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The 32U4 used on the Micro and Leonardo has the capability to use RTS/CTS hardware handshaking, but on the Arduino boards, the CTS line is used for the TX LED. Is there any way of changing this in setup() to enable full hardware serial flow control, or is it hard-coded in the bootloader or some Arduino library and cannot be changed?
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"WALL-E" can't finish; "Wanted" is twisted
Pixar's latest movie "WALL-E" started out like a baseball pitcher throwing a perfect game, Mick LaSalle says in his weekly podcast. But Mick explains why he thinks the computer-generated animation couldn't nail down that cinematic no-hitter. Mick found "Wanted," with James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie, "mildly entertaining" but "twisted.'' Also, he reviews Matthew […] [Read More]
Audio: Author Scott McClellan on "Inside the Bush White House"
Christina Izzo/The Chronicle Scott McClellan Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan addressed members of the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Tuesday to talk about his explosive new memoir, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." During the hour-long address, McClellan talked about the information President Bush's advisers provided […] [Read More]
Give me a break, show his face
This caller is angry about a Sporting Green story about mysterious training guru Frank Matrisciano, who didn't want his face shown in the paper. "Never, ever ever do an article where you don't show the person's face. That is ridiculous … Nobody gives a damn about this guy … give me a break. Pick a […] [Read More]
"Get Smart" missed it by a lot; "Love Guru" is crass
Mick LaSalle has one word to describe the movies he reviews this week in his podcast: Rotten. Mick says Steve Carrell's "Get Smart" is a "disaster" that misses the mark hit by the original 1960s TV series. And while Mick respects Mike Myers, "The Love Guru" is "completely crass." Also, Mick explains why he found […] [Read More]
Will the A's be buyers or sellers later this season?
The hot Oakland A's are baseball's biggest surprise this season, led by a pitching staff that tops the majors in team ERA. But as the A's continue to contend for a playoff spot, will GM Billy Beane be a buyer or a seller later this season? Beat writer Susan Slusser and Sports Editor Glenn Schwarz […] [Read More]
Are the Giants exceeding or missing expectations?
Tim Lincecum and maybe Bengie Molina and Aaron Rowand have played like All Stars, but Matt Cain is looking for more consistency and Barry Zito might not avoid losing 15 games before the All Star break. So to this point in the year, have the San Francisco Giants exceeded or missed pre-season expectations? Beat writer […] [Read More]
Same-sex spouses reflect on their big day
Mark Costantini / The Chronicle Contra Costa County Clerk and Recorder Steve Weir, left, and John Hemm kiss as they were married in Martinez, CA. Thousands of lesbian and gay couples made history on June 17 — the first full day that same-sex marriage was legal in the state of California. Hear what some of […] [Read More]
The Hulk, The Happening and Harlean Harlow
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An interview with actress-singer Diahann Carroll
Associated Press/1990 Diahann Carroll says she still loves to wear this designer jacket. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll talks about career, including how she became the first African American woman with the lead role in the 1968 NBC-TV sitcom "Julia." The Bronx native also describes what she and actress Joan Collins really did during their famous cat […] [Read More]
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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has today issued new guidelines aimed at making it easier for drivers with insulin-treated diabetes to understand the new driver licensing rules recently introduced to comply with a new European Directive on driving licences.
Diabetes UK worked closely with the DVLA to make sure that the information available to drivers is clear and easy to understand.
Following concerns raised by Diabetes UK that the application form for a driving licence was misleading, the DVLA agreed to implement a number of changes to the form, such as making it clearer what is meant by a "severe hypoglycaemic event".
Barbara Young, Chief Executive of Diabetes UK, said, "We were concerned about the impact of recent changes to the medical standards for drivers with diabetes. Some people did not understand the implications of some of the questions on the medical questionnaires and were providing wrong answers that meant that their licences could not be granted.
"We raised our concerns with the Road Safety Minster and we are pleased by how the Government has listened to our concerns and been prepared to work with us to develop forms that are easier for people with diabetes to understand.
"We are still worried about the increase in people with diabetes having their driving licenses taken away, but this change means that at least people are unlikely to miss out because they did not understand the application form.
"We will continue to work with the DVLA to monitor the impact of the changes to driver licensing for people with diabetes and to ensure that the process is fair, transparent and safe."
Road Safety Minister, Mike Penning, said, "I asked the DVLA to work with Diabetes UK to ensure that people with diabetes understand the importance of notifying the Agency about their condition.
"We must make sure that only those who are safe to drive are allowed on our roads, while at the same time avoiding placing unnecessary restrictions on people's independence and their right to work.
"I am extremely pleased that Diabetes UK and the DVLA have worked so closely on this to make sure that the information available for drivers is clear and easily understood."
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Negative stress can have a detrimental affect on an individual's performance at work as well as progressing into negatively affecting teams and whole companies. Stressed individuals may suffer from low concentration which translates into a sub-standard delivery of service. They may experience fatigue and/or low motivation which in turn will affect moral and productivity.
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The effects of stress can involve negatively impacting workplace relationships and interactions where advancements may be made out of necessity rather than merit. There may be promotions given within teams that cause a decrease in service and performance at work (instead of the opposite as intended) due to implied favouritism or by over stressed employees feeling undervalued.
When employees are suffering from the effects of stress they can become lethargic, have low concentration and limited communication skills. This in itself affects performance at work as the employees can become underproductive and isolated as they communicate less and suffer under the burden of being overwhelmed. Low concentration affects staff morale as they begin to feel useless or unworthy of being given tasks or projects. Both of these effects contribute to employees becoming lethargic as they become complacent and begin to not bother making the effort; they do not think that what they ultimately produce will be good enough, so they stop trying.
