text: Ammunition for the Patrol Carbine ABSTRACT As law enforcement agencies increasingly begin to see the importance of patrol carbines in the hands of peace officers, the long argued point of ammunition choice is once again heard. That is, What is the right bullet for a patrol carbine? All of the usual arguments relating to handgun bullet choice, plus some new ones come up again when making this choice. By using a casual comparative approach to look at the available data on this subject, the answer to this problem becomes clear. Some key questions have been answered in this paper such as, How well does the bullet penetrate and effect a human target? How well does the bullet defeat intermediate barriers and What is the bullets proven one shot stop percentile. It was hypothesized that a jacketed hollow point (JHP) or even a jacketed soft point (JSP) rifle bullet would be the best choice. This is a logical conclusion because the JHP pistol bullet has served so well in law enforcement pistols. The results here indicate that the full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet best meets the needs of law enforcement when in patrol carbines. The recommendation here is that law enforcement agencies convert their shotguns to less than lethal use only and replace them with patrol carbines as the lethal force shoulder fired support weapon loaded with the 55grain FMJ 5.56X45mm bullet. TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract........................................................................... Page 2 Table of Contents............................................................ Page 3 Introduction .................................................................... Page 4 Background and Significance......................................... Page 5 Literature Review ........................................................... Page 6 Procedures ...................................................................... Page 14 Results ............................................................................ Page 15 Discussion....................................................................... Page 16 Recommendations .......................................................... Page 17 Bibliography ................................................................... Page 19 Appendices ..................................................................... Page 20 INTRODUCTION In recent years Law enforcement agencies across the United States have begun to see the value of the rifle and carbine in the hands of patrol officers. The use of rifles and carbines by police specialty units like SWAT has long been accepted and the type of ammunition used by SWAT officers has never been a point of contention due to the specific police mission they are assigned to. A SWAT officer would more likely than not have the opportunity to choose the type of ammunition that would be best suited for the mission at hand. A police officer on routine patrol duties with access to a patrol carbine or rifle would not have this luxury and would require a general purpose round that would be able to perform sufficiently in a variety of applications. The problem then is: What would be the best ammunition type for a police officer to carry in his patrol carbine? Conventional wisdom from a law enforcement perspective would say that like a hand gun bullet, the jacketed hollow point carbine bullet would be the best rifle bullet to use in police applications. By comparing statistical information from ballistics tests conducted by the FBI and the Federal Ammunition Company in conjunction with data from studies on this topic the research presented here will provide law enforcement administrators with the information needed to make a sound decision in choosing the right type of ammunition for their police officers to use in their patrol rifles/carbines. BACKGROUND & SIGNIFICANCE Law enforcement officers through out this countries past have utilized rifles and carbines as a shoulder fired support weapon for over a hundred years. By late the1800's situations were additional firepower or range was needed, the law men of the day used the venerable lever action rifles by Winchester and Henry to complete the police mission at hand. The weapon systems used by law enforcement officers in the recent past were military surplus weapons in the .30cal range, mostly M-14 rifles and M-1 carbines. In the past twenty years this now includes the M-16 and all weapons systems in the M-16 family of rifles and carbines. Except in wide open and rural locals, recent law enforcement use of these weapons was restricted to SWAT type police units. Only as late as the 1990's was there a slow change in the thinking with in the law enforcement community regarding patrol officers routinely carrying rifles or carbines with them while on patrol. This thinking was reinforced in the mid 1990's by a number of high profile criminal incidents, most notably the bank robbery in North Hollywood California where two men wearing body armor and armed with automatic rifles engaged the responding patrol officers in a fierce gun battle. Many forward thinking police agencies in America today have traded in their 12 gauge shotguns for patrol rifles and carbines chambered in the caliber 5.56mm/.223 cal. Both designations are for the same caliber of bullet and will be used interchangeably depending on the type of bullet being discussed. The only reason for the difference being semantics, the military uses the 5.56mm nomenclature and the civilian market the .223 cal. designation. The 5.56mm rifle bullet in general has proven ballistic characteristics that make it the best all round caliber of bullet for police carbine applications. Rifles and carbines chambered in the .30 caliber range (7.62mm/.308cal) tend to have an extremely high probability of over penetrating the intended targets and surrounding barriers in the event of a miss. Additionally bullets from the .30 cal M-1 carbine had similar over penetration characteristics of the 7.62mm but could not reliably penetrate a bullet proof vest at 75 yards. Some police administrators in an attempt to economize the situation have adopted carbine weapon systems that fire the same caliber bullet as the officers semi-automatic duty pistols. At first glance this may seem like a reasonable solution. The problem is that handgun ammunition does not perform well after 25 yards even when fired through a carbine with a barrel length of 16 inches. A handgun bullet cannot penetrate a ballistic vest and relies heavily on penetration to vital organs and expansion to rapidly incapacitate a person. Thus it is widely accepted that for police applications, patrol carbines should be chambered in the 5.56mm caliber. The 5.56mm bullet works well in a variety of weapon systems commonly chambered in that caliber and used by law enforcement. Regardless of the weapon system that any given law enforcement agency has chosen, putting the best 5.56mm bullet in the firearm is important to the individual officers survivability and confidence. LITERATURE REVIEW Ballistics Testing and Scientific Research Justifies the 5.56mm for Police Use The field of wound ballistics is terribly complicated and not well understood. Comprehensive models do not exist for predicting the extent of the wounds produced by projectiles as a function of the full range of velocities, projectile diameters, projectile terminal performance characteristics (which includes deformation, yawing of elongated non-deforming projectiles, and fragmentation) and finally the characteristics of the target in tissue/simulant. 