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There is just something about those J-Frames. Hard to argue with tradition, reliability, and ergonomics.
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This is a discussion on Going complete circle with a new S&W 442 5 shot .38 revolver within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Hi gang, Funny thing happened at my local gun shop yesterday. A really neat 5 shot, black, 38 Spec +P, revolver (model 442, non-moon clip ...
Hi gang,
Funny thing happened at my local gun shop yesterday. A really neat 5 shot, black, 38 Spec +P, revolver (model 442, non-moon clip model) followed me home.
I used to carry wheel guns as a detective and trooper in a State LEA. Just as I retired, 22 years ago, we switched to Sig Sauer 9mm (I actually felt we should have gone to auto loaders many years before that, but we had to wait until to old range officers retired).
Since retirement, I have had, and still do, many very nice auto loaders. (Sigs- 230, 232, 239/9mm, 239/.357 Sig, 228 9mm/1989 era, EMP 9mm, Rohrbaugh R9s, lots of 1911s, etc, etc.).
Had a friend who's wife just got her carry permit and I was trying to talk him into a Ruger LC9 or LCP (both excellent guns). However, he was sort of leaning towards a 442 S&W because of it's simplicity and I started to look at them last week.
As soon as I bought mine yesterday and shot it with Critical Def. non-+P, I was really impressed. It seems as though it has a much better trigger pull than my latest S&W Bodyguard (built in the 60s). Also, for a DAO revolver, it was very accurate it you "staged" the trigger which seemed easy to do. Some of you old timers may remember that we were trained to "stage" our revolver triggers when we switched from "Camp Perry" style single action shooting to double action, "combat style" shooting. Things have really changed over the years.
I really enjoyed buying an under $400 gun which is well made (maybe better than my old Bodyguard .38 5 shot, shrouded hammer), that didn't need 300 rounds of break in, has a great trigger pull, and could have actually been loaded and carried right out of the box.
I won't give up my great auto loaders (always keep a Glock 19 in my glove box) but this 5 shot revolver was like coming home to an old friend.
Trooper Joe
There is just something about those J-Frames. Hard to argue with tradition, reliability, and ergonomics.
Congratulations on the purchase!
You're gonna love it!!! So easy to carry in so many different manners. Super versatile, from lounge pants pocket around the house to ankle, SOB, or IWB.
I've got a 442 and an old model 49 Bodyguard from the 60s. I love both of them.
I put a Wolff shooters pack spring set in my 442, removed the internal lock flag, and polichsed the contact points while I was in there and now it has a super smooth and sweet under 7lb trigger pull. I also put an old set of wooden Chief's Special grips on it. It now fits my hand perfectly and I am able to be very accurate with it without having to stage the trigger. I wouldn't trade it for anything now.
I love my old 49 too. It's been carried a lot, but still solid and smooth. It has character and is a dream to shoot because of the extra weight of being solid steel. I don't carry it as much as I used to, but I wouldn't get rid of it either.
The j-frames are just all around good weapons. Everyone should have at least one...if not several.
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Greetings from another old retired trooper (Louisiana). I too always had a J frame of one sort or another for a second/back up gun. Still do.
I believe it was MSP that issued a Model 49 as a back-up, and provided uniform pants with a leather-lined front pocket (on one side, your choice) to carry it in. That was a splendid idea which, after hearing about it, I floated with the brass when I was running our FTU. Alas, I never got any farther than the inevitable question "How much is this going to cost?"
While I much prefer the pre-95 examples, the new iteration of J frame is still the best thing going for a light, easily concealed personal carry piece that fires a somewhat serious cartridge. And one of the Ti-Scan (titanium cylinder, scandium frame) versions weigh even less than a standard AirWeight. NOT fun to shoot, though... no free lunch.
Like yourself I have plenty of good autos to choose from, but one thing that will never change for me will be one of my Smith J frames will always be on my person where legally permissible. I've carried for most of my adult life and IMO the J frame is by far the easiest firearm to always have on my person; the only thing that even comes remotely close would be one of the ultra small .380's, but most of mine can be somewhat finicky due to ammo choice; that's a variable that I'm not comfortable with. To date I have yet to have a problem with any of my revolvers, and I can't say enough about the simplicity and reliability of the revolver.. Those that don't understand it, have never tried it, or given it enough carry time IMO.
Congrats on the new revolver, as you very well know, it'll serve you well...
Snub Revolvers are my favorite. I would have no problem carrying 2 J-Frames. I normally carry Two 357 Snubs but when I need to go a little lighter I use one of my J's for a back up.
Like an old, trusted, good friend, the J-Frame is there for you when you need it!
