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ABC News' Cathy Becker reports:
During its six-season run on HBO in the 1990s, "The Larry Sanders Show" was a sitcom with a serrated edge, serving up painfully awkward comic moments.
The show starred Garry Shandling as the selfish, neurotic Sanders, who hosted "The Larry Sanders Show," a fictional late-night talk show. It focuses on the behind-the-scenes work to produce the show, and often featured celebrity guest stars playing themselves.
Jeffrey Tambor shined as Sanders' sidekick, Hank Kingsley, who was known for his "Hey, now" catchphrase.
Mary Lynn Rajskub played Mary Lou. Penny Johnson Jerald was Beverly, Sanders' assistant. Wallace Langham was Phil, the show's head writer, and Rip Torn played Sanders' executive producer, Artie.
At a reunion for Entertainment Weekly magazine, the cast reflected on how cutting-edge the show was.
"Well, first of all, it was very exciting because I knew from the very beginning what I was into because the writing was unbelievable. … We had the best writing," Jerald said. "I mean, we did some improvising, yes. But, truly, it was there on the paper."
Her co-stars agreed.
The show has been influential. It's organic, realistic style of filming inspired other hit comedies, including "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Office," "Entourage" and "30 Rock."
Langham explained the appeal, saying that even though the show was set against the backdrop of Hollywood, it was "an office comedy. You know these people. You work with these people very day. And so it's relatable."
Rajskub agreed. She's done a lot of work in TV since the show wrapped in 1998, but said nothing else compares.
"I haven't really done any comedy that comes close to having the depth and the jokes," she added.
The show seemed so true to life, and it sometimes was.
"Now and then, I would get a call from … one or more of the actual talk shows on saying, 'That actually happened. Did somebody tell you that?'" Shandling said.
Torn said what he loved about the show was that the cast was "a great team.
"It was like sports, you know? You just keep going. You don't quit. You don't stop. You just keep going. That was the great thing that I loved about it," he said.
Shandling, who co-created and co-executive produced the show, said he was proud of how influential the show became.
"It was very well intended," he said, adding that he'll sometimes stumble upon something that resonates while surfing TV channels. "I see it and I go, 'Oh,' and it feels like the writers room to me that we had on the show. And that's when I know that there's some similar sensibility."
Rip Torn loved the show so much he tried to get Shandling to do more seasons of it.
Rajskub and Jerald said they've both gone on to do good work on TV because of the exposure they got on the show.
Jerald added: "Most of us got jobs right after 'The Larry Sanders Show' because of 'The Larry Sanders Show.' I know that for a fact for myself."
The cast said getting together was just like old times.
"It's as if, the way we just talked today, the way it just fell together, this, the whole thing, it was not one bit different, Tambor said. "There wasn't one thing that was different."


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Why use the Internet for my research?
What the Internet is good for | What's harder to find |
often quick and convenient to search | find statistics |
Current events, popular culture | Scholarly or obscure subjects |
Today's news | Older news, archives of issues |
Brief info, quick facts, trivia | In depth analysis |
Company & product info | Unbiased analysis of companies |
Self-published writing | Indexes to search for articles by subject |
Think of the Internet as a jumbled pile of papers, books and bits of videos. You can rummage around and find useful information, but finding good, organized, in depth research material is more difficult. It helps to have a picture of what's out there.
First, the Internet is made up of a free part - what we think of as the Web, and a hidden - and often "pay to see the information" - part.
Second, the Internet is a self-publishing medium. You have to be the judge of how good that information is. Internet sites change over time, websites disappear, and some sites contain expert knowledge; others are amateur, or even lies.
Evaluate what you find on the Internet - just as with any information you use.
Five steps to locate things on the Internet
- Decide on your topic
- Choose one of the ways to search the Internet
- Review Quick Tips on Searching the Internet
- Evaluate: Should I use this Internet site?
- How to cite Internet sites in my paper
Ways to search the Internet
Go directly to a site. If you know the Internet address (URL) of a site, type it in the location or address box of the browser software. Many articles and books mention websites.
Check into a subject directory or subject tree. These are one way to organize parts of the Internet. They consist of links to Internet sites organized by subject area. They are created by expert people searching for and analyzing useful websites.
Yahoo! is a famous example
Librarians' Index to the Internet is said to be a "thinking person's Yahoo!"
Search using a search engine. A web search engine gathers websites with a spider, a computer program that goes from link to link. Unlike the human brain, spiders can't choose, so some of the websites they collect may be outdated or inaccurate.
Recommended search engine starting points:
Start with Google. This search engine ranks webpages by the number of links to them from pages ranked high by the service. Google often does an excellent job finding webpages on a topic.
also try other recommended search engines.
Look at Quick Tips on Searching the Internet.
Explore the Deep (or invisible) web. Invisible web is information not "findable" using a search engine, even though it's stored in databases on the Web.
The only way to get a piece of information in the invisible Web is to directly search a particular database itself.
Frequently updated information is likely to be stored in databases, for example news, job listings, airline flights, statistics, scientific field data, etc.
Other "invisible" content not gathered by a search engine may include non-text files such as multimedia, graphical files, and documents in non-standard formats.
Many search engine sites and commercial portals have searchable databases as part of their group of services. For example, you can visit Yahoo (www.Yahoo.com) and look up news, maps, jobs, auctions, items for purchase, etc., all things outside the domain of a spider-gathered index. As another example, Google www.google.com integrates searches of PDF files into its general search service.
Check examples of sites with content on the deep Web:
Use article databases to which the Library subscribes.
Consult a federal or state agency whose mission includes the areas you need, for instance: NASA, EPA, ERIC or U.S. Census Reference Desk.
Quick Tips on Searching the Internet
- What am I looking for?
- What's the best starting place?
- (More on) How to talk to a search engine
- Does this website have useful information?
- How to cite web resources
- When to look for print sources
- When to ask for help!
- What am I looking for? What's my topic?
Already have a specific Internet address (URL)? Type it in the address or location box on the browser (IE or Netscape).
Still trying to choose a topic? Try Google "Issues" page (click Directory, look under Society)
Look at Daily News digest on search engines
Got a topic? Now, decide on search words or phrases. More things you try, the better chance to get useful results.
- try the obvious first, for example use Picasso, not painters
- try synonyms, e.g. death penalty, capital punishment
- try other related words, e.g. terrorists, terrorism
- identify all the important concepts
example: I want to look at using wind to generate power in Oklahoma.
