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Some time ago, in one of my posts in my series on climate change, I pondered on why there seemed to be such a vehement opposition to the idea that human actions might be causing an irreversible and disastrous change to our planet. After all, this seems like largely a scientific question that, unlike (say) evolution, has no religious or partisan political implications.
But somewhere along the way, the word seems to have spread amongst right-wing political and religious types that the warnings about possible irreversible global warming represent some kind of deep plot being advanced by leftists and scientists and atheists working together, and this has resulted in a union of right-wing think tanks and politicians and Christians to oppose the idea. How did that happen?
Evidence for the organized nature of the opposition to the ideas of global warming coming from a particular ideological perspective is not hard to find. A new study looks at how the so-called "Conservative Think Tanks', (CTTs) play an important element in the propaganda machine by underwriting those who are skeptical of the dangers of climate change.
Our analyses of the sceptical literature and CTTs indicate an unambiguous linkage between the two. Over 92 per cent of environmentally sceptical books are linked to conservative think tanks, and 90 per cent of conservative think tanks interested in environmental issues espouse scepticism. Environmental scepticism began in the US, is strongest in the US, and exploded after the end of the Cold War and the emergence of global environmental concern stimulated by the 1992 Earth Summit. Environmental scepticism is an elite-driven reaction to global environmentalism, organised by core actors within the conservative movement. Promoting scepticism is a key tactic of the anti-environmental counter-movement coordinated by CTTs, designed specifically to undermine the environmental movement's efforts to legitimise its claims via science. Thus, the notion that environmental sceptics are unbiased analysts exposing the myths and scare tactics employed by those they label as practitioners of 'junk science' lacks credibility. Similarly, the self-portrayal of sceptics as marginalised 'Davids' battling the powerful 'Goliath' of environmentalists and environmental scientists is a charade, as sceptics are supported by politically powerful CTTs funded by wealthy foundations and corporations.
The movement to undermine the environmental movement is largely underwritten by corporations and their supporters who want to prevent having to comply with environmental regulations that might limit their profits. Some of the CTTs are funded by companies (like ExxonMobil) that have a stake in preventing any regulations that limit their profits, and even have their CEOs on the boards.
But even that still does not answer the question of how this opposition became so widespread and vehement. This is why I found this blog entry very interesting. It is by someone who has pondered this same question and, tracing this phenomenon back in time, finds that there is a family of conspiracy theories that have caused this situation. He has created an entire genealogical tree of the theories.
He said it started during the Cold War in 1962 with the labeling of Rachel Carson as a Communist sympathizer. She is often considered the founder of the modern American environmental movement with her book Silent Spring, warning of the dangers of DDT. That allegation became expanded to suggest that some environmentalists may even be Soviet agents seeking to undermine capitalism, and that they were suppressing the work of enviroskeptics.
Meanwhile, on a different front, those who were unhappy with the scientific opposition to Reagan's Star Wars missile defense shield plan started accusing scientists of being Soviet stooges.
With the end of the Soviet Union, the story has shifted and the target of opposition has changed. Instead of the environmental movement being merely a tool to advance communism by advocating measures that will increase the costs of business and raise taxes, the environmental movement has now replaced communism as the main foe of capitalism.
Of course, since the religious right has always viewed 'godless communism' with alarm, they tend to sign on to anything that seems to oppose or restrict the workings of capitalism in any way, even if means allowing unregulated industries unbridled freedom to pollute and destroy the environment.
Thus emerged the coalition of big industry, conservative think tanks, the religious right, and their political allies, all working to discredit any science that seems to suggest that we are doing irreparable harm to our environment.
Although the article is not a scholarly one and not an authoritative source, it is interesting and thought-provoking.
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July 17, 2006
"I used to be the tight one/the perfect fit/funny how those compliments can/make you feel so full of it."
And that website is really nice. Here's their hate mail page. And they're offering up some downloads here.
The singer, Amanda, should remind you of the great Nico, and she also reminds me of the great Val Haynes, whom you may not remember, who sang the lead in a band that Spin Magazine, with the help of Elvis Costello, once selected as the best unsigned band in America. The band -- The Units, AKA Fear of Strangers -- remained unsigned, and that was back around 1980, when you didn't have the internet to let you leap over the obtuseness of idiots.
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- Gordon Freece said...
Jeez. With all those illiterate oubursts of blind homophobic rage and violent threats, I thought for a moment you'd accidentally linked to DailyKos. But then I noticed the scatological fixation was missing.
I like the responses to the letters:
"We also thought you might like to know that we bite the heads off bats and, occasionally, snort ants."
Dude, I would so totally pay to see a chick with stripey legs snorting ants. Especially one who can punctuate. Is she single?
- Wade Garrett said...
Ann, I think you're absolutely correct about the internet delivering us from the obtuseness of idiots. I would never have heard of half of my favorite bands if I hadn't discovered their mp3's on the internet.
On a related note, here is a YouTube clip of Bruce Springsteen pulling Sting out of the crowd to join him on a duet of 'The River,' one of the great coming-of-age songs in all of rock music.
How did this sit in a vault somewhere for 20 years, unreleased? If this was available on VHS, or as part of a concert movie, I can name four people in my nuclear family who would have lined up at the record store the first day it hit the shelves. There are dozens of other great unreleased concert performances on YouTube -- for very little extra work or financial risk, the record labels could have made a fortune selling stuff like this.
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
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- Wade Garrett said...
Ruth Anne - Thanks, its probably my favorite clip on all of YouTube.
There is a ton of this stuff out there - Bruce singing with Bono, Bono singing with Johnny Cash, Cash singing with Bob Dylan, Dylan singing with Springsteen, you name it, and the public only gets to see it on YouTube. Why don't the record companies release this stuff? Every one of the above-mentioned singers has enough fans that almost any live recording will sell a million copies or more. Who knows how long the Springsteen-Sting footage sat in a can in some warehouse?
Its probably not authorized for internet release, but my attitude is "so what?" If watching that clip leads even one person to purchase a cd or buy a concert ticket, then both the artist and his record company are better off than they would have been otherwise. Where's the harm in releasing this stuff? I for one would pay to see more of it, and I know I'm not the only one!
- Ann Althouse said...
One big harm is that the artist doesn't control which versions of things are widely heard. Some performances are better than other. An artist chooses which takes to put on a recording, just like a writer chooses which drafts to use. Picking what not to use is part of authorship.
In fact, I just wrote something here and then deleted it. That was my choice.
- Wade Garrett said...
Ann - I generally agree with you, but this isn't quite like an unused draft of a novel. It was an arena rock show that, if I had to guess, 80,000 people saw in person. Almost everybody who has seen it on video has enjoyed it. I don't want to put myself into his head, but I can't imagine that Bruce or Sting or any members of the E-Street Band would feel as if this performance was anything but their best work.
Furthermore, they can take it down off the internet any time they want to. NBC regularly takes its own stuff off the internet, if its use was unauthorized. Springsteen took his songs off of Audiogalaxy and Napster, and he can take them off YouTube if he wants, but he hasn't yet, despite the fact that music magazines (and at least one sportswriter) have written about about his videos on YouTube.