1 The 5.56x45mm (.223cal Rem.) bullet. The US armed force's first generation small caliber bullet was the US M193 5.56x45mm. This cartridge was designed for the M-16 weapon system still used by the US armed forces today. This bullet and its updated version the M855 both produce surprisingly large permanent wound cavities for the size of the bullet. See Appendix C. Originally the massive injuries caused by this bullet was not clear until the importance of bullet fragmentation was established. With FMJ (full metal jacket bullets) like the M193 and the M855 the bullet travels approx. 4.5 inches before the tip of the bullet begins to tumble or yaw approx. 90 degrees and begin to flatten. This is caused by the bullet trying to keep ballistic stability when the lighter point of the bullet slows faster that the heavier rear of the bullet. At some point in the yaw the bullet will then break in two at the mid section of the bullet. This break wither by design or not occurs at a grooved section of the bullet called the connelure. This groove is made into the circumference of the bullet by the crimping of the case to secure the bullet to the casing. When the top half of the bullet breaks off it maintains about 60 per cent of the bullets total weight. The bottom portion of the bullet then fragments. These fragments penetrate approx. 3 more inches and perforate through out the temporary wound cavity created by the stretching of the 1 (Geoff Kotzar) firstname.lastname@example.com surrounding tissue. Even though the human body is remarkably elastic, the energy placed on a human body by a high velocity bullet causes more stretching then surrounding tissue can tolerate. This works in conjunction with the fragmenting bullet. These fragments perforate and tear away body tissue regardless of its elasticity. The result is a large permanent wound cavity which is a key element in causing rapid incapacitation of a suspect. The amount of fragmentation decreases as bullet velocities decrease, that is to say at greater shooting distances. The above terminal ballistics characteristics are very consistent at shooting distances of 100 yards or less which is generally accepted as the maximum range for engagement of a suspect with a patrol carbine or rifle. Another factor effecting bullet velocity is the length of the weapon system's barrel. To achieve the needed velocity for a FMJ bullet to perform most effectively weapons with barrels no shorter than 16 inches should be used. The rifling twist rate in the barrel of patrol rifles and carbines does not appreciably effect bullet velocity, but may effect the accuracy of the bullet fired. The weapon systems chambered for the .223 cal that would be used in patrol applications have twist rates from 1 in 7" to 1 in 12". 5.56mm bullets in the 55 grain weight work well in all of the common twist rates. Heavier bullets which tend to be longer should not be used in carbines or rifles with twist rates slower than 1 in 9". When fired through a barrel with a twist rate slower than 1 in 9" the heavier bullets will begin to yaw in flight in some cases up top 70 degrees, potentially effecting accuracy even at a distance of 100yrads. Expanding Rifle Bullets. Hollow point and soft point rifle bullets have far more energy available than pistol rounds so mushrooming tends to be more reliable. The large quantities of energy that can be transferred into a target by rifle bullets often causes the stretch cavity to cause permanent damage. 2 Jacketed Hollow Points (JHP) and Jacketed Soft Points (JSP) are also bullets to be considered in Choosing the proper 5.56mm bullet for police use in patrol carbines. JHP and JSP bullets create similar looking wounds in ballistic gelatin as the FMJ bullets do. The JHP and the JSP bullets cause injury through high velocity energy and bullet expansion. Both bullets fragment to some degree, stretch tissue beyond its elasticity and thus create tissue fragmentation resulting in a large permanent wound cavity. Unlike a FMJ bullet the JHP and JSP bullets do not penetrate as deeply into a target. As such, JHP and JSP bullets have a very low chance of over penetrating a suspect who has been shot with such a bullet. Incapacitation. When it comes to the application of lethal force by a police officer the main factor to be considered is incapacitation, that is to say quickly stopping a suspect from doing what ever it was that made the officer shoot him in the first place. There are five factors that effect a bullets ability to incapacitate a person. Placement. This means more than just hitting your intended target at center mass. The target must be hit in a vital organ and damage or injure that vital organ to such an extent that rapid incapacitation is the result. The best target for incapacitating a human target would be a shot to the central nervous system (CNS). Primarily shots that injure 2 anglefire.com the brain or the spinal column will result in immediate incapacitation. Shots to the CNS are generally speaking not dependant on the caliber or type of bullet so long as there is sufficient penetration to reach and damage the CNS. Injury to other vital organs or blood vessels such as the heart, lung or liver may be fatal but may not have been sufficiently damaged or penetrated to cause rapid incapacitation. Penetration. In order to reach the CNS or any other vital organ a bullet must have sufficient penetration to pas through bone and tissue. Other than being shot in the CNS the main reason for people to lay down after they have been shot is that they do not feel good anymore. In order for this to happen quickly the bullet must cause sufficient injury to a vital organ or blood vessel to cause a sudden drop in blood pressure. The average human torso is approx. 