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Skip to comments.7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)
Posted on 08/17/2010 7:11:55 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Let's pretend for a moment that zombies are real (as if half of you weren't already daydreaming about that very thing). Have you noticed how most zombie movies take place only after the apocalypse is in full-swing? By the time we join our survivors, the military and government are already wiped out, and none of the streets are safe.
There's a reason the movie starts there, and not earlier. It's because the early part, where we go from one zombie to millions, doesn't make any sense. If you let the creeping buzzkill of logic into the zombie party, you realize the zombies would all be re-dead long before you even got a chance to fire up that chainsaw motorcycle you've been working on. Why?
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World War Z...
I guess that I can sell off some of my excessive gear.
Bring em on.
Double tap.
The last zombie outbreak I witnessed was in early November, 2008...
Not as many fresh, living brains as there used to be.
And always check the back seat.
Just sent this to my daughter.
Hey, she lives in New York.
I find the "28 Days Later" scenario much more plausible. Crazed infected people also don't suffer from the tortured explanations people come up with for the walking dead.
"Really, even if zombies existed right now, the whole concept of a zombie apocalypse is just laughable. Now robots, on the other hand..."
I knew it. But everyone knows the proper terminology is "cybernetic organisms" not "robots".
The book World War Z explained how the Solanum (zombie) virus made the tissue toxic to animals and thus wasn't consumed.
That one ought to end in 70-odd days.
And a lot of the ones that are left seem to be past their sell-by date.
Where was this guy? ComicCon?
Oooh, target-rich environment!
Election Day?
Damnit. I was hoping one day to team up with Alice and do some "Zombie hunting".
RE: Your Brains (a fun song about (DU?)zombies)
Is there a new "Alice" movie coming out this year?
I have a dream where a mutant virus gets loose that turns a bunch of people into zombie clowns. I'll take refuge in a mall that has a fully functioning food court. Then I'll get up on the roof armed with a sniper rifle, gyros, lemon juliuses and Copenhagen. Naturally I'd kill the last zombie clown before college football season kicked off. MLK had a better dream but I'd like to think this one makes the Top 10.
Does this mean I can't sell future stock options for my Soylent Green "zombie catchers"?
Man has gotta make a buck or two, I got 6 grandchildren to feed!
If the premise in Stephen King's "Cell" were to work, zombies would outnumber non-zombies in no time.
Out in a month. Trailer looks great in full HD. The movie was filmed with the same 3D camera technology that Avatar was filmed with. I'll pay to see it in theaters. Should be fun to watch.
¨Kill the brain and you kill the ghoul.¨
**Sob*** They're right. There's no chance for WWZ. I'm selling my zombie kit to the first sucker who comes along.
Cracked used to be a magazine the last I heard. Thanks for the ping. It's nice to be reacquainted with an old friend.
Every few months or so I have a zombie dream. Always different in details but always with a sea of zombies attacking me and a small group. We are safe (kind of) on our side of an impassible region but there is a bridge or a staircase where they keep coming and coming 3 or so side by side. We have a barrel full of guns and we shoot until the gun gets hot and grab another. Over and over and over. But they keep coming. After a half hour or so the dream just ends.
And in my zombie dreams I'm not scared, just manic and frustrated. I blow them up with shotguns but they keep coming! SOBs. I hate zombies.
Go play some L4D, that will help the dreams :)
Googled L4D. Sounds like a fun video game. But I think that will cause more zombie dreams except instead of dozens of helpers I will be limited to 4, and the zombies will make it across the bridge!
Yea it's a really fun game. Can be VERY intense. Especially it's sequel, they really ratcheted it up in that one.
Another upside is that it uses a 7 yr old engine so most computers can play it!
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Very observant of you.
Beware of "zombie ants"!
'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years (Guardian ^ | August 18th 2010 | Ian Sample)
Then explain November 2008.
EVERYBODY knows that all the bodies from all the cemeteries and morgues all come out at once, making them plentiful and universal.
Get a zombie clue.
#7.They Have Too Many Natural Predators - World War Z and the Zombie Survival Guide point out that the reanimating component (Solanum virus) makes the host inedible, and fundamentally alters cellular biology in the host.
#6.They Can't Take the Heat - see #7, altered biology.
#6.They Can't Handle the Cold - see #7 and think "cellular anti-freeze"
#5.Biting is a Terrible Way to Spread a Disease - Read "The Walking Dead". The disease effect or whatever it is is already present. The bite just causes death and reanimation more quickly.
#3.They Can't Heal from Day to Day Damage - yeah, but they also don't suffer catastrophic system failure from localized damage, either. See #7
#2.The Landscape is Full of Zombie-Proof Barriers - Again, the assumption that bites are the only way for the disease effect to transmit is incorrect. If it is airborne, or even some sort of strange energy field effect, it can manifest instantly everywhere. Also, these barriers work against any survivors who are probably devoid of most travel technology, at least over the long term.
#1.Weapons and the People Who Use Them - this is basically the assertion than human beings are fully-armed killing machines with a thin leash, and they would wipe out a plague of parasitic human being who look like loved ones, and should apparently react to reason and love with compassion and non-homicidal understanding.
I point to the species Democratus Americanus as all the proof I need that we would allow ourselves to be systematically over-run by a parasitic sub-species of the living-dead, instead of exterminating them as logic dictates.
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Will the Palace Be Rebuilt As a Turkish Hot Spot?
Frank Valenza tries to raise a new restaurant on the site of his old Palace in midtown.
Gael Greene's fond recollections of her fine meal at the Palace in the mid-seventies prompted owner Frank Valenza to visit the former space in midtown. Savarona, the current tenant, is closed, but Valenza thinks a restaurant could live there again. "He enchanted Arcukmac with his idea for a contemporary Turkish-Mediterranean concept," Greene writes on Insatiable Critic. "It might even become a new Turkish Palace, the two men agree." Valenza doesn't know much about Turkish food, but he does have the support of Savarona's owner, Temel Arcukmac. The two are now looking for a cash infusion to revive their restaurant dreams.