I just love the look of a j frame! For some reason it just looks right!
I still carry my Model 36 J frame occasionally. It's a square butt with the old style cylinder release. One sweet shooting gun. As much as I love my Glocks the j frame calls to me in a sweet voice!
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I don't know their policy but maybe you could print out the state statute and present it to the store manager along with a copy of your previous letter.
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Does anyone know Walmarts actual policy on selling ammo? We are in NH, my 18 year old son has a CCW (age restriction of 21 dropped in NH) We seem to
get a different situation each time at Walmart. Yesterday he went in to buy shotgun ammo, he was refused as he was not 21, was told it was state law. It's not and he knew it and told the guy that. Before it has varied from no questions, to asking for lic to prove he was over 18, to asking for his CCW. At that
one he looked at the lady and said I'm buying shotgun ammo, not for my .45
I was refused shotgun ammo at a Walmart about 2 years ago "because your female". I hit the roof and they had store manager, assistant manager there really quickly. I got my ammo, and they got a letter that if it happened again I would be suing for discrimination!
Lisa in NH
I don't know their policy but maybe you could print out the state statute and present it to the store manager along with a copy of your previous letter.
To the best of my knowledge, they follow the law of the state the store is located in. Of course, that doesn't mean the clerk knows the law.
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At my Walmart they follow state law.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around laws. Plato
First and foremost you have to consider the source the guy who works at my walmart in the guns cant spell guns let alone know what he is talking about concerning law.
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At my Walmart they make up their own law. Such as putting a sign up that it is NYS law that you need a pistol permit or military / LE ID to purchase handgun ammo in their store. However you can purchase pistol ammo other places, also at LGS's without showing any form of ID. So I wouldn't put it past Walmart to do with they want, as they do with everything else..
I no longer buy ammo or anything there. That is all :)
Can't speak for NH, but in our local Wallyworlds, we go to the counter, they unlock the case, pass it to us, we pay, and leave. No BS here.
Federal law prohibits the sale of handgun ammunition to those under 21. This includes rimfire ammo. To the best of my knowledge, New Hampshire has no similar or more restrictive state laws. I suspect your local Wal-Mart simply has a code buried in the SKU number which indicates some form of age restriction on purchase. Inconvenient, but a valid ID proving age of 18 or over should be all that's required for long gun ammo.
As to your denial for being female, well... depending on my frame of mind, I might be looking for a lawyer willing to take on Wal-Mart. (However, I wouldn't look to NOW or the ACLU for support.)
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The Policy is to follow the laws of the state the store is in.
Federal Law is : rifle & shotgun ammo can be sold to anyone 18 or older, and handgun ammo to anyone 21 and older.
Walmarts system is set up so it will flag the clerk , "IF" the ammunition can be used for a long gun / shotgun AND A handgun.... they are supposed to ask you which it is for , to
determine if the age requirements are met.
At my age... it wouldn't matter which one it's for, as I'm well past the age requirements for either. However, the clerk asked me on .357 ammunition and I told him... "rifle" . Now , the clerk is a retired LEO I know, and he just looked at me funny and laughed..... and I told him "it is " ...... for a .357 marlin lever action rifle. That is what I was buying it for.
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There are 1868 comments on the Orlando Sentinel story from Nov 30, 2008, titled Anthony family members expected at vigil tonight for missing Ca.... In it, Orlando Sentinel reports that:Members of the Anthony family are expected at a vigil tonight in Orlando. George and Cindy Anthony have been holding vigils because their granddaughter, Caylee Marie, is missing.
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#1 Nov 30, 2008
Cindy and George will do anything to be a part of the media coverage, but, we don't see/read anything about them going out and actually pounding the pavement doing any searches for beloved Caylee. They thrive on media coverage and their concern for Caylee's whereabouts is so phony. Guess Cindy and George are hoping nobody ever finds Caylee, this way they can keep their vigils/charades going and the donations pouring in. They will never accept the fact that Caylee is no longer here and that Casey was the cause of it, be it accidental or on purpose.
#2 Nov 30, 2008
RIP Caylee
Anthony's just keep saying she is alive so they don't seem guilty about what they did ! But we all know what they did to poor Caylee and it is all coming down, maybe as soon as Monday !
#3 Nov 30, 2008
You people are wasting your time. Caylee is dead. Her mother killed her and her grandmother is an accessory after the fact. Quit acting like a bunch of saps. Your vigil is as hopeless as these fools holding candles for the victims in India. Those damn candles aren't going to do any good when the terrorists come after you. You'd better get a grip. America is VULNERABLE and we're all going to have to pay for the complacency and the attitude that gays and celebrity worshippers have that "it won't happen here".