Use: wind power, wind generation, wind generators, Oklahoma
combine terms to focus your topic, e.g. wind power AND Oklahoma
What's the best starting place?
Your topic's features... |
Search engines | Subject Directories (Internet sources grouped by subject area) |
Specialized databases (invisible web) | Luck! |
Distinctive word or phrase?
"wind power" |
Try your word or phrase in Google. Hint: Enclose phrases in " ". |
Search the broader concept, what your term is "about," for wind power, try energy. | Need facts, statistics, maps, schedules? Try some of the specialized databases listed below in "Good Places to Start." | There is some luck in all searching. Stay alert and keep your mind open. Learn as you search. |
NO distinctive words / phrases? "chaotic environment" (used in too many different contexts) | Use more than one term or phrase in " " to get fewer results. | Look for distinctive words in subject directories. Then use those words. | ||
Seek an overview? Don't know much about the topic? | Not recommended. | Try to find a specialized subject directory focused on your topic. | Best: Try an encyclopedia first. |
Specific places to start
Recommended search engines:
- Google: www.google.com
- Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
Good subject directories:
- Librarians' Index to the Internet : www.lii.org
- INFOMINE: http://infomine.ucr.edu
(More on) How to talk to a search engine
- put phrases in quotes, for example "wind power"
- use capital letters for names, George Bush
- use + to show all terms must be included, +censorship +rock +music
- type most important term first - order makes a difference!
- add -.com in Google to get rid of commercial sites
- try more than one search engine, subject directory or specialized database
Does this website have useful info?
- Is the info relevant to my topic?
- Who wrote it - do authors have any credentials? (Click "about us" or look at bottom of webpage)
- Does author give evidence? List references for sources?
- Is it accurate? Objective? Biased toward one side?
- What's the publication date?
How to cite web resources
When to look for print sources
- need a key study or book that started debate
- biographical information on people involved
- compilations of opposing viewpoints
- in depth, book length research on a topic
- need scholarly information, or even just plain need more info!
When to ask for help!
Keep getting too many results?
Can't find anything?
Need more ideas?
Ask at the Library Reference Desk.

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"The NFL feels this is the crown jewel of what they can give to a community for its support," Mona said, adding that "the league is now one of the most savvy marketing entities in the world."
For the 1992 game, part of Minneapolis' pitch was the chocolate ducks that Carlson Nelson put in owners' rooms. There will be no final flourishes this year.
The league restricts to $100 the gifts that bid cities give to owners. (The tablets on which the Minneapolis bid was submitted are expected to be donated to charity after the city has been chosen.)
It's too late to attempt to sweeten the deal. League spokesman Brian McCarthy said the cities "may not enhance their bids beyond what was already submitted. They may not enhance their bids on site at the meeting."
Mona said the wealthy proprietors would give the goody bags to underlings, adding, "The owners are probably not overwhelmed by Nut Goodies."
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The Star Trek film franchise is the cinematic branch of the Star Trek media franchise, which began in 1966 as a weekly television series on NBC, running for three seasons until it was canceled in 1969 because of poor ratings. Reruns of the series proved to be wildly successful in syndication during the 1970s, which persuaded the series' then-owner, Paramount Pictures, to expand the franchise.
Paramount originally began work on a Star Trek feature film in 1975 after lobbying by the creator of the franchise, Gene Roddenberry. The studio scrapped the project two years later in favor of creating a television series, Star Trek: Phase II, with the original cast. However, following the huge success of Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Paramount would change its mind again, halting production on the television series and adapting its pilot episode into the 1979 Star Trek feature film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Five more films featuring the entire original cast followed. The cast of the 1987–1994 spin-off series Star Trek: The Next Generation starred in a further four films. After a 7-year hiatus a new film was released in 2009, simply titled Star Trek, serving as a reboot to the franchise with a new cast portraying younger versions of the original series' characters.
The Star Trek films have received 14 Academy Award nominations. 2009's Star Trek won for "Best Makeup and Hairstyling" in 2010, and four of the previous films had been nominated mainly in the areas of makeup, music, set design, and sound design.
The early Star Trek films were originally released on VHS; competitive pricing of The Wrath of Khan's videocassette helped bolster the adoption of VHS players in households.[1] Later films were also released on LaserDisc as well. For those films that did not receive an initial DVD release, Paramount released simple one-disc versions with no special features. Later, the first ten films were released in two-disc collector's versions, with The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan branded as "director's cuts", followed by later box set releases. The films are now available on Blu-ray high definition discs.
A sequel to 2009's Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, was released in theaters in May 2013.
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first suggested the idea of a Star Trek feature in 1969.[2] When the original television series was cancelled, he lobbied to continue the franchise through a film. The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on a feature film in 1975.[3] A series of writers attempted to craft a suitably epic script, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, so the studio scrapped the project in 1977. Paramount instead planned on returning the franchise to its roots with a new television series, Star Trek: Phase II. The box office success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind convinced Paramount that science fiction films other than Star Wars could do well at the box office, so the studio canceled production of Phase II and resumed its attempts at making a Star Trek film.
Principal photography for Star Trek: The Motion Picture commenced August 7, 1978[4] with director Robert Wise helming the feature. The production encountered difficulties and slipped behind schedule. Paramount had approached Douglas Trumbull and John Dykstra to handle the film's optical effects, but each was busy or unwilling.[5] The production instead went with Robert Abel and Associates,[6] who proved unable to handle the film's large amount of effects work. Trumbull was hired and given a blank check to complete the effects work in time;[7] the final cut of the film was completed just in time for the film's premiere in Washington, D.C.
The film introduced an upgrade to the technology and starship designs, making for a dramatic visual departure from the original series. The starship Enterprise was "refitted" with a modernized design, both exterior and interior. Many of the set elements created for the earlier aborted "Phase II" television series were adapted and enhanced for use in the first feature film.
The film received mixed reviews from critics; while it grossed $82,258,456, the film's price tag had climbed to about $35 million due to costly effects work and delays.
