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The Most Dangerous Weapon of Mass Destruction
Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007
…turned 60 this year. And no, it's not the atomic bomb.
It's the AK-47 assault rifle — a weapon that was born from the cauldron of World War II, and has since become the emblem of several generations of armed struggle around the world. And in the process, it has taken a startling number of lives.
The idea of the "assault rifle" — a weapon designed to unleash a storm of medium-caliber bullets upon targets at short range — didn't originate with the Soviet Union. The first army to field them in any quantity was the army of Nazi Germany, which began equipping its troops with the Sturmgewehr 44 in the waning months of World War II. Russian troops, who had no comparable weapon, were unpleasantly surprised by the sudden increase in firepower available to their German opponents, and began to wonder how to match it.
One of those soldiers was Mikhail Kalashnikov, who began contemplating a Soviet assault rifle while recuperating from a battle wound. From his bed, Kalashnikov dreamed of the simplest automatic weapon possible — a weapon so simple that it would withstand even the harshest conditions. When the Soviet government put out a call for design proposals for such a weapon, Kalashnikov responded with the design that would become world famous — the AK-47.
The AK-47 became standard Soviet Army issue in 1949, but its real fame came later, when the Soviets began exporting the weapon to their allies around the world. Frequently, these allies were armies associated with "wars of national liberation" — armies attempting to overthrow the established governments of their countries and replace them with Communist states.
The AK-47 was uniquely well-suited for these armies, because of its simplicity. It had been designed, after all, for use on the World War II Eastern Front — a famously unforgiving environment where ruggedness was prized above all other factors in a weapon. Weapons that jammed easily, that required special care and attention, didn't last long on the Eastern Front, where temperatures would drop to unbelievable lows and where the front lines were manned by barely-trained peasants. Years of bitter fighting with the Germans in this environment had taught the Russians the value of simplicity and reliability.
The AK-47 became perhaps the single purest distillation of these lessons. It was built to be made cheaply, to require no training to operate, and to be usable even in the worst conditions — in bitter cold or howling sandstorm. To armies of guerrillas around the world, operating in jungles and deserts, leading troops with no training, these qualities made the weapon enormously attractive. (As did the USSR's willingness to supply them generously to her allies, of course.)
American soldiers ran up against the AK-47 in Vietnam, and found their own weapon — the M-16 — wanting in comparison. In his book Steel My Soldiers' Hearts, Colonel David Hackworth recalled how a discovery while digging up the earth of Vietnam gave him a chance to demonstrate just how superior the AK-47 was:
One of the bulldozers uncovered the decomposing body of an enemy soldier, complete with AK47. I happened to be standing right there, looking down into the hole and pulled the AK out of the bog.
"Watch this, guys," I said, "and I'll show you how a real infantry weapon works."
I pulled the bolt back and fired 30 rounds – the AK could have been cleaned that day rather than buried in glug for a year or so. That was the kind of weapon our soldiers needed, not the confidence-sapping M-16.
The AK-47 became such a symbol of the guerrilla that when Mozambique won its independence, they put the weapon on their flag. Today in Iraq, American soldiers face insurgents with AK-47s once again.
In the sixty years since Kalashnikov's first design, the AK-47 has become one of the most widely distributed weapons in the world, for two main reasons. First, the Soviets' unwillingness to recognize intellectual property made it a kind of "open source" rifle — able to be ripped off by any country that wanted to start producing their own assault rifles. And second, when the Soviet Union collapsed, a tidal wave of AK-47s that had been stored in Soviet armories was unleashed upon the world by cagey Russians out to make a buck.
Estimates are that more than 50 million AK-47s have been produced over the years. Nobody knows how many people have been killed by them, but consider this:
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 — widely considered the worst violence ever unleashed by man — killed about 100,000 people.
Every year, 300,000 to 500,000 people are killed by small arms in brushfire conflicts around the world; and in those conflicts, the most common weapon is the same as it was in 1950, 1970 and 1990 — the AK-47.
That's mass destruction too. Just in slow motion.
UPDATE (July 24, 2012): If you want a more in-depth treatment of the history of the Kalashnikov family of weapons, I highly recommend C.J. Chivers' excellent book The Gun, which explores both the history of the family of weapons spawned by the AK-47 and the shameful shortcomings of the development process that led to the M-16.
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u kidding me right?I thought the atomic bomb or the Adams bomb was more dangerous and here ur telling me its not?I mean okay the AK-47 is bad but an atomic bomb can affect a hole nation or even the world.Logically its the Atomic Bomb,cause has an AK-47 ever affected the world or nation or Pearl Harbor right u know when those Japanese bombed almost half of our nations military powers well the president ordered a emergency where he asked for the Atomic Bomb to be launched against Japan and hey they lost so many casualties that they surrendered there power of military forces.What does this have to do with anything,well think about an AK-47 is not exactly gonna scare the Japanese or any country but an Atomic Bomb is going to affect the hole country.
ps. I might be 14 urr 15 but even i know the difference.
Sam, you don't know whether you're 14 or 15? Don't huff and post, or you'll end up a pundit on Huffington Post. How did you think it got the name?
of course the Ak-47 is the most deadliest, it has caused more deaths than the Atom Bomb has ever, and u spelled atom bomb, ADAMS BOMB? wtf ur man ur retarded go suck a dick. the AK has more of an effect to the world than the Hbomb ever OKAY!? FUCK!!
