"She said, I've had it comin' to me"

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-twilight-zone/where-is-everybody-12585/trivia/

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The Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 1

Where is Everybody?

Aired Unknown Oct 02, 1959 on CBS

Quotes


Reporter #2: What happened to him toward the end, General, before he pushed that button or whatever it was?










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CAKE

album: "Fashion Nugget" (1996)


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AZ

CAKE

"The Distance"

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line,
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags go up.
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup.
They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank,
Fuel burning fast on an empty tank.
Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns.
Their prowess is potent and secretly stearn.
As they speed through the finish, the flags go down.
The fans get up and they get out of town.
The arena is empty except for one man,
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up,
And long ago somebody left with the cup.
But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns.
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.

He's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
She's all alone
In her time of need.
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse,
He's going the distance.

No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine,
He's haunted by something he cannot define.
Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse,
Assail him, impale him with monster-truck force.
In his mind, he's still driving, still making the grade.
She's hoping in time that her memories will fade.
Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up,
And long ago somebody left with the cup.
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns.
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns.

Cause he's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
She's all alone
In her time of need.
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
He's racing and pacing and plotting the course,
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse.
He's going the distance.
He's going for speed.
He's going the distance.










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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Miniseries (2003)


[ Opening lines ]

Caption: The Cylons were created by man.

They were created to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies.

(Image of a ship docking with a space station.)

And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters.

(Door opens. Man in Colonial uniform walks down a hallway, sits at a small table with two chairs, opens his briefcase.)

After a long and bloody struggle, an armistice was declared. The Cylons left for another world to call their own.

(The man is looking at paperwork on the Cylons - drawings, specifications.)

A remote space station was built...

...where Cylon and Human could meet and maintain diplomatic relations.

Every year, the colonials send an officer.

The Cylons send no one.

No one has seen or heard from the Cylons in over forty years.

(Close-up on pictures of the man's wife and young son.)

(The man is nodding off to sleep. Suddenly, the doors open and two metallic Cylons walk in and flank the doorway. We hear high heels clicking in the corridor, and a blonde woman in a red suit enters the frame and walks down the hallway towards the man. She leans against his side of the table and bends over him.)

Woman (let's call her Number Six): Are you alive?










https://weather.com/safety/earthquake/news/earthquake-southeast-us-north-american-plate

The Weather Channel


Scientists May Have Found Reason Behind Unusual Earthquakes in Southeastern U.S.

Published: By Anna Norris weather.com

May 4 2016


On Aug. 23, 2011, an earthquake shook several states in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, including our nation's capital. It was an unexpected event, with the epicenter near Mineral, Virginia – well within the North American Plate. It was felt by a third of the U.S. population, as far north as Maine and Canada and as far south as Georgia.

Its epicenter was in an unusual location, more than 1,000 miles from the nearest edge of the North American Plate, but the USGS notes this as the most-felt quake in U.S. history.

Until now, the exact cause of the earthquake perplexed geologists. But a new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth has an explanation for this event and others in the region.

“This region has not been active for a long time,” Berk Biryol, a seismologist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and lead author of the new study, said in a press release. “We were intrigued by what was going on and how we can link these activities to structures in deeper parts of the Earth.”

Rather than originating from plate boundaries, as earthquakes in more active regions do, they key to these quakes is beneath the plates and in the Earth's mantle, researchers found. Their theory is that pieces of the mantle are breaking off, weakening the plate above. And they found that the 2011 earthquake is one of many that are likely to come.

“Our idea supports the view that this seismicity will continue due to unbalanced stresses in the plate,” Biryol said. “The [seismic] zones that are active will continue to be active for some time.”

Researchers used a 3D map of the mantle and found something unexpected: the thickness of the plate in the southeast was uneven, a mixture of young and old rock. Pieces of the mantle were breaking off and letting gravity do its job. Thinner plates are more likely to slip along the fault lines.

That instability explained why quakes had occurred in the past, and hints at more to come in the future.