The Motion Picture's gross was considered disappointing, but it was enough for Paramount to back a sequel, though with a reduced budget. After Gene Roddenberry pitched a sequel to The Motion Picture in which the crew of the Enterprise goes back in time to ensure the assassination of John F. Kennedy, he was "kicked upstairs" to a ceremonial role while Paramount brought in television producer Harve Bennett to craft a better—and cheaper—film than the first feature.[8] After watching all the television episodes, Bennett decided that the character of Khan Noonien Singh was the perfect villain for the new film. Nicholas Meyer became director after he finished a complete screenplay in just twelve days. Meyer did everything possible within budget to give The Wrath of Khan a nautical, swashbuckling feel,[9] which he described as "Horatio Hornblower in outer space."[8] Upon release, the reception of The Wrath of Khan was highly positive;[10] Entertainment Weekly's Mark Bernadin called The Wrath of Khan, "the film that, by most accounts, saved Star Trek as we know it".[11]
Meyer declined to return for the next film, so directing duties were given to cast member Leonard Nimoy for the third film. Paramount gave Bennett the green light to write Star Trek III the day after The Wrath of Khan opened.[12] The producer penned a resurrection story for Spock that built on threads from the previous film and the original series episode "Amok Time".
Nimoy remained director for the next film in the series. Nimoy and Bennett wanted a film with a lighter tone that did not have a classic antagonist. They decided on a time travel story with the Enterprise crew returning to their past to retrieve something to save their present—eventually, humpback whales. After being dissatisfied with the script written by Daniel Petrie, Jr., Paramount hired Meyer to rewrite the screenplay with Bennett's help. Meyer drew upon his own time travel story Time After Time for elements of the script.
William Shatner was promised his turn as director for Star Trek V and Nicholas Meyer returned as director for Star Trek VI. Shatner's film was less well-received than the Nimoy-directed films.
Both the sixth and seventh films acted as transitions between the films featuring the original cast and those with the cast of Next Generation with the sixth focusing on the original cast and the seventh focusing on the TNG cast. The Next Generation cast made four films over a period of eight years, with the last two performing only moderately well at the box office.
After the financial failure of Star Trek: Nemesis and the cancellation of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen began developing a new film,[13] entitled Star Trek: The Beginning, which would take place after Enterprise but before The Original Series.[14] J. J. Abrams, the producer of Cloverfield and creator of Lost, was a Star Wars fan as a child and confessed that the Star Trek franchise "disconnected" for him.[15] In February 2007, Abrams accepted Paramount's offer to direct the new Star Trek film, having been previously attached as producer.[16] Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote a script that impressed Abrams, featuring new actors portraying younger versions of the original series' cast. The Enterprise, its interior, and the original uniforms were redesigned. While the film was ready for a December 2008 release, Paramount chose to move the film's opening to May 8, 2009.[17] The film earned over $350 million worldwide (from a solid $75.2 million opening weekend, higher than 1996's Star Trek: First Contact), and surpassed Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as the highest grossing film in the franchise. The sequel was greenlighted even before the first one opened, and Paramount released the film (the 12th in the franchise) on May 17, 2013.[18]
The film also has the distinction of being the first film in the franchise to win an Academy Award. It won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling in 2010.
Fans commonly considered the films to follow a "curse" that even-numbered films were better than the odd-numbered installments.[19][20] The tenth film, Nemesis, was considered the even film that defied the curse.[19][21][22] The failure of Nemesis and subsequent success of Star Trek (2009) is considered to have broken the trend,[23][24] though some have tried to uphold the trend, either by counting the parody Galaxy Quest as an "honorary" Star Trek film, by using the sum of the digits as an indicator, or by referring to the 2009 reboot as Star Trek 0 due to it being set before the others.[25] The curse is well-known enough that it has been mentioned often in pop culture. One of the best known occurred in a 1999 episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, where it was referenced by Tim Bisley, played by Simon Pegg: Pegg, quite conscious of the irony,[26] played Scotty in the reboot film.
A massive energy cloud advances toward Earth, leaving destruction in its wake, and the Enterprise must intercept it to determine what lies within, and what its intent might be.
The movie borrows many elements from "The Changeling" of the original series and "One of Our Planets is Missing" from the animated series.
Khan Noonian Singh (Ricardo Montalban), whom Kirk thwarted in his attempt to seize control of the Enterprise fifteen years earlier ("Space Seed"), seeks his revenge and lays a cunning and sinister trap.
Both the first and second films have television versions with additional footage and alternate takes that affect the storyline. (Subsequent Trek films tended to have shorter television versions.) Especially notable in The Wrath of Khan is the footage establishing that a young crewmember who acts courageously and dies during an attack on the Enterprise is Scotty's nephew.
When McCoy begins acting irrationally, Kirk learns that Spock, in his final moments, transferred his katra, his living spirit, to the doctor. In order to save McCoy from emotional ruin, Kirk and crew steal the Enterprise and violate the quarantine of the Genesis planet to retrieve Spock, erstwhile resurrected by the rapidly-dying planet itself, in the hope that body and soul can be rejoined. Bent on obtaining the secret of Genesis for themselves, however, a rogue Klingon (Christopher Lloyd) and his crew interfere, with deadly consequences.
The first film to be a direct sequel to the previous Trek film.
While returning to stand court-martial for their actions in rescuing Spock, Kirk and crew learn that Earth is under siege by a giant probe that is transmitting a destructive signal. The signal is intended for the long-extinct species of humpback whales. To save the planet, the crew must time-travel back to the 20th century to obtain a mating pair of these whales, and a marine biologist (Catherine Hicks) to care for them.
The second through fourth films loosely form a trilogy, with the later plots building on elements of the earlier ones. The third film picks up within several days of the conclusion of the second, the fourth three months after the third. The third and fourth films were both directed by Leonard Nimoy (also co-writer of the fourth), best known as the actor playing Spock.
Spock's half-brother believes he is summoned by God, and hijacks the brand-new (and problem-ridden) Enterprise-A to take it through the Great Barrier, at the center of the Milky Way, beyond which he believes his maker waits for him. Meanwhile, a young and vain Klingon zealot, seeking glory in what he views as an opportunity to avenge his people of the deaths of their crewmen at Genesis, sets his sights on Kirk.
After Qo'nos is devastated by an environmental catastrophe, the Klingons make peace overtures to the Federation. The Klingon Chancellor, (David Warner) en route to Earth for a summit, is assassinated by Enterprise crewmen, and Kirk is held accountable by the Chancellor's Chief of Staff (Christopher Plummer). Spock attempts to prove his captain's innocence, but in so doing uncovers a massive conspiracy against the peace process, with participants from both sides.
This film is a sendoff to the original crew. One Next Generation cast member, Michael Dorn, appears as the grandfather of the character he plays on the later TV series. It is the second and last Trek film directed by Nicholas Meyer and last script co-authored by Leonard Nimoy.