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A true nationalist, President Elpidio Quirino, second president of the Republic of the Philippines was remembered on his 120th birth anniversary on November 16. Vice President Jejomar Binay, Vice Governor DV Savellano and Vigan City Mayor Eva Marie S. Medina led national and local government officials in commemorating the birth of the first Ilocano president. National Historical Commission of the Philippines Acting Executive Director Mely Almosara, members of the family of the late president, Ms. Cory Quirino, Luis Elpidio Gonzales, Ms. Ruby Meyer, Architect and Mrs. Pinggoy Mañosa and former Congressman Salacnib Baterina were present to unveil the historical marker of Apo Pidiong at Plaza Salcedo.
Mayor Eva gave a very inspiring message which emphasized the greatness and personal virtues of honesty and integrity of Apo Pidiong. ( see page 3 )
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|New York: Demi Lovato's next stage will be on the page. The singer-actress has agreed to a multi-book deal with Feiwel (FYE'-well) and Friends. The publisher, an imprint of Macmillan, announced the deal on Monday. The first book features tweets she had more
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The man pictured to the left is name David Eger. Currently, Eger is Champions tour golfer.Before joining the Champions tour, Eger was a tournament director with both the PGA Tour and the USGA. So in other words, Eger is deeply versed in the ins and outs of tournament etiquette and rules.So when Tiger Woods took a curious drop on the 15th hole, Eger's tournament director instincts quickly kicked in and quickly used his DVR to rewind the coverage to take a closer look. That closer look led to Eger phoning in the possible rules violation to Masters officials which ultimately led to Woods being assessed a two-stroke penalty.Eger explained why he did what he did to Golf.com's Michael Bamberger.In a recent telephone interview, Eger said he was causally watching the Friday round of the Masters in his Florida home. As Woods came off the 16th green, where he got up and down for par, Eger noticed Woods had dropped a shot since he had last seen his score. Eger was curious to see how that had h...
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Monsoon Care: Moisturising
Moisturising in the rains is as important as it is in summer. Monsoons can mean a de-hydrating effect on dry skin and an excessive-hydrating effect on oily skin. The skin gets wet often and with the constant wetting and drying, a lot of dehydration takes place. That explains the itchy feeling one gets during monsoons.
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Thomas Higgins said...
I have already said that Blizz should give whatever Mercedes Lackey and Mickey Zucker Reichert want, including their firstborn children, for the job of writing the next few novels, perhaps fixing the rest of the (car crash) lore in the process. That's for the future, hopefully the near future. For now, give Anne the job if she would take it. She seems to have a better grasp on the current lore than any of the devs do at present. She even has managed the feat of making "Pandaria" much less of a joke than it first appears.
The lore does need a complete revamp though. So this kind of crap doesn't happen again.


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John Sasaki, 34, is a reporter with KTVU-TV, the FOX affiliate in Oakland, Calif. Prior to joining KTVU in 1996, John was a weekend anchor and weekday reporter at KTVN, the CBS affiliate in Reno, Neveda. Sasaki landed his first job as an associate producer at KNSD, the NBC affiliate in San Diego. Sasaki is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and has won several journalism awards from the Associated Press. Sasaki received a degree in psychology from San Diego State University. He spoke with JournalismJobs.com recently about broadcast news coverage in the San Francisco Bay Area.
John Sasaki: Absolutely. As a matter of fact, I've seen lots of news in L.A., news in New York, and in D.C., and a lot of it is very, very bad. L.A. is so focused on entertainment and high speed car chases that there is very little room for big news -- some real news. We're definitely on par, if not better. The Bay Area is a very sophisticated place, highly educated, so I think our viewers demand a lot more than some of the other places do.
JournalismJobs.com: Is the rush to be 'first' with the story causing more errors in reporting?
John Sasaki: I think it can. I think most of the people here in the Bay Area are pretty good about getting things right. Everybody makes mistakes at one time or another. I think by and large the rush to beat everybody else doesn't preclude us from being correct. I would say no. I think that's kind of the nature of news. Trying to get the story on, you may sacrifice quality, but in the interests of getting it on now. I think it has the potential to happen, and I think it happens periodically to everyone. But again, I don't think that necessarily equates to getting things wrong.
JournalismJobs.com: Was the dog mauling story in San Francisco overplayed?
John Sasaki: I talked to a couple of police officers in San Francisco who were really sick of all the coverage that we gave to the dog mauling. And part of their gripe was the fact that in the months after it there was a pretty big gang war between Big Block and West Mob in the Bayview-Hunter's Point area. They didn't believe we were giving enough coverage to that while at the same time giving too much coverage to the dog mauling.
Does that mean that we gave it too much? At times there certainly was overall too much coverage of it, but only because there were plenty of other important things to cover. It doesn't mean that it wasn't important. Frankly, in retrospect, I think that it really has been the kind of story that a lot of people have been very interested in. It captivated audiences, certainly while the trial was going on. I think [defense attorney] Nedra Ruiz kind of contributed to that with her theatrics.
It kind of depends on what standard you use as what's too much. Is it something that fascinates the audience, and is that the reason to cover it? If that's your standard, then no. We didn't cover it too much because I think that by and large people really were fascinated with that story. The most scary thing that came out of the incident and the aftermath were the advertisements that came out in some of the newspapers for puppies of these 'killer dogs.' And that's how they were billed. The other thing it raised was the whole issue of gay rights and couples -- Sharon Smith and her lawsuit and wanting compensation for her loss. And I think that's a reasonable thing for her to pursue as well.
JournalismJobs.com: TV journalists are sometimes criticized for relying on newspaper and wire copy for story ideas. Is this a valid criticism, and why is this the case?
