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I ordered some comfrey root cuttings and before I could get them planted the weather turned bad so I just stuck the short pieces in a pot.& After about 4 weeks they are up & doing well. I'm in zone 8a (Dallas Texas) and the weather is on the verge of getting hot so would it be better to wait till fall to dig them out & transplant or do it now ? They are still pretty small with only a couple of leaves.I would be grateful for any advice as I'm new to comfrey. Thanks |
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Here in the HOT inland valley of CA I normally pot-up something small so it can build a root system before putting in the ground in the Fall, otherwise the chances are good it won't survive unless planted in a shady spot. If you do this, just remember that it might need to be repotted several times as it grows. |
- Posted by DTLHerbs 5b (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Apr 21, 13 at 15:22
It's hard to kill Comfrey around here. In fact if you aren't careful it can be invasive. But whatever you do, once you decide to plant it make sure you put it where you want it, because if you try to move it, you may find yourself with Comfrey in multiple locations. Comfrey is fascinating in that out can send a taproot down add deep as six feet into the soil. This its of course one of the reasons it its so rich in nutrients that other plants need, because it is able to draw them from deep in the soil where the other plants can't reach. Many people assume that such a deep root system makes it more drout tolerant, but my experience has shown that it isnt any better at drawing and holding water than plants with much shallower systems. It is a fun plant to grow. Hope it does well for you. |
- Posted by fatamorgana 5/6 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 21, 13 at 16:53
I have read that comfrey is generally only "invasive" if you dig around the roots or move the plant around. All the little broken off root bits sprout. I have not moved my comfrey and generally have avoided digging around it and it has stayed exactly where I originally placed the two plants about 10 years ago. I have no special varieties. As for the original question, I live in a cold zone and so can offer little useful advice other than if you are going to plant them, do it now before it gets any hotter. Otherwise, baby them in the pot in a partial sun location throughout your blistering summer and plant when it is cooler. FataMorgana |
- Posted by Call.me-Ino8 AR 7b (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 13:46
I currently have my comfrey in a pot and it's doing just fine. Like you, I live in a hottish area, but I intend to transplant it into an herb garden before it gets too hot, that way, It'll be easier to keep it watered. I guess it all depens on what you feel is best. In a pot, you'll be able to better regulate the temp and keep it watered, but it would do okay in the ground too, whatever you think is best. ~Ino*** |
In choosing where to plant it, since it is so difficult to remove, keep in mind that although at first it grows straight up, at a certain point (usually while flowering) it flops down in a circle all around its center, effectively smothering any smaller plants within its reach, All told, it then occupies a circle of at least three feet in diameter. |
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If current U.S. armed forces are too large yet ill-prepared to face the real threats of today's world, and if this can be changed, what should replace them? And how can it be accomplished?
U.S. Marines—as of Feb. 5, 2007, there were 179,695 U.S. Marines. If we drop our imperialistic pretensions, stop maintaining outdated policies and the means to execute them, recognize that we are not going to fight Russia or anyone else in a conventional war, discontiune a foreign policy that sanctions invading sovereign countries, and cease trying to dominate the world through a worldwide network of military installations this is more than enough conventional fighting force to defend us.
U.S. Navy—our present Navy has 332,000 personnel, 280 ships and 3,700 aircraft; this is ridiculous. Like so much of our military, it is several times overkill and under no believable scenario will it ever be utilized in the conflicts of the future. Huge naval battles are no more concievable than another land war in Europe. And because of staellite reconnissance and anti-ship missiles surface ships today are sitting ducks.
Navy units are necessary to suppport the Marines. We need a number of what are called expeditionary strike groups. Each consists of an amphibious assault ship (looks like a small aircraft carrier), a dock landing ship, an amphibious transport dock, a Marine expeditionary unit, airplanes, three kinds of heliocopters—heavy-lift, medium-lift and combat—and often cruisers, destroyers and attack submarines. We do not, however, need the current 12; six groups would still leave us with more of this type of moveable and self-sustaining force than all our potential enemies combined.
As progress is made on nuclear bomb elimination, the Navy of the future would begin to completely phase out ballistic submarines; of those remaining, some would be mothballed and some, now called attack submarines, would be shifted to a mission that is strictly defense.
As further support for the Marines, several aircraft carrier strike groups would be retained. They consist of a super carrier, air wing, three destroyers, one or two guided missile cruisers, two or three guided missile destroyers, two attack submarines and a supply ship. These floating bases, each with 10,000 people, now exist primarily to demonstrate our power anywhere in the world, an existence that is necessary only to sustain imperialism, it has nothing to do with protection of Americans. Again, reducing the present 12 to six—two at sea, two in port ready for sea, two training and refitting—would be sufficient.
Navy Special Warfare (NSW) units include sea, air and land forces—SEALs—as well as special warfare combatant-craft crewmen, who maintain and operate an inventory of high-performance boats and ships used for special operations missions and to support the SEALs. NSW has 5,400 active duty personnel including 2,450 SEALs and 600 combatant-craft crewmen plus support persons and would be retained as an asset in future small unit and anti-guerilla conflicts.
