outwith my crazy family,
falling in a cryogenic freezer.
Can't you just dissect my brain?
With the buildingshaking like this?
No chance.
Hold out your arm.
(tones playing)
Eeh, my old house.
There's not one thing aboutthis place that I missed.
(dog barking)
Seymour.I forgot about you.
Aw, I missed your stinky breathso much.
Maybe I do kind ofmiss this place.
Maybe I just convinced myselfI hated it
'cause I knew I couldnever come back.
You know, boy,
this was the last timeI ever saw my family.
Geez, Philip,I just put Seymour out.
Now he's tracking stink in here.
By which I mean you.
Yeah, Yancy, I stink.
Attaboy, Yancy.
Gorbachev thatforehead up good.
Good old,crazy old Dad.
Go, you bastard.
Kick that football.
Aw, you blew it again.
Hi, Mom.
Who's playing?
I'm watchingthe Charlie Brown special.
Is that what I think it is?
Yep, your favorite.
Captain Crunchcasserole.
Aww, it's been a thousand yearssince I had this.
Can I lick the beaters?
Well, sure.
Just let me unplug itbefore you..
(muffled screaming)
Dear God.
He's not lookingfor the melody at all.
He's enjoying himself.
Fry, this isProfessor Farnsworth.
Get out of your house and keep moving.
You're on a mission.
Okay, jeez,give me a minute, will you?
Hey wait, can you guys hearthe Professor, too?
Does that seem strange to you?
Well, no,not in a dream.
Lots of weird stuffcould happen.
Philip, haveyou lost weight?
Damn it, Fry.
Stop wasting timewith your loved ones
and find the sourceof the music.


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CNBC: We're Self-Chastening, Like Any Respectable GE Product
So now a CNBC insider says GE overlords did not apply political pressure in a meeting with the network, as previously reported. The financial network is perfectly capable of flagellating itself.
Moe Tkacik (hey, that name sounds familiar) over at Talking Points Memo had a chat with her own CNBC source, present at the now-famous 30 Rock meeting between GE chief Jeff Immelt, NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker and top personalities and executives from CNBC.
The source "took offense" to the idea that the meeting was "creepy," saying it had been convened to give network reporters the chance "to pick Immelt's brain," since he not only heads GE but is on the president's economic advisory council and on the board of the New York Fed.
It's worth noting that this is third explanation of why the meeting was called, CNBC having said previously it was convened "to thank CNBC for a job well done" and an aggrieved insider having told Page Six it was all about bowing down before General Secretary Barack Obama.
Tkacik's source acknowledged that the meeting did turn to "soul searching", but only as part of an ongoing self-examination at the network:
Our source said some CNBC employees and executives now accept that the network was too willing to play cheerleader to the financial engineering-based economy, but expressed surprise that anyone felt political "pressure" after the dinner.
Conservative anchor Dennis Kneale agreed there's been no political pressure.
Which raises the question: If CNBC's corporate overlords won't smack the broken network's most intractable elements into a serious reform program, who the hell will?


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Speedway News
Seymour. August 11- There will be an open practice tonight, Tuesday, August 11, at the Seymour Speedway fr5om 5 – 8.
Anyone wishing to get seat time or test and tune can take advantage of the open track time.
Cost is $15.00 per person to enter the pit.
Grandstand is open FREE to anyone wishing to watch.
Don't forget, a full regular program is on tap for this Sunday, August 16. Racing this week sponsored by Beavers Hut of Freedom.
This week is also Fan Appreciation Night at the Seymour Speedway. ALL general admission will only be $5.00. Get your family, buddies, strangers off the street and treat them to a GREAT night of racing action Sunday night. Racing starts at 6.
Seymour August 9 – 9 AM- Looks to be a nice day for racing to take place at the Seymour Speedway. It will be a busy day at the track for sure.
To start, tonights sponsors, Kelsey Coatings and 1st Choice Auto Sales of Green Bay, will have all of their sponsored cars on display in front of the grandstand. A great chance to meet and talk with the drivers and get a close up look at their cars. They are also providing a couple bikes for the Kids Club to give away.
Then, at intermission, the Kids Coin Toss will take place on the track, all courtesy of Kelsey and 1st Choice.