John Sasaki: In some cases, yeah, it's a valid criticism. Newspapers are a great resource. Wire copy can be a good resource. We certainly rely on scanners and word-of-mouth and things that we see as any journalist does. We rely on as many areas as we possibly can. It is a problem at times. The reason for that is it's certainly easy to open the paper and see a big story that you didn't get the previous day and say 'Hey, we have got to go cover that.' That's very easy to do, and it makes sense. You're certainly not going to see a big story in the paper, and not cover it just because it's in the newspaper. And it's about getting all the information about all the stories that you possibly can to your viewers. Not all of our viewers read the paper. Not all the people who read the paper watch our show. So there's going to be variation in what people see and what people read. The criticism -- is it really fair? I wouldn't say so because we in journalism by and large get our news from a wide-variety of spaces.
JournalismJobs.com: What do viewers complain about most?
John Sasaki: Probably the biggest complaint I get is: Why do we do so much bad news? It's all crime, it's all terrible stuff. I would say to people who have that criticism that we only get calls when bad things happen. We rarely get calls when good things happen. Far more often if there is a shooting going on, or a big fire, or a family was flooded out of their home, that's when we get calls. The same people who are at, for example, the school who are angry that we are there because there was a shooting and complain that were not there for the good things, don't call us. I wish that people -- especially the people who really desire our presence -- would make more of a concerted effort to get us out there on those occasions.
JournalismJobs.com: What do you know now that you wished you knew earlier in your career? What sort of advice would you give to a reporter just starting out -- what to expect, how to build sources, etc?
John Sasaki: I would tell young journalists to do it for the right reasons. Get into journalism for the right reasons. Periodically I will talk to an intern or a young person at a conference and they will say, "Oh, yeah, I want to be an anchor." If your desire is to be on TV, this is not the right job for you. Because there are far too many things that you have to do that can be potentially frustrating. Things like, a lack of money when you're first starting out, moving all over the country, working in a small market where the equipment just doesn't work, working around other people who just don't work, or aren't very good. That's what small markets are all about. This is far too much work if all you want to do is be on TV. If that's what you want, you should go be an actor.
You can't get to know your sources too well. I have a habit of whenever I talk to a police officer, a firefighter, or an attorney, I'll do the interview and chat with them 10-15 minutes afterwards. It never hurts to ask people more questions than you need for your story. The more you cultivate that, the more they're going to rely on you. The better impression you make on them, the more they're going to call you and say "Hey, I have a story for you." Or you'll see them at another story and they'll be more likely to talk to you than to the other reporter there who has never talked to them before.
Part of what we do is PR. At times I kind of feel like a politician. I'm trying to make a good impression not only on viewers -- who you see periodically, too -- but on those who you're working with in covering the story. I'm not saying I won't ask people tough questions because I'm afraid of upsetting them. They know I'm asking it because it's my job -- I have to. At the same time they know that they can trust me -- that I won't exploit them, that I won't get the story wrong. Getting back to your question about getting the story wrong, that's probably my biggest motivation. Aside from the fact that I hate being wrong. I certainly don't want to do something wrong and hurt someone that I have a respect for in the process. That is just about the worst feeling you can have. There are 'journalists' -- and I use that term loosely -- out there who will burn a source to get a story. Most stories are not worth burning an important source for me.
JournalismJobs.com: What's the most interesting story you've covered?
John Sasaki: I have to boil it down to kind of an amalgam. I have a degree in psychology. One of my favorite kinds of stories -- and I apologize for sounding somewhat morbid -- is covering the deaths of someone, whether it was a child or an adult, an accident or a fire, because I like talking to people and seeing how they are and seeing how they are relating to each other and seeing how they're dealing with things. Part of my job -- I mentioned I'm a politician -- but I'm also kind of a therapist. In that I deal with a lot of people in the most trying of times. That's my psychology degree kind of helping me there. If there's one thing I learned in that subject it's empathy. I can feel their pain. I can't tell you how many people I've talked to over the years who have lost loved ones. Easily hundreds, if not a thousand or more. In doing that I feel that I'm making a difference in my own little way. I'm not making a big impact, but I know that talking about trauma is cathartic. On top of that I'm telling the rest of world about this person who is gone.
JournalismJobs.com: Did you always want to be a journalist?
John Sasaki: No, when I was a kid I wanted to be a veterinarian. When I was in college I wanted to be a psychologist. Oddly enough, I decided I didn't want to listen to people's problems all day, so I decided to become a journalist. The greatest thing about this job is I get to see, feel, touch, taste, experience all that this world has to offer. All the great things, all the bad things, all the scary things. I see and am in the middle of all of it. I've got a front row seat to everything in this world, and that's a great honor and a great blessing.
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We ought to be used to the stories by now — "Student suspended for toy gun"; "Boy Scout tool nets student suspension"; "Tweety Bird key chain cause for expulsion." Still, when we read of a fourth grade student being hauled into a school prinicipal's office because his LEGO policeman figure is carrying a two-inch long plastic rifle, it is hard to resist the urge to pull at one's hair in reaction to the sheer idiocacy of the adults who do such things. This latest example of a grown-up appearing to be a simpleton in front of a child, took place at Public School 52 in Staten Island, NY.
According to a spokesman for the school system, Principal Evelyn Matroianni was simply following the Staten Island school system's "no tolerance" policy that prohibits all "weapons" at the school, when she hauled the 9-year old into her office and called his parents.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines a "weapon" to be "something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy." Now, I know we have become in many respects a people afraid of our own shadows, but if Ms. Matroianni considers that a two-inch long plastic rifle held by a three-inch tall LEGO police figure will "injure, defeat, or destroy" someone or something, then this is definitely not the sort of adult I would want teaching my children or grandchildren anything. This is a person so afraid of the world around her that she probably leaves her bedroom light on at night to help scare away the boogey man hiding under her bed. Perhaps she holds down a second job at TSA.