All other Navy operations would be subject to an eight-year program called Shutdown, Trim, Eliminate and Mothball (STEM). All operations should be examined with the objects of shutting down unneeded foreign and domestic ports and bases; trimming manpower; eliminating unnecessary weapons systems and other equipment; and mothballing ships and planes. Normal separation and retirement would take care of most of the manpower reduction with positions in the reserves offered as an alternative.
Even if only the modest goal of a 50 percent cut for the Navy is achieved, its budget would be reduced from the 2009 level of $150 billion to $75 billion.
U.S. Army—a standing Army the size of which we now have is justified by neither national defense nor cost; it mostly serves to further our imperialistic pretensions. A plan to eliminate the Army as it now exists should be undertaken through STEM. The first step would be to analyze all operational aspects in order to begin a phased shutting down of unneeded foreign and domestic bases, forts, camps and centers; trimming manpower; eliminating unnecessary weapons systems and other equipment; and mothballing what might be needed in the future. Soldiers would be given retirement packages, retrained for civilian occupations and offered positions in the reserves.
The Army now has seven Special Forces units each responsible for eight missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, counter-terrorism, counter proliferation, psychological operations and information operations. The units consists of three battalions and up to 3,600 soldiers; total strength is 25,000 well-trained individuals.
Although generally stationed in the U.S., each Special Forces unit is responsible for one of the seven geograhic areas into which the world has been divided for purposes of their missions. For example, the 5th Special Forces Group, headquartered at Fort Campbell, Ky., has responsibility for the Middle East, Persian Gulf, central Asia and northeast Africa. These units would continue to have primary responsibility for dealing with terrorists and other non-conventional threats, including developing the systems to counter novel weaponry.
U.S. Air Force—the entire Air Force would be subject to STEM. For this branch in particular the key point would be defense of the United States. Our redundant nuclear capability, thousands of U.S. based planes, and the need for bombing missions to support invasions must be critically scrutinized. Most offensive weapons should be eliminated. A defensive force of 1,200 fighter planes and 43,500 personnel could be permanently retained in addition to what the Air Force needs temporarily to accomlpish its role in nuclear deterrence as discussed earlier.
The 10 existing special Air Force units should also be retained. Their mission would continue to be providing forward presence and engagement, information operations, precision employment and strike, and special operations forces mobility. Total manpower is approximately 12,000.
The bottom line—at the end of the eight-year STEM plan, a mobile, equipped and ready active force of just under 450,000 persons at an annual cost of $275 billion would be in place as the our first line of defense and to deal with any crisis.
Here's a summary of personnel required and the cost in millions of dollars:
Defense Need |
Personnel |
Cost |
Nuclear deterrence |
10,000 |
$ 20,000 |
Enforce nuclear non-possession |
500 |
31,500 |
U.S. Marines |
180,000 |
81,000 |
Navy conventional force |
166,000 |
80,000 |
Navy Special Warfare |
5,400 |
2,430 |
Army Special Forces |
25,000 |
11,250 |
Air Force conventional force |
50,000 |
43,500 |
Air Force special force |
12,000 |
5,400 |
448,900 |
$275,080 |
Compare these totals to what is current: 1,377,474 active duty service persons at a projected 2009 cost of $515.4 billion, not including special war appropriations—Berkley Bedell and Jim Frost.

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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Haupt, Maria Margaretha Catharina email@example.com URN etd-02032006-161125 Document Title A Kirkpatrick evaluation of computer-integrated learning support material for technology education Degree MEd (CIE) Department Curriculum Studies Supervisor
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Date 2005-12-31 Availability unrestricted Abstract The aim of this research is to establish which aspects influence students' successful learning of design skills through contextually integrated learning support material for the design and technology education programme at the University of Pretoria. The purpose of the research is threefold:• The first aim is to investigate the extent to which the electronic tutorial, Design in Action (hereafter referred to as "the tutorial") contributes to students' (novice designers) design theory in a technological context i.e. to indicate whether the level of sophistication of the exemplary graphics and explanatory text is suited to the context.
• The second aim is to establish the levels of learning achieved by learners as a result of the intervention using Design in Action in order to indicate the adequacy of the learning support material in achieving the learning outcomes of the unit.
• The third aim is to establish possible improvements for the tutorial to increase its effectiveness in terms of curriculum, media & technology, learning & instruction and teacher education & didactics (Van den Akker, 1999). The findings of this preliminary study will be used in broader studies focused on the design and development of contextually integrated learning support material for design and technology education students.
This research is a qualitative case study, including the evaluation of levels of learning of first year pre-service design and technology students, conducted in the interpretative paradigm, within the theoretical frame of socially responsible research (Reeves, 2000). The evaluation of the levels of learning was based on a model designed by Kirkpatrick (Kirkpatrick, 1994). The model delineates four levels of instruction (training) outcomes: reaction, learning, behaviour, and results.
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Ahh, the South. Everything is hotter: the air, the chiles, the woks, the fashion. Beer is served with a big chunk of ice; it melts before you're finished. Compared with the food up North, the dishes are generally lighter—the heat, again—and sweeter. (Southerners have a predilection for coconut milk, sugarcane, and saccharine desserts.) And while Northerners might call Southern cuisine unsophisticated, its origins are varied and complex. Unlike Hanoi, a more insular city whose identity is decidedly Vietnamese, Saigon has always had one foot in the outside world—just as the world has always had at least one foot in Saigon. Foreign influences are readily absorbed here, from the Indian and Malay flavors that inspired Southern-style ca ry (curry) to the Singaporean noodle shops now favored by Saigon teenagers.