Picard enlists the services of Kirk, who is presumed long dead but flourishes in an extradimensional realm, to prevent a madman (Malcolm McDowell) from destroying a star and its populated planetary system in an attempt to enter that realm.
Following seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the next Star Trek film was the first to feature the crew of the Enterprise-D along with a long prologue sequence featuring three members of the original cast.
The Borg attempt to prevent First Contact between Earth and Vulcan by interfering with Zephram Cochrane's (James Cromwell) warp test in the past. Picard must confront the demons which stem from his assimilation into the Collective as he leads Enterprise back in time to ensure the test and subsequent meeting with the Vulcans take place.
This is one of the most popular Star Trek films following Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.[citation needed] It is also a spin off of an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Best of Both Worlds").
Profoundly disturbed by what he views as a blatant violation of the Prime Directive, Picard deliberately interferes with a Starfleet admiral's (Anthony Zerbe) plan to relocate a relatively small but, seemingly, immortal population from a planet in order to gain control of the planet's natural radiation, which has been discovered to have substantial medicinal properties. But the admiral himself is a pawn in his alien partner's (F. Murray Abraham) mission of vengeance.
A clone of Picard (Tom Hardy), created by the Romulans but eventually exiled to hard labor on Remus, assassinates the entire Romulan senate, assumes dictatorship, and lures Picard and the Enterprise to Romulus under false pretences.
This film was a critical and commercial failure (released in late 2002 in direct competition with the James Bond film Die Another Day and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) and was the final Star Trek film to feature the Next Generation cast and to be produced by Rick Berman.
When Vulcan is destroyed by Romulans from the future, Starfleet cadet Kirk (Chris Pine) and instructor Spock (Zachary Quinto) must set aside their differences to prevent Earth from suffering the same fate.
This film acts as a reboot to the existing franchise by taking place in an "alternate reality" using the plot device of time travel to depict an altered timeline, featuring younger versions of the original series' cast. It is the first production to feature an entirely different cast of actors playing roles previously established by other actors, with the exception of an aged Spock played by Leonard Nimoy. It was directed by J. J. Abrams (who produced it with Damon Lindelof) and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. According to Lindelof, this production was designed to attract a wider audience.[27] It received positive reviews[28] and a number of awards.
A Starfleet special agent (Benedict Cumberbatch) coerces an officer into blowing up a secret installation in London, then shoots up a subsequent meeting of Starfleet brass in San Francisco and flees to Qo'nos. The crew of the Enterprise attempt to bring him to justice without provoking war with the Klingon Empire, but find there is much more to his mission, and the man himself, than the Fleet Admiral has told them.
During an interview with HitFix it was confirmed that Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto will do at least one more film. Abrams has confirmed that he won't be directing the third film but will produce and work on the film and is looking at Rupert Wyatt or Joe Cornish to direct it.[29][30][31] The film is rumored to be released in 2016 coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the franchise. [32]
The following table shows the cast members who played the primary characters in the film series.
Character | ||||||||||||
The Motion Picture (1979) | The Wrath of Khan (1982) | The Search for Spock (1984) | The Voyage Home (1986) | The Final Frontier (1989) | The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Generations (1994) | First Contact (1996) | Insurrection (1998) | Nemesis (2002) | Star Trek (2009) | Into Darkness (2013) | |
Kirk | William Shatner | Chris Pine, Jimmy Bennett | Chris Pine | |||||||||
Spock | Leonard Nimoy | Leonard Nimoy, Carl Steven, Vadia Potenza, Stephen Manley, Joe W. Davis | Leonard Nimoy | Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Jacob Kogan | Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy | |||||||
Scotty | James Doohan | Simon Pegg | ||||||||||
Chekov | Walter Koenig | Anton Yelchin | ||||||||||
McCoy | DeForest Kelley | Karl Urban | ||||||||||
Sulu | George Takei | John Cho | ||||||||||
Uhura | Nichelle Nichols | Zoe Saldana | ||||||||||
Picard | Patrick Stewart | |||||||||||
Riker | Jonathan Frakes | |||||||||||
La Forge | LeVar Burton | |||||||||||
Data | Brent Spiner | |||||||||||
Worf | Michael Dorn* | |||||||||||
Crusher | Gates McFadden | |||||||||||
Troi | Marina Sirtis |
Crew/detail | Film | |||||||||||
The Motion Picture (1979) | The Wrath of Khan (1982) | The Search for Spock (1984) | The Voyage Home (1986) | The Final Frontier (1989) | The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Generations (1994) | First Contact (1996) | Insurrection (1998) | Nemesis (2002) | Star Trek (2009) | Into Darkness (2013) | |
Director | Robert Wise | Nicholas Meyer | Leonard Nimoy | William Shatner | Nicholas Meyer | David Carson | Jonathan Frakes | Stuart Baird | J. J. Abrams | |||
Music | Jerry Goldsmith | James Horner | Leonard Rosenman | Jerry Goldsmith | Cliff Eidelman | Dennis McCarthy | Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith | Jerry Goldsmith | Michael Giacchino | |||
Writer | Screenplay: Harold Livingston Story by: Alan Dean Foster | Screenplay: Jack B. Sowards, Nicholas Meyer (Uncredited) Story by: Harve Bennett, Jack B. Sowards Nicholas Meyer (Uncredited), Samuel A. Peeples (Uncredited) | Harve Bennett | Screenplay: Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer, Harve Bennett Story by: Harve Bennett, Leonard Nimoy | Screenplay: David Loughery Story by: William Shatner, Harve Bennett, David Loughery | Screenplay: Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn Story by: Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal | Screenplay: Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga Story by: Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga | Screenplay: Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore Story by: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore | Screenplay: Michael Piller Story by: Rick Berman, Michael Piller | Screenplay: John Logan Story by: John Logan, Rick Berman, Brent Spiner | Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman | Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof |
MPAA rating | PG | PG-13 | PG | PG-13 | ||||||||
Running time | 132 minutes | 113 minutes | 105 minutes | 119 minutes | 107 minutes | 109 minutes | 117 minutes | 111 minutes | 103 minutes | 116 minutes | 126 minutes | 132 minutes |
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The Motion Picture | December 7, 1979 | $82,258,456 | $56,741,544 | $139,000,000 | $260,212,000 | #695 | $35,000,000 | [33][34] | |
The Wrath of Khan | June 4, 1982 | $78,912,963 | $16,887,037 | $97,000,000 | $213,118,700 | #741 | $11,000,000 | [35][36] | |
The Search for Spock | June 1, 1984 | $76,471,046 | $10,528,954 | $87,000,000 | $180,708,400 | #770 | $18,000,000 | [37][38] | |
The Voyage Home | November 26, 1986 | $109,713,132 | $23,286,868 | $133,000,000 | $229,227,500 | #454 | $24,000,000 | [39][40] | |
The Final Frontier | June 9, 1989 | $52,210,049 | $17,989,951 | $70,200,000 | $104,420,100 | #1261 | $30,000,000 | [41][42] | |
The Undiscovered Country | December 6, 1991 | $74,888,996 | $22,011,004 | $96,900,000 | $142,092,200 | #802 | $27,000,000 | [43][44] | |
Generations | November 18, 1994 | $75,671,125 | $44,328,738 | $120,000,000 | $143,280,100 | #784 | $35,000,000 | [45][46] | |
First Contact | November 22, 1996 | $92,027,888 | $57,972,112 | $150,000,000 | $164,686,600 | #594 | $46,000,000 | [47][48] | |
Insurrection | December 11, 1998 | $70,187,658 | $47,612,342 | $117,800,000 | $116,707,600 | #876 | $58,000,000 | [49][50] | |
Nemesis | December 13, 2002 | $43,254,409 | $24,058,417 | $67,312,826 | $58,440,700 | #1532 | $60,000,000 | [51][52] | |
Star Trek | May 8, 2009 | $257,730,019 | $127,950,427 | $385,680,446 | $274,311,200 | #67 | #179 | $140,000,000 | [53][54] |
Into Darkness | May 16, 2013 | $228,778,661 | $238,586,585 | $467,365,246 | $221,206,000 | #97 | #133 | $190,000,000 | [55] |
Total | $1,098,416,741 | $529,867,394 | $1,628,284,272 | $1,971,296,100 | $674,200,000 |
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | |
The Motion Picture | 45% (33 reviews)[56] | 48 (10 reviews)[57] | |
The Wrath of Khan | 90% (48 reviews)[58] | 71 (11 reviews)[59] | |
The Search for Spock | 78% (40 reviews)[60] | 55 (10 reviews)[61] | |
The Voyage Home | 85% (39 reviews)[62] | 67 (10 reviews)[63] | |
The Final Frontier | 21% (43 reviews)[64] | 43 (16 reviews)[65] | |
The Undiscovered Country | 83% (48 reviews)[66] | 65 (18 reviews)[67] | |
Generations | 47% (47 reviews)[68] | 55 (22 reviews)[69] | |
First Contact | 92% (53 reviews)[70] | 71 (18 reviews)[71] | |
Insurrection | 55% (67 reviews)[72] | 64 (19 reviews)[73] | |
Nemesis | 37% (158 reviews)[74] | 51 (29 reviews)[75] | |
Star Trek | 95% (297 reviews)[76] | 83 (37 reviews)[77] | |
Into Darkness | 87% (244 reviews)[78] | 72 (43 reviews)[79] | |
Average Ratings | 67% | 62 |
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- Now that it's May, hitters are beginning to collect their 100th at-bat and pitchers are starting to creep over the 40- inning mark.
While it's true the baseball season is a marathon and not a sprint, it's getting to be that time when we can start to make realistic projections based on what players have accomplished this season.
Instead of pulling random projections out of the blue, let's play a little game analyzing some intriguing single-category trends this season.
The game is over/under, in which I'll provide a player who has either excelled or underperformed in a particular category to this point and then make a prediction on whether that player will exceed or miss a certain target in that category.
Here's our starting nine, a list of players who have set the fantasy world on fire mixed with those who have simply burned teams to the ground this season:
Edwin Encarnacion, Toronto Blue Jays - over/under 34.5 home runs:
The Blue Jays designated hitter has put up a Jose Bautista-esque nine home runs in his first 97 at-bats through Wednesday. Encarnacion had some success with Cincinnati, but he never broke out like we expected, as he made too many errors at third base and never received consistent playing time. He's never hit more than 26 round- trippers in a season, so even getting to the big 3-0 would be unprecedented territory for the 29-year-old. His home run per fly ball percentage of 22 is unsustainable and can be attributed to playing 15 games at the homer-haven Rogers Centre already. With a line drive percentage of just 14 (his career rate is 21 percent), his .320 batting average is likely to fall as well as all of his fly balls will start finding gloves instead of outfield seats. Despite Encarnacion's major head start, he'll likely fall short of 35 home runs this season, coming in around 32.
VERDICT: Under
Gerardo Parra, Arizona Diamondbacks - over/under 34.5 stolen bases:
Parra has made the most of his opportunity with Chris Young on the disabled list. He hit a grand slam on April 22 and has stolen eight bases as Arizona manager Kirk Gibson has turned him loose on the base paths more than last season, when he had 15. But Young will be back eventually to reclaim his center field spot and Stephen Drew is going to be back by mid to late May, meaning Gibson is going to have to find playing time elsewhere for utilityman and current shortstop Willie Bloomquist. The Diamondbacks also signed Jason Kubel in the offseason to play left field, so you can bet the team will give him every chance to keep that job, meaning Parra might find himself on the bench on most days. Even if he is relegated to a bench role, he'll likely get enough at-bats or pinch running appearances to nab 25-30 bases, but 35 seems a tad lofty.
VERDICT: Under
Fernando Rodney, Tampa Bay Rays - over/under 37.5 saves:
Baseball Prospectus published a report in early April noting that Rodney has moved completely over to the first base side of the rubber after starting his motion in the middle of it prior to this season. Could it be that simple? Could that minor adjustment have turned a wild, out-of-control middle reliever with a crooked hat into a dominant relief ace ... with a crooked hat? The answer, so far, is yes. In place of the injured Kyle Farnsworth, the former Detroit Tiger and Los Angeles Angel has assumed the closer role in Tampa Bay to major success. In 13 appearances, Rodney has given up just one earned run while striking out 12 in 11 1/3 innings. He's accumulated eight saves already. He saved a career-high 37 games for Detroit in 2009, but hasn't exceeded 14 in any other season. This year, he will blow by 37, reach 40 and never hand the closer role back to Farnsworth.