February 12th, 2010
1:29 pm
Good column, BB.
What the left, and to a lesser extent, the right fail to grasp is that no rights can be guaranteed without a degree of responsibility. If our school teachers fail to teach our children how to become and participate as citizens of our nation, then what we are left with is these statists drones that irrationally fear guns, and not the individual behind them.
Wouldn't it be great if we could have a well-educated public, instead of the mish-mash of the barely literate and the over-educated, and gun control at the same time? Impossible?
Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." Mahatma Ghandi, 1927
"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are
willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." John F. Kennedy
"The unarmed man is not just defenseless – he is also contemptible." Machiavelli
February 12th, 2010
1:36 pm
Rational person:
I really don't care if he said it or not; that wasn't the point. And if you take a little time to actually read some history, you will find that in almost every major discussion of invading the mainland United States this issue has come up. "Farmers with hunting rifles" is just an ignorant comment. And the "formidable Japanese army" absolutely worried about armed US citizens. Go "fact check" that one for yourself.
I don't worship guns. I appreciate them. And I enjoy them. And if need be, I am going to protect myself with them. So when the proverbial dump hits the fan, don't come to my house for protection; I'm not going to let you in. You can rely on the state. I'll take care of my self.
February 12th, 2010
1:52 pm
I remember when you could bring a rifle to school and clean it shop class.
February 12th, 2010
1:56 pm
Federal defination of a deadly weapon: "Any object,animate or inanamite, that is used for or is readily capable of causing great bodily injury or death". When will Speaker Pelosi be arrested for weilding that big wooden mallet, in our House of Representatives, where only law enforcement officerson duty may posses arms?
February 12th, 2010
2:05 pm
Big D and Normal:
A couple of points here:
1) The only idea I was trying to get across …………. is that if things ever got so bad in this country (and that is not an impossibility down the road) that citizens by the hundreds of thousands took up arms, then those same citizens have friends and relatives in the military who probably feel the same way they do. Therefore, it would never be just citizens against the military. It would be a little of both.
Note: Remember, those in the military and law enforcement give an oath to the Constitution (not the President, the Congress or even the Supreme Court).
2) Normal: Do you have a sign by your mailbox that says "There are no weapons in this house".
3) This M-16, AK-47, automatic weapon thing is overblown.
First, you waste a lot of ammo on full auto. Two rounds bursts are much more effective and weapons can be modified to do just that with each pull of the trigger.
However, should I have to kill as many people as possible in a confined space (let's say Islamic terrorists held up in a middle school cafeteria) I would choose a good 12 guage pump with #8 buck.
Just one man's opinion …………… now have at it .
February 12th, 2010
2:08 pm
OneFreeMan :
Yes, and go rabbit or squirrel hunting after school ! So what has changed? The inanimate object (gun/knife) or the degeneration of our nation?
February 12th, 2010
2:08 pm
Big D
The AK is iconic not because it can inflict greater damage per round than the M16 and its variants, but because its durability is legendary. However, the M's durability has been improved over the course of time and is much better than it is used to be. A lot of AK's built today are built from sub par materials, and as a result are not as durable as those manufactured years ago.
February 12th, 2010
2:12 pm
Chris G:
You are correct sir and you can carry twice the ammo for the same weight. Been there done that.
February 12th, 2010
2:14 pm
Mr. Barr:
Your thread has gone to page two already today. This is good.
February 12th, 2010
2:17 pm
February 12th, 2010
1:03 pm
"This imaginary quotation has been attributed to many Axis leaders; none of them said it or thought it."
I have no idea whether he said it or not, but the factcheck.org site doesn't refute it; it says nobody has verified it.
What Factcheck.org actually says:
The e-mail's historical information is not much better. One of the more fanciful claims in the message is that during World War II "the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!" In fact, according to the U.S. Army's Center for Military History, Japan in World War II had set its sights mainly on Asia; its attacks on U.S. military targets were intended to clear the way for Asian conquests.
American Military History, p. 165: Japan entered World War II with limited aims and with every intention of fighting a limited war. Its principal objectives were to secure the resources of Southeast Asia and much of China and to establish a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" under Japanese hegemony. Japan believed it necessary to destroy or neutralize American striking power in the Pacific (the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and the U.S. Far East Air Force in the Philippines) to secure its otherwise open strategic flank before moving southward and eastward to occupy Malaya, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, the Gilbert Islands, Thailand, and Burma.
Japan had no thought of invading the U.S. mainland, and the idea it was deterred from such an invasion by fear of homeowners with guns in their closets is historically absurd.
(Note: The author alludes to a belief, widely held by supporters of gun rights, that Japan's WW II Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto advised his country's leaders against invading the U.S., supposedly saying "You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." This alleged quote appears literally thousands of times in various Internet postings. So far we have seen none that cite any source, or even give a specific time, date or place where Yamamoto is supposed to have said or written this. We invite any of our readers who can validate this remark to send us a citation that we can check out. Until then we must classify this alleged quote as unverified and probably a fabrication.)
Update, May 11: We contacted Donald M. Goldstein, sometimes called "the dean of Pearl Harbor historians." Among his many books are "The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans (1993)" and the best-selling "At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor (1981)." He is a professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. He told us the supposed Yamamoto quote is "bogus."
In an exchange of e-mails he said:
Prof. Goldstein: I have never seen it in writing. It has been attributed to the Prange files [the files of the late Gordon W. Prange, chief historian on the staff of Gen. Douglas MacArthur] but no one had ever seen it or cited it from where they got it. Some people say that it came from our work but I never said it. … As of today it is bogus until someone can cite when and where.
February 12th, 2010
2:20 pm
After Columbine, it's understandable that a zero tolerance policy would make some principles appear foolish.