#4 Nov 30, 2008
Vigil..yeah. Yada Yada yada. Minister looking for some money for his church.
But here is the REALLY important question: Is that stupid "Shadow" referred to in those long e mails a cat or a dog? Anyone know?
Mortlake, Australia
#7 Nov 30, 2008
I hear Michelle Bart uses the term inhumane. Inhumane is was has happened to little Caylee. Inhumane is Casey Anthony knowing and watching on TV, the volunteers go out searching for Caylee. Inhumane is misleading LE.Inhumane is not reporting that Caylee was missing for 31 days. And I could go on and on. Inhumane is when Cindy Anthony, keeps continually putting everyone down, who has got off their asses and looked for Caylee. Feel free to add to my list of inhumane deeds that have been done to little Caylee by her own family.
#8 Nov 30, 2008
Maybe if Cyndi would quit covering for her murderer daughter and put some focus back on the subject at hand-Caylee-these vigils wont be necessary.
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#9 Nov 30, 2008
Wonder if Lee will be there today? Someone better check their car trunk!! He has been out of sight for weeks!!!!!!(31 days?)
#11 Nov 30, 2008
It's all just so much garbage. Yeah, she called LE as being inhumane and disrespectful because they have called off looking for Caylee as a live and missing child.
Hello, Michelle Bart! Inhumane and disrespectful perfectly describe Casey. Michelle, you've had too much Cindy-koolaid.
Why do these grandparents need a spokesperson?
Guess because they think they are celebrities.
That's inhumane and disrespectful. This is about the death of their grandchild. And they are obsessed with getting themselves media attention.
Also, Michelle Bart: watch out - all others who have tried to help the Anthony's have sooner or later been trashed by the very Anthony's they have tried to help. Do you have a reputation you want to hold onto? You better get out while the gettins' good.
#13 Nov 30, 2008
Would a dog use a litter box? Does a dog have claws? Both answers give clues in the emails that Shadow is a cat. And FYI cats are not stupid. The emails were between two elderly women, one Cindy's mother, the other Cindy's aunt. Both have cats which I imagine are great companions to them if they live alone.
#14 Nov 30, 2008
The headline to this story made me think we might be seeing from OTHER Anthony family members other than Cindy and George. I know Cindy has 3 older brothers and George has siblings as well. Funny how NOBODY in their own family publically stands with them. I guess the other relatives have brains. I know if Cindy were my sister I would not support the "denial" she is living in.
#15 Nov 30, 2008
Anthony family members? That would be George, Cindy ... and Lee, if he shows up ... any others??
#16 Nov 30, 2008
That's exactly how I see it too, Sad. Cindy's just acting like she's in denial, all wild eyed and vapid, but it's too late to put the paste back in the tube..you can't go into denial AFTER you concisely and clearly realized the situation and took action! Denial is not a delayed reaction, especially when you lie on a constant basis to keep appearing to be in denial. LOL She knows exactly what happened and she helped.
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#17 Nov 30, 2008
Possibly. The Portage County, Ohio,
public records show a paternity suit
brought by a Cynthia Anthony against
a man who is the father of a Julie
Marie Anthony. The child according to the record would turn 18 on 1/7/00.
The case was filed in 1983.
#18 Nov 30, 2008
they said that when cindy found out that her theiving,lying,whore,murdering daughter had been stealing from the grandparents she grabbed casey by the throat. why the hell didnt she do that when that bitch daughter was lying about the baby being missing a month? if that were my daughter id have beaten her alll over the house till i got the truth then called an ambulance for her i would have known what the hell she did.
#19 Nov 30, 2008
I would'nt be surprised to see Michelle Bart show up in a bathrobe and slippers with her hair in rollers.
Mortlake, Australia
#21 Nov 30, 2008
Might of been Cindy looking up breaking knecks, she likes grabbing Casey by the throat.!!!!
#22 Nov 30, 2008
How do you find these records? I want to find records on someone in California... Thanks...
#23 Nov 30, 2008
A vigil for Caylee is scheduled for 8:00 PM tonight. Please pray that 3 year old Caylee is found as soon as possible.
For those who cannot attend the vigil:
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#24 Nov 30, 2008
The Anthony Pack is disgusting. They will all be answering up soon.
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#25 Nov 30, 2008
Your right it is to late to go back. She knows, she's not a fool but just trying to fool others.
I'm not a real religious person but I remember a part of a proverb... and it was something like , a dog that eats his own vomit is like a fool who repeats his folly.