The action on the 1/3 mile banked clay oval will have some additions as well. Along with the Budweiser IMCA Modiifeds, Coors Light IMCA Stock Cars, O'Reilly Auto Parts IMCA Sport Mods, Turbo Blue Street Stocks and 4 Cylinders, the Milwaukee Vintage Stock Car Club will be here to run a couple races to showcase their restored Vintage race cars. All this topped off with the Thunder Trucks.
In addition to all of this activity, the Kim Parsons Memorial Trophy Tour will be making a stop to present the beautiful, big trophies to all of the feature winners tonight to promote organ and tissue donation. Track announcer, Steve Parsons, has dedicated a great deal of time and energy to put this Tour together and Promote this program in memory of his daughter, Kim, for the past several years. This is the second stop on the tour this season at Seymour.
The running order tonight will be:
O'Reilly Auto Parts IMCA Sport Mods
Turbo Blue Street Stocks
Vintage Cars
Budweiser IMCA Modifieds
Coors light IMCA Stock Cars
4 Cylinders
Thunder Trucks
Pit opens at 4 PM
Admissions $25. Discounts for minors.
Late sign in at 5:15
Drivers meeting at 5:30
Racing at 6 PM.
Grandstand opens at 4:30
Adults 19-55 $11.00
Students 13-18 and Seniors 55+ $8.00
Kids 12 and under FREE with paid adult
Racing at 6 PM
Fans continue to ask about the rained out IRA Sprint show from last week. It can not be re-scheduled for this year as there are no available dates on their schedule to do so. There were discussions at the track last week with IRA officials about 2016, even possibly adding a second date.
Don't forget, the re-scheduled WDLMA Late Model Lucky 7 series event from Memorial Day IS set to return in 2 weeks, Sunday August 23. This will be part of the Summer Holiday Classic, which is being moved up from Labor Day. Along with the Late Models topping the program with a 40 lap feature, all five regular divisions will be running for an increased purse that night, making it a special night for everyone.
Just a reminder about the practice at the track, THIS Tuesday, August 11, from 5 – 8. The final practice for the season will follow on Tuesday, August 25.
The season is winding down but there is still plenty of racing action to get to.
We look forward to seeing you every week and appreciate you choosing to support the weekly racing programs here at the Seymour Speedway on Sunday nights.
Seymour, August 8 - In the previous post I failed to mention the Milwaukee Vintage Stock Car Club will also be a the Seymour Speedway tomorrow night for a special race. Should be fun to see the old cars race again.
Also, the Kim Parsons Memorial Trophy Tour will be handing out the Big hardware for the feature winners to promote organ and tissue donation. Steve Parsons, track announcer, has put a tremendous amount of time and energy into putting this tour and promotion together for the past couple years in memory of his daughter Kim.
I apologize to these fine people for my error.
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- Kids Club Coint Toss this week
- Seymour rained out
- Racing ON tonight
- IRA Update #2 11 AM
- Seymour August 2 UPDATE
- IRA Sprints at Seymour TONIGHT, August 2
- IRA Sprints HERE tomorrow, Sunday August 2
- Racing returns THIS Sunday August 2 at Seymour
- Seymour off Sunday, July 26, IRA returns August 2
- Sunday, Race Day in Seymour. WDLMA joins the fun TONIGHT
- Seymour TOMORROW Sunday July 19
- Seymour Schedule Busy the Next 3 Weeks
- Practice TONIGHT
- Seymour TODAY July 12
- Seymour This Week, July 12
- Seymour TONIGHT July 5
- Seymour this Sunday July 5
- Updates July 2
- Seymour TODAY June 28
- Seymour Ready for June 28
- Bring DAD to Seymour TONIGHT
- Updates June 20
- Updates and other info June 16
- June 14 Results
- Seymour Today, June 14
- Seymour Sunday June 14
- Practice Tuesday
- Update Sunday June 7 11 AM
- Seymour Updates
- Seymour WILL RACE today, Sunday May 31
- Ready to Race on Sunday May 31
- Holiday Classic TODAY
- Summer HLIDAY CLASSIC Sunday at Seymour
- Seymour RAINED OUT
- Racing TONIGHT at Seymour
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The man begins to sing a song based on a bit of poetry by Longfellow, which "Kikyo" respectfully listens to, eerily reminded of her own little poem-song that she had hummed to calm herself earlier when traversing the lighthouse... Gastly makes a comment about the man being insane, which may very well be true, though the statement makes Marion wonder. "Is the love of poetry madness? I suppose I must be quite mad, then, too... it is such a pretty song." Kikyo giggles slightly. "I like him, too."