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SPOILER ALERT. SWEARING ALERT. Ricky Roma all but destroys Williamson after the latter screws up Roma's big sale. One of the two great scenes from Glengarry Glen Ross, and one of Pacino's best monologues.
Glengarry Glen Ross with girl scout cookies instead of real estate.
One of the best acted scenes in the history of Cinema, featuring Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin.
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Tuesday: def. Putnam City North, 2-0
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Monday: def. Dinwiddie, 8-0
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Monday: def. Marysville-Pilchuck, 6-0
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SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Patriots safety Patrick Chung read to youngsters at Tufts University today as part of the team's "Celebrate Volunteerism" campaign.
The appearance offered a chance to catch up with Chung, who enters his fourth NFL season in 2012.
At one point, when Chung was answering questions from youngsters, he revealed that he didn't sleep for almost a full week after the Super Bowl.
Some media-based Q&A with Chung:
Why are you here?
"To make sure kids are reading, to make sure kids are educated, and to make sure they know it's very important to be educated. It will make their life a lot easier, make their parents proud, and make a better life for themselves in the future."
On the importance of community service.
"Absolutely, you have to show what you're doing for the community, show that you're a humble person, and that you're just like a regular guy."
Favorite children's book:
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Have you done this before?
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In terms of offseason approach, how have things changed entering season No. 4?
"I've matured. It takes a while to mature, but you have to know that the offseason is just a way to get football off your mind, but at the same time to get football back on your mind and just refresh everything. The more years you have, the more you understand that and the more stuff you can get done in the offseason."
Anything specific to focus on this offseason?
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The SBXLVI loss and if anything made it easier to absorb.
"Just don't watch TV and get ready for another year. ... Just gotta get back in the groove and keep working."
Chung added one other detail during his Q&A with youngsters, mentioning that he enjoyed lining up next to Devin McCourty when McCourty shifted to safety in sub packages late in the year.
McCourty's position -- cornerback or safety -- figures to be a top storyline in 2012 offseason camps and training camp.
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About PT. Waskita Karya Divisi I
PT Waskita Karya (Persero) – Waskita Karya is an Indonesian-based state-owned construction company. Established in January 1, 1961 Waskita Karya is one of leading state companies in Indonesia which plays a major role in the development of the country. Originated from a Dutch company named "Volker Aannemings Maatschappij N.V.", which was expropriated under the Government's Decree No.62/1961, Waskita Karya was initialy paticipated in the water related developments including reclamation, dredging, harbor and irrigation.
Eversince 1973, however, legal status of Waskita Karya's has changed to "Persero" PT. Waskita Karya, with a more familliar summon "Waskita". From then on, the company started to expand its business as general contractor engaging in a wider range of construction activities including highways, bridges, ports, airports, buildings, sewerage plants, cement plants, factories and other industrial facilities.
In 1980, Waskita started to undertake a wide variety of projects involving advanced technology. Transfer of technology was conducted through business alliances in the form of joint operations and joint venture with reputable foreign companies. Significant and outstanding accomplishments whice become national pride are Sukarno-Hatta Airport, Siwabessy Multipurpose Reactor, and Muara Karang Coal Fired Power Plant in Jakarta.
Entering year 1990, Waskita has completed numeruous high rise buildings with well earned reputation such as BNI City (the tallest building in Indonesia), Bank Indonesia Office Buildings, Graha Niaga Tower, Mandiri Plaza Tower, Shangri-La Hotel and several multi-storey apartment buildings in Jakarta and other cities in Indonesia.
Waskita has achieved distinguished performances in the construction of long span prestressed concrete bridge using free cantilever system by successfully completed three bridges: Raja Mandala, Rantau Berangin, and Barelang IV. Another major achievement using similar technology was acomplished in the construction of "Pasteur-Cikapayang-Surapati" elevated road and cable stayed bridge in Bandung. The same success story was also achieved in the construction of several major dams such as Pondok, Grogkak, Tilong, Gapit, and Sumi, whice were completed ahead of schedule with satisfying quality.
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PPI in March 2007
April 16, 2007
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 1.0 percent in March, seasonally adjusted. This advance followed a 1.3-percent rise in February and a 0.6-percent decrease in January.
The index for finished goods excluding foods and energy was unchanged in March after moving up 0.4 percent in February.
The consumer foods index rose less in March than it had a month earlier—1.4 and 1.9 percent, respectively. By contrast, slightly counteracting the deceleration in finished goods prices, the index for energy goods increased 3.6 percent in March compared with a rise of 3.5 percent in February.
From March 2006 to March 2007, prices for finished goods rose 3.2 percent, as shown in the chart.
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Industrial Design
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This subject is taught by the School of Design.
Industrial Design is a creative discipline which aims to connect human culture with technology in innovative ways. It develops original, useful and meaningful manufactured products or product systems that enrich our daily lives.
In anticipating the impact of the digital revolution on manufactured products and systems, the Industrial Design programme at Victoria University has made a strong commitment to digital technologies since its inception – in the form of digital tools for designing (parametric modelling, 3D scanning and rapid prototyping) making and manufacturing (CNC fabrication and Additive Manufacturing) or in the form of technologies for interactive products (tracking, sensing, monitoring and mobile technologies).
The programme will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to design a vast array of products—from medical, sports, and communication equipment to furniture, homeware and architectural fittings. Within this diversity of products and environments, you are encouraged to question traditional stereotypes and develop your own digitally inspired novel interpretations.