For decades, the argument against bootlegs wasn't that the artists couldn't control access to their work; it was the opposite. The artists had already authored this work and tens of thousands of people had paid to consume it. The worry was that bootleg sales would take away from official sales. However, if you ask most people with an ipod, they will tell you that they bought cds and concert tickets they wouldn't have otherwise bought because they got turned onto some band via the internet. I for one had some Sting cds collecting dust which I have now returned to regular rotation.
If I had to guess, some record company stiffs either couldn't get their act together, or else (mistakenly) thought that its release would somehow jeopardize their other sales. But we know how often the record companies guess right, and its very rare.
- Ann Althouse said...
Terry: First, this one may be great, but others surely are not. You made a general point about fans deciding to release things without the artist's approval, and much bad stuff comes out too, sometimes deliberately to ridicule.
Second, the greatest clips might be kept for a concert film, perhaps something already in the works. Maybe this clip would be the showstopping moment, the highlight of a film that would draw people to the theater and make them want to buy the CD. Now, the profitability of the film is changed. The best thing in it is well-known.

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CST necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 86 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
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The University of Southern California (USC) is a premiere private research university located in Los Angeles.
This logo/graphic competition is for the USC's premiere annual 'bring the faculty together' conference that lets faculty demonstrate to each other how they are using technology for teaching and research. We are looking for a vibrant, active, positive, simple graphical representation for our conference "THE CONNECTED MIND."
This year's (May 2011) annual 'Teaching with Technology' conference is titled 'THE CONNECTED MIND.'
"The Connected Mind" should be the emphasis, not USC or the Center for Scholarly Technology. Only USC / CST needs to abide by USC color/graphic identity guidelines. "The Connected Mind" and new logo can be any color - and may or may not accent the the USC colors.
We see three trends converging: research about the role of the brain in learning, social networking tools, and a participatory culture of user-generated content.
Our title is intended to reflect this convergence.
There is much promise and hope in how we construct KNOWLEDGE and the way that technology helps us in that process - smartphones, gaming, immersive/3D, blogs, wikis, Twitter, email, communications in general, are all part of how we learn from each other and experience 'reality,' and the Web is almost like a global brain.
Every day, brain researchers at USC and elsewhere are examining closely how we "think" and learn. Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) programs at USC are equally closely focused on these questions toward developing the next generation of 'smart' or 'thinking' AI technologies and robots. At the same time, neuroscience (brain) research reveals that we are distracted by new media technology and students are sometimes not properly processing information and knowledge in long-term memory.
Our conference emphasizes the connectedness and participatory nature of new media, but also subtly recognizes the institutional and teaching challenges relating to these research findings about the brain and new media.
1. This graphic will be used in three main venues: A. As a part of the header on our conference website. B. As a part of the 24"x36" color poster. C. As a part of a 3" x 5 1/2" postcard-sized mailer. It will also be used in several digital reproduction formats, e.g., projection/PowerPoint slides.
2. The logo SHOULD NOT use any form of the official USC logo or USC Seal. Use of USC logos/seals/graphics must adhere to USC graphic identity guidelines as per http://www.usc.edu/identity/
3. File formats: Print file format - .ai (CMYK) Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB) . Do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
4. You may choose to include or not to include the conference title text (THE CONNECTED MIND) in your graphic/logo design.
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Floral maxi dress with slit: OASAP || Tribal necklace: Happiness Boutique || Boots: Gamloong || Dreamweaver Bag: Spell Designs
Wow it's almost weekend again! The weeks are passing so fast, but my birthday was definitely the highlight of this week. Celebrating with my parents and watching my new favorite movie in cinema. But there's definitely a good thing about the fact time flies - it's getting warmer and warmer! I'm so glad to finally see the sun again.
Here I'm wearing my lovely maxi dress I got from OASAP, isn't it beautiful? I really love it's buttoned up front and slit. It's my new maxi dress, that's for sure. :-)
I'm also wearing my new necklace from Happiness Boutique, I'm in love with its turquoise stones. It's the perfect necklace for festivals in my opinion. Turquoise jewelry will always be the best one.
As you all know I usually don't wear any bags in my outfit posts, but I thought I needed one for this outfit - it's my favorite fringed bag by Spell which I got on last year's birthday. Since then it's always with me and it always adds those perfects festival/boho vibes to outfits.


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SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — No big names and nothing fancy — just good old fashioned hard-nosed defense, which serves as the calling card for the Marshwood High School girls basketball team.
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — No big names and nothing fancy — just good old fashioned hard-nosed defense, which serves as the calling card for the Marshwood High School girls basketball team.
It's a recipe for success that has met with mixed results, but on Friday the Hawks made it work against rival Noble, claiming a 52-40 Class A win.
Marshwood (5-8), which is in the hunt for a playoff berth, jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, led 26-18 at the half and then widened that margin to as much as 17 (38-21) in the third quarter, and 19 in the fourth frame.
"Coach kind of got us a little riled up in a timeout," said Marshwood senior guard Alli Schoff. "He told us we have to keep pushing it to them, we have to keep playing the way we play. We really didn't really show that in the first half. We had to come out stronger and I think we really got that done on defense. We were just all over the place and we were turning that into our offense."
The game was the third game in a quadruple header, which started with the JV games and ended with the boys varsity game. The Noble girls wore pink socks as part of the second annual Coaches vs. Cancer in which the two rivals have a friendly challenge to see who can raise the most money to fight cancer. The challenge will conclude with the second quadruple header on Feb. 8 at Noble.
Marshwood never trailed in this one, using some good full-court pressure to disrupt the Knights. The Hawks scored the first seven points of the game on four points from Megan McLean and three from Schoff, who led the team in scoring with 11 points. Hanna Philbrick added eight points off the bench, while Jill Gori and Hannah Ferguson had seven each and Gianna Riccardi tossed in six.
The Knights scored their only points of the quarter on a three-point play by Caitlin Carignan at 1:29.
The closest Noble got was one point in the second quarter on a Chandler Waterman 3-pointer, which made it 11-10 1:53 in.
Marshwood quickly pushed the lead to eight (19-11) on two Abby Hyson free throws, two inside buckets by Ferguson and Johnna Kashmer's shot in the lane.
"We changed our presses up on them and that worked," said Marshwood coach Lee Petrie. "We had different kids step up. ... We really mixed up what we were trying to do. That's kind of how we play. We don't depend on one person."
Waterman and Amber Kelly each scored a game-high 13 points for Noble. Savannah Woodcock added seven points.
Marshwood led by eight at the break and widened that gap to 17 with a 7-0 run in the third quarter, including four points from Gori.
The Hawks, which outscored Noble 16-8 in the third, held steady after three quarters at 42-26.
"They put some tall girls on the front of the press and it made passing harder," Waterman said. "Even though we were down, it seemed back and forth. I think at one point they got on a run and were getting layups and we weren't getting anything."
The Hawks twice got the lead to 19 in the final quarter, both times on baskets by Philbrick.
Noble scored the final seven points of the game to make it respectable. Danielle Logan converted an inside hoop, Kelly buried a 3-pointer and then rolled in a deuce.
"We're working hard," said Noble coach John Coffin. "What's good about this group is that they never give up, no matter what's going on. They're playing hard right to the very end."
Noble plays Monday at Gorham, while Marshwood hosts Sanford the same day.