Better to have a few red faces than a few red faces.
February 12th, 2010
2:26 pm
Way to Go Big D! You are absolutely right! The intent of Our founding fathers was for us to have far more freedom to keep and bear arms than we currently have! Someone needs to read up on their history! I am so thankful that we have the NRA, of which I am proud to be a member, fighting for our 2nd Amendment Right to keep and bear arms. It shouldn't even have to be discussed! Like it or not, it is a constitutional right for every law abiding American. Criminals are excluded, just as they should be.
February 12th, 2010
2:26 pm
Sandra "I'm just sick of being told I as a person have no freedom of choice when it comes to guns."
Is someone making you go out and buy a gun? I didn't think so. Next!
February 12th, 2010
2:33 pm
Rational Person:
You have obviously never seen the movie "1942″ (with John Belushi as "Wild Bill Kelso") or you would obviously know the truth of this matter ………………….
February 12th, 2010
2:38 pm
Rational Person, if it's on the interwebs then it MUST be true. By the way, nobody has verified that I have never been to mars…
February 12th, 2010
2:45 pm
Chris, I won't get into a pissing contest on lethality , because I've seen both and hands down the 16 is more. The AK is a short .308 or 7.62 about 155 grains and it stabilizes in flight making an in and out wound. The .223 or 5.56 is 55 grains ( it was originally designed for 75 grain, but was for more lethal in 55 ) and in the current configuration does not stabilize. If it hits you say in the shoulder it may just take off down or sideways, not in and out. If you couple that with 1450 feet a second better velocity the initial trauma is very evident. The only thing that was wrong with the original version was the head spacing was set to close, not allowing for any contamination of the chamber. If it does not go into complete battery the hammer will not fall and you cannot pull the upper receiver retaining pin to take it apart. This the reasoning for making the second run with a foreword assist. The AK is a very loosely made weapon even in it's post WWII variant. Most of the NVA carried the SKS.
February 12th, 2010
2:46 pm
ONE WORD SAYs IT ALL……….LIBERALISM…..Liberals have taken over education….Public Schools & colleges……KOOK LIBERALs……
February 12th, 2010
2:47 pm
jack @ 1:11 — The pharmacy called; your meds are ready.
February 12th, 2010
2:53 pm
Chris, if you do want to get a good AK buy the Polytek Chinese made. They are made with a milled receiver instead of being stamped and spot welded like the Norinco. The AR-180 ( AR-18 ) was the gun that Stoner preferred over the M-16. If you can find one made at Costa Mesa buy it, they are great.
February 12th, 2010
2:54 pm
Gotta say, you people are scary. You quote Machiavelli and are proud of it? Now that's lunacy! When this idiocy about guns thing turns into armed insurrection, I wonder who's going to be the first to ask, 'Now what was this all about?'
February 12th, 2010
3:00 pm
DD, you are right… war or any form of armed conflict is the highest form of insanity. The sad thing is that it has become a everyday reality, therefore it must be addressed for the same reasons you buy insurance…something may just go crazy, especially with the group of under informed liberals we have running the insane asylum.
February 12th, 2010
3:02 pm
Rational Person, in the interest of fact checking, Gordon Prange wrote At Dawn We Slept. I believe Prof Goldstein as his student and maybe got some writing credit. I know this because the late Prange's widow was in one of my history classes at the University of MD in 1981, when the book was published. Prange was a History professor at UMCP until his death in 1980. This does not diminish the veracity of Goldstein's email, though it does call into question yours (minor as it may be).
February 12th, 2010
3:10 pm
Big D:
Just in case you haven't seen this before:
"When civilized man can no longer stand the horror of war and refuses to fight, then he will surely be killed or enslaved by the uncivilized who can."
Author Unknown
February 12th, 2010
3:11 pm
Big D
I was not disagreeing with you–I was trying to say the AK was iconic because of its durability. You're preaching to the choir. I prefer the M and its variants for accuracy. I saw a post a while back about the AK's accuracy and barrel durability from a person with the handle FrankenMauser, and I quote:
"Accuracy is crap when they're new. Accuracy is crap when they're not new.
Therefore, I deem it impossible to wear one out; provided the bullets continue to exit the proper end of the tube."
February 12th, 2010
3:12 pm
Scout, no I haven't, but he was a smart man and I completely agree.
February 12th, 2010
3:17 pm
Chris, that's a pretty good assessment.If you can find one of the early Chicom Polyteks you would be very surprised at how good they were made as well as being very accurate. The Marines had the Polytek M1A in the armory along with Winchester and Springfield Armory.
February 12th, 2010
3:18 pm
Big D
I have one that was passed to me by my uncle. During his career, he served as a guard along the Berlin Wall during its construction during the early 60's and it is a East German made 7.62mm MPi-K. Extremely rare this side of the pond, from what I understand.
February 12th, 2010
3:21 pm
I suggest for the facts go to this link about guns.
Published by Harvard…yes, that Harvard.
In it, the review states that the evidence points that countries that have bans on firearms or restrictive firearm laws are just as dangerous or more dangerous than nations that have lax gun laws. The reason is not the gun (how can it be? It's only a tool) but violence exists where guns are or are not available. People die to gun fire in this country because guns are available. To deduce that we are violent because of guns is silly. If guns are unavailable, people will still be violent. Notice in the review that statistics show countries with draconian gun laws are just as violent as others without draconian gun laws.
When a drunk driver kills a family of 4, does the news report the cause as a 2003 GMC Sierra or a drunk driver?
Problem is people blame the tool(gun) and not the person yielding it.