This is an upwardly mobile city, consumed with money and ways to show it off, and its dining scene is accordingly flashier, more cosmopolitan. Alas, things change quickly in these boom times; every year or two I return to Saigon to find that more old favorites have disappeared. Thankfully, some touchstones remain—including my beloved crab joint, Quan Thuy 94. With an industrial fan roaring in the corner and a Jason Statham movie cranking on the TV, it's short on visible charm. But the staff is adorable, and the kitchen knows the hell out of crab. The soft-shells, coated in lip-puckering tamarind sauce, burst in the mouth to unleash a creamy, tangy sweetness. Cha gio cua (crab spring rolls) are fried to an unerringly calibrated crunch. The unmissable order is mien xao cua be: glass noodles sautéed with crabmeat, mushrooms, chiles, and vermilion-colored crab roe. (A word about the name: Quan Thuy 94 used to be at 94 Dinh Tien Hoang. When it moved down the street to No. 84, it kept "94" in its name. Confusing things further, a whole new crab joint has taken the old No. 94 storefront—but it's No. 84 you want. Got that? Onward.)
While the city evolves relentlessly around them, Saigon's traditional street-food stalls provide a rare sense of continuity. High-rise hotels and IMAX theaters might shoot up next door, but the iconic sidewalk cook keeps plying her trade, unfazed. Case in point: Nguyen Thi Thanh, known as The Lunch Lady. For 13 years, Monday through Saturday, she has set up shop on a patch of pavement on Hoang Sa Street near the zoo—working from 11 a.m. until she runs out of food, which happens quickly. Office workers, schoolkids, and lazy housewives queue up for whatever Lunch Lady is serving that day: usually noodles of some sort, invariably delicious. Wednesdays she often cooks up a knockout hu tieu, a Southern noodle soup laden with roasted sliced pork, prawns, peanuts, and soft-cooked quail eggs; the smoky broth is flavored with shallots and dried squid. It's a family affair: from an adjacent stand, Lunch Lady's cousin sells goi cuon, fresh summer rolls filled with sweet shrimp. Nearby, another relative blends ripe, fragrant tropical fruit into icy sinh to (smoothies).
Fruit, in fact, might be the single best thing about eating here. Saigon's proximity to the Mekong Delta—which supplies fully half of Vietnam's produce—means the city overflows with papaya, mango, coconut, jackfruit, soursop, and other exotic treats. Wildly colorful fruit stands are on every other corner, their artfulness rivaling the displays at Takashimaya. Even at Ben Thanh Market, where rapacious vendors sell watered-down food, the sinh to stands are uniformly fantastic. I've had few more refreshing drinks than the smoothie I tried at Ben Thanh one sultry 97-degree afternoon, made with sapodilla fruit and avocado.
Hanoi may lay claim to its invention, but plenty of pho lovers (including myself) favor the Southern incarnation, which uses fresh herbs and raw greens for a broader range of textures. For years I've scoured the back alleys of Saigon, trying to find a better version than that served at Pho Hoa on Pasteur Street, but to no avail: this tour group–friendly institution really does serve the tastiest pho in town. To get the full experience you need to come early for breakfast, when the clientele is all Vietnamese. Pho tai nam is your order, with rare beef and well-done flank (recalling a thick-sliced pastrami). In genuine Southern style, dress it with bean sprouts, hoisin sauce, chili sauce, a squirt of lime, and leaves from the heaping platter of basil, sawtooth coriander, and rice-paddy herb, whose tiny leaves pack a cumin-like punch. Now it's 7:15, and you're ready for your first cup of coffee.
Herbs and greens are also integral to a Saigon banh xeo (pronounced bun say-o, meaning "sizzling cake"). This rice-flour crêpe is reminiscent of an Indian dosa, but wider, and yellow with turmeric—bright as the sun and nearly as big. Guidebooks will send you to 46A Dinh Cong Trang, an alley-side joint in District 3. But a better version can be found at the newer Banh Xeo An La Ghien (loosely translated as "eat and be addicted"). Into an outsize wok the chef tosses a fistful of bean sprouts, pork, shrimp, and/or mushrooms, then pours in a slick of marigold-yellow batter, rich with coconut milk. The resulting crêpe is the size of a Monopoly board—so large it overwhelms the table, let alone the plate. Its crisp, lacy edges break off with a satisfying crackle, complementing the moist and savory fillings. The key elements, however, are the pile of fresh herbs to tuck inside the crêpe and the giant mustard leaves to wrap the thing in; their aroma and bite are as powerful as a jarful of Dijon.
It's not hard to find great street food in Saigon: just walk 10 steps in any direction and pull up a stool. Nor is it hard to find, say, some sumptuously decorated dining room in some gorgeous 19th-century villa where the waft of jasmine incense and a warble of jazz help distract from the blandness of the food. The hard part is finding atmosphere and authenticity in the same package. According to what I call the Law of Inverse Relation, the tastiest food is served in the least inviting venues, and vice versa. (A good rule: incandescent lights = order drinks only; fluorescent lights = eat here now.)