Marion is suddenly struck with the realization that the strong negative energy that saturated the Lighthouse when in her own body now seems strangely absent. Marion figures that this is not the result of her new body, as Kikyo seems to be similarly sensitive to ghostly energies... It seems as if whatever caused the Lighthouse to be haunted has not occurred yet at this moment in time. Marion already had a feeling this would be the case before she stepped into this role, but the actual confirmation of her suspicion really hits the point home that she needs to be careful about what she does, for her actions have the potential to change the fate of the Lighthouse forever, should they have an impact on her own native time.
Certainly, she could go searching around the basement; Marion was definitely interested to see if she would find generators in this version of the Lighthouse, or some other power source, or even nothing at all. A decoded version of the note might be waiting for her, or even some explanation of those symbols that she saw in the "modern" Lighthouse. That said, despite her curiosity surrounding the basement, Marion is strangely paranoid at the thought of leaving Gastly. After all, if she were gone, and something happened to the Gastly, how would Kikyo/Marion ever forgive herself if she was not there to defend him? Marion decides that, whatever actions she decides to take, she will take them with Gastly by her side. Abandoning a friend for the sake of curiosity was not something that Marion was about to do. Of course, Marion could be worrying for nothing, though she sincerely doubts that to be the case...
As Marion calls out to Gastly to wait for her, she quickly searches her robes for any Pokeballs, potions or other objects on her person After all, this Priestess may have other Pokemon or items of which Marion is not currently aware. After this quick search, Marion joins Gastly on the ascent up the stairs, preparing herself mentally to expect the unexpected.


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Can They Do It? Will They Do It?
Pat Steinberg
June 24 2010 07:34PM
The Calgary Flames don't have the greatest prospects here in Los Angeles ahead of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. With no first or second round pick, many of the top players will have passed the team by before they draft for the first time in the third round. So will the Calgary Flames make a move to get themselves into the top 60 picks? Or the better question is, CAN the Flames get themselves into the top 60 picks?
Nobody knows whether the Flames will make a move, especially with GM Darryl Sutter not tipping his hand in the media when it comes to these types of things. However, the question as to whether the Flames can make a deal is a completely different story. Do they have assets to move into the second round? I think there's no question they do. Do they have the assets to move into the first round? Yeah, they do, but I doubt they'd be willing to move them...but let's break it down a little.
Good players can be had in the second round, there's no question about it. In fact, this years draft is very, very deep. No you're not going to find Taylor Hall in the second round. No, the high end talent isn't the deepest in this draft...instead, you'll see an impressive number of players with real solid NHL hopes. First liners? Maybe not, but quality players that can play on your team for years to come. As we see with the current roster assembled in Calgary, that's nothing to scoff at .
Honestly, I really like the first round of this draft, but I just don't see the Flames moving into the opening 30 picks. That's not to say they couldn't, but anything Calgary has to offer for a first round pick would be an impact player currently on the team. While Sutter may not be very forthcoming in terms of telling us what he's going to do, I think we are all pretty clear on his direction for this team. The Flames are not taking steps backward for next season, nor are they thinking about a "rebuild mode" currently. The goal heading into next season is the same it has been since the lockout ended in 2005. Because of that, I don't think Calgary is going to be willing to part with anything important on their current team for a player that could yield them an important player down the road.
But the second round is a different story. It's not going to take a "core" guy to move into the 31-60 range, and Calgary will be able to find some pretty good value with players lurking around there. Key players drop, and hidden gems stay around waiting to be snatched up by a waiting team. I've heard plenty of rumours concerning who the Flames could trade to move into the second round, and none of them are substantial. But in talking to a prominent media person who's hooked in to the Flames scene, it would be a complete shock if the Flames didn't improve their draft position, even if it's only by 10 or 15 places.
One person told me it's almost a foregone conclusion that Calgary will move up, however, nobody seems to think the first round is a good possibility, nor do they think it's in the best interests of the Flames. Darryl said on Thursday he prefers making moves at the draft as opposed to July 1st, and that may hold true this year as well. However, it may not be the blockbuster deal that yields a Mike Cammalleri or Alex Tanguay...instead, it might be a much more smaller in stature, yet still helpful for the team.
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How's things in LA? I have no doubt that Darryl is trying to find someone to dance with, but are they willing to let Darryl lead?
We have assets we can move, but we also have dead weight we want moved as well. And will teams be willing to give up what we need? Time will tell, I'm sure it's a little exciting yet stressful waiting for something, anything, to happen on the Flames front.