About dictator quotes, he's one for you that was said:
"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So let's not have any native militia or native police. German troops alone will bear the sole responsibility for the maintenance of law and order throughout the occupied Russian territories, and a system of military strong-points must be evolved to cover the entire occupied country." –Adolf Hitler
This is a tough article, as I have been attacked by just about everybody.
1. For believing that any law-abiding individual in the US can own whichever gun he/she wants for personal protection against the US Government.
2. For being a public school teacher. (I'm a high school teacher, I teach history)
the US Bill of Rights was written not to grant Americans rights, but acknowlege that these rights are unalienable rights that can never be taken away.
February 12th, 2010
3:25 pm
I've made this same comment on dozens of articles and posts about the Second Amendment. I read some good comments here by folks with some education and common sense. But, many comments show the ignorance taught by teachers who were taught by progressives, who learned their progressive garbage in ivy league institutions which were taken over by progressives. Originally Ivy League Schools were founded to train pastors for churches. My, how times have changed.
Part of the problem with misunderstanding why militias are mentioned in the Second Amendment with the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The founders fully intended for all states to maintain militias to protect themselves from abuses of an overreaching central government, and from other states. Everyone who was able-bodied was a part of the militia.
"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves …"
Richard Henry Lee, writing in Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republic, Letter XVIII, May, 1788.
"A Well Regulated militia, composed of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country." (1st Annals of Congress, at 434, June 8th 1789. James Madison.
It should not even be a question whether or not the Second Amendment applies to the states. "And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the Press, or the rights of Conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; …" Samuel Adams, quoted in the Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, August 20, 1789, "Propositions submitted to the Convention of this State"
Prior to the War Between the States, each state maintained a militia, regulated by the respective governors. The militias were regulated, not citizens or guns. Both the North and South fought the war with their militias. Governors today have been stripped of their right to regulate militias by the unconstitutional National Guard Laws which were enacted under an interpretation of 'the Militia Act of 1792.
Today, Both Israel and Switzerland's militias are more like our Second Amendment intended for the U.S. Would that our Governors would all wake up.
February 12th, 2010
3:25 pm
On issues of .223 or 7.62×39mm I'd take the 7.62. The .223 is great if your target is out in the open, but I've noticed that when people get shot at they tend to hide behind things….
I prefer my m1a, which has more ft/lb of energy and will cause a larger wound channel. Almost 2x the energy of a .223
February 12th, 2010
3:27 pm
Chris, yea that's a completely German built AK ….very good gun. Most people who get the used AK's( Asia and East Europe) get guns that used corrosive primers and it just eats the gun up if not cleaned properly. Stay away from that copper washed ammo from China…it's bad.
February 12th, 2010
3:34 pm
The M16 was a pos when it was first placed in service because it was pushed on the military without adequate testing. The theory of small Cal. high velocity ammo that produced somewhat of a dum dum effect upon penetration thus producing greater shock in a wounded enemy all sounded great. The problem was that the gas impingement system that Stoner used produced carbon build up in the weapons chamber and upper receiver causing jamming and stuck rounds. Stoner blamed the problem on the military's utilization of 5.56mm ball ammunition that exceeded pressure limitations. The problem was partially solved by chrome platting the chamber and eventually the barrel. The travesty was that many lives were lost due to malfunction of this weapon in combat. The M16 and M4 have evolved into reasonably effective infantry shoulder weapons but at a cost. Even now troops are reporting instances of over penetration with the current issue 62 and 70gr 5.56 ammo. It seems ironic that 3rd. world countries can produce a simple inexpensive yet effective weapon as the AK 47 even with it's 7.62 over penetration it was still a better performer.
February 12th, 2010
3:37 pm
Mr Jake, the M1A and M-14 are chambered for the .308 / 7.62x 51 not the 7.62x 39 AK round. I agree the full .308 round is very powerful, but the 7.62x 39 does not have that kind of power. I was in the jungle on both my tours and there is not a lot of things to hide behind.
February 12th, 2010
3:38 pm
Next week Bob's going to have a headline "They want your gun". No story and it will go five pages. Get a life, please. 99% have never fired for reason, 50% would freeze if they needed to. So 1/2 of you are full of it.
February 12th, 2010
3:41 pm
I think we need to know if the Lego policeman was armed with a M-16 (.223) or AK-47 (7.62)? it's a tough call which ammo is more effective vs. plastic criminals (or heaven forbid, dinosaurs and aliens)?
February 12th, 2010
3:43 pm
Del, you are right ..I went through boot camp with an M-14 and went to the M-16 in AIT and the nomenclature on it was XM-16 and we called it the Mattel riffle after the toy company. The small caliber was adopted by the USSR in the seventies with the AK-74.
February 12th, 2010
3:53 pm
Marine, One of my favorite things to tell the people I talk to at gun stores that have never served…it isn't hunting till the deer shoots back. Most of us are raised so moral that when the day comes that when do you put a man in your sights it's the worst moment of you life and you never stop thinking about.
February 12th, 2010
3:56 pm
Are they still allowed to play softball at recess like we did? Do they get to use bats?
February 12th, 2010
4:03 pm
Big D,
I was in 61- until early 67. I went through boot camp with an M1 after boot camp and what was then called ITR I reported into my first infantry unit and my fire team leader said congratulations you're going to be the BAR man. It was a sweet weapon except it was heavy to hump. I was glad when we went to the M14 a few months later. The Marine Corps wasn't issued M16's until the Spring of 67 right in the midst of the hill wars. I came back just before then so I never really had much personal experience with the weapon. I've heard others refer to it as the Mattel rifle.