From 10/2/1959 ( premiere US TV series "The Twilight Zone"::series premiere episode "Where Is Everybody?" ) To 7/22/2005 is 16730 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/23/2011 is 16730 days



From 2/9/1994 ( Howard Martin Temin deceased ) To 8/23/2011 is 6404 days

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From 2/17/1958 ( Dwight Eisenhower - Letter to Nikolai Bulganin, Chairman, Council of Ministers, U. S. S. R. ) To 12/8/2003 ( premiere US TV miniseries "Battlestar Galactica" ) is 16730 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/23/2011 is 16730 days



From 7/21/2007 ( premiere US film "The Simpsons Movie" ) To 8/23/2011 is 1494 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/5/1969 ( Richard Nixon - Statement on Signing the Wildlife Bill ) is 1494 days





http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/23/news/la-pn-quake-shakes-east-coast-20110823

Los Angeles Times


Magnitude 5.9 quake shakes East Coast

August 23, 2011 By Ken Dilanian and Richard Simon

A powerful earthquake rattled Washington, D.C., today, prompting evacuations of the Capitol, the Pentagon and many other area office buildings.

Authorities said the quake had a magnitude of 5.9 and the epicenter was near Fredericksburg, Va. Early reports said the quake was felt up and down the East Coast.

That appears to be the largest quake on record for this area. Before today, the largest occurred last July, a 3.6 quake that hit near Rockville, Md., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The North Anna nuclear power plant is located near the quake’s epicenter in central Virginia, northwest ofRichmond.

Two reactors at North Anna shut down automatically and the plant lost off-site power, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, CNN reports. Diesel generators are providing power in what is being called "an unusual event," the least serious designation.

The quake shook theNew York Stock Exchange and early reports suggest it was felt as far north as Toronto. It was felt by reporters in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. President Obama is on vacation there -- he was golfing Tuesday afternoon.

On Capitol Hill, alarms sounded, lights flashed and staffers were ordered to evacuate office buildings.

"I'm feeling homesick,'' Jeffrey Solsby, a congressional staffer and native Angeleno, said from the parking lot outside his House office building. He described the evacuation as orderly.

He saw sections of plaster that had cracked in stairwells.

"I could see dust stirred along the train tracks that run through southwest Washington," Solsby added.

"Considering it feels exactly like Southern California, I suppose you call call this East Coast earthquake weather."

"A couple of people were in door frames," Solsby said. "But the first instinct was surprise because you just really don't expect earthquakes in this araa ... but I'll tell you having lived through Sept. 11 here ... knowing it is an earthquake, it takes away the uncertainty of Sept. 11 that was so prevalent.''

Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) tweeted: "My DC staff describes remarkable shaking of the Rayburn Bldg.''

Seismologist Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey told CNN that the quake was, "Not completely unprecedented, but it's one of the largest that we've had there."

“I would think that leaking gas and the risk of fires would be very significant,” Jones said.










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=11285

The American Presidency Project

Dwight D. Eisenhower

XXXIV President of the United States: 1953-1961

31 - Letter to Nikolai Bulganin, Chairman, Council of Ministers, U. S. S. R.

February 17, 1958










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Posted by H.V.O.M at 12:40 PM Tuesday, August 23, 2011


Sometime during the 10 AM hour here in Pacific Time on the West Coast I was hit by a very painful muscle cramp in my lower leg. I cannot remember the last time that happened but I remember such a detail because I would sometimes wake up with muscle cramps in my legs when I used to get regular exercise, now many years ago.

The pain eased after I stood up and put some weight on my left but I can still feel the effects in the muscle of my lower leg.

I thought about this scene when the pain hit me. Why that would matter and why that would cause me to have such pain in my leg is really no crazier than a lot of other stuff that happens around me on a regular basis.

Not until this noon hour here in Pacific Time did I read about that east coast earthquake that happened at 10:51 AM in Pacific time and 1:51 PM east coast time.


[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 23 August 2011 excerpt ends]










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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Miniseries (2003)


Adama: You all right?

Leoben: I'm fine, it's just something about this place...

Adama: What about this place?










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462538/releaseinfo

IMDb

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

Release Info

USA 21 July 2007 (Springfield, Vermont) (premiere)










http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=2358

The American Presidency Project

Richard Nixon

XXXVII President of the United States: 1969-1974

475 - Statement on Signing the Wildlife Bill.

December 5, 1969

IN APPROVING H.R. 11363 today, I am signing into law the most significant action this Nation has ever taken in an international effort to preserve the world's wildlife.

This act protecting wild creatures serves three purposes: It will help the States to conserve such species as our endangered alligators and other reptiles and lesser life as well; it will help other nations preserve species threatened with extinction by prohibiting importation of such animals into the United States; and it will provide additional authority and funds for this country to acquire land for the protection of native wildlife which is endangered. In addition, this legislation calls for an international meeting to develop binding conventions for worldwide conservation of animals.