9 inches thick. Shots fired at a person in combat may have to penetrate the persons arm before reaching the torso. Thus the depth of penetration that is generally excepted as being sufficient to reach vital organs and blood vessels is 12 to 15 inches. Physical Injury. Penetration alone can only be counted for quick incapacitation in CNS hits. Many violent suspects have been fatally shot, but were not quickly incapacitated because the bullet that penetrated to the vital organ or blood vessel did not sufficiently damage the organ and cause rapid loss of blood. The key here is creating a permanent wound channel at the vital organ or blood vessel. This is created by the fragmenting, mushrooming, and tumbling of the bullet as it crushes and tears the tissue it passes through. Power/Energy. The final thing that a bullet must do once it has hit a person to cause rapid incapacitation is utilize the energy that it brings with it efficiently. This energy is what causes the bullet to mushroom, tumble and fragment. As is the case with rifle bullets they generally have sufficient energy to overcome the incredible elasticity of the human body. Psychology. The final factor in a bullets ability to incapacitate a person has nothing to do with the bullet at all. A suspects mental state of mind maybe such that a minor wound produces incapacitation without serious injury. While another suspect may maybe fatally wounded but so enraged that they keep fighting longer than would logically be expected. Rifle Ammunition for Law Enforcement .223 Remington Caliber: (5.56 x 45 mm NATO) One Shot Stopping Success: 93-100% (Actual) Recommended Cartridges: Remington JHP 60 grains 100% Winchester "Match" JHP-BT 69 grains 100% Federal JHP 40 grains 99% Winchester JSP 55 grains 96% Winchester FMJ 55 grains 96% Federal JHP 55 grains 95% Remington FMJ 55 grains 95% Federal JHP 62 grains 94% Remington JSP 55 grains 94% Federal FMJ-BT 55 grains 93% The .223 caliber cartridge is the standard NATO rifle round. It is also the best choice for self defense. Essentially all configurations of the .223 bullet provide excellent one shot stopping ability. 3 Similar results were found in a study conducted by Evan P. Marshal and published in a April 2001 Gun World article titled: "One Shot Stops II: Rifles, Shotguns and Compacts. In Marshall's study five factors were taken into account. Barring in mind that the criteria used by Marshall in his study are arguably too broad or too narrow the test as published showed the results from 15 different 5.56mm bullets. In Marshall's study he only considered hits in torso area, and disregarded multiple hits. His definition of a "stop" was more or less what any police officer would consider a "stop". In his study Marshall included only bullets that were involved in a minimum of ten shootings. Finally Marshall compiled his data from information in police, evidence technician and medical examiner reports, as well as interviews with police officers, witnesses, and victims. Marshall's study was very consistent with that reported at internetarmory.com. In June 2002 article for Law an Order Magazine entitled: "Ballistic Testing Justifies the .223 Caliber Carbine" David Sparks points out the effectiveness of the 5.56mm bullet in law enforcement use. In his article David Sparks utilizes test results conducted by ballistics expert Clarence Kropp conducted in 1999. In Kropp's tests he fired two types of .223 caliber bullets and two types of .40cal S&W bullets into barriers that law 3 internetarmory.com enforcement officers may commonly encounter. These tests were similar to the tests that the FBI had conducted in the 1990's. The results of the testing proved that the .223 caliber cartridge is the most suitable cartridge for law enforcement carbine deployment in an urban/suburban environment. The Remington UMC.223 caliber 55-grain FMJ cartridge had the least chance of over penetration compared to the .40caliber JHP and FMJ bullets, the .223 caliber bonded JSP bullets and the 12 gauge rifled slugs. 4 From 1993 to 1996 the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted tests on several types of .223cal bullets to determine a suitable round for law enforcement use. The results of these tests are provided in Appendix A. Similar results were shown in a more recent set of test published by Federal Ammunition Co. See Appendix B. When choosing a .223 cal bullet for patrol carbine use the variety of intermediate barriers that police officer may encounter should be considered. The first and most important barrier that any 5.56mm bullet should be able to penetrate is soft body armor. All 5.56mm bullets available to law enforcement are able to defeat soft body armor up to threat level III. As with any barrier be it soft body armor, window glass, or a car door once the bullet has penetrated the barrier is should still be able to inflict sufficient injury to the suspect to stop him. All of the 5.56mm bullets looked at in this paper have strengths and weaknesses in police applications. The Idea is to find the bullet that best fits an individual agencies needs. This would be a general purpose bullet that does all of 4 David Sparks the things needed reasonably well. In the Fall of 2000, The Woodhaven Police Department was preparing to train its patrol officers with M-16/AR-15 patrol carbines and rifles. Sgt. Graham of the Woodhaven Police Department had the opportunity to speak by telephone with Clarence Kropp regarding rifle ammunition for duty use by the Woodhaven Police Department. Kropp was informed that the City of Woodhaven is a sub-urban bedroom community with single and multi-family dwellings and a mixture of heavy and light industry. In the conversation Kropp recommended the 55gr .223cal FMJ bullet as the best general purpose bullet for the Woodhaven Police Department's patrol carbines and rifles. He mentioned that bonded tactical bullets offered by Federal Ammunition were ideal for penetrating heavy barriers such as car doors and thick window glass. These bullets however did not tumble or fragment like other 5.56mm bullets in ballistic gelatin. This in Kropp's opinion would mean a greater likely hood of extreme over penetration of a human target. Though not mentioned, it could also be assumed that such a bullet would not create a large permanent wound channel as other 5.56mm bullets have been shown to do. Kropp also indicted that JHP and JSP bullets in .223cal cannot consistently create incapacitating wounds after penetrating common barriers. PROCEDURES In compiling the data for this paper several sources were referenced. The reputation of any one of the sources could arguably be challenged. Taken as a whole, however the information contained in the sources used directly or indirectly supported each other in many ways contributing to the validity of all of the sources. Sources of data were obtained from three areas. Official tests conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation were obtained from a neighboring agency. Another source was magazine articles, including the reputable law enforcement magazine Law and Order. Finally the internet provided valuable information from related web sites. This information was reviewed and compared extensively. In the reviewing process it was deemed important to identify consistent information from all of the sources. This consistency is what allows for result that