This programme will expose you to a wide range of historical, contemporary and future theories and approaches within Industrial Design, but maintains a strong emphasis on industry collaboration and global perspectives. We encourage a hands-on inquisitive and experimental approach to the use of materials, processes and technologies.
Industrial Design sits alongside the other design subjects—Media Design and Culture+Context Design. Cross-disciplinary study is encouraged within the School of Design and in the wider university context, enabling you to combine your studies in design with disciplines such as Engineering, Psychology, Computer Science, Management or Marketing in the form of a minor subject.
Industrial Design is a specialisation in the Bachelor of Design Innovation (BDI) degree. This undergraduate programme leads into the 180 point Master of Design Innovation (MDI) for those seeking a postgraduate qualification in Design.
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Useful background subjects are creative disciplines such as Art, Design, Technology or Graphics, and essay-based disciplines such as English, History, Art History, Classics, Geography or Economics.
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Part 1 (120 points) is the first year of the Design Innovation degree. This year you take courses alongside students in the Media Design and Culture+Context Design programmes.
In Part 1 you will investigate a broad range of essential design ideas, principles, histories, theories, practices and strategies. Vocabularies of three- and four-dimensional design are also undertaken during this first year, allowing students to challenge traditional and presumptive definitions of design. These core design courses will equip you to enter Part 2.
Students complete 6 core courses and 2 elective courses as follows:
Core courses:
- DSDN 101 Design Visualisation
- DSDN 104 Digital Creation
- DSDN 111 Ideas and Principles of Design
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Recommended minors include:
Please contact the relevant Faculty or School for course information relating to your choice of minor.
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- industrial designer
- design consultant
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- designer for interactive furniture and products
- design entrepreneur
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Industrial Design students who complete the one-year Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) after their BDI can become secondary school teachers in the fields of design and technology.
Industrial students who complete minors can look forward to careers in the following:
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Skip to comments.Krauthammer calls Palin tour 'eccentric,' doubts she'll run in 2012
Posted on 05/30/2011 9:11:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
With a lot of media attention, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin visited the nations capital over the weekend to kick off a bus tour, in which she will visit various national landmarks. But some see the trip as a campaign stunt for a possible 2012 presidential campaign.
On Mondays Special Report, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer offered his thoughts on the bus tour, but admitted he wasnt clear on what was motivating it.
I dont know its more eccentric than usual, this event, Krauthammer said. She says she is going around to highlight the foundation of the country. I dont want to be picky but generally we say the founding of the country. I know Ill get e-mail on that.
Regardless of the motivation for the tour, Krauthammer suggested it would keep Palins brand fresh. He also noted that it would be problematic if both Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann and Palin ran for president, citing an unscientific Fox News poll.
But does the country need reminding about the Constitution and the Gettysburg Concord, which is not in New Hampshire, its in Massachusetts? Im not sure what she is doing except to say Im with Juan [Williams]. I think if she is still here with Fox, she is not running. She is not running. What I think she is doing to trying to keep the brand vibrant. During the next 18 months when all the attention will be to other candidates, and she showed what she can do. At Rolling Thunder she came, she saw, she sucked all the oxygen out of the room. There is nobody who can do that as she can. But as we saw in the poll, it looks as if she and Bachmann would be splitting this constituency that they have. And Bachmann, you know, this is unscientific poll but she clearly can represent that position and draw as Palin does, equally well.
Later during segment, Krauthammer clarified his remarks, saying he confused a Palin gaffe with a Bachmann gaffe.
Let me just say, it was Bachmann who slipped up on Concord, not Palin, Krauthammer said. I didnt mean to imply otherwise. But Bachmann is a stronger and more organized candidate for that constituency.
The Krauthead has his position as the holier than thou pundit on the 5pm Central Fox News show. He's obviously a shill for Romney and/or Pawlenty so you should not expect any favorable comments about Palin. As a matter of fact, he despises her so much he was actually complimentary of Bachmann over her. Of course he had no use for Bachmann either, he just wants to trash Palin. His remarks on that show were absolutely disgusting. He is already aware that he is getting a lot of flak for his idiot remarks, as he so alluded in his commentary. Fox needs to dump him and the Weekly Standardless clowns that are on that show.
Another useless Faux News tool.
Maybe Krauthammer should walk these statements back... Oh... right.
What an absolutely delicious scenario!
I noticed that too.
However, they just think Palin supporters are Palinbots.
you betcha!
Like a man thirsting in the desert, conservatives thirst for media that will truly represent the truth and when FOX exhibited the tiniest bit of that, they were crowned as the "conservative" network and fully embraced. I do think that FOX at one time tried to live up to their 'fair and balanced' mantra, but have pretty much embraced the true nature of most of the media today and do not report, rather they try to 'make' the news in their own image.
And Sarah is the only one I trust.
That's highly vulgar, and uncalled for to a polite comment.
Go wash your mouth out with soap, and contemplate how you make the Palin-fan-base look with your remark.
Her comment is pretty mild in comparison to what I have had said to me on FR. Why are you so concerned, it wasn't aimed at you????? Are you tag-teaming with the person it was aimed at?
Too many cocktail parties.
I think you're wrong.
Good grief! I want to keep the discourse on FR from disintegrating to the point the "F" word gets used towards FReepers, and you're accusing me of conspiracy....
I like Gov. Palin - and I truly fear the mob following her.
So to prove they're not irrelevant, they're saying she won't run, while knowing they are going to be proven wrong by saying that?
Quite true. I tune into FOX only when I know that Sarah will be on. I can't take the increasing left tilt of FOX news.
Yep, classic concern troll, no question.
I dont want to be picky but generally we say the founding of the country. I know Ill get e-mail on that.
Then why is he being picky? Did someone tell him to be picky, or what? I wouldn't waste an e-mail on CK.