This bill represents the culmination of many years of activity by many people in and out of government. It is effective and just legislation, and I take great pleasure in signing it into law.

Note: As enacted, the bill (H.R. 11363) is Public Law 91-135 (83 Stat. 275).










http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1975/temin-facts.html

Nobelprize.org


The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975

David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco, Howard M. Temin


Howard Martin Temin

Born: 10 December 1934, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Died: 9 February 1994, Madison, WI, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell"

Field: genetics, medical oncology, virology










http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/24/news/la-pn-monument-cracked-after-quake-20110824

Los Angeles Times


Washington Monument cracked after quake

August 24, 2011 By Kim Geiger

The Washington Monument is closed today after cracking in stones at the top of the structure was discovered Tuesday.

The cracking was possibly caused by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook the East Coast Tuesday afternoon.

The National Park Service inspected the monument after the quake and has temporarily closed the monument and the surrounding area.

“The NPS will have structural engineers evaluate the cracks on Wednesday to determine the best way to repair the Monument before it is reopened,” the park service said in a statement.

The monument, which stands over 555 feet tall, is the world’s tallest stone structure and the world’s tallest obelisk.










http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/24/nation/la-na-washington-monument-20110825

Los Angeles Times


More cracks found in Washington Monument after quake

The structure will remain closed indefinitely for repairs, the National Park Service says.

August 24, 2011 By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Washington — A closer inspection of the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument found about half a dozen more cracks, and the structure will be fenced off while engineers decide how to repair it, the National Park Service said Wednesday night.

The Lincoln and Jefferson memorials reopened one day after the East Coast's rare 5.8 temblor, but the Washington Monument will remain closed indefinitely.

Finished in 1884, the monument is one of the capital's most popular tourist attractions, with about 1,700 visitors going inside each day. It is the world's tallest obelisk, standing more than 555 feet high.

"The Washington Monument is one of America's most important landmarks, and we will do whatever it takes to ensure that it is restored completely and correctly," said Robert A. Vogel, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks.

"We will take whatever time is necessary to get it right," added park service spokesman Bill Line. "Public safety is paramount."

A day earlier, a U.S. Park Police helicopter crew spotted a crack 4 feet long and up to an inch wide in one of the stones near the top of the structure. The other cracks were discovered Wednesday during an inspection from the inside, a park service spokesman said.

The National Cathedral in Washington has also been closed because of earthquake damage. Three of its four pinnacles cracked and fell onto the roof.










http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/24/nation/la-na-east-coast-earthquake-20110824

Los Angeles Times


Quake stuns eastern U.S.

The 5.8 temblor was felt from South Carolina to Rhode Island, and prompted fleeting fears of terrorism in Washington and New York. The National Cathedral is damaged.

August 24, 2011 By Melanie Mason, Richard Simon and Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Mineral, Va., Washington and New — Buildings emptied, monuments closed, trains and planes were halted, and people ran in terror into the streets after a rare earthquake measuring 5.8 jolted the eastern United States, stunning millions who consider temblors a California problem and who, in many cases, simply couldn't believe what was happening.

"This is an ACTUAL EARTHQUAKE ALERT," read a notice posted on New York's emergency management website, minutes after the quake sent the city's high-rises and bridges swaying.

Rumor had it that the Washington Monument was tilting: "Simply not correct," said Bill Line of the National Park Service, which closed the monuments on Washington's National Mall just in case. But late Tuesday night, the Associated Press reported that a crack had been found near the top of the monument, and it would be closed indefinitely.

Photos: Earthquake hits East Coast

There were no immediate reports of serious injuries across the several states that felt the quake, but there was "significant damage" to the National Cathedral in Washington, said spokesman Richard Weinberg. Three finials fell from corner spires, in addition to other damage.

In Mineral, Va., a town of about 400 people near the quake's epicenter, the roof of the brick town hall partially collapsed, and the middle and high schools sustained significant damage.

"I knew it was either an earthquake or a bomb, and it lasted too long for a bomb," said Scott Keim, fire chief of Louisa County, where Mineral is located. "It appeared the walls were moving."

The town, about 85 miles south of Washington, has "had a few rumbles here and there, but nothing like this," Town Manager Willie Harper said.

Winery hostess Marie Wright was in a tasting room at Cooper Vineyards, near Mineral, when the earthquake hit.

"All of a sudden, the wine bottles started crashing down and I was screaming at the top of my lungs," Wright said. "I grabbed the vineyard dog and ran out of there." Afterward, the tasting room floor was covered in puddles of wine from broken bottles.