That all held true until, by some blissful accident this April, three friends and I stumbled upon the exception: 10-month-old Cuc Gach Quan ("the brick house"), owned by architect Tran Binh and his French-Vietnamese wife, Thai Tu-Tho. Binh acquired a derelict colonial mansion and reimagined it as an indoor-outdoor fantasia, blending historic details (antique armoires; a wall map of 1960's Saigon) with contemporary touches (gorgeous lighting; a floating staircase) to create a strikingly romantic space—a gauzy, soft-focus realm that plays with one's sense of time. Pre-1975 Vietnamese folk plays on a vintage reel-to-reel tape machine. A flowering cherry tree in the courtyard provides the fragrance.
But again: graceful interiors are a dime a dozen in Saigon. It's the cooking that makes Cuc Gach Quan remarkable. From an open kitchen, the chefs, Co Diep and Chi Bay, sent out a phenomenal thit kho to, or clay-pot-stewed pork belly; intensely flavored but not at all heavy, it tingled the tongue then melted in the mouth. Eggplant cooked in scallion oil was deliciously smoky and tender. Diep's cloudlike house-made tofu was lightly fried with lemongrass, shallots, and chiles, creating a sauce worth bottling and smuggling home. This was not showy, dazzle-me cuisine, like Boi Tran's cooking in Hue, but more like the com binh danh (worker's food) that Vietnamese enjoy every day. "My grandmother used to cook like this," said my friend Anh with a sigh. "Just not as well."
It was clear that every detail had been considered, from the handsome tin canister that held the chopsticks to the fresh juice service, with a stalk of morning glory for a straw. Yet nothing felt labored or pretentious. There was an ease and simplicity to the service and the food that belied the elegance of the setting. Most of all there was joy. And as Duy Khanh crooned a sweet nostalgic ballad on the reel-to-reel, we all felt entirely at home.
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OK, perhaps I need to elaborate a little bit more on the tail of configure log, this is what it is telling me:
checking db.h usability... no
checking db.h presence... no
checking for db.h... no
configure: error: BDB/HDB: BerkeleyDB not available
and the configure stops.
I checked and made sure that db.h was install in /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/include/db.h
Is there something that I need to change to make configure find this? Do I need to make a change in the system or perhaps in the arguments I pass to configure?
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I have same problem and fix with export var.
Try this :
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LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib -R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib"
export LDFLAGS
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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correct procedure
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hi guys,
im looking for some quality pics of young chubby men
i love the stocky hairy types but its hard to find some good pics
hi guys,
im looking for some quality pics of young chubby men
i love the stocky hairy types but its hard to find some good pics
The blog in my link has mostly young guys, but no nudes.
If you're looking for nudes I'd suggest a membership to biggercity (or you could always borrow a password from someone else...not that I'm encouraging that) or there's also places like www.superchubs.com and www.bearporn.com that work off a credit system.
xtube has some pretty hot videos, if you're looking for that sort of thing.
here is a little collection of pics, open with win.rar
password is: young
you ´re welcome !thanks for those
just a few pics i collected over my internet-years
post more....lol
how the heck are you guys able to se them. Nothing i can do to see them... and nothing is asking for a password.
go www.bigmusclebears.com and use the search with age range 21-25
Thanks c-zero for the pics! There was alot I hadn't seen before
Theyoungman you may need to get a program to open up RAR files, try putting RAR into a search engine and you normally get a few free download sites mentioned or short free trials which will open it up and if you want to (I can on my program) extract the whole file by right clicking on it and select extract to.. (desktop/document etc..) and then it creates another new folder to use with normal programs.
Hope that helps!
Nice cups zero-c, thanks.
Here is a few more to the collection http://www.mediafire.com/?bxzyyazzmhy
The password is "young" here to, if there is not not sure.
click on the link - the mediafire page opens, on the page is written: "click here to start download" in blue, click it and a dialogue opens where you choose where to save the file on your pc
after you downloaded the file, you open it with win.rar
win.rar asks you to give a password, which is young
thats it
its easy !
uhm holy shit... those guys are like... gorgeous?... lol to say the least... ... no one like those guys around here lol... i need to move
These guys are HOT!!
any more new?
i'm young and chubby... if i knew how to make a gallery of some pics somewhere i might put some up lol... but sadly.. i don't... *sigh
If 27 is young, check out my gallery
there you go men... enjoy... ... uploaded pics in my gallery on here
Wow! Don't get rid of them!
I think your pics are REALLY HOT dustytruly!
dustytruly... you are HOT!
cute face, awesome body and even more awesome cock... :P
Very cuddly, cute face, nice dick. Bigger than mine!
thanks everyone
heh..um..more pics of you :]
uploaded a few more.. feel free to comment
just updated my pics in the profile... a bunch of new ones ... hope you guys like 'em
dustytruly you are truly hot!
hot guys like you should move more west and come to edmonton lol
love the new pics ... your belly looks great when you're standing.. heh
God what a delicious fat cock that is. That thing's close to a beer can.


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Wow, another good argument for the Nikwax. Guess I should add some to my next order.
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Wow, another good argument for the Nikwax. Guess I should add some to my next order.