Marshwood 52, Noble 40
Kelly 5-2-13, Waterman 5-0-13, Woodcock 3-1-7, Logan 1-0-2, Taylor 1-0-2, Carignan 1-1-3, Mallett 0-0-0, Hamilton 0-0-0, Bailey 0-0-0, Pritchett 0-0-0, White 0-0-0. Totals: 16-4-40.
Schoff 2-6-11, Gori 3-0-7, Ferguson 3-1-7, McLean 2-0-4, Hyson 0-2-2, Kashmer 2-0-4, Riccardi 2-1-6, Vassova 1-1-3, Philbrick 3-2-8, Morrison 0-0-0, Casey 0-0-0. Totals: 18-13-52.
Noble 3 15 8 14 — 40
Marshwood 7 19 16 10 — 52
3-pointers — Noble 4: Waterman 3, Kelly; Marshwood 3: Schoff, Gori, Riccardi.


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Mitt Romney seized Friday on Vice President Joe Biden's characterization of the administration's handling of last month's terrorist attack in Libya, accusing the administration of contradicting itself and "doubling down on denial."
The Republican presidential nominee praised the performance of his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, at an early afternoon rally in Virginia, Romney's first since last night's vice presidential debate.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waves to the crowd as he arrives for a rally in Richmond, Va., Friday, Oct. 12, 2012.
Republicans have homed in, though, upon Biden's explanation last night of the Obama administration's handling of the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
The vice president said "we did not know" that the post in Benghazi had asked for more security that day, the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. But that assertion differs from the testimony of State Department officials, who told lawmakers this week that they had, in fact, asked for increased security resources.
On Friday, Romney pounced.
"The vice president directly contradicted the sworn testimony of State Department officials," Romney said at a rally in Richmond, Va. "He's doubling down on denial."
Related: Biden plays aggressor in debate as Ryan argues GOP case
The Republican ticket has sought to turn the incident in Benghazi into an opportunity to distinguish itself from President Barack Obama on matters of foreign policy. Obama has led Romney on most issues of foreign policy and national security in the polls, though the GOP nominee has been able to gain traction on Libya due to some of the administration's own missteps.
The Obama administration, for instance, had initially maintained that the attack in Libya was the spontaneous outgrowth of protests related to an American video that portrayed Islam in an unflattering manner. But that explanation shifted in the weeks following the attack, and the administration eventually acknowledged that the mission in Libya was the target of a coordinated terrorist attack.
"As they learned more facts about exactly what happened, they changed their assessment," Biden explained of the evolving explanation during last night's debate.
NBC's Domenico Montanaro recaps the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. Instant polls after the debate showed a split decision among voters about the winner.
The vice president also accused Romney of reacting haphazardly in the immediate aftermath of the attack, when the Republican nominee appeared on-camera hours after Stevens's death to accuse the administration of sympathizing with the attackers and apologizing for American values by way of condemning the video on Islam.
"Gov. Romney, before he knew the facts, before he even knew that our ambassador was killed, he was out making a political statement which was panned by the media around the world," Biden argued yesterday evening.
Related: Ryan wades deep into lengthy Afghanistan argument
But the Obama campaign's deputy manager, Stephanie Cutter, also invited Republican attacks -- including an indirect reference from Ryan during last night's debate -- for telling CNN that Romney and Ryan were to blame for turning the Libya incident into a political hot potato.
Romney, at his Virginia rally today, argued that voters are entitled to answers.
"We need to understand exactly what happened as opposed to just have people brush this aside," the Republican nominee argued. "When the vice president of the United States directly contradicts the testimony -- sworn testimony -- of State Department officials, American citizens have a right to know just what's going on. And we're going to find out. And this is the time for us to make sure we do find out."
Romney otherwise lionized his running mate for his debate performance, describing Ryan as "thoughtful and respectful and steady and poised" versus Biden's more visible mannerisms and aggressive style of debating.


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"This important book should be read by parents raising children of all ages and of both sexes." – New York Times Book Review.
"This book is to young girls what Black Beauty is to horses, what Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was to the processing of meat. To read School Girls is to remember — how reluctantly! — what it means to be a girl in junior high." – Carolyn See, Washington Post Book World.
"Orenstein's study should be required reading for all American teachers. And students. And everyone else. [grade] A." – Entertainment Weekly.
"School Girls is a fascinating book. Hopefully it will be read by the right people – parents and educators who could change the experience of young girls in the future." – Los Angeles Times Book Review.
"School Girls cautions those of us who educate and mold young people to wake up and see the social and intellectual consequences of simply letting 'girls be girls' and boys be boys.'" – New York Newsday.


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I woke up this morning feeling a bit under the weather.
I just wanted to roll over and go back to sleep.
But then I remembered that I homeschool.
And that if I am not up for doing work with the kids,
I really don't have to.
Its a great freedom that us homeschooling mamas have.
I told the kids they can go play outside. There were tons of butterflies all over the place and I noticed my 5 year old running around the grass with a plastic cup. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was 'trying to catch butterflies.'
We don't own a butterfly net but I felt bad watching the kid trying to catch butterflies with a cup, so I went online and looked at all the different ways to make butterfly nets.
After putting a few ideas together, I came up with the simplest way:
You will need tulle, a wire hanger, a glue gun and a stick. The truth is, you really don't need the stick, my son preferred just holding the hanger by itself.
It took me 5 minutes to put it together. I ended up making one for each of my kids, that's how quick and simple it was.
They were all outside for almost an hour, running around trying to catch butterflies. A few of them caught some and let them go right away.
Their cheeks were flushed, they were having such a great time and I got to lounge on my beach chair and drink my tea.
I have found that sometimes its the simplest things that keep our kids busy for the longest amounts of time.
A box of colored side walk chalk and a clear driveway.
A garden hose.
A box of new markers and a pile of white paper.
New books from the library.
Just like we enjoy the simple things in life, so do our kids.
So here's to keeping things simple.
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Utley gets sixth All-Star starting nod, first since '10
Second baseman to be the Phillies' sole representative in Minneapolis
PITTSBURGH -- Chase Utley has never been eager to discuss his talents, accomplishments and accolades.
But he tried his best Sunday at PNC Park, where he learned he would be the Phillies' sole representative at the All-Star Game on July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis. Fans elected Utley the starting National League second baseman for the sixth time in his career and first time since 2010, when he could not play in the All-Star Game following thumb surgery.
Chronic knee injuries kept Utley on the disabled list for much of the 2011 and 2012 seasons. A strained oblique forced him to miss a month in 2013. Finally able to stay healthy, Utley put up good enough statistics early in the season to get elected.
"I always thought I had an opportunity to [make another All-Star team], but I needed to stay on the field," Utley said. "I needed to get my body right. I feel like I've done a good job of doing that. I think all the time and the hard work I've put in has paid off."
Utley is hitting .286 with 24 doubles, three triples, six home runs, 40 RBIs and a .776 OPS in 84 games this season. He entered Sunday first among NL second basemen in doubles; second in triples, RBIs, slugging percentage (.437) and OPS; third in runs (46), hits (93) and on-base percentage (.345); fourth in batting average; and fifth in home runs.