I agree with the 14-15 year old fella. 1000 nuclear weapons (less than that in existence) are more powerful than as many guns as you want.
I can't believe your even arguing this. Put your subjects in the correct context. By the way that last dickhead said H Bomb thats a hydrogen bomb which is completely different, so get your facts straight before bagging other peoples
it's just impossible to brlieve that the AK47 is the most dangerous of weapons but as it is i have to believe it .The problem lies in the fact that this weapon is distributed in any part of the world which is not a good thing on sivilians like us because of the daners attributed to it .if there is a way of withdrawing this weapon from the public it should be done immediately.
the atomic bomb can destroy the all human kind ……
the atomic bomb's radiations destroy the land which would be not useable for 200 or more years and u say that Ak 47 is dangerous ……
it is but not more than Atomic bomb or any other h.bomb etc
So your saying I have the most dangerous weapon of mass destruction beside me?
We are the deadliest weapon on earth. We pull the triger, push the buttons and point at the next target.
You cannot compare the atom bomb to the AK47 because they are in different categories and are used for different purposes. Obviously, the bomb will do more damage in less time when compared to any gun, as said by the writer of the post above, but you can't compare the two. Bombs are obviously more deadly when you think about the ratio between the amount of bombs to the deaths caused when the target is hit. Every gun kills the same way. We all bleed. Every weapon is dangerous, ut when you are talking about amount of deaths in an amount of time, any bomb causes more damage in less time with a higher percentage of fatality than and gun.
it is so ridiculous to get such information ,i dont agree because the atomic bomb is feared to destroy the world.make sure u get facts from reliable sources before posting on net.
consider this: the AK-47 is a cheap, easily manufactured weapon sold and made all over the world. used to fuel war and rebellion. an atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, whatever kind of bomb you can think up off, can't be distributed that easily, and the only countries with them are rich and powerful ones. the only way a nuclear bomb could be considered the more dangerous of a weapon is if it could flat out tear apart the world, because the AK-47 will continue to lay in the hands of a huge diverse army of guerrilla terrorists and rebels. the lives killed by the atomic bomb will never match the rate or amount the AK-47 kills.
Although the AK-47 may be easily distributed, and can easily kill, it cannot kill like bombs, what about the tsar? Yeah it was long ago and only made once, bt it had a huge explosion, if that were put in say New York city, it would wipe it out, It's a million times more deadly, but the AK-47 has killED a lot of people, ad will stil continue, We all agree the Death Star will kill us all.
If a world war 3 beggins we would kill a lot more in a day…
J. F. Kennedy said in the 60th years (1962 I think before or after the cubacrisis) that USA and USSR got so much atomic weapons that they could kill 300 million in ONE day….
just think about that…. mostly of that would be because of Nuclear bombs….
Regardless of the potential of nuclear weapons, the fact remains that they have only been used twice in military history. There are absolutely staggering amounts of red tape that must be crossed in order to use them, and there are thousands of systems between nations to deescalate tensions between nuclear powers, not to mention that, with the fall of the USSR and with the exceptions of India and Pakistan, there are no longer any major tensions between nuclear-armed nations. Nuclear weaponry is not only insanely difficult to use, it is also nearly impossible to attain (despite what bad action movies tell us time and time again), and even among nations that already possess them, there is now really no reason to even consider using them. The Kalashnikov, however, has absolutely no limitations on use, is readily available for less than 20 USD almost anywhere in the world, and is so easy to use that children can (and often do) use them with little or no training. It is easy to produce, nigh-impossible to destroy, and there are infinite reasons for small, belligerent forces to employ their use.
yes nuclear bombs kill more people in the blink of an eye but lets be honest, how many nuclear bombs are being dropped now days NONE the last one dropped in the act of war was in 1945, small arms are fighting wars every single second while those nuclear bombs sit in their silos doing nothing, YOU need to stop arguing the facts
but how many nuclear bombs do you see getting dropped now days?
please tell me where your seeing that they cost $20, i want one
i just want an ak47 along with an m4 so i could stand my grounds at home as the other countrys brings the fight to are door steps
ak-47 is not a dangerous weapon at all it is us the peple.
How is that the most dangerous wepon
If the Us and germany are to go to war, and the states uses atomic bomb on germany, the whole of germany will be destroyed before the german troops move out to use their AK47. Thus the A-bomb is more dangerous


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Comedian Sarah Millican wrote a fantastic article for the Radio Times last week, in which she described her night at last year's BAFTAs. Her show was nominated for an award, so naturally she was excited about the evening and the build-up to it.
My friend and I danced into John Lewis knowing that a) they have lots of mini shops in there, and b) I can fit it into most of them. Fancy expensive designer shops are out for me as I'm a size 18, sometimes 20, and I therefore do not count as a woman to them.
She didn't win in her category but had a wonderful night nonetheless, got to present an award, had a lovely dinner and met Matt LeBlanc. But on her way home, she checked her phone and in amongst the supportive texts from friends and family was a barrage of comments tearing her appearance apart on Twitter.
It was like a pin to my excitable red balloon. Literally thousands of messages from people criticising my appearance. I was fat and ugly as per usual. My dress (the one that caused ooohs in a department store fitting room?) was destroyed by the masses. I looked like a nana, my dress was disgusting, was it made out of curtains, why was I wearing black shoes with it. I cried. I cried in the car.
There were some nice messages from fans in amongst all the nastiness, but as is the way with these things, if you get ten nice comments and one mean one, that one negative remark can be like a little black cartoon cloud over your happiness. Her sadness soon turned to anger though, and quite rightly so.