February 12th, 2010
4:27 pm
the "Mattel" reference was due to a perfect storm of events in the mid-1960's. the M-16 was manufactured by Colt, but used a plastic handle, which was manufactured by Mattel (the toy company). Many of the original M-16s in Vietnam had the Mattel logo on the pistol grip. this, combined with the (initial) reports of poor performance in the field (specifically Vietnam) let many a grunt to dismiss the weapon as a worthless "toy". And, as a child in the 1960's, I played "army" with friends who had the Mattel M-16 Marauder (I had a M-14, made by a different toy company). I guess the 2nd Amendment didn't apply to 8 year-olds, as my liberal, peacenik mom took my M-14.
February 12th, 2010
4:34 pm
That explains the mattel reference very satisfactorily! But how was the "Kung Fu grip" on the GI Joe reference born?
Or is that too close to DADT?
February 12th, 2010
4:55 pm
We need laws that make school administrators accountable for their actions. If they want to act like knee jerk morons then the parents should have the right to sue them PERSONALLY for their actions. Let a judge or a jury decide if the administrator was out of line and did not use common sense. If the student was harmed as a result of their actions then the student should be able to recover damages from the moronic administrator (not the school system).
February 12th, 2010
4:57 pm
twinkletoes – The Supreme Court in its Heller decision last year said that the "militia" part of the Second Amendment had nothing to do with a right to keep and bear arms. Nothing. They ruled that the Second Am gave each "individual" the right to keep and bear arms. Sorry.
February 12th, 2010
5:11 pm
Sorry Big D, i know the ak round is a lower weight bullet but of the same caliber (.30 cal).
I know 7.62×51mm typically run 147gr as NATO spec. I know the ak round is in the 120gr and is only running 1,200fps while .308 runs 2,600-2,800fps.
In the jungle, did you not encounter a lot of foliage? I know the .223 is flatter and you can carry more ammo with .223 than 7.62×39mm. Maybe in a jungle setting a flatter shooting round would be ideal but in a urban setting (not the thin walled huts in Vietnam) but mortar/brick stone I'd prefer the AK round to defend myself.
February 12th, 2010
5:34 pm
You don't want to confuse .223 with NATO military issue M193 Ball or M855 Ball ammo. M855 is now standard issue and has a steel core. It's identified with a green tip and can penetrate 1/4″ to 1/2″ steel. You shouldn't attempt to fire 5.56 ammo in a rifle chambered only for .223. Since most social work would be within 200 meters. urban or otherwise and with military grade ammo being what it is now, choosing an AR weapon wouldn't be such a bad idea. In the home, however, buck shot is the better choice.
February 12th, 2010
5:34 pm
"The AK is iconic not because it can inflict greater damage per round than the M16 and its variants, but because its durability is legendary. However, the M's durability has been improved over the course of time and is much better than it is used to be. A lot of AK's built today are built from sub par materials, and as a result are not as durable as those manufactured years ago."
Kalishnikov wasn't trying to develop a great weapon; he wanted to develop a weapon that the Russians could mass-produce cheaply. An AK version is made virtually everywhere now, the reason all those peace-loving Muslims have one, right next to their rocket-propelled grenades.
February 12th, 2010
5:42 pm
I know 5.56 round have steel penetraters but what happens to the round after it penetrates a barrier? It fragments and loses a lot of it's energy. .308 will still have a large portion of the bullet intact and will then still be able to cause damage to the target behind the barrier.
I'm not knocking the .223 round as I had an AR, but looking at wound profiles of .30 cal v. .22 cal there is a big difference. Especially if your target is on drugs, you will need more rounds to knock him down. You will get better results with a .30 cal bullet.
Each bullet will have it's strength and weakness, a .223 will have a flatter trajectory and a soldier will be able to carry more ammo. A 7.62×51mm round will have 2x the torque and has better post barrier penetration and will knock a man sized target down with 1 hit (permitting it's in or near the vitals) even if he is on a narcotic. I want to put as much energy on my target as possible not only to stop them from shooting back but to not be able to shoot again.
February 12th, 2010
5:45 pm
I forgot to tell you Del, look at the wound profile of 62gr 5.56mm ammo vs. .30 cal. The wound profile is more than 1/3 of a .30 cal bullet. 62gr 5.56ammo penetrates great but lacks on the wound trama factor (Unless it hits a vital then it does not matter which caliber you use.)
February 12th, 2010
6:00 pm
It really gets down to what your most comfortable with as either can get the job done. I have both in my gun cabinet and God willing I won't need to choose one over the other.
Have a good one.
February 12th, 2010
6:40 pm
If we wonder why our public schools are failing, here's part of the answer: many of those running them are idiots, incapable of exercising independent judgment or basic common sense. An administrator who thinks that a two-inch piece of plastic is a "weapon" and thus covered by an otherwise legitimate policy, is a perfect example of someone who fell into the ideal job for people who don't have to produce anything; just go through the procedures and you can't be fired no matter how utterly moronic your decisions. Sadly, those who have to silently endure this kind of willful obtuseness everyday are those good teachers out there who are powerless to do anything other than comply with the demands of bureaucrats who could care less about actual outcomes, only processes. Who cares what happens to the ship, as long as the deck-chairs are properly aligned?


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Hello! I have always been a fan of hiking, and I love animals. I would love to go on some of your trips, get to know some of the people in the group, because hiking is far more enjoyable with good company.
It was easy to find, being one of the most popular outdoors groups in the area.
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I live in Annapolis and am interested in reguler pick up volleyball. I have a pro level outdoor net set up for grass or sand if a local area is available. I ran a VB program back at the YMCA in CT for 15 years.
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I will be back to Meetup again more often now.
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Thanks Greg, I also forward to playing volleyball with you again.
Hey Greg! I will be in the Baltimore area starting the 1st week of January. And I really look forward to getting to hang out and play some ball with you guys! :)
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Hey Greg - thanks for the welcome. I'll look around and see if there's any racquet courts in the area that are decent and see if we could set something up.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y.—After No. 4 Syracuse remained unbeaten with an 84-48 win over Eastern Michigan on Tuesday night, Jim Boeheim didn't bother with questions about the game.