Cindy is like that dog eating her own vomit, or Casey's vomit of lies. Cindy eats the vomit everyday & serves it to George. They ALL know!!!
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- 1 medium zucchini, diced
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- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
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- 1/2 teaspoon salt
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- 2 cups (16 ounces) 4% cottage cheese
- 4 cups (16 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- In a large skillet, saute the zucchini, onion, mushrooms and green pepper in butter until tender. Stir in the flour, baking powder and salt until blended.
- In a large bowl, combine eggs and cottage cheese. Stir in vegetables and Monterey Jack cheese.
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The White House is in hard-sell mode. It's been pushing the case for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. It held a conference call on Wednesday for White House correspondents, during which various legal scholars praised her "judicial modesty." White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has been deriding rightwing opposition at his daily briefings. And his press shop has been emailing reporters various statements supportive of Sotomayor--including what could be one of the oddest endorsements to be circulated by a White House in recent years. Or ever.
One email from the White House listed a slew of positive comments about Sotomayor. They came from former and current judges who have worked with her, Republican Senator Olympia Snow (who has called the nominee "well qualified"), New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, a bunch of legal scholars, and Larry Klayman. Yes, Larry Klayman. Ring a bell? He's best known--or infamous--for having been an overly litigious conservative crusader who, through his Judicial Watch outfit, hurled numerous lawsuits against Clintonites during the 1990s.
Klayman was no average self-proclaimed rightwing avenger. He came across to many as--how to say this politely and non-libelously?--bonkers. During a 1998 family spat, he sued his mother. Financed by conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, he pursued numerous Clinton-related targets. He represented Gennifer Flowers, who claimed to have had an affair with Bill Clinton, when Flowers sued Hillary Clinton, charging HRC had tried to destroy her. (He also sued Vice President Dick Cheney for not releasing the records of his energy task force.) While running for the Senate in 2004 in Florida--quite unsuccessfully--Klayman engaged in a million-dollar scheme that seemed designed to skirt campaign-finance law. At one point, he blamed years of bad press on a gang of Jewish journalists--including Jacob Weisberg, Frank Rich, and me. He accused us of having written negative stories about him because "as a Jew who believes in Christ" he was "a threat to the liberal Jewish creed, a kosher Uncle Tom." (For the record, I had no idea he was Jewish, Christian, or a hybrid.) One Weisberg article on Klayman in Slate was headlined "Nut Watch."
But now Klayman is just jake with the Obama White House. In addition to touting the comments of those highly credentialed Sotomayor advocates, the White House is making use of Klayman's support of Sotomayor. That email cites a Klayman statement--which the White House noted that it had received via an email from NBC correspondent Chuck Todd--in which the former Clinton-chaser says,
While I would have liked to see a more conservative libertarian type on the high court, President Obama's selection of New York federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayer, was a very prudent and wise decision from a far left liberal like Obama. Having initially been appointed to the bench by President George H. W. Bush, soon to be justice Sotomayer has previously pledged to follow the Constitution, and not legislate from the bench, and her career as a federal court judge suggests, as a whole, that this is the way she will administer to the law. It is also great to have a highly qualified Latina on the bench. The Latin culture, with its emphasis on family and family values, will be a welcome addition, as an understanding of real life relationships is important for any jurist.
While Judicial Watch--which Klayman left in 2003 (in a not-so-amicable separation)--opposes Sotomayor, Klayman wishes her "much success."
The Obama White House certainly likes to transcend ideology and partisanship. Hooking up with Klayman is taking this to a new--and bizarre--level.


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GTA Chinatown Wars for Nintendo DS Leaked, Working on Carts!
GTA Chinatown Wars for Nintendo DS has been leaked online just before the weekend, and many users at GBATemp.net (linked above) have confirmed it works with a variety of carts.
The official streetdates for the title are March 17, 2009 for North America and March 20, 2009 for Europe.
Apparently it works on the G6 real with latest firmware, SCDS1 (clean, no patches with latest firmware and AKRPG (AKAIO).
To quote: "At the start when you turn on your DS with your supercard, go to the GTA NDS file on the top screen, then in the bottom screen you will see the file information, at the right hand side you will see ''SET PATCH'' click that, and you will notice that the top one is ''ENABLE PATCH'; which is ticked, well untick that and start the game!!"
Also, the DS-X is reportedly capable of running it with the MaxCrassMethod and others by using this save game file on your cart:
Downloads: Grand_Theft_Auto_Chinatown_Wars.SAV / GTA_CTW_YGXE_00.sav / 3517 - Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars (U)(Xenophobia).SAV
Download the save file, then convert the save file, for the source put R4 and target put your flashcart.