can be backed up from the data. RESULTS It was hypothesized that as with jacketed hollow point pistol bullets, the JHP.223 caliber rifle bullet would be the best choice for law enforcement use in a patrol carbine. Clearly this was proven incorrect by the data when taken as a whole. The terminal ballistics of a rifle bullet are completely different than those of a handgun bullet. Because a handgun bullet travels at such a lower speed than a rifle bullet, the pistol bullet uses its slower speed and grater mass to expand and mushroom in order to create a needed permanent wound channel. All of the .223 cal bullets studied showed that the contributing factor in their wounding ability was the tearing of tissue as a result of being hit by a high velocity bullet. This tearing was not a function of the bullet mushrooming as with a handgun bullet, but of the effected tissues inability to stretch with out tearing when exposed to the high energy and fragmentation of the rifle bullet. This is what crates the permanent wound cavity that is so crucial to quickly incapacitating a person. JHP and JSP rifle bullets however do not reliably penetrate deeply enough to vital organs, blood vessels or the central nervous system. This penetration issue is further complicated when barriers such as soft body armor, window glass and car doors is included. This was demonstrated in the tests provided by the FBI and Federal Ammunition Inc. The FMJ .223 cal rifle bullets appeared to have a better all round performance with a better than 90 % one shot stop history. These points are confirmed in studies conducted by Clarence Kropp. With all of this information taken as a whole the results of this study point to the 55gr 5.56mm FMJ bullet as the best general purpose bullet to be used in patrol carbines for law enforcement. DISCUSSION When a law enforcement agency considers issuing patrol carbines to its police officers for routine patrol use the concept of firing a military style bullet through a military style weapon does not sit well with department heads. But, times have changed and with it the cultural and criminal environment that peace officers must work in have changed with the times. Legally police departments are much more responsible for every shot fired by its officers than in the past. This change is slowly working against the venerable 12gauge shotgun in favor of the patrol carbine for law enforcement use. The inherent randomness of nine projectiles fired with one shot from a shotgun compared to the control of one projectile per shot from a carbine is beginning to look good to forward thinking police administrators. Criminals too have become more sophisticated, primarily in the use of body armor, weapons and tactics. Once again, this consideration leads to the adaptation of the patrol carbine to everyday use by police officers as their primary shoulder fired support weapon. A patrol carbine weapon system in the tried and proven caliber of 5.56mm allows first responding patrol officers the ability to engage this new breed of very dangerous criminal from a safer distance. With the establishment of a need for the patrol carbine having been made, the appropriate round of ammunition for that weapon system is vital. This paper has shown that a military style bullet is the best all round bullet for law enforcement use in patrol carbines. Generally speaking this means any of the FMJ bullets in .223 cal and particularly the 55grain FMJ 5.56X45mm bullet. Studies by the FBI, and Federal Ammunition Co. show that the 55grain FMJ bullet achieves the best results over a wide range of variables. Other studies have shown that the .223cal FMJ bullet consistently produces one shot stops in the mid 90% range, a very desirable thing in law enforcement applications. Finally, the work from a reputable ballistics expert such as Clarence Kropp replicates these results, or confirms them. The research in this paper then concludes that for agencies either using, or considering the use of patrol carbines they would best be served by the 55grain FMJ .223 cal bullet in their carbines and rifles. RECOMMENDATIONS My recommendation for police departments would be to convert their 12gauge shotguns to less than lethal ammunition use only. A reliable patrol carbine weapon system chambered in the 5.56X45mm should then be used to replace the shotgun ad the primary shoulder fired support weapon for lethal force. The best ammunition for the patrol carbine has been discussed here in this paper. In deciding what would be the best bullet for the patrol carbine data from the FBI and the Federal Ammunition company was reviewed along with a recommendation from a noted ballistics expert. Based on this research, I would recommend that the best 5.56X45mm/.223 cal bullet for law enforcement use in patrol carbines is the 55 grain FMJ bullet. BIBLIOGRAPHY Roy Huntington & Gene Wolberg. Police Technology Magazine. "Stopping Power: Myth, Magic or Fact?" October 1990. Evan Marshall. Gun World Magazine. "One Shot Stops II: Rifles, Shotguns and Compacts". April 2001. David Sparks. Law and Order Magazine. "Ballistics Testing Justifies .223 Caliber Carbine". June 2002. Terminal Ballistics of Common Military Rifle Rounds.[Online] At http://www.anglefire.com August 2003. Ballistics of Modern Firearms [Online] At http://www.engrwp.usc.edu August 2003. Wound Ballistics [Online] At http://.www.firearmstactical.com August 2003. Terminal Ballistics "Wound Ballistics" [Online] At http://www.bobtuley.com August 2003. Rifle Ammunition for Self Defense [Online] At http://www.internetarmory.com August 203. APPENDIX A PREPARED BY ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (BALLISTICS) T.L. HOLLABAUGH FBI AMMUNITION & WEAPON RESEARCH FACILITY FIREARMS TRAINING UNIT FBI ACADEMY QUANTICO, VA. 22135 APPENDIX B BALLISTICS TESTS PUBLISHED BY FEDERAL AMMUNITION CO. LAW ENFORCEMENT APPENDIX C TERMINAL BALLISTICS TESTS IN BALLISTIC GELATIN FOR 5.56MM RIFLE BULLETS 55GR FMJ M193 62GR FMJ M855 50GR JSP .223 CAL


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The open scoring fucced everything up! As soon as The New Cash Cow--Canelo, found out he was up, he pulled a DLH. Riding the fight til' the very end.
I can't wait til' Sept. A new king will rise, and that just pisses you off (or Flojotos).
Woman beater fucced up, and he knows it. He ain't fooling us. I know he is terrified of The New Cash Cow. That's why he doesn't take off his glasses. I bet he even has nightmares.
I got this from another message board. Sadly this is the sentiment of most of these fucking keyboard warriors. I wish this fight was here, and the outcome is what it is. i have Floyd in a late stoppage. GB is not going to let Orphan Annie take a lot of punishment.
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Although the 50 states join together to make one country, there are still regional flavors that make the United States a joy to explore.