Why does it matter so much what I was wearing? Why did no one ask my husband where he got his suit from? I felt wonderful in that dress. And surely that's all that counts. I made a decision the following day that should I ever be invited to attend the Baftas again, I will wear the same dress. To make the point that it doesn't matter what I wear; that's not what I'm being judged on. With the added fun of answering the red-carpet question, "Where did you get your dress?" with "Oh, it's just last year's, pet".
It's impossible not to hear that last line in her voice, isn't it?
And it does seem like part of being a famous woman these days is having to get every red carpet event spot on or risk the fiery wrath of the media and narky Twitter users, regardless of your talent or abilities. Famous men just have to throw on a suit that nothing's been spilled on and the job's done.
Oscar nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe was also pilloried back in January for the dress she wore to the Golden Globes. Her response was equally brilliant, albeit more succinct:
It seems like there's a bit of a rebellion starting to brew when it comes to the ridiculousness of the red carpet. At this year's Screen Actor's Guild awards, Cate Blanchett called out the E! cameraman for the sweeping head to toe shot of her dress, crouching down and pointedly asking "Do you do that to the guys?"
And Mad Men actress Elisabeth Moss demonstrated exactly what she thought of the mani-cam feature that had become part of a red carpet earlier this year, when she brazenly and hilariously gave it the finger, much to Giuliana Rancic's horror.
I'm absolutely loving all these little rebellions and responses to women being judged for their appearance over their talent and the more they fight back, the better I say.
It can be a fine line to walk. The majority of us like to look at the fashion and style from red carpets and some dresses we like, some we don't. But do you think red carpet commentary can be too harsh at times? And what do you think of Sarah's response to the online reaction?
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Each year the Secretary of Defense Environmental Security
Awards recognize installation and team or individual efforts in
six categories -- natural resource conservation, cultural
resource management, environmental quality, pollution prevention,
recycling and environmental cleanup.
A total of 15 awards -- 11
installation and four individual -- were presented.
Our forces today recognize that defense environmental
protection is good management, good citizenship, good stewardship
and a good way to protect the health and welfare of our forces,"
said Secretary Cohen in remarks at the ceremony.
"Your successes
stand out among the countless actions we take to protect the
environment as we protect the nation.
The award recipients included:
For Natural Resources Conservation:
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif.
*Naval Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Calif.
*Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
*Fort Carson and Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colo.
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Md.
*Newport Chemical Depot, Newport, Ind.
*Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
*Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.
Catherine M. Zielske, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek,
Norfolk, Va.
* Karl Dautermann, 410th Base Support Battalion, Bad Kreuznach,
* Charles D. Peterson, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
* Gerald T. Johnson, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.
For Cultural Resources Management
Fort Carson and Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colo.
*Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
*Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
*F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.
Stephen A. Chomko, Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colo.
* Stephen R. Wise, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island,
* Ronald N. Johnson, South Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Charleston, S.C.
* Gene V. Augustine, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
For Environmental Quality
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head, Md.
*U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll/Kwajalein Missile Range, Republic of
the Marshall Islands
*Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, Calif.
*Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.
Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
*U.S. Army Transportation Center, Forts Eustis and Story, Va.
*Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
*National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
Kenneth P. Stachiw, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
* Susan Gibson, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton,
Oceanside, Calif.
* Patrick F. Spahn, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
* Daniel A. Stone, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
*Cdr. William R. Arguello, USN, Defense Special Weapons Agency,
Albuquerque, N.M.
For Pollution Prevention
Corpus Christi Army Depot, Corpus Christi, Texas
*Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, Calif.
*Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.
*Hill Air Force Base, Utah
Fort Lewis, Wash.
*Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
*Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, Calif.
*Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
New Attack Submarine Program, Arlington, Va.
*Bradley Fighting Vehicle System Acquisition Team, Warren, Mich.
*Direct Reporting Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault
Vehicle, Woodbridge, Va.
*Aeronautical Systems Center Environmental Integrated Product
Team, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
For Recycling
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, Calif.
*Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa.
*Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Silverdale, Wash.
*Hill Air Force Base, Utah
Non-INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATION
McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
*Fort Hood, Texas
*Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
*Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Va.
MSgt. Douglas F. Skitch, USAF, McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
* Abdeslem Houmina, Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa.
* Timothy J. Harrington, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris
Island, S.C.
* Frank Space, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.
For Environmental Cleanup
Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif.
*Fort Wainwright, Alaska
*Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
*McChord Air Force Base, Wash.
*Defense Distribution Region East, New Cumberland Site, Pa.
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I-64 widening delayed for another week
HUNTINGTON — An Interstate 64 widening project was postponed Monday for a third, consecutive week. The project supervisor cited this week's wintery forecast. His crew had planned to being work March 11.
Now they hope to get under way April 1.
Despite the delays, the project remains on schedule for completion by Sept. 28, 2014.
The initial start date was by the contractor's choosing, said Chris Collins, a district construction engineer for the state Division of Highways.
Crews had hoped to get a jump on the project so as to provide cushion for future delays. That has now disappeared, and Collins said future weather events could force an extension.
The $18 million project will replace east and westbound bridges crossing Cedar Crest Drive with wider structures, allowing construction crews to immediately link them with three neighboring overpasses that were expanded years ago. The end result will be an estimated four-mile section of freeway, between the 29th Street and Hal Greer Boulevard exits, with three lanes in each direction separated by a concrete barrier.