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its a bad idea to put it on the ds it has crappy graphics and it'll probably look like grand theft auto 2 and that game sucked.
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well it reminds me of when i used to play gta on my amiga


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The No. 9 UAB men's golf team will continue its spring season with the Samford Intercollegiate. The two-day event begins on Monday, March 3 at the Hoover Country Club.
For the second consecutive tournament, the UAB men's golf team will employ a different lineup. Seniors Thomas Sutton and Sam Love, junior Paul Dunne, redshirt sophomore Ryan Davies, and sophomore Martin Rohwer will represent the Blazers at the par-72, 7,001-yard course.
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Jeb Kinnison's previous book on finding a good partner by understanding attachment types (Bad Boyfriends: Using Attachment Theory to Avoid Mr. (or Ms.) Wrong and Make You a Better Partner) brought lots of people to JebKinnison.com, where the most asked-about topic was how to deal with avoidant lovers and spouses. There are many now in troubled marriages who are looking for help, as well as people already invested in a relationship short of marriage who'd like help deciding if they should stick with it.
People in relationships with avoidants struggle with their lack of responsiveness and inability to tolerate real intimacy. Relationships between an avoidant and a partner of another attachment type are the largest group of unhappy relationships, and people who love their partners and who may have started families and had children with an avoidant will work very hard to try to make their relationships work better, out of love for their partner and children as well as their own happiness. The avoidants in these relationships are more than likely unhappy with the situation as well - retreating into their shells and feeling harassed for being asked to respond with positive feeling when they have little to give.
The other reason why so many people are looking for help on this topic is that it is an almost impossible problem. Couples counsellors rarely have the time or knowledge to work with an avoidant and will often advise the spouse to give up on a dismissive, especially, whose lack of responsiveness looks like cruelty or contempt (and sometimes it is).
Yet there is some hope - though it may take years and require educating the avoidant on the patterns of good couples communication; if both partners want to change their patterns toward more secure and satisfying models, it can be done.
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Where is your spleen?
This week I started my lectures on Ancient History to first year students. Following a tradition invented by one of my colleagues 20 years ago, I kicked off the very first lecture by handing round a skeletal map of the Mediterranean – and asked them to mark several key places (including Athens, Sparta, Troy, Crete, Rome and Pompeii). The results are collected in for scrutiny, but entirely anonymously. No names are required,.
The idea is to demonstrate to the freshers that they really do need to get an atlas out before they start sounding off about the Peloponnesian War, or whatever. The accuracy this year was no better or worse than usual. Most of the my 100 or so clever first years could place Rome and Pompeii, but Sparta wandered dangerously (from time to time popping up in modern Turkey) while Alexandria was a mystery to many, and one at least appeared not to know that Crete was an island. Are they pulling my leg I wondered….?
Over the decades this little exercise has given the new students a wonderful feeling of shared ignorance. The dons on the other hand have enjoyed shaking their heads at the very idea that a student with straight (classical) As at A level still doesn't know where Sparta is.
We don't of course blame the students -- but the government or the national curriculum. Our students are, we believe, the crème de la crème. The trouble is that they have been let down by the "system" before they came to us. (Better not to ask if we, aged just 18, could have marked Alexandria on a map … but that's another story)
For centuries, dons have combined a loving over-commitment to their students with a rhetoric that deplores the ignorance of those they are teaching. The "can-you-believe that-they-have-never-heard-of-Pericles?" line is one of the most primitive and powerful of all donnish bonding rituals.
This struck me very strongly this week when I rushed from that first year lecture to steal an hour of work in the University Library. I was there to look up some of the pamphlets of the 1860s written at the height of Victorian debates about what should or should not be taught in schools and universities. If anyone now thinks that education is over-politicized, they should try the nineteenth century. Those Victorian gurus debated even more furiously than our own the rights and wrongs of the curriculum. And they were just as ready to blame the "government".
I found myself reading a tract by Robert Lowe (Chancellor of the Exchequer immediately before Gladstone), denouncing the tyranny of Latin and Greek over the school syllabus. He lingered, like me, to think of what the crème de la crème did not know – because, in his view, they had been kept to a narrow classical path:
"I will now give you a catalogue of things which a highly educated man may be in total ignorance of." he wrote. "He probably will know nothing of the anatomy of his own body. He will have not the slightest idea of the difference between the arteries and the veins, and he may not know whether the spleen is placed on the right or the left side of his spine. He may have no knowledge of the simplest truths of physics and would not be able to explain the barometer or thermometer."