Mob? Let's not get hysterical. The simple fact is that the "Ruling Class" exists and it has rules. Those who don't follow those rules are disparaged and disowned. One thing that has not been noticed is that a great many men who sat in Congress fifty years ago, would not be considered "fit"by today's Beltway Crowd should they dare run for office.
Wow... you have never experienced sequences of letters used to describe rather crude phrases on FR? Jeez... happens daily and sometimes they don't bother to mask it. This post is rather mild in comparison to some that have been aimed at me lately, so you better get a stiffer backbone.
Your PDS 'slip' is showing again! You didn't read what I said
If she wins it all by going unconventional and non tradition according to the book of politics then these guys are irrelevant
To them there is a "this is the way yo do it" political playbook and you are allowed to tweak it here and there, but clearly she is about to blow it up and make her own rules, so when they see it, she is going to Iowa, she ramping it up, they know she is about to run but are in denial because they can't imagine anyone disregarding their rules "Naw, she isn't running, she can't be, right? It's nuts to do it like that...etc"
get rid of him, Rove, Kristol, Parino
Poor, pitiful, snooty Charles. Sarah Palin has him flustered. She's has more organization than all the other *hopefuls* combined.
He couldn't be more wrong on that front, if he actually knew what was going on.
Bravo, Mike!
My backbone is just fine, thank you. Indeed, having a spine is essential if we're going to keep FR from turning into a cesspool.
It looks like the Mods nuked the comment too (I alerted it to them), so it looks like their backbone is doing fine.
I honestly recommend that when you have the "F" word - or other such cuss - thrown at you in FR (I don't disbelieve you), that you show a backbone for smart and civic discourse by hitting the abuse button on those posts as well.
FR threads are around forever (we hope). Do you want people looking back in a hundred years, and drawing the kinds of conclusions about our cause that these vulgar posts - TO EACH OTHER HERE ON THE FORUM - imply?
"He also noted that it would be problematic if both Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann and Palin ran for president, citing an unscientific Fox News poll."
That poll he was touting, showed at the time Bachmann ahead of Palin. But, the final results of the poll at the end, revealed Palin was favored by more than two to one over Bachmann.
Go home now and grieve Charlie, once again Lucy has jerked the football when you kicked and you have landed on your PDS butt.
She did? I didn't hear any fussing about it, except from the MSM.
Conventional wisdom is Bachmann and Palin appear to the same constituency. There's nothing controversial in that assertion by Krauthammer. He doesn't believe she'll run because she's still with Fox. That's a credible point, made by more than one freeper as well, but Palin "fans" here dismiss the logic because they so badly want her to be running.
He said the others can't suck the oxygen out of a room like she can. No one here would dispute that.
The bus tour is certainly highly unusual. The day she announced her resignation from the governor's office, Krauthammer suggested she write, she speak, she campaign for others and come 2016 no one will care about the early resignation and she'll still be young.
For a guy who people are panning, he was very prescient in what she should do to keep herself in the spotlight. The Fox panel thought he was nuts and presumed the resignation mean she was finished. He was also right that there was not a scandal set to drop.
"To them there is a this is the way yo do it political playbook and you are allowed to tweak it here and there, but clearly she is about to blow it up and make her own rules, so when they see it, she is going to Iowa, she ramping it up, they know she is about to run but are in denial because they cant imagine anyone disregarding their rules Naw, she isnt running, she cant be, right? Its nuts to do it like that...etc "
And, maybe more importantly from the elites standpoint, she did NOT ask permission to run. If you were to ask them, they are the king makers. They decide who runs. They make the rules. They hold the "real" power. (They think).
At this point, I wonder who the elite's dislike more: Sarah or Barry? If Sarah runs and wins, they are all irrelevent. They no longer control things. It scares the crap out of them. And we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg.
APPEAL, not appear.
They just fear she will tear up their playhouse, like the Joplin tornado.
They may appeal to the same constituency but Bachmann has only been a Congresswoman, Palin a Governor and Oil/Gas Commissioner, Mayor, etc. The chattering class has always declared a Congressperson didn't stand a chance of being elected Prez...think Mike Pence [who I like].
At the sme time the host read the poll results on the air [saying MB was ahead of SP] I checked the poll results and she had the names reversed. Palin was ahead at that time too. I emailed FOX to point that out.
Last I checked, Sarah was ahead more than 2 to 1.
I like MB: But she is no Sarah.
The fact that she is still employed by Fox may say something. They got rid of others who were going to run, but not her.
If Sarah can pull this off they are through getting any jobs in DC. She will never hire any of these turncoat anti conservative woman creeps in a Palin White House, and she does not care what they have to say. She will cause others to realize they do not need the beltway bunghole group's advice on anything.
I have seen Kraut go downhill for years, and he is becoming an emotional cripple,and should probably start analyzing himself.
Sarah is right about traveling to all of our Historical Places because it will give notice, and highlight that most of the Country is not living up to the standards that these Foundations truly mean. Kids are not even taught a decent amount of our History, they are taught about freaking recycling instead.
Kraut is very wrong,but he does not care, he thinks he can get away with picking fly$hit out of pepper and nobody will notice. How low he sinks,and he is too tone deaf to realize it.
True for some. Rove's influence being primary. Krauthammer possibly, although he has played Palin somewhat safely, as opposed to Trump. More importantly Palin, IF she actually conducts some business rather than sitting on the pot, would prove to be a game changer.
She has neither declared for public office nor formed an "exploratory committee" to run for office. The other two had both formed "exploratory committees" making them candidates.
After the ride, Palin kept a low profile. She did not speak at the rally that followed the ride; she ate lunch with wounded veterans from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in a tent blocked off from the crowd. The Palins left the Mall in the early afternoon, destination unknown.
You nailed it.....Krauthammer and Will are repeating the only script they are allowed to say-— given by those above......or should I say by those in the depths of hell.
You betcha! Correct on all counts.