Utley started the season on a tear, posting a .335 average and .919 OPS through May 28. He has slumped since, but there are teams that need a second baseman and would love to have him. His name could come up in trade rumors before the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline, although Utley, who has 10-and-5 rights, said recently he did not plan on going anywhere.
"Ideally it'd be better if we had more wins in the win column," Utley said. "But obviously I'm honored to represent the Phillies and the National League in the All-Star Game. It's been a lot of fun. It's been a few years since I've been able to participate. I'm going to try to enjoy it.
"Obviously your first All-Star game you really appreciate. After the issues I've gone through over the past two or three years, it is nice to be back."
Prior ASGs: 2006-10
ASG Stats: 2-for-9, 1 K
How he made 2014 AL/NL team: Elected by fans
Why he's an All-Star: Utley reasserted himself as one of the best second basemen in the game after missing much of the previous three seasons with injuries.
DYK?: Only Mike Schmidt (nine) has been elected a starter more times in Phillies history. The only other NL second basemen to have been elected more are Ryne Sandberg (nine) and Joe Morgan (seven).
Quotable: "He was outstanding all the way through May through 60 games," Sandberg said. "He was hitting .340 and tearing the cover off the ball. He tapered off some in June. His overall steadiness and his defense has picked up and been solid. It's hard to argue."
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Hello Brothers ! maybe you can help me.
I m Florian, I m 26 years old, im inlove with medieval times and animals, especially horses and dogs, i have a big collection of medieval collectibles backhome. i worked as an equestrian guide 6 years almost. going with the most 40 horses and tourists on the mountain
I can do horsestunts, i can shoot traditional bows very well, i can fight with medieval weapons, im helpfull in this kind of area and animals grooming, I m doing it good because its passion.
As in Romania, where i m from, medieval jousting and reenactment its not so well known, i ve worked alot to earn money to come in UK , where i tought its the place for this kind of passion. But i ll move to any country to do this
I m a man o principles and reliable as only a knight can be !
I m searching for job, or even volunteering if i have acommodation and food. in this area, medieval jousting, reenactment, i would live happy forever in a medieval museum village or settlement. I can send some photos if you want, and i ll answer to any question you want. You can change my life and earn a brother for life ! please think about this and let me know, Sorry for my bad english and thank you !
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Magical Me was the autobiography of Gilderoy Lockhart, part of his collected works. The book included much of his (later proven false) achievements against dark creatures and Dark Forces.
In 1992, when Harry Potter went to Flourish and Blotts with the Weasleys, Gilderoy Lockhart was there signing copies of the book. When he spotted Harry Potter in the crowd, he gave Harry his whole collection of books, including Magical Me, free of charge. Harry, in turn, gave them to Ginny Weasley, due to his resentment at such a publicity stunt, and because Ginny could probably not afford them. At the time of Harry's visit to Flourish and Blotts, Magical Me was in its 27th week atop the Daily Prophet best-seller list.[1]
Later that year, when Lockhart was a Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he gave his second year class a quiz that was largely regarding its contents. He later offered a signed copy of this book to the student who composed the best poem about his defeat of the Wagga Wagga Werewolf (as a homework assignment).
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Indoctrination? You decide what happened at Woodbrook
It started with a blog entry at BigGovernment.com, and now such esteemed journalistic sources as the U.K.'s Daily Mail, the Daily Progress, and the Schilling Show Blog have explored the question of whether the third-graders of Woodbrook Elementary School really could have written their own song expressing affinity for the so-called "99 percent," the Americans whose lack of wealth was highlighted in recent Occupy protests.
"You're not gonna tell me that the kids will come up with the lyrics that criticize people for their success," said J. Christian Adams, the man who first broke the story about a song students performed in October with assistance from Kid Pan Alley, a non-profit that helps professional musicians make music with children.
"You underestimate what our kids can do," said Albemarle County School Board member Steve Koleszar, as the two men debated Tuesday, January 3 on the Rob Schilling Show on WINA radio.
Kid Pan Alley has drawn many of Charlottesville's musical royalty, with annual financial donations from the Dave Matthews Band's Bama Works Fund and with musical contributions by the Hackensaw Boys, Ellis Paul, Jesse Winchester, Corey Harris, Sparky's Flaw, David Lowery, Sissy Spacek, and Terri Allard.
The voice of Allard appears in the audio recording of the Woodbrook kids posted by Schilling, but she referred a reporter to Kid Pan Alley for all comment.
What some critics seem to miss is that most of the song is more about loving what you've got than vilifying the richies. Yet on Monday, January 9, a few days after the group's board clarified its guidelines, board member and group founder, Paul Reisler, fell on his sword and admitted that he'd been too zealous by allowing such passages as "I'm part of the 99" and "they're the one percent."
–final three paragraphs and song lyric added January 9 and 10 in advance of print publicationAttached Documents:Read more on: culture warskid pan alleyOccupy Charlottesville
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Kids sit in the living room and hear the news their parents are watching, and they absorb it like sponges. When I was eight, there was a presidential election and in our class on election day we had our own vote; we advocated for our candidates to our classmates and our outcome was roughly that of the nation's. When I was eleven, a teacher pulled me aside and told me that I'd misunderstood a classroom project: I was supposed to have written a poem myself, not copied one out of a book. I had written it myself & explained what I'd done wrong; the teacher gave me an "A", but I don't think he really believed me.
Our kids are smarter and more talented than we think. This kerfluffle is the revolting bit.
There is no way young children authored the lyrics, Occupy song along with other questionable Kid Pan Alley songs. In time the truth will be revealed.
"Esteemed journalistic sources including...the Schilling Show Blog..."
Are you kidding?
@City Dweller, I think Mr. Spencer may have had his tongue in his cheek as he wrote that. Or at the very least- a smile on his face.
Esteemed and Daily Progress used in the same sentence is referred to as an oxymoron. Somebody pullin my leg here?
My kids did the Kid Pan Alley thing a while back. Its facilitator-led, which means the kids suggest but are coaxed along. Maybe one of them suggested it since they could have seen it on the news, but I don't think the kids "wrote the song"... The session my kids were in had no politics but also no kid-written music either.
I was at the concert. I thought the lyrics unusual, but I askked one of the third graders that iI knew how theycame up with the lyrics. He said " It's been on all the news, haven't you seen it?" i think the kids picked up on something, tossed out some ideas and the Kid Pan Alley people fleshed out the ideas. I think they were more interested in making a song thana statement. Besides, if it was indoctrination, why specifically just the 3rd grade? Why not a higher grade so it would seem more likely. The other grades songs were about butterflies, etc. this was innocent, I think more likely is talk show hosts (liberal and conservative) trying to gin up an argument where there is nothing there. There are serious issues that need discussion in our community; let's work on those instead!
whether or not the kids wrote or were coaxed into writing that song, all the people who object have to do is create an organization that teaches kids to write and perform songs and get them to write some right-wing propaganda to counteract the effects of this.
Have at it. People who volunteer to help kids should only be criticized by other people who volunteer to help kids. If you aren't volunteering, what are you complaining about? "I disagree with the manner in which these people are helping children"?
Really? Then start doing something about it. Pitch in or shut up.
Kid Pan Alley is funded. Follow the money. Nothing is free.
3rd graders want their yachts and planes- and everything else- they are the ultimate "1%'s" ............ and all they have to do is cry and whine to get them............