VERDICT: Over
Kyle Lohse, St. Louis Cardinals - over/under 2.99 ERA:
The 33-year-old Lohse has never been more than a middle-of-the-rotation pitcher, but this season he's morphed into a dominant ace for St. Louis. Despite a career 4.58 ERA, Lohse's success is not unfounded, as he did win 15 games with a 3.78 ERA in 2008 and 14 games with a 3.39 ERA last season. But 4-0 with a 1.62 ERA? Lohse's Expected Fielding Independent Pitching (xFIP), which attempts to determine what a pitcher's ERA should be based on outcomes the pitcher can control -- strikeouts, walks, hit batters and homers -- is 4.04, exactly where it was last season. This is likely due to his batting average on balls in play sitting at just .217. The league average BABIP is between .290 and .310 and Lohse's career average is .304, so expect some of those batted balls to start finding holes. Based on that, Lohse's ERA will rise dramatically but still settle in around the 3.20-3.50 range.
VERDICT: Over
Lance Lynn, St. Louis Cardinals - over/under 16.5 wins:
Speaking of the Cardinals, Lynn's performance has been even more unexpected than Lohse. While filling in for Chris Carpenter, the righty is 5-0 with a 1.60 ERA in five starts after making just two career starts in his rookie season last year. Lynn's ERA is so low thanks to a .198 BABIP and an unreal left on base percentage of 91.7 percent, meaning he's only let 8.3 percent of all runners he put on base touch home plate. The league average is 70-72 percent depending on the season, so once Lynn regresses to the mean, his ERA will rise. However, with an xFIP of 2.88, he still is expected to be a dominant arm, likely due to his 30/7 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 33 2/3 innings. The Cardinals won't be able to take Lynn out of the rotation when Carpenter eventually returns, so expect him to hit 17 victories with the second-highest scoring offense in baseball behind him.
VERDICT: Over
Albert Pujols, Los Angeles Angels - over/under 29.5 home runs:
Everyone has been trying to put their finger on what is wrong with Pujols this season. Zero homers, a .208 batting average and a .539 OPS in 101 at-bats are not what the Angels expected when they signed Pujols to a huge contract in the offseason, nor is it what fantasy owners expected when they drafted the 32-year-old in the first round. Teammate Torii Hunter and New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez have both defended Pujols on the basis that he just needs to get used to a new league. Whatever the answer, Pujols has let 25 games slip away without putting one in the seats. For a player who has never hit less than 32 home runs in a season, that's shocking, as 256 MLB players have hit one out of the park this year, including Yuniesky Betancourt, Jack Hannahan and Freddy Galvis. Heck, even Dee Gordon has gone deep already. Despite this, I tend to think the greatest hitter of this generation didn't suddenly become Lyle Overbay overnight. Call me crazy, but Pujols has finished a month with seven or more home runs 35 times in his career. All he has to do is throw together a couple of seven-homer months in May and June, and all of a sudden he has 14 or 15 by the All-Star break. Bet on Pujols, take the over.
VERDICT: Over
Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays - over/under 34.5 home runs:
Lost in the Pujols commotion is the fact that Bautista has a .180 batting average and four home runs in his first 89 games. One year after looking like Barry Bonds, Bautista looks like, well, Jose Bautista, circa 2008. However, like Pujols, Bautista is capable of knocking the ball out of the park in bunches. In 2010, he had four months in which he put up double-digit round-trippers. Last year, he did it once, but had nine in April, seven in July and eight in August. His groundball-to-flyball ratio is comparable to last season and he's striking out less, but his line drive percentage of 13 (compared to 18 last season) means he's making less solid contact. Once he starts squaring the ball up more, his home run per fly ball rate should rise from 10.3 percent closer to the 21 percent he posted in each of the last two years, and the ball will begin to fly out of the park.
VERDICT: Over
Brandon Beachy, Atlanta Braves - over/under 200 strikeouts:
Beachy would have led starting pitchers in strikeouts per nine innings (k/9) in 2011 if he threw enough innings, as he posted 169 strikeouts in 141 2/3 innings (10.7 k/9). And, while he's started off exceptionally this year, with a 1.38 ERA in his first 32 2/3 innings, he hasn't even come close to that strikeout rate, fanning 22 (6.1 k/9). The reason: He's generating less swings and misses than last season, registering a swing-and-miss percentage of 12 percent (21 percent in 2011). While that will likely increase some, I don't see Beachy cracking 200 strikeouts this season. At his current k/9 rate, he would have to throw 295 innings to do that, which he won't do, and with such a low swing-and-miss percentage, don't expect his k/9 to rise above 9.0 again.
VERDICT: Under
Robinson Cano, New York Yankees - over/under 99.5 RBIs:
Cano is a curious case. Despite batting either third or fourth for the seventh-highest scoring offense in the majors, Cano has just four RBIs this season. Having one home run will do that to you, but Cano also is 3-for-21 with runners in scoring position (RISP) while batting .327 with the bases empty. In his career, Cano is a .272 hitter with RISP, but the last two seasons he's ramped it up to .322 and .318. Cano's 2009 season seems most similar, when he batted .320 but hit .207 with RISP and, as a result, ended up with 85 RBIs in 161 games. With just four this season, I don't see any way Cano gets to 100 RBIs, even if he starts raking with RISP. To reach the century mark, the Yankees second baseman would have to knock in 19 runs per month over the final five months of the season. He's more than capable of that, as he had three months in the 20s last season, but it's going to be extremely tough to do it five months in a row.
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Nashville rockers played new song at Bottle Rock fest
Kings of Leon kicked off their 2013 tour over the weekend at the BottleRock festival in California's Napa Valley, and they performed a promisingly fiery new song. Though its title and how it might be released have yet to be confirmed, it's likely that "Always the Same" (as YouTube posters are calling the song) will appear on the Nashville band's first album since 2010's Come Around Sundown. Bassist Jared Followill recently said of KoL's upcoming sixth album, planned for a September release, "I thought we were going to make a really mature album, but I'm amazed how youthful it sounds." That's a fair description of "Always the Same," which has a bluesy, wailing guitar solo and the forward propulsion of recent Queens of the Stone Age. "I put a shine in your eye, it don't matter to me / 'Cause it's always this way, and I'm always the same," frontman Caleb Followill booms on the song's radio-ready chorus. The band's next show is at Hangout Music Festival this Friday, and after that the group has nothing scheduled until New York's Governors Ball Music Festival in June.