Your one commment," The goal heading into next season is the same as it's been since the lock-out ended in 2005." I supported that goal and the process it was under until last year. That goal and the way this team goes about achieving it has seen us booted out of the 1st round 4 years in a row and finally not making the play-offs this year.
For the first time since Ken King and Darryl arrived, the heat was turned up on them and I know they did not like it. But I am perplexed that they have not deviated from the plan 1st put into place in 2003. It is not working, though I can not give a definite answer as to why. If I knew, I'd beable to convince Flame ownership to make me President and GM. There are a multitude of questions and just as many answers.
You know, I'd need a good Assistant GM, complete with a hot secretary. Interested in a career change Pat?
June 24 2010, 09:55PM
I don't know what to expect this weekend, or how to wrap my thoughts around this current Flames team. If Darryl and crew are not in the rebuiling phase yet, then lets try and improve dramatically and make a run. I don't know how this is even thinkable with guys like Sarich, Staois ect, ect. Nor do I think that they have guys to move to upgrade their team- Moss for Stall anyone? I didn't think so. So what and how do you do it to make this team better Darryl? I am so flippin' frustrated that the Flames are going to end up a bottom feeder team with no prospects and a roster full of overaged, overpaid AHL caliber players. After last years lackluster season,to expect your top two lines and a couple of your third line players to get back to 20 goal seasons is just ridiculous. 09/10 games were like watching paint dry, unless they played Chicago, Pitt, ect, then it was fun to watch all those young visiting players skate around the old slow Flames like they were pylons. Well regardless, this weekend should be interesting to watch anyway.
The worst thing they could do is try to force their way into the top 60. Draft picks will cost real players, players that the Flames can't afford to give up.
Action for the sake of action is not always worth it.
June 25 2010, 12:58AM
Depends who those players are. Not saying it'll happen, but it's not entirely inconceivable that a GM somewhere might take Sarich and a 3rd for a 2nd; dumber things have happened.
The Flames are screwed. Of course if Dustin Byfuglien, Sopel, and Eager are worth a first and second then you never know.
History in pro sports is full of bad trades, and some have happened right here. Time will tell but fans of Les Canadiens are still fuming about the Halak trade thinking he was dealt with nothing to show for it in return. This week-end could be full of teams doing deals they will regret sooner or later.
Speaking of dumb things, what I wouldn't give to see Peter Chiarelli get up at that podium with the #2 overall pick, look out at the crowd and start to wave and say,"Hi Brian!"
June 25 2010, 09:32AM
The worst thing they could do is try to force their way into the top 60. Draft picks will cost real players, players that the Flames can't afford to give up.
Action for the sake of action is not always worth it.
I'm down if it's a salary dump. I don't want to see, say, Nigel Dawes dumped for a draft pick however.


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(Recipe update–This is an old recipe with a new picture.) I love barley, lentils and mushrooms. And when they are all combined in a nice, warm soup with some fork-tender stew meat it's a perfect meal for February. Because you know there's going to be 6 more weeks of winter, right? Of course there is. I can't imagine it being any other way. I grew up in Montana for goodness sakes…let's just say that it was probably more like 16 more weeks of winter there. This is also a good recipe to make if you're going to be gone for several hours. The stew meat, barley and lentils all take a good amount of time to get tender…so don't be worried if you have to work. We served ours with some nice warm rolls and butter (not homemade…still can't get that right).
Makes 4 servings
Ideal slow cooker size: 4 quart
Cooking time: 6-8 hours on low
5 cups water
2 tsp Shirley J beef bouillon or 4 tsp regular bouillon granules
1/3 cup pearl barley
1/3 cup lentils
1 Tbsp dehydrated onion flakes (or 1/4 cup of diced fresh onion)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 bay leaf
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 1/2 lbs stew meat (preferably made with a roast from the chuck)
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar (plus more, if needed)
1. Place water, bouillon, mushrooms, barley, lentils, onion, garlic, bay leaf, stew meat, thyme, basil and salt in the slow cooker.
2. Cover and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours, until lentils are cooked and stew meat is tender.
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ELMO-Mae Kaser age 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 17, 2011 in Price, Utah. Mae was born Sept. 8, 1921 in Clawson, Utah to Julius and Irene Foote Jensen. She married Roy Edwin Kaser on May 30, 1962, in Eureka, Calif.