Sound familiar Occupuds?
"You underestimate what our kids can do," said Albemarle County School Board member Steve Koleszar, as the two men debated Tuesday, January 3 on the Rob Schilling Show on WINA radio.
.....perhaps Albemarle County and the voters have over-estimated Mr. Koleszar's intelligence- THEY ARE 3RD GRADERS- get them through the "3-R's" first!
Yes kids in the mid-21st century are more savvy today then they were even 20 years ago. Let them use their 1st amendment rights to freedom of expression. Here read this :
At 9 years of age, Christina was interested in politics to the point that she went to meet Gabrielle Giffords, at an outdoor constituent event, held by the representative on that fateful Saturday morning. Having just been elected to the student council at Mesa Verde Elementary School, she was eager to ask her Congresswoman questions concerning the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and what it was like being a politician.
Christina Taylor Green was the 9 year old killed one year ago on Jan 8 2011 pursuing her interest in the political news of the day..
So tell me again how 3rd graders are not aware of their world?
yes kids now are more savvy. In an earlier time in Charlottesviile we didn't think about hating the people out at Farmington or the big estates being the 1% or need to check the occupation of someone who was killed in a plane crash first so we would know how to comment on their deaths (the Buckalew (sp?) comments on this website.
More reason to reign in academia land and force them to teach our kids and not fill them socialist ideology. This type of endoctrination is rampant from k - college.
"Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world."
From your idol. V. Lenin.
A third grader worried about bubbles. Yeah right.
"Kid Pan Alley is funded. Follow the money. Nothing is free."
You are VERY right. And what a coincidence that Kid Pan Alley is funded by the William and Mary Greve Foundation which support liberal causes. Yep, it's indoctrination at it's finest and should not be allowed in any school.
If my children went to this school, I would have pulled them out. Period.
Just remember, Hawes is in this for the money. If he can gain advertisers by schlock articles, he'll do it. It is how all media does it.
re: "Just remember, Hawes is in this for the money. If he can gain advertisers by schlock articles, he'll do it. It is how all media does it."
'Hawes Spencer' is an anagram for 'Preaches News'
The tea-party is the definition of indroctrination, reality and facts be damned. Robschilling's dribble, drapple, blah, blah, blah, yip, yip yip is mind numbingly depressing, painful, idiotic junk.
My kids have participated in KPA in the past and there is a LOT of coaxing. They start by asking for a topic, and I can believe that one or more of the kids came up with the Occupy Movement since it was in the news. But "the bubble"? And how the quest for wealth is evil and one should spend less time pursuing material things? Show me how many of these darlings went right home and threw away their wide screens, iPods, Nintendos, wiis and xBoxes, so that they would have more quality time with their parents and siblings, and then we can talk about how THEY wrote the song.
And if the song belongs to the students, why does KPA own the copyright? And why do the kids have to pay for a CD with the songs on it?
Don't get me wrong. I love the idea of encouraging children to use their imaginations, and self-expression through music is a wonderful idea, but this was KPA staff pushing THEIR political agenda.
cvillemom can't believe that kids might come with the idea that "one should spend less time pursuing material things"? SERIOUSLY? you think that the ideal of putting family and immaterial pleasures over the pursuit of consumer goods is going to be foreign to kids? have American churches stopped praising this ideal? do YOU not praise this ideal with your own kids? my god....I really, really thought that it was a widespread, non-controversial, standard human ideal that focusing on acquiring earthly/consumer goods at the expense of relationships and simple pleasures was a mistake. I'm kind of shocked to hear that Cvillemom thinks this is a something beyond an 8 year old's mind.
and why would the 8 year olds need to have "thrown away their wide screens" in order to prove that the came up with that idea? you can't wrap your mind around the idea that kids who have consumer goods might also be capable of simultaneously critiquing the desire for more-more-more consumer goods at the expense of immaterial values? is it your experience with your own kids that makes you think so little of other people's kids?
Hey meanwhile... so should crack addicts only be judged by other crack addicts? Should millionaires only be judged by other rich people?
Presumptious twit....
Hey new guy, you're comparing people who volunteer for children to crack addicts? Don't put words in my mouth and stop using logical fallacies.
Ntk, Whether or not you like it, Schilling's show is very popular, vibrant, and garners a growing listening audience. Libs like you are obviously furious for his success. Yes, Schilling is a master in exposing entire facts for any, all to then know. There is another side to Charlottesville, Albemarle politics. Remember, not even Obama's costly visit to Charlottesville could save a pathetic Perriello. This time Kid Pan Alley got caught with pants down big time. Thanks to Schilling and The Hook for the exposure. NTk, Hawes obviously recognizes and appreciates Schilling's effectiveness in relaying a message. The radio man is gaining ground. Your baseless whining won't stop him.
so if kids wrote a song about the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction as untruthfully espoused by the bush administration or that "corporations are people" is not true.if "corporations are people" when will corporations be tried for crimes such as the Bhopal Union Carbide disaster that killed untold numbers of innocent civilians.can we talk about drone warfare or our children? or global warming ? or race relations ? where exactly does freedom of speech begin?
Gawd help us, now we argue about what comes out of the mouth of babes. Any more ludacris posts like these and I give up on the Hook forum. No one makes a point, just complains about the other guy. No wonder Wall St has us by the buttocks with you self centered morons blabbering.
I listened to the debate on the Schilling show: Kudos to Steve Kolezar for standing up for the creative process of group songwriting, for acknowledging and accepting the authentic work of students, for enduring the obvious contempt and derision of the narrow-minded and partisan guest, and for refusing to be backed into the host's "I'm right, you're wrong" corner of "gotcha" questioning, and for recognizing that issues can be examined and discussed with civil discourse.
I also listened to the interview (Steve Kolezar Schilling Show). Kolezar did not do well. He fumbled and didn't do a good job in defending his position. On another note, I also spoke with a Woodbrook student about the situation. The child explained adults from Kid Pan Alley wrote "most" of the words in song. Who are we to believe, the adults trying to defend one another or the innocent child? The child has no reason to lie.
I think we got our answer today (1/9). The writers were adults; and should we be surprised at the ideology? I recently saw a letter in the Fluvanna Paper from the head of the Fluvanna Education Association (i.e., the teachers) which, I suppose, is just a parrot of the Va. and National EAs. This teacher defended the FEA as non-political and not pushing any agenda. I would like to ask this teacher about her views on school choice and vouchers. To think a public school group of third graders wrote a song pro-Occupy Movement on their own with no input from their liberal adult government employees is naive.
As for Koleszar, he is so typical of school boards. Speaks before he knows his facts because he is intoxicated by ideology and power. He HAD to defend the song; he could not say "no comment" or "let me look into this more." He definitively said the words were the kids'. He should apologize for his little ideological rant.
As for all the pony-tail-through-the-pink-ballcap moms who posted the immature "my third grader goes to public school and could easily write that song because they are so smart"...remove the stupid stick-people stickers from the back of your van. I care not how many kids you have, how dumb they are, if they play lacrosse, if you have a dog, and any other aspect of your private life. Your kids could not have written that song.
R.I.P.: Blossom Rock
Sigh. Liberalace, you need to cite your source, or else you just sound like an idiot.