The project will require a slower speed limit of 50 miles per hour, but state officials do not anticipate major congestion. That's because the contractor is required to maintain two lanes of traffic at all times between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m.
In a related project, the state will pay $5.4 million to replace two bridges at the base of the Hal Greer interchange. They are located at the eastbound off ramp and westbound on ramp.
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The 18th annual Summer's End Corvette Show brought out nearly 150 old and new cars to the Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers.
Despite an almost 100 degree day, organizer Richard Peak said there was a lot of foot traffic through the mall looking at the cars.
"This morning during late registration cars just kept flying in, one after another after another, so it didn't affect anyone that wanted to be at the show," Peak said.
Peak is the co-chairman of the Northwest Arkansas Corvette Club, and said the event is put on to raise money for local charities. This year half of the money goes to the Benton County Police Athletic League to get at risk youth on sports team. The remainder of the funds goes to the Compassion House in Springdale, which provides care to young unwed mothers.
He said there is something about a Corvette that draws car enthusiasts in.
"The Corvettes have been the muscle car to own since 1953, and everybody has the dream of owning a Corvette," Peak said.
Car owners came from all over the United States to participate in the show. Nebraska native Dale Zimmerman said he likes the camaraderie of the Corvette club even more than the cars themselves.
"It's just a fantastic group of people that we enjoy hanging out with overtime we go to a show whether it's in Arkansas or Missouri, or we travel around the Midwest," Zimmerman said, "And we meet people that have become lifelong friends of ours."
Roy and Garnet Gilmore showed their Corvette for the first time in the Summer's End show Saturday. They said heads turn when people see their 2012 powder blue Corvette.
"People like it because it's different, and we've done some different things with the engine that makes it look a little different," Roy Gilmore said.
He said he had a wonderful experience at the show in Rogers, and enjoyed the hospitality of the people in Northwest Arkansas.
"I just encourage anybody that has a Corvette or even wants to come and see corvettes to come to this show next year, because it's really a great show and the people are great," Gilmore said.
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Why I'm Not Winning Mom of the Year
Some days I think I'm an awesome mom. I take care of my little girl – she's clothed, fed, clean (usually), and has frequent diaper changes. I breastfeed. I cloth diaper.
While I may do those things, it doesn't mean I'm perfect. I'm not even close to perfect.
My house.. is a mess. My husband still makes a lot of our dinners and still does extra chores that he picked up shortly before I gave birth. I love him for it, but y'know, it makes me question myself.
My daughter is rather needy. This is true, so I spend a lot of time and energy trying to keep her happy or calming her down because she's unhappy. She's just about 8 months old and is still pretty clingy. Sure, I love the cuddles and all but she has a knack for being the most clingy when I absolutely cannot be holding her.
Like when I'm trying to make our lunch.
I hate to admit it, but some days I think I'm going to lose my cool.
Correction, I do lose my cool – just in a modified fashion.
I will not harm her. I couldn't do that, even if my primal reaction is that of aggression. But, I have thrown inanimate objects across the room and have yelled out in anger and frustration.
This isn't my first reaction when she's crying, whining, and/or tugging on me. But, when she's having a day (like this morning) where it is non-stop… well, my patience begins to wear thin. My soothing voice and words get an edge to them. It boils up.
I try to tend to it before boiling over, but when.it.just.won't.stop. I feel like I'm losing my damn mind.
She's not at an age where I can really reason with her. I try to explain that I cannot hold her while making lunch, but she doesn't really understand the concept. She just wants to be held. (Most days she's content to play in her chair or on the kitchen floor as I prepare lunch but some days… well, she cries until she's hyperventilating.)
Do I think I'm a bad mom? No.
Well, sometimes I think I am, but I know deep down I'm not. I'm just not winning any awards.Tags: anger, baby, clingy baby, emotional, family, First Time Mom FTM, first year, frustration, humor, parenting, Personal
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I could have written this post today. My toddler is nothing but whines and boredom (regardless of the options and activities I try to present to her) and my itty bitty girl just wants to be held.. ALL DAY LONG.
I just want 10 minutes.
yep. most days i think i suck!
Girl, we've all been there. And sometimes it helps just to vent! I have 2 kids, and i'm not having anymore just because I'm not in any shape to deal with a child that I can't have a conversation with. =P Even still, I have those days and I KNOW I'm not gonna win any "mom of the year" award! On those day, say an extra "i love you" to your spouse…he probably needs it! Hang in there!
Hang in there! I know some days can be extra frustrating, but we all have rough days. It doesn't make us bad mamas! :)April
Oh Darcy, I have no major words of wisdom. Can only offer commiseration from a mommy who completely understands! About 90% of the time I feel like I'm doing ANYTHING well, just barely enough sometimes…and even not that. I admit that my floor hasn't been vacuumed in over a week. MOUNDS of laundry to do. Dinner will have to be something nuked. And I really could go on and on about the sorry state of the Brouse House.
Do what you can. What you can't…well so be it. If you need to beat the wall with a pillow to vent some steam. Do it! (I understand that anger born of frustration and KNOW as you do that we'd never do anything to hurt the wee ones…but we do get angry. We're human for heavens sake.)
My only suggestion is to see if she'd take to a carrier if even only for 10-15 minute stretches at a time. That's time enough to make a quick lunch, or fold laundry. I'd suggest one that holds baby right next to your body. My Moby wrap was great for when my guy was newborn, but now my Ergo carrier works best.