Just spewed coffee at the flyspecks/pepper picking comment.
After the ride, Palin kept a low profile. She did not speak at the rally that followed the ride; she ate lunch with wounded veterans from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in a tent blocked off from the crowd. The Palins left the Mall in the early afternoon, destination unknown.
Really? Good for you.
That guy is an ass is and beginning to get on my nerves. He sometimes has some good things to say. But these latest outbursts toward the conservative field of GOP candidates show he is nothing more than a inside beltway, establishment Butt Boy.
LOL. I believe you're right.
Good for you, keep'em honest.
Rush has said that they will tell us who they fear the most.
I think they are telling us.
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The Schlieffen Plan-Fantasy or Catastrophe? Terence Zuber Argues That the German Army's Rigid Plan for a Quick Victory in France in 1914 Was a Postwar fabrication.(Column)
Zuber, Terence, History Today
THE HISTORY OF GERMAN war planning prior to the First World War has been dominated by the so-called `Schlieffen Plan', commonly said to have been developed in a study written in early 1906 by the recently retired Chief of the German General Staff, Count Alfred von Schlieffen (1853-1913). The concept was to deploy the entire German army in the west. No forces would be sent to protect East Prussia against the Russians. Seven-eighths of the German army was to be deployed between Metz and Aachen, on the right wing of the German front, leaving just one-eighth of the army to guard the left flank in Lorraine against a French attack. The right wing of the western army would sweep through Belgium and northern France, if necessary swinging to the west of Paris, continually turning the French left flank, eventually pushing the French army into Switzerland, while seeking a single great battle of annihilation. Following this quick and decisive victory, the Germans could deal with the Russian threat.
When war broke out in 1914, the German commander Helmuth von Moltke (1848-1916) did indeed attack on the right by invading Belgium, but his force was not as strong as envisaged in the Plan; the attack was halted at the Marne in September, and a war of attrition ensued.
Indirectly it was the historian and publicist Hans Delbruck (1848-1929) who brought the Schlieffen Plan to the attention of the public, in early 1919. Delbruck wrote that Germany had used the wrong plan in 1914. It would have been wiser to attack in the east and defend in the west: this had been, Delbruck said, after all the plan of the great Field Marshal von Moltke (1800-91, uncle of the 1914 commander) between 1871 and 1888. An offensive in the east would have produced a quick victory over the Russian armies in Poland. Germany could have respected Belgian neutrality, which would have weakened British enthusiasm for the Entente. A German victory was in any case impossible. Germany should have conducted a war of attrition leading to a negotiated peace, rather than seeking a decisive victory.
Delbruck's accusations were a direct challenge to the professional officer corps. The General Staff's counterattack was not long in coming. In 1920, Hermann von Kuhl provided the first detailed information about German war planning, and set out the General Staff party line: that Schlieffen had bequeathed a brilliant plan to Moltke, who had failed to understand it.
The second volley was provided in 1921 by Wolfgang Foerster, who made Schlieffen's study the center-piece of his de fence of General Staff war planning, with particular emphasis on the idea of committing maximum force to the right wing to annihilate the French army. To illustrate this he published a map from Schlieffen's papers which showed seven active army corps and six corps of replacement troops swinging to the west of Paris. Such an operation, in Foerster's view, would surely have produced a decisive German victory. Foerster acknowledged that Schlieffen's study was concerned only with a one-front war and that it required an army larger than the Germans actually had at the time. Nevertheless, what was important was the concept. This, he said, was Schlieffen's legacy to Moltke, and it was Moltke's job to turn it into reality. The Reichsarchiv in Potsdam now claimed that Schlieffen's brilliant Plan had failed because of egregious mistakes made in 1914 by three officers--Moltke, Billow (the 2nd Army commander) and Hentsch (Moltke's liaison officer at the battle of the Marne)--all three dead by 1920.
From 1908 to 1912 Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937) was the head of the deployment section under Moltke, and knew the German war plan intimately. In Ludendorff's opinion, Moltke followed the concept of the Schlieffen Plan, but failed to execute it properly. Ludendorff supported this contention by noting that in the real war plan for 1905-06 Schlieffen deployed fifty-four infantry divisions to the right wing, just as did Moltke in 1914. …


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Posts from Pitchers & Carafes
Why I'm Obsessed with My Simon Pearce Glass Pitchers
I remember the first time I saw these Simon Pearce pitchers. My heart skipped a beat. Is that ridiculous? Probably. But my mind immediately went to the homemade lemonade my children would love, the cold martinis my friends would sip, and the gorgeous sangria that would be the centerpiece of my next porch party. Some people see glass pitchers; I see parties. These pitchers would change my life.
Normann Copenhagen: Modern Danish Design For the Kitchen and Table
Store Profile
You may not think you know Normann Copenhagen, but chances are you'd recognize a few of their classic pieces. (Remember this peeler? Or this tea egg? Or these fun beater whisks?) Fans of modern design also know that you can find Normann Copenhagen pieces at stores like Horne, Huset, and The Modern Shop, but the brand has its own online webshop as well where you can peruse and purchase the full beautiful line.
My Favorite Carafe For Small Dinner Gatherings
Setting the Table: Favorite Serving Dishes, Tableware, Linens, and Inspirational Ideas
The Kitchn's Best of 2012
A beautifully set table is a lesson in balance, the shaping and bringing together of both the practical and the decorative. Our tabletop and dining posts this year focused on that delicate balance, with recommendations on everything from our favorite no-fuss serving dishes to pretty polka-dot table linens, from classic carafes to gorgeous gold flatware. We also had a shopping guide to colorful dinnerware, a roundup of nautical-inspired tabletop, and a few creative ways to display all your tabletop collections!
What Household or Kitchen Items Would Make a Good Punch Bowl for a Party?