Chris Barr was born and raised in Texas before she married and moved to Naperville. She has been happy living in the Midwest but still holds dear her memories of life in Texas.
"My dad was a hunter," she recalls. "He brought home doves, quail, deer. I remember one year there was a deer hanging on the porch that he skinned and took to the butcher to have it wrapped up. But the thing we liked most was the doves," begins Barr.
Her father would take the cleaned doves and skewer them. "He wrapped bacon around them and then grilled them with my mama's barbecue sauce. They were so yummy," says Barr.
When Barr's sister married a serviceman and was stationed in Hawaii, the whole family went to visit her in 1968. "My dad packed some doves on ice and carried the cooler of doves to Hawaii so we could grill them there and have barbecued doves in Hawaii. I don't know if we could do that today."
Another one of her Texas favorites involves pecans. "There are a lot of pecan growers in Texas and my mom made us pecan pie," says Barr. Her mother, Janis Williams believed that the best pecans were fresh out of the shell even though it almost took her longer to crack all of the pecans than it did to actually make the pie.
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Re: Vikings most penalized team in NFL !!
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How can anyone claim that this team is well coached with all the penalties. We lead the NFL in flags. And if you consider all the really bad NFL teams out there, I just have to say, this aspect is not well coached. What is going on ? Can someone teach these guys to not get flags on almost every down ?
This will kill us in the playoffs, against disciplined teams like the Giants.
Re: Vikings most penalized team in NFL !!
I am pretty sure we are not the most penalized team.
Another thread on this.
12-08-2008, 07:52 PM #23Jersey Retired
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Re: Vikings most penalized team in NFL !!
I'm not surprised by the topic starter and the subject. It is an issue and one I'm certain they discuss, Childress is tough about penalties and I know he talks about it often. Most of the time its up the Players and wether or not they decide to create penalties. Jared Allen has had a few, so has Ray Edwards, Childress cannott control what they do rather remind them not to do it.
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Re: Vikings most penalized team in NFL !!
This is the second game that I almost could not watch due to the unbelievable number of penalties.
I actually am WAY more willing to forgive defensive penalties than offensive ones, because offensive penalties tend to kill drives, and defensive ones are about being aggressive, which is o.k.
But still, I worry about us in the playoffs vs. more disciplined teams.
Re: Vikings most penalized team in NFL !!
Raiders are the most penalized at 96 and Packers have 95.
The Vikes are 12th with 79.
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Raiders are the most penalized at 96 and Packers have 95.
The Vikes have 79.
Re: Vikings most penalized team in NFL !!
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"marstc09" wrote:
Raiders are the most penalized at 96 and Packers have 95.
The Vikes have 79.
Re: Penalties?!
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@ Packers - 9 for 42 yards
A. Hicks, holding
Berrian, illegal formation
Allen, offside
Ciurciu, holding
Leber, offside
Sapp, holding
Wade, holding
Min, 12 men on field
Pat Williams, encroachment
Colts - 2 for 5 yards
Allison, illegal touch
Berrian, illegal substitution
Panthers - 9 for 100 yards
Griffin, facemask
Peterson, false start
Cook, holding
Gordon, PI
Mills, holding
Birk, false start
Gordon, unnecessary roughness
Herrera, holding
Birk, holding
@ Titans - 7 for 50 yards
Allen, offside
Allen, offside, DECLINED
A. Hicks, holding
A. Hicks, illegal formation
Shiancoe, false start
Frerotte, delay of game
Ferguson, holding
Wade, holding
Johnson, holding, DECLINED
@ Saints - 7 for 60 yards
Winfield, unsportsmanlike conduct
Tyrell Johnson, illegal forward pass
Ferguson, unnecessary roughness
Cook, False Start
Allison, PI, DECLINED
McKinnie, false start
Birk, false start
Allison, PI
Detroit - 7 for 99 yards
Ferguson, Unnecessary Roughness
Herrera, holding
Tahi, holding
Berrian, illegal shift, DECLINED
Griffin, PI
Cook, holding
Cook, false start
Wade, holding
@ Bears - 8 for 50 yards
Kluwe, illegal kick, DECLINED
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Evans, encroachment
Alexander, holding
Kleinsasser, false start
McKinnie, illegal use of hands, DECLINED
Ciurciu, PI
Griffin, offside
Alexander, offside
Houston - 3 for 20 yards
Edwards, offside, DECLINED
Cook, false start
Allison, PI
Kevin Williams, encroachment
Green Bay - 7 for 55 yards
Cook, false start
Peterson, illegal motion, OFFSETTING
Frerotte, delay of game
Pat Williams, holding
Cook, facemask DECLINED
Herron, holding
Birk, holding
Allen, roughing the passer
Kevin Williams, encroachment
@ Tampa Bay - 5 for 28 yards
Cook, false start
Leber, holding
Edwards, roughing the passer
Griffin, offside
Griffin, illegal use of hands, DECLINED
Wade, PI
@ Jacksonville - 5 for 49 yards
Kevin Williams, encroachment
Wyms, offside
Frerotte, delay of game
Kleinsasser, PI
Sharper, PI
Edwards, offside, DECLINED
Bears - 4 for 30 yards
Ray Edwards, offside
Ray Edwards, offside
Benny Sapp, unnecessary roughness
Fred Evans, encroachment
@ Lions - 6 for 35 yards
Sapp, offsides
K. Williams offsides DECLINED
K. Williams, offsides
F. Evans, facemask
Edwards, offside
Sapp, holding
Wyms, encroachment
Total: 79 for 593
According to those 2 links, we have 1446 yards in penalties. That is over 120 yds per game...how could they be so far off? ???Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. - H.L. Mencken
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Re: Vikings most penalized team in NFL !!