Mae was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She had a wonderful personality, that everyone enjoyed. She will be remembered as a loving, caring person who always put the needs of others before her own.
Mae is survived by four grandchildren: Elizabeth Walters of Denver, Colo., Michael Walters of Redding, Calif., John Larsen and Mary Lamar of Portland, Ore., six great-grandchildren, two brothers: Frank Jensen of Price, Utah and Nephi Jensen of Sandy, Utah and one sister: Bertha Jones of Elmo, Utah.
Mae was preceded in death by her parents, husband: Roy Kaser, daughter: Joan Martin, three brothers: Andrew, Joe and Ammon Jensen, three sisters: Emma Edwards, Alice Howell and Mary Woolsey.
The Jensen family would like to thank Dr. Gagon, Pinnacle Care Center, Castle View Hospital, residents of Turnquist Cottage and Butch and Calleen Wilcox for the excellent care and help that was rendered.
Funeral services will be Thursday, July 21, 2011 at the Elmo LDS Chapel at 11 a.m. A viewing will be held on Thursday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the church prior to the services. Interment will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Ferron City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary.
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By CRAIG ANDERSONEmery
There once was a community in Southern Utah that could have had enough foresight to see the coming of restrictions placed on their backyard (desert area) by the Bureau of Land Management and other demons such as the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Escalante and the surrounding communities had no choice in their destination and President Clinton declared the Staircase a national monument.
Instead of taking action and work with the President the people decided the best way to get beneficial use of the land was to "leave it as it is" and maybe bureaucracy would go away. "Maybe we can create a new designation and be okay". The President thought the best way to deal with the uniqueness of the area was to declare a national monument, without the citizens input. Now the Staircase is a national monument with no local control and the people are very unhappy.
I'm sure it was fear of the unknown or concern because of observations made from the latest national monument designation that caused most of the voters, in Emery County, to shun the obvious superior land control opportunity of having the San Rafael become a national monument. Now we are in a mode of scramble to gain control. Whereas, if the national monument status had been placed on the lands by a simple stroke of one mans hand, the President of the United States, it would have been completed. Local control by committee would now be in place. Any status rendered to local control at this point will have to be given them by an act of Congress and this will take several years to complete.
"They should just shut down the whole area and keep everyone off the public lands." This is a general statement, made sarcastically but heard frequently from the area people. Another well rehearsed phrase would be: "They won't stop until they have things controlled the way they want it." The question arises from these statements. Who are "they"? Maybe, "they" in a newly created national monument could have been us, the citizens directly affected in the area. Now, we only read about what "they" are doing to the area as in the Progress article titled, Wild and Scenic, an inventory by the BLM of the rivers and streams. The Public Lands Council (PLC) is asking for your input on asking Congress to establish a heritage designation. This will be the fourth attempt to gain heritage status. The first three were unsuccessful. It is agreed upon by the majority of the citizens that there is a need to control ones destiny. The procedure of destiny control should be completed by an education process involving public input, a fact finding course and subjective reasoning. Did the PLC and county commissioners not bring to light the consequences associated with defeating the national monument issue. One county commissioner took a firm stand and testified the positive effects of the monument designation. Others seemed to be concerned of their political status more importantly. It seems that the importance of "local control" was opted not to continue during the fair election process.


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Casio - 60fps continuous shooting-enabled EX-100F digital camera
Casio is going to release a new EX-100F digital camera from the EXILIM series on August 21.
Based on the previous EX-100 camera (released in March 2014), Casio added 60fps high-speed continuous shooting performance to the new EX-100F and made it a flagship model. The price will be around ¥83,000.
Join the development of Evangelion smartphone
As a project to celebrate Evangelion's 20th anniversary, a group to develop a SIM-unlocked Evangelion smartphone called エヴァンゲリオンスマートフォン開発委員会 (Evangelion Smartphone Kaihatsu Iinkai) was set up.
Canon - Pocket-sized tiny projector
Canon announced the released of a pocket-sized mobile projector, the Mini Projector C-5. It will be out for sale in early August for about ¥29,800 (~$242).
Mini Projector C-5 is small and light (124×71×20mm, 169g) so it can be brought anywhere you go.
Toyota - Sienta Hybrid Minivan Model
Toyota announced the addition of a hybrid model to their Sienta minivan series, and now it's available for purchase.
The hybrid Sienta achieves 27.2 km per liter of fuel efficiency. That's about 63.97 miles per gallon. Which is pretty awesome.