Good Questions
Q: I am looking for a DIY punch bowl for our wedding. I don't really want to buy (and store) a punch bowl I will rarely use. I have some huge stainless steel bowls and a ladle, but I don't think they're heavy enough, and they'd scooch and slosh around when in use.
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We've Gone Dotty! A Few Modern Dot Designs For the Kitchen & Tabletop
Product Roundup
Chevron may come and go, but polka dots (and other dot designs) will never go out of style. They're timeless—simultaneously sweet and classic, yet still cool and modern-looking when done right. I'm rediscovering my love for dots, and today's finds may convert me fully. Don't you just love that red polka dot linen tablecloth? Or the gold dotted bowl? So fun and frisky. I'm sold.
Make a Summer Drink Keg out of a Watermelon!
Ingenious Ideas
A good drink dispenser (see some favorites here) is helpful at summer cookouts — it keeps lemonade or boozy beverages cold and makes it easy for guests to serve themselves without the need to constantly refill smaller pitchers. But beverage dispensers often aren't cheap, and honestly, I don't have room for such a bulky thing in my kitchen. This is why this idea is so brilliant — make a drink keg out of a watermelon!
For the Table: 5 Classic Glass Carafes
Product Roundup
As we reminded you in January, don't forget to put a pitcher of water on the dinner table! Perhaps owning a beautiful and classic carafe might help you remember. Here are five favorites:
Heath Ceramics' New Summer Collection: In a Gorgeous Matte Orange!
Last Fall Heath Ceramics released a Winter collection—etched ceramics in muted neutrals. (Which we loved.) Unsurprisingly, we're finding things to covet in their newly released Summer collection as well, which perfectly captures the heat and hue of the season.
A Striking Way To Serve Water at the Table? Use Binchotan Coal
The black Binchotan coal you see above is actually white charcoal made from Japanese oak heated in an oxygen-starved kiln until it turned to carbon. (These charcoal purifiers have been around for a few years.) Place one of these sticks in a jug of water and it will reportedly absorb chlorine and unpleasant tastes and odors while infusing your water with natural minerals.


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Ricardo Martin, a businessman from Bicol, topped the inaugural leg of the Executive Chess Circuit Sunday at the Dugout Sports Bar and Grill at One Jorama Place, Congressional Avenue corner San Beda Street, Barangay Toro in Quezon City.
Martin settled for a draw with Marlon Bernardino Jr. after 30 moves of a King's Indian defense to finish with 5 points after six rounds.
Martin was actually tied with Philip King Cartagena of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), but won the tiebreak.
Cartagena defeated Joselito Dormitorio in 50 moves of a Modern Benoni in the final round.
Tied for third place with 4.5 points were Bernardino and lawyer Quirino Sagario who whipped businessman Kirk Jeremias after 45 moves of Queen's Pawn Game.
Grandmaster Eugene Torre graced the opening ceremony of the event organized by lawyer Sammy Estimo and officiated by International Arbiter Erwin Carag and National Arbiter Alex Dinoy.
The final standings:
5.0 points—Ricardo Martin, Philip King Cartagena
4.5 points—Almario Marlon Bernardino Jr., Quirino Sagario
4.0 points—Joselito Dormitorio, Franz Barretto, Ruben Monte, Wilfredo Neri
3.5 points—Kirk Jeremias, Luie Dador
3.0 points—Daisy Rivera, Emiliano Colindres, Noel Garcia, Renato Domaycos, Erven Perlas, Florendo Batasin Jr., Amado Labarda
2.5 points—Noel Tejada, Raymundo Marras, Loren Tabilog
2.0 points—Johnny Teves, Jhun Del Mundo, Chester Yonzon, Rudy Artuz
1.5 points—Graciano Gomez Jr., Bino Tibez, Marc Anthony Lingbawan


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Be pampered in one of our newly updated spacious, well appointed, themed guest rooms with private en-suites. Relax and enjoy our full served chef prepared breakfasts. Whether you want to take a walk, hike the Holland Creek trails, see our historic Ladysmith area or enjoy our porch rockers and gardens, there is something for everyone!
Ladysmith is a seaside town with many ocean and beach activities, great marina's in our protected harbour, hiking trails, wineries and golf courses close by. When visiting the island, live theatres such as Ladysmith Little Theatre, Chemainus Theatre or the Cowichan Theatre offer an excellent variety of performances from professional to local theatre groups. We have some very good local restaurants & cafe's or a short drive to the Crow and Gate English Pub or the Mahle House offer a great experience.
A good midway stop between Victoria and Tofino, as well many easy day trips from here.
We look forward to your stay.
Destination BC
Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce
Chemainus & Area Bed & Breakfast Association (CABBA)
Ladysmith & Area Accommodations Association (LAAA)


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I could only make out a little of the trail by Reagan Airport as I passed on the metro, but it seemed ride-able, though I am sure I would have to walk to bridges. Does anyone have any reports on the Mt Vernon trail from south of Old Town to the 14th street bridge?
I really want to test the new fenders tomorrow.


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Help give toys a good home
I'd like to offload a bunch of vintage 80s toys. Any suggestions for specialist shops that might be interested? I'm in South London, UK. [more inside]
Trying to figure out the title of an old Easter special from HBO...
Is anyone familiar with an Easter puppet special that was on (I think) HBO in the early '80s? I remember that it involved a bunch of bunnies working in an Easter egg factory, and that the Easter Bunny ("E.B.") was fairly nervous and might've had a Woody Allen-esque delivery. It definitely isn't "Tale Of The Bunny Picnic" (though that looks pretty cute, too). Bonus points if there's a streaming version anywhere online - I'd love to show this special to my bunny-obsessed niece. Thanks, all.
The force is not with me in remembering this video.