Know that all mommys know the feeling…you are NOT alone! **Hugs!!** Hang in there girl! :)brousehouse
It absolutely does NOT make you a bad mom. We've all those days where nothing seems to go right and our kids are driving us up a freaking wall. It's human! It's knowing how to handle it and not letting it overtake us that makes us good moms.
I am feeling for you! My suggestion would also be a carrier. They make them so you can hold them on your hip — then she will think she is more involved with what you are doing :) When she is tired of that, give her something you wouldn't normally give to her. A spatula and a pot lid, a whisk, etc When my oldest 'clinger' was that age, we had a drawer in the kitchen (that was old and she couldn't push closed) that I had filled with those type of things and I would open it to distract her.
Oh, and my youngest is 20 months old and my husband is still doing those extra things around the house that he picked up when I was pregnant. And he cooks dinner EVERY night (mostly because I can't cook, haha)
Hang in there. Pretty soon she will be running :Dmikeyswife
This sounds just like my almost 6 month old. Some days are harder and some are ok. He usually only gives me enough time to make my food before he cries. I keep hoping it will get better.OCFObsessedcook
Hi Darcy, I just wanted to stop by here first and thank you for playing Stumble Tuesday, thanks for stumbling my post. I now will go back and get your link and stumble you. Have a great day.
Thank you for the honesty in this post. I, like many moms, can completely relate to everything you said! There are moments when I just get frustrated. I like to think I'm growing in my patience but I'm not that perfect mom picture of patience and understanding when I'm tired and just want W to play or something! At least your husband is helping out. I think the post-baby life is a longer period of adjustment than any of us realize!formulamom
I have been there, and I am there again. I have a two year old and a (almost) 5 month old. Today my husband went to work and I wanted to cry. The baby wanted to be held ALL THE TIME and the toddler followed me around with the bouncer telling me he wanted me to put the baby down so I would hold him. I think you ARE the mom of the year because you admit your faults. Rock On!
I've been known to say "oh for the love of god…will you just let me…make your lunch…clean your mess up…etc" on an almost daily basis. As if that will work :) And at least once a week I take my yelling 10 month old down to my neighbors so I can get his breakfast and my coffee ready in peace :)
You are so not alone! I remember wanting to bounce my extra fussy baby across the room after hours of frustration trying to get him to nurse (when he was struggling.) Lack of sleep often does it for me.LauraOinAK
my third one was exactly like that, and she was my first girl.
In order to do anything that required the use of my hands I had to sling her…luckily right around 10 months when she started crawling she became more independent…hang in there!notaperfectmama
I feel for you! I have two higher needs kids and a husband who doesn't help. I have high standards about the cleanliness of my house and I can't seem to chill out about it! We looked into getting help but it was too expensive. Someday we will get a babysitter and go on a date, I think that would help a lot! The last time we went out was a frend's wedding more than 3 years ago!
I have the same problem – my son was always wanting to be picked up. NEVER liked me to be doing something else. Have you tried using a baby carrier like an Ergo and carrying her on your back while you get stuff done? I didn't HAVE an Ergo at the time, but if I would have tried this. At 16 months, my hubby STILL is doing more than his "fair share" of the housework, and yes, I feel bad about it… I have more bad wife moments than bad mom moments. But trust me. I have both from time to time! :)
Hang in there – it gets better. Once she is walking she will not be nearly as clingy I bet! ;0)


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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2001 Vickie McCall thinks the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services has made such strides at home that it might have a role in helping to open military opportunities to women in other countries.
McCall, committee chairwoman, said she believes opening military opportunities to women ultimately helps all women in a society.
"Women that may have not had any opportunity to increase their education or to get any kind of education are now getting some training that their culture just wouldn't allow for otherwise," she said in a recent American Forces Information Service interview. "When you educate people you can't help but benefit a culture or a society. It's a way to benefit all women in the country even though you're just starting with a select group."
She used recent strides women in Jordan have made in entering military service as an example of how military service for a few can benefit the many. For the first time, the Jordanian army is allowing women to serve in uniform. Several hundred are serving as military police, McCall said.
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McCall is afraid American service women may take for granted the opportunities increasingly available to them since DACOWITS was born in 1951.
"We get real concerned about this field or that field that's not open to women," she said. "And yet when you look across to other shores, we have women whose female children are being murdered or women not being availed of any kind of quality of life. So I guess you have to put it in perspective."
U.S. military personnel should see themselves as role models in women's equality, McCall said. "We have the best force in the world; there's no doubt," she said. "We have a military that gives women opportunities that they would not have in other countries."


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The good news is that all of the honey products FSN tested from farmers markets, food cooperatives, and "natural" stores like Trader Joe's and Whole Foods, were found to contain pollen and a full array of antioxidants and other nutrients. Local beekeepers are another great source of obtaining raw, unprocessed, real honey.
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Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey
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And if you have to buy at major grocery chains, the analysis found that your odds are somewhat better of getting honey that wasn't ultra-filtered if you buy brands labeled as organic. Out of seven samples tested, five (71 percent) were heavy with pollen. All of the organic honey was produced in Brazil, according to the labels.
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About 40 area teens have been learning about the health care industry this summer as part of ProMedica's Summer Youth Employment Program.