Pricing will begin at ¥1,689,709. That's about $13,760. Which ain't too bad.
Toyota will offer 8 exterior color options (white, silver, black, brown, yellow, green, red and blue).
Calbee - "Is this Ootoro flavor?" - flavored Potato Chips
Calbee just released interestingly flavored - and interestingly named - potato chip(s) in a limited quantity.
They named the flavor "これって?大トロ味 (Korette? Ootoro-aji)", which means "Is this Fatty Tuna flavor?" in Japanese.
Mouse Computer - Low-priced 11.6-inch Notebook PC
The 11.6-inch notebook PC "LuvBook C230" by Mouse Computer is now on sale.
Three new models are now available.
The cheapest model costs only ¥38,800 (About USD $320). All 3 of have an Intel Celeron N2940 CPU and run Windows 8.1 Update 64bit. Mouse Computer makes a pretty decent ride, so we're curious to know how well these'll fly.
Kyoto chosen as the world's Best City 2 years in a row
Travel + Leisure, one of the most influential American travel magazines, announced the result of its readers' vote for the world's Best City ranking. It was revealed that Kyoto attained first place for the 2nd year in a row!
Grilled Salmon-flavored Candy
A Japanese candy company, UHA Mikakuto, has released Shiojyake (Salt-grilled salmon) flavored gummy candy. The product name is Puccho Shiojyake-aji.
It's a collaboration product between their Puccho candy and Kirimi-chan, a salmon fillet-shaped Sanrio character. Indeed, welcome to Japan.


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I drawed what you say,
That will be 3 and 5?
i can't find it in the datasheet so i don't think it has it.
Not sure I follow the logic there. I can't find next weeks winning lottery numbers but I am sure there are some.Measure the resistance of the coil with a meter, if it is different in one direction to the other then there is a diode in there.If you haven't got a meter then get one, they are very cheap and you have no business doing electronics without one.
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Skip to comments.Army Taps Industry for M4 Replacement
Posted on 09/17/2008 9:00:29 AM PDT by LSUfan
In a move that could reverse years of Army small arms policy, the service is asking industry to send in ideas for a new combat rifle that could replace the M4 carbine.
In late August, the Army issued a solicitation to the arms industry asking companies to submit proposals that would demonstrate "improvements in individual weapon performance in the areas of accuracy and dispersion ... reliability and durability in all environments, modularity and terminal performance."
And in a dramatic gesture that could throw the door wide open to a totally new carbine, the service did not constrain ideas to the current 5.56mm round used in the M4.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
rechamber the weapon to fire 6.5mm grendal.
I wonder if they will go for carrying more ammo, or for carrying more effective ammo?
How about going back to the M-14? or M1A?
(In Before The Caliber Arguments)
YES! Let's start with the HK416 as a baseline. Controls and magazines compatible with existing weapons to minimize retraining, short stroke piston operated for improved reliability over direct gas impingement, and able to accept all current M4 accessories.
Do it!
An effective replacement is probably already available either in prototype or planning stages from some manufacturer, but knowing the US Government huge amounts of money will have to be spent developing from scratch something that ends up not being as capable as something already available.
that or the sig556. basically the same thing. accepts m16/ar15 mags, some accessores.
Some of them M995 rounds would be nice. Don't really nead them tracer rounds.
Stop's 'em cold every time. Can't beat the Garand for range, either. And I hear that it can take a licking and keep on ticking!
Easiest fix is replace the direct gas impingement system with a gas-piston system (a la the AK). POF has a nice implementation of this, and make sure that the standard M855 ammo is replaced with the Mk262 mod1 77gr 5.56 ammo. This would increase both the reliability and the lethality of the system while maintaining almost 100% of training and some 80% of parts.
Other than that, we could go for something exotic, like the SCAR system or just wait for the Phased Plasma Rifle in the 40-watt range.
Another H&K fanboy! (let the flame commence!)
Ummm.....thats not the Garand. You know that, right?
John Garand = M1 rifle. "Carbine" Williams = M1 carbine.
Yah, that's the Carbine, I know.
But everything goes back to John Garand's original template.
"Ummm.....thats not the Garand. You know that, right?"
It's not the Abrams tank either. The Army used "M-1" a few times too many.
Nice carbines, though.
I know FR is a little sarcasm impaired at times but please tell me you're kidding.