Well, guv'nor, I'll give it my best shot...
A story this morning on Newsplex is quoting the artistic director finally responding to the controversy by saying "It was my idea to introduce these phrases in the song. The song was only supposed to be about life having its ups and downs and being happy with what you have, and I take full responsibility for the song." I am just taking this person at their word.
Now, if anyone ever thought these kids came up with these lyrics, they probably also think Sinatra composed "My Way." And what thought process took a song about something as benign as life's ups and downs and turned into a rhyming diatribe against the one percent? I think I know.
As soon as one saw the reaction of people like der Kommissar Koleszar, the red flag should have been raised. With politicians, the more vigorous the defense, the more the charge is likely to be correct.
R.I.P.: Buddy Atkinson, Sr.
See, that's not so hard, is it? Even better is to do this:
Sorry, I made the conservative assumption in my first post that news-wise citizens would have seen the Newsplex story this morning and known that the cat was out of the bag. I should have followed the liberal assumption that people are dumb, need to be protected by a big government so they do not harm themselves...then I would have cited a source that had already been broadcast on multiple newscasts assuming that none of the fine posters on this site watch local news.
And I do not include links for web sites from news media. I'd rather them not get the attention and web hits. I check the site for news; no need to send other people there.
R.I.P.: Steamin' Steve Clark
P.S.: Get well soon, Tony Iommi
Yes, GG, I agree that it's sorry, as you say, that you didn't know enough to post links so that readers (who might be across the country for all you know) can see for themselves that you've done your research. And it's also sorry that you assume everyone follows the exact same path in checking the morning news that you do.
Thanks for writing a song about me.
And now, hear the controversial "Part of the 99" being sung by Ms. Murray's Woodbrook 3rd graders! Exclusive audio and analysis: http://wp.me/p1x2fK-1Bv


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Well, I made it through my first week of work and so far, so good. I love the people I work with, I love being able to help others and I love challenging my mind every day. But as with all transitions, there have been some minor bumps in the road. For starters, I miss my little pumpkin pie. I am thrilled she loves her school and is able to spend her day at a place that makes her happy, but being away from her for 10 hours a day is tough. Secondly, getting through the day without a nap has been hard. After napping with Harper on a daily basis for the past 2 years and 8 months, I am struggling to keep my eyes open once 1pm rolls around. So I have been relying on a large glass of iced green tea to get me through. And finally, I am going to have to find a way to complete my weekly blog post without falling asleep in the midst of it. Staying up past 9pm is no longer an option (hence my tardiness this week). But I am sure, in time, I will find another routine. I always do :)
As for the party, last week, we had a total of 12 link ups. And per usual, these ladies are getting down and dirty in the kitchen. Roasted squash, Cheddar Apple Onion Bacon Pizza and Burrito Bowls…so much delicious goodness all in one place. Thanks to everyone who shared and linked up. I appreciate your support and loyalty :)
And now for my goodies this week…
Please excuse the dark picture. With my new work schedule and the lack of daylight in the evenings, it's gonna be hard to get a nice image up here. But I guess a dark picture is better than no picture at this point.
This week's box was so delicious it was pretty much gone before the weekend arrived. Here's what I whipped up with my fruits and veggies this week…
Oranges: One of my favorite ways to use my oranges is this delicious fish dish. But I have yet to find a fish market in our new town. So I opted for this recipe instead and it was a real hit!
Green Beans: I bought some ground pork on sale this week and in the midst of looking for recipes for that, came upon this link which calls for green beans too. Love it when dinner comes together so effortlessly.
Apples: Fuji apples are my favorite, especially this time of year. I have found ways to enjoy these apples for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. They are so delicious!
Tomatoes: After last week's tomato dilemma (I ended up going with the Chopped Caprese), I was excited to get another chance to enjoy the Chicken with Tomato Herb Pan Sauce. It was scrumptious to the last bite :)
Kale: To accompany my Chicken with Tomatoes dish, I whipped up a household staple, Koko's Kale and Farro Salad. It is so easy, but so delicious!
Lettuce: Now that I am taking my lunch to work everyday, having a fresh head of lettuce is helpful when I need a last-minute option.
Carrots: Between Harper and I, we have been devouring carrots this week as a side to our lunch and dinner or as a healthy snack option.
Spaghetti Squash: This is the only item that is left over. I usually like to simply roast it and serve it as a side dish, but this week I was determined to try something different. So I found this recipe which looks like it will be a meal the whole family can enjoy.
Your turn: What are some of your favorite ways to incorporate your CSA fruits and veggies into simple and delicious meals? Looking forward to drooling over your ideas.
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DC Comics has given Wonder Woman a makeover to match her new backstory.
The 69-year-old superheroine has been re-imagined for DC's 600th issue, The New York Times reported.
Those blue-Lynda-Carter-briefs have been replaced with sexy leggings and boots. Wonder Woman now sports a blue leather jacket – which will ease the anxiety of many fans who always wondered where she carried everything.
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"What woman only wears one outfit for 70 years? What woman doesn't accessorize?" asks the DC Universe blog, The Source. "And more to the point, as many women have lamented over the years…how does she fight in that thing?"
Writer J. Michael Straczynski, who was tasked with revamping the series, has also changed Wonder Woman's back story, according to the Times. In the re-imagining, Wonder Woman did not grow up on Paradise Island with mom Queen Hippolyta and her Amazon sisters. Instead, her home was destroyed when she was a baby and she grew up elsewhere.
San Diego-based artist and DC Comics co-publisher Jim Lee told the Times that he was shocked by the assignment at first.
The company felt Diana Prince and her alter ego had become stuffy and decided to give her clothes that she can fight in, "that add to her presence and her strength and her power," Lee said. "The original costume was the American flag brought to life. This one is a little more universal."
Gallery: Fans dressed in the classic costume.
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Hiked up West San Bernardino peak on Wednesday with Miracle Marilyn and Sister Sally. Encountered a downed tree on the trail in the middle of the forest below Manzanita flat Patches of snow but nothing major until after Manzanita flats. Donned crampons shortly after that and went XC up past the wooden bench to the peak. Annoying sun cups as we approached the peak.
Looking towards San Jacinto from west San Bernardino peak. Yes, we're happy to be there.
Looking towards San Gorgonio.
Big Bear Lake.
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I received an email today which prefaced these questions with a reminder of McIlroy's falling out at the 2011 Masters: from erratic drives to some of his worst putting and chipping, Rory's golf game completely unravelled. Why? Jon Wortmann, University of Connecticut golf coach and leading stress-relief expert Dr. Julian Ford believe that McIlroy ignored his stress instead of 'acknowledging it, labeling it and embracing it.'
Since that fateful Masters, McIlroy has considerably upped his game. Instead of stressing that he was trailing in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, Rory kicked it up a notch when he needed it most and birdied the final five holes to win. European Tour Golfer Paul McGinley called Rory "Tiger-esque" as Woods "laid down the platform over the last decade as to how to go into overdrive in a tournament."
Rory McIlroy stepped up his game, acknowledged his position, embraced it and moved forward with momentum: Tiger Woods although once the teacher of stress management, has done much damage to himself and to his golf game through "suffering and self-sabotage" and, due to this ongoing trauma, may never return to his former greatness.