OMG I should not have read this thread. All these things I never imagined before. Makes sense that last year when I went to Disney World I came down with a terrible sinus infection which I believe I contracted whilst on my flight to DW
Note to self: Cover western flyer in trash bag and bring disinfectant wipes for everything else! Yuck!
Good post Moose you have made me much more aware of things I usually ignore (or maybe am just in denial about :))
gmoskal, too funny. After seeing where this thread went I WILL NOT be putting an unprotected bag under a seat EVER again. Heck, I'm hard pressed to even put a bag on my dining room table these days. :)
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You can hang an elephant off of those things. Well, a 45-pound elephant (they're rated to 45 pounds).
Wow! That little thing is going to hold up my 20 lb Aeronaut?
Has anyone used this type of device on something other than a handbag? Seems like the whole table would flip over.
If it works, I'll buy one today!
I've never tested it on a fully loaded Aeronaut, but I think you should be able to clip that over the top of the door, and hang your shoulder strap that way. The thing is pretty rugged.
They have the blingy version in case you want to wear it as a bangle. I do not recommend wearing it through the security gate, though. It's a hefty enough piece of metal that you might set off the metal detector.
I just went and looked, I must get an Abbie! Thanks for the linkie lani!
I think I have the answer to protect our bags.......luggage condoms.
I'm not sure how serious any of these posts are, but if they are, where does this end? Do you protect your clothes from the germs on the seats, which are surely not cleaned between passengers? Do you not set your bags down in waiting areas or in a hotel room? Personally I prefer to take sensible precautions, such as cleaning my hands before eating and even wiping down the tray table, and beyond that I assume that my daily exposure to germs ensures a robust immune system.
[QUOTE=Jenne;32047 I'll tuck my Kindle and iPhone into my Side Effect and keep everything else in the overhead bin.![/QUOTE]
Thanks for the tip, I never considered using the SE for the Kindle. I'm going to check it out right now! :)
Yes, it is absolutely disgusting. Most flights are barely having excess trash picked up during stops, let alone anything disinfected or cleaned. We recently sat next to a couple on a flight who carried sanitizing wipes to get rid of the nasties on the tray table and armrests. I've been doing that for years in hotel rooms but for some reason never considered it while flying. Needless to say, we didn't get sick on that trip!
Right on.
Folks, if you think these germs are confined to the plane, think again. The shuttle from the parking place? The bins or conveyer belt at security? The seats in the waiting area at the gate? The rental car shuttle? The germs are everywhere. You'd be shocked at what's in your office or home.
In most cases, it's just not a big deal other than the "it grosses me out when I think about it" factor.
Seriously, people. No one is arguing that germs somehow don't exist in the world. However, planes are a special case because you are confined to a very small space and often cannot move, even when conditions are highly unsanitary. I have never had to sit in close proximity to vomit in my house, but have had to on a plane, and a friend of mine once reached into a seat pouch and came into contact with a used diaper. That is objectively gross, and it's not that crazy to not want to touch it with either one's self or one's hand baggage.
Wipes, plastic covers, anti-germ suits, bacteria shield... ;)
First: Where am I going to put all that stuff?
Second: It would take quite some time to wrap everything tightly between boarding and take off.
Third: I usually keep a short coat or a windbreaker to use as seat cover, it protects my hair and my neck and keeps me warm when gaining altitude.
There is water and wipes available in the bathroom plane if one wants to do a thorough cleaning.
The bottom line is, public transports, which commercial airlines belong to, are, by their public nature, just as hotels, shuttles, rental cars, malls, tourist areas.... prone to carry lots of pathogens.
While it is of great concern for people with compromised immune systems, it is something that people who are healthy have to face.
The only alternative is to drive one's car to one's private plane, only shop online and work from one's isolated single family home.
One should beware of wearing gloves when retrieving one's mail to avoid germs.
The last two phrases are, of course, in jest.


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we're adding a family room to the back of our house...the adjacent dining room and kitchen will be open layout to the new fam room. my contractor tells me we have to follow code and i'll have to get a downdraft range instead of the gas one i have now (currently don't have a range hood) so that it has someplace to vent. changing the layout is not an option. i'm looking for downdraft gas ranges online and most places like lowes and home depot don't sell them. sears says jennair is the only brand that carries a full stove/oven version (not just cooktop) but it's 2,500k which is INSANE! i have the name of a wholesale distributor i'll order from but that will only take a few hundred off which is still too much. so i guess my question is has anyone had experience with this? any ideas on alternatives? i don't want just a cooktop, need an oven too. thank you!!!! |
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I researched downdrafts and there are no good ones! All of my clients who purchased them are unhappy with the quality of the oven. I previously had a dacor which died. It was probably the best of the bunch. I believe Jenn Air, Kitchen Aid, and Dacor all make downdrafts. You would have to check whether they are electric or gas. Some ranges made by Kitchen Aid can be adapted for downdrafts. |
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1959 Chevy vs 2009 chevy
andre1969 Posts: 22,236sometimes those old cars can still be pretty brutal.
Here's the result of a '65 T-bird that tangled with a Crown Vic police cruiser that was in a chase...