What's wrong with going back to the dual purpose Phaser. It was an effective weapon back in the late 60's although I would do away with the outmoded "stun" function and replace it with a "kill faster" function.
Them there is girly guns that shoot big pistol ammo.
They just went through all this nonsense with the XM-8. Why are they starting up again?
I have had the opportunity to test fire it - 200 rounds in both semi and full, suppressed and unsuppressed.
IT kicks some serious ass.
Very accurate in full-mode, and does not go high and right when in full. The recoil is straight back.
There was a problem with the Garand family of weapons: round output in the early days of the Chinese offensives. The Chinese were, strangely enough, more plentifully equipped with more men with more varieties of automatic weapons. It was thought that American soldiers needed to be given lighter rounds and higher volume of output. Thus, Eugene Stoner's Armalite found favor within the Army that had a baleful experience in Korea.
However, in Afghanistan it was found that lighter rounds (from say, the 9mm family of Baretta weapons) didn't necessarily put the Jihadi to sleep. So there has been a trend back to the 1911 as a sidearm. I haven't heard about a trend away from the M-4 as it is the Government Issue rifle, but it does appear that people are looking for a happy medium between round output and stopping power.
Here's an idea. Go back to having more than one type of infantry weapon/chambering, so that people fighting door to door and people fighting on the North German Plain don't have to compromise. And give up on the principal of wounding the enemy. Our enemies are dirt bags and don't slow down to help their wounded.
Yes, I'm kidding.
We need a modern, upcaliber equivalent to the Carbine, however. Methinks the .223 round has had its day.
So there has been a trend back to the 1911 as a sidearm. ............... Like something was wrong with it? Can never reason why they dropped it other than to up date it to a newer look. If they wanted 9mm they could have modified the 1911. If you go house to house, why mess with a M16 derivative when you can unpack, degrease and reissue the stored Thompsons. (Rhet)
You could even re-chamber to 7mm-08 or 6.5 Grendel - or for added punch to the squad, leave at the 7.62
"The Army used 'M-1' a few times too many."
That's for sure. I remember wiping down and stacking the M-1 chair in the mess hall.
To build on what you said, there is a fundamental problem with the assessment that lighter calibers create greater strain on the enemy by creating wounded vice dead. The problem is that we studied ourselves, but we don't fight ourselves. Our enemies are dirt bags by nature and aren't overly worried about their wounded.
Additionally, the Jihadists want to die, wounding them only keeps them alive to detonate.
Finally, we used to have different weapons for different tasks. In room to room fighting in the third world, you need a round that is capable of penetrating cinder block walls and killing a man on the far side, yet it only needs to be able to do this from close range, not 200 yards.
My uncle was drafted right out of high school in June 1950 and served in a reconnaissance platoon for the 24th Infantry Division (Indian Head). He went all the way to the Yalu River before the big ChiCom counterattack in December.
During the battle, we was first armed with a M-1 carbine, but he chucked it for a Garand immediately after he had to pump about ten .30 caliber rounds into a ChiCom solider who was charging him with a bayonet. He said that the little ChiCom just would not go down. My uncle ended up shot in the head (he obviously survived--it was a spent bullet), lying in a foxhole, surrounded by ChiCom troops (jumping over him at night), and nearly froze to death before he was finally resuced and reunited with what was left of his unit.
Needless to say, he's a big fan of the Garand even today, while condemning the M-1 carbines as next to useless in toe-to-toe infantry combat.
I don't recall an M14 carbine. Please educate me.
M1 carbine? You got to be kidding. limited to 150 yards for realistic accuracy and power. P@$$ ant cartridge with a bad record of stopping power. Why go backwards? HK 416? Yawn. Just a redesigned upper that will cost us taxpayers 3x what it's worth. Not impressed by Sig, either. Snooty people to deal with. Let's stay USA stuff, please.You wanna go old school? How about the AR-18 (aka: AR-180 in semi), maybe with a slightly heavier barrel and a rail system. Or a stoner, has a quick change bbl. Both reliable as heck, and reasonable to mfg.
M-14 was one sweet bullet launcher.
I agree 100%.
Nice bit of illiteracy in FN's flier.
Pubric Skroolz Rulz!
"Chosen by the US Special Operations Command's".....
should read
"Chosen by the U.S. Special Operations Command"
or just USSOCOM
Not quite on par with HK's backwards bullet ad though...
I hold to my position that until a quantum leap in firearms technology is acquired, there is absolutely no need nor reason to toss out the AR platform for some similarly "gilded" piece of current technology.