Although the average golfer may never achieve the focus that either McIlroy or Woods can actualize during a round of golf, the combined efforts of Wortmann and Ford have written, "Hijacked By Your Brain: How to Free Yourself When Stress Takes Over" offering easy, do-it-yourself strategies you need to know to make stress work for you, not against you.
Here are a few golf tips written by Wortmann to help improve your confidence and limit stress on the course:
1. "We try to hit the ball harder." The moment we think about hitting the ball further than we usually do, it triggers an alarm (the amygdala) in our brain. Our brain knows our driver usually goes a certain distance. It knows what our go-to or stock swing feels like. The moment we try to get a little more out of it, our brain knows it's not possible, it wants to prevent us from making a mistake, and the ensuing tightness from the stress response causes a tight swing. Tight swings produce over the top snap hooks or blocks when we don't release the club.
2. "We try to make putts." When we try to make a putt, we focus on the result rather than the process of making a great stroke. The only things we can control when putting is the direction we start the ball and how hard we hit it. Just like trying to hit the ball too far, our alarm wants us to stay focused on making a good stroke. The thinking center in the brain can only focus on one thing at a time. Thinking about making the putt (the future) makes it impossible to focus our mind and body on what we need to do in the present to make a firm, confident stroke.
3. "We think we can play our best without warming up." Our memories centers in our brains are filled with the great shots of our lives. The problem is some days we've got our "A" game; other days, we can't hit a fairway even if it's 200 yards wide. Warm up is the time where you let the brain see what the body is doing that day so it can help us focus on the shots we know we can execute.
4. "We think there is something wrong with us when we can't take the shots we hit easily on the range to the course." The pressure of playing, whether with buddies or in a tournament, is a totally different environment than the range. The brain doesn't care if you miss a shot on the range. Your alarm cares deeply if you're playing for a score. It doesn't want you to miss, so it sends a stress signal (that's the tight feeling, nervousness, or breathing quickly) to make sure you pay attention to what you're doing. The good news is that the answer to playing better on course is a fun one for every golfer: you simply have to play more on course or in competition and your brain will get used to the pressure (as long as you work on focusing on consistent swings, not hitting it harder or thinking too much about results).
5. "We think one good round means we've figured the game out." Golf is different every shot and every round. That's what makes it challenging. Our brains love a challenge; that's why even playing bad golf can be rewarding. The road to better golf is lumpy, often with more terrible and mediocre rounds than great ones. We have to celebrate the days when we have the energy, time, and serendipity to play well, and realize that the bad rounds are a chance to learn what we need to practice, both the mental and physical skills of the game we love. Celebrating the great rounds as rare and precious is how we value the memory. The stronger our emotional attachments to memories, the more easily we can repeat what we've done well before.
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Arwetta Classic was originally designed as a soft and durable yarn for hand knit childrens' garments - and still today it is used to create a lot of childrens' knits.
Arwetta Classic is a traditional 4 ply worsted spun yarn, made up of 80% long fibred superwash merino wool and 20% nylon. Nylon is a hard-wearing synthetic fibre, which is often used in yarn. Here it has been added to produce a yarn which is both soft and durable.
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The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG 34, is a German recoil-operated air-cooled machine gun, first tested in 1929, introduced in 1934, and issued to units in 1936. It accepts the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge, and is generally considered the world's first general-purpose machine gun.[2]
The versatile MG 34 was arguably the most advanced machine gun in the world at the time of its deployment.[3] Its combination of exceptional mobility – being light enough to be carried by one man – and high rate of fire (of up to 900 rounds per minute) was unmatched.[3] It entered service in great numbers following Hitler's repudiation of the Versailles Treaty in 1936, and was first tested by German troops aiding Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
The MG 34 was based on a 1930 Rheinmetall design, the MG 30. The Swiss and Austrian militaries had both licensed and produced the MG 30 from Rheinmetall shortly after patent. The MG 30 design was adapted and modified by Heinrich Vollmer of Mauser Industries. Vollmer modified the feed mechanism to accept either drum magazines or belt ammunition. He also increased the rate of fire.[3] The MG 34's double crescent trigger dictated either semiautomatic or fully automatic firing modes.
In the field, the weapon could operate in offensive or defensive applications. The offensive model, with a mobile soldier, used a drum magazine that could hold either 50 or 75 rounds of ammunition. In a stationary defensive role, the gun was mounted on a bipod or tripod and fed by an ammunition belt. Belts were carried in boxes of five. Each belt contained 50 rounds. Belt lengths could be linked for sustained fire. During sustained fire, barrels would have to be changed at intervals due to the heat generated by the rapid rate of fire. If the barrels were not changed properly, the weapon would misfire. Changing barrels was a rapid process for the trained operator and involved disengaging a latch and swinging the receiver to the right for the insertion of a new barrel. Accordingly, stationary defensive positions required more than one operator.[3]
The MG 34 was the mainstay of German Army support weapons[4] from the time of its first issue in 1935 until 1942, when it was supplanted by the next generation Maschinengewehr 42 or MG 42. Although the 34 was very reliable and dominant on the battlefield, its dissemination throughout the German forces was hampered due to its precision engineering, which resulted in high production costs and a relatively slower rate of production.[3] For its successor, the MG 42, the Germans instead used mass production techniques similar to those that created the MP 40 submachine gun.[4] However, the Germans nevertheless continued widespread production of MG 34s until the end of the war.[5]
The MG 34 was used as the primary infantry machine gun during the 1930s, and remained as the primary armored vehicle defensive weapon. It was to be replaced in infantry service by the related MG 42, but there were never enough quantities of the new design to go around, and MG 34s soldiered on in all roles until the end of World War II. The MG 34 was intended to replace the MG 13 and other older machine guns, but these were still being used in World War II as demand was never met.
It was designed primarily by Heinrich Vollmer from the Mauser Werke, based on the recently introduced Rheinmetall-designed Solothurn 1930 (MG 30) that was starting to enter service in Switzerland. Changes to the operating mechanism improved the rate of fire to between 800 and 900 rpm.
The new gun was accepted for service almost immediately and was generally liked by the troops, and it was used to great effect by German soldiers assisting Nationalist Spain in the Spanish Civil War. At the time it was introduced, it had a number of advanced features and the general-purpose machine gun concept that it aspired to was an influential one. However, the MG 34 was also expensive, both in terms of construction and the raw materials needed (49 kg (108.0 lb) of steel), and its manufacture was too time-consuming to be built in the numbers required for the ever-expanding German armed forces. It was the standard machine gun of the Kriegsmarine (German navy).
Imported units of MG 34s,[6] as well as indigenous copies of the weapon were adopted by Chinese Nationalist forces[7] during both World War II and the Chinese Civil War. Some models captured from the Germans by the Soviets or French were supplied to the People's Liberation Army/People's Volunteer Army, Korean People's Army, PAVN and the Viet Cong over the Cold War.
Today an MG 34 can be found in the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution which was captured from the Chinese Nationalist Army during the Chinese Civil War.
