Madness Combat 2: Redeemer – Flash Movie
The second installment of Madness Combat. The insanity brought tears to my eyes. Rating: 9/10
Why McDonald’s Fries Taste So Good
Why McDonald’s Fries Taste So Good
By Eric Schlosser
Excerpt From Eric Schlosser’s new book
‘Fast Food Nation’ (Houghton-Mifflin, 2001)
The french fry was “almost sacrosanct for me,” Ray Kroc, one of the founders of McDonald’s, wrote in his autobiography, “its preparation a ritual to be followed religiously.” During the chain’s early years french fries were made from scratch every day. Russet Burbank potatoes were peeled, cut into shoestrings, and fried in McDonald’s kitchens. As the chain expanded nationwide, in the mid-1960s, it sought to cut labor costs, reduce the number of suppliers, and ensure that its fries tasted the same at every restaurant. McDonald’s began switching to frozen french fries in 1966 — and few customers noticed the difference. Nevertheless, the change had a profound effect on the nation’s agriculture and diet. A familiar food had been transformed into a highly processed industrial commodity. McDonald’s fries now come from huge manufacturing plants that can peel, slice, cook, and freeze two million pounds of potatoes a day. The rapid expansion of McDonald’s and the popularity of its low-cost, mass-produced fries changed the way Americans eat. In 1960 Americans consumed an average of about eighty-one pounds of fresh potatoes and four pounds of frozen french fries. In 2000 they consumed an average of about fifty pounds of fresh potatoes and thirty pounds of frozen fries. Today McDonald’s is the largest buyer of potatoes in the United States.
In terms of purchasing, it’s a woman’s world – study
In terms of purchasing, it’s a woman’s world – study
Some say it’s a man’s world, but women actually make most purchasing and entertainment decisions, according to a study that could influence advertisers and media companies.
It’s long been accepted that women pick out most of the clothes for the family and decide on home furnishings, but market research firm NPD’s study of 51,000 U.S. households showed some surprising facets of purchasing decisions broken down by gender.
Video: “Dancing Machine” by The Jackson 5
The Jackson Five put on a pretty exciting live show back in the day.
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Man, when Michael was really funky, had soul, and pretty much made great music with his brothers.. He does the Robot towards the middle of the clip..Once again..Real Dancing, Real funkiness and Soul
GOP sets up showdown over Alito
GOP sets up showdown over Alito
The Senate’s top Republican decided Thursday to force a showdown on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito early next week, with the two Democratic senators from Massachusetts pushing to block a vote.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist filed a motion to cut off debate on the Alito nomination after his Democratic counterpart, Minority Leader Harry Reid, objected to a move by GOP leaders to schedule a final vote on his confirmation Monday afternoon.
Frist’s motion, which requires 60 votes under Senate rules, will come up for a vote at 4:30 p.m. Monday. If successful, senators will then vote on Alito’s nomination at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with a simple majority of 51 votes needed for approval.
Half-million PCs infected by e-mail virus
Half-million PCs infected by e-mail virus
A mass-mailing computer virus that is coded to delete files on February 3 may have spread to more than 500,000 servers, if evidence from a Web counter can be trusted.
Known as the Blackmal.E or Nyxem.E virus, the program travels as an attachment to e-mail messages with suggestive subject lines such as “School girl fantasies gone bad” and “Re: Sex Video”. The virus will completely compromise systems whose users open the attachment, attempting to disable security software and making extensive changes to the registry.
Criminals? Or just having some fun?
Criminals? Or just having some fun?
The judge had chastised nine students caught drinking at a Troy high school prom last spring. That would be the end of it, he figured.
It was, until Judge Michael Martone stumbled across a Web site weeks after the students had been sentenced to probation. Leering back at him from his computer screen were some of the same students from Troy Athens High School, now in college.
On the site, they were giving him the finger. They were toasting him with cups of beer and chugging shots of Jagermeister liqueur. They were posing with beer cans stacked almost to the ceiling, and retching into toilets at Michigan State University.