Background: The M4 was procured primarily to enable ground troops to better optimize the length (for mounted troops) weight(for light Infantry etc) and terminal effects (nominal combat ranges less than 300m).
As for the notion that a "bigger" round will provide "more stopping power", hmmmmm, too much assumption of what "stopping power" is and what it means.
To improve the M4, add back a few inches to the 14.5 inch barrel to keep the on-target velocity of the M855 style round above 2400 f/s, which allows/causes the projectile to yaw nearly immediately on impact, breaking in two, and causing quite bit of "stopping" power.
If you must go for a new cartridge, add some body diameter to the 556 round (at the cost of magazine capacity), add some more, slower, powder (with the added barrel length, maybe a little diameter (6mm maybe?)as long as the striking velocity at expected combat ranges enables the terminal effects to be as good or better than the the M855 or even the M193 rounds at proper velocity).
Remember, adding horsepower to a firearm increases recoil and blast, (if the platform remains unchanged in terms of weight)reducing hit potential and negating any perceived or real increase of "stopping power". Recall that old adage " a hit with a 22 is better than a miss with a 44?
The trade of between bigger/faster bullets and weapon weight/length is unavoidable given today's technology and the laws of physics.
Sure, my Ruger No 1 single shot in 416 Rigby has tremendous "stopping power" and fairly light weight (9.5 lbs), but most Soldiers and civilians I know who have tried it, tried it only once. Only one desired to try it again. I actually enjoy the discipline it takes to force myself to carefully press the trigger, knowing that each shot pretty much unleashes a mini-car crash effect (you know, the funny stars you see and the odd taste in your mouth after a car wreck or a good wack to the face?). I guess I am pretty accustomed to it by now, though, I don't experience much of that effect anymore (maybe Muhammad Ali knows what I am talking about?).
Most High power competitors I shoot with think my M1 Garand Match rifle is a "big bore" (30/06) and many will not shoot it as it recoils too much compared to their 16 lb AR15A2 "service rifles" in 223/556. They do however, have a system advantage-less recoil means faster return to position in rapid fire strings, less fatigue and recoil induced stresses, and better ballistics using the latest 75-90 grain .224 bullets and custom hand loads (cheaper to feed as well!).
Want to increase the terminal effects of the M4? Add 3.5 or so inches of barrel, load up a new ball round with a magazine length 70-80 grain ball round with cannelure (w or w/o a steel penetrator) (The SPECOPS family uses a similar round with the 77grn sierra match king bullet), adjust gas port position to accommodate a slower powder and higher extraction pressure dynamics and increased velocity over the stubby M4 tube, and clearly state that this platform will be most lethal out to 350 m, after that, you'll need a larger platform and significant added recoil to generate the same terminal effects.
Remember, there never has been nor ever will be, a free lunch for the Dogs of War.
Other combinations of course will do the same, maybe some what better. The AR platform now is the most developed weapon in history. It is the king of the combat rifles/carbines. Will be for a long time to come.
As currently configured, an M855 bullet coming out of a 14.5" - 16" barrel from a weapon 4-7 X more prone to jam than other models is simply unacceptable.
Short term: issue heavier/longer rounds more likely to fragment from M4 carbines, with 69-77 grain bullets (as some SF are already using). Medium/long term: a new caliber (115 grain or less bullet, to use the 6.8 SPC as a benchmark) fired from a more reliable operating system.
We owe it to our soldiers and Marines to get this right.
the solution has been out for a while, the Springfield Armory SOCOM II.
Hated the M-14. Plastic handguard wouldn't take wear and tear. Flash suppressor made it less accurate than the M-1 Garand. I know because I qualified with both.
I realize that the M-1 was made for a different era and a different type of warfare; but if you are fighting a determined enemy, you want a bullet that kills with one shot. How about a re-designed Thompson, firing maybe .357 Magnum?
"rechamber the weapon to fire 6.5mm grendal."
Agree. The M4 itself seems to be a mighty fine weapon. The cartridge just doesn't seem to have the punch. The 6.5 would be a good compromise, IMO.
I understand a number of our men and women in Iraq have rediscovered the M-14 and its advantages.
Why not start with it and create an evolved bullpup version?
My vote would go to an AR10 in 7.62 with 16" barrel. 150 grains at 2700 fps beats 70 grains at 2700 fps any old day of the week.
What, again?
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