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My wife and I are waiting on our concealed carry licenses to be issued any day now by our County Sheriff. We have not carried, nor do we intend to do so, until we are legal. For years, Ohio has had a hodge-podge of confusing and contradictory carry laws, but those were recently updated by our relatively new Democratic Governor and state legislators. For once, they did something enlightening. Unusual for politicians, who only seem to know how to raise our taxes.
On September 11 of 2008, a new piece of legislation adopting our form of the "Castle Doctrine" will become effective, giving Ohioans at least a presumption of an ability to defend ourselves in our homes and cars without fear of a frivolous lawsuit being filed by some stupid criminal's family.
Looking forward to learning from this site, and other forums addressing this issue. Hope I can positively contribute on occasion.


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Vol leads the market lower. The market seems to run into trouble every-time we hit 13 on the VOX or lower over the last 6 months.
Emerging Money Daily Audio Call March 3 -On the call today we discuss volatility rising in global markets today is as much about over-bought conditions as it is about growth fears.
The Brent WTI spread is +2.00$ this Am as talk that gulf production increasing and that downturn in oil prices will have minimal impact on GOM crude according to EIA.
Get a jump start on this week's trading with Tim's thoughts on inflation and how to play it.
The outrage that a man as public and politically linked at Boris Nemtsov could be killed on the busiest bridge in Moscow is resonating throughout Russia. We haven't seen an assassination like this in a decade and it says now that even formerly unspoken rules are all out the window.
Can India truly deliver on the promise of the best demographic and consumer growth story in the world? India is the BRIC country without any other members. India is delivering "China like" growth and has been one the best performing major EMs in the last 12 months (+36%).
Emerging Money Daily Audio Call February 26 – On the call today we talk about the Dollar finally pushing back above 95 on the DXY, yet EM currencies holding ground.
Anybody hear Naimi yesterday? Saudis think demand goes higher.


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You could never accuse the Four Seasons group of rushing into things. It wasn't until the most prestigious private estate in central Florence came up for sale that they made their move into the city; even then, they spent seven years restoring Renaissance-era Palazzo della Gherardesca, its surrounding 11-acre park (easily the largest within the town walls), and a 16th-century convent before opening for business in June 2008. The result merits a visit even if you're not staying: The courtyard lobby, dominated by lively 15th-century bas-reliefs; the leafy botanical garden, with its yews and sequoias; and the tiny computer room, where guests can surf the net surrounded by 18th-century frescoes, are all worthy of a museum. From the American doorman in, service is impeccable, and the hotel is good with important little details like the freshly squeezed pineapple juice at breakfast. Bonuses include Florence's only genuine hotel spa, with treatments based on products made by the Santa Maria Novella pharmacy; a huge open-air pool; and a restaurant firmly rooted in Italy's seasonal Slow Food movement. The 116 bedrooms, in a bewildering range of categories, are well appointed and come with large marble-lined bathrooms; some guests will feel that the antique decor lacks brio, however. We prefer the rooms in the main palazzo to those in the rather isolated Conventino across the park—though the latter would work perfectly for a wedding party. If central location is a key factor, you may want to look elsewhere: It's a good 20-minute walk from the hotel to the Ponte Vecchio.
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When will moto release Android 2.3 for D2G? The Chinese official says the Chinese version will release at the end of this year. Can't wait for such a long time,how about English version? :icon_eek:
as of right now there is no official date, so it's all speculation. hopefully by mid june but i'm really not sure anymore.
That doesnt even mean the D2G will get a gingerbread update sadly. Not saying it wont but its up to the carrier. I do suspect we will get the update sooner or latter bu we just dont know when. The Moto Backflip was released in several countries around the world but for some reason only ATT allowed Moto to update the backflip from 1.5 to 2.1.


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Manager's job getting tougher - Allardyce
Sam Allardyce believes it is tougher than ever for managers at the top level with the financial incentives on offer to clubs.That is why he is keen for his Blackburn side to kick on and secure their status, starting against Hull at Ewood Park on Wednesday night.The former Newcastle and Bolton boss wants his players to stay strong in the coming weeks when the heat will be on.He said: "A manager's job is so difficult today. When the money gets bigger, the fall-out gets greater. Then the pressure is asserted on you and more importantly on the players. You have to make sure you stay in the Premier League and then go on from there. It is important you cope with that pressure and not buckle."So many teams over the years looked as though they were in a reasonably good position. Then all of sudden they've not been able to cope. They've fallen down and fallen out of the league."You have to make sure you are not one of those teams. You have to be strong mentally and physically coming into the final stages of the season."
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Eagle editorial: Don't rush tax decision
To its credit, the Wichita City Council seems to be focusing on needs, not wants, as it reviews projects and considers a local sales tax ballot initiative. But even agreeing on that is proving challenging – and could be a difficult sell to the public.
One person's pressing need is another person's unnecessary spending.
The council also shouldn't rush its decision to meet some artificial deadline.
Council members discussed at a workshop last week the potential projects researched by city staff. Because all the projects – which range from water and sewer to rail and bus service to renovating or replacing Century II – would total about $3 billion, the council began prioritizing.
A new water source had the most support – and was also the top priority of citizens in a community survey and in public engagement meetings. The preferred water option seems to be building a retention reservoir as part of the Aquifer Storage and Recovery project.
It's unclear which, if any, of the other projects have majority support.
Several council members are interested in creating a $90 million jobs development fund, as recommended by city business leaders. But others worry that the fund could be a "poison pill" that dooms the initiative.
Though citizens have indicated that jobs should be a priority, it is not clear whether they support financial incentives to businesses – or would support funding the incentives by paying a higher sales tax when they buy milk or make other purchases.
Stabilizing funding for the bus system also appeals to some council members, as do street repairs and improvements. But others wonder if these expenditures should be paid for through the city's regular budget and not a special sales tax.
Most of the quality-of-life enhancements seem to be lower priorities to a majority of council members. But some argue that these enhancements – such as renovating Lawrence-Dumont Stadium or building a new Central Library – are needed to broaden the appeal of the initiative.
Council members will continue their discussion at Tuesday's meeting and could potentially – though it seems unlikely – agree on a final list and the terms of the sales tax increase. Voters would make the final decision during the November election on whether to raise the sales tax.
Informal discussions about city projects have been going on for some time, and the city spent months surveying the public and conducting engagement meetings. But council members need to take their time debating and considering the options.
What they include or don't include could determine whether the initiative succeeds or goes down in flames.