Looking for an 80s progressive rock video featuring Darth Vader [more inside]
Name that film
What foreign film did I watch on television in the UK in the 80s [more inside]
Back in the USSR
Trying to remember a spy thriller film from the early 80s. [more inside]
modern songs that sound like 80s songs?
Help me assemble a mixtape of contemporary songs that sound like 80s songs, won't you? [more inside]
Help me find these 80s PSAs
Elephant with stuff in his ears, villains plotting to dirty a PI's teeth, and a man crawling under descending cardboard smoke: help me find footage of these early-80s PSAs. [more inside]
sax hook
What is that 80s sax song that goes "do dwee do dododo?" [more inside]
Bra removal champion???
What is this half-remembered VHS tape of very-low-production-values, very short sketches, that my friend and I rented in the mid-to-late 80s? [more inside]
Please help identify another childhood TV memory from U.K. late 70s / early 80s. Horror/drama elements.
Weird alien living-desk-lamp or exotic flower in some suburban British home. Another super-vague childhood TV memory question. U.K. late 70s/early 80s. [more inside]
Film Quality "Breakpoints"?
Are there major concrete breakpoints in film quality/style over there years? Or are these more to do with the film to video conversion (I watch movies on television). Or are these perceived changes based on my historical memory? [more inside]
Where can I find a community of video makers?
Where can I find a community of amateur video makers who might be interested in doing a music video for my band? [more inside]
Does anyone remember this kids Christian game show from the 1980s?
Probably a shot in the dark, but does anyone recall a kids game show that aired (briefly) during the mid-80s, featuring teams of religious schools competing "Family Feud"-style against one another answering questions about the Bible? [more inside]
Muskeeter cartoon from the 80s?
Help me find this 3 Musketeers cartoon from the 80s with a ridiculously catchy theme song! [more inside]
Yet another Halloween costume thread: '80s Edition
Yet another Halloween costume thread: '80s Edition. [more inside]
Help me remember a TV movie/series
Trying to remember a TV movie/series I saw back in 92/93. [more inside]
What is this sad 80s song that I love?
A song. From the 80s. Almost no information. Go! [more inside]
Channeling Larry Levan.
Seeking somewhat obscure '80s dance songs that are in the vein of Sheila-E and Exposé in terms of '80s sound, beat, female vocals and danceability. [more inside]
Iconic yacht rock movies and tv
What movies and TV shows do you associate with the genre of yacht rock? [more inside]
Identify this b-movie from the 80s
Identify this b-movie from the 80s [more inside]
Unsung Heros of the 70s/80s
Who are the unsung heroes of the 70s and 80s? i.e. recommend some good non-mainstream bands from then. [more inside]
Karaoke Night!
I am taking my friends to karaoke but I need song recommendation! (age group: 25~32) [more inside]
Captain Robo Gold Armor 80s Man
HelpMeThinkOfThisMovie/TVShowFilter: back in the mid-80s I used to rent these VHS kids movies about a sci future where this special group of soldiers (or something) wore their own individual Robo-Cop-Like Suits. It was NOT animated. The main character wore gold armor suit and I think had a Cyclops-like visor. I want to say the word "Captain" was in the title... [more inside]
I got killed by a mouse in a trashcan!
Do you remember an old Mac game where you play as a wizard's apprentice who goes to a magic store? [more inside]
I want you so bad it's my only wish
Need help with identifying a half-sample of some eighties female vocalist, as echoed in a BEP single. [more inside]
80s movie. Lingering memory.
I can't remember this movie from the 80s. I can remember a few fleeting details. Stupid getting old. [more inside]
Help me figure out what TV-movie / TV special this is!
Please help me figure out what TV movie / TV special from the 80s I'm remembering. It involved a woman receiving a manufactured child in the mail that required her to add water (or some other liquid) to activate it. [more inside]
Name that 80s toy computer
What was this computer I had as a kid? It was in the early to mid 80s. It was small (barely bigger than the keyboard). It had a very small built-in display (LCD, I think). There was a membrane keyboard. It took cartridges, and some of the carts came with keyboard templates. There's one in particular I remember that had information about countries of the world, and the template had one flag for each key. I seem to recall the plastic case being beige, but I'm not 100% sure. It could play sounds, and there was a cart for composing music. What was this thing?
What are your favorite albums from the 70s or 80s that feature synthesizers or electric combo organs?
What are your favorite albums from the 70s or 80s that feature synthesizers or electric combo organs (think Farfisa or Vox)?
What one single most typifies 80s popular music production style?
What one single most typifies 80s popular music production style? [more inside]
Who was the 80s? band with white pants and/or white belts?
I'm trying to remember the name of a band, among whose defining aesthetic characteristics was the prominent use of a band-wide? uniform including white pants and/or a white belt. Probably 80s? Maybe New Wave? [more inside]
Brainwashing Machine? Or what?
What is the terminal-type thing I used in a New York State elementary school in the mid- to late-70s and early 80s? [more inside]
I am usually the dude that answers these questions. Today I am not this dude.
I'm usually the dude that answers questions like this, but for the life of me, I can't remember the title of the film. It was early-mid 80's, possibly a TV Movie, where two "righteous dudes" are kidnapped and brought to this town that looks eerily like small town Kansas circa 1950. It turns out that this city is a training ground for Soviet sleeper agents, and the dudes were kidnapped to update the training program. In the end, the dudes lead an escape from the town back to America.
Peephole Weekly
In the early 80s, I was browsing the magazines at a local grocery store and found a humor magazine that had a parody of People Weekly -- called Peephole Weekly here -- as either its front or back cover. What magazine was this? Bonus points for a date of publication. [more inside]
Welcome to the big city montage!
YoutubeFilter: help me find a video online. I want to find a clip-from any movie out there-of the standard, cliche "new guy in New York seeing the sites with a huge grin" montage. The sort of thing that is in films from the 80s like Crocodile Dundee, where you see a tourist/hillbilly seeing the city for the first time, set to some poppy, uptempo soundtrack music. HELP!