At Mayor Mike Bell's encouragement, ProMedica hired the teens for a variety of jobs in the eight-week program. Their jobs included tasks in groundskeeping, patient care, pediatrics, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), transportation and even the surgical area (sterilizing equipment). Seven of the teens were referred by The Source, a local employment service. The teens, almost all from metro Toledo, worked 24 hours a week and received minimum wage.
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"Honestly, we're young so we wouldn't really get a job in health care, so for us to like preview [health care jobs] is a great experience," said Parker, who used to want to be a veterinarian and now wants to be a nurse.
Parker worked in the NICU. "I got to feed, hold, everything dealing with babies," she said.
Both Allen and Parker said they formed bonds with patients and loved their experiences.
"When I would come back and they weren't there, I'd be like, 'Where's so and so?'" Parker said, adding that she was happy when the patients were released, even if she missed them.
Allen, who will attend University of Toledo in the fall, worked in pediatrics. She had already been volunteering at ProMedica before she was hired for the summer.
When asked if she had a favorite moment in the program, she replied, "The whole thing, I just enjoyed it all."
Papenfuss said the jobs also taught the teens some basic life skills. "What we've found is most of them didn't have bank accounts so we've had to help them set up bank accounts so they've learned some very basic payroll and bank account skills," she said.
She said ProMedica would definitely consider having the program again next summer and even expanding it. Papenfuss also said ProMedica is trying to hire 12 of the teens who already graduated.
Oostra said early jobs like these offer valuable lessons.
"We all look back on our experiences and those first jobs and the impact they've had on our lives. Having to get up and go to work every day, interact with people, dress appropriately, those are skills that if you don't have that opportunity in life to be able to go to work and have those jobs and interact with people, you may not be able to learn those skills," he said.
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DCMommy13 May 8, 2012 8:04 PM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to rorygilmore
Thank you so very much!! Steps 1-3 seem to have fixed it! Do I need to follow through with the rest? Many thanks!!!
rorygilmore May 8, 2012 9:34 PM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to DCMommy13
Nope. Depending on the problem it is often fixed by step 3.
nightowl_5 Jun 4, 2012 7:26 AM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to rorygilmore
Rorygilmore, you're a digital angel winging your way through the mangled mass of stupid and frustrating little glitches that can send most intelligent people round the bend Thankyou for enlightening the rest of us I too have bookmarked this thread for future reference.
Apple, take note and be grateful for people like Rory. By my reckoning, a show of appreciation in some form wouldn't go astray....
PS My synching problem disappeared after Step 3 also- Woot! Woot!
PPS Rory, it sounds paranoid but may I now delete the back up I made in Step 1?
Thankyou again
rorygilmore Jun 5, 2012 12:20 AM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to nightowl_5
Hi nightowl_5, As long as everything is working fine again you should be okay to delete that back up now. When you sync via iTunes it will back up your iPhone anyway. I deleted my back up from step one after about a day or two without any issues, Thx for the comments!
NSiver Jun 7, 2012 1:58 PM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to Pumpkin4
Following your ideas, I just applied a Reset Sync History under iSync Preferences, and worked fine for my case. (I did my backup of iCal completely but didn't have to use it in the end). I simply quited iCal, reseted Sync History, restarted iCal and synced again using iTunes and problem was solved. (Attention: I had do reconfig a few of the iTunes sync settings, such as wich mail accounts to sync between computer and iphone). I didn't have to desactivate syncing in iSync before Resetting Sync History (besides, I've noticed that it automatically desables during every sync, because I had the iSync preferences open while syncing in iTunes, although this is irrelevant for the matter), nor did I have to do any manual cleaning on iCal folder, cache files and other things.
Besides another little issue I had for some time seams to have been solved. It was nothing important but just annoying. Whenever I synced computer (mac book pro, btw) to iphone, the ruller in iphone main page (in iTunes) that shows what type of data is filling your iphones disk (and extimates free space) would allways jump up for more than a Gb at Sync start and after it get to it's normal dimension. It was like iTunes would sudenly consider a lot of new files occuping iPhone's disk (probably content form the History data, that iTunes should not consider while calculating effective occupied space).
For some moments I thought that this could probably have also solved another stupid error on syncing Notes between Mail on Mac and Notes on iPhone. (I sync notes thrugh a gmail account to work since i have this iphone, because direct sync of notes on Computer never worked fine. I would allways find all the older and oldest notes from the past, so to avoid that confusion I started syncing all notes only through Gmail). Now after this History cleaning I can't even sync at all Notes on Computer with iPhone (nothing happens or shows on iphone, ie, i can't bring the Notes on computer to the iphone). Since I was already living fine with the Gmail alternative, I didn't look anyfurther for causes or hints.
Thanks to all who helped finding this solution. Good luck for the others.
WpgMew Jun 17, 2012 9:21 PM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to rorygilmore
Thank you thank you RoryGilmore! I have gone to the computerly-challenged trouble of figuring out how to sign into the apple site here just to thank you! I did all the steps you laid out and things sync perfectly now! YAY! I wish it had not taken me so long to look up this problem, but I sure appreciate it! Thanks again,
terryfromnorth shields Jun 21, 2012 6:27 AM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to Pumpkin4
I had the same problem. I sorted it without any great process described in this discussion.
I hadn't tried to tranfer information from my iphone to ical on my mac since ios 6 was downloaded to my iphone. (long time I know!)
On the imac, from the Summary Tab when iphone is selected I saw "Back up to icloud" was ticked so I ticked "Back up to this computer". This produced no result. I thought the same might be present on the iphone. I went to "Settings", "icloud", "Calendars" and turned "Calendars" Off.