Sounds familiar? My first thought was to get a new questionnaire up for next week to see how my students did on these central issues of basic science. Until I realised that I would be hard pressed myself to say on which side of my spine my spleen lay. In fact it was probably the likes of me (though you would have to change the gender) that Lowe had in mind.
As these Victorians saw, there is an issue here not just about what facts people should know, but about what education is for, and who is responsible for it. Our generation tends to think that we are the first to have wondered about this. Far from it.


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Sunday, September 9, 2007
Territory VI: On Method; the Limits of Biography
Several years ago, in the opening line of an essay devoted to the relationship between comics and animation, I wrote: Graphic history is littered with singularities. By this I meant that many isolated tales of distinguished careers have not resulted in an overarching story or master narrative of our parallel, vernacular art history. Winsor McCay, N.C.Wyeth, Walt Disney, Norman Rockwell, etc., etc. It's as if none of these people have a relationship to a common tradition. It's all very here and there, so-and-so and so-and-so. Little theory has been written in the realm of commercial images, which is what it would take to bind up all this activity and material and shape it into something you could properly reflect on. Meanwhile we use a raft of terms—illustration, cartoon, fine art—that have ended up in the language but seem to have been very poorly defined for analytical purposes. So how would one begin to answer a question like the one anticipated by recent exchanges on this blog: to wit, what is the relationship between cartooning and illustration? What does it mean to "be" a cartoonist, or to "be" an illustrator?
There are of course a variety of approaches or lines of reasoning available to answer a question like this. From my perspective, these include: 1) the historical, 2) the economic & distributive, 3) the technological, 4) the cultural, 5) the stylistic, and 6) the synthetic product of the preceding, the analytic. Note what is missing: the biographical.
The anecdotal and necessarily granular aspects of the biographical approach have substituted for broader cultural reflection in this arena. Despite the considerable merits of individual works and authors, biographers do not often systematically engage the professional contexts of their subjects. In less formal precincts, what passes for the biographical is really simple fandom, which offers limited charms. For the time being, I really am inclined toward the swearing off of hortatory tales of this or that neglected artist.
Finally, the failure to develop coherent and useful frameworks for thinking and talking about this field of modern graphic pictorial culture isn't about individuals. It's about categories and artifacts and practices. What we have here is a failure to describe. Think about it. The world is full of fashioned images which seek to inform, persuade, activate or decorate, and entertain. Cartoons, comic strips, package graphics, advertisements, posters, editorial illustrations, matchbook covers, you name it. We're surrounded by the stuff.
All great criticism starts with description: of an experience, a set of objects, a context. Judgments—both legal and cultural—are rendered after the facts have been established. We need more facts. We need an empirical mindset. For starters, it will be necessary to address the great corpus of commercial and functional images in the world. Not one by one, but set by set. What, exactly, do these things look like, and to what ends do we see them deployed in the world?
It may seem contradictory to call for an empirical approach while setting aside biographical writing. What is biography, but a focused investigation of a particular life in a culture? Isn't that empirical? I guess I am suggesting that the anecdote should be shelved in favor of the analysis. Clear-headedness, please, not nostalgia or enthusiasm.
We're badly in need of clear-headedness in these times. Can't hurt to practice, even on vernacular art forms.
Images: cover illustration, Davy Crockett, American Hero, a Rand McNally Elf Book, circa 1965. Illustrator uncredited; endpaper illustration, Best in Children's Books, Nelson Doubleday, 1957. Illustrator uncredited. (Thanks to Jenn Kaye); detail, American economic components illustration, Life Magazine, January 5, 1953. Illustrator uncredited.
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- Jaleen Grove said...
Yes, I agree we have more entertaining than informative writing on commercial/graphic artists. I suggest that the reason is that we are caught in a self-perpetuating loop: the lack of contextualizing grand narratives leaves writers at a loss to tie their hero into a greater pattern, so they shirk it - thus adding to the problem.
Perhaps a solution is to write more on trends, movements and groups - which are then enlivened by examples of participant artists. Top down, instead of bottom up.
Grand narratives have been out of favour in academic writing since the end of Modernism, and for good reason. We don't want a normative tradition that suffocates the fringes. But where no mainline exists, it is remarkably hard to make sense of anything. How ought we to balance it?
- September 9, 2007 at 8:21 AM
- John Hendrix said...
DB- I'm so glad you are putting these questions down. I'm surprised that its ground I've never covered in my thinking. I bet many people would love to learn about that grand narrative arc for commerical images. (read: me)
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Zuccon, Guido, Geva, Shlomo, Joho, Hideo, Scholer, Falk, Sun, Aixin, & Zhang, Peng (Eds.) (2016) Information Retrieval Technology: 11th Asia Information Retrieval Societies Conference, AIRS 2015, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, December 2-4, 2015. Proceedings. Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, 9460. Springer International Publishing.