More on the story here. Now, the driver of the T-bird was killed, while the officer was hospitalized, so in occupant protection, the newer car still "won". However, the T-bird driver was also 91 years old, and I'm sure much more fragile than the 27 year old cop.
All things considered, the T-bird looked like it held up very well, crumpling in a fashion similar to a modern car. I'm guessing the unitized construction of the T-bird definitely helped here. Those things were pigs, but they were sturdy, heavy little pigs. -
jrosasmc Posts: 1,704Not to sound insensitive to the situation or anything, I'm guessing that the 91-year-old lady who owned the T-bird bought it new back in 1965. I saw the pictures of it in the article Andre linked in his post, and it appeared to be in decent condition for being 44 years old.
Now, if she had been driving, say a 1965 Volvo 122, I'm sure the situation would have been different. Volvo was installing safety features in its vehicles way before other manufacturers would. -
Mr_Shiftright CaliforniaPosts: 46,200I don't see this as any compliment to the T-Bird. The driver died and the cop didn't, which demonstrates why modern cars are safer. The cop car was supposed to collapse. Probably the old man had an engine in his lap and steering wheel in his chest.
"sturdiness" is the last thing you want in a collision. Would you rather jump off a roof with cinder blocks tied to your feet or coil springs? :PMODERATOR --Need help with anything? Click on my name!
andre1969 Posts: 22,236Probably the old man had an engine in his lap and steering wheel in his chest.
Nope. Check out this picture...
If anything, I'd say it was the cop who ended up with the steering wheel in his chest. Just thankfully, it was a collapsible steering wheel with an airbag! Besides, elderly bodies are very fragile. If you had the cop in the T-bird and the 91 year old lady in the Crown Vic, you probably would have ended up with the same result. With the way the passenger compartment crumpled, the steering column shoving back, and the airbag going off, it probably would have been too much for an elderly body to take.
If anything, I'd say this just shows the advantages of unit body versus body-on-frame. That T-bird crumpled up just like a car should, with the front-end absorbing most of the damage, and the passenger cabin remaining intact. Note that the windshield's not even damaged, and the driver's door was able to open. And the driver's side took the brunt of the impact! Doubtful that the steering wheel moved much, if any, as the front wheels themselves don't appear to have moved back significantly.
But then, look at the Crown Vic. It did what body-on-frame cars usually do...the front end only deforms so much, before the whole thing shoves back into the passenger compartment, compromising it. In essence, it's basically that '59 Bel Air from the NHTSA test with an airbag and collapsible steering column.
Heck, I say re-issue the '65 T-bird, just with a collapsible steering column and airbags, and you'd have a pretty safe car!
And you definitely DO want sturdiness in a collision, to a degree, at least. You want the passenger cabin to be sturdy enough not to crumple up and crush you. Basically, your car needs to be "hard" in the center and "soft" at the ends. -
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andre1969 Posts: 22,236Oddly though, the Panther platform does rather well in crash testing, according to IIHS tests. Even though it's body-on-frame, they still designed it to crumple up more or less like a unit body car. Or so, that test gave me the impression.
But, I guess a '65 T-bird is a harder hit than a deformable IIHS barrier. And running a car at 40 mph into a deformable barrier is a whole 'nother ballgame than running two ~3600 lb Chevies into each other at 40 mph. Or a ~4500 lb T-bird into a ~4200 lb Crown Vic that's in hot pursuit.
And wow, no wonder those things were pigs! At ~205" long on a 113.2" wb, they're really not that big...in range of my 2000 Intrepid...and some 70's compacts, for that matter! Yet 4500 lb is about what the Cadillacs started at in 1965. I guess compact dimensions and luxury-mastodon weight don't exactly add up to sports-car handling! I wonder if those suckers were hard on tires, too? -
grbeck Posts: 2,361Big question - was the lady in the Thunderbird wearing safety belts?
Our local paper notes whether accident victims were wearing safety belts, and more often than not, people killed in accidents were not. People around here aren't getting killed in cars from the 1960s (or even the 1970s and 1980s). Most of those cars are either junkyard material or trailer queens.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (Aug. 22, 2007) – Jimmie Johnson will have a short break this week before heading to the newly repaved Bristol Motor Speedway for Saturday night's NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race.
On Tuesday, Johnson posted a third-place finish at Michigan International Speedway, marking the third consecutive top-five result for the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet team. Johnson currently sits sixth in the NEXTEL Cup Series standings going into Bristol.
With everyone focused on the looming Chase for the Championship, Johnson admits that the half-mile Bristol bullring will be even more hostile than usual.
"They get more and more intense," Johnson said of races at Bristol. "A lot of it depends on where you are in the points. I think it's a relaxing period of time for the guys in the top five. Everybody near that 12th position in the points, it's pretty brutal right now getting ready for the Chase.
"Your whole season is based on getting in the Chase."
Hoping to seal his spot in the championship field, Johnson is looking to overcome the treacherous oval this weekend and land a solid finish in the 10th race for the Chevrolet Impala SS "Car of Tomorrow" this season.
"I love to go watch the races there," Johnson said of Bristol. "I think it is a great place for a spectator. But when you are in the car, you know how you seem to be escaping disaster multiple times each lap."