Instead Boeheim addressed the firing of longtime assistant Bernie Fine, who has been accused by three men of molesting them. Fine has denied the allegations.
"It's hard to put everything into words," Boeheim said. "I thought a lot today about different things. I'm saddened in many ways by what's unfolded, and I'm looking forward to a time when we can talk and learn from what has happened.
"There is an important investigation going on, which I fully support, and I can't add anything to that by speaking more about that now," he said. "The investigation and all that we can learn from it is what is important."
Boeheim said he has not considered resigning.
"I've never worried about my job status in 36 years," he said. "Many years I didn't have a contract. I don't worry. I do my job. What happened on my watch, we will see. When the investigation is done, we will find out what happened on my watch. We don't know what's happened on my watch right now. There are no charges. There are no indictments. There is no grand jury. There is no action being taken. When that is done, then we will see what has happened on my watch."
Boeheim was greeted by a standing ovation when he walked onto the Carrier Dome court that bears his name. First-year Eastern Michigan coach Rob Murphy, an assistant for seven years under Boeheim, greeted the Hall of Famer with a warm hug, and Boeheim received another raucous cheer when he was introduced after the players.
Then, it was back to basketball after a tumultuous weekend of new revelations in the investigation of child molestation allegations against Fine.
Some sex abuse victims' advocates have said Boeheim should resign or be fired after three men, including two former Syracuse ballboys, accused Fine of molesting them and Boeheim verbally disparaged the accusers.
After initially saying Fine's first two accusers were lying to make money in the wake of the Penn State University sexual abuse scandal, Boeheim backed off those comments in a statement Sunday.
"What is most important is that this matter be fully investigated and that anyone with information be supported to come forward so that the truth can be found," Boeheim said. "I deeply regret any statements I made that might have inhibited that from occurring or been insensitive to victims of abuse."
Asked to comment on Boeheim's status earlier Tuesday, Syracuse chancellor Nancy Cantor said:
"Coach Boeheim is our coach. ... We're very pleased with what he said Sunday night, and we stand by it."
The players simply did what they do best, running away to another easy win.
"Not hard for us," Kris Joseph said. "We're just playing. We go through our daily routines and going to class, practice and games. It's what we've been doing. It's nothing new to us. There's no distractions at all. We're just here to play basketball. We're all young men, and we're just here to play basketball games."
"We don't know what's going on," Scoop Jardine added. "For us, it's like a motivation thing where we just want to go out and play basketball and be hungry and continue with our season, because our season is going to continue. It's all about us; it's all about our season.
Some fans offered their support for Boeheim before Tuesday night's game.
"I feel sorry that he stuck up for a friend," said 40-year-old Mike Wong of Syracuse. "He was just sticking up for Bernie. He didn't understand the situation. I think the chancellor did the right thing."
"It's sad," added 29-year-old Michael Knowles of Syracuse. "We've all stuck up for a friend and then realized we shouldn't have. He (Boeheim) didn't do anything wrong."
In the last home game against Colgate 10 days ago, Fine's customary seat was left vacant, and players tapped it as a symbolic gesture in support of Fine. On Tuesday night, there was no empty seat.
And the Rev. Robert Hoatson, president of Road to Recovery, a group that supports victims of sexual abuse, says Boeheim, too, should be gone.
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Two truck drivers, Ralph and Cletus, who drove as a team, were interviewing for a job at a new trucking company. Many questions were asked, and answered, with Ralph doing most of the talking as Cletus never had much to say.
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Ralph scratched his chin for a bit, then said, "I'd wake up Cletus."
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As of May 1st, I will no longer be the Marketing Manager for Pivot Cycles and BH Bikes USA. I leave the company with nothing but respect for Chris Cocalis and both of the brands I was lucky to work on, and the people I worked with- coworkers, retailers, reps, distributors, magazines, etc.
Pivot and BH are two very dynamic brands with a lot of growing potential. Both brands will only be growing, I can promise you that. With all of that dynamic potential and momentum, it's increasingly important for both brands to have the full-time physical presence of the Marketing Manager in Phoenix, AZ where the companies are headquartered in the US. As I am committed to remaining in San Diego and staying put with my family, and keeping my oldest daughter in the same school with all her friends she started school with in kindergarten, the decision was made to make a change.
As of today, I am not aware of where I will land, but I promise you that I will be doing all I can to remain in this industry- it's my home, my passion, and the one thing I can honestly say I truly "understand". This next chapter might even mean that I finally create something of my own; I've talked for years about a desire to collaborate with more companies and consult on projects ranging from branding strategy, to marketing, to product development… all of the things I love so much. I've often wanted to work more closely with Taiwan based companies as well, and this could allow me that opportunity if nothing else presents itself that allows me to meet my objective of remaining based in San Diego.
I fell in love with the sport and the business of cycling in 1982 and I have only briefly ever left either. I've worked in shops and for some really fantastic brands- NiteRider, Canari, Masi (Haro), ASI (Fuji) and then Pivot/ BH. I've been blessed by this industry and I consider myself lucky. Whether I do actually start something of my own, or find a new home within another brand, it is the bike industry that I plan to remain connected to.
In this change, I also plan to rededicate myself to this overly neglected blog, as well as keep my conversations alive on both Twitter and Facebook. A lot of my personal and professional growth in the past came from my involvement with "social media"… and I plan to return in full force. I'll also be working with a new online cycling site as a contributor. My first pieces for them will be showing up soon… so stay tuned.
The one constant in life is change. I have lived that a lot… and will continue to, I hope.
Change is a new beginning, a rebirth, and a chance to do things better than before. I'm embracing that.