I synched again and it transfered all the information successfully!
I don't have mobileme set up so that road wasn't an option.
I think ios6 linked me up to icloud (without asking, Apple please note!) and maybe it is necessary to do the two steps described above i.e. switch to "Back up this computer" on the imac and turn "Calendars" off in icloud on the Settings menu on the phone.
I am not much of a techie so I would appreciate to hear whether this fix works for others.
Good luck!
TNSouthernBelle Jun 26, 2012 9:06 PM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to Pumpkin4
Well, bless your sweet little heart, rorygilmore! You have solved my issue as well. Only had to go through step 3 to get to where I have tried to get for weeks now! Thank you, thank you, thank you from a busy mother of two who relies heavily on her iPhone and MBP calendars!
harbinger7 Jun 30, 2012 10:02 AM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to rorygilmore
Hi, I am having this sync issue also and everything used to work just fine. My problem seems to be that I cant find "isync" anyone on my macbook! I am sure I have seen it before but i looked for it and it is not appearing anywhere. Did Apple do away with it with the new software update or am I missing somethign?
rorygilmore Jul 1, 2012 5:41 AM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to harbinger7
Hi harbinger7,
If you are looking for "iSync" then that application will be in your Applications folder (or perhaps your Utilities folder) unless you have moved it. If so, then try using spotlight to find it (the magnifying glass icon at the top right of your screen (in OSX Snow Leopard).
If you're looking for the "sync" function then you will find that within iTunes. If so, do this: Connect your phone to your MacBook with the cable supplied. Launch iTunes. You will then see your phone listed in the iTunes menu on the left hand side (where your music library is shown). Click once on your phone's name in iTunes to highlight it. Then you will see, (kinda miraculously!) the main iTunes window will change from listing music etc to refelecting the contents of your phone and a variety of menu options. As long as you have highlighted your device on the left hand menu list the Sync button will appear down at the bottom of the iTunes window, on the right hand side. It is just called "Sync" (not iSync). Click on that and everything should be as good as gold!
Good luck!
marciafromma Jul 5, 2012 11:01 AM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to terryfromnorth shields
Hi Terry,
Your method worked for me. On my iphone I went to "settings", icloud", then turning off "calendar". I then tried
to sync again and my data transferred to my computer. Thanks so much
terryfromnorth shields Jul 5, 2012 12:20 PM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to marciafromma
Hi Marcia
Glad it worked. Let me update.
On my iphone when using NOTES, things I wrote there kept disappearing. The Apple store backed up my iphone in icloud then did a restore.
I tried synching with Back up to icloud now turned on on the imac and Calenders in icloud now turned on on the iphone, which was the reverse of what I did before and it synched fine. Strange!
Apple said the back up and restore may fix a software issue, if so this might allow the synching to work properly with these things ticked. It remains to be seen whether my NOTES issue is fixed.
By the way I think we only have ios 5 not 6!
ummsamjones Jul 25, 2012 8:00 PM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to rorygilmore
I am having the same problem. I had all of my events on my phone, and thought it'd be great to back them up by syncing calendars in iTunes. I though that it'd collate both my blank iCal calendars and my FULL iPhone calendars, but instead it just synced the blank calendars, wiping my phone ones. I have re-typed all the phone ones, luckily having written them down in a separate diary, but I was wondering how to actually get this working.
I am using OS X Lion 10.7.4
I have an iPhone 4S with iOS 5.1.1
I followed the steps that you listed, yet I couldn't find Library in my user folder (Macintosh HD/Users/samjones/)
There IS a Library folder however at (Macintosh HD/Library/) This folder does NOT have a folder called "Calenders" or anything of the sort. I also could not find "iSync" in my Applications folder, or my Utilities folder.
Help greatly appreciated
ummsamjones Jul 25, 2012 8:06 PM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to ummsamjones
Woah! I just disconnected and created a new event, I then reconnected and pressed sync in iTunes. The new event is successfully showing in my iCal calendar! Oh Apple, you so random!
Sorry for the time waste!
olivier requet Jul 30, 2012 3:34 AM
Re: iCal won't sync from iPhone to Mac in response to ummsamjones
Hi ummsamjonesthe user/library folder is hidden in Lion and Moutain Lion.
to unhide you have to follow this steps :
open terminal and type :
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
and your library will be visible
to answer your sexond question, Isync is no more part of Lion or Moutain Lion... but you ca sync via itunes it works well also, I just tried few minutes ago...
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You do realize that Peyon played on a team that was one of best in Sec in terms of talent . Name one other skill position player that Matt Ryan had around him that was anywhere near nfl talent. BC was like the 6th most talented team in the ACC recruit wise while Peyton had 4 nfl receivers starting for him over the years, Travis Henry and Jamal Lewis as his runningbacks along with Shawn Bryson multiple high draft picks on his oline. The only NFL talent on the offense outside of Ryan was some olinemen.
Ryan has tony gonzalez, roddy white, and julio jones. if he doesn't at least make it to the nfc championship then he isn't anything special. he doesn't have IT! even chris redman won with that team.
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I'm considering developing my own plugin for GIMP and below I list 6 points. I want to know if it is doable as a plugin.
I have experience coding, so coding won't be the problem here. I've spent some time looking through the API documentation I found at some site, but what I want to do is so unusual that I can't find any information about if it is even possible to do as a plugin. I know it is NOT possible to do with the Photoshop plugin SDK.