Johnson has earned six top-10 finishes in 11 races at Bristol, with an average starting spot of 18th and average finish of 15.5. His career-best result came in August 2004 when the Lowe's Chevy finished third after leading 20 laps.
"It is a track where when you see it in the rear-view mirror you are relieved that you got out of there," Johnson said. "It's a rush to drive the track. No doubt about it. But you are in a different mindset when you have something to lose when you go there verses if you are a fan or have a great position in the points.
"The place can be a lot of fun then."
The NEXTEL Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway will air live Saturday on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET.
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One Last Big One! 6 months to go pre-trippy
So, with 6 months to go, I thought Id lay down a few thoughts and plans.
Firstly, who are we? Well, in age order (!), we are: Me, Matt, 47, lover of all things Floridian DW, Claire, ditto, and ditto DS1, Samuel, 16, lover of American food, but not so keen on Tower of Terror DS2, Tom, 14, Coaster Daredevil, cant wait for Rip Ride Rockit This will be our fourth trip, having been previously in 2006 to the Staybridge Suites, LBV, 2008 to a friends villa in Indian Ridge, and 2010 to Cane Island. Our first trip was a bit of a taster session, with 5-day MYW tickets for Disney, 2-day 2-park Universal tickets, 1-day Seaworld tickets and a day out at the KSC. Subsequent trips have been exclusively Disney (albeit with plenty of shopping trips and days out to the coast). This time, Disney is kind of taking a back seat, and heres why . Last time we went, we had a few issues with Disney, mostly little things but, when added together, enough to sour our experience. The worst part was in the Festival of the Lion King, when two cast members insisted on talking loudly to each other at the end of our row of seats, carrying on even when we asked them to keep the noise down as we were trying to enjoy the show. We rang Guest Services from our Condo, and went through all the little things we didnt feel were quite right, and they agreed to call us back when they had looked into things. They did ring back, but they said that they were still looking into it, so we returned home to the UK without hearing any more from them. It was several weeks later when the phone rang at home, showing International on the caller display. When the voice at the other end said Hello in a high-pitched American accent, my immediate reaction was Bloody Hell, its Mickey Mouse! I was nearly right, as it was Guest Services calling to say that they were sending us 3-day tickets, with a 20-year life on them, to use when we decided to return. Not bad, we thought, and enough to rescue our opinion of Disney. And so, now that we are returning, weve decided that the three days will be enough. We will plan meticulously around Park opening hours, avoiding mornings when EMHs are on, and we intend to make rope drop one time each at Animal Kingdom, Epcot and DHS, going on to Magic Kingdom later in the day when we decide weve done what we want to do in the other parks. And that will be that for Disney. We dont intend making any ADRs, though we will be seriously tempted by a Boma breakfast in the second week if the money is holding up okay and they can fit us in when we ring up. Weve bought 14-day tickets to Universal, and intend dipping in and out whenever we feel like it, rather than committing to whole days there. The kids will no doubt want to see the Harry Potter thing . Dining-wise, its going to be all off-site. We have some old favourites, like Smokey Bones and Market Street Café, and some new ones we have read about on the forums, such as Teak Neighborhood Grill, 4 Rivers Smokehouse and Santa Fe Cattle Co, which we intend to try, plus our favourite breakfasts at First Watch and Perkins. We also plan plenty of going out and about, visiting both coasts, including Vero Beach on the Atlantic side, and St Petes Beach on the Gulf side. We also plan to head a bit further down to Sarasota so that we can visit Yoders, which I have been itching to try since Adam Richman showed it off on one of his many shows! Oh, and LOTS of shopping .. I dare say Ill add more as the holiday gets nearer (especially as August Park Hours are now available!), but thats kind of where were at at the moment.
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Well done to Disney for trying to make it right for you. We, too, felt there was a lack of 'magic' at Disney last visit. Nothing that either of us could put our finger on but it just didn't seem the same.
Sounds like you have a fun-filled, jam-packed trip planned nonetheless. We tried 4 Rivers Smokehouse back in August and it was incredible. Another place we tried for the first time last year, which you may want to consider, is Keke's Breakfast Cafe. The food was amazing! The new(ish) Texas Roadhouse on the 192 was a winner for us also. I look forward to reading more about your plans as the departure date draws closer.
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Sounds great. We love driving to the coast and spending the day relaxing on the beach. Shame about the problems you had with Disney but I'm glad they sorted it for you. Looking forward to reading more.
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Thanks for the Keke's breakfast Cafe recommendation - it's now on the list! We've also given in and booked an ADR. I'm adamant it'll be our only one, though! We've booked breakfast at Captain's Grille on the first Sunday. We went there in 2008 and 2010, and it was brilliant (a fair bit cheaper than the other Disney buffet breakfasts, too )
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I don't fully comprehend zombie fatigue. To my mind, zombies fill a subgenre like any other -- swords and sorcery, atomic destruction, alien invasion, and the like. Adding zombies to an otherwise dull story doesn't make it any better (although it's certainly made Jane Austen more palatable for a lot of people), nor do the bajillion zombie apocalypses that came before make the latest zombie entrant any worse. The key is whether the still-living folks in the story are remotely interesting.