The MG 34 fires from an open bolt which improved the airflow through the barrel allowing it to cool faster. The firearm was designed with a rotating bolt operated by short recoil aided by a muzzle booster. When the firearm is ready to fire the bolt is pulled back to the rear and is held back by the sear. With the pull of the trigger the sear disengages sending the bolt forward under pressure from the recoil spring. A cartridge is stripped from the magazine or belt and the round is pushed into the chamber. As the bolt moves forward into battery the bolt rotates engaging the locking lugs and chamber locking the bolt to the barrel. The striker strikes and ignites the primer and the round is fired. The recoil causes the barrel and bolt to move backwards a short distance. The rearward movement of the barrel causes the rotating bolt to rotate back disengaging the locking lugs and unlocking the bolt from the barrel. The barrel returns to its forward position while the bolt recoils to its rear position. The empty casing is ejected and the cycle can begin anew.[8]
The MG 34 came with a standard iron sight consisting of a notched 'V' sight mounted to a post in the rear and a single blade at the front. The sight came calibrated for ranges between 200 meter to 2000 meters in 100 meter increments. The MG 34 could accept a variety of different sighting systems, such as an antiaircraft sight or telescopic sights for use in specialty roles.[8]
The MG 34 could use both magazine-fed and belt-fed 7.92 mm ammunition. Belts were supplied in a fixed length of 50 rounds, but could be linked up to make longer belts for sustained firing. A 250 round belt was also issued to machine guns installed in fixed emplacements such as bunkers. Ammunition boxes contained 250 rounds in five belts that were linked to make one continuous 100 round belt and one 150 round belt. The assault drums held a 50-round belt, or a 75-round "double drum" magazine could be used by replacing the top cover with one made specially for that purpose. A gun configured to use the 75-round magazine could not be returned to belt-feed mode without changing the top cover again. All magazine-feed MG 34s had been withdrawn from infantry use by 1941, with some remaining in use on armoured personnel carriers.
Like most machine guns, the MG 34's barrel is designed to be easily replaced to avoid overheating during sustained fire. During a barrel change, the operator would disengage a latch on the left side of the receiver which held the receiver to the barrel sleeve. The entire receiver section could then pivot off to the right on its latitudinal axis, allowing the operator to pull the barrel out the back of the sleeve. A new barrel would then be put in the back of the sleeve, and the receiver rotated back in line with the barrel sleeve and latched. The entire process took just a few seconds when performed by a well-trained operator, causing minimal downtime in battle.[9]
A unique feature of the MG 34 was its double-crescent trigger, which provided select fire capability without the need for a fire mode selector switch. Pressing the upper segment of the trigger produced semi-automatic fire, while holding the lower segment of the trigger produced fully automatic fire.[10] Though considered innovative at the time, the feature was eliminated due to its complexity on the MG 34's successor, the MG 42.
In the light-machine gun role, it was used with a bipod and weighed only 12.1 kg (26.7 lb). In the medium-machine gun role, it could be mounted on one of two tripods, a smaller one weighing 6.75 kg (14.9 lb), the larger 23.6 kg (52.0 lb). The larger tripod, the MG 34 Lafette, included a number of features, such as a telescopic sight and special sighting equipment for indirect fire. The legs could be extended to allow it to be used in the anti-aircraft role, and when lowered, it could be placed to allow the gun to be fired "remotely" while it swept an arc in front of the mounting with fire, or aimed through a periscope attached to the tripod. Mounted to the Lafette the effective range of the MG 34 could be extended out to 3,500 meters when fired indirectly.[8]
Another unique feature of German World War II machine guns (which continued to be used by the German Bundeswehr after the war) was the Tiefenfeuerautomat. If selected, this feature walked the fire in wave like motions up and down the range in a predefined area. E.g., being unsure whether the real distance was 2000 meters or 2300 meters, the gunner could make the mount do an automatic sweep between the elevations for 1900 to 2400 meters and back. This sweeping of a given range (Tiefenfeuer) continued as long as the gun fired.
The MG 34/41 was requested as the first war experiences in the beginning of World War II proved that a higher fire rate generates more dispersion of the bullets. The MG 34/41 could cope with a fire rate of 1200 rpm. The weight of the MG 34/41 was 14 kg, slightly more than the original MG 34 version. A limited number of MG 34/41 were produced. The MG 34/41 was beaten in trials by the MG 39/41, later designated MG 42.
Most German tanks used during World War II used the MG 34 Panzerlauf for secondary armament. The MG 42 was ill-suited for internal/coaxial mounting due to the method of barrel change. The main difference of the MG 34 Panzerlauf and the regular MG 34 was the heavier almost solid armored barrel shroud, almost completely lacking the ventilation holes of the basic MG 34. When mounted inside a tank, the MG 34 also lacked a butt-stock. A kit for quick conversion to ground use was carried inside the tank containing a butt-stock and a combined bi-pod and front sight assembly.
The MG 34 was also used as the basis of a new aircraft-mounted machine gun, the MG 81 machine gun. For this role, the breech was slightly modified to allow feeds from either side, and in one version, two guns were bolted together on a single trigger to form a weapon known as the MG 81Z (for Zwilling, German for "twin" as in twin-mounted). Production of the MG 34 was never enough to satisfy any of its users, and while the MG81 was a huge improvement over the earlier MG 30-based MG 15 and MG 17 guns, these guns were used until the end of the war. As the Luftwaffe lost the battle for air superiority and declined in priority in the German war effort, MG 15s and MG 81s, which were designed as flexibly mounted aircraft machine guns, were modified and adapted for ground use by infantry, with varying degrees of success.
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UKOUG DE SIG 13-MAR-2007 Announcement
The agenda for the DE SIG has been published for a while. Once again I have striven to cover new technologies and old technologies whilst still coming up with an offering which will justify a whole day out of the office. I hope I have succeeded.
First out of the stalls is Oracle's Grant Ronald talking about "Building Client/Server applications with Java Swing and ADF components". Everybody tends to associate Java with the web so this will be a useful reminder that it is possible to built client/server systems in Java. After Grant we have another Oracle employee, Danny Roach, who will be presenting a case study on
Internet banking. Danny will be talking about a system built using .Net, which is the first talk we have had on that product.
In the much coveted "between you and your lunch" slot is Tim Hall of UPS (although I suspect more people will know him from his Oracle-Base web site). Tim is supposed to be talking about the tools and processes available for tuning PL/SQL programs. Although there's always the chance he will spend the forty-five minutes on kung fu movies and the evils of pipe smoking. After lunch is Grant Ronald again, possibly sporting a fake moustache and a funny accent (make your own joke). Grant will be co-presenting with Peter Sechser from PITSS and they'll be talking about migrating Oracle Forms from client/server to the web.
The final session will be a joint session across all three streams. We SIG chairs are keeping the precise details of this under wraps. Does this mean we don't yet know quite what's going to happen here? You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment. After that there will be drinks in the bar.
The venue is Baylis House in Slough, which is a nice venue and isn't too bad for transport links. The food generally gets good marks in the feedback. Because it's a joint SIG each member organisation can send three delegates for free. Many people think of the UKOUG as primarily about the annual conference, which is the big event but the SIGs are a valuable learning resource too. My UKOUG colleague Neil Jarvis recently wrote about their benefits and his remarks are just as true for developers, designers and PMs as for DBAs. So please come along in large numbers. If your organisation is based in the UK and uses Oracle but isn't a member of the UKOUG, then why the heck isn't it? The membership rates represent very good value.