For the editorial board, Phillip Brownlee
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Nallatech is a computer hardware and software firm based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland[1] As of 2007 the company's primary markets were defense and high-performance computing.[2] Nallatech was acquired by Interconnect Systems, Inc. in 2008.[3]
The company specializes in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) integrated circuit technology applied in computing. The company was founded by Allan Cantle ('Nalla' comes from 'Allan' spelled backwards) in 1993 and was backed by over £4m of equity finance provided by Scottish Equity Partners and 3i. Cantle is the CEO for the firm.[4]
In 2005 Nallatech announced a Scottish group known as the FPGA High Performance Computing Alliance, to work on a supercomputer.[5] Nallatech's direct sales team operates in two main geographic areas, one in the USA and one in UK covering UK, Europe and rest of the world. The team in the USA (Nallatech, Inc.) is headquartered in Eldersburg, Maryland.[6]
Nallatech was promoted for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) FPGA technology applied in computing.[4][6] According to David R. Martinez, Robert A. Bond, and M. Michael Vai, Nallatech systems are "based on a modular design concept in which the designer chooses the number of FPGAs, amount and type of memory, and other expansion cards to include in a system."[7] Nallatech is also noted for its motherboards with PCI cards which provide a "high throughput connection over which a host PC can provide and receive data and monitor system performance."[8][9][10]
In March 2011 the company announced a miniaturization service for their FPGAs.[11] Nallatech has partnered with Altera, and integrated their PCI Express card with Stratix V FPGAs, which may be valuable in financial analysis.[12] Xilinx's Xtreme DSP kit was developed with Nallatech, and like Xilinx, Nallatech uses "floating-point cores" in their FPGAs.[13][14]
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- ^ Martinez, David R.; Bond, Robert A.; Vai, M. Michael (20 June 2008). High Performance Embedded Computing Handbook: A Systems Perspective. Taylor & Francis. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-4200-0666-7.
- ^ Cantoni, V. (2000). Proceedings: Computer Architectures for Machine Perception. IEEE Computer Society. Technical Committee on Computer Architecture, IEEE Computer Society Press,. p. 300.
- ^ Grayver, Eugene (20 July 2012). Implementing Software Defined Radio. Springer. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-4419-9332-8.
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I think I know what it is when I get home I'll take a picture of the one I have and you see if it's it.
Here is the pics. Pictures by shadowlid - Photobucket Hope this is what you were looking for.
a Marlin model 15. Take a peek at the pic.Marlin Model 15 .22 SL & LR Bolt Action Rifle 22 : Bolt Action at GunBroker.com
Marlin Glenfield model 60. Tube feed and if the long barrel model it holds 14 or so total. If the shorter model about 12 or so. There were many made and all were 22 LR only. Seen some later rifles with other names, but all are the same parts as the original. I have many fond memories of my rifle. When OJ came in those skinny bottles, I would toss them up and shoot them in air. Very dangerous to do such, but bullets had miles of swamp to land. Pigions in the barn caught hell from a new brick of ammo. Good luck with the rifle.
Let's stop a minute, & re-group. There is too much confusion & guessing going on in this post. OK,,,,fIRST-- Poster states that front sight is not adjustable. That front sight on the rifle you posted , IS adjustable, by sliding back & forth in a groove. [ windage ] Yes, that is called a tubular magazine & most, but not all , were semi-automatics made by several companies. The Pix of the rifle laying on the deck, that you THINK might be it, is Marlin/Glenfied. Also sold by Sears, & others. There is not a picture posted of the Remington 550, 550-1, 550-A, which I had for many years . These had the same sights & tube as the original picture posted ,,, but the barrel was several inches longer than the tube. The Remington 552 series, which looks like the one " jpatterson " posted on top of his pix, is what I believe your dad's old rifle was. It used the front sight, barrel band, & tubular magazine that you are showing in your first picture. The Model 552, once stated that it would shoot all lengths on .22 rounds, but many didn't work as well as with straight long rifles. If you look up Remington 552, you will see a distinct shell deflector at the ejection port that your Dad may recognize. Plenty of these are still around & are great shooters. The 550 model, that I had would shoot any type round I put in it, including feeding CB caps. It was the better of the 2 rifles,,, in my opinion, but the 552, sometimes called " Speedmaster " are still a good rifle.http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/SearchResults.aspx?Keywords=Remington+552http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/SearchResults.aspx?Keywords=remington+550 I will accept a thank you ! Thanks
Unfortunately, the type of sight (pressed into a dovetail slot) was common to 98% of .22 rifles. To simplify manufacturing, they later went to a ramp type sight that attaches with a screw. Ref: Tubular magazine- probably 45% had those. Off the top of my head, a bunch of Marlins had full length mags- check the marlin 781, the 880 series, 81, etc. Savage also made a couple with full lenght tube mags. (BTW, guys- i have Remington 550s and 550-1s- the mags are shorter, and he DID say bolt action) To complicate matters, rifles that were made for a buncha years had model changes during the production run. An older rifle will have slight differences from the NEW version of the same model. Heck, I've got 2 Marlins, same model, different bolts- one has 2 separate extractors, one has a one piece. I'll make 2 suggestions- one, get a copy of Gun Traders Guide. fairly pricy paperback, but you may snag a copy thru your library. Sit down and start thumbing thru the rifle section, look at pics, and see if the shape of a rifle makes a neuron go SPOING!. Second- Go buy a gently used Marlin .22 bolt action. Not extremely expensive gun, but accurate, durable- get a brick of ammo, some hi viz targets, and go take your Dad shooting. You are burning up time looking for the perfect rifle- give him another perfect rifle. Good luck-
What we have here is... failure- to communicate.
so that should narrow down his search considerably.cause as far as i know thats not very common.


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I currently have a Beretta 90-two and a Beretta Tomcat .32. I'm deciding on a sub-compact carry pistol and I seem to be focusing on Glock 27, Beretta Mini-Cougar .40, or Tarus Millennium Pro .40.
I've never been a glock fan, I guess I like having a safety. But my friend has one that he loves so I went to the range and rented one yesterday. I got 5 rounds through it and then it wouldn't feed the round from the mag. They said it was dirty and abused and brought it to the gunsmith. That kind of left a bad taste in my mouth.
My dad has a Beretta Mini Cougar that I really liked but I'm having a hard time finding one.
Then there is the Millennium Pro. I haven't shot it and don't think any ranges around me have one. I've read some good reviews on it (and bad reviews on previous versions but they say the new one is good). And I've found it as cheap as $281 online so I'm having a really hard time passing up that price.