Give me some "vintage music that still sounds fresh" tips
I want to listen to luscious old (pre 90s) music that sounds fresh and as if it could have been recorded and released today (in terms of production values, instrumentation, orchestration, etc.) Can you recommend some? [more inside]
I won't bathe until I know.
Identify this 80s (I think) horror movie. [more inside]
Looking for a kitschy internet book from the 90s
Help me find a kitschy look-at-this-new-internet-thing book from the mid to late 90s. [more inside]
Modern VL-Tone?
What's the modern equivalent of a Casio VL-Tone? [more inside]
What was that "Make the Boomers PAY" commercial I saw as a kid?
I remember this commercial from back in last century, about the youth putting their elders on trial, basically for leaving them an f'd-up world. I also remember it getting pulled from the airwaves for ruffling too many feathers. What was it? [more inside]
what are 80s style foods?
what are 80s style foods? [more inside]
Please name this seemingly ungooglable 80s cartoon
What is this 80s cartoon about some possibly magical woman who lived under the ocean? [more inside]
The More You Know
I am looking for music that evokes the spirit of nostalgic, 70s-80s-era, variety show, Saturday morning cartoon, vintage game show-style aesthetics, like The Go! Team or...umm -- well, anything that sounds like TG!T really, then.
Track ID needed (late 80s/90s popular music) - Reward!
Track ID needed (late 80s/90s popular music) - Reward for the finder! [more inside]
Help me find this dystopian movie!
NameThisMovieFilter: Dystopian society of people living in a domed city, who don't leave their homes and spend a great deal of their time in their dream machines. [more inside]
Remember those t-shirts with the drawing of the sabra cactus wearing that funny Israeli hat?
Were you a Jewish kid in the 70s/80s? Remember those t-shirts with the drawing of the sabra cactus wearing that funny Israeli hat? [more inside]
80s clothing
80s party costume suggestions [more inside]
Name That Outer Space 80s Black & White Adventure Game
Name-That-Game Filter: Trying to remember the name of a late 80s/early 90s black & white "adventure" game. Involved outer space. [more inside]
Name of the 80s soccer arcade machine?
Does anyone remember the name of the 80s soccer coin-op arcade machine? It was of a similar size to a Gauntlet box, was up to four player and was a world cup type tournament. Sort of cartoon-y / manga-lite type of players; and my overriding memory of it is the scissor / bicycle kick. If it then exists in a PC/PS2/ROM collection so much the better! Thanks all.
TV Show with Obstacle Course from the Early 90s
TV Show Filter: Show from the early 90's or MAYBE mid to late 80's where the final part of the show was to go through a large obstacle course. More details inside. [more inside]


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Determinants and Effects of Institutional Change: A Case Study of Dry Bean Grades and Standards
Sterns, Patricia Aust, Reardon, Thomas, Journal of Economic Issues
In an era marked by the twin forces of globalization and agro-industrialization, global food markets are undergoing a shift from homogeneous markets to differentiated markets, a reorientation from national markets to global markets, a move from spot market toward vertical coordination and integration (Schertz and Daft, 1997), and a restructuring of economies and polities from planned to market driven. In this new global context, expanded international trade of agricultural commodities and food products exists in a new trade and business environment characterized by increasingly liberalized trade, sophisticated logistics, precise product specifications and attribute management, and a concentration of actors.
As the global agrifood system adapts to these forces, firms are implementing strategies to enhance quality and control coordination. Standards are part of the instruments firms use to implement those strategies and, thus, the role of standards is shifting from one of commodity definition to lower transaction costs to that of a strategic tool for product differentiation (Leat et al. 1998) and market formation and protection for both private industries and governments (Reardon et al. 1999). However, this "shift" is not a clear movement from one function to another but rather highlights the dual nature of standards. While a standard can and might produce standardization (conformity) of goods, it can also provide the necessary structure for product differentiation (diversity).
The changing role of standards will lead to changes and adaptation of existing standards, adoption of new ones, and some elimination of old ones by individual firms, industry associations, and governments acting jointly, in conflict, or completely ignoring the others' actions. Two fundamental questions arise from this situation: what are the determinants of changes in grades and standards and what effects do the changes have on the agrifood chain?
The importance of institutions and the process by which they change and evolve have been well documented in the literature. However, much of the work on institutional change is predominantly theoretical, and there is a need for more empirical examples of the process of institutional change in order to refine and expand existing theories.
This paper uses an institutional change model to examine changes in standards in the dry bean agrifood system as an endogenous process within the system, which itself is a cumulative process of feedback. This case study is particularly interesting because it illustrates an evolution from collective, public standards to individual, firm-specific standards as well as highlighting the interaction of technology, existing institutions, and market structure. It also adds a dynamic element to the agricultural economics literature where much of the work on changes in grades and standards has focused on the economic effects of a particular regulatory change, thus making institutional change an exogenous force taken as a given (Bockstael 1984; Schmitz et al. 1995; Unnevehr et al. 1998; Unnevehr and Jensen 1999).
The paper's analysis begins with a discussion of standards as institutions. It then outlines a model of institutional change and applies it to a case study of grades and standards in the dry bean agrifood system. The case study shows how changes in technology, consumers' preferences, and power relations lead to a change in dry bean canners standards, which then feeds back to these variables as well as affecting the outcome of the system. These effects include changes in the trade relationships between canners and elevators, elevator industry restructuring, and concomitant institutional change in the Michigan dry bean sector, including private and public standards.
Standards as Institutions
Standards are institutions, i.e., sets of ordered relationships among people that define their rights, their exposure to the rights of others, their privileges, and their responsibilities (Schmid 1987). …