What I'm looking to make is a particular plugin that allows an different way of working with images. It is a method that CANNOT be done in Photoshop with ANY plugins, and it can most likely not be done in GIMP (unless there is some plugin I don't know of).
The intent of the plugin is to imitate the ruler system as it works in Comic Studio. Comic Studio has an AMAZING system of rulers that takes control over cursor and brush position without affecting the pen pressure (if you're using a tablet).
1: Basic rulers
You can draw a ruler on the "ruler layer" and it will create a geometrical shape that can be moved around independently of the underlying image. When you draw near the ruler, the brush will snap to the outline of it. This means that you can create a circular ruler and then if you draw close to it, the brush will snap to the circle.
2: Straight lines rulers
You can create a ruler that locks brush movement so that once a brush it is placed it will be locked in one particular direction. This is amazing for creating a bunch of parallell lines in the same direction quickly.
3: Symmetry guides
When you draw on one half of the screen another brush will simultaneously draw a mirror reflection on the other half of it. You can extend these so that they draw repeated patterns.
4: Single point ruler
You define a central point somewhere in the image and wherever you draw the cursor will be locked in a line between the point you defined and the point where you placed the brush.
5: Concentric circles ruler
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6: Perspective ruler
This combines up to three single point rulers and one or two straight line rulers with some simple maths to create the ultimate tool in perspective drawing. Yes. Comic Studio is worth the money for the freaking perspective ruler alone.
I need to know if it is possible to write a GIMP plugin to cover those points. It is also important that the plugin can display graphical data on top of the image, to show ruler lines. This is especially important for the perspective ruler.
I understand what you wish also Manga studio (and partially PD pro) have similar handy options and would be nice in gimp too
but looks much more complicated then a plugin, i believe would require modification of the brush engine and maybe of some other gimp innards
Did you had a look to MyPaint ?
It doesn't include yet what you ask but since is focused on sketch and painting, what you wish will fit more in the product vision and anyway may be more easy to implement there
I would really like see what you propose in MyPaint
i would love even in Gimp but again i believe would be much more difficult with gimp...
For technicals reason and also because would not fit in the gimp "product vision" (not a problem for a third party plugin but again i think you would need to modify also the gimp code
and if the changes would be not accepted (as example to keep the source code as simple and compact possible ) then you would have to mantain your own version
With mypaint would be easier and for sure will be IN the product vision
To answer your main question, the features you propose are not possible to implement as a plug-in -- you would need to implement them as a new "Tool". This is because plug-ins do not interact with image windows; i.e., a plug-in can not monitor mouse events that take place outside the plug-in's dialog window (such as occurs when "painting" on the canvas).
You could implement your features within a preview inside the plug-in's dialog, in the manner of the Iwarp filter; however, this is not a very elegant solution and your features would be better implemented as a GIMP Tool.
Alexandre Proukadine has written a nice tutorial about creating a new Tool but unfortunately I do not currently have access to the link (I have it bookmarked on a different computer). If you can find it, I would recommend it as a starting point for your project. You might further investigate the development efforts that have attempted to implement the Iwarp filter as an on-canvas Tool and also the "cage transformation" project.
Also, if you qualify, you might consider applying for Google Summer Of Code sponsorship for your project.
Per the specifics of your proposal, the symmetry stuff would seem fairly trivial to implement, though you may encounter some resistance in convincing the GIMP developers of its suitability for GIMP's product vision (of course, being Free Software you are welcome to implement your customizations without approval from, or incorporation into, the official GIMP project). GIMP developer Alexia Death appears to be the expert on GIMP's painting engine and might be able to assist with information on mouse/stylus inputs and brush dynamics.
The other points of your proposal offer (to my view) a completely separate functionality and should probably be pursued as an independent project. Aside from the fact that I don't understand what is meant by point #4 (perhaps owing to my never having used Comic Studio), I would say they all fall under the category of "drawing constraints" and this is a topic which to me is very intriguing (and to my mind inarguably consistent with GIMP's product view).
Michael Terry of the University of Waterloo (ONT, Canada) has led a project along these lines, calling the implementation "kinematic templates", though it was done as a standalone program and never incorporated into GIMP. Nonetheless, it would be well worth reviewing that project.
My own thoughts on the topic are that the constraints ("kinematic templates") could possibly be implemented as topological maps (saved in a GIMP channel) with the brush being "coerced" to following the topological lines. I made a post in more detail on GIMPchat.com.
I am not sure whether my proposed approach is feasible -- it would be rather computation intensive, perhaps excessively so -- but if it were, the result would be an intuitive, non-intrusive addition to mouse interaction while painting. Nonetheless, if you are interested in pursuing such functionality, I would offer whatever assistance I could.


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OK Go's angle, starting with the mega-success of the video for "Here It Goes Again," has been eye-catching visuals. This has led to the unusual challenge of outdoing the last video with the next one, most successfully with last year's Rube Goldberg video "This Too Shall Pass." Their antics have even inspired other artists like Death Cab for Cutie to shoot art-gimmick videos, even as OK Go's own sound has drifted more towards the indie-guitar-pop of those same bands.
Their latest eye-catching clip, for "All Is Not Lost," features the band?accompanied by the Pilobolus Dance Company?contorting themselves on a transparent surface, through which the video is shot. In the clip, viewable above, the band and dancers spell out some of the lyrics with their feet.
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