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Cochrane, Tom (2015) The open access advantage for researchers: Reflections on experience and challenges. In Bitso, Constance & Raju, Reggie (Eds.) LIS Education and Research in a Dynamic Information Landscape: Proceedings of the Library and Information Studies Centre 75 Years Commemorative Conference. University of Cape Town Libraries, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 35-43.
Fitzgerald, Anne M. (2012) Juggling information policy, rights to information and copyright licensing to enhance the accessibility and reusability of spatial data : the Australian experience. In Janssen, Katleen & Crompvoets, Joep (Eds.) Geographic Data and the Law : Defining New Challenges. Leuven University Press, Leuven, Belgium.
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Locke, Rae-Anne (2007) More than puppets : curriculum collections in Australian universities. Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 38(3), pp. 192-215.
Miller, Faye Q. (2015) Experiencing information use for early career academics' learning: A knowledge ecosystem model. Journal of Documentation, 71(6).
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Algergawy, Alsayed, Nayak, Richi, & Saake, Gunter (2009) XML Schema Element Similarity Measures: A Schema Matching Context. In On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2009, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Vilamoura, Portugal, pp. 1246-1253.
Bajracharya, Bhishna, Too, Linda, Imukuka, Joan K., & Hearn, Gregory N. (2009) Developing knowledge precincts in regional towns: opportunities and challenges. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Urban Design Conference, 2-4 September 2009, Conrad Jupiters, Gold Coast, Queensland.
Borchert, Martin (2006) Changing user behaviour using a digital repository system. In Proceedings of Victorian Automated Library Association Conference, Victorian Automated Library Association, Melbourne .
Borchert, Martin, Bradbury, Stephanie, & Broadley, Philippa (2013) Collaborating to develop research data management services and collections. In 34th International Association of Technical and Scientific Libraaries (IATUL) Conference, 14-18 April 2013, Cape Town South Africa. (Unpublished)
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Why should I wait until I collect 95,000 points to redeem?
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Why you should wait for the 20x points events to make major purchases at Shoppers Drug Mart?
If you shop at a variety of drug stores or grocery stores in Canada, you will discover one thing when it comes to Shoppers Drug Mart prices. Their products in general are more expensive than most drug stores or grocery stores.
These weekend shopping dates are so much more valuable for Optimum shoppers.
How much more?
For example, if you spend $50 on almost anything in-store, you don't just get 500 points, you get 10,000 points. Do that 5 times, and you have enough points to redeem to save up to $85 off. Once you get up to 95,000 points, you can save up to $170 off.
What is Shoppers Opimum Plus and how do I earn Optimum Plus Status?
Shoppers Plus is an added bonus for people that earn 15,000 base points in a calendar year. This does not include bonus points earned from promotions or bonus coupons. We achieved this in 2011 with the help of purchasing many Shoppers Gift Cards!
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If you earn Plus status in 2011 as an example, you will also have Plus status for 2012. However, in 2012, you will also need to accumulate the needed Optimum base points (15,000) to have it for 2013.
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I may have spelt it wrong. After thinking about it I think it is "Skeeters"
And bananas make the bees go into defensive mode
OK, this is interesting. Do you know WHY the bees go into defensive mode, or were you joking around. The venon of bees is reported to actually have the aroma of the banana.
I believe it is an alarm pheromone. I am not sure if it is in the stinger or venom sac. Could be somewhere else. I really got to get back to the books.The odor is there only for a few moments. Once I start working them, I usually cant smell it anymore.
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/lsn46.html"Finally, when a bee stings, it gives off an odor that smells like bananas called an alarm pheromone. It attracts other bees to come to the defense of the hive."


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Review DateJune 8, 2012
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Reviewed by: Tom Green(Unregistered User)
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Model Reviewed:TourB330-rx
Summary:Played this ball first time yesterday..liked it. Played the same ball today and could not understand what had gone wrong..until I discovered that it had split from the core outwards.Bridgestone do not seem to deny that this can happen..They say "It is not a regular occurence"...Well...it will not be a regular occurrence for me either.
Review DateMay 1, 2012
Overall Rating 4 of 5
Value Rating 3 of 5
Visitors rate this review3.94 of 5,
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Reviewed by: jacutis
Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed:Bridgestone B-330 RX
Summary:As I am getting older, my swing speed has slowed down a bit. I have religiously been a Pro V user. But recently thought I would look at other options for more driver distance without loosing the approach performance of the Pro-V's. I bought a couple of sleeves last week of the B330-RX and hit them shot for shot against the Pro-V1x this past weekend. Here is what I found.