"It was really awful," said 10-year-old Jose Tellez, who was in his fourth-grade class in Mineral and compared the sensation to a roller-coaster ride. "It was like a terror," said his father, Luis.

Amanda Reidelbach, a spokeswoman for Louisa County, said one residence in Mineral toppled to the ground but no one was inside.

David McIntyre, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said the agency was monitoring the situation at the North Anna nuclear plant in Louisa County, which reported an "alert" after the 1:51 p.m. EDT quake. An alert is the second most serious of four status positions for a nuclear plant.

But he said there was no indication of a problem at the plant or any of the other 10 East Coast power facilities. The others reported an "unusual event," the least serious warning, after the quake.

With the threat of terrorist strikes on the minds of New York and Washington as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks approaches, the shock was especially unnerving.

"In D.C., when you feel the building rumble, the first thing that goes through your head is you get worried that this could be an act of terrorism," said Zach Cikanek, press secretary to Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.). Cikanek and his colleagues were getting up from their desks to investigate the initial shaking, and then came an "elevated tremor that raised everyone's alarm bells," he said.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake might be the strongest to ever hit central Virginia. "It's an unusually large event for the eastern U.S.," said Ken Hudnut, a geophysicist with the agency in Pasadena.

It struck a geologically old area of central Virginia that is made up of faults formed hundreds of millions of years ago, said Kate Hutton, staff seismologist at Caltech.

Hutton said a key difference between East and West Coast quakes is in the extent of the shaking. Because Earth's crust on the East Coast is not as fractured as in California, there are fewer faults to break up the seismic energy.

"The result is that the quake is felt over a much wider area," Hutton said.

This quake was felt from South Carolina to Rhode Island, and reactions ranged from horror to humor as sirens blared, 911 phone lines lit up, high-rise buildings emptied of residents clutching children and pets, and streets filled with stunned people.

Brinkley's Pub in Lower Manhattan quickly put up a sign outside offering an "earthquake special. Come shake it up with a pint."

For many in the nation's capital, this was their first experience with an earthquake.

"At first we weren't sure exactly what it was, but as we heard the Capitol Police officers and other staff shouting evacuation orders, we knew it was serious," said congressional staffer Rachel Semmel, who fled without her keys or wallet. "For a brief moment during evacuation it was very scary."



http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/24/nation/la-na-east-coast-earthquake-20110824/2

Los Angeles Times


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Quake stuns eastern U.S.

The 5.8 temblor was felt from South Carolina to Rhode Island, and prompted fleeting fears of terrorism in Washington and New York. The National Cathedral is damaged.

August 24, 2011 By Melanie Mason, Richard Simon and Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times

Hundreds of Pentagon workers rushed for exits when the ground began shaking. An announcement clarified minutes later that it was a quake, not an attack. The only damage was a broken water pipe.

Capital schools were evacuated, and officials said "a number" of campuses sustained minor damage and two students received minor injuries.

Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer said there was structural damage to some buildings in the Capitol complex and "a couple of minor twisted ankles" as people evacuated.

"Aside from people being a little bit anxious and nervous," most Capitol employees are fine, he said. "We've had officers being murdered, incoming aircraft, the threat from 9/11, anthrax, ricin — so this is a community very experienced at various man-made and natural threats."

Not so in Mineral, where aftershocks of an emotional kind were being felt hours after the quake as darkness fell on the town.

"I've been on edge the whole day," said Chris Bantz, who was driving when the quake hit and held tightly onto her rocking car. The rest of her day was a flurry of activity: checking on friends and on a family farmhouse outside of Louisa County, which was seriously damaged. "Every time a truck goes by, I tense up."










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You Only Move Twice [ The Simpsons ]

Original airdate in U.S.: 3-Nov-96


Hank's secretary tells him they're ready for the linkup.

Hank: Uh, Homer, one second. I gotta take care of this. Very important. Be right back.

Homer: Fine.

[Hank's map of the world reveals a giant viewscreen, on which appears the UN staff]

Hank: Good afternoon, gentlemen. This is Scorpio. I have the Doomsday Device. You have 72 hours to deliver the gold or you'll face the consequences. And to prove I'm not bluffing, watch this.

[activates a remote]

[an explosion occurs near the UN building]

Man 1: Oh, my God, the 59th Street bridge!

Man 2: Maybe it just collapsed on its own.

Man 1: We can't take that chance.

Man 2: You always say that. I want to take a chance.



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 3:16 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 05 May 2016