The Zombie Hunters by Jenny Romanchuk is an interesting addition to the canon of undead apocalypses, a comic that shares a kinship with some of the stronger deadhead tales and adds a few twists all its own. It takes place in a post-post-apocalyptic universe, one where the zombies still reign over most of the world, but humanity's survivors have begun to slowly rebuild civilization. At the tightly guarded Argus Research Campus, humans once again have houses, schools, scientific labs, and even bars, scratching out an existence while scientists seek out a cure for the zombie plague.
George Romero's zombie movies are frequently stuffed with political subtext, commenting on consumerism, race, and social classism, and The Zombie Hunters has its own set of second class citizens. In Romanchuk's mythology, live humans can become infected with the zombie virus through contact with undead blood. Although the infected are still alive, they'll turn zombie when they die and can pass the infection to uninfected humans through bodily fluids. Consequently, the infected are relagated to special barracks on the campus and live under special curfews and surveillance enforced by Red Halo, A.R.C.'s military complex. Infected persons are greatly encouraged to join the Zombie Hunters, salvage teams that venture into the zombie-filled wastelands to recover food, clothing, and any other remnants of former civilization. It's a potentially deadly job, but offers the infected a freedom they can't experience on campus.
Jenny (yes, one of the characters is named after the author -- more on that later) leads a team of young zombie hunters whose prolonged time in the wastelands has left them jaded to the zombie threat. They've long chafed under (and bent) the rules imposed by Red Halo, and after the loss of a teammate, they've grown increasingly reckless, endangering themselves and their position as Red Halo agents. Meanwhile, in its search for a cure, Argus has created a creature that is neither human nor zombie.
Admittedly, it took me a few tries to get into The Zombie Hunters. My understanding is that the comic wasn't initially written for public consumption, but as a goof for Romanchuk and her friends. And the earlier pages certainly have a goofier quality to them. Romanchuk's art is generally gorgeous -- filled with a colorful range of characters (many physically based on her friends), but grisley enough to match the morbid subject matter. But early on, she slips in and out of manga conventions, occasionally giving her characters minimalist features to denote displeasure, sheepishness, or panic. I'm a big fan of manga conventions where they're appropriate, but here it comes off as jarringly cutesy. It's better when Romanchuk trusts the expressiveness of her normal artistic style, which she does more as the series progresses. By the time we return to the Argus Research Campus, she's polished up the physical design of her characters and relies less on exaggerated manga expressions.
Similarly, the writing and characterization are slightly over the top in those first few pages. In the initial arc, our zombie hunters have gone for a bit of off-mission looting, an error in judgment compounded by some rather ill-advised antics when the legions of undead show up. It's essential to the overall storyline, but a less successful demonstration of the team's aloofness than later flashbacks that show them treating zombie hunting as a game.
The Zombie Hunters picks up significantly at the start of Chapter Four, where Romanchuk lets us in on the universe's backstory via an educational film strip. Yes, it's the same device used in the 1950s-themed zombie comedy Fido, but if Romanchuk is biting on Fido, it doesn't show. Her visual style is similarly silly, but distinct, and rather than act as a PSA for the local corporate zombie-containing complex, it provides a somewhat uncomfortable assurance that infected persons should be treated with just as much respect as anyone else (methinks the salvaged TV set doth protest too much).
From there, we get a much sharper picture of the reality of The Zombie Hunters. The uninfected march on in an isolated facsimile of earlier civilization and are nurtured with a vague paranoia regarding the infected. Meanwhile, the infected are relegated to their ghetto. And though our zombie hunters are named for Romanchuk and her friends, there isn't a Mary Sue in the bunch. They're reasonably competent, but by no means superhuman when it comes to zombie killing, and their time in the wastelands has dehumanized them a bit; death has become sufficiently routine that they lay bets on the survival of new teammates. And, though they'll break a rule here and there (mostly nicking stuff from quarantine), they fear losing their zombie hunter privileges too much to challenge the status of the infected. But that doesn't mean class warfare isn't off in the distant story future; unscrupulous Red Halo officers can extract favors from the infected, and with A.R.C. experimenting on zombies, experiments on the infected can't be far behind.
Another innovation from Romanchuk is the zombie class system. Anyone who's played a few rounds of Left 4 Dead is familiar with hunter zombies, witch zombies, smoker zombies, boomer zombies, and tank zombies. The Zombie Hunters has hunter zombies too, as well as spitters, berserkers, basilisks, howlers, mercies, and the typical slow-moving crawlers. The Zombie Hunters' class system predates Left 4 Dead's, but it has the same effect of adding drama while making your average zombie fairly easy to kill. And Romanchuk has the good sense not to make too much of the undead aspects of her story, keeping the focus on the folks who are still alive.
So check your zombie fatigue at the door. The Zombie Hunters is a brilliantly illustrated work, and Romanchuk has laid the groundwork for a story that's far less horror movie than classic social science fiction drama. But if you just like watching cute girls get chased around by rotting bodies, there's plenty of that, too.
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very nice reviews, esp this one. i feel like i understand the appeal of the zombie genre a lot more.
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A new exhibit featuring a vast selection of artists and images inspired by the direct-response visual world of today, iWorld takes a look at how cell-phone pictures and video have changed the art world for good. And the exhibit is free to the public, so broadening your cultural horizons won't cost you a penny. Susan Froyd has more information on the exhibit.
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