Could it be in terms of yardage? Although, with 16 or 17 more, you'd think those other two teams would have to have higher penalty yardage as well.
Re: Penalties?!
One is penalties on the other team and one is penalties against us.
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The 2014 Nanjing soccer podium was completed by Mexico, a team that beat Slovakia 3–1, to thereby keep the bronze medal.
Sao Paulo Forum kicks off today in Bolivia
Caracas, 25 Ago. AVN.- The 20th edition of the Sao Paulo Forum, gathering 180 left-wing political parties and social movements from Latin America and other countries begins today in La Paz city, Bolivia.
The meeting is expected to begin with the opening of the Third Political Training School and to discuss about crisis of capitalism, international geopolitics and perspectives of socialism, reported Prensa Latina.
Attendants are also expected to analyze integration between Latin America and the Caribbean, their political challenges, current situation of instruments and institutions of this process, as well as demands about representations and social movements.
According to its agenda, the Forum is going to officially open on Thursday, August 28th, on the context of an encounter of women, African Descendant people and lawgivers.
The event is expected to be closed on Friday, with a final declaration demanding the immediate cease of the United States economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba, supporting Argentina in their attempt to take back Malvinas islands and Bolivia's demand against Chile to get a sovereign way out to the sea.
The Sao Paulo Forum was founded in 1990 in Brazil's homonymous city, as a proposal of People's Party, then headed by subsequent president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, seeking to foster debates about the international scenary.
Fidel Castro: True friendship
Yesterday I received a visit from the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, who made a trip abroad related to the defense of his country's important oil interests.
During his stop in Cuba, he took the opportunity to make contact with me and greet me personally, as he had promised, on August 13 of this year, when I had the privilege of reaching 88 years of age. That day he presented me with some fruits, among them, some small pearl like ones, which I had never even seen before and taste excellent. He also presented me with a sports uniform, a gift from the Venezuelan athletes seeking to win laurels for their country.
I was extraordinarily happy that he made the visit so soon, not only for the honor which his presence and quick action imply, when he is involved in the difficult task of carrying out the epic struggle of Hugo Chavez, as well as the exceptional actions he is carrying out.
Our world is experiencing in an extraordinary and unique moment, every day the number of people who are conscious of this is greater. Among such events, one of the most dramatic is the genocide being carried out in the Gaza Strip, where 1.8 million human beings live trapped between the desert, the sea and the military power of a Middle Eastern country, where the most powerful empire which has ever existed has created - over more than half a century, and at a cost, according to some estimates, of almost 100 billion dollars - a sophisticated and at the same time irresponsible, military nuclear power. Many people wonder: Who governs who, does the United States govern Israel, or Israel the United States?
The facts are visible. Target seeking missiles, fast and accurate bombing, armored artillery and modern tanks attack buildings filled with people, as well as hospitals, schools, and service facilities, killing defenseless children, young people, the elderly, mothers and fathers.
Atrocities occurred in the past. Not of course referring to past millenniums, but to struggles which took place before the Second World War: The Ethiopian War, The Spanish Civil War; the bombing of Guernica; the Japanese war to conquer China; U.S. interventions in Latin America, events which caused outrage, but bare no resemblance to the chilling scenes witnessed today in images, seen by all citizens in their homes on television. Politicians are rattled and chaos is evident in world politics.
Thus the meeting with the Venezuelan President was very useful. It seemed to me however, that remaining silent would not benefit anyone. With the greatest sincerity I congratulated him for what he is doing for the martyred people of the Gaza Strip. Countries which continue to suffer tragedy deserve continuing support, in accordance with a country's resources, no matter how difficult their own situation may be. This is what Cuba did, even during its most difficult times, under the cruel Yankee blockade which has already lasted over half a century.
What Venezuela is doing today is an outstanding example. Imperialism's attacks on the country are well known, given their attempt to overthrow Chávez with the support of the fascist Venezuelan oligarchy, and eliminate him if possible. He never wavered, and showed our country solidarity in the most difficult times.
I congratulated Maduro for his extraordinary solidarity with the heroic people of the Gaza Strip. As soon as the news of the genocide arrived and of the high numbers of children, mothers and people injured or killed by Israel's genocidal attacks, he ordered a U.S built military cargo plane to be prepared, which only with great difficulty is able to overcome the denial of parts by it manufacturers, and send it with equipment, medicines and essential food to Egypt destined for Gaza. In addition he sent his tireless Minister of Foreign Relations to Cairo to secure the necessary support to allow the aid to reach those who desperately need it.
Since then the brave Venezuelan pilots have been transporting their lifesaving cargo, which will allow mothers, children and adults to be saved from death. I read today however a dispatch from the news agency AP concerning Venezuela, in which were published statements from the "The Association of Clinics and Hospitals of Venezuela, a group of private Venezuelan healthcare centers," calling on the government to declare a "humanitarian emergency" to address the "shortage of supplies, medicines, medical equipment and replacement parts," which, they state "put the lives of the population at risk."
What a great coincidence! This demand was made precisely when, in the Gaza Strip, the yankee-Isreali genocide is being carried out in poorest and most overpopulated zone of this community which has lived there for millennia.
This is what makes so laudable the conduct of Maduro, the soldiers and Venezuelan specialists who behave in such an exemplary manner - in the face of the tragedy being suffered by our sister nation of Palestine.
Many things could be said given this notable event, if the human species is able to survive, and doesn't exterminate itself, which is in its hands.
While touring areas which indicate great prospects for food production, two workers appeared. I asked them if they knew my companion. They looked at him closely and said: "President Maduro," and they smiled mischievously. I asked them what level of education they had achieved. The youngest said, "Twelfth grade." The other, still young and strong, responded that she graduated as a Physical Education and Sports teacher, a career in which she had worked for many years. Finally I asked them if they would be willing to work in Venezuela, and they responded with enthusiasm, "Yes, of course!"
