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By dieseltaylor Interesting read. What I was left missing in the studies is the effects of increase in the single parent families and how having the mother (lets face it, women get the custody most of the time) take care of growing boys.

Crappy homefront flashbacks. Oh, joy !!!

By JasonC Which army are you talking about ? If the FO's are directly attached to support the maneuver elements they can not fire as they please (or cherry pick fire missions at their own discretion) for the simple reason the plan the FO's were/are in on rarely survives contact. If the directly attached FO's are not reduced to doing whatever the maneuver element commander tells them to do the overall planning of the mission (offensive or defensive) is not sound. The Red Army paid dearly for the lessons in arty co-operation before they got the mix right. That is a patent solution to invite friendly fire incidents. Not to mention the wasted resources which are expended in firing "suspected enemy positions" and the like.

Where's the frigging edit button ?!? Anyhow: with regards to the Glantz on-line piece and the conlusions therein which totally bypass the intel which influenced heavily the Red Army depolyment I should have mentioned at least Carell would have us believe the 3rd battle of Harkov was such a debacle for the Red Army because the front line commanders disobeyed orders from GHQ and Stalin was being fed with intel data from there which ran contrary to what was actually happening at the front. EDIT: OK, the edit feature in the post I was to edit went sour.

In Deadly Combat by Bidermann is worth a look.

By Dietrich The conclusions are interesting. Especially given the fact that by 1986 most of the Western historical community was aware the Kursk defences were influenced (to say the least) by highly accurate intel data on the preprations and plans of the upcoming operation received from Werther.

By JasonC Well, his work is credible enough to wind up among the sources Glantz has used. That is a matter of opinion. The subject matter is interesting but so far his work has not been much more than compillation and translation of Soviet second and third hand sources.

By JasonC Glantz is a real historian, no contest. I just guestion the superiority of the historical accuracy of his work as opposed to historical accuracy of Carells work. Glanz's work is a compillation, an anthology if you will, heavily based on pre-processed "facts" made by purpose driven Soviet historians. Carells work is based on archival sources and is spiced up by personal memoires of actual combatants. In fact Carells work is much like the work by Ambrose. The only difference is Carells work is much more general in nature and with wider perspective. EDIT: Just checked the bibliography in The Siege of Leningrad and it lists Carell's books among the sources side by side with a host of Soviet histories from the '40's to the late 80's.

By Der Alte Fritz Somehow relying on Soviet historians instead of actual archival sources does not enpower him to command the high ground on historical accuracy over Carell. And IIRC Carell's work has some Soviet memoires in it to give a resemblance of a bigger picture. A good choice but just like Glantz the historical accuracy of his work is relying on biased sources.

By gunnergoz I wish they had shown during the performance the faces of those in the audience who scorned her before she sang. If she makes it I fear a few years from now she has had the set of usual nip/tuck/lipo/reconstrucktive plastic operations. Then again, not being American she might be secure enough not to go through all that. Incidentaly: what is it with the British actors being cast in lead roles in all sorts of American soaps (Greys Anatomy, Life, House) these day ? And some of the veteran actors (well, mostly actresses) in the same shows seem more like left over extras from Planet of the Apes with all their Botox and plastic enhanced looks.

I hear people have made hundreds of millions doing nothing but singing. !?! Imagine that !!!

Just goes to show that real talent does definitely NOT go hand in hand with looks.

Since Citrix Metaframe is essentially a rehash of the old mainframe Telnet remote application usage most users these days have problems with the fact that the "normal" functions of the PC will not work the quite the same under Citrix. From the system admin POV Citrix is easy to manage. But only if all the users and user groups comply 100% with the set up. Well planned and executed Windows AD with intelligently drawn up policies beats Citrix hands down.

Offhand: Pros: no need to upgrade HW (any old rig will run as the desktop is "remote"), all SW up to date, lisencing and version issues managed, all settings the same to all users/user groups. In short a control freaks wet dream. Cons: when it (server, connection) goes down you are SOL, offline working a pain in general, local/remote backup/synchronization tricky, lisencing issues (max users/application deny access if not dealt with properly), universal settings = universal problems. In short, individualistic and innovtive approach to working out the window. Suitable for controlled environments with high security demands (hospitals etc), unsuitable for work which requires individual approach to problem solving etc.

IMO this does not qualify. He knew full well the risks but from what I read I think he did not make sure how the ties open while the skis are suspended in the air. Modern ties do not open that easily unless you apply weight on them. They are safe and open on impact when you fall down but they are designed not to open in midair. Duh !

By dieseltaylor The relative ease to establish faked ID in different countries or the citizens of "free democracies" bitching and moaning about having to verify their ID to authorities in multiple ways ?

What is the problem ? Or rather I know what the problem is but still, what is the problem ? Why do people from countries where ID theft/fake is the easiest complain the most or loudest about these things ? I for one really would like to know who is applying for MY passport. Then again, when applying for a official papers like passport over here the officals do not ask for fathers/mothers name or other such unrelated things. They do ask for the name (kinda obvious that one) social security number and current address in case it has changed between DB updates.

Just because you have to carry the water by hand does not mean it is not available or contaminated.

Consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. AFAIK with all the carnage there has never ever been any attempt to sabotage the water supply of either side. So far.

By dieseltaylor Ah....... might have guessed. Seems the Germanic race is expanding globally... Cue Arnold Schwatsenegger

By winston smith Well, that's democracy for you. If the "establisment" does not repsond to popular requests and demands the "establisment" will undergo uncontrolled changes. Look what happened to the Germans when they let Hitler run free with his ideas. IMO it is not racism if you want to curtail immigration. I'm sad to say instantaneous shake-n-bake (in cultural history timeframe) multiculturalistic society living in harmony is a fairy tale. Or more like a failed rab rat experiment made on people instead of rats. Funnily enough this seems to be a Europe-wide phenomenon. Stuart does not strike me as particularly German family name.

By Stalin's Organist True. But some parents to force on their children activities the kids simply do not find the least bit interesting and that is not what it should be all about. IMO the child should have some say in what they like and what not. If the activity is selected because the parent finds it interesting or appropriate but the kid dislikes it beyond measure then there is something wrong in the equation. School is not one of those selectable activities, dancing, organized sports and learning to play an instrument are. I see no harm in them if the kid genuinely likes it. Even if its parade drill to honour veterans. I think the parents of this particular kid have also told him some things about what he is actually doing. Also, I think in this particular case the spectators would have taken affirmative action if he had saluted SS-veterans on parade with the Nazi salute.

By Bigduke6 And that automatically means the boy doing the salute was forced to do it against his will ? How does children forced to do sports then strike you ? You are forgetting how many of them are totally turned off by playing after having had to take lessons they do not want to take. Somehow taking part in folk dancing and other activities honouring/remembering the past at such young age is much better. I think not. Only if the child is told only the "glorious" bits omitting the realities of war. I have not heard too many war stories from veterans who have not included the gore and loss of friends in them. That is the age you develop the respect for others. In good and bad. But not to be forced to take sports. Any boy of such age can learn the salute in a few minutes. That leaves ample time to do other things. Besides, in this day and age parents taking time to do things for real with their children is too rare. Agreed.

By Bigduke6 Would you make your child take piano lessons ? This well rehearsed drill differs essentially how from for example well rehearsed piano recital by a child of same age ?