Driver distance:
Approximately 10 - 15 yds longer than the Pro-V. Great feel off the driver.
Iron Spin:
One average, I was hitting into the greens at about 140yds with an easy 9-iron. I found that this ball, although it has great carry, does not get near the iron spin that the Pro-V does, thus often, it would roll a good 5 - 8 feet straight through, where the Pro-V would stick and release a 2 - 3 feet at the most.
Wedge play:
I have a very solid short game and actually liked the RX over the Pro-V, as I found it easier to get the ball down and glide to the cup and on 2 occasions got very close to eagle from <50 yrd pitch shots. Both stopped by the cup within 6 inches and the others were all within gimme range.
I am a feel putter, and my Oddyssey loves this ball. It has a great fel and rolls well.
This ball is for you if you like the extra distance, but dont mind giving up mid-long iron stop spin.
Similar Products Used:Titleist Pro-V1x, Bridgestone B330, Taylor Made Penta TP
Review DateApril 9, 2012
Value Rating 2 of 5
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Reviewed by: ballgoinhole(Unregistered User)
Shoots in the 70s
Summary:Bridgestone 330 tour rx.
Read alot about this ball before I bought a sleeve and tried it out. I am a 5 handicap golfer with a swing speed of about 93-95 with a driver and the marketing (hype or not) targets my swing speed or slower.
I cannot compress a pro v1x in the colder temp months (under 60 degrees) and even though I hit the x further than the pro v1, it didn't come close to the distance I get from my Noodle + ball.
Of course the Noodle is not good at short stopping shots but since I hit a high ball it doesn't roll out too much in a normal full shot.
The Noodle is 1 club longer for me throughout the bag--than the pro v1x, with the driver being about 12-15 yards further than the x.
Anxious to compare the pro v1x to the 330 rx, hit them side by side, shot by shot for 18 holes on Sunday in 65 degree weather.
X is still further for me by 1/2 club throughout the bag and 5-10 yards for the driver.
Huh? Fooled me.
Review DateJuly 29, 2011
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
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Reviewed by: daveferre
Shoots in the 90s
Model Reviewed:Bridgestone B330RX
Summary:I'm 70 years old, pure 18 handicap, and I've never really believed that I would see any difference between balls - and I've tried more than a few - but the Bridgestone B330RX has improved my game, in particular, length of the shots. I play the same course, same tees 3x a week and the first time I used this ball on the par 3s, I went over the green every time when using my usual club selection. Where I had used a 6 iron, I now use a 7 iron and these balls stop dead or even spin back a bit. Drives further than ever. For my swing speed - and that must be what's happening - this is the perfect ball for me. Not for everyone, no doubt, but for my game, swing speed, and ability, this is my ball forever. I hope they never stop making them.
Similar Products Used:Tried TM Penta, ProV1, ProV1x, Bridgestone E6, and a host of others. Only the B330RX made a substantial difference for my game.
Review DateJuly 10, 2010
Value Rating 4 of 5
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Reviewed by: Dane Young(Unregistered User)
Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed:B330 RX
Summary:This ball is very good. It spins enough if you are a high ball hitter. If you want more spin then go with the B330 RXS. That is the spin ball. I find this ball has very good feel off the clubs and soft on the putting green.
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Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
Many numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers. For example, 15=7+8 and 10=1+2+3+4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed in this way?
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Electronic materials have been a major stumbling block for the advance of flexible electronics because existing materials do not function well after breaking and healing. A new electronic material created by an international team, however, can heal all its functions automatically even after breaking multiple times. This material could improve the durability of wearable electronics.
"Wearable and bendable electronics are subject to mechanical deformation over time, which could destroy or break them," said Qing Wang, professor of materials science and engineering, Penn State. "We wanted to find an electronic material that would repair itself to restore all of its functionality, and do so after multiple breaks."
Self-healable materials are those that, after withstanding physical deformation such as being cut in half, naturally repair themselves with little to no external influence.
In the past, researchers have been able to create self-healable materials that can restore one function after breaking, but restoring a suite of functions is critical for creating effective wearable electronics. For example, if a dielectric material retains its electrical resistivity after self-healing but not its thermal conductivity, that could put electronics at risk of overheating.
The material that Wang and his team created restores all properties needed for use as a dielectric in wearable electronics — mechanical strength, breakdown strength to protect against surges, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity and dielectric, or insulating, properties. They published their findings online in Advanced Functional Materials.