I will not continue if I intend to publish this letter today, as I told the Venezuelan President.
Fidel Castro Ruz
Venezuelan plane with humanitarian supplies for Palestine arrived in Egypt
Caracas, 18 Ago. AVN.- The plane with 12 tons of humanitarian supplies of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Alba) for the Palestinian people arrived Monday at 6:05 pm local time in Egypt, where supplies will be transferred to the Gaza Strip.
The information was released by the Venezuelan Minister for Defense, Carmen Melendez, through her Twitter account @gestionperfecta, in which she detailed the path of the plane that departed on 12 August from the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Venezuela, and passed by Brazil, Senegal, Algeria and Malta.
The Minister wrote: "Already in the Military Base in Ismalilla, humanitarian aid will travel by land in a 4 hour drive to Rafah," a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, where over 2,000 people have been killed by the Israeli Army and more than 9.0000 injured, mostly civilians, including children, women and elderly.
"A piece of Venezuela arrives in Egypt in solidarity with Gaza victims," wrote the minister.
Melendez also congratulated "the entire crew of our peace plane for crossing and bringing the noble Palestinian people in Gaza love."
Aid is expected to be delivered Tuesday at noon passing by "the Rafah Crossing point, on the Gaza Egypt border with support from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society", according to Telesur network.
A C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Venezuelan Military Aviation is shipping drugs, medical-surgical supplies, drinking water, nonperishable food, clothing, blankets, pillows, family tents, lanterns, mats, among other items.
Maduro to enact youth employment law in the coming days
Caracas, 13 Ago. AVN.- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, said Wednesday that in coming days will enact the Law of Youth Employment and Productive Entrepreneurship, as part of the Youth of the Homeland mission, and called on the youth for "united and creative action."
"Yesterday I received the draft law and plan to promote and protect the work of youth, after two months of national debate and consultation," he wrote via @NicolasMaduro.
He added that "in the coming days I will enact it under the Youth of the Homeland mission, I call upon all youth for united and creative action."
He also considered that this legal instrument will strengthen social missions Youth of the Homeland and Knowledge and Work, "two levers to create productive employment development opportunities."
The president received the draft law on Tuesday night, from young revolutionaries and the Minister for Youth, Victor Clark, during his weekly radio program In Touch with Maduro.
He then pointed out that this law seeks to support "the effort to make Venezuela's economy more productive and diversified (...) We believe it is a fundamental task for young people to transform Venezuela into a power, as commander Hugo Chavez embodied in the Homeland Plan and we assume it as the greatest commitment and greatest challenge."
He said the idea is "to promote and protect access and the incorporation of youth to productive activity and employment" which also addresses issues such as "internships, technical support, training and education for work and financial mechanisms for youth entrepreneurship. It is a law made by the youth in terms of building socialism, true democracy."
The proposed legislation was discussed for two months in all states and universities, students and communities.
The social program Youth of the Homeland was launched June, 2013 with a view to undertake social productive, tourism, sports and cultural projects, so as to foster young people's organizational, creative, preventive and communicational capabilities.
"This social program involves education and training for life through music, theater and sports. Under this mission, we would like to present a new and renewing alternative for youth, which will make a revolution within the revolution, revolution of values, love, joy, enthusiasm, faith in the future," said then the Venezuelan President.
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Raul Kotov, CEO of Eesti Gaas that is co-owned by Gazprom, says that it is difficult to say whether the accusations made by the European Commission against Gazprom of price-fixing are justified because linking the gas price to the price of oil has been a common practice in Europe for a long time, writes Äripäev.
"We understand that this is a follow-up to the actions made a year ago. I have no further comment," said Kotov, referring to the raid that EU officials made in the Gazprom offices including in Eesti Gaas in September 2011.
Kotov said that he could not comment how the price of gas could be affected if Brussels found Gazprom guilty of price-fixing.
Others in Estonia have remained cautious in their comments about the probe. Minister of economic affairs Juhan Parts said, for instance, that the problem with gas prices in Estonia is that it is not transparent.
"We will be following the activities of the European Commission and possible implications for Estonia closely. Estonian government itself has already been taking steps to bring down the price of gas, but it has not been related to these actions of the European Commission."
European Commission this week launched a probe to investigate whether Gazprom might be guilty of price-fixing in Europe including Estonia, In its statement, the Commission said on 4 September it has launched a probe into three suspected activities: hindering free flow of gas between EU countries; preventing diversification of gas supply; and imposing unfair prices on customers.
Its case is based on documents snatched in dawn raids last September from 20 Gazprom and Gazprom subsidiary offices in 10 EU countries, including Estonia.
The European Commission said this week Russia's Gazprom might be guilty of price-fixing in Europe including Estonia.
In its statement, the Commission said on 4 September it has launched a probe into three suspected activities: hindering free flow of gas between EU countries; preventing diversification of gas supply; and imposing unfair prices on customers. Its case is based on documents snatched in dawn raids last September from 20 Gazprom and Gazprom subsidiary offices in 10 EU countries, including Estonia.Lithuania, which gets 100 percent of its gas from Russia, originally prompted the raids by a complaint to Brussels.
"I can confirm that we have asked the European Commission to look into possible abuse of the European competition rules over unfair pricing and I believe the probe is justified," its energy minister, Arvydas Sekmokas, said on Tuesday.
A lawyer involved in two existing disputes on price-fixing between Gazprom and Lithuania and Gazprom and Poland at an international arbitration court in Stockholm told EUobserver: "They [the EU] might have a case ... Gazprom's [dominant] market position has been an issue for many years."
Gazprom has so far not reacted officially.
But its spokesman, Sergei Kupriyanov, told media by phone: "Let them investigate."The commission probe could take years to resolve. In theory, it could end with a 10 percent fine of the company's income in the markets where it is found guilty of wrongdoing - a figure in the billions of euros.
The commission's anti-trust department operates independently of its political masters in President Jose Manuel's Barroso's team, with Tuesday's statement underlining the technical nature of the case by citing chapter and verse of EU competition law.
A contact close to Gazprom said the matter "should not be politicised" and that "it wouldn't help at all" to try to influence the EU executive's decision.
But Gazprom has an arsenal of friends in high places to take its side.
Russian President Vladimir Putin himself warned Barroso at two recent summits not to use EU law to try to weaken the Russian state-owned firm's position in Europe.
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is on Gazprom's payroll.
It pays lobbying firm GPlus, run by former EU anti-trust official Peter Guilford, an estimated 2 million euros a year to plead its views in Brussels.
It also has purported links to Russian intelligence services.
A senior source in Belgium's intelligence service, the VSSE, which is responsible for protecting the EU institutions from foreign spies, told EUobserver that Russian espionage activity in the EU capital is at the same level as the Cold War, with a special focus on EU energy policy.
Another contact, a senior EU official, said in a separate interview: "Gazprom is not a normal company in the European sense of the word."
A study of a bank account owned by convicted former Environment Minister Villu Reiljan and his wife Anne Reiljan shows how important business is in politics in Estonia, writes Äripäev in its investigative journalism report.COMMENTS (2)
Eesti Päevaleht writes that recent leaks from the customer support database of Gamma Group, the UK-based developer of FinFisher (aka FinSpy), one of the world's most powerful surveillance software systems, show that the system is being used also in Estonia, most probably by police or intelligence agencies.
The ambitious plan that is backed by Finnish businessmen and is being promoted by leading IRL politician Eerik-Niiles Kross to build Europe's largest data warehouse in Estonia raises doubts, writes Delovye Vedomosti.COMMENTS (4)
Estonian listed ferry group Tallink and Bridgemans Services Ltd. have entered into a charter agreement to charter Tallink's cruise ferry Silja Europa to Australia from August2014 as an accommodation vessel. COMMENTS (5)
The supervisory board of Enterprise Estonia (EAS) on Wednesday appointed Hanno Tomberg as new head of the business support agency, write Postimees.COMMENTS (2)
European transport commissioner Siim Kallas warns that economically, Estonia must move forward as otherwise it would run out of steam.COMMENTS (5)
More and more wealthy Russians and Ukrainians who are concerned about instable political and economic situation in their countries are now investing in Estonian real estate, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (6)
In 2013, average monthly gross wages were 949 euros and the average hourly gross wages were 5.73 euros. COMMENTS (2)
Estonian shipper Tallink Grupp carried 756,101 passengers in May, 4.6 percent less than in the same month in 2013.COMMENTS (5)
Tallinn District Court decided this week to reject the claim by LHV banking group against Äripäev.COMMENTS (1)
Four employees of Information Board (Teabeamet), the Estonian foreign intelligence service, are suspected of embezzlement.
Äripäev writes that Estonian businessman Margus Linnamäe, owner of Estonia's largest pharmaceutical retail and wholesale group Magnum, and co-owner of Postimees and BNS media groups, paid no income tax on 20 million euros in dividends that he took out this year.COMMENTS (1)
According to the flash estimates of Statistics Estonia, the gross domestic product of Estonia contracted 1.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014COMMENTS (4)
According to a report prepared by a group of international, mainly US e-voting experts, Estonian Internet-based e-voting system ( I-voting) is insecure and should be withdrawn, writes Eesti Päevaleht.COMMENTS (4)
The government has started replacing members of supervisory boards of state enterprises which means that Neinar Seli, current chairman of the supervisory board of Port of Tallinn, may also lose his seat.COMMENTS (1)
Estonian national carrier Estonian Air served 110,666 passengers during the first quarter of 2014, down from 121,693 in the same period last year.COMMENTS (7)
Oleg Ossinovski, one of Estonia's richest businessmen and owner of a large group specializing in transit trade, says that the Estonia must learn how to live next to an empire, but is not doing a good job right now.COMMENTS (20)
Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi expects Estonia's economy to expand only 2% in 2014, down from the earlier September forecast of 3.6%, reports ERR.COMMENTS (1)
The coalition of Reform Party and Social Democrats are promising more funding for various purposes, but do not yet want to say where the additional money will come for, in other words, from which sectors it will be taken away from, writes Postimees.
Äripäev general manager Igor Rõtov writes that the change of government and replacement of Andrus Ansip as Prime Minister with Siim Kallas is a good opportunity to overcome political and economic stagnation.COMMENTS (6)
Andrus Ansip, Europe's longest-serving Prime Minister, will resign along with his government on March 4, he announced at a traditional Independence Day speech on the state of affairs of the nation Sunday night, reported ERR.
This year's Bonnier award for investigative journalism went to Dannar Leitmaa and Margus Järv, journalists of Eesti Ekspress, who reported on the vote-buying scheme of Europarliament member Kristiina Ojuland in Reform Party's internal elections, writes Äripäev.COMMENTS (3)
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The police have declared Neinar Seli, chairman of the supervisory board of Port of Tallinn and chairman of the Estonian Olympic Committee, a suspect for violating anti-corruption legislation by participating at a vote in October where Port of Tallinn decided to allocated 250,000 euros to the EOC, writes Eesti Päevaleht.COMMENTS (6)
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Estonian building material producer and one of Estonia's biggest exporters Wolf Group has acquired 75% of Spanish company Olivé Química S.A., reported aripaev.ee.COMMENTS (1)